School Days

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During our recent day excursion to Green Turtle Cay, our clan of eight covered more territory than expected, thanks to local transportation (golf carts) provided by Kool Karts.  With a seemingly endless list of people and places to see, we had to budget our time to not miss the last ferry back to Treasure Cay.  On that list was the school

LOWE, Mira (1890-1979)

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My Dad, John Wesley Lowe, spoke fondly of Aunt Mira and her husband Hartley Bernard Roberts.  Dad spent many boyhood days in their home on Green Turtle Ca, Abaco.  Dad often referred to their place as his second home.  After all, when Dad’s father Howard died at a young age,

M/V Priscilla

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My dad’s boyhood stories would often include references to “Mail Boat Day” – a much-anticipated event in settlements with relatively no contact from the outside world.   Locals gathered in anticipation of receiving letters or packages from relatives in Nassau.   These boats were originally subsidized by the government to transport mail between Nassau and the family