By: Celia Hunter
It all started with the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society fundraiser.
Councillor Tim Belch and his father Dr. Bill (Willoughby) Belch came to the February meeting of the Historical Society in the Centennial Place Fireside Lounge, and heard about the plans for the March 22 fundraiser.
The home of Pat and Warren Wakefield, where Ethel Aiken, born in 1895, grew up and kept house from the age of 15. Nattie Belch married Ethel Aiken on New Year’s Day, 1919. Because the homestead was so close to the railroad, the Aiken family often hosted travellers and the drifters of the thirties. Many men stayed and worked on the farm for a time just for a place to stay and a square meal. (from This Green and Pleasant Land, Chronicles of Cavan Township)
Warren and Pat Wakefield bring home the telephone
Photo by Celia Hunter
