Tales from the Almonte Cold Storage 1950

November 1950

There are 25 deer carcasses at the Almonte Cold Storage now and as far as can be learned, Pete Syme is top man with a buck that weighed 185 lbs. Alf James is the runner-up with a buck weighing 181 lbs. Pete shot his at Long Lake and Alf was hunting above Calabogie. All in all, local hunters seem to have been successful. Harry Sadler shot six which just about looked after his party. It is too early yet to learn the inside story of what went on in all these hunting camps. Maybe someone could match the story of the hunter near Minden, Haliburton, who nosed his car into the bushes along a little-used road and threw an old fur robe over his radiator. After a wide circle in the bush, he saw a black, furry animal. Six shots later he approached the pelt hanging over his radiator, with anti-freeze spraying wildly through the six holes.

Nov 1950– Almonte Gazette

Photo-Amy Thom

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The Family Freezer Locker

Memories..The largely attended funeral service for the late Lester Boyd Jamieson who passed away on Friday, February 14th, 1975, was held on Sunday afternoon, February 16, at Almonte United Church. Mr. Jamieson suffered a heart seizure and passed away a short time later. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Robert McCrea of Almonte United and Rev. Ray Anderson, a former minister of the Almonte Church. Interment was at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The well-filled church was a fitting tribute to one who had served his church as an elder for some 50 years and as clerk of the session for 35 years. Mr. Jamieson was born in North Dakota on October 23, 1890, and came to Canada as an infant. He was a son of the late Robert Jamieson and his wife, Sarah Dworkin. He received his early education at the school at Hopetown and later learned the art of cheesemaking at Kingston dairy school. He was married at Watson’s Corners in 1912 to the former Mary Euphemia McDougall, and for the next 13 years resided in such places as Perth, Prospect, Malakoff and Clayton, following his trade as a cheesemaker. The following 28 years were spent farming on the farm outside of Almonte where his son Boyd now resides. After moving into Almonte, Mr. Jamieson was for three years in the Registry Office, followed by some time in the Almonte Cold Storage plant. In later years, he worked at refurbishing old furniture at the Pinecraft shop. Besides his wife, Mr. Jamieson is survived by a son, Boyd, of Almonte; two daughters, Mrs. Eileen Russell of Kingston, and Mrs. Beryl Riddell, Cardinal; a brother, William, at Hopetown, and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Miller of Timmins and Mrs. Percy Currie of Radisson, Sask. He was predeceased by a son, Lionel. Pallbearers at the funeral were Ross Craig, Larry Command, Weldon Kropp, Wilbert Monette, and nephews Melville Dowdall and Mac Dowdall.