Egbert
Ralph Perry at the Wireless Station in Sault Ste Marie, ON
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Egbert Ralph Perry at the
Sault Ste Marie Wireless Station in ON
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Letters were VBB |
My
father, Egbert Ralph Perry, was the
wireless operator at the Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station where I was
born. He was there from around 1936 to 1951 when he retired and we moved
to B.C. Before that he was at the Tobermory Wireless Station. I have
pictures of the Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station and the home we lived in
there.
A couple of the pictures are of him at work.
There is also a picture of the station, a picture of the antenna pole on the property and a
fifth picture showing a little bit of our
house which was a duplex shared with the other operator whose name was
Jim
Boutellier.
There was a boardwalk between the
station and our house and I remember my Dad letting me talk to kids that lived
on lighthouses and that was fun to do. Apparently during the war we had
soldiers posted at the gates to the property but I was too young to remember
that. Our property was always plowed during the worst winter snow and often
built up to huge heights from the plow. It was a huge area of land with a
big field where we had a swing on an old oak tree. I think I heard that
there is a school there now and a street named Wireless.
I think the Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station was closed
down after we left in June 1951. My Dad was at some station around Toronto
before the Soo as my sisters were born there whereas I was born in the Soo.
The Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station was a very special place for my childhood and many people wouldn’t
know it even existed.
Thanks
Diana Couch
April 6, 2017
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Above
The Wireless Station in Sault
Ste Marie, ON.....on Lake Street
Above
The
antenna pole on the property
of the Gov't Wireless Station
with storm fences and a farm house in the
background....Soo ON
Above
The family home beside the
Wireless Station in Sault Ste Marie ON.....1936-1951
Diana:
Thank you very much for the info
on your Dad and the photos. In addition to a page for your Dad, I have
also created a page for the Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station. Here is the link:
Sault Ste. Marie Wireless Station
You mentioned that your Dad worked
at the Tobermory Wireless Station before Sault Ste. Marie. If you go to the page
for the Tobermory Wireless Station, you will see an unidentified radio operator
with A.E. Argue
in the third photo. Could he be your father ? Here is the
link:
Tobermory Wireless
Station
Thank you for your contribution to
this website.
Donald Courcy
April 7, 2017
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Egbert Ralph Perry |
Egbert Ralph and
Mary Jane Perry
in Sault Ste.
Marie ON
at the wireless
station in 1937 |
Hi Donald,
Thank you so much for creating the page for my
Dad and I must say it looks really good. I am forwarding my father’s obit
( see below) as well as one picture of him and
one picture of him and my mother Mary (see above)
taken on the property with the big field in the background.
I do not have any pictures of Jim Boutiller or
know much about him. He and his wife lived in the other side of the duplex
and they never had children and he retired at the same time as my Dad.
Thank you again for all the work you have done
to create this.
Diana Couch
April 10, 2017
