22 - Sunday, September 19, 1999 — North Shore News

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MARGARET (Purves) Gloag, called Sadie by her many friends, has lots of wonderful mem- ories of the North Shore.

From building a scawall to dining on freshly caught seafood, watching killer whales, designing family heir- looms, starting a family cus- tom and volunteer work, Sadie takes great pride in whatever she does.

Hauling rocks and mixing cement didn’t faze Sadie, when there was a job to do,

_ she was right there to help.

Sadie was one of six chil- dren and grew up in a very close and happy family in Summerfand, B.C. She remembers wel the fire of 1923 when their home burnt to the ground, They lost everything.

The community rallied around and soon her family had a place to stay and clothes to wear. Three years later the family had another shock: her father died.

Her mother moved the family to Vancouver in 1929, and Sadie worked as an opera-

tor with BC Tel for the next eight years.

It was in ‘39 thar she met her future husband, Geoff, and they married in 1940.

Geoff worked in telecom- munications with the CPR for more than 40 years.

In 1949 the Gloags decid- ed to moved to Deep Cove. They purchased their water- front loc, renovated and enlarged the existing house, moved in and started their family. Amidst their happiness came sorrow. Sadic’s mother passed away that same year.

At one time Sadie had three bothers and two sisters living in the Deep Cove area, and there were 14 cousins attending the local schools.

It took about two years for Sadie, Geoff and their three children to build a retaining, seawall along the front of their property. It is 75 feet long, seven feet wide and extends two feet below the water surface, § with two steps going into the water.

¢ Gloags used their car and their 12-foot clinker-built boat with its inboard motor to transport stones to the wall site. At the edge of their property they buile a 125-foot open chute. Cement was mixed at the top, then hosed down the chute and loaded by shovels into wheelbarrows, then dumped into the appro- priate place on the wall. It was hard work.

The years flew by and for a time Sadie worked part time in the bakery at the Dollarton Centre. The Gloag family was

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TWO years ago, Sadie Gleag returned to Deep Cove, . where she had lived on the waterfront, between 1949 © and 1975, watching whales and fishing for cod,” ED

very happy living on the Deep Cove waterfront for those 20 ©