Alec Pruce George returned home to Prince Edward Island and tried to rebuild his fishing career. in November 1952, he was working with a crew repairing the wharf at Basin Head and was the first man to arrive at work that morning. When he started the engine that ran the machine for the pile driver, his sleeve caught in the chain and his arm was pulled around the sprocket. He remained conscious and managed to walk about a half-mile to Willard Ching’s for help. He was taken to Souris Hospital where it was necessary to amputate his arm above the elbow. He subsequently was employed as a fish buyer at Basin Head for many years and then as manager of Red Point Park until his retirement. He resides in his home on the Snake Road, just two doors north from the home of his grandfather, Alexander William Bruce which still stands on the corner and is known as the "Green Shutters”. He is an avid flower gardener and his gardens for many years have attracted the attention of passers by. He has won a number of County and Provincial Rural Beautification Awards for his property and gardens. Children: i Elsie Bruce born Dec. 17, 1951, Souris Prince Edward Island, died Dec. 17, 1951, Souris Prince Edward Island, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. ii Darrel Stewart Bruce born March 30, 1953, Souris Prince Edward Island, died April 21, 1953, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. iii Cindy Dale Bruce born ca. 1960, resides in Charlottetown, married Reginald Sharkey, resides in Charlottetown. Cindy was crowned Miss Teen P.E.I. in Summerside in February 1976. 16. Edythe Truleigh Bruce born May 13, 1920, Red Point Prince Edward Island, resided in East Baltic PEI, married August 6, 1938, Frederick Arnold Dixon, born June 30, 1911, Scotstown Quebec, (son of Robert Webster Dixon and Annie Melvina Francis) resided in Moncton N.B., occupation: Railwayman, died June 18, 1991, Sherwood Prince Edward Island, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. Edythe died March 16, 1962, Moncton New Brunswick, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. Fred passed away after suffering from Alzeimer's Disease at the Atiantic Baptist Nursing Home. He lived for a time in East Baltic, where he worked with the family, then he got an opportunity to work with Canadian National Railways in Truro. He lived there for about ten years and transferred to Moncton New Brunswick. Children: 39. i Roger Loman Dixon. 40. ii Eileen Mabel Dixon. 41. iii Judith Violet (Judy) Dixon. iv Franklin Fraser Dixon born Feb. 17, 1950, died July 22, 1962, East Baltic Prince Edward Island, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. Franklin was accidentally drowned with his uncle John Dixon on a fishing trip at the East Baltic Mill Dam. 42. v Jean Colleen Dixon. 43. vi Shirley Lynn Dixon. 17. Arthur Willis Bruce born March 24, 1923, Red Point Prince Edward Island, resided in Red Point PEI, occupation: Fisherman, married Sept. 3, 1954, at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, by Rev D | McClare, at the home of Ralph W. Robertson, Evelyn Robertson, born April 11, 1923, Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, (daughter of Ralph W. Robertson and Jeanette Jane (Nettie) Ching) resides in Red Point PE!. Arthur died November 3 1992, Red Point Prince Edward Island, interred at Kingsboro Prince Edward Island, in the East Point Baptist Church Cemetery. At his birth he was delivered by Dr. MacLean of Souris who was assisted by Mrs. Johnny (Tena) Campbell. He attended the one room school in Red Point until his early teens at which time he went to work with his father and older brother on the family farm. In 1929 the great Depression started, which he called “hard drudgery and slim pickings" on the farm. He educated himself in the school of "hard knocks", by reading everything he got his hands on in the evenings and grew up a thinking, happy and well-adjusted man. In 1941 Arthur and his friend Ernest Allen were old enough to go to war, so they rode off on their bicycles to Charlottetown, a distance of about 60 miles, to enlist in the Air Force. Emest was accepted, but Arthur had a murmur in his heart and failed the physical, a great disappointment to him. Up to this time farming had been conducted by “horse power’. With the acquisition of a tractor, a one-row potato planter, a used pickup truck etc., farm work became easier. The days were just as long, there was always something extra to do. George was in the Navy, Maurice was away from home and Harry was ageing and not overly well. Arthur loved and respected his mother and tried to make things easier for her. Sometime around 1949 he purchased his brother's fishing boat and gear and started to fish out of Basin Head Harbour. He would go to sea in the morning and peddle the catch in the afternoon, while still assisting with the farm work. In 1953 he purchased a mini-farm and on these few acres, and on some land he had inherited from an aunt, along with his fishing fleet, he earned a good living for his family and they never lacked for any needful thing. For several years he would go to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Maine to the lumber camps in the winter months. he Bruce Gramily of Red Point Prince Edward Island 1840-1999 27