Their family consists of one daughter, Lynne Adele, and one
son Lee. Lynne spent her childhood years on the farm, receiving her
elementary education at McConnell, and her high school at Hamimm
Later she attended St. Michael’s Academy at Brandon, Man. where
she took a Commercial course. In 1966 she married Donald Cameron
of the Woodnorth district.

Lee, also, was raised on the farm, getting his education at Me-
Connell and Hamiota. He was always very interested in sports, playing
hockey and baseball and participating in track and field events. In
1967 he was accepted into the R.C.M.P. and took his training at
Penhold, Alberta, later being posted to British Columbia.

The farm, Section 30—14—22 in the Blanshard Municipality, was
purchased by George’s grandfather, Iames Theodore Pollock, in 1919
from Alex Smith of the Scotia district. Following the World War of
1914 to 1918, Bill Pollock, George’s uncle, took over this farm until
the time of I. T. Pollock’s death in 1940, at which time the land
was divided between Andrew Pollock and Hubert Pollock, sons of  T.
Andrew received the west half and Hubert the east half.

Prior to the Pollocks taking over this farm, people such as: Alex
Smith better known as Sandy, Alex and Willie Catto and the Kreagers
lived there. In the early days of the 1900’s Carl Brown and a brother
used to gather limestone, heat and powder it in a lime Kiln in the

side of a hill along the Oak River which runs through this farm.

DONALD EDGAR POLLOCK
THE HISTORY OF SECTION 30-14-22

lust who was the first owner of Section 30 seems to be unknown,
nor is it known if it was ever homesteaded, at any rate according
to the tax records of Blanshard Municipality a Mr. E. I. Musson of
Toronto, Ont. was listed as the taxpayer in 1894 and until 1899.
A Mr. Daniel O’Conner of Ottawa, Ont. must have bought the farm
for he started paying the taxes in 1899 and did so until 1902 when he
must have found a buyer in a Mr. L. B. Latimer of Hamiota for he
paid then until 1904 when the property must have reverted back to
Mr. O’Connor, for he again is the listed taxpayer until 1911 when
a Mr. Alex Smith of Pope, Man. bought the farm for his son Sandy.
However, Sandy never got married or lived on the farm, so in 1915
Smiths hired a couple by the name of Kreager, (Mr. and Mrs. Iack
Kreager), who were the first people to live on the farm. They
stayed for two years, until 1917, and their son Nelson was the first
person born on the farm.

They were followed by a Mr. and Mrs. William Catto, who lived
on it until it was once more sold.

Alex Smith bought it in 1911 and sold it in 1919. Smiths did
the first breaking of any account, for before that the farmers living
next to it used it as a place to pasture their cattle, as it was vacant

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