Bl/ Lam! and By Air

whole war. We were standing across the street, and he was pointing out a tavern owned by a man from Montague, Prince Edward Island. While we were looking, the door opened and a man was pushed out the door. He hit his head, struck the curb, and he was scalped, which fell over his eyes. His cap just replaced the scalp over his head - I read that he died the next day.

Years after, when I was visiting Vancouver, one of my old RCAF pals took me around the old skid row area - it was all cleaned up, no doubt moved somewhere else.

I can still taste the raisin bread and peanut butter we used to eat. After three weeks we decided to return to Prince Edward Island. At that time we took the Northern route. I remember going through Detroit and every restaurant and pub was playing Good Night Irene. We had a pleasant trip through Montana and arrived back in Little Sands without any mishaps. No doubt, I learned many tips in travelling from my father, who had travelled a number of times between British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. When I got home, without any money during the Depression, the teacher from Hopefield got sick and I taught the last four months of the year. Following that, the teacher from Little Sands got sick, and I finished her term and stayed teaching there until June 30, 1940.

I often wondered what would have happened ifI had gone to Australia. No doubt, I would have joined up in the Air Force and returned to Prince Edward Island.

TEACHING

After first year in Prince of Wales College with a 2nd class teacher’s license in 1931, I was fortunate in getting a school at Wood Islands West. I was lucky to get

40