V11 Wilmot Valley Hall .......................... VIII Farmers’ Institute ........................... IX Farm Radio Forum .......................... X Women’s Institute .......................... XI 4-H Club ................................. XII Allied Youth ............................... XIII Red Cross ................................. XIV REACT .................................. XV Rural Beautification ......................... Chapter Five A SPAN, THE LENGTH OF MEMORY Part I The Ghost of Wilmot Valley ................... 11 How the Blueshank got its Name ............... 111 An Old-fashioned Picnic ..................... IV Salmon Poaching ........................... V Good Cookin’ and Home Cures ................ VI There’s Company Coming .................... VII Reminiscing ............................... VIII Poetsand Poetry ........................... Chapter Six FOOTSTEPS ACROSS THE BRIDGE: OUR GEN- EALOGY Agnew, 193,194 Anderson, 188 Arsenault, 148, 176 Arthur, 170 Baker, 216, 251 Baldwin, 225 Barrett, 182 Barwise, 187, 199,210 Beaton, 237 Brander, 144 Brennan, 224 Bulger, 169 Burrows, 184, 226 Cameron, 143 Caseley, 190, 192 Chappell, 140 Ching, 209 Clark, 163, 213, 217, 230, 234, 242, INDEX OF FAMILIES 248 Clowney, 148 Cobb, 249 Connell, 181, 245 Coolen, 253 Corish, 163 Costello, 255 Craswell, 177 Crozier, 161,256 Curtis, 164, 172 Dare, 225 Day, 200 DesRoches, 171,218 Dickieson, 175, 188 Doull, 211 D y m e n t , l 4 6 Easter, 167,210 Farrar, 237 96 97 98 98 101 102 103 103 103 109 111 112 114 115 117 119 124