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their homes in Wellington and Lot 16. My grandparents were very, very religious people. There was never any vul- gar talk, nothing like that. In them times there was good upbringing in the homes. They were good Christian people, went to church, lived a common, simple life. They didn’t

have the luxuries they have today but they were comfort- able.

Have you any stories about ministers?

Well now, let me see — there was the time the Southwest bridge went out. I think that was about 1920. There was a big storm. Rev. Martin was preaching in Lot 14 at that time, and he came over to Willy Camerons with his horse and sleigh. He had to leave the horse and walk across the bridge, it was just a temporary walkway to get across. He came over to my home and I rigged up our old horse and sleigh and took him as far asjim MacGregors. When the service was over Mr. MacGregor brought him back to our place and he went back up the Hill and got his horse.

Tell me a little about your mother and father.

My father was just a plain man, quiet, a good worker. My mother was always up and going and into stuff. She loved entertainment. She was very fond of Scottish music. She was quite a woman.

DidJessie write any poems?

Oh, yes she did, Dorothy. She was always writing something out, obituaries or memoriams, She’d put that together at night after she went to bed. That’s when she did her think- ing. She wrote for The Journal for fifty years. I remember they always had an annual supper and she never missed attending those suppers. Her notes were at the press when she passed away. Mother is buried in the Lot 16 United Church Cemetery. After she died we transplanted a little maple tree from her yard to her grave site and it’s still grow- ing to this day.

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