Agriculture in the disinfection de¬ partment for sev¬ eral years before he retired. Shirley worked at Simmons' Restaurant. Both are members of the North Tryon Pres¬ byterian Church. Shirley is a Life Member of the North Tryon Wo¬ men's Institute. Bert Thomson and Shirley Tho ¬ mas had 4 chil¬ dren: + Brian Ber ¬ tram b. 1 March 1948. + Shirley Dawn b. 20 Feb 1951. + Nancy Elizabeth b. 16 Feb 1955 + Paul Reginald b. 19 Jan 1957. L to R, back: Nancy, Bert, Dawn . Front: Paul, Shirley, Brian Thomson . Bert Thomson Collection . Brian Bertram b. 1 March 1948, son of Bert Thomson and Shirley Thomas , m. 14 Oct 1972 Cheryl Gail Conrad, b. Halifax, 2 Sept 1947, daughter of Wilson Conrad and Charlotte Furlotte . Brian and Cheryl live in Montague where Brian is a technician with the provincial Department of Agriculture and Cheryl works at the Bank of Nova Scotia, Montague. Brian Thomson and Cheryl Conrad had 2 children: Joseph Brian b. 19 July 1976. Julie Ann b. 6 Jan 1978. Shirley Daum b. 20 Feb 1951, daughter of Bert Thomson and Shirley Thomas , m. 2 Jan 1970 Edward Webster Ted MacFadyen, b. 29 July 1950, son of Wendell MacFadyen and Grace Webster , Augustine Cove . Dawn and Ted live in Augustine Cove where they farmed until 1991. Dawn , who has BSc and BEd degrees, teaches school, and Ted is studying rural and urban planning at Holland College. 343