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Babs Lemp had an unquenchable zest for life, a relentlessly positive outlook and a winning personality as big as all outdoors. One would think she had it all. That same Babs Lemp spent her entire life in a wheelchair, had severely arthritic hands and was almost completely blind. She was, in her own special way, the epitome of the saying “life is what you make it”.
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The ladies arrived in their finest outfits and many wore designer hats, not unlike those worn at the Royal Ascot races in England. The men wore their black ties and jackets. However, this occasion was not for a race to be run, but for one completed; the sometimes lengthy heat to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
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People of a certain vintage remember when “The Ed Sullivan Show” was mandatory television viewing each and every Sunday evening. Did you know that Tavistock has its own Ed Sullivan? His name is Fred Funk.
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Adam Mohr (1843 - 1913) was a local farmer just south of the village of Tavistock. In 1876 he sold part of his land for a new housing development in Tavistock. We know this area now as Adam Street and Decew Street.
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If you had over 4,000 photos in your collection and someone unexpectedly offered you one more, what would your reaction be? If it was the photo shown above the answer is clearly “WOW - WHAT A GEM!”
What makes this photo so special?
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If you ask people what word they associate with “potter” most everyone of a certain age will say “Harry”. The boy wizard has a huge fan following. Others with different interests will reply “artisan” or “craftsman” or simply “someone who makes pottery”. If you are deep into Tavistock history, your answer is Schuler and Collins and Dwyer and Smith.
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The year was 1924. The place was Paris, France. The event was the Summer Olympics. Samuel Goodwin Vance, born in Hickson, was awarded a Silver Medal in Team Clay Pigeon Shooting.
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The Tavistock and District Historical Society presents their Speaker Series with ALLEN TAIT: a member of the Society of American Baseball Research. RECIPE FOR SCANDAL: The 1919 Black Sox and the World Series Fix!
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We are all a little bit guilty. When we look at the pictures in the Lemp Studio Collection or even the photos in our family album, our focus is on the people in the picture. We rarely think about the photographer who took the shot. These are the people who recorded our history and gave us such grand memories.
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Tavistock’s Cpl. Francis Weitzel looks out from the hatch of a landing craft at Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944. Cpl. Weitzel was killed at the Battle of Buron on July 8, 1944.
