Category: Macdonald, Billie

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A Few Summer Memories

by Bruce Ferguson One of the things I remember about Inverness was the times we spent on vacation there. Mom and Dad would farm out the five kids to various relatives so that we wouldn’t be such a burden to one family. John would stay with uncle Danny, Art would stay with uncle Roddie, Dave [...]

Dan Kennedy, Handyman

by David Ferguson I think it was the summer of 1966. I was sixteen, and as usual I was visiting Inverness with my family. “With my family” isn’t exactly right. Once we grew out of toddlerhood, when we went down home my parents would farm us out to different relatives. My brother John usually stayed [...]

Greet and Hughie’s Second 50th

by Julene Coady While living in Nova Scotia, I got to know family I had only heard about. One time when I was out visiting Aunt Billie, we were talking about weddings and Anniversaries, and the way things were done and the way things were celebrated. Aunt Greet & Uncle Hughie were celebrating their 50th [...]

The Big Trip

by Julene Coady One of the fondest memories and stories I have of my Mom and Dad [Edith Macdonald and Bernie Coady] is their Big Trip. In 1972 Ford Motors of Canada ad a contest; the prize was a trip Chicago, to see the Black Hawks play. Bobby Hull was playing for the Hawks then, [...]

Jack D Macdonald in Hollywood

by Frank Macdonald After his retirement from the Canadian National Railway (CNR) Jack D. went on a trip around the continent. He had a railway pass for the CNR and at that time railway companies in both the United States and Canada honoured the brotherhood of railroad men so the pass meant travelling free in [...]

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