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FEBRUARY 10, 2011
This Was Then... With Old Ike In honour of a friend
~By Gareth Flostrand
Do these 62 year-old pictures from Franklin River Camp B ring any bells? Don Watt was told these two photos of a children’s bicycle parade were taken on June 6, 1949. What do you think? If you recognize anyone, or can supply a memory of two, please email me at: ikepatterson@telus.net
Local photographer Gittan Klemetsrud is currently exhibiting her work at the Rollin Art Centre Gallery. Among her photographs is one titled “Strength”. Gittan has lost family members to Cancer and she knows first hand the challenges that these loved ones and their families face day-by-day. What they have and need is Strength! This photograph is displayed in honour of her friend Linda Patterson, for the strength she displayed throughout her battle. The proceeds from the sale of “Strength” go to The Ty Watson House, to acknowledge the emotional and physical toll that the staff and volunteers at the house go through on a daily basis. Gittan thanks you and feels this is a way for her to give back to the Community while honouring a friend. **Ike’s note** Gittan first approached me last fall, after Linda had passed away, with her wish to dedicate one of her photographs to Linda and donate the proceeds to Ty Watson House (one of Linda’s preferred charities). I gave her my blessing then, and I thank her now, on behalf of my family and Linda. I first created this column years ago, at my wife’s request, and because it was special to her, I feel this is the ideal spot for Gittan’s kind gesture.
The Cedar Grove Auto Court story continues Lea and Joe Gardner have come forward with a little bit more of the story on the Cedar Grove Auto Court. “Joe Gardner, Linden Gardner and Charlie Davidson bought the place in 1951, but can’t remember who from,” Lea Gardner emailed on January 31. “They rebuilt most of the cabins, and had 3 trailers along the Somass River during the construction of the pulp mill addition in 1956. I still have the 4 by 4 foot sheet of plywood with Cedar Grove Auto Court and the owners’ names painted on it; using it as my craft table now. Wish we had kept a book of all the folks that had lived in the cabins. Anyway, it was sold in 1961 or 1962 to Jack Gisborne.” Joe and Lea Gardner proudly display the Cedar Grove Auto Court sign, a souvenir from the days when they owned it. The sign was painted/ designed by Cliff Kadatz who worked for the Twin Cities Times back in the 1950’s.