By
1929 the Howey Mine is a wild success and more discoveries are taking place
continuously.
Howey
Dupont
On
September 7,1929 the first non-aboriginal child in the area was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Mr.Johan Edward (Joe) Granstrom . He is named 'Howey' after the Howey
Mine and the Dupont family is unaware that one day this child would become
one of their most loved treasures.
Mr.Johan Edward (Joe) Granstrom and his long-time partner Esther Mauseth
in Red Lake in the 1930s or 1940s.
Clem
(Dupont) Wilson recalls in 1976 how Howey came to be adopted by the
Dupont family.
"His
mother was a very nice woman. Her first baby was delivered in Dr. Goodison"s
home by the light of the kerosene lamp and a flashlight. He was named Howey,after the mine..
Dr. Thomas J. Goodison and his wife, Lyla, outside their home in Red Lake in 1927.
The cabin, also served as the first hospital in the district..
It stood on the site of the present-day parking lot of the Red Lake Inn.
Nine
months later, Mrs. Granstrom died when she gave birth to triplets, one
of which also died. For awhile, Peggy Ross looked after Howey and the two surviving infants. Then Joe, Howey's father found a housekeeper.
One
day my father, Gus, found out that Howey was alone in the house were they
lived over on the point. Joe and I went over in a canoe and brought the
child back to our home. He was returned to his father several times but
finally the mine manager, Ed Futterer, arranged for my parents to adopt
him.
Melvina
and Howey
He
was nineteen months old and only spoke Norwegian when he became part of
our family. He was blond and very shy when he was young.
In
1939, as the first non- aboriginal baby born in Red Lake he was supposed
to give a little speech to Queen Elizabeth and King George the VI at Sioux
Lookout, Ontario, Canada. When the big moment arrived, he was overcome
with shyness and one of the Kingston girls had to say the speech for him."
Queen
Elizabeth and King GeorgeVI
Howey
Dupont attended school in Red Lake and was actively involved in sports
all his years in Red Lake. When he grew up he moved to British Columbia,Canada
.
