From The Scrapbook: Plowing Roads in the 1920s
By Rev. Bill Randall March 9, 1990 “Willis do you hear that noise yonder? Sounds like maybe Charlie’s in trouble.” Willis leaned the fork up against the barn door and […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey Creamery
By Rev. Bill Randall March 2, 1990 Willis Moffitt got married in 1933 and was working for Clarence Swan, a next door neighbor, tending large flocks of hens. Willis was […]
From The Scrapbook: The McAdam Fire Of 1975
By Rev. Bill Randall March 9, 1990 On December 21, 1975, a large section of the community’s commercial district in the South-western New Brunswick Village of McAdam was destroyed by […]
From The Scrapbook: Taylor Hall Coming Down
By Rev. Bill Randall June 22, 1990 Another landmark will soon be gone! Taylor Memorial Hall first opened in 1932 by the Taylor families, due to age and redundancy will […]
From The Scrapbook: Vanceboro – St. Croix R.R. Bridge
Rev. Bill Randall’s “From The Scrapbook” recounts the dramatic story of Werner Horn, a German agent who attempted to blow up the St. Croix Railroad Bridge at Vanceboro, Maine, in 1915 during World War I. The failed sabotage, hindered by extreme cold and poor timing, narrowly avoided becoming an international incident. Explore the history of this bridge and the near-miss event that could have changed the course of history.
From The Scrapbook: Prince William Station School
By Rev. Bill Randall June 1, 1990 One of the fun things about looking backward into the past is to marvel at what inflation is doing to our sense of […]
From The Scrapbook: Students Poems 1935
By Rev. Bill Randall July 27, 1990 It would be. fun to start my column “Miner strikes Rich Gold Vein!” I can’t do that but I can come close! The […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey Lions Club
By Rev. Bill Randall July 13, 1990 I was living in Edmondson in 1983 and on a visit to Harvey learned there was going to be another hall built! I […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey Historical Association
By Rev. Bill Randall July 6, 1990 It’s finally happened! Back in the sixties I tried to organize a Harvey Historical Association. The meeting was to have been held in the […]
From The Scrapbook: Organizational Growth-Jersey Club
By Rev. Bill Randall January 19, 1990 Though the history of Harvey is unique in that twenty-six families were settled by an Order-in-Council in 1837, their first struggle to provide […]
From The Scrapbook: Lake View Hotel History
By Rev. Bill Randall January 12, 1990 Like many long-standing buildings, the old ‘Lakeview Hotel building’ in Harvey has a rather interesting history. Located in the center of the Village, […]
From The Scrapbook: The Violin Fiddle
By Rev. Bill Randall February 1990 The fiddle should be the cultural symbol of Harvey. Popularized by the International Radio and Television performances of Don Messer and his Islanders, it […]
From The Scrapbook: Dr. George Fletcher
By Rev. Bill Randall February 23, 1990 I have one athletic trophy. It’s a curling trophy. Doc Fletcher invited me to be on his team on Boxing Day 1969. Characteristically […]
From The Scrapbook: The Train Wreck Of 1919
Rev. Bill Randall recounts the harrowing story of the 1919 Onawaua train wreck, where a tragic miscommunication led to a devastating collision near Onawaua Lake, Maine. Nineteen lives were lost, 59 were injured, and the freight and passenger trains were reduced to twisted wreckage. Survivor Earl Austin’s miraculous escape and the aftermath of this disaster remain etched in local history.
From The Scrapbook: Cattle Shows & Cow Barns
By Rev. Bill Randall February 9, 1990 “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – and I found out a lot about it when I came to Harvey in the mid-50s. […]
From The Scrapbook: The Murder of John McGeorge
By Rev. Bill Randall August 20, 1990 The community of Lake George got its name from John McGeorge, one of the pioneer settlers and the victim of a treacherous and […]
From The Scrapbook: Miss Harvey Pageant
By Rev. Bill Randall August 10, 1990 Syd Maclean was managing J. Clark and Sons, Harvey Branch; the business Clark’s had purchased from Herb Swan across the road from Austin […]
From The Scrapbook: Universalist Church in Little Settlement
By Rev. Bill Randall August 17, 1990 Lloyd Embleton and I take occasional tours around the Harvey area looking for picture material for the Scrapbook items. We both could remember […]
From THe Scrapbook: Tourism In McAdam Beats The Odds
By Rev. Bill Randall August 10, 1990 Contrary to the situation elsewhere in New Brunswick, the number of tourists visiting McAdam this summer has in creased substantially. While most other […]
From The Scrapbook: Horse Hauling in Harvey
By Rev. Bill Randall August 3, 1990 The Annual Harvey Fair Days due soon coming up. Most of the events will be centralized in the Agrena Complex. Even if it […]
From The Scrapbook: Harvey High School
By Rev. Bill Randall April 13, 1990 I write frequently about structures that once were, or may still be, significant to the History of Harvey. Today’s story is about a […]