By Dr. Bill Randall As told by: T. K. Craig It was a warm summer’s day in June 1945, when a call came in that there was a fire at the woolen mill in York Mills. At that time our fire department, located in my garage, consisted of an old 8 cylinder, Ford two ton … Read more
Day: August 4, 2023
By Dr. Bill Randall This winter we’ve said good bye to the Taylor Hall. We’ve not said good bye to the memory of the Taylors. John Taylor Sr. was born 1825 in Scotland and it is not known precisely when he came to Harvey. In 1857 he had married Elizabeth Swan but they had not, … Read more
By Dr. Bill Randall Did you ever eat marinated deer feet? I tried them once. It was Mac’s idea. I’m referring to Lester McDonald known as Mac at the Rear Road. Mac and I had some things in common. We were both born in Nova Scotia; we both had experienced polio; we both liked dogs, … Read more
By Rev. Bill Randall Where is the REAL ORIGINAL Harvey? Is it Harvey Station? Is it Harvey Settlement? Is it the Harvey in Albert County, NB.? By an Order-in-Council of 1837, twenty (20) 100 acre lots of land were set aside for a settling of Scottish pioneers in York County. The migrating families had expected … Read more
Harvey Outreach Selected For National Research Project By Rev. Bill Randall PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH PROJECT — Beverley Weeks of Harvey Out reach Services shows Michael MacLean the “Generations of Good Cooking” cook book put out by Harvey Outreach For Seniors. Proceeds will go toward ongoing education of home support workers. Brenda MacMinn Photo By BRENDA … Read more
By Rev. Bill Randall August 7, 1997 Children living in Harvey and McAdam will now have the option of enrolling in French immersion — in one of the last anglophone areas in Canada’s only bilingual province to get the pro gram. In a decision announced to parents this morning, school district superintendent Vic Martin said … Read more
By Rev. Bill Randall “Dull damp weather.” That’s the up-to-date weather report from October 4, 189. The three men building what was to be the St. James Presbyterian Church in Harvey, were probably having a coffee break when one of them picked up a triangular piece of pine board left over from making the steeple. … Read more
By Rev. Bill Randall After forty some years the graduating classes of 1947, ’48 and ’49 from Harvey Regional High School came together in a joint reunion last Saturday. In 1947 the school graduated Grace (Essensa) Kennedy, Muriel (Grieve) Goodine, Bryce Lister (deceased) and Ethel (Grieve) Hamilton. The following year the Class of ’48 saw … Read more
By Rev. Bill Randall The late Ella Swan (1877- 1967) claimed the Devil tempted her – in Church. Ella, one of the six daughters of Jim and Margaret Swan of Tweedside was very keen about school, however, the schoolhouse was quite a distance away and it was hard for her to get there. Ella’s grandfather, … Read more