| strip, which the surveyor defined as being to the water's edge. Incidentally he
also included the little bay at my rear as "sunken land," which gave me full
title back to the little island beyond, making for us a splendid landing place for boats
in rough weather. There was rejoicing in Riverby that night. Bert Keown became caretaker for as long as I held the place. Butt Woodcock put on the first coat of paint, which Bruce and I renewed a number of years later. A short time after we took over, Murray McFarlane, builder of the Bigwin Inn fireplaces, built for us a fireplace which we always thought was a gem. How much happy family life and hospitality it saw. First Bruce and then Hilda joined the circle to watch the welcome fires. But the family grew up and began to scatter, and we had moved to Ohio. For a few years we rented the place for part of each summer, but by 1940 it seemed no longer feasible to maintain and use the place, with the uncertainty of getting the brood together each season. So with great reluctance we: sold to Air-Commander Ross of Hamilton, the present owner. (Signed) Fred. Note. As in the case of Barnaby, the buyer turned out to be a. most acceptable neighbor. Among those whom Fred mentions as renting the cottage were Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Jury - Dr. Jury was for years president. of Judson College, Rangoon Burma - Dr. Kenneth Taylor, Deputy Minister of Finance in Ottawa, Rev. Dr. Robert J. McCracken of The Riverside Church, New York, and President George P. Gilmour of McMaster University, Hamilton. [Photo also was not scanned -- this scan is from the photocopied final version]
Riverby - January 19, 1941 |
