DEDICATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     When I was growing up in Souris, I was frequently reminded by my 
     
     father Raymond A. (1912-1981), and two uncles, George A. (1908-1967) 
     
     and J. Russell (1904-1993), that I should be proud of my hometown, my 
     
     province and my country. A fourth son of the late Waldron Brewer and 
     
     Emily F. (Ayers) Leard, T. Wendall (1907-1930) -a talented scholar, 
     
     sportsman and educator - tragically died, leaving memories of unfulfilled 
     
     potential. 
     
     There was “Nothing Trivial” about their affinity and allegiance to 
     
     their home town and eastern Prince Edward Island. There was “Nothing 
     
     Trivial” about the tens of thousands of articles and artifacts they 
     
     _accumulated, and there was “Nothing Trivial” about their preservation of 
     
     Island heritage. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘This book is dedicated to the memory of the Leard boys.