one of the first cars in the Kinkora area. Angelina’s half—brothers were 
     
    

    
     also active in the community. In 1917, Philip Monaghan, Ambrose’s son 
     
     from his second marriage, brought the first Ford car to the community in 
     
     1917 and charged a “small amount” for rides up and down the dusty road 
     
     between Kinkora and Bedeque. Joe Monaghan, Philip’s younger brother, 
     
     installed the first electric lights in the community. The electricity came 
     
     from a water—powered generator at Scales Pond. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Angelina looked after the household, cooking, baking , putting up 
     
     preserves, cleaning, hooking rugs, making quilts and knitting mitts and 
     
     socks for the 12 family members. Saturday was wash day; floors were 
     
     scrubbed, the stove was cleaned and the clothes were washed. with water 
     
     heated on the wood stove. The clothes were hung out on a line to dry 
     
     during the summer, but dust from the dirt road which ran just in front of 
     
     the house would play havoc with white items. (Later on, oil was applied 
     
     to the road to keep the dust down — and that helped to keep the clothes 
     
     clean.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Quilts and mats were hung outside to air them out. The floor mats were 
     
     durable and lasted for a number of years. The mats were hand made 
     
     with a great deal of effort, and were prized by many families. Each year, 
     
     however, the “mat man” would travel throughout rural districts and 
     
     exchange the mats for a new rage in flooring called oilcloth. The Keefes 
     
     exchanged some mats, but never parted with three special ones that were 
     
     displayed in the parlour. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The older children were doing well in school, and were busy with chores 
     
     at home. An ever—expanding number of cousins and neighbours played 
     
     together, and created their own entertainment. There were ball games 
     
    

    
     in the summers, and in the winter they would go skating at the rink 
     
    

    
     in Bedeque or in one of the ponds that iced over in low—lying fields 
     
     around the village or up the road in Middleton. One winter, one of 
     
     Kathleen’s older brothers made a harness for the family dog and Kathleen 
     
     entertained her brothers and sisters and her friends with winter drives 
     
     across snow—covered fields on a sled. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As the youngest child, Kathleen received a great deal of care and attention 
     
     from other family members who watched over her free spirited ways with 
     
     solicitude. On a bright afternoon after school one day in May, Kathleen 
     
    
   
   
    
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