It is 100 years since Madge Stevens was born - Pt 22

1975 Madge holding Tanya Diehl with Jessie & Bill and Little Gramma
29 Jun 1975, 3rd great grandchild, Leon Henry Wood (Mary & Rex’s 1st)
19 Jul 1975, “Aunt Madge and Gran” attend Margaret (nee Woolley) and John Keech’s wedding, out East and they took part in all the pre-wedding events. 1975 Songs;

1976, Madge’s eldest Audrey makes another visit home with her youngest Philippa (then 10 yrs)


1976, Madge with Tanya Diehl and Audrey & Philippa at Wendy's in Hinton, Alberta

1976 Songs; Afternoon Delight, December 1963 (Oh What A Night), Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Silly Love Songs,
Events; From coast to coast, the United States celebrates its 200th birthday, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci is the darling of the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Jimmy Carter narrowly beats incumbent Gerald Ford in the race for US President.


09 Feb 1977, 4th great grandchild, Ryan Daro Pickering. His twin died months before birth. (Terry Patterson and his partner Barbara Dow, later Pickering – their 1st)

21 Feb 1977, 5th great grandchild, Trudy Marie Wood (Mary & Rex’s 2nd)

14 May 1977, 5th grandchild, Ian Bamber marries Jill Olsen.


25 Dec 1977, Little Gramma by her ivy tree.

1977 Songs; Best Of My Love, Dancing Queen, Love Theme From “A Star Is Born”, Hotel California, I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Sir Duke, Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band, You Light Up My Life. Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album released, an obese Elvis Presley dies aged 42, the Saturday Night Fever movie has the world dancing to the disco beat.
Events; CB radios in cars and trucks become very popular, Roots, a mini series about the family tree of author Alex Haley, attracts 80 million viewers, surpassing ‘Gone With The Wind’ as the highest rated program ever broadcast ever, the worst aviation disaster in history occurs when two jumbo jets collide in the Canary Islands, killing 574 people, emergency admission of 10,000 Vietnamese ‘boat people’ as refuges into the US


22 Apr 1978, 9th grandchild, Shauna Lowrey marries Richard (Rick) John Cowling

26 Apr 1978, 6th great grandchild, Charlotte Lindy Jagert, (Judy & Fred’s 2nd)

16 Dec 1978, 7th great grandchild, Jeantine Michelle Mankelow (Barbara & Ray’s 1st)
1978 Songs; Baby Come Back, Kiss You All Over, Night Fever, Shadow Dancing, Staying Alive, Three Times A Lady, With A Little Luck, Just The Way You Are. The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason and Kansas are a few of the acts to perform at Canada’s first major rock festival, Canada Jam, held in Ontario.
Events; Leon Spinks takes the world heavyweight boxing chamionship from Muhammad Ali, the first ‘test-tube’ baby is born to a British couple, the joint winners of the Nobel Peace Prize were Anwar Sadat of Eygpt and Menachin Begin of Israel. The first non-Italian pope in seven centuries, Karol Wojtyla of Poland is elevated to Pope taking the name John Paul II to honor his predecessor, John Paul, who died one month after becoming Pope.

12 May 1979, 8th great grandchild, Amy Nicole Diehl (Wendy & Ernie’s 2nd)

16 Jun 1979, 7th grandchild, Cindy Patterson marries John Pawluk

04 Nov 1979, 9th great grandchild, Shaun Raymond Bamber, (Ian & Jill’s 1st)

20 Nov 1979, Madge’s mother Roselie Humphrey dies in Vancouver

24 Dec 1979, 10th great grandchild, Bruce Peter Blundell (Robbie & Peter’s 1st)
1979 Songs; Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, Hot Stuff, I Will Survive, Le Freak, My Sharona, Reunited, Rise, Tragedy, What A Fool Believes.
Events; The Shah is forced to leave Iran and the Ayatollah Khomeini returns from exile to form a socialist Islamic republic, Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvannia begins emitting radiation after a problem with its cooling system, Chrysler Corporation asks for Federal Government to bail it out with a $1 billion loan. Pope John Paul II travels to the US, the first pope to do so, the US Embassy in Tehran is seized and 54 Americans held as hostages, Mother Teresa accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, an Air New Zealand DC10 on a tourist flight to the Antarctic slams into Mount Erebus, killing all on board, in December Soviet forces invade Afghanistan.