Student Essays

 

West River church was built in 1892 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Gaius Turner. Total cost of the church was $630 and it stood just behind its present day site.	Present day West River United church with new basement and steps with railings.

West River United Church Ladies Aid around 1950.	A.J. Cleveland log truck hauling three gigantic logs to sawmill in Alma.

In 1942, William Hoar cut a tree over 80 feet tall on his Hebron property. Five logs were cut from the tree but J.A. Cleveland's truck could only haul three of them. Men standing on the gigantic logs are Henry Collier, Lester Dixon and William Hoar.	After the five logs were cut from the 80 foot tree, the logs were hauled out on sleds by horses by Turner Brook. The logs were then pulled by ropes and horses onto the truck  to be taken to J.A. Cleveland's mill in Alma.

West River School	West River Lumber Mill