CCGS CD Publication Number 3 Price $12.00 ea. + S & H DVD
This is a timeless collection of 51 unique videos of Cumberland County senior residents.
Each DVD features one senior and includes family photos, a family tree, and heart-warming memories of school days, Christmas celebrations, work and family. They help preserve local history and describe changes to family traditions and Cumberland County communities over the years.
This is a New Horizons for Seniors Project produced by our Society. A small group of our local members were involved in taking the videos, digital images of family pictures, developing family trees and transcribing the interviews for editing. Proceeds from the sale of these DVDs will allow CCGS to continue interviewing seniors who would like to help preserve their memories and our history and culture.
Here is the list of seniors interviewed, who are now Cumberland County’s newest movie stars.
Name
Age
Grew Up In
Length
Price + shipping & handling is extra
Frances (Terrio) Legere *
104
Minudie and Barronsfield
32 min.
Celia “Mae” (King) Fullerton *
103
River Philip and Halfway River
33 min.
Clayton A. Colpitts *
101
Diligent River
48 min.
Vera (Simmonds) Bowser *
100
Leicester
7 min.
Alex Burbine *
98
Lower Cove
23 min.
Inez (Chapman) Finley
97
Chapman Settlement
22 min.
Marjorie (Chapman) Austin
97
Tidnish
57 min.
Kathleen (Sullivan) Dwyer
96
Amherst
27 min.
Irene Boudreau *
96
Joggins
11 min.
Gerry A. Clarke *
96
Hastings
68 min.
Albert Arseneau *
96
River Hebert
37 min.
Bill Gilroy
95
Linden and Stanley
46 min.
Muriel (Smith) Allen *
95
East Wallace
53 min.
Isabella “Bella” LeBlanc *
93
Amherst
24 min.
Earl Clark
93
New Salem and Advocate
48 min.
Ruth “Bunny” Symes
93
Minudie
34 min.
Allan M. Roblee
92
Streets Ridge
42 min.
Earl Gouchie *
91
Nappan
31 min.
Merle (Betts) Moore *
91
Middleboro
53 min.
Gwen (Angus) Wainwright
91
Amherst
43 min.
Clarence Reid
90
Fenwick
33 min.
Sydney “Sunshine” Melanson *
90
River Hebert
84 min.
Ruth (Wood) Ripley *
90
Port Howe
30 min.
Sheldon Bruce Moore
90
Mansfield and East Leicester
66 min.
Elvie Lowther
90
Leicester
27 min.
Marion (Baird) Thompson
89
LittleRiver
53 min.
Clayton Graham
89
Diligent River and Parrsboro
55 min.
Bina Alice (Brander) Brownell
89
Northport
35 min.
Charlie Farrow *
89
Malagash
22 min.
Isabell (Ripley) Moore
89
Fenwick
32 min.
Elda (Hunsley) Lowther *
89
Leicester
23 min.
Violet (Hamilton) Williams
89
Pugwash Junction
40 min.
Garnet Ezra Rushton
88
Westchester
74 min.
Muriel (Crawford) Purdy
88
Millvale
68 min.
Mildred (Langille) Clarke *
88
Amherst and Leicester
57 min.
Alice (Ogden) Hudson
87
Oxford
29 min.
Evelyn (Skidmore) Wasson *
87
New Canaan
22 min.
Vera (Thompson) Furlong
86
Lower Shinimicas
37 min.
Bob Atkinson *
86
Wentworth Stn. and Fort Lawrence
49 min.
Arnold Blenkhorn
86
South Athol and Southampton
20 min.
Raymond Halliday *
85
Rose
12 min.
Elijah Matthew Brown
85
East Mapleton
27 min.
Aubrey V. Hoeg *
85
Maccan
34 min.
Darrell LeBlanc *
85
Joggins
33 min.
Walter Goodwin
85
Amherst
30 min.
Keith Purdy *
85
Westchester
30 min.
Ben Legere
85
Joggins
40 min.
Mildred (Swan) Tower *
84
Amherst Highlands
21 min.
Jennie (Weeks) Embree
83
Chapman Settlement
24 min.
Helen (Hayes) Breau *
82
Springhill
35 min.
Daisy (Corbin) Morris
81
West Advocate
30 min.
*denotes senior passed away since the interview was videotaped
Down Memory Lane Series
Down Memory Lane DVD Series
This is a timeless collection of 51 unique videos of Cumberland County senior residents.
Each DVD features one senior and includes family photos, a family tree, and heart-warming memories of school days, Christmas celebrations, work and family. They help preserve local history and describe changes to family traditions and Cumberland County communities over the years.
This is a New Horizons for Seniors Project produced by our Society. A small group of our local members were involved in taking the videos, digital images of family pictures, developing family trees and transcribing the interviews for editing. Proceeds from the sale of these DVDs will allow CCGS to continue interviewing seniors who would like to help preserve their memories and our history and culture.
Here is the list of seniors interviewed, who are now Cumberland County’s newest movie stars.
*denotes senior passed away since the interview was videotaped
Cover photo by John Wm. Reid