John Dan MacLean & Sons

small field at the shore part of Lauchie's farm. This

was easy to get to as there was a wide road leading to the wharf. John Dan was very popular, and a good fisherman. He fished most of the year and always had a good, sturdy boat with a good engine. This was an asset for lobster and cod fishing. In the evenings he would row out into the Strait, and cast his net for herring.

John Dan had one of the first cars in Little Sands, and he went around selling herring, especially to the Irish people in Iona Who, at that time, had to eat fish rather than meat on Friday.

When John Dan was young, he used to play the fiddle at the dances. Some said that his tunes were not correct, but he had a great knack of adding small trills which made his music so sweet.

His wife was a sister of Murdock MacPhee, Hopefield. She had great trouble with sores on her legs. She had a good sense of humour, and there was always a crowd 0f young people who used to meet at her home, espe- cially Sunday evenings before the meetings of Christian Endeavour. They had one girl and five big sturdy boys. They lost a young boy, Jackie, just before he would have started to school. I think he died from the 1919 flu. I knew Chester well. He worked on the railway and he al- Ways had a big smile and was such a polite young man.

Lauchie’s brother, John Dan MacLean, purchased a

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