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Letter brings women together after 54 years
By JIM ISSISTEB
Of
The Advocate
s -~
Most people write letters to
_
the editor to let off steam or
express a viewpoint. but one
woman sought and got action
Eileen McKelltget of Avalon.
Australia. wrote The Advocate
in January asking local resi-dent
Kathleen Lawrence to
contact her. The two were
playmates for several years
while Mrs McKelltget was liv-ing
on a farm near Red Deer
and she wanted to get reac-quainted,
since she would be
passing through here on a
vacation .
The nght eyes saw the let-ter,
in the Jan 12 Advocate,
and Wednesday the pair were
face- to- face, for the first time
in 54 years
. 1 wrote the letter on the off-icth.
. a. nce somebody would see
said Mrs McKelltget, 57 . " 1
was so surprised when I got
her letter - so excited."
" It was a real shot in the
dark ." said Mrs. Lawrence, 60,
of Pine Lake . She didn't see
the letter but friends pointed
it out to her and she got in
touch with Mrs. McKelltget im-mediately
They were neighbors for
four years in the Poplar Ridge-
Crossroads area west of Red
Deer before Mrs McKelliget's
( nee Smith) family moved
back to England. She grew up
there before her family moved
to Australia 20 years ago. She
and husband Mac had two chil-dren
Meanwhile, Mrs Lawrence
( nee Wilkins) married Chris
Lawrence and settled onto a
farm near Pine Lake where
she raised four children .
They thought about one
another over the years but
were never in touch, although
their mothers did get together
20 years ago.
Since stepping off the plane
at Calgary Wednesday, they
have talked about " absolutely
everything," said Mrs. McKel-
EILEEN McKELLIGET, LEFT, AND KATHLEEN LAWRENCE GOTTOGEHTER THIS WEEK
the pair has not seen or heard from each other in 54 years except for a letter in The Advocate
/ i cn y - 5, / y ;' ,
liget. Although the McKelli-gets
return to Australia Satur-day,
the two long- lost friends
have pledged to not let another
54 years go by before they get
in touch again.
Citizenship and Legislation- I would like to urge each branch to study Bill
0- 127, which was passed by the Senate on January 4th 1983 . This amendment
to the Criminal Code deals with the laws concerning sexual assault and it's
definitions . I will be most interested in recieving your reports . Please
send me your branch reports as soon as you have had your program, also I
would appreciate any special roll calls you presented . The weather is very
cllld as I write this, but remember Spring is just around Vie corner- Lawns
to mow, weeds to pull and sunshine to enjoy.
Wanda Andrews
Mire lake vl ie supporting Alberta's Eurasian Mitroil Program. he main
otjectice of the program ieito prevent Eurasian Water Milfoil( a noxious
aquatic wees) from entering and establishing itself in the lakes and water
syatems of Alberta. The weed can e read easily by catching rides on boats
ceing moved from one infested lake p( IInited States, Quebec, ONtario and British
Columbia) to an Alberta lake . This spring, brochures, bumper stickers and
additional infoxmsti. on, to promote an awareness of the dangers of Eurasian
were - er` cu, to all Pine Lake resorts, as well as to alt
c-` ----- ~ c . i,: zituancy . rdna Whittemore Ed'lvlronmental Conservation .
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811093 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 93 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | Letter brings women together after 54 years By JIM ISSISTEB Of The Advocate s -~ Most people write letters to _ the editor to let off steam or express a viewpoint. but one woman sought and got action Eileen McKelltget of Avalon. Australia. wrote The Advocate in January asking local resi-dent Kathleen Lawrence to contact her. The two were playmates for several years while Mrs McKelltget was liv-ing on a farm near Red Deer and she wanted to get reac-quainted, since she would be passing through here on a vacation . The nght eyes saw the let-ter, in the Jan 12 Advocate, and Wednesday the pair were face- to- face, for the first time in 54 years . 1 wrote the letter on the off-icth. . a. nce somebody would see said Mrs McKelltget, 57 . " 1 was so surprised when I got her letter - so excited." " It was a real shot in the dark ." said Mrs. Lawrence, 60, of Pine Lake . She didn't see the letter but friends pointed it out to her and she got in touch with Mrs. McKelltget im-mediately They were neighbors for four years in the Poplar Ridge- Crossroads area west of Red Deer before Mrs McKelliget's ( nee Smith) family moved back to England. She grew up there before her family moved to Australia 20 years ago. She and husband Mac had two chil-dren Meanwhile, Mrs Lawrence ( nee Wilkins) married Chris Lawrence and settled onto a farm near Pine Lake where she raised four children . They thought about one another over the years but were never in touch, although their mothers did get together 20 years ago. Since stepping off the plane at Calgary Wednesday, they have talked about " absolutely everything," said Mrs. McKel- EILEEN McKELLIGET, LEFT, AND KATHLEEN LAWRENCE GOTTOGEHTER THIS WEEK the pair has not seen or heard from each other in 54 years except for a letter in The Advocate / i cn y - 5, / y ;' , liget. Although the McKelli-gets return to Australia Satur-day, the two long- lost friends have pledged to not let another 54 years go by before they get in touch again. Citizenship and Legislation- I would like to urge each branch to study Bill 0- 127, which was passed by the Senate on January 4th 1983 . This amendment to the Criminal Code deals with the laws concerning sexual assault and it's definitions . I will be most interested in recieving your reports . Please send me your branch reports as soon as you have had your program, also I would appreciate any special roll calls you presented . The weather is very cllld as I write this, but remember Spring is just around Vie corner- Lawns to mow, weeds to pull and sunshine to enjoy. Wanda Andrews Mire lake vl ie supporting Alberta's Eurasian Mitroil Program. he main otjectice of the program ieito prevent Eurasian Water Milfoil( a noxious aquatic wees) from entering and establishing itself in the lakes and water syatems of Alberta. The weed can e read easily by catching rides on boats ceing moved from one infested lake p( IInited States, Quebec, ONtario and British Columbia) to an Alberta lake . This spring, brochures, bumper stickers and additional infoxmsti. on, to promote an awareness of the dangers of Eurasian were - er` cu, to all Pine Lake resorts, as well as to alt c-` ----- ~ c . i,: zituancy . rdna Whittemore Ed'lvlronmental Conservation . |
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