Clifford Earl Storie

Page 1 - Cliff and Iris Storie and Family

From "Come Into our Heritage" R.M. of Argyle, 1882 - 1982

Cliff and Iris Clifford Earl, third son of Tom and Ruby Storie, was born and raised on Storie Road in Old Kildonan, Man. He received his basic education at John Black School and then went on to West Kildonan Collegiate. He joined the Royal Canadian Signal Corps in February, 1942, at the age of 18, and was sent to  England in June of that year. He spent the last two years of the war on the continent and was stationed in Germany when the war ended. He returned to Winnipeg, Dec. 31, 1945. Cliff met Iris Young, a registered nurse, working at Victoria Hospital, on Jan. 5, 1946, and they were married May 11 of that year at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Young, in Greenway, Man. They lived in Winnipeg for the next nine years while Cliff was employed by Christie Brown and Co. During this time four of their five children were born, all at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg; Kenneth William, Dec. 13, 1948; Jerry Thomas, March 23, 1950; Donna Joan, July 21, 1952; and Grant Allen, Jan. 6, 1954. Timothy Earl was born May 20, 1958, in Baldur Hospital. They came to the Rosehill district of Argyle in April, 1955, and rented W 27-4-14. Two years later they bought this farm from Iris' parents. The first few years were very hard and lean. Although a far cry from the comforts and conveniences of city living to which they had become accustomed, there was really never a moment's wonder as to the wisdom of their move. They were kept busy, not only eking out a living from their land, their few milk cows, pigs and chickens, but also with the care and clothing of their young family. The old house, although recently renovated and ac¬tually quite spacious, was long since showing its age of some 70 odd years. It was cold in winter and was leaky in the summer and was finally replaced with a new house in 1967. Kenneth was already in school when they moved to Rosehill and he settled in fine to a country-type school and loved it. Mrs. Madge Holder was the teacher that year. He soon found, after a few trips, that the mile down the road to school wasn't that far after all. Later when Jerry started to school, the old Shetland Pony "Tiny" that Iris had grown up with, and driven to Excelsior School 20 years earlier, came back to make her home with them and the boys rode her to school for a couple of years. Tiny was then 33 years old, and was still a joy to yet another family of young children. The second fall they were on the farm, their barn burned down, taking with it their entire winter's feed for their stock, and a lean-to bin of grain. Even before the realization of their loss had set in, friends and neighbours had gathered with help of all kinds. Within three weeks the milk cows were again in their stalls in a new barn and their winter feed insured. The wonder of good neigh¬bours must be experienced to be believed. In 1960, Rosehill School was consolidated. School buses began to frequent the country roads and bring about their inevitable improvements. The Storie children, along with all others, became part of the bus-riding generation. All continued their education in the old Baldur High School. Clifford Earl, third son of Tom and Ruby Storie, was born and raised on Storie Road in Old Kildonan, Man. He received his basic education at John Black School and then went on to West Kildonan Collegiate.   Left ”Jonah and Geoffrey, Right: Bev and Ken Ken went on to Brandon University, where he received his B.A. and B. Ed. He taught school at Princess Har¬bour in northern Manitoba for two years, and was principal at Ninette School for one year. He married Beverly Wallace of Belmont, Man., on March 15, 1969, and they have two sons, Jonah Blair, born April, 1972; and Geoffry Paul, born April, 1976. They now reside in Melita, Man., where Ken teaches school and music.   Jerry holding Lindsay, Betty holding Bengi Jerry went to Brandon University where he received his B.A., then on to the University of Manitoba for his M.A. in Sociology. He married Betty Embury of Baldur, Man., on Sept. 12, 1970, and they have a daughter, Lindsay Dawn, born May 26, 1976, and a son, Benjamin Thomas, born Sept. 11, 1977. They moved to Flin Flon in 1975, where Jerry took up the position of guidance counselor in the junior high school. In 1979, he took a teaching position there, where he has remained. In November of 1981, he was elected M.L.A. for the N.D.P. in that northern constituency.   Back Row: David and Donna Front Row: Pamela and Paul When Donna finished school she joined the work force of McKenzie Seeds Ltd. in Brandon, where she was trained in bookkeeping. She worked there for four years, then went to work for the Bank of Commerce. She married David August, a former resident of Baldur, Sept. 2, 1972. They have a daughter, Pamela Joan, born April, 1977, and a son Paul Darren, born Feb. 4, 1979. They live in Brandon, where Dave is employed as a lab technologist at Brandon General Hospital. In May, 1973, before settling down to raise their families Ken and Bev, Jerry and Betty, and Donna and Dave, took a trip together. They rented a van to accommodate six (in England), and spent three weeks touring Britain. Jerry and Betty spent another three weeks touring the continent by Eurail. All returned home to settle down to their professions and the joys of raising a family.   Dale, Grant and Carol Grant tried several different jobs and kinds of work, before deciding to further his education. However, he did finally settle on a career in electronics and after auating from Assiniboine Community College in June, 1977, he took a position with National Cash Registers and he is still with that company. The field of electronics is moving ahead so rapidly that they send him to their own university in Dayton, Ohio, for about two months every year to keep him updated. He married Carol Schmitz, of Brandon, Man., in July, 1974, and they have one son, Dale, born in March, 1979. They reside in Brandon, Man. Debbie and Tim Timothy went on to the University of Manitoba for a year then changed to the University of Winnipeg, where he is still working on a four-year science degree. He met Debbie Vanderstoel at the University of Winnipeg, where she was working toward her B. Ed. They were married in January, 1979. After touring the continent and Britain for two months, they returned and have since resumed their studies at the University of Winnipeg. Shortly after school buses started running, Cliff became a spare driver on different routes. Later he had his own bus and route. Then, when the division took over all transportation, and supplied the buses, he was hired as a driver for the division and is still driving. As the children grew, Iris responded more readily to the request for her assistance at the Baldur Hospital. In 1959, she became a full-time staff nurse. In January, 1980, during the absence of Mrs. K. Gordon, due to illness, she became acting director of nursing and in September, 1980, upon Mrs. Gordon's retirement she was invited to take the position of director of nursing. They still reside on their farm and Cliff enjoys a huge garden. The land is rented to their neighbour, Harold Gillis. Cliff is an active member of the Masonic Lodge and belongs to most of its concordant bodies. He is also a member of the Brandon and District Shrine Club Oriental Band.

Cliff & Iris Storie Family Photos



Ken, Bev & Family