figured out why the assembly erupted into laughter when he ended his remarks with "On the hole, we accomplished....". FAMILIES May, 2000 A visit with Harold (Roddie Charlie) MacLeod, now living in Little Sands , gleaned a wealth of community history. He and his wife Tillie have compiled a lifetime work of the MacLeods, Humes, Lamonts and Comptons, as well as copying the MacDonaldite Hymnbook and presenting it to the Island Church of Scotland Parishes. He provided the following vignette on the life and times of some of these people. (1) Mrs. MacLean Her son Roderick, married and lived on the farm later owned by Frank Evans . Roderick's sister, Kate married John A. Gillis , a teacher in Lyndale . They married later in life, and had no issue. (2) John was the son of Hector MacDonald who was Lloyd MacDonald 's Great Grandfather. (3) Alexander may have been a relative, but not a son. He later moved to the in Ontario . He was a very strong man, and would walk to the mill carrying 3 bushels (180 pounds) of wheat on his shoulders. In Ontario , a bear was stalking his young daughter, and he is supposed to have killed the bear with just the power of his arms. A neighbour, John Lamont went with him to at the same time, settled and raised a family there. There are descendants in the Wingham and Chesley areas. In later years, John's son, Malcolm wrote the story of their lives in the form of letters to his grandchildren. It is called "Bush Days" and is a very descriptive account of their life there. (4) William Gillis married a MacPhee. They had 2 sons, one, John went to work in the woods, cutting himself badly, but after healing, went into the ministry. He is buried in Dundas Cemetery. (5) John Beaton - no information. (6) Oig means "young". He settled on the farm of Charles Roderick , then later moved to Canada . (7) Murdoch Bruce purchased the farm on the , he moved to Nebraska , and sold the farm to Malcolm Lamont , later purchased by