0.11.8.4. Lorraine McKinny with husband Fred Mayor and family. Debra and Dale. Gladstone, 1977.

It was in the early fifties that Lorraine met neigh— bour Fred Mayor while out skating on the Whitemnd River ~— a favorite winter pastime in the Gladstone area especially in seasons when the water freezes smooth and clear for a long free stretch. They were married in the fall of 1953 and have been farming southeast of Gladstone all their married life. In har- vest time several years ago, Lorraine was seriously injured when the grain truck she was driving on the highway into town was sideswiped by an even heav- ier vehicle. With much care and some skilled sur- gery, she has made a romarkahie recovery, but she is still nervous of the highway travel, and each harvest reminds them of the accident.

Lorraine is kept busy with farming and house— keeping but also assists her mother with the Kennedy Coffee Shop in town which is the regular stop for no less than eight bosses per day. Regularly they talk of retirement but the shop is a centre for community news and fun with regular customers, so they con~ tinue with only Saturday afternoon and Sundays closed.

Lorraine and Fred have two children. Debra, who trained as a practical nurse, married Bob Frost and lives at Elm Creek just the other side of Portage la Prairie where granddaughter Shelley Lynne is a real charmer. Dale, an apprentice carpenter at Edmonton, enjoys an occasional hunting expedition with his father. Lorraine says her “pumpkin house”, at NE 20-1441 south of #16 highway east of the Esso station, is always easy to find.

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Ronald McKinninermaine LaPierre William Ronald McKinny ~— 1938 — Germaine Edith LaPierre —- 1939 -

Married 20 Nov. 1959

.8. 5. 1 Timothy -—- 1960 ~ ..8 5.2 Barry Ross—- 1961 - 8. 5. 3 Diane— 1962 - 1978 H8 5. 4 Donna May—~1964 - .8 5. 5 Richard ~—~ 1965 ~ ..8 5 6 Dana--1968 -

Ronald, the number four son of Florence and Al McKinny, was also born at Winnipegosis and spent his first years at Dauphin but did not begin school until the family was living in Portage la Prairie during the war years. By the time his mother had married again and the family had moved to the Kennedy farm at Muir west of Portage on Highway 34, Ron was finishing his formal education at Gladstone. He left home young to work out at Chandler’s fann but soon followed his older brothers into the Canadian Army. However, army life was not the adventure he had hoped for. After a number of madcap A.W.O.L. escapades, he got himself discharged.

Alberta with the expanding search for oil and distant frontier development provided prospects for greater adventure. As an operator of heavy equip— ment Ron worked out of Edmonton during the sixties and seventies. During these years he met and married Germaine LaPierre from St. Paul, Alberta. They made their home in Edmonton where they have raised a family of six 7- Timothy, Barry, Diane, Donna, Ricky and Dana. In June of 1978 Diana was killed in a car accident on the streets of Edmonton. Timothy and Barry are finished high school and keenly interested in cars, electronics and boxing among other things. It is still uncertain what their future careers will be.

The three younger children are with Ron at Alert Bay on a small island off the north end of Vancouver Island where father Ron has taken on an assignment driving harbour piles for the federal government docks. For the time being at least Ron has quit the urban whirl for the west coast and the stonnier is~ lands.

Meanwhile he is still finding his adventures.

0.11.8.6 George McKinneleheresa Panko George McKinney —-— I941 - Theresa Panko -—- 1940 -

Married 12 Oct. 1968 0.11.8.6.1 Terra—Lee ~— 1969 - 0.11.862 Donna-Lee —— 1972 -