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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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.
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.
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
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