232 A Bridge To The Past

An interesting anecdote related by one Valley resident concerns a mishap which befell the Clarks late on a winter's night, probably about 1910. Ewen and Al were coming home from town by way of the shoreline of the Wilmot River. Perhaps their pace was hurried, the talk earnest or the night dark; whatever the situation, they passed the stout brush—bridge and arrived instead at the approach to an inoffensive springhole, worn by the traffic of farmers shovelling marsh-mud. The hole, enlarged from the aforesaid activity, shortly became host to horse and sleigh, and the Clark gentlemen, with probably more than a few exclamations, and a high- stepping jig or two, found it necessary to hurry to the home of Gordon Huestis for help. Despite the hour, the Huestis menfolk hastened willingly to the aid of their neighbours. With the hazards of winter—night travel

overcome, the Clarks soon arrived safely home.

Wyman, the youngest of Ewen’s family, operated the saw and grist mills for a number of years until after his father‘s death. Wyman, Lois and their family then moved to North St. Eleanor‘s and later to Hamilton. Wy- man is now married to Dorothy Mitton MacArthur. Wyman and Lois had

three children:

Earl Wyman (Sept. 29, 1927) married Mildred Blanche MacLean of Lot 16. They farm in Baltic and have the following children: Herbert Gordon, Ronald Earl, Donna Lynn, Sheila Lois, Nancy Jean, Audrey Marleen, Ewen Wayne and Paula Mildred.

Bessie Joyce (March 18, 1931) married Hans Minke on September 29, 1948. They live in New Mexico, U.S.A. and their children are Janet Jean and Carol Louise.

Judith Ann (Nov. 7, 1947) married Douglas Johnson of Margate. Their children are David Russell, Allan Clark and Karen Joyce.

The house which Ewen and Wyman lived in was a double house and also had several additions, similar to porches, in which various men stayed who were employed at the mill. If we were to stop at this point, the house might divulge, could walls but talk, many an entertaining tale. lts life is not finished, hOwever. The house now belongs to Ira and Joyce Arsenault. When the Clarks moved, Elmer Waugh purchased the house, barns and Wyman‘s land. Brecken Simmons then bought the house and it was moved to its present location. An extremely cold stretch of winter weather in 1943 facilitated the moving of the house, as it was borne across Clark‘s Pond to the Burrows field. From that point the house proceeded on its leisurely trip through the field north of Kenneth Clark‘s barns and south of the graveyard to the site where it now stands. Still the tale does not end. Two Simmons families lived there prior to the Arsenaults. The additions in which the millhands stayed had been removed, with some of these being