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The Santa Rita, ashore on the coast of Vancouver Island1922
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Here she sits high and dry1935
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The L & H comes ashore on Stanley Beach1935
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Getting ready to take it off the beach1935
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School photo1927
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Credits:Logan Family Collection, courtesy of Sonny and Ardie Logan
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School photo1927
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Bill and Margaret Logan's daughters1927
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Group of school children1927
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Gathering on beach. Possibly a later school photo1935
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In a storm1920
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CLO-NIT-CLOFRONTESPIECE
CLO-NIT-CLO
Being a School Annual
Edited by
The Students of Clo-oose School
June 1932
N.B. The name, an original one, is
Derived from the first three letters of each of the words; -
Clo-oose Nit-inat Clo-velly
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 1 Frontespiece
2 Table of Contents
3 Foreword
4 Our School
5&6 Personals
7 Games and Sports
8 Outdoor Life
9 Marine Life
10&11 The Weather
12&13 Fishing in the Nitinat
14 Our Annual Picnic
15 Field Day
16-18 Social
19-22 Stories
FOREWORD
In presenting this, our first school annual, we do so with a gratifying sense of pride and
pleasure in our achievement.
Though we realize that we have fallen short of our ideals, we have striven to make this
magazine of interest to all, filled with memories that are dear to us and which will in
future years remind us of our very happy days together.
We sincerely hope that this little book will be followed by others in the years to come and
that they in their turn will give much profitable work and pleasure to the authors.
OUR SCHOOL
Our school was built in the fall of 1927. It is situated in a clearing near the Chee-what
River. We cannot see the ocean, but we can hear the breakers on the beach. It has six
windows on the south side and two on the north side. The porch and door are on the west
end of the room. We have a brick chimney on the north side, built last fall, and a big wall
clock that hasn't worked since the school was built. There are fourteen desks, but some of
them cannot be used. There are eight large, framed, historical pictures by John Innes. We
have a gram-a-phone which we bought with money raised at a party last year.
There are two cupboards and six window-boxes made by the pupils.
PERSONALS
Alfred Logan or Sonny, is a boy of seven. He has white hair and blue eyes. He is in
Grade I. and might pass into grade II this summer.
Pet aversion – Indian dogs
Name Robert Holliday
Nickname Bobby
Hair Brown
Eyes Blue
Age Seven
Grade II
Other remarks- Likes to hide his face
Giggles all the time
PERSONALS continued
Ada Logan has brown hair and hazel eyes. She is in grade III. She does not like to be
teased. She likes to play baseball, but never wants to field.
Henry Hicky – grade VI, has brown hair and grey eyes. Nicknamed Hank or Hen. His
favorite sport is fishing and favorite pastime reading the newspapers.
Ethel Logan – She has long, fair, curly hair and is over medium height. She is in grade
VII and is a very industrious student and a good sport.
Albert Cox - Long, lean & lanky
Nickname Teddy or Alby
Age fourteen
Grade VII
Other remarks The main thing is to get his sleep
Pet aversion Working
Edwin Hicky Nickname Barlow
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown
Age Fifteen
Grade VII
Other remarks - Will be Clo-oose's greatest fisherman in years to come.
GAMES AND SPORTS
When the full term started we tried to play basketball. Our "baskets" were two butter
boxes with the bottoms knocked out which were nailed to two trees. We used a bug
rubber ball and it got so many punctures in it we had to stop playing.
It was too wet for many games in the winter, but we had a snowball battle or two when
the snow fell.
We started to play baseball in the spring, We had to play "Two-a-Cat" as there were not
enough players for regular teams, but we got just as much fun out of our games as any
teams did. Sometimes we played "Aunty-I-Over", - "Twos & Threes" or "Prisoner's
Base"
Just now we are preparing for our Sports Day and are practicing running and jumping
every day.
OUTDOOR LIFE
Bears were very scarce last year and there were not many caught, but deer were quite
plentiful and the Indians shot a number.
Last year muskrats came into the river. They probably came over from Cowichan way.
Now they have spread into the slough and are becoming a nuisance by getting into the
gardens.
The trapping was fairly good last year, but the prices were so poor that no one made very
much.
The trout fishing is not very satisfactory. There have been no good catches made so far.
There were many ducks in the Nitinat and Chee-what Lake and River in the winter.
Twenty or more trumpeter swans made their appearance and First and Second islands, but
when disturbed they flow away up the lake.
MARINE NEWS
On a windy day on the last day of March, a halibut boat, The Dreamery, was wrecked. It
had engine trouble and aft they had taken the engine apart they could not get it together
again quickly enough to save themselves from drifting ashore.
When the boat was a few hundred yards off shore the man took to their dingh and were
fortunate in getting ashore for it was very rough.
W. Babcock had noticed them drifting in so he walked up and was on the beach when the
four men came ashore. He took them to the cannery and they stayed there till Nelson
Bros. sent a boat down for them.
The Dreamery was a total loss. The engine sank and the hull was smashed to small
pieces. The Indians saved the gear and some of the halibut, there was about a ton on
board.
On June 2nd, a seine boat, the Lake Coma, tried to come into the Nitinat. There was a
heavy sea and a strong tide running out. When the boat got on the bar a wave hit her and
the engine stopped. Some breakers turned the boat broadside and it was almost turned
over, but the net went off the other side and pulled her back. Two men were carried off
with the net. They drifted out with it into the breakers. The man on board threw over an
anchor and tried to get the engine going.
Mr. Babcock who had watched the mishap from Whyak, hurried to the cannery and
brought the Tuck out. They went beyond the bar and then launched the dory to rescue the
two men and the net. One many was nearly drowned. They got a line on the Lake Coma
and got her outside the bar. When she was bailed out and her engine going she went on to
Renfrew.
THE WEATHER
September began very poorly. It rained continually until the 19th, then it was fine till the
end of the month. The total rainfall for the month was eleven and a half inches.
October started with rain and kept it up until the 5th. After that there was fine weather for
two weeks and then it rained on and off for the rest of the month. The total rainfall was
twelve and a half inches.
November was a very poor month. It rained on and off til the 25th, then remained fine to
the end of the month. The rainfall for this month was more than for September or
October, there being fifteen inches.
There were a few fine days in the middle of December, but the month started and ended
with rain. Rainfall, twenty-one inches for December.
January started with rain, but though it rained intermittently there were only fifteen and a
quarter inches.
It rained at the beginning and end of February with some fine weather in between. The
rainfall was nineteen and three-fourths inches.
THE WEATHER continued.
March was fine till the 12th, then it rained and blew till the end of the month. The rainfall
was sixteen and three-fourths inches.
April was fair with only ten and a quarter inches.
May was exceptionally fine and there were only one and three-fourths inches of rain.
This year will be known as the rainy year. There was but little snow and it was very
slushy. We had some extremely large seas in December and January and missed several
boats.
The spring was late in coming and the gardens were backward.
June has made a good start; we hope that it will continue to give our long awaited fine
spell.
FISHING IN THE NITINAT
The Japanese lost the fishing on the Siberian coast last year because Russia was not on
good terms with her. They her fish buyers came over to B.C. and gave a better price for
fish than the white buyers and would only buy from Jap. Fishermen. So when the dog-
salmon fishing came the whites determined to hold out for ten cents because the Japs
could not get seine licenses. The Japs would only give six and seven cents but because
the Japs were the only buyers it was better to get six and seven cents than nothing. The
fishing in the Nitinat started on October 1st, and ended the second week in November.
There were more boats than usual in the Nitinat last fall. The Japanese salted the fish and
sent them to Japan because the Japanese are a great fish eating people. There were
between three hundred ninety and four hundred thousand fish caught. The high boat was
the Carol M with Charlie McCarthy as captain. The Fishery Guardian was Mr. Hawley.
FISHING continued.
The sockeye season began May 16th. At six o'clock in the morning. John Nicholson was
Fishery Guardian, but he got sick and Mr. Hawley became temporary Fishery Guardian.
Mr. Nicholson came back, but had to leave because of illness again. They have caught
about twenty-five to thirty thousand fish. There are a large number of packers and fishing
boats in.
The season closed June.
OUR ANNUAL PICNIC
On the twenty-fourth of May we had our annual picnic at the head of the Nitinat Lake.
We went to the Cannery at nine o'clock and the Tuck, the boat we were going on, was
not there. We waited until after ten when another boat took us as far as the Hobarton
where the Tuck was.
When we got there a boat was loading fish on the Tuck. They stopped and took us as far
as the head of the lake and the then came back.
When we landed we lit a fire and got the lunch ready. After we ate we played baseball for
awhile and then changed to "Two-a-Cat". Some of the people went fishing and only got
one trout.
We had another meal at five o'clock, washed the dishes and packed them up to come
down. While we were waiting we skipped.
The Tuck came at six o'clock and we started home. It took us and hour and a half to
come down, so we got home before dark.
FIELD DAY
Our Annual Community Sports Day and picnic is to be held at the river on June 29.
There will be races for both parents and children. In addition to the regular dashes there
will be novelty races of all kinds and broad and high jumps. It is hard to tell just what the
results will be. Albert Cox will probably come first in the children's race, but it is very
uncertain who will lead in the men's and women's races.
Ada shows great promise as a high jumper and no doubt Billy Babcock will again leap
his way to victory in the men's high jump.
In the afternoon the prizes, which have been donated by various firms, will be distributed
and the school prizes awarded.
SOCIAL
Clo-oose, B.C.,
November 5th, 1932,
Dear Agnes;
I must write and tell you about our Halloween party on the 31st. It was held at the school
as usual. The school was all decorated with greenery and streamers. This time instead of
a party we had a masquerade. I think it was the first we've ever had. You would have
laughed to see the funny costumes. There were pirates, negresses, Indians, tramps, nurses,
boys dressed as girls and other strange costumes.
People who won prizes were; -
Alfred Logan – he was best dressed boy and dressed as an Indian.
Flory Hicky – won first prize for best dressed girl. She had a costume made from salal
leaves and sewn on a dress like fish scales.
Mr. Holliay – won first prize for best dressed adult. He was a negress dressed in a big
white dress with black all over his face. He was very funny.
Edwin Hicky – won first prize for most humorous person. He was dressed as a tramp and
acted the part very well.
The prizes were all boxes of candy.
When we first came we played Hallowe'en games and had to bite apples on a string. We
had supper at twelve and danced afterwards. I hope you had a fine time too. We all did up
here.
I will close now,
Yours sincerely,
Mable.
SOCIAL continued.
Our Christmas Tree and Concert was held in the school December 18th. After the
miscellaneous programme was over Mr. Logan distributed gifts from the tree. Games,
supper and dancing completed the evening's entertainment.
On the evening of February 18th, we held our School Valentine Party. Valenines were
distributed from a prettily decorated box by Sonny Logan and Robert Holliday.
Ada Logan was postmaster. Games were played and supper and dancing followed.
Old Students
Jack Tatham who left here with his family in June 1930, is working at Hudson's Bay
Company in Victoria.
Evelyn Hicky, now Mrs. MacDonald, who was married in 1931, is living at Marro,
Washington.
Grace Logan who married Sigvald Sekkemo on January 16th, 1932 is living in Kuyoquot.
Charlie Holliday is relieving the assistant at Leonard Island Lighthouse for three weeks.
VISTORS at CLO-OOSE
Mr. Schutz and Don McGee were here for a week in October, and were present at the
Hallowe'en party.
Harrison Holliday spent two months at his brother's this spring.
Miss Dolly Brand of Alberni visited Mrs. Ross for six weeks in April and May.
Mr. & Mrs. MacDonald of Port Renfrew spent a few days with Mr. Reid and Mrs.
Lamont in June.
Mrs. McGee of Bamfield visited her daughter for ten days in May.
VISTORS to the SCHOOL
On June 1st, Mrs. Ross and Rev. S.S. Osterhout of Vancouver, Supt. Of Oriental Missions
for the United Church of Canada visited the school. Mr. Osterhout gave an interesting
talk on "The Advantages of Education".
June 8th, Mr. A. Monks, Provincial Constable, visited the school and showed some
pictures to the pupils.
STORIES
Pet Squirrels, - Ethel Logan
While making maple syrup a nest of grey squirrels was found in a sugar bush. The
mother had been killed and the young squirrels were left helpless. They would have died
in the tree but for the thoughtfulness of the man who found them. He took them home and
gave them to a cat who accepted them as she did her kittens.
The young squirrels soon grew large enough to feed themselves. They knew their own
names, Jimmy and Chippy, and when one was called the other paid no attention. They
played with the dog and cat and sometimes got so frisky the dog and cat tossed them
aside.
When the squirrels grew up they were taken back into the woods and given their freedom.
It would have been interesting to know what they did after being so long with domestic
animals.
Topsy the Cat – by Ada Logan
Once upon a time there was a cat named Topsy. She lived with her mother Jane. She did
not like her mother to wash her. She said she was not going to be a cat any longer.
She ran down the street into the big forest to be a rabbit. She did not like the rabbit's
food. So she ran to a squirrel's home but did not like the squirrel's food. She ran away to
be a beaver and did not like his food. So she thought it would be better to go home to her
mother Jane.
That was all that happened to Topsy.
STORIES continued
Little Blackie – by Henry Hicky
One summer day a small black dog was standing by Fred Miller's gate. He was very thin
and dirty and his tongue was hanging out. As Fred came out of the gate the dog lay down
and wagged his tail. "Here Blackie, Blackie" called Fred. :I wonder where you came
from?" he said. He ran into his father's room and said, "May I keep him dad?" "Well!
We'll see" said his father as he patted the dog. "Now take him out and wash him and give
him a feed."
After Fred had washed him he ran to get his fishing pole. "Come Blackie, well go fishing
down at the brook."
He ran down the rough bush trail with the dog racing behind him. As he was running over
a log the little dog fell into the water. Thinking the dog could not swim, Fred dived into
the deep, cold water after him. As he was a good swimmer he soon reached the shore, but
the dog beat him. "You are a fine swimmer Blackie" he said. "Now come on, let's throw
in our lines." As he baited his hook the small, black dog sat at his feet. Fred soon had a
fine string of trout for his supper so he went home. At supper his father said he could
keep the dog.
Fred was very glad he had found the little dog.
STORIES continued
The Muskrat – by Edwin Hicky
The muskrat belongs to the rodent family of animals. It is the largest of the rats and is
about a foot long without its tail. Its tail is half flat and is about ten inches long without
any hair on it. The muskrat's hair is a dark brown color.
The food of the muskrat is grass and roots. Their den is built in the bank of the river or
lake. One entrance to it is under water and the other comes up on top of the ground. The
muskrat comes out in the evening to eat and if the winter is too cold and he cannot get
anything to eat he goes to sleep. In the spring he wakes up again.
A good muskrat fur is worth about a dollar and a half now. The skins are called by many
other names.
Some enemies of the muskrat are the mink, hawk, eagle, dogs.
The muskrat can swim very well, but cannot go very fast on land.
The muskrat lives in the sloughs, lakes and rivers.
STORIES continued
Cleichels's Lake – by Albert Cox
Cleichel's Lake is a small lake a mile in from the mouth of the Cheewat River. To get to
it you go along the trail to old logging camp till you come to the track. You go down the
track till you come to a place called "The Rock Cut". Here you turn off to the left, and go
up a road up a hill. The road is a good one and in places where it is muddy poles are laid.
The road was made for the purpose of hauling out logs.
The trail goes in about a mile and then turns in toward the lake. You get off the trail and
go about fifty feet to the right and then you come out on an open space with small trees
and flowers growing on it. You walk out on this for a distance and you come to a creek
which runs into the lake.
The lake is very muddy and has a number of small trout in it. There are many deer around
the lake and the muskrats have holes and runs all around it. There are small pines and
cedars growing very thickly on all sides of it.
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Sonny Logan's uncle Ernie Logan with his catchDate not available
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Landing a line from the Salander1930
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Joe Babcock's fish packerDate not available
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