Section V

Transportation: River, Roads and Railway ......................................................................................................... 161 Section VI

Agriculture and Farm Life Early Farming. Potatoes. Farm Life. Livestock. Exhibitions. Fur Farming. Land Value .......................... 169 Provincial Exhibition 1896, poem by William Irving Thompson .............................................................. 177

Section VII

'[fibutes and Churches Lest We Forget ............................................................................................................................................ 181 For King and Country ................................................................................................................................. 182 St. Columba Presbyterian Church .............................................................................................................. 183 Marshfield Community Cemetery ............ 187 The St. Peter’s Road Baptist Church .................. 188 The Baptist Church Camp ............................................. 190 The Wesleyan Methodist Church of this Area ............................................................................................ 191 Central United Church, Dunstaffnage ........................................................................................................ 195 Politicians of Marshfield and Area ................ 199 John Bradford MacCallum, Artist/Painter ......................................................... 202 Kent Stetson, Playwright/Director/Educator .............................................................................................. 203

Section VIII

Institutions and Organizations Marshfield School ....................................................................................................................................... 207 Marshfield Hall ........................................................................................................................................... 215 Farmers’ Institute of Marshfield ................................................................................................................. 218 Marshfield Women’s Institute .............. 220 Girl Guides, Brownies and Rangers... 228 Boy Scouts, Cubs and Beavers ............ 235 Dunstaffnage — Marshfield 4-H Club .......................................................................................................... 240

Section IX

Tales and Items of Interest Digging a Cellar ......................................................................................................................................... 247 Hockey Night in Marshfield: “The Marshfield Maple Leafs” & “ Sandy’s Ramblers” ............................. 248 The Big Hill ..................................................................................................................... The Last Bear in Marshfield ..................................... Ice Cakes for Refrigeration ............................................. An Apparition Walked and Wept at Binstead House .................................................................................. 257 The Post Office ........................................................................................................................................... 260 Beginning of Rural Delivery ............................................................................................. 260 Sandy’s Restaurant and Drive—In Theatre ......................................................................... 261 Henry Tuenter ................................................... 264 Recollections of the Country Store ............................................................................................................ 265 Buried Treasure in Marshfield .................................................................................................................... 268

In Closing ................................................................................................................................................... 269