Millar 1970—1975; Franklin Sheen 1975—1976; Peter Millar 1976—1981; Wayne Phillips 1982—1989; Wayne Trowsdale 1989-1990; Elmer Hutchinson 1990—1994; Lloyd Phillips 1994—2001; Shane Doran 2001.

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

In wartime, many young men and some young women from the area enlisted in the Armed Forces.

On September 26, 1946 service men from Ellerslie, Tyne Valley, McNeill’s Mills, Freeland, Conway and Port Hill met in the hall at Ellerslie and formed a Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. A large number of vet- erans, initiated by J.S. Walker, Provincial President; assisted by Harry J. Bishop, M.M., Provincial Vice—President; N.W. Lowther, M.M., Dominion Representative; Roland Philipson, President of Summerside Branch; and R.W. Betton of the Miscouche Branch, were in attendance. Officers elect- ed were: L.A. England, President; Courtney Maynard, Vice—President; Cyril Williams, Secretary-Treasurer.

Executive members were Wallace J. Palmer, Winston A. England, Thomas MacNevin, Orrin MacDonald, Edgar Oatway and William Birch.

The charter for Ellerslie Branch No. 22 was issued October 23, 1946. Charter members were B.J. Broome, H.W. Grant, W.J. Palmer, J.W. Broome, C.G. MacKinnon, J.E. Wagner, J.A. MacDonald, 80. Lewis, Cyril Williams, Orrin MacDonald, G.J. Moran, J.W. MacKinnon, L.A. England, WE. Oatway and WA. England.

During the summer of 1947 a building was acquired from Mount Pleasant Air Property and moved to the present site. The members put a cement basement under it the following year. During the school terms 1949—51, Classroom Space was made available in this building for the senior grades due to overcrowding in the Bideford and Ellerslie local schools.

In 1960, during the severe forest fires in the area, the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) in conjunction with the army, used the Legion Home as Headquarters.

In 1967 a Cenotaph was erected as a Centennial Project. In 1974 the Legion Home was enlarged to 30’ X 100’, plus a kitchen 12’ X 43’, which is Often used in catering to a variety of events.

CHAPTER FOUR ~ MOVING ON 95