SIMPSON

Dr. Allan Stuart Simpson (Mar. 30. 1876-July 19, 1949) was the son of Jeremiah and Maisy Clark Simpson, BayView, In. Sept 13, 1899 to Hannah “Lulu” Garrett daughter of the late John Garrett and Barbara Stewart Garrett (later Bell). They had a family of six children and lived on the east side of the bridge next to the A.J. McLeod & C0. General Store. This was the home formerly occupied by Dr. Thomas Campbell and his family.

From Stanley Bridge, the family moved to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and later to Vancouver, BC.

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SIMPSON

A nephew of Dr. Stuart Simpson was also a very impor— tant doctor to the people of this area. His name was Dr. J. Claude Simpson b. 1896, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Simpson, of BayView. He was the grandson of Jeremiah Simpson who was married to Maisy Bell Clark formerly of the Campbellton Road. Dr. Claude located his medical practice in Summerside. He was the doctor who served many residents of Stanley Bridge after the rural doctors began to move their practices from the country to the residential areas.

One story told by Dr. Claude and which is recalled by the more senior people of the area was of an emergency trip which he made one afternoon from Summerside to BayView. Stewart Lloyd MacCallum (1922-1931), the nine year old son of William and Janie Moore MacCallum of the Glasgow Road, had been helping throw sheaves down from the loft to the ground floor for threshing on his uncle Alfred Moore’s farm in BayView. He lost his footing and fell from the loft into the drum. Stewart’s leg was badly mangled.

Dr. Claude Simpson received the call for help shortly before the train left Summerside for Charlottetown. Dr. Claude rushed to get on this train and travelled to Kensington. Here he managed to find a man who was going toward New London. On this day, the travelling was on the South-West River. At Clifton he was met by men from Stanley Bridge who began the return trip toward BayView. The main roads were impassable. The snow was heavy, wet and

difficult for the horses to plod.

Farmers turned out with teams of horses to ‘break the roads’ and help the doctor get to his desti— nation. Dr. Claude arrived in BayView about 8 pm. His operating table was the kitchen table. Unfortunately the young man did not survive the accident. (He is buried in the Glasgow Road Cemetery.) This is only one of many incidents which could be recounted by any rural doctor. It is interesting to note that Dr. Claude of BayView was one of the students who attended Stanley Bridge Senior Room during his last years of schooling in the rural schools. All students from

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