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Brief Summary Of Rankin's House

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After a pleasant spring trip to Toronto visiting friends, Mary with Hyacinthe returned home just in time. The youngest member of the family, 2 year old Doris Thelma (b December 15, 1908) developed a painful abscess on the neck in May 1910 and it had to be operated on quickly. Luckily it all went well. However, less than two weeks later, 15 year old Beatrice had an accident while going out to get the mail for her father's store when her horse, in wanting to run away, threw her out of the wagon fracturing her leg. At her youthful age, it wasn't long before she was back on her feet. Nineteen-ten included the first of Philip and Mary's children to have a wedding. Pearl at 22 was marrying James White, the celebration of which took place in the Harrison's …show more content…

At a local party, often held by Rankin's in the centre of Falding, he lost it. With a bit of tongue in cheek, for everyone knew everyone, Philip made his 'dilemma' public (North Star December 29, 1910): Will the gentleman who took Mr. Philip Harrison's Christie hat by the mistake of his own on Tuesday night at the Forester's “At Home” in Rankin's Hall kindly look inside hat and he will notice the owner's name. Please return to Blackstone Lake and receive his …show more content…

All this war time activity reflected the Harrison's religious and spiritual faith being devout Baptists. The family held many successful prayer meetings in their home after the war with Philip eventually becoming an Honorary Deacon. When the war was clearly over, the Harrison's flourished from the various sources of income that Philip's strong work ethic had deservedly provided. His total take by 1920 was $1900/year a substantial amount for the time and region. With such success the family purchased, in the spring of 1921 their first car. Once Hyacinthe became of marriageable age i.e. 18, her whereabouts was noticed publicly by the North Star, even if the movement was the few kilometres to Rosseau Road or Parry Sound, along with her friends or not. So for example when she and four of her girlfriends headed down to 'sucker creek' by Black Road on Saturday May 11th, 1918 the ever suspicious newspaper only wanting to mention two names recorded (issues for May 16 and May 23,

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