John A. Gillis John A. Gillis who married a Buell girl from Abney , was the next neighbour. He was one of the more in¬ telligent men in the district. He wore dark rimmed glasses and looked the part. He was a very good carpen¬ ter. One can still see his work, as he built Wayde Living¬ stone's house in High Bank . He also fixed the inside of Little Sands hall. John was the man who collected the school taxes. He was the chairman of the school trustees, as well as a pillar of the church. I can recall him as a very respected citizen, well-liked by all his neighbours. He had a family of five boys and one girl. His two older boys I can remember in school. They always acted so odd and played the part of very odd in¬ dividuals, such as peeking around the barn when one was passing by on the road. One could not tell which one was worse. Finally the older boy became more vio¬ lent and he was placed in Falconwood Hospital, where he died of tuberculosis at an early age. The next day after his brother's admission to hospi¬ tal, Clarence, the younger of the two became as normal as one could see. He started working with his father. Clarence went to work as an oiler on the car ferry at Borden, where he stayed until he retired. Then he was an oiler in large ships going across the . Clarence became a well-liked, normal individual as long 89