54. Henry Barrett (Belmont) married Alice Maynard ; three girls and two boys, Annie, Myrde, Ethel, John, and Major. Just as today some families were more faithful attendants than others. The only transportation was horse and wagon or sleigh. People thought nothing of walking long distances to church or other activities. The Thompsons, with their large family, used two horse- drawn vehicles. Elmer can picture them going down the road ahead of his family. The Albert MacKinnons travelled the same way. That is before they moved to St . Eleanor's. Mac and Hattie MacLean, Alexander MacLean with his sons and daughters, were faithful supporters. The Ramsays had a two-seated wagon and sleigh. Elmer can't tell me why but he had a great dislike for the two-seated wagon. This is an amusing story about that wagon. In 1926, Mr. Ramsay bought a Model T Ford which cost about $560 so he had no further use of the wagon. A man from Grand River left home one morning to go to Summerside to buy a car. He stopped at the Ramsays to rest his horse. He saw the wagon and was so taken with it that he bought it. There must have been a very disappointed family in Grand River that day. Alfred MacLean and his wife, Henrietta, had a nice dri¬ ver (horse)and vehicles. " A.E ." was a politician locally and federally. His work took him away from the farm much of the time and his nephew, Roy F. MacLean , and wife, Beatrice, took over the farm. Cars were just coming in to use much to the annoyance of many people; however, it was not too long until the people who were most vehement against cars saw the value of such transportation and all bought cars. Mr. William MacGregor was one of the movers and shakers in the community. Most people respected his sound ideas and it made for interesting discussion when issues came up on which there were varied opinions. One of the people in the church whom Elmer held in highest respect was Percy Miller . He was a very practical 225 Church Reflections