In Sept. 1959 we moved to Cockburn Island in Lake Huron, Ont. My mother, Helen Wismath, had been hired as the school teacher in the 1-room schoolhouse on the island. My father, Otto Wismath, worked seasonally for the pulp and paper company which was the main employer on the island. However, mostly he took care of my baby brother David who was a 2 year old when we arrived. I was 7 and spent the year in grade 2. Dock -- Meldrum Bay It was quite a year. House: Our home was on the western edge of town. There was no running water, but a hand pump that required priming. It froze in the winter and dad had to carry water from a nearby stream via buckets with a heavy yoke. Of course, we relied on an outhouse and it was cold in winter! We had a (b&w) TV but electricity in town was supplied by a generator that was shut down fairly early at night. I recall watching Bonanza and The Rifleman. Probably there was only 1 station, perhaps broadcast from the Soo? There was a w...