16 Aug
Daniel ‘Vin’ Hall Published August 16th, 2010
Susan Corinne Power Published August 16th, 2010
Georgina ‘Georgie’ Gillis Published August 16th, 2010
Lillian Theresa Bates Published August 16th, 2010
RN Lillian Clark Published August 16th, 2010
Isabel Margaret Matheson Published August 16th, 2010
May Belle Sampson Published August 16th, 2010
15 Aug
Caper soldiers in Afghanistan relax with Cape Breton Post
GLACE BAY – A local soldier posted in Afghanistan says he has a special word he uses to describe the Cape Breton Post – comfort.
“To all the boys here, it is a piece of home,” said Petty Officer Derrick Nearing, 47, formerly of New Waterford, who is a physician’s assistant (or as we used to say in the RCN a ‘Sickbay Tiffy’) for the Canadian Armed Forces.
“It is so nice when you are over here – where it is cold, wet and miserable – to get that little piece of home. The girls and guys go through it, they look at the pictures and the stories from Glace Bay, New Waterford, the Northside, Sydney … they read the obituaries, the want ads. It is a little bit of normalcy in a chaotic place. “They are in a place that is uncomfortable; the Cape Breton Post is comfort.
“We lost 10 guys in December here. It is always chaotic here, busy all the time.”
Nearing said his mother, Patricia Nearing of New Waterford, sends copies of the Cape Breton Post to Afghanistan on a regular basis. As soon as a box of the newspapers arrives, they circulate them among all the Cape Bretoners. “We go in each others room and trade them like comic books. After we have circulated them, when any of us are going out to a forwarding base over here, we take care of the guys on the frontlines. We take the Cape Breton Post newspapers to them. They will circulate and read them, then pass them on to another base.”
As a physician’s assistant, Nearing looks after wounded soldiers.
“I work with medical technicians to keep the guys alive to get them home to their families. We walk around and check morale, mental health and so on. We keep everyone healthy and happy.
“It means a lot to the other guys and girls from back home to be able to keep in touch with home through the Cape Breton Post.” Nearing, who is based at CFB Petawawa in Ontario with his wife Maureen and children Hannah, 5, Reilly, 3, is on his second tour to Afghanistan, spending 16 months out of the last 27 months there. He hopes to be returning home in April or May. He has served overseas five times, including time in Germany, Bosnia and Somalia. Patricia said she makes sure her son – and the other local soldiers – get the Post, no matter where they are.
Other family and friends, including Jimmy Hurley of New Waterford, also save the Cape Breton Post and send it and other items to the soldiers, she added.
“Any time Derrick goes away, I save copies and send them to him no matter where he is as I know how much he likes getting it. “He tells me they sometimes go back and read a copy a second time.” She said it gives her comfort to send her son this piece of home.
“He has been away from Cape Breton for awhile but Cape Breton is home.”
It is difficult for all mothers having sons and daughters in Afghanistan, she added.
“It is the same for every mother, you go to bed every night and worry about getting that knock on the door.”
Nearing said they want the public to know how much soldiers appreciate the parcels they receive. “We get thousands and thousands of packages, cards, gifts, presents … the support for our troops is overwhelming. We certainly thank everyone.
“It is impossible to write all the people back. We try to write some letters but we still have a job to do here. We also try and tell people how much this all means to us through means like the Cape Breton Post.”
He said there are wonderful male and female soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
“They do an awful lot of really good work over here. It is unbelievable what goes on here, how much they do.”
(smontgomery@cbpost.com)
14 Aug
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CAPE BRETON OATCAKES |
2 c flour (all purpose)
2 c rolled oats
1 c brown sugar (packed)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c shortening
1/2 c cold water
Savory Variation:
2 c Oatmeal ( scotch type)
1 c flour
2 tsp white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 c cold water
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 c lard, bacon fat or shortening
The savory variation is closer to the original Scottish version. If desired,
process the oats in a food processor for 10 seconds to get a finer texture.
The original recipe for oatcakes likely arrived with Scottish settlers in Cape
Breton. Fine oatmeal ground in the pioneer’s grist mills, a little fat worked
with fingertips, and perhaps a touch of sugar, made a crispy baked “cake”
to eat with cheese or jam. Over the years, Cape Bretoners (and eventually
all cooks across Canada) used rolled oats and more sugar to make a cookie-
like oatcake.
Cape Breton Oatcakes – Sweet Version
Sweet Version:
Stir together flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening
with fingertips. Mix in water with fork, until ball forms. Divide in half.
On a floured surface, roll out each half to 1/4 inch (5 mm) thickness. Cut into
2 1/2 inch (6 squares), then into triangles. Bake on lightly on greased baking
sheets in 350F oven for 15 minutes or till lightly browned. Cool. Makes 60.
14 Aug
Frances Kaiser Published August 14th, 2010
Elizabeth Holmes Published August 14th, 2010
Paula Spencer Published August 14th, 2010
Marcella (Bates) MacDonald Published August 14th, 2010
Mary MacDonald Published August 14th, 2010
James ‘Jim’ McNeil Published August 14th, 2010
Daniel ‘Vin’ Hall Published August 14th, 2010
Susan Power Published August 14th, 2010
14 Aug
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On Aug. 14, 1945, President Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. (Go to article.) On Aug. 14, 1886, Arthur J. Dempster, the American physicist who built the first device for measuring charged particles, was born. Following his death on March 11, 1950, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays) |
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On August 14, 1897, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about patent medicines and professional pharmacists. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.) | ||
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On this date in: |
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| 1848 | The Oregon Territory was established. |
| 1900 | International forces entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreigners. |
| 1917 | China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I. |
| 1935 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly. |
| 1941 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression. |
| 1945 | President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. |
| 1947 | Pakistan became independent of British rule. |
| 1969 | British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. |
| 1973 | U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt. |
| 1980 | Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland – a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement. |
| 1980 | President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York. |
| 1996 | The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president. |
| 1997 | An unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| 2003 | A blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power. |
| 2006 | Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people. |
| 2009 | Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars. |
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| Historic Birthdays | |
| Arthur J. Dempster | |
 8/14/1886 – 3/11/1950 American physicist, inventor of the first mass spectrometer (Go to obit.) |
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| 70 | Paolo Sarpi 8/14/1552 – 1/14/1623 Venetian patriot and scholar |
| 81 | Cosimo III 8/14/1642 – 10/31/1723 Italian – 6th duke of Tuscany |
| 36 | Letitia Landon 8/14/1802 – 10/15/1838 English poet and novelist |
| 86 | Ernest Thompson Seton 8/14/1860 – 10/23/1946 British/Canadian naturalist and writer; helped found the Boy Scouts of America |
| 77 | Ernest Thayer 8/14/1863 – 8/21/1940 American writer; wrote “Casey at the Bat” |
| 65 | John Galsworthy 8/14/1867 – 1/31/1933 English Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright (1932) |
| 86 | Daniel Jackling 8/14/1869 – 3/13/1956 American mining engineer and metallurgist |
| 79 | Eduardo Mallea 8/14/1903 – 11/12/1982 Argentine novelist, essayist and short-story writer |
| 85 | Pierre Schaeffer 8/14/1910 – 8/19/1995 French composer, acoustician and electronics engineer |
| 77 | Max Klein 8/14/1915 – 5/20/1993 American painter; invented “paint by numbers” |
13 Aug
MacIntosh beaten in sheriff’s van after bail denied
Ernest Fenwick (Fen) MacIntosh being escorted by Indian Police at his extradition
HALIFAX — Halifax police are investigating after receiving a report of an assault on an inmate at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional CentreHALIFAX — Halifax police are investigating after receiving a report of an assault on an inmate at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Centre.
Police say the man alleges he was assaulted by another prisoner while in the back of a sheriff’s van.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police say the investigation is in its preliminary stages and they still have to interview several more witnesses.
A report in the Halifax Chronicle Herald quotes an unidentified inmate at the jail as saying the victim of the assault was convicted sex offender Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh.
A source confirmed the victim was MacIntosh, whose bid for bail was dismissed by a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal judge in Halifax earlier in the day.
Justice Department spokeswoman Jennifer Gavin would only say that an offender “received medical attention for an altercation that occurred in the sheriff’s vehicle, and there was no outside medical attention that was needed.”
MacIntosh was convicted at trial in Port Hawkesbury of 13 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency, and has been in custody since July 20. He is currently appealing his convictions and wanted out of jail until his appeal is resolved.
12 Aug
(Nancy King – Cape Breton Post)
Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh gets into a lawyer’s car after an appearance in Supreme Court in Port Hawkesbury earlier this year. He was denied bail during an appearance in a Halifax courtsoom Thursday.
HALIFAX — A man who is waiting to be sentenced after he was convicted of sexually molesting two boys in the 1970s was denied bail in a Halifax court today.
Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 67, was found guilty last month on 13 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency.
At his trial in Port Hawkesbury, the victims testified that the abuse occurred in the former businessman’s vehicles prior to 1974 when he lived in Cape Breton.
The 67-year-old man is appealing the convictions at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
MacIntosh was extradited from India in 2007 to face the charges.
MacIntosh is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 14.
12 Aug
Mamie MacNeil Published August 12th, 2010- See the obituary Donald Gerrow Published August 12th, 2010- See the obituary Wendell Gallant Published August 12th, 2010- See the obituary Viateur ‘Victor’ Rochon Published August 12th, 2010- See the obituary George Baldwin Published August 12th, 2010- See the obituary12 Aug
Cape Breton Deaths August 11, 2010 Wednesday
There are 9 obituaries published for today.
Wayne Aucoin
Condon Corbett
William G. and Linda Newton
Norman ‘Blackie’ MacPherson
John MacLellan
Joseph T. Bryden
Ian Harris ‘Hopper’ MacLeod
Benedict O’Brien
James Adrian Swan
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Wayne Aucoin
In Honour of Wayne Thomas Aucoin, deceased May 25, 2010 in
Tillsonburg, Ont., a memorial mass will be held on Friday, Aug. 13,
2010 at 10 a.m. Fr. Paul MacNeil will officiate at the Parish of
St-Leonard of New Waterford.
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Mr. Condon Corbett
Born in: Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born on: 18/05/1938
Passed away in: Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 22/05/2010
Family and friends are welcome to join us for a memorial service in
celebration of Condon’s life on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. at
St. Eugene’s Church, 468 King’s Rd., Dominion. Burial to follow at
St. Eugene’s Cemetery, then back to St. Eugene’s for a luncheon.
Afterwards please join us at The Hawks Club for a reception to honour
our father and friend.
“In Memory Of Condon Eugene Corbett”
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William G. and Linda Newton
A graveside service for the late William Gordon and Linda (Young)
Newton will take place Thursday at 2 p.m. in St. Joseph Cemetery,
Bras d’Or, with Fr. Peter McLeod officiating.
The service is under the direction of Francis Funeral Home, Sydney Mines.
Obituary Posted By Francis Funeral Home,
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Norman ‘Blackie’ MacPherson
Passed away in: Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 11/08/2010
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Norman ‘Blackie’
MacPherson announce his sudden passing on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, in
Grand Mira South.
Blackie was born to the late Hector and Maggie (Lamond) MacPherson of
Marion Bridge and lived his entire life there.
He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Margaret ‘Tootsie’
(MacDonald), Marion Bridge; daughter, Sharon (Howard Gillis), Sydney;
grandchildren, Nicole Gillis, Mozambique, Vance Gillis, Montreal, and
Ryan Gillis, Sydney; brother, Earl (Annie) MacPherson, Marion Bridge;
sisters-in-law, Mary Effie MacPherson and Kay Hussey, both of Marion
Bridge, and various nieces and nephews.
Along with his parents, he was predeceased by daughter, Donna,
brothers, John, Fred and Allister and sister-in-law, Sarah MacPherson.
He worked for 52 years as a glazier with Chappells Building Supplies
and various others.
He was a lifelong member of St. Columba Presbyterian Church, Marion
Bridge, a founding member of Marion Bridge Volunteer Fire Department,
and a past master of Heather Lodge (Framboise), member of Mira Gaelic
Choir and Mira and District Seniors and Pensioners Club.
He loved to play tarabish, watch NHL hockey and play practical jokes.
His dry wit, warm smile and kind heart will be missed by all who knew
him.
Visitation will take place from 3-6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, at
St. Columba Church in Marion Bridge. Memorial service will follow at
6 p.m. Reception at Mira Seniors & Pensioners Club following the
service. All are welcome. Interment will take place at a later date.
No flowers please as per his request. Instead, donations may be made
in his memory to the Children’s Wish Foundation, St. Columba
Presbyterian Church or plant a tree in his honour at Two Rivers
Wildlife Park in Mira.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.sydneymemorialchapel.ca.
Obituary Posted By Sydney Memorial Chapel,
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John MacLellan
Passed away in: Ben Eoin, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 09/08/2010
John Joseph MacLellan, 91, died on Aug. 9, 2010, at the Cape Breton
Regional Hospital, Sydney, after a full and productive life.
He was a lifelong resident of Ben Eoin.
During his career in the construction industry, which extended over
60 years, ‘Johnny Ben Eoin’ earned a reputation for excellence,
honesty and dedication. Everyone who dealt with him received more
than fair value. This was also true in his personal and community
life. He was forever ready to help family, his neighbours and his
church, without complaint or consideration of the cost.
John is survived by his wife of 64 years, Teresa; daughters, Jean
(Bernie) Boudreau, Judy (Mike) Connolly, Cathy (Paul) Newman, all of
Halifax; sons, Robert (Linda), Ben Eoin, and David (Rosemary),
Halifax. John is also survived by his sister, Sr. Anne MacLellan,
Antigonish. John took great joy in his grandchildren, Corinne, Brian
and Doug Boudreau, Maureen and Colleen Connolly, John MacLellan, Matt
and Laura Newman and Andrew and Kathleen MacLellan and his
great-grandchildren, Enya and Owen Hickey and Helen Boudreau. He was
also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Sadie MacKinnon and Mary Donovan
and a brother, Martin.
Visitation will take place from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Thursday in T.W.
Curry Parkview Chapel. Funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday at
11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in East Bay with Rev. Francis Abbass
officiating. Interment in the parish cemetery.
Family flowers only. Donations may be made to the Nova Scotia
Community College (NSCC) Foundation (Toll free: 1-866-745-7919) in
John’s name to assist future carpenters in Cape Breton, or to a
charity of your choice.
Special thanks to the caring staff of Floor 3A, neighbours Larry and
Barb MacPherson, the VON staff, Homecare Nova Scotia and everyone who
helped.
Online condolences may be sent to www.twcurry.com.
Obituary Posted By T W Curry Parkview Chapel,
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Ian Harris ‘Hopper’ MacLeod
Born in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born on: 07/05/1937
Passed away on: 09/08/2010
It is with great sadness that we, the family, announce the passing of
a loving father, grandfather, brother and friend, Ian Harris ‘Hopper’
MacLeod, which occurred Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, at the QE II Health
Science Centre, Halifax Infirmary, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Glace Bay on May 7, 1937, he was a son of the late John A.
and Mary Elizabeth (Hardy) MacLeod. He was a life-long resident of
Lake Road.
Hopper is survived by sons, Bill (Joanne), Truro, Robert (Tanya),
Sydney River, Shaun (Betty), Prince Edward Island; his very special
grandchildren, Samantha, Nichole, Brianna and Alex. He is also
survived by sister, Norma Brandhagen, USA; brothers, Charlie (Betty)
and Allister (Roberta), Ontario; and his ever faithful dog, Shadow.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his loving wife and soul
mate of 45 years, Annie (Hawryluk) MacLeod, brother Dennis.
In earlier years, Hopper was the manager and mechanic at Plaza Gas
and Marine, Sydney River and later was employed at the Glace Bay
Heavy Water Plant. He was an avid hockey fan and was a member of the
Old Timers Hockey League, Glace Bay. Hopper enjoyed doing odd jobs
and was always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need.
Visitation for the late Hopper MacLeod will be held in Patten Funeral
Home, 71 Union St., Glace Bay on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in St. Paul’s
Presbyterian Church, Glace Bay, with Rev. Shirley Murdock
officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Glace Bay.
Memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation,
Nova Scotia Division.
The family would like to express their thanks to very special friends
Adrian and Jocelyn Lee, Turk and Shirley Stewart and Bernie O’Neil
for their comfort, love and support both before and during Hopper’s
illness. We are forever in debt to you.
Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.pattenfuneral.com.
Obituary Posted By Patten Funeral Home,
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Joseph T. Bryden
Born in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born on: 29/05/1941
Passed away in: New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 09/08/2010
It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the
peaceful passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and
brother, Joseph T. Bryden, 69, of New Waterford on Aug. 9, 2010, at
the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, surrounded by his loving
family.
Born May 29, 1941, in Glace Bay, he was a son of the late Joseph and
Kathleen (MacMullin) Bryden.
Joseph is survived by his loving wife, Helen (Seratto); children,
Louis (Glenda), Winnipeg, Cheryl (Jim) Ryan, New Waterford, Joseph
(Lee-Anne) Bryden, Bedford; grandchildren, Joshua, Victoria, Sarah,
Ava, Tessa; brothers, Melvin (Brenda), Jim (Jenny); sister, Georgina
(Kenny) MacKenzie.
Always a family man, his children and grandchildren were his greatest joy.
He had a passion for golf and enjoyed his time with friends at the
Lingan Golf Club.
In honour of Joseph’s wishes, there will be no visitation. Cremation
has taken place under the care and direction of V.J. McGillivray
Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford. A funeral mass
celebrating Joseph’s life will take place Thursday, Aug. 12 at 10
a.m. in the Parish Church of St. Leonard, Mount Carmel Avenue, with
Fr. Paul MacNeil officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael’s
Cemetery, River Ryan, with a luncheon to follow at the Knights of
Columbus Hall, New Waterford.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Cape Breton Cancer Centre
or a charity of one’s choice.
Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
Obituary Posted By V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home,
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Benedict O’Brien
Passed away in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 26/07/2010
Benedict O’Brien passed away in the Glace Bay Hospital, on Monday,
July 26 2010, at the age of 78.
Husband of Catherine May O’Brien. Son of the late John and Jane
O’Brien. Brother of Cadie and Hecky.
There will be no service as the remains have been donated to the
Dalhousie University for Medical Research.
At the request of Catherine O’Brien, donations are to be sent to the
Glace Bay Animal Shelter SPCA.
Miss you Uncle Ben.
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James Adrian Swan
Passed away in: Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed away on: 09/08/2010
It is with great sadness we announce the passing Aug. 9, 2010, of
James Adrian Swan of Sydney Mines, as a result of a motor vehicle
accident.
Jim will be sadly missed by his mother, Marie Dandy and stepfather,
Clarence Dandy; daughter, Melissa; granddaughter, Lily; son, Jacob;
brothers, Thomas, Theodore (Janice), Percy (Lisa); sisters, Rose,
Lena (Michael) and Joanne.
Jim had a great love of sports, particularly hockey. He faced all
challenges with determination and never backed down from life’s
difficulties.
There will be a private family service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children’s Wish Foundation.
Online condolences may be sent to fillmoreandwhitman.com.
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