This team won the competitions for some years against teams from Bedeque , Kinkora and Richmond at Days and the Kensington Harvest Festival competitions. In 1983, after a number of attempts, some members of the team succeeded in arranging to pull in a competition at the Moncton Coliseum. It was discovered that the International Amateur rules for Tug-of-War were being followed. Some of these rules were that eight men weighing 1408 pounds make the team and that no turning the rope is allowed. The Freetown Tuggers from the Bulls Run rented a van. Sixteen team members and wives arranged to meet at Harold Drummond 's garage at 4 p.m. to depart for Moncton. There were four teams entered in their class. The Freetown team watched the first pull from the sidelines. When the Tuggers turn came up, they started out good but were unable to hold the other team. The rest of the pulls followed and Freetown came fourth in the Maritime International Championships event. It was a great experience, and a learning one, for these teams were well trained and equipped for competition. It was found that many things had to take place before another try at the Maritime Championship the next year. Dr. Wendell Orasse , President of , was interested in a Tug-of-War event at Old Home Week. The winners would be eligible to go to the Maritime Competition in Moncton later in the fall. He put up $1000.00 prize money. The event came off and the Freetown Tuggers won after capturing every pull. Then came the Harvest Festival Days at Kensington where the Freetown team successfully defended The Island Open Men's Tug-of-War title, going undefeated in six pulls. They were now in a position to represent P.E.I , in the Maritime Tug-of-War Championship . The members of this team were Clifford DesRoches , Dale Drummond , Mitchel Drummond , Grant Stetson , Garland Stetson , Allison Smith , Wade Drummond, Brian Stavert , Marvin Stavert , Douglas Schurman, Clive Drummond, Bob Jardine and Eustace Reeves Jr. with trainer, Blair Drummond and coach, Harold Drummond . Preparations went ahead with practice in coordination, medical check-ups and endurance tests. The day arrived for the trip to Moncton by van. The team was weighed and got the referee's approval. The boys all received peak caps with the compliments of Cavendish Farms . In their first pull against a famous team from the Moncton area, the Tuggers were doing well with but 18 inches to go they were suddenly disqualified by the referee. Two members of their team touched the ground with their backsides. They also lost the second pull to Upham Alpines but won over the Hartland team to come out in third place. The Moncton team won the Maritime Championship and finished fifth in The World Championship in Wisconsin . The Freetown Tuggers are determined to stay together and provide stiff competition in future Tug-of- War Competitions. Submitted by Morris Deacon and Blair Drummond THE WHEELMEN A note in the P.E.I. Agriculturalist for 25 June, 1898, shows that a bicycle club called "The Wheelmen of Freetown and Bedeque " was active and had road races in the Freetown area. The newspaper reported that a road race was being held on the following Monday, 4 July, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The race course was from Ross' Corner to and back, on the Freetown road. The race was only open to those who never competed in a previous race. The entries were being received by George H. Ross . THE HUNGRY THIRTIES Strange to say, no one knew it was the Hungry Thirties, at the time. No one had money, but we didn't seem to need it. We grew what we ate and sold eggs to buy things like molasses, sugar, and kerosene for our lamps. Our lifestyle was simple. Our home life was centered, in winter, around the old Base Burner, which glowed in the dark and provided heat and light as well. Many a romance budded and blossomed around it. Homemade fudge and apples supplied the treats. My dad played and sang folk songs on the banjo. We all joined in with whatever we had - ukelele, guitar, piano or violin. We weren't professionals by any standard, but oh! how we enjoyed those get-togethers! Robert Auld 's store, with its pot-bellied stove, was a gathering place for locals. News and good-humoured yarns were exchanged there, along with spicy bits of gossip. I remember a good natured local who had a 175