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Remembering Eddie Lawton, Muriel Lawton, life on the Old Black River Road.
IN MEMORY OF FOOD ..........
molasses cake, good and dark and spicy, squash pie, a slice, cold from icebox or fridge, in the hand and run out to play, oatmeal cookies, hard and thick, to gnaw on, peanut butter on a spoon, big, sticky raisins, pancakes by the stack swimming in molasses, chicken-haddie chowder, biscuits and hot rhubarb, wild strawberry short cake made with a biscuit cake sliced in half, drowned with mashed berries, eaten fresh and warm, mashed strawberry sandwiches, peeled apples rolled in sugar, apples by the barrel, Washington pie, tomato soup at school, potatoes and turnip mashed together, deer stew, oatmeal, cream-of-wheat, puffed wheat, bony bake shad, cranberry jam, blueberry dumplings in huge pots, chocolate cake with icing and coconut, ribbon candy, hard candy, Popsicles, brick ice-cream, jello, cold and shivery, fish cakes, home made bread, burned on top, strawberry-rhubarb jam, potatoes, hot, cold and mashed,an orange at Xmas, baked chicken, rice pudding, creamy with raisins and................
Maybe this might jog your little sister's memory. These are the names I remember: Anne Arsenault (who lived two houses away from me with McCarty's in between), Nancy Turner (lived up the hill past me), Carol & Edgar Comeau (just past the Proud Road by the lake where we used to skate and go sliding), Darlene (DeeDee) Buck and Brenda Davis (between Goldsworthy and Cottage Rds.) , Vincent Ezerskis (on the top of the other hill by me, heading closer to you), Teela Hope (a black girl from a large family who lived just before Proud Road), Joey Brothers (Proud Road), Danny Hawboldt (Goldsworthy Rd.), Linda Stevens (from another large black family somewhere between Goldsworthy and Cottage) and Andy and Joey Visser (all the girls loved these blond, blue-eyed twins who lived on the Goldsworthy Road. We used to spy in their windows and make them chase us around their house. Once I was lucky enough to get caught by Joey and get a kiss! I was heartbroken when they moved away in grade 5.) What is your little sister's name?
"It's of my little sister's birthday. I emailed her a copy to ask for the names. "
Thest are some of the names I remember at random.
pjshep Muriel and Eddie Lawton had ten kids on The Old Black River Road and I think the Goldsworthys had 11. The Gillets lived away out at West Beach. We swam in Mispec Stream. Did anyone else? Muriel Lawton, my mother, was in a ladies group with Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Wells, and others. I have her book somewhere with the names. I will find it. She was head of home and school. I have her record book. Mom knew everyone. I, Darlene, went to school out there with Ron Myers, the Asselstines, the Sparks girls, Albert Meservey, Patsy Shepherd, Isabelle Leonard, Joanne and Billy Lynch, David Griffith, Mary Morris, Mary McCarty, the Shannon girls(bullies) Paulette Garnett, and others. I remember some teachers, Miss Waugh, grade 3 and 4, Mr Snodgrass, grade 5 and 6. We had a soup lunch program, tomato soup. It came in huge cans and Ron Myers and I were in charge of cooking and dishing it out. Also remember the McGills.
We played ball, threw snowballs and played house outdoors. We learned to read with DICK AND JANE and found fractions fun. We had no gym, but were fit from playing outdoors. We didn't know we were smart, but we were. Rosi
We played ball, threw snowballs and played house outdoors. We learned to read with DICK AND JANE and found fractions fun. We had no gym, but were fit from playing outdoors. We didn't know we were smart, but we were. Rosi
I had the best of times growing up there. I remember the Hoopers, Blanchards,Mays,Goldsworthy,Turners,Wills,Doucette's Chaisson,Garrets,Crosses store,...then the ones we knew from the Cottage Rd.- Mcgills,Godferys,Barrymens,Shannons....and more. John Wells
THE OLD BLACK RIVER RD.WAS MY HOME -LOTS OF CRANBERRIES,BLUEBERRIESand STRAWBERRY PICKING -SOLD THEM FOR 25 CENTS- ENOUGH TO RUN 2 MILES AND DANCE -MARJORIE AND I MADE THAT 2 MILES IN 20 MIN -WE SURE HAD FUN . Jean Lawton
We fished in Beyea's brook, behind Mabel Sprague's and past Noftel's, to the woods. Best fishing was off old bridge. Jim had a rod but I had a stick, a white string and a pin. He got 100 trout to my 2 or 3. We boiled them in a can by the brook. Delicious. We made and played with bows, arrows, slingshots, wooden guns and had bee-bee guns and 22`s. No interference from adults. Jim blasted out a well in the woods with dynamite. Fun. Darlene Lawton
Prospect Hill, at top of Cottage Road has the best view in the world, a 360 degree view of Saint John, the Bay of Fundy, and extensive woodland. There used to be a castle up there with a stone paved courtyard and stage-coaches brought people out to see the view. Gold is hidden there, story on the Lawton Website. Prospect Hill Page. My Dad used to dig for it. No luck. Darlene
Darlene, did your Aunt Marion work at the Foley Pottery? Did you know the pottery is quite collectible now? An ashtray recently sold for $228 on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120367182275&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:CA:1123I I have a few pieces called Evangeline ware that were made there.
Another question, any thoughts on why the corner bus stop was called the "carline"? I'd never heard that before. That's where my mother would walk everyday to catch the bus to the General Hospital where she worked. She would never hitch hike, but if a neighbour she knew stopped to offer her a ride she would gratefully accept. Sometimes, when I went to East Saint John School I'd meet her at work after school and we'd take the bus and then walk the 3 miles (if I remember correctly) home. Did you or anyone you knew ever get a ride into town with the mailman? Pat did. Paulette Sheppard.
Another question, any thoughts on why the corner bus stop was called the "carline"? I'd never heard that before. That's where my mother would walk everyday to catch the bus to the General Hospital where she worked. She would never hitch hike, but if a neighbour she knew stopped to offer her a ride she would gratefully accept. Sometimes, when I went to East Saint John School I'd meet her at work after school and we'd take the bus and then walk the 3 miles (if I remember correctly) home. Did you or anyone you knew ever get a ride into town with the mailman? Pat did. Paulette Sheppard.
Rare Unique Canuck Pottery Canada
New Brunswick Ashtray
New Brunswick Ashtray
Canuck Pottery, Ltd. - Saint John, N.B. then c. 1964 Labelle, Quebec. Operation was a continuation of Foley Pottery (see that entry). Sons, Percy and Alphonse, of Fenwick Foley were owners. Factory moved to Labelle, Quebec following a disastrous fire at the Saint John location (Bayside Drive also, but in a newly contructed building 2 miles from original Foley home) in 1963. Both white and red clay items produced. Operations ceased in 1970's.
----- Beachcomber Ware. Known to have existed c. 1958. (Saint John) ----- Evangeline Ware. (Saint John and Labelle locations)
From a 1943 trade directory, the entry reads:
"CANUCK POTTERY, 198 Union Street, Saint John, N.B., Can.
Established 1938. Plant at Saint John. Plant telephone, Saint John 3-2053. 2 periodic kilns (glost ware). Fuel - electric. Colored jugs and souvenir novelties. Rated capacity of plant: 250,000 pieces annually. Buy electric power. President, Fenwick D. Foley; General Manager, Percy T. Foley; Superintendent, Alfred T. Foley."
There was something about growing up on Old Black River Road in the 50's and 60's that defied gender specific activities. We all fished, (the Lawton's apparently were more experienced in hunting than my family & I were, I never shot a gun until I was 18, but my grandfather did make me a sling shot and an axe out of wood) climbed trees, had snowball fights, created snow forts and caves, made lean-to's in the woods, played "cowboys & indians", "cops & robbers", marbles, baseball, hockey. Wrestled! It didn't matter. I even remember being "Joe", playing with trucks and building roads in the dirt along with my (female) co-worker, "Charlie". But then, the boys had no problem playing out fairy tales, like Sleeping Beauty when I got a kiss from Danny Hawboldt from Goldsworthy Road. The point is, we had so much freedom! Paulette Sheppard
I think it was called the carline for a very long time, back to when the road was a mud track in spring and cars could only get that far. We always called it that.
Yes, Marion worked there. Marion is still living, is 87, frail but bright as a button. She is an amazing poet. I must post a few of them. She is what I call " a God's child". She... Read More is meek, mild, so gentle and kind, so reticent as to be mistaken for simple, BUT A PURE POETIC GENIUS and BRIGHT as a STAR.
I don't know if we had any pottery or not. Gone, if any. Mom always set out for town walking just in time to catch the mailman going by. We walked too, and it was hard and scary but so good for the figure.
I remember your mother walking home past our place and I felt sorry that she had so much further to go. Darlene
Yes, Marion worked there. Marion is still living, is 87, frail but bright as a button. She is an amazing poet. I must post a few of them. She is what I call " a God's child". She... Read More is meek, mild, so gentle and kind, so reticent as to be mistaken for simple, BUT A PURE POETIC GENIUS and BRIGHT as a STAR.
I don't know if we had any pottery or not. Gone, if any. Mom always set out for town walking just in time to catch the mailman going by. We walked too, and it was hard and scary but so good for the figure.
I remember your mother walking home past our place and I felt sorry that she had so much further to go. Darlene
Once upon a time, about 1830, George and Mary Lawton left Northhamptonshire, England to settle in Saint John NB. Their son, Robert Lawton, born in 1832, married Ann Jane White and settled on the Old Black River Road. Their farm buildings were on the corner of the Cottage Road and had a splendid view of the Bay of Fundy. Ann Jane White was born in Ireland, and her father had a farm in Redhead. Ann and Robert Lawton had a big family. One son, Francis married Phoebe Wood and they bought a piece of the original farm from Ann Jane. Francis and Phoebe lived where the city jail is now. We picked wild strawberries where the prisoners hang out.
Francis and Phoebe had 10 kids before Francis died, still a young man, barely 40. All 10 grew up and prospered. Then Christopher Cosamn became Grama's second husband and ran the farm for 20 years. He was a teamster, horse trainer and farmer. He gave slips off the rose bushes to neighbours and they are still blooming today.
Francis and Phoebe had 10 kids before Francis died, still a young man, barely 40. All 10 grew up and prospered. Then Christopher Cosamn became Grama's second husband and ran the farm for 20 years. He was a teamster, horse trainer and farmer. He gave slips off the rose bushes to neighbours and they are still blooming today.
So, the Lawton's, Francis and Phoebes brood. Art walked all the way to Voc. to study as a plumber, had his own business and employed his brothers Earl, Alan, his brother-in-law Joe Phillips, his nephew Art Sprague and his own sons.
Gordon went out to work on other farms at age ten, drove a coal truck and became an electrican. Earnie had store, as did Hazel. Hazel ran for mayor. Grace got married and raised family. Mabel had Sprague's store on the road.Russell was labourer and Cecil went away. His grandkids prosper in Saint John.
Chris Cosman, Eddie's father was born in Kingston where I live now. He was the 13th in a family of 14. Eddie served in WWII, dug ditches, became a mechanic, and chief engineer at Govt. Garage Coldbrook. A smart and gentle man, independant of action and thought, unschooled, but brilliant. He died young. He was the only HANDSOME one of the bunch.` Darlene
Did Joe & Hazel Phillips have a store on Stanley St. off of Wright St. around 1961? Paulette Sheppard
Joe and Hazel Phillips were my Aunt and Uncle. She was Hazel Lawton. Yes, that was their store. Hazel was always dressed up, with suit, hat and gloves. She left Joe for a high-flying minister and Joe shot himself to death. Very sad. Hazel went to Vancouver. Darlene
That is a sad story! It's so odd that you and I have never met but it seems our lives have almost crossed paths but then missed! I used to go to that store often when I was 6 and 7 years old and our family lived on Wright Street. Yet I had no idea of what became of Joe and Hazel. I think my family even knew them somehow outside the store. What type of "minister" did she leave Joe for? Clergy or government? Is she still living and here in Vancouver? Paulette Sheppard
He was a 7th day advent... minister. Joe took it hard. He seemed to get hold of Hazen and all of her assets too. Hazel is dead now.
I REMEMBER........
Mr Buck rented the hall by Crosses store to play Friday night cowboy movies. Anyone remember. It was a nickel to get in. Darlene
I remember Mr.Buck showing the movies. I really had to mind my p`s and qs that day in order to get Dad to give me a nickle`-big bucks back then.....lol John Wells
A nickel was big bucks then. We got a Friday night nickel to spend at the store until Dad got laid off from Likely's Cement. We collected pop bottles all week to get money for "The Show" on Saturday in town...10cents and 5 cents for bus, unless we walked all the way.We went to the Kent, the Mayfair, the Strand, the Regent. Darlene
I remember the mounties,forever checking our end of the road -we must have been on there most wanted list................lol John Wells
I remember at one time when we were hanging out at the end of the Goldsworthy Rd. - me, John Goldsworty, Brian,Al Jones,Ray Cormier---a mountie stopped and asked us if we were the ones who were pulling trees out by the roots and putting them in the middle of the road. We all said what the hell do we look like a bunch of supermen...lol John Wells
Jack Asselstine and family lived at the top of Cottage Road. My dad and he were sorta partners in different stuff, horse trading mostly. John Wells
Johnny Asselstine just had stroke, is home now, I think, can do everything except walk, has to relearn. He lives in Kingston on the Backland Road. Is same old John. Darlene
I have the 1972 voters list for the Old Black River Road, all the names and occupations. For now, I will just list the family names. Here goes...
Old Black River Road
Alexander, Andrews, Beckwith, Breeyman, Best, Beyea, Blanchard, Boucher, Boyd, Breau, Brothers, Buck, Burgess, Burke, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carver, Chamberlain, Chandler, Clarke, Connolly, Comeau, Cook, Cox, Cross, Cummings, Cry, Daigle, Davis, Day..........Dempster, Dickey,Doucette,Douglas,Dunbar,Ezerskis,Flecknell,Garnett,Gillet,Godfrey,Graham,Guitar,Guitard,Hadland,
Hardy,Hastings,Hayes,Hebert,Hickey,Hicks,Hooper,Hope,Hosford,Jenkins,Johnson,Judge,Lawton,LeBlanc,
Leonard,Lewis,Lockhart,Long,Lowe,Lumsden,Lynch,Mabee,Martin,Mason,May,Morris,Myers,MacDonald,MacRae,
McAuley,McCaffrey,McGaskill,McCarthy,McCarty,McCluskey,McFadgen,McNeill,McQuinn,Patterson,Payne,Phillips,
Prosser,Ram,Reid,Richard,Richards,Rogers,Shannon,Somerville. Spence,Sprague,Stevens,Sudsbear,Sweet,Talbot,Thorne,Tonge,Truswell,Turner,Tyler,Watson,Wills,Yearwood.
Old Black River Road
Alexander, Andrews, Beckwith, Breeyman, Best, Beyea, Blanchard, Boucher, Boyd, Breau, Brothers, Buck, Burgess, Burke, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carver, Chamberlain, Chandler, Clarke, Connolly, Comeau, Cook, Cox, Cross, Cummings, Cry, Daigle, Davis, Day..........Dempster, Dickey,Doucette,Douglas,Dunbar,Ezerskis,Flecknell,Garnett,Gillet,Godfrey,Graham,Guitar,Guitard,Hadland,
Hardy,Hastings,Hayes,Hebert,Hickey,Hicks,Hooper,Hope,Hosford,Jenkins,Johnson,Judge,Lawton,LeBlanc,
Leonard,Lewis,Lockhart,Long,Lowe,Lumsden,Lynch,Mabee,Martin,Mason,May,Morris,Myers,MacDonald,MacRae,
McAuley,McCaffrey,McGaskill,McCarthy,McCarty,McCluskey,McFadgen,McNeill,McQuinn,Patterson,Payne,Phillips,
Prosser,Ram,Reid,Richard,Richards,Rogers,Shannon,Somerville. Spence,Sprague,Stevens,Sudsbear,Sweet,Talbot,Thorne,Tonge,Truswell,Turner,Tyler,Watson,Wills,Yearwood.
Voters List 1972 Cottage Road
Beyea,Cole,Comeau,DeVenne,Ferris,Knappic,Lawton,McGill,Paris,Richards,Shafford,Sherren,Sullivan,
Speight,Woodworth.
Beyea,Cole,Comeau,DeVenne,Ferris,Knappic,Lawton,McGill,Paris,Richards,Shafford,Sherren,Sullivan,
Speight,Woodworth.
1972 Voters List, Goldsworthy Road
Collins,Comier,Dempsey,Forgrave,Garnett,Goldsworthy,Hutchinson,LeBreton,Lobb,MacFadgen,Poulin,
Richards,Voutour,Wilson
Collins,Comier,Dempsey,Forgrave,Garnett,Goldsworthy,Hutchinson,LeBreton,Lobb,MacFadgen,Poulin,
Richards,Voutour,Wilson
I did swim in Mispec Stream....my first puppy love was Ann May...hung out with her brother David.I have good memories of the road. I can remember going to town in back of my dads truck,almost died from the dust on the gravel road. Does any body remember Abbey Stewart the school bus driver and the there was Crosses Store,and Spraggs Store. Used to get a good laugh from Gary Hicks....lots of good and bad memories there. John Wells
Does anyone remember when the Clarence McCarty house burned down circa 1963? Or what happened to Mary Pitre, brother of Larry Pitre? They were both grandchildren of the McCarty's and children of Mary Pitre, nee McCarty. The grandparents ended up "raising" the two children after Mary left OBR. Paulette Sheppard
" God have mercy and all the poor and miserable sinners that live on the Old Black River Road", Eddie lawton, nightly prayer.
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