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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  March 1996 By Dr. Bill Randall Walter Brown Remembers  Worth’s Cove In 1991 I was writing items for the Southwest Valley Reporter. The particular story, Worth’s Cove, was fairly long, so I decided to do it in two parts. The first part was printed and read, but then the Southwest Valley Reporter … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  July1996 By Dr. Bill Randall The Piercy Clan Gathering It is exciting to think that this year Harvey will host another family reunion, on the first week-end in August. The Piercy Clan Gathering. I am pleased to have been invited to share in a part of the activities, and I would like … Read more

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From The Scrap Book January 1996 By Dr. Bill Randall Two Churches in Harvey Seventh Day Adventist Church & The United Pentecostal Church Part I I would like to share with you some of the information which I am accumulating, relative to the history of some of the younger churches which are presently minister ing … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAP BOOK  February, 1996 By Dr. Bill Randall Lake George In The Beginning Franklin Luke Lawson was born 11 April 1939 at Grafton, N.B. and married Judith Ann Middlemiss of Fredericton. After the birth of their first child in 1964 Frank began researching his family background and preserved his findings in a book … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK by Dr. Bill Randall August 1996 I would like this month to share three poems. Poem #1 was composed by Jennier B. Heiser, 705 New Britain Ave., Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. This was her response to me related to an earlier item about Jersey cows. Her father, Robert Byers brought the first jerseys … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOKA Fishing Expedition to Kedron Lake, 1939by Rev. Dr. William RandallReprinted from The Harvey Lionews April, 1996. In 1934 the Harvey Creamery was built by an enterprising family from Scotsburn, N.S., The McLean family; William McLean, Elwood McLean and Edgar McLean. Elwood had a nephew Dean R. Gordon who came from Nova Scotia … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK September 1995  By Dr. Bill Randall The Day The Hotel Burned In Harvey It’s a new school year and I am hoping I will be invited again to speak to Grade 2 about the History of Harvey. I am especially fascinated that after I have visited their classroom the teachers ask them … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  Serving In World War II Ann Lawton MacLean & Al Knowlton October 1995 By Rev. Dr. William Randall As we approach November 11, we will hear the expression, “Lest we forget”. I wish to help you remember, or if you’re too young to go back fifty-six years, to give you a glimpse … Read more

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From The Scrapbook 1995 Oct.30 By Dr. Bill Randall Ceremony Held To Celebrate Opening Of New Extension The annex at the Art Smith Seniors’ Complex was officially opened on Thursday evening with dignitaries, residents of the complex and members of the community joining in the celebration. Harold Culbert, MP for Carleton-Charlotte, and John Flynn, MLA … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK by Dr. Bill Randall May 1995 Petition for Land Grants We are familiar with the expression; We took it for granted that ___.” This seems to have been the concept of the early Harvey settlers that the portion of land where they laid their loved ones in the grave had indeed been … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK by Dr. Bill Randall March ’95  One of the people who is always willing to assist me in preparing material for the Scrapbook is Helen Craig, wife of Avens Craig who was the son of the late T.K. Craig. She has prepared this material, Harvey Surnames, but I am taking the liberty … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK June 1995 Marston Scott born 1871 spent much of his early life as a lumberjack. The Scott family were sawmill owners and operators. When they had a sawmill at the southern end of Magaguadavic Lake the location was called Scott’s Cove – the same place now is known as Magaguadavic Siding. While … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  January 1995 By Dr. Bill Randall The New Start I’m going to do something different this month. In order to emphasize the early struggles of our Harvey ancestors, I want to present a comparative picture of the struggles of a young New Brunswick family in 1995. To do this I am going … Read more

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From The Scrapbook 1995 February Hazel Grieve – Nurse On December 28, 1994 I went to visit my friend, Hazel Grieve. Hazel will have celebrated her 97th birthday before you read this, but her memory is excellent. We talked about her early days of nursing. She trained as a nurse and nursed, in Boston. She … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK December, 1995 By Rev. Dr. Bill Randall Alvia Brockway And His Wife Mary Stewart Visiting Ted and Lynn Brockway they showed me an album of pictures and stories Ted’s sister Donna Neilson has prepared so that her children will know something of their family history. Such a project thrills me! I wish … Read more

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Looking through my Scrapbooks is sort of like looking into Gramma’s attic. Do you remember what fun it was?, all those funny looking bonnets, high top button shoes, and sometimes an old album of tin-type pictures! The problem was no one had ever stopped to write the names on the pictures and now there’s no … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK April 1995 By Helen Craig How The Manzers Came To Harvey In 1868 Harriet Hay was born at the home of her grand  Annie and Aaron Hay lived in Williamsburg. Harriet married parents, James and Isabelle Cowe in Harvey. Her parents, Willoughby Avens Manzer in 1884 and they had 9 children. They … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  November ’94 By Dr. Bill Randall Searching For James Eugene Burgess Researching genealogical history is fascinating. One never knows when a phone call, a letter, or a chance visitor might suddenly throw light on a subject which has been a puzzle. One such puzzle has been baffling me for more than thirty … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  May 1994  By Dr. Bill Randall Remembering The Student Council of HRHS Some nice people who read From The Scrapbook remind me that I go so far back into history that the names are not always of interest. Lets try something new. I came to Harvey forty years ago as a minister … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  March, 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall Settlers of “The River” (Prince William)  & Daniel Parent This Month I’d like to draw your attention to some of the history of the early settlers out at “The River.” Of course I mean the St. John River and generally the pioneers of Prince William. Many … Read more

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 FROM THE SCRAPBOOK  June 1994 By Dr. Bill Randall  (Prepared by Jocelean Hall) Harvey’s First Settler’s Voyage on The Cornelius The following “Journal” gives a daily account of the voyage of Harvey’s First Settlers on board the Brig. “Cornelius of Sunderland” which left Berwick upon Tweed in May 1837, and landed in Saint John, New … Read more

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FROM THE SCRAP BOOKJune 1994 Prepared by Lloyd Embleton $13.00 And An Airplane Ride Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to France in 1927, a feat that had been attempted for years without success. A few years later, during the Depression, called the dirty thirties, an airplane equipped with skis came … Read more

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