This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacQuarrie, Johnson, Ross, Collie, Rae Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/858.1 Message Board Post: The New Glasgow Evening News, Saturday, February 7, 1987 - PUGWASH - Prominent businessman and historian John Robert MacQuarrie, 73, Pugwash, died Thursday in North Cumberland Memorial Hospital. Born in Lansdowne, Pictou County, he was the son of Louise (Johnson) and the late Preston MacQuarrie. He received his elementary education at Lansdowne and his secondary education at Colchester County Academy. He received a diploma in engineering from Dalhousie University in 1944 and graduated with a bachelor of mining engineering from NSTC in 1946. He was a mining engineer at the Malagash Salt Co. from 1946-48 and managed the company from 1948-1961. He was manager of the Canadian Rock Salt Company in Pugwash from 1961 until his retirement in 1976. He was active in the community and took an avid interest in the Gathering of the Clans, in genealogy and the historical society. He was the author of two local histories and numerous articles as well as co-author of Malagash Salt. ! He also served on several boards including the North Cumberland Memorial Hospital. He was a member of APENS, MSNS, CIMM, past president of the Clan MacQuarrie Association of Nova Scotia and the North Cumberland Historical Society. He was a member of the Wesley St. Matthew United Church. Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Ross; four sons: Roy, Shelburne; Eoin, Pugwash; Donald, Toronto; Fraser, Amherst; five grandchildren; two sisters: Isabelle Collie, Hamilton, Ont.; Janie Rae, Stellarton. He was predeceased by two brothers, Roy and Donald. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Wesley St. Matthew United Church, Pugwash. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to East Cumberland Lodge or any charity.