Kay married Eugene A. MacDonald in July, 1952, and became the mother of six children. The eldest Gene Marie is a teacher-librarian with the Halifax School Board. She is married to Rod Ferguson. The second child John died at three months during heart surgery. Anne, married to James Erly, is a nurse. She is employed as a long term care advisor with the Community Care Branch, Department of Health, Nova Scotia. Anne and Jim have two children Joseph and Claire. Ron completed his Bachelor of Arts degree and took further studies in commercial design and horticulture. He is employed with the provincial Department of Forestry. Claire received her MLS degree and after a stint in Ottawa with the National Library returned to the Maritimes. She is a senior advisor with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Peter, unable to complete university due to ill health works in Stratford. All three daughters reside in Halifax. Both sons live in Stratford.

Since graduation Kay has continued to have an active interest in community work and church activities. She is a volunteer with Meals-on- Wheels, remains active in the Catholic Womens League and is a member of the Diocesan Commission on Ecumenism. She is an Associate member of the Congregation of Notre Dame. She has served on the UPEI Alumni Association, the Board of Governors of the RBI. Teachers Federation and is past president of the Association of School Librarians. Probably the most influential involvement in her family life was being part of the first Island group organized in the Christian Family Movement.

Kay says that a highlight of her traveling experiences was a great month long holiday in England, Ireland and Scotland, taking in the British Open and visiting ancestral locales, South Uist and New Ross, Co Wexford. During this tour she and Gene, on their twenty-filth wedding anniversary, had tea at Robbie Burns cottage.

Kay’s most enjoyable retirement activity has been the building of a cottage on the North Shore which has provided herself, Gene and the family with a gathering place; lots of space for family get-togethers and for holidays with a beach and a golf course nearby.

Her St. Dunstan’s happy memories include Glee Club practices under the unpredictable direction of the late Father Larry Landrigan. “Each practice was pure fun and enjoyment which was probably why Gilbert and Sullivan never came out the same way twice. Another great musical memory is our Girls Choir directed by Sister Mary Winnifred, and the Music Festival competition against the Charlottetown Hospital Nurses Choir which Sister Winnifred also directed”. As a final note she wants the class to know that despite the fact that she is still smarting from the Sigsworthian reference

to her “mystic mind” she continues to write poetry. Unpublished of course.