A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

Most of us had our special stories to share about unusual things that had hap- pened to us. Doug Horne and I had our story to tell about coming home from Alberton after a hockey game in a closed-in sleigh. The sleigh had a bat- tery-operated light, not unlike a car light. The sleigh was built and veneered with 1/1 inch plywood. The light was attached to the driver’s side. It was snowing and drifting. Snow was piled up on both sides of the road. A few trucks were on the road, but no cars. Doug and I met a truck. There was not enough room for the horse and sleigh and the truck. Part of the truck chassis hit the light on the LeslieandJessieHardyColl. Sid€ Of the SlClgh. It tOOk Off the‘light Rammed Mach/[man » and a large section of the plywood ve- neer from the sleigh. Doug and I thought it was the end. The fearful escape from what could have been a tragedy was a story often shared at the Elmsdale comer.

I remember well how my sister, Gladys, and I would play our instruments in some of the meetings we would have in the Orange Hall, where the Church of the Nazarene met during its early days in Elmsdale. Gladys played the guitar and I played the Violin.

SOME PERSONAL FOLKLORE

FROM THE TIMES IN ELMSDALE By Rev. Roland A. Stanford, Cape Elizabeth, Maine I came alive as a person in Elmsdale. I grew with the school system. Teachers I remember were: Mrs. Leonard, Winston Currie, Jim Currie, Ian Sterling and John

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