Nelson Ray Olney Sr.

In 1925 in Woodgate, then called White Lake Corners, you had to have at least one horse. People had farms. They grew potatoes and other vegetables. They raised cows, sheep and chickens. Wildlife was plentiful. There was no television and you were lucky as a family to have quiet evenings reading books, or letters or writing to loved ones elsewhere.

By the 1940s, the Olney farm was pretty well known. But don't search the MidYork Library system. They don't appear to have as well-rounded a community view in photographs as they have in reportings made from one particular family. I would suppose that priacy also played a large part in why some families slipped beneath the radar. The Chandler's, Olney's and the Moon family each contributed to the small community. They were families grown on hard work and love.