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COVLIN, MIKE
Mike was agent for j. F. Case Machinery and Imperial Oil and subagent for Hillman cars. Dianne Marie was born May 30, 1949.
In the spring of 1952, Albert Schofer bought the acreage by the river and Mike bought 53 acres from Mr. Cowan south of the track. Soon he moved an old storage shed over and, again with the help of Charlie Johnson, it began to take shape and the family took up residence. The spring of 1960, an oil company drilled a well on the property and as a result workers flocked to town and thus the "Covlin Trailer Court" came
into being.
All four children received their education at Eckville.
Helen worked in the Imperial Bank of Commerce, later, in 1962, married Stan Maki. At this writing they live in Rocky Mountain House; Stan is manager of the Credit Union. Their boys Cameron, 14, and Wendell, 12, are both hockey Players.
Richard joined the Canadian Air Force and later married Verna Saari. At present they live in Edmonton and to them was born Kristina, now seven years, and Terri-jean, five years. After leaving the Air Force, Richard studied law at the U of A, becoming a lawyer. Verna is a school teacher.
Margaret took a course at SAIT and became a dental assistant and worked in Edmonton. At Present she is married to Ronald Lysell and they have Robin Michael 10 years and twins Nicole and Kent six years. Ronald being in the Cana-dian Navy, they live for a time at the east coast or the west; at the present are In Victoria.
Dianne Marie attended junior College Red Deer and on to the U of A and graduated with her B.Ec. in Edmonton.
Mike Covlin passed away January 23, 1967. The garage was sold also the trailer court. Eileen worked for several years in the cafeteria of the Co-op but in 1974 had to retire because of ill health. She continues to make her home in Eckville.
COWEN, WILLIAM H. t
Mr. and Mrs. William Cowen moved Eckville in 1919 from Merritt, B.C. After arrival in Eckville, Mr. Cowen establlsheC hardware store. Later that same year M Cowen passed away. There were no childr Mrs. Cowen had been the former Clemant Beamish. She was born in Ontario and had be trained as a nurse. Before moving to Eckv she had been the matron of the Merritt Hospi
Mr. Cowen took her remains to Ontario burial.
In 1921 Mr. Cowen married Agnes Elizab Edgar. Miss Edgar had come to Eckville to v a friend, Mrs. Fred Heimbecker, with whom s had gone to school. In this way she became ( quainted with Mr. Cowen, and they \n( married in December, 1921. In August, 19 twins were born to them. The boy was narr, Robert (Bob), and the girl was named Selina
After some years in the hardware business, Mr. Cowen sold the store to Builders Hardware. He then went into the implement business, along with bulk oil sales, and continued with this until his retirement.
Mrs. Cowen passed away in February, 1949, and in 1950 Mr. Cowen sold their home in Eckville and moved to Calgary to be with his daughter, who was working there at that time.
Selina married Fred C. Bourland, formerly of Matador, Texas, U.S.A. in 1953. After her marriage, Mr. Cowen moved to Devon, Alberta, to be with his son, Bob. In 1955 Bob married Marie LeRoy, formerly of Fort Saskatchewan. At the time of their marriage she was a nurse in the Devon Hospital.
Mr. Cowen later returned to Calgary where he remained until his death in July, 1958, at the age of 85 years. He was a former member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He donated the land where the Eckville Memorial Hall now stands.
Mr. and Mrs. Cowen are buried in the Eckville cemetery.
The CUNNINGHAM STORY — by Minnie Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. James Madison Cunningham and six children came from Conquest, Saskatchewan in 1926 to make their home in the Eckville district, three and a half miles southwest of the village.
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"was made up of neighboring farmers. A crew of 22 to 25 men was required to keep the operation going. Thomas took care of the duties at home while the sons, Bill, Arvied and Charles were away threshing. The crew consisted of Charles Mitzner as steam engineer, Arrived as fireman, Bill as separator man, a waterman, 14 bundle haulers, three or four grain haulers and two spikers. The youngest son, Charles, took over the position of steam engineer from C. Mitzner when he was old enough.
The fireman started to fire the boilers at four or five o'clock in the morning to have enough steam pressure to operate the separator by seven o'clock. Each farmer was responsible for the wood to fire the boilers. The steam engineer sat on the engine and monitored the gauges and the threshing operation. He had to be a qualified steam engineer. He was also responsible for alerting the crew if there was trouble. The separator man was responsible for the efficient operation of the separator. When he was satisfied that all was ready, he gave the signal to set the operation in motion. The spikers helped the separator man.
A water man hauled water for the engine from a stream or other source. The water wagon was pulled by four horses and sometimes the haul was quite a distance. The bundle haulers and grain haulers did just that — hauled bundles and grain."
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