A little blond haired boy
who grew up in Shoal Harbour, moving here at the age of 7 years. Previous to
that his father, who worked with the Railway, was posted to Port aux Basques.
However the Lowes were one of the founding families of Shoal Harbour, coming
from Hants Harbour and settling of their grants of land in this little place
that is snuggled in the bottom of Trinity Bay.
This tiny boy had a big
dream. He wanted to be a Mountie. He has no idea what planted the idea in his
head but he knew that one day he would apply and try to be one of those
Mounties he admired.
He finished school and
while his application for the RCMP was being processed he worked driving a
truck with the Canadian National Railway. Then he got the word-and off he went
for what was to be a long successful career in the RCMP.
At one point he was
the youngest Sergeant in the RCMP in the Forces history in H Division, which
is Nova Scotia and PEI.
In the year 2000 we
returned home. I had married this young man in 1970, barely out of
Nursing School, and we started a life together filled with challenges, travel,
two children and many ups and downs.
But in 2000 it was time to
come home to our own people.
In the photo that
little boy is the RCMP Sgt. with the glasses in the front row. He has been
retired but took part in the Memorial Parade and Church Service in
Memory of Fallen Comrades which took place in September.
He realized his dream, and
more.
A small school house in
Shoal Harbour, to training in Regina and Halifax, and then to postings around
Nova Scotia, courses studied in Quebec, and family travels to different
countries were far away when he played with his wagon in Shoal Harbour in the
1950s. But he was determined to make his dream come true, and he did! He is
soon to be sixty, is fit and trim, and is a grandfather now.
We are back living on the
land where he played with his dog Chum and his friends and wagons and
bicycles.
Alvin John Lowe, known to
many as Joey or Joe, made his dream come true. Now his career is over and
his badge sits mounted in a block of blue transparent material for evermore.
So, if there is such a
thing as ambition, determination, and a drive to be the best you can be,
Joe is a walking role model. l
He walked to his own beat,
he banged his own drum and he earned his way up through the ranks.
He, as a young boy was a
force to be reckoned with, and he still is just that.
Dreams do come true if you
want them to, and if you are willing to work hard.
And that is exactly what
he did.
Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe, RN. Rtd.
Joes' friend and wife, and the
woman who knows how hard he worked.
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