Stewart MacDonald , M.D. as Alvin and I spent many times together, although my mother thought I was wasting my time playing with him at the shore, when I should be working on the farm. Alvin did very little work at home as he had two older brothers, Edwin and Roy. Roy went to the USA at a very young age, and mar¬ ried a Stewart girl from Wood Islands . When he visited home he used to bring gadgets such as a gramophone and the early radios. These were the first such new¬ fangled instruments I can recall hearing when visiting Roddie 's. He always kept his farm, although quite small, in good shape. He kept one horse, and he worked with his brother Charlie who lived on the next farm. I imagine the farm was split at one time between brothers, which was an early custom. Edwin took over the farm but fished with his father- in-law. He was an excellent car mechanic and worked hours on my old Chev (29) and Dodge (34). I don't think I could have afforded to drive a car in the days of De¬ pression had I not got all the free work on my car by Edwin. When my starter went, he took it apart and fixed a wire. One cold night in the winter, after a concert in Little Sands hall, Edwin and I decided to take apart the old Dodge, which had refused to go after I used lamp gas to get home one night. We tried everything to get it going. After working for hours in a cold garage, I decided that I would have to take it to Murray River . I got the horse and wagon to get Angus Panting to take me to Murray River , but before starting I tried to start the car. What¬ ever we did the night before, it started right up and never stopped again. One night I forgot to drain the water off, as I was too poor to have antifreeze. When I went to look at it the next morning the head of the Chev was frozen, and all I could see was ice coming out the cracks. Again, 76