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From The Scrap Book March 9, 1990 Plowing Roads in the 1920s “Willis do you hear that noise yonder? Sounds like maybe Charlie’s in trouble.” Willis leaned the fork up against the barn door and looked down towards the Henry place. It was a bitter, cold, blustery evening about 6:30. Charlie Baker was the mailman … Read more

From The Scrapbook 1990 Mar. 9 By Dr. Bill Randall The McAdam Fire Of 1975 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 fire Sunday, when flames raced along both sides of Main Street. Four families were left homeless as … Read more

FromThe Scrap Book By: Dr. Bill Randall Taylor Hall Coming Down 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 soon disappear. Before it does let’s try to recapture a little bit of its relationship to the early … Read more

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 Scrap Book June 1, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall Prince William Station School One of the fun things about looking backward into the past is to marvel at what inflation is doing to our sense of values. I’ve been looking back into early records of rural schools in our area. One little school … Read more

From The Scrap Book Harvey Lions Club July 13, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall I was living in Edmondson in 1983 and on a visit to Harvey learned there was going to be another hall built! I have mentioned in an earlier article that I has felt Harvey had a pleura of halls, and so … Read more

From The Scrap Book By  Dr. Bill Randall July 6, 1990 Harvey  Historical Association  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 St. Andrews United Church Hall (since re moved to the rear of James Coburn’s residence). Mary Coburn … Read more

From The Scrap Book  1990  January 19 Dr. Bill Randall Organizational Growth {Jersey  Club} 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 shelter and food followed the normal pattern of early history. The early struggle depended upon the effort and … Read more

From The Scrap Book January 12, 1990 Lake View Hotel  History Like many long-standing buildings, the old ‘Lakeview Hotel building’ in Harvey has a rather interesting history. Located in the center of the Village, the large structure, now owned by Floyd Thompson and converted into apartments, served a variety of functions in bygone years. The … Read more

From The Scrap Book February 1990 By. Dr. Bill Randall The fiddle should be the cultural symbol of Harvey. Popularized by the International Radio and Television performances of Don Messer and his Islanders, it was an outgrowth of a musical tradition that you can see when ever you get a glimpse back in time to … Read more

From The Scrap Book February 23, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall Dr. George Fletcher I have one athletic trophy. It’s a curling trophy. Doc Fletcher invited me to be on his team on Boxing Day 1969. Characteristically Doc’s Team was named ” The Greater”. It was a charitable act for Doc to have me as … Read more

From The Scrap Book  February 9, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall  Cattle Shows & Cow Barns “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – and I found out a lot about it when I came to Harvey in the mid-50s. For the Jersey farmers of Harvey there was no business like Cattle Show Business. It had … Read more

From The Scrap Book August 20, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall The Murder of John McGeorge The community of Lake George got its name from John McGeorge, one of the pioneer settlers and the victim of a treacherous and widely heralded murder. I have before me four ac counts of the events related to the … Read more

From The Scrap Book Miss Harvey Pageant August 10, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall Syd Maclean was managing J. Clark and Sons, Harvey Branch; the business Clark’s had purchased from Herb Swan  across the road from Austin Pol lock’s. We thought it might be a good idea to encourage some Industrial exhibits for the Harvey … Read more

From the Scrap Book Universalist Church in Little Settlement  August 17, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall  Lloyd Embleton and I take occasional tours around the Harvey area looking for picture material for the Scrapbook items. We both could remember the Universalist Church in Little Settlement, but we had to elicit the help of Donnie Watson … Read more

From The Scrap Book 1990, Aug. 10 Tourism In McAdam Beats The Odds Contrary to the situation elsewhere in New Brunswick, the number of tourists visiting McAdam this summer has in creased substantially. While most other areas at mid-season are recording a reduction of approximately 10% over last year, the total number of visitors stop … Read more

From The Scrap Book August 3, 1990 By: Dr. Bill Randall Horse Hauling in Harvey The Annual Harvey Fair Days due soon coming up. Most of the events will be centralized in the Agrena Complex. Even if it rains the horse-hauling will be watched by the avid spectators under the shelter of a roof. Coming … Read more

From The Scrap book April 13, 1990 By Dr. Bill Randall Harvey High School  I write frequently about structures that once were, or may still be, significant to the History of Harvey. Today’s story is about a structure that was: Harvey Regional High School. My first stop ever in Harvey was at this building. One … Read more

1990 April 6 From The Scrapbook Briggs and Little Woolen Mill Office & Warehouse Coming Down I have written about structures that were a part of the history of the Harvey area and now only remnants of them remain to remind us of our past. This week I would like to talk about a building … Read more

From The Scrap Book November 22, 1989 Dr. Bill Randall Grist Mill Stone In York Mills Want to look at other monuments? If so, there is one on Ted Embleton’s lawn at Upper York Mills. It has no fancy brass plate on it but is one of the first stones used in a grist mill … Read more

From The Scrap Book  1989, Nov. 29 Dr. Bill Randall A Pastoral Visit Making a pastoral visit to the Littles in Little Settlement in 1954 wouldn’t have been a whole lot different than a visit there in 1889. The same gentle unchanged atmosphere was there. Lizzie met me at the door with her friendly greeting, … Read more

From The Scrap Book                          Park & Pray Nov. 29, 1989 By. Dr. Bill Randall The facility known as “Park and Fly” where you can leave your automobile and take a Shuttle Bus to the Airport. There was something like that in Harvey in the late 1890’s, only I call it “Park and Pray”. Bobby Dorcas … Read more

From The Scrapbook 1989, Oct. 25 By Dr. Bill Randall Andrew Hay Dies Coburn’s Corner in Harvey, where the formaldehyde truck recently overturned, was very near the site of the first death in Harvey, probably in late summer of 1837. Alexander Hay received Lot 13 West in the “draw”, and his two young sons John … Read more