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He also took an active part in the edu- cational interests of that district shortly after the passing of the Public Schools Act in 1877 and continuing in office until he came to Charlottetown in 1891. Mr. White was for- merly well known in military circles. He joined the volunteers in 1865 and retired from the active militia service in 1890.

In 1874 Mr. White was united in mar- riage to Miss Victoria Jane Emery, of Mon- tague Bridge, Prince Edward Island, and a daughter of the late William Emery, who conducted a successful mercantile business at that place. Mr. Emery was a son of the late Peter Emery, Esq., of Wood Islands.

JOHN M. CAMPBELL, the capable and popular assistant postmaster at Charlotte- town, was bom at Lochabar, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on April 13, 1856. His parents were Rev. Alex and Catherine (Clyne) Campbell, both natives of Caithness, Scot- land. The father was educated in his native land, being a graduate of the Free Church College of Edinburgh, and in 1843 was or- dained to the ministry. He was a member of the Free church and upon the disrup- tion he came to America, going first to Pic- tou, Nova Scotia, and finally accepting a charge at St. Marys, Lochabar, Nova Sco— tia, where he remained for twenty years. He then accepted a charge at Strath Albyn, Queens county, Prince Edward Island, where he continued until 1880, when he re— tired from the active ministry. He died on his farm at Stillwater, Nova Scotia,in 1892. aged eighty years, while his wife died in 1902, at the venerable age of ninety years.

John M. Campbell spent his boyhood

PAST AND PRESENT OF

days at Strath Albyn,and in the public school there he received his education. In 1870 he

- received a scholarship in Prince of Wales

College, and upon the completion of his course there he engaged for a short time in teaching school. Under the civil service he accepted a position in the postoflice at Char- lottetown in 1875, and has since retained his connection with this office, having passed through the various departments, and in 1900 he was promoted to the position of assistant postmaster, a substantial recogni- tion of his faithfulness and ability in the performance of duty.

In 1892 Mr. Campbell married Miss Constance L. Currie, a native of Charlotte- town and a daughter of the late Donald Currie, collector of customs at Charlotte- town. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Caledonian Club, of which he was the effi- cient secretary for a dozen years and during which time he took an active part in the conducting of the annual games. Religious- ly he is a member of the Zion Presbyterian church, of which he is a member of the board of managers.

FRED S. LODGE, D. D. S., a successful

and well known dentist of Charlottetown,

was born at St. Johns, New Brunswick, on June 9, 1878, and is a son of Rev. W. W. and Hattie O. (Esterbrook) Lodge, the for- mer a native of Pictou county, Nova Scotia, and the latter of Fredericton, New Bruns- wick, while the paternal grandfather was Matthew Lodge, a native of Mapleton, Nova Scotia. W. W. Lodge is a prominent min- ister in the Methodist church, being now president of the conference, having held a