20. Aline Arsenault Poirier 
     
    
   
   
    
     Aline met her husband, soldier and school-teacher Ulric Poirier, son of Philippe Poirier and 
     
     Julie-Anne Gallant from Mont Carmel, in Montreal, while he was on leave from the army. Although 
     
     Ulric and Aline had been raised only a few miles away from each other, they didn't know each other 
     
     before meeting in the province of Quebec. “At that time, the village of Mont Carmel was considered 
     
     far from Maximeville”, says Aline. It was a place they only went to about once a year, usually for 
     
     the parish summer picnic. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Upon his release from the army, Ulric returned home to Mont-Carmel where he became the 
     
     manager of the Mont Carmel Fishermen’s Union. Aline and Ulric were married on 23 October 1947 
     
     and the following year they built their home close to the shore in Mont Carmel, next to the 
     
     Fishermen’s Union's lobster factory. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Aline played a significant role in her new adopted community. She was for a time chairman 
     
     of the Mont Carmel school district Home and School Association, and for many years she was the 
     
     secretary of the local chapter of the Altar Women Society. She was the one responsible for 
     
     introducing the Red Cross water safety swimming courses in Mont Carmel and for a number of 
     
     years she coordinated the meals served by the women of Mont Carmel at the Egmont Bay and Mont 
     
     Carmel Agricultural Exhibition. Aline also did a lot of volunteer work for the Acadian Pioneer 
     
     Village, a community project that helped the tourism industry get started in the Evangeline region in 
     
     1967. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Like her mother and sisters, Aline enjoys doing handicrafts. In the 1970's, she took weaving 
     
     courses and bought a loom. She sold most of her work at the handicraft boutique at the Acadian 
     
     Pioneer Village where she also worked for a few summers. She also enjoys knitting and hooks 
     
     beautiful floor mats. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Children: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1) Albin (14 July 1948) married Liz Metcalf on 29 August 1975. Children: Phillip (11 June 1980), 
     
     Julianne (20 October 1983), Lisa (19 January 1988). Address: Edmonton, Alberta. 
     
    
   
   
    
     2) Claudette (25 July 1951) married Stan Campbell on 26 March 1982. Address: New Glasgow, 
     
     N.S. Three children were born from Stan's first mariage: 
     
    
   
   
    
     a) Karen (4 December 1967) married Whit Duggan on 7 October 1989. Child: 
     
     Tyson (18 March 1994). Address: New Glasgow, N.S. 
     
    
   
   
    
     b) Tracy (30 October 1970) married David Emery on 13 July 1996. Address: West 
     
     River, N.S. 
     
    
   
   
    
     c) Paula (29 January 1974). Address: Stellarton, N.-S. 
     
    
   
   
    
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