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"TO WALK A COUNTY MILE" by Mary Elizabeth Maxwell - "REFLECTIONS OF A LIFE IN RURAL CANADA"
174 pages - soft cover - copyright 1997 by Moulin Publishing Limited/Mary Elizabeth-Maxwell. Book is in very good condition - almost as new.
From Back Cover " Mary Elizabeth Maxwell born in Norval in 1914 and loved "Lilac Hill" the home place she describes in this book. She married the Reverend James Maxwell, an Anglican priest, and with two young children and three churches in the parish, the found that 'the quiet life of a country parson' was somewhat illusory ideal. They retired in 1976 to a log cabin they had built on the Credit Hills overlooking Norval in Ontario.
Tells of her journey of living in a small rural town in Canada - filled with historical events, anecdotes, and personal reflections of rural life of Norval, Ontario, outlines the history by sharing memories of a past that should not be forgotten.
Experience the small community of Norval from the first Loyalist settlers, the McNabs, in 1783 to the present day reality of urban development on every side.
Pictures: Robert Noble's home in background circa 1870, Archibald McNab, Jane Campbell McNab, Robert Gleninning - wife Mary Noble 1884, Robert Noble-1835-1910 with wife Marion Laing, Maxted home - Herb Caely's home picture circa 1895, Sam Curry's sawmill, Geordie Gallop, Henry Pettigrew - Jim Fiddler - Rev T G Wallace 1899, Maggie Bird with her mother Sara Noble Bird, Hardy Barnhill standing in doorway under NORVAL POST OFFICE sign, Ken Robinson and Bill Carney in the 1940's, Walter Brain, class photograph with teacher Miss Owens 1920, Joan Browne Carter - Shirley Hargreaves - Bill Pomeroy - Owen Hughes - 1937, John Slingsby - Alex Gregg 1930, Roy Coupland RCAF 1941, Lil Morris Garbutt, Jeff Needham 1949, Jack Garbutt, Charlie Coupland 1882-1970, Norval Grand Trunk R R Station, Dr Samuel Webster, Jack- Minnie McPherson, McPherson house built by Henry Gooderham circa 1854 - INVERHOLME, Lucy Maud Montgomery came to live in Norval in 1926 as the wife of Reverend Ewan MacDonald - walking on the Town Line North, J W L Forster home built 1854, Nyakawaya, Jimmie Eccles,
Book 6007 $29.95 plus $10.00 shipping within North America - book is in very good condition - almost as new.
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