Hi Carolyn Wishing you a speedy recovery.I look foreward to your postings . Bessie At 04:00 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. Atlantic Canada Site ([email protected]) > 2. Misc:Obit:Freeman Stevens; Hurt-Edward Deagle; On > radio-Capts.Hugh&Mary MacLean (Carolyn Wallace) > 3. WWI Veteran (Bill White) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:28:57 -0500 >From: [email protected] >Subject: [NS-L] Atlantic Canada Site >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > >Hello everyone , > >Since I have started different things and places in the day of my >grandparents and great grandparents I have realized that a lot of this >information is hard to find for our Atlantic Provinces. Not much is >online and there is no one book that has it all. Therefore, I have >decided this week to start compiling info from books, first hand >accounts from relatives and some other resourses online and old >postcards and compile them on a website for all to enjoy, >My goal for this website would be to items on what live was lke in the >early days up today convering things like: schools they went to, school >life, school games played then to now, homesteads and what they did >whether on a farm, fishing village,small town or a city. Other things >thinking off is transportation changes, industry >changes(farming,lumbering,fishing etc...), entertainment, How different >holiday's were celebrated throughout the generations etc... >I have been finding my research so far very interesting and was >thinking others might as well. Now the big challenge will because I am >so young I personally not aware of these things therefore a lot of >research will need to be done and communication with others who may >have some recollections on these things. >I would first like to find out as much as I can about all the schools >there back in Nova Scotia in the early days. What was the school >names, where were they, what details are known about the school do any >pictures exist for them? If anyone knows any information on any of the >old schools for any part of Nova Scotia personally or from a book or >a book I may be able to find some information on them as well. I do >also like to start looking for information on all the old churches that >were and are still in the province. Any info or guidance anyone can >give me on these items would be greatly appreciated > >Bev > > >_____________________________________ >Bev Harrison >[email protected] > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:32:29 -0400 >From: Carolyn Wallace <[email protected]> >Subject: [NS-L] Misc:Obit:Freeman Stevens; Hurt-Edward Deagle; On > radio-Capts.Hugh&Mary MacLean >To: NOVA- SCOTIA-L <[email protected]>, CAN-NS-Guysborough > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S. > > Miner Hit By Rake At Springhill > >Springhill, Oct.14- Freeman Stevens was fatally injured in No.4 Mine about >8 o'clock this morning, when he was struck by a rake of coal at the 5,700 >feet level. He passed away while being conveyed to the hospital. > The deceased, who was 47 years of age, was a very popular workman and > is survived by his mother, Mrs. Judson Stevens, a wife, three sons, > Elden, Allbin, Abloin, and one daughter, Edith; four brothers, Frank, > Springhill; Fred, Pictou; Murray, Hartford, N.S.; and Gordon whose > address is unknown; two sisters, Mrs. Ivan Mills, Springhill; and Mrs. > Welsfard, Stonehouse, Millvale. > As is customary in the case of fatal accidents all mine employees > cease work for the day. The funeral service will be conducted on Friday > afternoon by Rev. H.S. Gornail, Wesley United Church. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Thursday, 15 Oct 1942 > Westville Miner Hurt > > As the result of a fall of coal at the No.7 Acadia Mine on Sunday, > Edward Deagle, Westville miner, received injuries which necessitated his > removal to Aberdeen Hospital, under care of Dr. H.B. Whitman. He received > severe scalp and head lacerations, and other bruises, which will confine > him to the hospital for several days. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Thursday, 15 Oct 1942 > Local Boy On Air At CFCY > > To local persons who listen in to the morning devotional services from > C.F.C.Y. were pleased this morning to hear the voices of Captains Hugh > and Mary MacLean. Captain MacLean is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur > MacLean, Fraser's Mountain, and with his bride the former Captain Mary > Spaulding spent a few days a short time ago, visiting his parents while > returning to Charlottetown from their Honeymoon trip. Mrs. MacLean is a > talented musican and soloist. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Note* This is the end of the items I have to post for now. I get my >information from microfilm at the New Glasgow but at this time I cannot >drive for another few weeks because of an operation I just had. But I will >continue when the time is up. >Carolyn Wallace > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:53:28 -0500 >From: "Bill White" <[email protected]> >Subject: [NS-L] WWI Veteran >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I am researching the HATTIE family of Pictou Co. & Guysborough Co. I >found that one of the HATTIE descendants ended up in Massachusetts. His >name was Raymond Chase ELDREDGE born 1894. He was a WWI veteran with the >US Army. I was wondering if somebody could please look up his WWI draft >card on ancestry.com. Thanks. > >Bill White > >------------------------------ > >To contact the NOVA-SCOTIA list administrator, send an email to >[email protected] > >To post a message to the NOVA-SCOTIA mailing list, send an email to >[email protected] > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body >of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of NOVA-SCOTIA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 45 >******************************************