2nd row: Stan Edwards, Normie Rivington, Adelaide Newton, Elda Bradley, Lorne Bradley, Syd Cotton, Percy Smith
1st row: Marion Deavy, Margaret Joyce, Maysie Edwards Rivington, Inez Smith, Verna Des Forges
Recently Pam Lafrance, working on papers for the Tweedsmuir History for the Women’s Institute, found a play entitled A Quiet Afternoon Tea Party. She asked if anyone knew anything about it and who wrote it. I had the following couple of paragraphs about my sister Margaret Joyce in my Family History. This would be from 1947 when Margaret was 15. Unfortunately, Margaret died about three years ago and had, prior to her death, suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease, so there was no way to add to our information about the play. But I am quite certain that this would have been the same play. The maid (Margaret in costume) and the accident victim (Syd Cotton in costume) fit the plot. It would seem the tea was anything but “quiet”. I have spoken to Ross Bradley who remembers his mother putting on plays at that time but he does not remember anything specific about this play.
I think Margaret enjoyed her year at the high school. She had several friends and a teacher Verna Des Forges, whom she admired. She was able to go skating which she loved and participated in the activities of the AYPA (the Anglican Young Peoples Association). They organized dances, skating parties and sleigh rides for the young people of the community. Margaret acted in at least one of the plays put on by Mrs. [Elda] Bradley in the Parish Hall. Her picture appears in St. Mary’s Anglican Church History. She played the part of the maid. I’m sorry I didn’t get to see the play. Apparently Miss Des Forges and Marion Deavy were in it too as was Syd Cotton, Doris Reid’s brother.
