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--""-"'t - __ - w‘ _-----------------------" -------- _ T _ _ use early years, her ' _' VV """NEr t_re'f,1t,elsaRMlBtqa With sf f "% . Shoestors were totally w.ith- , " _v,_,itltii'ii:,RirridiFlcj% I l if IES? 5 out the modern congen'fg’r‘ _ I (r"N __ 1% gal) a IK. ' t, a Fb'",- cos which we ta e . _ "'ts 'cur': 'frsfiii"ii,ilrmh1ie, CN., IK'" ll l ith' ’r. ' v ,granted today. She remem- I":§§§‘ a A '9) ' g 'e ' "Ci) " . aqa' hers hearing about how her C 'y, r'e TF ' . K 4 "uise:i"m Bl "iRS8, " C "U t . . ' would walk to Cobden to iris ." ', _tiir"firi'rii1)',ijst'cal ' gaffe "_r, I _ Xi baneefor goods, She wotld 1 q ' 'e 'rg?, he , See?“ , . ', r d ra'" take butter and eggs with _e, ," , 's,, Eh? ir,,r7?,tli" i ' K,a.1 ' ' ' k her to trade, and She V e', f C C Mlt 'yt,) :32: '"?,iSr1, ' 3 3 ll I, travelled along aforest trail st", N ' CCW, i a t' _ , ' ti = E next to Muskrat Lake. In /ak", q s'id"reu_dttil, . I blGi trade the farm products for e gels” " " 113;“ I a tea, sugar and other such _ ' ' a; . ”egg“ .3, Iltlillli - . . a When the Canadian Parr _v"i1:v,rr,ii.ic/LriStijfj,i,ia A} sf'i'i:Ciitn tg8l Bl Wr t. I' i,: r & fic Railway was being built ')'ri'laiiEiiM 2 i"i'ii/'i)i'iiiiaiiiiiMa, I . s Bl , ' ‘ ' through the region in the '_W,o, 1rrudiiilF sP't, we” " I ' ' ' l 1880's, land was purchased is x f . . TBritt Et = ‘--.,.,:,‘ Ilg8jGiiial " - ' t * . . a scant Sl per acre. The iiltrkiii"rr,/5iiiiiii8il' . ttt .. . "tiff': 'P", SiiWs'i,flr: 1'f3N - we. he l railway crossed what was 7338,N'rjs,ir.i,,ietir'.,s, 'Cr-,: “‘g - . - he Bt then a dirt road there, and " N ' g: t"tig"1'l= 'tia " ' ' '3ikfj, Egititte 'siiivialll gag:- , . EIN, "KT Ell F .that's when the area ti t ' “.; I 3 a rs, v's"sSrt8 Iiilt"t'"i'i'iaM ' f” . l (f, iWi became known as Shield's 5'; I§ 't%WlRli'$'1 . IP, vt?,, ti/iii/git) IieE5i?i,MSl1 " _-_ " to _ . Crossing. ItrL'rsr:rt, a"ii __ I sr . l'iflt'lil IlllBiidi' 'ii'i's'llgll u he , - » In the early 1900's, the ”~* ' " iiiia “21M 1 I " TI g Shields house also became - Kit he»: 'iE'iiiatE, Itg' . "iM-ill' - n known as Shields' Post - Kitt' - - " that? Iq _ , ' , V IS Office. Mrs, Smith 's father, - - ‘”*‘h$“:‘;i,' - m ,e ed as the postmaster there /-:i',:i():11)rr-r' tit, slsrf5rJtr'?'rs5"8's!r, we; sN5ti% , , q F _ 3., ”gym/gt ;ezv',' #5;- Fir?)? 1t?'iri',ric: 3 cf; r . _ C . ...;,:.:_§-11_3-:..1x',¢'-.'.I. PA I for manyyears. e j-ri-ivy,,, v,,)' "-"q "" ,. _ _,'.,, C 1cN;?lrc':rr/fr1MWiiiiiiM, But more than anything else, the Muse was very A familiar sight in the Cobden area, the 113-year-old Shields house, is now rstgi,c,1safamr1fvr'Mrrsmti't"/, becoming a familiar site in the Dacre area. The log home was recently says that $6, her two dismantled and moved to a new location near Dacre. Built in 1873 at what later brothers and one sister became known as Shields Crossing, the home was very much a focal point of the were all born in the house, small community. as were eight of her 3:322: te,,, 'tgh, 5:1: Mrs. Smith says there were live there for many years building is being given a 1930, the wedding took many deaths there, and afterward. Most recently, second life. She says the place at the house as well often funerals were con- the house IS owned by Mr:, new owner used great care . ducted from the home. Berry's son Jack, also of in dismantling the logs, and . There were other wedd- Pembroke. it's her understanding that _ ings at the house, along In 1943, the house and Mrs. Smith says it with. wedding showers, and surrounding property was saddens her that the house the house, which was anniversary celebrations. sold to Harry Berry of no longer stands on the reassembled near Dacre, is And the .hou.se proved to be Pembroke, however the Shields homestead, but she once again being used as a a haven in tunes of trouble. Shields family continued to is very pleased that the home.