care of the milk route for another day.

Three cars were sent for the remaining passengers. Captain Bennett stayed until it was safe to bring his boat home by sea.

We had received excellent hospitality from the people of Lennox Island and Grand River with whom we had planned to visit. The hospitality shown us by the Abbotts had a special quality, however, for they opened their home to a group of twenty strangers.

In the autumn of that very year we learned that the Abbott home was destroyed by fire. We organized a benefit dance for the Abbott family. As a result we were able to send Mr. Abbott a small sum of money to help in restoring his home. We were glad to be able to show, in some

way, our thanks for the kindness extended to us.

We lost track of our good friend Fred D. Bennett. He moved from Stanley Bridge and we believe he went to Morell or vicinity where he started a lobster factory. It is possible that he

ended his days there. " This event took place on August 1, 1925. The Hope River baseball players who travelled to

Lennox Island and Grand River were: Walter McGuigan, Austin Bolger, Harold Murphy, Jack Hagan, J. Thomas Reid, P. Murphy, Joe Fleming, L. MacDonald and Fr. W.V. MacDonald.

The members of the Lennox Island team were: W. MacKinnon, Jacob Sark, John J. Sark, Joe Knockwood, Wilfred Sark, D. Lewis, J. Gillis, Jacob Labobe and S. Peters.

The Grand River team included L. Gillis, E. Praught, P. MacDonald, C. MacDonald, D. Praught, W. MacKinnon, J. Cameron, U. Gillis, J. Gillis.

Austin Bolger remembers some of the young ladies who accompanied the team: Elizabeth and Ann Fleming, Maude McGuigan, and the two Murphy girls. The doctor referred to in the article was Dr. J .E. Fleming who acted as base judge. The lawyer was L. MacDonald and the clergy-

man was Fr. W.V. MacDonald.

Pages of the statistical records of Rev. Walter J. McGuigan, manager of the Hope River team.

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