As I Remember Them

of Wales College. He walked to Culloden through the woods each day to go to school. He later walked each day to teach in Pinette and Glen William schools. Of course, people walked farther in those early days. Little Sands always seemed to have third class teachers (those who failed to pass first year Prince of Wales College). I went to Lyndale in order to pass Grade X and Charlie Stewart had part of his education in Wood Islands. In fact, the first person in some fifty years who passed Grade X from Little Sands school was Catherine MacNeill. Since that time several have passed first year Prince of Wales.

A lot of the young men left Little Sands on the Har- vest Excursion. The fare from Charlottetown to Alberta was only $12.00. The men often followed on to Vancou- ver, which still has a lot of people Whose ancestors were born in Little Sands. Many of the younger people went to Boston, but some returned years later.

Some of those who left Prince Edward Island advanced their education further. Four nurses, two of Hughie Mac- Neill’s sisters and two of my own sisters, took up that noble profession. My youngest sister studied to become a Chartered Accountant after her wartime naval experi— ence, and she worked in Washington until she retired. Several professional people came from that area. I recall an engineer, Norman MacLean; two doctors, Dr. Keep- ing and myself; two captains, Angus Blue and Malcolm MacLean; and a police officer, John MacLeod. Many Lit— tle Sands people went to the United States, Montreal and Toronto where they became first class citizens. I met a Mr. MacLennan from Little Sands who worked in a sugar mill in Vancouver. When he retired they had to hire six men to take his place. The people from Prince Edward Island were always known as honest, worthy, good work- ing people.