Treasured Memories
On December 17th, we had our final guest speaker for the book project – Mr. Ken Fabbi. Mr. Fabbi was on the team that put together the $80,000 history book that was published in 1984. You can read exerpts of the book at the link below the picture.
His grandparents, Arduino and Dominica Locatelli imigrated from Italy to Canada in 1913 and 1914 respectively and moved to Coalhurst in 1923. Arduino lived by the high school. He had a dream to make a flour mill. The mill lit on fire in 1932. They had plans to rebuild the structure. The fire was noticed at 9:00 pm. “The wheat was scorched,” reports grade three student, Raegan Nicol. Our connection to the Locatelli family comes from stories Mr. Andy Veres told us about the ditch rider. The ditch rider used to stop in for coffee and pie with Mrs. Locatelli, who lived next to the irrigation canal. Apparently she was one of the best pie makers in the area.
