Teaching Career

Evelyn and Frank's daughter Beverley was a tiny, elf in child and Evelyn dressed her accordingly, I remember an adorable pale blue coat, hat and leggings outfit she made when Beverley was about three. Evelyn had taken a course in sewing to have everything perfect for the new baby as well as herself, and the little set was a masterpiece of fine tailoring, This was just one of several matching outfits, till it became Beverley's ambition to be big enough to have a hat that didn't match her coat! But Beverley really distinguished herself when for some reason the fatal mistake was made of not having her christened until she was about two and talking clearly. In the middle of the service she said in a very audible stage whisper, ''When are they going to sing 'What'll we do with the drunken sailor?'", Beverley attended Williamson Road Public School in Toronto, Sunnylea Public School in Etobicoke, and Etobicoke Collegiate and Toronto Normal School, She holds an impressive array of teaching certificates, beginning with First Class certificate made permanent in 1954, Elementary Art and Crafts 1950, Education 1951, three in Vocal Music leading to Supervisor's in 1954, Primary Methods in 1965 and three in Special Education leading to Specialist's in 1971. She began her teaching experience in North Grimsby in September 1949 to June 1951, teaching grades II,. III, and IV. She then moved to Sault Ste. Marie, where she taught grades III: and IV before becoming Music Supervisor 1953 to 1955. Then it was back to grades II and III to be at one school near home while the children were small. In 1945 she switched to Special Education, where she is currently working in Speech Correction, Remedial Reading, and Learning Disabilities.

Romace in the Soo

In the Soo, Beverley met Gabriel Carmen Carbone, who was born in that city on November 16, 1928, the oldest of six children of James Vincent Carbone, born in Italy and immigrated to Canada at age seventeen, and his wife Ellen, born in the Soo. Gabriel attended St. Mary's Separate School, McFadden Public School, and took his High School grades at night School. He has worked with the Algoma Steel Corporation since 1944, currently as Foreman in the Bar and Strip Slab yard. He took Amy and me on a fascinating tour of the plant when we visited in 1965. He had a. heart attack and open heart surgery in 1981, but is recovered and back at work again. Beverley and Gabriel have enjoyed the same interests and hobbies. Gabriel is an Elder in Central United Church, where Beverley sings in the choir and both belong to the Couples Club, Both have a passion for duplicate bridge and play in tournaments, and Gabriel has been honoured by the American Contract Bridge League as a member of the Goodwill Committee. He also has been a manager of the Algoma-Cambrian Duplicate Bridge Clubs and chairman of the Algoma Steel Bowling League. Beverley and Gabriel enjoy following the Soo Greyhounds Hockey team and attending theatre. An interest in travel has taken them on several Caribbean and Florida vacations, especially at Christmas time.

Their Children

There are two daughters, Catherine Ellen, born March 16, 1958 and Glare Elizabeth, born April 10, 1961. Both attended Anna McCrea Public School and Sir James Dunn Collegiate. Catherine went to Waterloo University, where in May 1987 she attained the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Science, specializing in Urban and Regional Planning. Her thesis topic was "The contribution of Heritage to Downtown revitalization. In August she began work as a planner for M. M. Dillon Co. in Toronto, where she has an apartment. During her school years she held a variety of jobs, including waitress and day residential camp counsellor, and while at university worked in the library and spent three summers with the Sault Ste. Marie Planning Board. She is talented in the arts, playing and teaching piano, and has appeared in plays and musicals, including the distinction of playing with Academy award winning actress Lila Kedrova as the haunted child in "The Innocents" in 19B9, for which she got rave newspaper reviews, Her sports are cross country running and skiing, squash, bicycling and dancing, Clare Elizabeth, named for her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, has had an interesting variety of jobs during her high school years, They include mobile vending of ice cream, waitressing in Super Submarine, and being Harbourmaster " at Belleview Park Marina. Volunteer services have been in a nursery for developmentally handicapped. She has been a Brownie and Girl Guide leader, attaining the "Canada Cord", the highest award in guiding, She is also an accomplished pianist and vocalist and has appeared in many plays and musicals. She has for five years been in a youth singing group called "Friends of a New Mind" which tours Ontario each spring. Clare is the gardening expert of the family, taking a large responsibility for the family's large garden. She also likes tropical fish and hockey games. Her post-secondary education to date has been at Lake Superior State College in Sault Ste, Marie, Michigan, where she took a course in Human Services , which would have led to a B.Sc. But she decided that a Canadian degree would better suit her purpose. So in the fall of 1981 she transferred to Carleton University in Ottawa for studies leading to a degree in Criminology and Corrections. Her ambition is a position in law administration.