Eva Maclean was born in Lethbridge on April 23 1899. She was the daughter of W O Hutton and Mary Christina Gillis Hutton.
Although a cousin she was always Aunt Eva to me.
In her very early years, just 16, she was a school teacher and taught in many one room situations where there were many grades and many responsibilities.
She married Earl Parslow Maclean and they had one child Donald William Maclean but unfortunately this marriage did not last long and by the time Don was 6 years they had separated.
There was a fine women`s store in Lethbridge called Imperial Women`s Wear and for many years Eva was the manager of this store. During summer months she would go to Waterton National Park to manage a store there called Dill`s. It was a store that sold fine linen, women`s accessories, dresses, T shirts and some typical tourist things you would find in a national park.
Eva was a conservative through and through likely inheriting this from her father. During her life she held many executive positions on a local and national level. There was always time for talking politics when in the company of Eva.
She was a member of Southminster United Church and an active member of the Lethbridge and District Pemmican Club and served in many executive positions. Her community involvment included working for charity such as the heart fund. She was a member of the Dr. Meuborne Chapter of the IODE. and the Galt Hospital Woman`s Auxilliary.
She was a good bridge player as well.
Eva was the champion tea cup reader of the family and she did this with relish. I don`t know how many fortunes came true but she was certainly accomplished at it. In the big white house on 6th Ave in Lethbridge that she eventually shared with her Mother and Sister Etta, she entertained many guests... You could always expect something out of the ordinary to eat... I remember tasting olives both black and green for the first time in her house and anchovies and I was always asked to pass round the napkins and carry the cups of tea and the goodies. Also as a kid in school I remember going to the big house in the evening to play penny anti poker which Eva liked. Well I did not play I just ate the sweets and watched. I remember she had a lady Glady and her dad Gaskell ( the name stuck with me because it was so unusual) and together with other people like the Pollards,my parents and aunt and uncle, she would play games of poker like Hooks and Crooks and One Eyed Jacks and Low Ball and Fiery Cross to name just a few.
And she never forgot my birthday her greeting was always `Many Happy Returns of the Day!`` you never hear that nowadays.
Eva had expensive taste both in food and dress. She liked fine dining and had lovely clothes and always looked really well put together.
She dearly loved her Mother who she referred to as Mama but she was quite different from her Mother in personality. She had a stronger voice I expect from school teaching and could hold her own in any conversation. She had her opinions and stuck to them and was quite set in her ways I remember being in a steak house in Edmonton when she came to visit me and take me out for a meal. She was not above telling me that I was holding my fork all wrong when cutting meat and I was 20 years of age! But that was Eva.
Another love was her only child Don who was a sports writer for the Lethbridge Herald . Together with his wife Marie and their four children Ricky, Michele Judy and Sandy they comprised her world and she loved them with a passion. At the time of her passing she was survived by Don and family
What I wouldn`t give to have some of these people back in my life including you Aunt Eva.
Although a cousin she was always Aunt Eva to me.
In her very early years, just 16, she was a school teacher and taught in many one room situations where there were many grades and many responsibilities.
She married Earl Parslow Maclean and they had one child Donald William Maclean but unfortunately this marriage did not last long and by the time Don was 6 years they had separated.
There was a fine women`s store in Lethbridge called Imperial Women`s Wear and for many years Eva was the manager of this store. During summer months she would go to Waterton National Park to manage a store there called Dill`s. It was a store that sold fine linen, women`s accessories, dresses, T shirts and some typical tourist things you would find in a national park.
Eva was a conservative through and through likely inheriting this from her father. During her life she held many executive positions on a local and national level. There was always time for talking politics when in the company of Eva.
She was a member of Southminster United Church and an active member of the Lethbridge and District Pemmican Club and served in many executive positions. Her community involvment included working for charity such as the heart fund. She was a member of the Dr. Meuborne Chapter of the IODE. and the Galt Hospital Woman`s Auxilliary.
She was a good bridge player as well.
Eva was the champion tea cup reader of the family and she did this with relish. I don`t know how many fortunes came true but she was certainly accomplished at it. In the big white house on 6th Ave in Lethbridge that she eventually shared with her Mother and Sister Etta, she entertained many guests... You could always expect something out of the ordinary to eat... I remember tasting olives both black and green for the first time in her house and anchovies and I was always asked to pass round the napkins and carry the cups of tea and the goodies. Also as a kid in school I remember going to the big house in the evening to play penny anti poker which Eva liked. Well I did not play I just ate the sweets and watched. I remember she had a lady Glady and her dad Gaskell ( the name stuck with me because it was so unusual) and together with other people like the Pollards,my parents and aunt and uncle, she would play games of poker like Hooks and Crooks and One Eyed Jacks and Low Ball and Fiery Cross to name just a few.
And she never forgot my birthday her greeting was always `Many Happy Returns of the Day!`` you never hear that nowadays.
Eva had expensive taste both in food and dress. She liked fine dining and had lovely clothes and always looked really well put together.
She dearly loved her Mother who she referred to as Mama but she was quite different from her Mother in personality. She had a stronger voice I expect from school teaching and could hold her own in any conversation. She had her opinions and stuck to them and was quite set in her ways I remember being in a steak house in Edmonton when she came to visit me and take me out for a meal. She was not above telling me that I was holding my fork all wrong when cutting meat and I was 20 years of age! But that was Eva.
Another love was her only child Don who was a sports writer for the Lethbridge Herald . Together with his wife Marie and their four children Ricky, Michele Judy and Sandy they comprised her world and she loved them with a passion. At the time of her passing she was survived by Don and family
What I wouldn`t give to have some of these people back in my life including you Aunt Eva.
Eva Maclean was born in Lethbridge on April 23 1899. She was the daughter of W O Hutton and Mary Christina Gillis Hutton.
Although a cousin she was always Aunt Eva to me.
In her very early years, just 16, she was a school teacher and taught in many one room situations where there were many grades and many responsibilities.
She married Earl Parslow Maclean and they had one child Donald William Maclean but unfortunately this marriage did not last long and by the time Don was 6 years they had separated.
There was a fine women`s store in Lethbridge called Imperial Women`s Wear and for many years Eva was the manager of this store. During summer months she would go to Waterton National Park to manage a store there called Dill`s. It was a store that sold fine linen, women`s accessories, dresses, T shirts and some typical tourist things you would find in a national park.
Eva was a conservative through and through likely inheriting this from her father. During her life she held many executive positions on a local and national level. There was always time for talking politics when in the company of Eva.
She was a member of Southminster United Church and an active member of the Lethbridge and District Pemmican Club and served in many executive positions. Her community involvment included working for charity such as the heart fund. She was a member of the Dr. Meuborne Chapter of the IODE. and the Galt Hospital Woman`s Auxilliary.
She was a good bridge player as well.
Eva was the champion tea cup reader of the family and she did this with relish. I don`t know how many fortunes came true but she was certainly accomplished at it. In the big white house on 6th Ave in Lethbridge that she eventually shared with her Mother and Sister Etta, she entertained many guests... You could always expect something out of the ordinary to eat... I remember tasting olives both black and green for the first time in her house and anchovies and I was always asked to pass round the napkins and carry the cups of tea and the goodies. Also as a kid in school I remember going to the big house in the evening to play penny anti poker which Eva liked. Well I did not play I just ate the sweets and watched. I remember she had a lady Glady and her dad Gaskell ( the name stuck with me because it was so unusual) and together with other people like the Pollards,my parents and aunt and uncle, she would play games of poker like Hooks and Crooks and One Eyed Jacks and Low Ball and Fiery Cross to name just a few.
And she never forgot my birthday her greeting was always `Many Happy Returns of the Day!`` you never hear that nowadays.
Eva had expensive taste both in food and dress. She liked fine dining and had lovely clothes and always looked really well put together.
She dearly loved her Mother who she referred to as Mama but she was quite different from her Mother in personality. She had a stronger voice I expect from school teaching and could hold her own in any conversation. She had her opinions and stuck to them and was quite set in her ways I remember being in a steak house in Edmonton when she came to visit me and take me out for a meal. She was not above telling me that I was holding my fork all wrong when cutting meat and I was 20 years of age! But that was Eva.
Another love was her only child Don who was a sports writer for the Lethbridge Herald . Together with his wife Marie and their four children Ricky, Michele Judy and Sandy they comprised her world and she loved them with a passion. At the time of her passing she was survived by Don and family
What I wouldn`t give to have some of these people back in my life including you Aunt Eva.
Although a cousin she was always Aunt Eva to me.
In her very early years, just 16, she was a school teacher and taught in many one room situations where there were many grades and many responsibilities.
She married Earl Parslow Maclean and they had one child Donald William Maclean but unfortunately this marriage did not last long and by the time Don was 6 years they had separated.
There was a fine women`s store in Lethbridge called Imperial Women`s Wear and for many years Eva was the manager of this store. During summer months she would go to Waterton National Park to manage a store there called Dill`s. It was a store that sold fine linen, women`s accessories, dresses, T shirts and some typical tourist things you would find in a national park.
Eva was a conservative through and through likely inheriting this from her father. During her life she held many executive positions on a local and national level. There was always time for talking politics when in the company of Eva.
She was a member of Southminster United Church and an active member of the Lethbridge and District Pemmican Club and served in many executive positions. Her community involvment included working for charity such as the heart fund. She was a member of the Dr. Meuborne Chapter of the IODE. and the Galt Hospital Woman`s Auxilliary.
She was a good bridge player as well.
Eva was the champion tea cup reader of the family and she did this with relish. I don`t know how many fortunes came true but she was certainly accomplished at it. In the big white house on 6th Ave in Lethbridge that she eventually shared with her Mother and Sister Etta, she entertained many guests... You could always expect something out of the ordinary to eat... I remember tasting olives both black and green for the first time in her house and anchovies and I was always asked to pass round the napkins and carry the cups of tea and the goodies. Also as a kid in school I remember going to the big house in the evening to play penny anti poker which Eva liked. Well I did not play I just ate the sweets and watched. I remember she had a lady Glady and her dad Gaskell ( the name stuck with me because it was so unusual) and together with other people like the Pollards,my parents and aunt and uncle, she would play games of poker like Hooks and Crooks and One Eyed Jacks and Low Ball and Fiery Cross to name just a few.
And she never forgot my birthday her greeting was always `Many Happy Returns of the Day!`` you never hear that nowadays.
Eva had expensive taste both in food and dress. She liked fine dining and had lovely clothes and always looked really well put together.
She dearly loved her Mother who she referred to as Mama but she was quite different from her Mother in personality. She had a stronger voice I expect from school teaching and could hold her own in any conversation. She had her opinions and stuck to them and was quite set in her ways I remember being in a steak house in Edmonton when she came to visit me and take me out for a meal. She was not above telling me that I was holding my fork all wrong when cutting meat and I was 20 years of age! But that was Eva.
Another love was her only child Don who was a sports writer for the Lethbridge Herald . Together with his wife Marie and their four children Ricky, Michele Judy and Sandy they comprised her world and she loved them with a passion. At the time of her passing she was survived by Don and family
What I wouldn`t give to have some of these people back in my life including you Aunt Eva.
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