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16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 23, 1988 |

by Batty Barton

“Tt was in the fall when the
raspberries were over with. But
then, that is when you really find
them tasty and the odd one is
really appreciated. i came across
a nice one. While sticking it in
my. mouth, I spied another
berry, As I reached, (after hur-
rying the first one in my mouth),

I got an awful jab on the tip of

my tongue, just as if a needle
had been stuck into it. Ap-
parently a wasp had been curled
up in the raspberry, which was a
nice big one. I ran into the
house, yelling for Helene to br-
ing me the gin bottle: I had vi-
sions of my tongue and throat
swelling up and me choking to
death. Helene brought the gin in
a hurry. I took a swig of it,
holding it in my mouth. After I
had composed myself, I
swallowed the gin and then stuck
out my tongue for Helene to ex-
amine. She noticed a tiny black
spot, so got the tweezers and
Managed to get hold of it
somehow, and pulled out the
stinger that looked just like a
fine hair, a sixteenth of an inch
long. I was sure relieved, didn’t
have ariy bad results, but after
this, I make damn sure I look in-

side a raspberry when I find one
late in the season. And, that’s’
not the last time I yelled for the
gin, in a panic!’’, wrote Nellie
Adams.

This excerpt, probably an ad-
dendum to her memoirs, was
found on Nellie Adams’ dressing
table in her long-time home in
Usk, after her death last month.
Nellie had already written her
life story, but didn't want it read
while she was still alive. Dixie
(nee: McRae) Samson, eldest
daughter of Bill and Helene
McRae, has the memoirs in her
care in Courtenay, on Van-
couver Island.

Last fall, in her 88th year,
Nellie Adams was still trimming
raspberry canes and cutting
brush around her home in Usk.
Nellie (Helen) Adams (nee:
Durham) was a fiesty lady, who
survived and even savoured,
pioneer life. She was born in
Usk on Aug. 21, 1899, (the same
birthday as her father) to.
Charles and Margaret Durham,
and was one of five daughters
and two sons.

She had no formal education,
because there was no school at
either Usk or Kitselas when she

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~ Nellie Adams: the story of ap

was growing | up. Her mother
taught her at home. By the time

Nellie was 15 or 16, she was run- -

ning the Post Office at Kitselas
(on the railway side). .
It was here that she met her

future husband, William

Richard (Dick) Adams. Mr.
Adams came to the area in 1913
to work at a hydraulic mine on
Gold Creek. He ran the pelton
wheel and also worked at other
mines in the area.

In the interim, World War I
happened and most of the men
left to serve in it. Even Mr.
Durham, who was too old, lied
about his age and joined his two
sons in the Armed Forces. The
girls stayed at home to run the
post office and store and also, to
haul all the wood needed for the
stoves during the winters. In
1917, brother Fred settled in
Tacoma, Washington, and the
family went to visit him. The
younger girls, Kay and Irene,
went to school briefly there.
Nellie and her sister, Paddy,
went to stay with their sister
Elsie, in New Westminster and
got jobs in a rooming house on
Lulu Island.

The rooming house provided
continued on page 17

Helene (Adams) McRae and Kay Vamer have many memories and
documents to review that recount Nellie Adams’ life In Usk.

Betty Barton photo

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The Terrace Friends and Families of Schizophrenics is a support
group that meets once permonth. Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the
month at 7:30 p.m. at the Psych. Conference: Room at Mills Memorial »
Hospital. One aim of the group Is to provide community education
about this Iliness. Anyone wising to learn more or bacome part of this
group is welcome to attend the meetings. Please call 638-3325 for fur-
ther Information.

‘This old photo shows the 1913 version o
right) Jack McGubbins, Charles Durham,

{ the Usk ferry across the Skeana River. Passengers are (left to
Nellie Adams and Gus Nyberg.

Police report
On Tuesday, March 1 at 7:50
p.m. the Terrace RCMP arrest-
ed. six youths from Fort St.
John.
Police said the youths were
charged with theft of an auto-
mobile stolen from Fort St.
John on Monday, Feb. 29.
RCMP said the youths will be
appearing in Provincial Court at
a later date.

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