From The Scrapbook: Cottages on Harvey Lake
By Rev. Bill Randall July 1994 I made a count of the cottages on the east side of Harvey Lake beginning at Taylor Field and I was surprised to count […]
From The Scrapbook: Building The First Presbyterian Church
By Rev. Bill Randall January 1994 (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 […]
From The Scrapbook: The Building of the “Swamp Schoolhouse”
By Rev. Bill Randall February 1994 Written this month by Jocelean Swan Hall. In 1937, at the time of Harvey’s centennial celebration, the Daily Gleaner copied a few news items […]
From The Scrapbook: Tweedside School – December 18, 1901
By Rev. Bill Randall December 1994 December 18th was a very exciting day for the Tweedside School. The teacher, Fannie Rodgers, wrote the following remarks upon the school register of […]
From The Scrapbook: Bob Hannington’s Brockway
By Rev. Bill Randall August 1994 Have you ever wondered how you would cope with the reality that you might not have long to live? While visiting Mrs. Fleetwood Hannington […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey Settlers
By Rev. Bill Randall Harvey Lionews April 1994 (Prepared by Helen Craig and Jocelean Hall) The first settlers of Harvey Settlement sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed on 28 May 1837 on board […]
From The Scrapbook: Smokey The Cat
By Rev. Bill Randall September 1993 My Smokey is a beautiful solid black cat born March 4, 1993. She has gorgeous yellow eyes and is for us the personification of […]
From The Scrapbook: Piecing Together Bits Of History
By Rev. Bill Randall October 1993 I thought this month I would share with you some of the challenges involved in trying to piece together bits of the early History […]
From The Scrapbook: Dan Dowling’s Devil Tree
By Rev. Bill Randall November 1993 Reprinted from The Harvey Lionews Have you ever looked up at a Devil Tree? There was one in Brockway – I say “was” because […]
From The Scrapbook: A Fire at the Davis Store
By Rev. Bill Randall May 1931 Reprinted from The Harvey Lionews Property fires have always been a major concern in any small community, and in earlier times there was very […]
From The Scrapbook: Steve Savoie’s Mysterious Death
By Rev. Bill Randall March 1993 In 1928 a hunter from McAdam hunting near the shore of the southwest end of the Magaguadavic Lake, in a dense pine forest found […]
From The Scrapbook: Carmichael Family
By Rev. Bill Randall June 1993 I was greatly impressed upon my first visit to Katie Carmichael. She was the last survivor of the Carmichael name and the grand daughter […]
From The Scrapbook: A Magaguadavic Lake Excursion With Allen Hood
By Rev. Bill Randall July 1993Reprinted from The Harvey Lionews One of the satisfactions of preparing these items for the Lionews is the enjoyment of the cooperation I get from […]
From The Scrapbook: Dr. Jamieson A Man Who Cares
By Rev. Bill Randall January 1993 Reprinted from The Harvey Lionews Writer’s Note: The Harvey Lions Club has been the principal financial supporter of the Harvey Historical Association. It is […]
From The Scrapbook: Cecil MacLean From Happy Corners
By Rev. Bill Randall February 1993 Cecil MacLean has some interesting stories about his earlier days. He tells me that he was born in Happy Corners on June 17, 1899. […]
From The Scrapbook: Nicholas Lister
By Rev. 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 […]
From The Scrapbook: Jessie Moffitt at a Dance
By Rev. Bill Randall February 13, 1992 Jessie Moffitt remembers when there was a large public hall at Farm Point on Magaguadavic Lake. In the summertime it was the focal […]
From The Scrapbook: Remembering John T. Craig
By Rev. Bill Randall February 8, 1991 On December 23, 1990, the St. Andrews United Church had a significant part of their program related to the Craig family. Rev. Ruth […]
From The Scrapbook: 1935 News Clipping
By Rev. Bill Randall January 18, 1991 Recent headlines in our daily papers remind us that a recession in the Canadian economy is real, and may be anticipated to adversely […]
From The Scrapbook: Dan McCullough – Poet Laureate
By Rev. Bill Randall July 20, 1990 About fifty years ago the community of Harvey displayed a rather unique isolationism. As we have noted most, of the inhabitants were descendants […]
From The Scrapbook: Royal Winter Fair
By Rev. Bill Randall January 26, 1990 Getting ready for the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto was a busy time for the Harvey Jersey farmers. Selecting the right animals from […]
From The Scrapbook: A Bear Story
By Rev. Bill Randall October 12, 1990 I had a great idea for a story this week! It would have been about a moose hunt! Surely, I thought, some of […]
From The Scrapbook: Telephone Service in Harvey
By: Rev. Bill Randall November 16, 1990 During the last year our household has experimented with at least three types of mod em telephones, in the hope that a later […]
From The Scrapbook: Why Pioneers Settled In Harvey?
By Rev. Bill Randall May 25, 1990 It is a pleasure for me to hear the response from the readers of the “Scrap Book” and to realize that there are […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey Fire Department
By Rev. Bill Randall May 18, 1990 T. K. Craig went into the hospital last week to correct visual problems. Kay is ninety three years old. It is hoped that he […]
From The Scrapbook: The Cork Churches
By Rev. Bill Randall May 4, 1990 July 9, 1943, was a hot, humid day with huge thunder clouds building in the sky. It seemed impracticable to cut anymore hay […]