Footsteps Across The Bridge 133

OUR GENEALOGY

As the wayfarer turns into Wilmot Valley from Wilmot via the western end of the Blueshank, he views. on a sunny day, the blue and sparkling water of the Wilmot River. The riyer‘s mouth is edged gracefully by the curves of the road, whose cleanness of line seem to promise to whisk one away from the busy highway to some quieter and more mellow countryside beyond. The road keeps its promise as it shortly straightens and proceeds thus all the way to Norboro, dividing, by its course. L0t 19 from Lot 25, and passing through \Vilmot Valley. whose richly—coloured fields slope gently to the river. and whose cosy homes and farms enhance its soft beauty.

The tidy homes and well-cultivated fields lend a solid impression of prosperity to the prettiness of the valley. It would be a hard task indeed to find a rural community with a greater number of well-tended homes and properties, as the residents of Wilmot Valley not only enjoy their comfor- table surroundings but are eager to do their part in maintaining the attrac- tiveness of their community.

The land on the left side of the road, stretching. behind the modern homes, from Route 1A east to the property of Allen Sinclair, belongs to Eldred Simmons of Wilmot. Most of the original farm which belonged in recent years to Roy and Elmer Simmons is in Wilmot Valley; as the Valley's western boundary lies jUSI west of Elmer‘s driveway The first homes one passes are those of the Simmons family. The first owner of this land was James Waugh.