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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK July 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall Cottages on Harvey Lake I made a count of the cottages on the east side of Harvey Lake beginning at Taylor Field and I was surprised to count seventy-seven. Some of these are used as year round homes now but still the number surprised me. In […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK January 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall Building The First Presbyterian Church (Later the St. James United Church of Canada and presently The United Baptist Church) Let’s go back to September 1886 and in our imaginations try to share with the mothers and ladies of the Village some of their concerns. They felt […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK February 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall Written this month by Jocelean Swan Hall. The Building of the “Swamp Schoolhouse” In 1937, at the time of Harvey’s centennial celebration, the Daily Gleaner copied a few news items which had been printed in their newspaper during the year 1887, when Harvey was fifty years old. […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
December 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall Tweedside School – December 18, 1901 December 18th was a very exciting day for the Tweedside School. The teacher, Fannie Rodgers, wrote the following remarks upon the school register of 1901. “The pupils were examined in arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, geography, grammar, history and health reader. Several recitations were […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK August 1994 By Dr .Bill Randall Bob Hannington’s Brockway Have you ever wondered how you would cope with the reality that you might not have long to live? While visiting Mrs. Fleetwood Hannington (Glenna) recently she told me a remarkable story which I would like to share with you. Last summer, 1993, […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
PROM THE SCRAPBOOK BY DR. BILL RANDALL Harvey Lionews, April 1994 (Prepared by Helen Craig and Jocelean Hall) HARVEY SETTLERS The first settlers of Harvey Settlement sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed on 28 May 1837 on board the brig. “Cornelius of Sunderland”, landing in Saint John on 12 July 1837, and travelled up the St. John River […]
From The Scrap Book By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book September 1993 By Dr. Bill Randall Smokey The Cat My Smokey is a beautiful solid black cat born March 4, 1993. She has gorgeous yellow eyes and is for us the personification of what a beautiful native cat should be. Of course, I really wanted to know her genealogy! O.K.? She […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK October 1993 By Dr. Bill Randall Piecing Together Bits Of History I thought this month I would share with you some of the challenges involved in trying to piece together bits of the early History of the Harvey area and district. When I first came to Harvey in 1954 I had access […]
FROM THE SCRAPBOOKDan Dowling’s Devil Tree, Brockway, 1860’sby Rev. Dr. William RandallReprinted from The Harvey Lionews November 1993 Have you ever looked up at a Devil Tree? There was one in Brockway – I say “was” because I can’t find it in 1993. However, it is remembered by some of the senior citizens of Brockway […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOKA Fire at the Davis Store, Harvey, 1931by Rev. Dr. William RandallReprinted from The Harvey Lionews May, 1993 Property fires have always been a major concern in any small community, and in earlier times there was very little mechanical firefighting equipment, so, when the Davis store was threatened in the early morning of […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK March 1993 By Dr. Bill Randall Steve Savoie’s Mysterious Death In 1928 a hunter from McAdam hunting near the shore of the southwest end of the Magaguadavic Lake, in a dense pine forest found a skeleton of a man. Obviously the body had been there for some time, so he hurried back […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book June 1993 By Dr. Bill Randall Carmichael Family I was greatly impressed upon my first visit to Katie Carmichael. She was the last survivor of the Carmichael name and the grand daughter of one of the original settlers. Her gentle, humble manner was reflected in the simple, unadorned surroundings of her […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOKA Magaguadavic Lake Excursion With Allen Hood, July 1993by Rev. Dr. William RandallReprinted from The Harvey Lionews July, 1993 One of the satisfactions of preparing these items for the Lionews is the enjoyment of the cooperation I get from others. You might remember in an early winter item I told you that Allen […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK Dr. Jamieson (1920- 1986) A Man Who Cares by Dr. WiIllam Randall Reprinted from The Harvey Lionews January, 1993 Writer’s Note: The Harvey Lions Club has been the principal financial supporter of the Harvey Historical Association. It is my hope that they and their readers will enjoy some of the interesting bits […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK February 1993 By Dr. Bill Randall Cecil MacLean From Happy Corners Cecil MacLean has some interesting stories about his earlier days. He tells me that he was born in Happy Corners on June 17, 1899. I had never heard of Happy Corners. Cecil took me out to Lake George and showed me […]
Descendants of Nicholas Lister (1796-1869)& Margaret Heughan (1801-1846)
FROM THE SCRAP BOOK By Dr. Bill Randall April 1993 Having access as I do to the photocopies we have made of many family scrapbooks I get an appreciation of what the lives of the early settlers must have been like. Here is an early newspaper account of Harvey. Excerpt from newspaper account of Settlement […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book February 13, 1992 By Dr. Bill Randall Jessie Moffitt at a Dance Jessie Moffitt remembers when there was a large public hall at Farm Point on Magaguadavic Lake. In the summertime it was the focal point for the local entertainment which included summer cottagers who came by train from Saint John, […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrapbook February 8, 1991 By Dr. Bill Randall Remembering John T. Craig On December 23, 1990, the St. Andrews United Church had a significant part of their program related to the Craig family. Rev. Ruth Stuart baptized Lauren Craig, the daughter of Dan and Mars. Watching the gentle ceremony were Aunts Wendy and […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From the Scrap Book January 18, 1991 By Dr. Bill Randall 1935 News Clipping Recent headlines in our daily papers remind us that a recession in the Canadian economy is real, and may be anticipated to adversely affect our economy for the next five years. For the Senior Citizens of today it’s the second time […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book July 20, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall Dan McCullough – Poet Laureate About fifty years ago the community of Harvey displayed a rather unique isolationism. As we have noted most, of the inhabitants were descendants of the original twenty-six families and many were related by ties of blood. From their background […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book 1990 January 26 Royal Winter Fair Getting ready for the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto was a busy time for the Harvey Jersey farmers. Selecting the right animals from the herd; getting them in top condition; getting all the support systems ready – it all took weeks of careful preparation. It […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book A Bear Story October 12, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall I had a great idea for a story this week! It would have been about a moose hunt! Surely, I thought, some of my sources would have a successful hunt…but sorry about that, no luck. How about a ‘bear’ story? I […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From the Scrapbook November 16, 1990 Telephone Service in Harvey By: Dr. Bill Randall During the last year our household has experimented with at least three types of mod em telephones, in the hope that a later model might overcome some of the (real or imagined) difficulties with the present model. I sort of smile […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book May 25, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall Why Pioneers Settled In Harvey? It is a pleasure for me to hear the response from the readers of the “Scrap Book” and to realize that there are so many genuinely interested in local history. This week I want to lead you back a […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book May 18, 1990 By. Dr. Bill Randall Harvey Fire Department T. K. Craig went into the hospital last week to correct visual problems. Kay is ninety three years old. It is hoped that he will be able to come back and see the new truck and the new concept of Emergency Service […]
From The Scrapbook By Rev. Bill Randall
From The Scrap Book May 4, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall The Cork Churches July 9, 1943, was a hot, humid day with huge thunder clouds building in the sky. It seemed impracticable to cut anymore hay down, so it was a good night to go to the dance at Halford’s Hall. By intermission time, […]