of the entire Russian Fleet in the White Sea, his great resemb- lance to the Grand Duke Nicholas caused him many uncomfort- able experiences. While he was still in Russia. The Revolution broke out, and upon one occasion a revolutionary spat in his face. The doughty captain retaliated with a punch in the jaw. He was arrested and it required the offices of the British Consulate to get him released from jail.

It was with great difficulty that he was able to get his crew and himself home again via Siberia and Japan. After being held for six weeks with nothing to eat but black unleavened bread and sour cabbage soup, Captain Read was given permission to take his Canadian crew and leave the country. While crossing Siberia they had to get off the train and chop down trees to fuel the en- gine as far as the railroad extended. They completed the rest of the crossing by means of small Siberian ponies hitched to sleds. Like many sea captains, Capt. Jack was an inveterate story-teller and. upon his return he entertained Islanders with

many a tale of his adventures.

Once back in Canada Captain Read rejoined the Marine Ser- vice but was shortly transferred to the Canadian National Rail- way to take command of the SS “Prince Edward Island”. In 1918 he bought the little farm where his mother had lived as a girl. John Lefurgey Read died of pneumonia in 1950.

John Earl Read, youngest child and only son of John L., and Nellie, married Hazel Nelson Embree of Port Hawksbury, NS. and lives on the old Carruthers homestead now known as Ferry- view Farm, where his sons operate a large dairy. They have three children: George Embree Read; John Lefurgey Read Jr., who married Anne Jenkins of Summerside and has one son John Lefurgey Read 111; and Hazel Elizabeth Read, R.T., a graduate of the Pathological Institute of Halifax. Elizabeth is continuing

her work with the Institute.

Georgie Beryl Read, eldest daughter, married George Thomas Barton of Yonkers, NY. They have one son George Thomas Bar- ton II who is presently attending the University of Maine and has just been designated as an alternate nominee to West Point, the United States Military Academy. Georgie is an outstanding painter. Her keen interest in art was first encouraged and de— veloped by Mary Allison Doull of Cape Traverse. After graduat- ing from Mount Allison School of Fine Arts, Georgie continued her studies at the Art Students League of New York under Frank Vincent Dumond. She has exhibited paintings at the Roy— al Canadian Academy, National Arts Club, American Artists Pro- fessional League, Hudson Valley Art Association and many other

exhibitions.

She has received several awards, among them the Julian F. Detmer Award for the best landscape in oil; bronze medal from International Business Machines for “Notable contribution to the art of the world”; and at a recent show of the Hudson Valley Art

Association she was awarded the gold ribbon for “best in show”.

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