NEW RELEASES
COBALT
Where The Stories Are As Tall As The Headframes
by Helene Culhane
Helene has always considered herself a historian of sorts and this experience has really brought out the love of writing that she has always enjoyed.
Looking back on the storytellers in this book makes one realize how much can change in a heartbeat. Twenty years later, as we reprint these lovely stories, we can't help but realize how many of these souls are no longer here to tell them.
We are all aware that so many stories remain untold and she wanted to prevent that to some degree, putting the memories into print to continue passing them down to the next generations. Our youth sometimes think that what is now, has always been and some have no concept of what it was like to live in the earlier years of the 1900s when their little town was so much more. This experience was an eye opener for them.
Publisher's note:
I took a liking to this book solely from the title. That has never happened in 400+ books we have published. As it turned out the stories were all true, not exaggerations. Oh well. They are fantastic enough on their own.
What we did get were fascinating insights into the heart of this incredible town from the people who refuse to call anywhere else home. As a recent import to the town, I can truly attest to all the statements about Cobalt being warm and welcoming like nowhere else I have ever been. I pray it never changes.
Deborah Ranchuk
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Table of Contents
3 Dedication
4 The Cobalt Song
10 Introduction
13 Fun Growing Up in Cobalt
13 Lucille (Audette) Kingston, Chelmsford
14 Terri Culhane, Toronto
14 Al Haarala, Cobalt
15 Rick Damiani, Cobalt
16 Brandon Pickard, London
16 Al Haarala, Cobalt
17 Helene Culhane, Cobalt
18 Rick Pickard, Cobalt
18 Marie Shoup (Cuillerier)
19 Trevor T. Higo, Batchawana Bay
20 Darryl Lalonde, Sudbury
21 Helene (Scully) Culhane, Cobalt
22 Al Haarala, Cobalt
24 Marg Bradford, Cobalt
25 The Miners Festivals
25 Helene (Scully) Culhane, Cobalt
26 The Miners Festival, As told by Shelly Moore
27 People Who Made A Difference
27 Bruce Lonsdale, As told by Trevor T. Higo, Batchawana Bay
28 Graham Hooper, Town Barber, As told by Darryl Lalonde, Sudbury
29 Dr. Dunning, As told by Benny Stewart, New Liskeard
30 Father Costello, The Tattered Soul, As told by Al Haarala, Cobalt
32 Doctor Arnold, As told by Tina Arnold, Submitted by Jane Green
32 About Charlie, As told by Nancy Whelan
35 Paul Hermiston, Staking a Claim, As told by Donald McGugan, Cobalt-Coleman Public School Principal (1950s and '60s)
38 Remembering the Fires
39 Helene (Scully) Culhane, Cobalt
41 Mary Conti, Cobalt
42 Madeleine Scully, Cobalt
43 Louise Boucher, Cobalt
43 Rick Damiani, Cobalt
44 Claire (Bélanger) Brown, Cobalt
46 Rick Culhane, Cobalt
47 Christine (Labelle) Gurlitz
49 Cobalt Flavour
49 Cobaltonian, As told by Oliver Blanchet, Cobalt
49 Old Faces, New Lines, As told by Nancy Whelan
52 Cobalt &emdash;The Best Old Town, As told by Conrad B. (Connie) Corville, Cobalt
53 The Music Man, As told by Sally Smith Cameron, Nepean
55 Radio station CKMC On The Air, As told by Nancy Whelan
57 Those Memory Banks, As told by Nancy Whelan, 1999
59It's in the Mail, As told by Donald McGugan, Cobalt-Coleman Public School Principal (1950s and '60s)
60 C.B.C., As told by Donald McGugan, Cobalt-Coleman Public School Principal (1950s-1960s)
61 "Please pull my tooth" As told by Ron Bolger, Haileybury
62 Mine Hazards, As told by Leo Dagenais
62 Field and Frederick Flowers, As told by John Flowers
63 Dr. Dunning, As told by Walter Frackleton, North Cobalt
64 Lawrence Audette
64 Lise Audette
64 Frieda Brunette
64 Harold Brunette
64 Snowstorms of the Past
65 Harry Buckler, Cobalt
65 Robert Burns
65 Helen Burton, Cobalt
65 Mary Cambray
65 Mary Conti
66 Cecile Frackleton
66 Harold Joanis
66 Theresa Joanis
67 Claire Labelle
67 Eddie Labelle Senior
67 Rita Marcella
67 Ruth McGarry
68 Rody Morin
68 Kevin O'Flaherty, Kenora
68 Margaret O'Flaherty, Kenora
68 Edna O'Gorman
68 George O'Gorman
68 Gisele Pickard
68 Jackie St-Laurent
68 Robert St-Laurent
69 Madeleine (Villeneuve) Scully
69 Ivan Tresidder
69 Jean Tresidder
69 Don Thompson
69 Vivian Thompson
70 Joe Tittonel
71 Lawrence Audette, Cobalt
71 Seniors Remember
72 Lise Audette, Cobalt
73 Claire Brown, Cobalt
76 Frieda Brunette, Haileybury
79 Harold Brunette, Haileybury
80 Harry Buckler, Cobalt
82 Robert Burns, Cobalt
85 Helen Burton
88 Mary Cambray, Cobalt
89 Mary Conti, Cobalt
91 Cecile Frackleton, New Liskeard
93 Walter Frackleton
94 Harold Joanis, Cobalt
95 Theresa Joanis, Cobalt
95 Rita Marcella, New Liskeard
98 Ruth McGarry, Cobalt
100 Claire (Audette) Labelle, Cobalt
101 Eddie Labelle Senior
102 Rody Morin, Haileybury
103 Kevin O'Flaherty, Kenora
104 Margaret O'Flaherty, Kenora
105 Edna O'Gorman, Haileybury
106 George O'Gorman, Haileybury
107 Gisele Pickard, Cobalt
108 Jackie St-Laurent
110 Robert St-Laurent
112 Madeleine Scully
115 Vivian Thompson
116 Don Thompson
117 Anna Tittonel, Cobalt
120 Joe Tittonel, Cobalt
124 Joyce Todd, Cobalt
125 Ivan Tresidder
126 Jean Tresidder
127 Tom Bélanger, Interviewed by Claire (Bélanger) Brown
129 Marie-Louise Bélanger, Interviewed by Claire (Bélanger) Brown
132 Nettie Wallman, Cobalt, ON
134 Being a Cobalter
134 Lawrence Audette
134 Lise Audette
134 Grace Brooks
134 Claire Brown
134 Frieda Brunette
134 Harold Brunette
135 Helen Burton
135 Mary Cambray
136 Mary Conti
136 Cecile Frackleton
136 Rita Marcella
137 Ruth McGarry
137 Rody Morin
137 Gisele Pickard
137 Madeleine Scully
137 Anna Tittonel
138 Joe Tittonel
138 Joyce Todd
138 Ivan Tresidder
138 Jean Tresidder
138 Sylvie Chartrand, Cobalt
139 Helene (Scully) Culhane, Cobalt
140 Geri Conroy, Cobalt
140 Cindy (Churchie) Charbonneau
141 Rick Pickard, Cobalt
141 Rick Damiani, Cobalt
141 Walter Frackleton, North Cobalt
141 Rose Kostello, Haileybury