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Brandon 1970 - 71
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Franklin
March - June 1970 We lived here for a short while after returning from
Winnipeg in the winter of 1970.
We were both unemployed for the firdt two months, and we liked it! We
just
adjusted our expenses to fit our income (Called Unemployment Insurance
in thoses days.) I soon was back to work at Grayston's Hatchery, were I
had worked the previous spring. Bev found work at Fairview Home.
After hatchery season I got summer work on the Rivers Air Base
in the Housing Office. My first experience at an "office" job.
The River Air Base was a big deal, and although the government
had already announced the closing of the base, I found it an
interesting place to be. (Also interesting that 50 years later I'm
doing research projects about Rivers, and the Base.)
Sept. 30/70 Grandpa (Robert Malcolm) Wallace died suddenly with a heart attack. He and Grandma (Mary Ellen) had celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on Apr. 3.   Our Franklin St. Apartment. We were unemployed for the first month or two. What a life!
The summer of 1971 found me working on an
Opportunities For Youth Grant with Jerry and some of his classmates. Another very interesting summer. Those were good times for a university student (and perhaps for most young people). Both Federal and Provincial Governements were experimenting with programs aimed at the youth demographic. During my university years I had three summer jobs directly related to government programs. Each offered me something and provided me with a worthwhile experience while helping me pay for the priviledge of attending University. Those jobs along with a generous bursary system and reasonable student loan condiditions - allowed someone like myself - someone without his or her parent's financial support, to get an education without a great deal of sacrifice. It doesn't seem that easy for kids today. In the fall I found work assembling trusses for pre-fab houses at Beaver Lumber. That lasted until November and UI got us through the winter.Memories included a Trip to Winnipeg with Leigh, Carol, Bob Simmons and Karen to see Gimme Shelter at Cinema 3 on Ellice. In the fall
of 1970 I returned to
Universirty to complete my Arts Degree, after working (and not
working) for a year. Bev was working at Fairview Home. In July we
had
moved to
a basement apartment on 19th St. Ed and Dorothy Curtis were the
owners.
It was some time in 1971 that we decided to start a family. We had been married for over two years, and I was in my final yeat at BU. It just seemed like the right time. People though we were crazy but it was a great decision. I (Bev) took a camping trip with Mom, Dad, Linda, & Toni Young(?) to the Black Hills in Uncle Harold & Aunt Alma's tent trailer. Lots of fun!
All
dressed up for Donna and Dave's wedding.
Blind
Justice : Ken, Paul Solon, Mike Kotyk and Leigh
Moore. When
Clown disbanded after New Years Eve, 1970 Ken was
asked to audition for a spot with Blind Justice, perhaps Brandon's
leading Band.
Concerts Etc. Mashmekan - Concert Hall Impressive - we covered two of their songs in Blind Justice. Their drummer (Jerry Mercer) later surfaced in April Wine and is with them to this day. Gaye Harry's vocal quartet was the opening act. She impressed us and we asked her to join Blind Justice. Lighthouse - Concert Hall Well known by now, we'd heard the albums. The guitar player impressed us. The opening act was some group from Australia that we've not heard from since. Bruce Cockburn with Valdy - Concert Hall Both performed solo. We went with Leigh and Carol. |
