Donald Maclean, D.F.C.,. son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. MacLean, volunteered for Active Service in the Air Force in November, 1941 and served as a Pilot. Donald flew 35 trips over Germany and was decorated on his return with the Distinguished Flying Cross, Service beyond the call of duty. He stayed with the Air Force until February 1945, then went to U.N.B. and received his Degree in Civil Engineering. He ioined the Air Force in peacetime and served from 1952 to 1956 as an Engineer. He is married to Jean MacLeod, they live in Charlottetown, and have three children - Judy, Heather and Allan, who is with the Airborne Regiment as a Paratrooper—

Engineer.

Sidney Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Clark, volunteered for Active Service and served in Italy until his Discharge in 1946. He married Marion Gunning and they have two chldren, Edith and Percy. Sid resides and is

employed in Ontario.

Robert W. Beflon, came to P.E.l. from the old country in 1929. He served with the North Novas from 194'] to 1945; landed in Normandy on ”D Day” and fought through to the Keil Canal. After the war worked with the Federal Civil Service, living in Moncton a number of years. Returned to the Island on his retirement, and now lives in St. Eleanors. He is married to the

former Jennie MacLaurin in 1939, and they have two daughters, Mrs. Allison MacLean (Edith), and Mrs. Douglas Miller (Ruth), and one son,

Robert A. of St. Eleanors.

PEACE TIME SERVICE

George Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Best, enlisted in the Air Force, April, 1951 and served in Halifax and Germany until April 1961. George now resides in Sea View. He married Ruth Mabee and they have eight children, Sharon, Debbie, Anna, Donna, Kevin, Lorna, Kimberly and Lloyd.

THE EARLY YEARS HANDCRAFTS

The early settlers for the most part made their own clothes and

blankets from their own sheep’s wool. It was a lengthy process, beginning .

with the shearing of the sheep in the spring. Next came the wool washing. It was done outside, close to a brook if possible. A fire was laid under a large boiler, wash tubs filled with the hot water and the wool washed with home made lye soap and the hot water, then spread out on fences and

grass to dry. When the fleece was dry, burrs and chaff were removed and ,

the wool carded by means of steel toothed cards. Then it was ready to be

spun and twisted for knitting and weaving. The spinning wheel was next- .

the spinner sitting, holding the carded wool on her lap, and keeping the wheel going by means of a treadle, with her feet. When the spindle was

full, she would wind it on a reel. Fourteen joins on the reel made a skein. It

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