Happy Birthday Wanda (Barbour) Matthews

     Belated birthday greetings to Wanda who celebrated her 80th birthday on June 21, 2015.
     Last year on her 79th birthday she spent the day with her nieces at Avonlea Village in Cavendish.  Below is a photo submitted by Donna MacPhee... 

Front Row: Shirley Hardy and Wanda Matthews

Back Row: Donna MacPhee, Jean Oliver and Gwenda Doyle

     Wanda was born at the Barbour Homestead on the Western Road in Alma on June 21st, 1935 to Harry and Rachel (Hardy) Barbour.  She attended Alma School No. 43 at Alma Corner as did her father, Harry, and her four brothers and one sister Marion.

     Wanda moved from Alberton South to the Town of Alberton after Basil's passing.  Their daughter Diahan has two sons.

     Waldron and Daisy Barbour's four daughter are seen with their aunt Wanda in the photo above.

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Below: Sisters Wanda Matthews and Marion Donald

     Photo taken on March 30, 1993 on the occasion of the 45th wedding anniversary of Waldron and Daisy Barbour at Billy and Jean Olivers in Greenmount.

Tornado through Alma in 1937

"June 1, 1937: Fine in morn, heavy thunder squall and heavy rain, cyclone."

The above entry appeared in the 1937-1941 diary of Mary & Eva Jeffery of Alma/Elmsdale.

     "June 1, 1937:  a tornado struck the St. Louis and Alma area in West Prince wrecking fifteen buildings and uprooting trees.  Hail stones up to 2.5cm (one inch) in diameter fell, driven by a very heavy wind, bruising farmers' faces on their way home through their fields.  This storm cut a path cross country from St. Louis to Montrose and to the edge of the Alma district (3)"
     The above comes from Some weather we're having!  150 Years of Prince Edward Island Weather. 2015 PEI Weather Trivia Calendar by Don Jardin and Adam French with weather quotes by David Weale.  Copyright 2014. Climate Research Lab, University of Prince Edward Island. www.upei.ca/climate 

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http://www.cbc.ca/islandmorning/episodes/2011/07/26/clouds-101/