Arthur Henry Haynes - 1910-2008
In 1937 Arthur
(Art) and Elizabeth (Beth) had come north to Sudbury and their first son Bill was born on April 30, 1938.
Around 1939 Art's father Harry Haynes married his second wife Isabella Stoddart in Toronto. She had been a close neighbour who had two sons and one daughter of her own.
1938 - 39 - Art and Beth with new son William (Bill)
Art and Beth's son Barry Haynes was born in 1941.
When INCO needed to build housing for employees during the war Art went out to Willisville, Ontario in 1942 to install plumbing.
In 1944 - 45 Art worked for the Sisters of St. Joseph and installed plumbing in a renovated residence which became the St. Joseph's Hospital in Little Current, Ontario. The residence was first constructed in 1896 by Thomas C. Sims, the town's first mayor. The new hospital had a capacity of twenty beds. In 1982 the old house was demolished and replaced by a modern hospital building.
1942 - INCO company houses Art did plumbing in.
Art and Beth's son John Haynes was born in 1944.
1942 - Beth William (Bill) and Barry Haynes
In the 1940's
Art worked for McConnell Plumbing & Heating in Sudbury. The owner
of McConnell's owned a house that had been damaged by fire. Somehow Art
acquired the house at 639 Ontario St, Sudbury, Ontario between 1943 and 1945
in lieu of money owed to him. Art completed the repairs to the house shortly after moving in
in 1945.
Art had a Model A Ford while living at 639 Ontario St. This time period would be around 1946.…give or take a year or so. He would often take the family to Blueberry mountain (west of Naughton about 10 miles along the old highway 17) to pick blueberries. During one heavy July thunder storm the family took shelter in the Model A. Unfortunately the car had some kind of treated cloth or fabric layering on much of the roof and when you combine this with an age of about 18 years old, well ... it leaked like a sieve.
During one of those summer visits Art took the boys to visit one of his sisters (?) farm just north of Toronto. Always looking for adventure, Barry soon found himself out among the chickens while the adults gabbed inside. Unfortunately for one of the chickens, Barry accidentally stepped on its leg and broke it. He threw the chicken down the back of an outhouse to get rid of the evidence. Since there were other kids around (probably cousins, etc., Art soon found out. No one was interested in cooking that poor chicken afterwards.
Art and Beth's son Robert Haynes was born in 1947.
Art and Beth had a still-born son in 1950.
Art general contracted the construction of his new house at 584 Norman St including doing much of the work himself. Approximately a year later he oversaw and constructed his apartment house next door at 590 Norman St. This apartment complex had 5 - one bedroom apartments and 1 studio apartment.
Art purchased a blue 1950 Chevrolet panel (like a Chevy HHR). He was quite ahead of his time as he had after market windows installed and built cushioned seats to accommodate four children. The purchase of this vehicle was in preparation for a motor trip out west.
In late June of 1950 the family loaded into Art's “conversion van” and headed out on a trip to British Columbia. Since there was no trans Canada highway in those days, he charted a course across the northern US, entering the US at Sault Saint Marie after a ferry ride across the Saint Mary’s River and then reentering Canada at Blaine, Washington. On the return leg of the trip, coming through Spokane, Washington, a fine friendly driver yelled at him …”go back to Ontario and learn how to drive”, etc. Of course he returned the compliment amid frantic rolling down and up of the windows in a huffy state of heightened blood pressure.
During this time the family acquired a rather large dog (Lassie - ˝ St Barnard, ˝ Great Dane). In Sudbury during this period very few dogs were tied up and he was no exception. Being an outside dog it had the run of the town, especially at night. Art looked out the front window one bright winter morning only to see his snowy lawn completely covered with blood and chicken feathers. Lassie had been out on a hunting trip at the expense of some neighbour (chicken coups were part of the Sudbury neighborhood profile in the early 50’s). Art's instructions to the boys were simple, clean up the mess, ideally don’t leave any tell-tail evidence and never claim ownership of the dog. This meant a fair amount of snow shoveling and raking to suppress the evidence. The Haynes's were the only folks raking their lawn in the middle of January. The cover-up was successful and there were no irate neighbours banging on the door demanding compensation for some missing chicken.
Art recalled another incident with the family pet. The dog had grown listless and didn't look very well at all. The family suspected he had distemper or had been poisoned by something he had eaten. Eventually the dog couldn't even get off his bed to take food and rest of the family was worried that he would die. Art looked through the medicine cabinet and found some leftover sulphur drugs which were used prior to the discovery of penicillin. He mixed up a concoction and fed it to the dog. For a couple of days the dog just lay in his bed unable to even get up. Soon, when approached, he would open one eye. The next day he could open both eyes when talked to and a later still his tail began to twitch when someone came by. The dog made a full recovery.
Son Barry relates "During this period I began to realize Dad’s love of the outdoors and being associated with the water. He loved fishing and we went on numerous weekend fishing trips to areas like the French River, West Arm and Georgian Bay. Sometimes these trips were overnight adventures with us sleeping along some lakeshore. I always remember Dad showing me how to build a lean-to. Dad’s preferred method of transport on the lakes was always a row boat and oars. We actually caught fish on many occasions. These outings were always wonderful and Dad was very generous with his time."
In 1951 Beth was unhappy living in Sudbury and wanted to move to Toronto. Art quit his business, left Sudbury and returned to Toronto to look for work. In a short time he got a job with Avro in Milton. He returned to Sudbury with the intention of moving his family to Toronto. Unfortunately things didn't work out and eventually they separated. The boys remained with their mother.
In 1952-53 Art worked for Simpson and Bell Plumbing and Heating in Sudbury as their shop foreman. After a disagreement about wages he left.
