THE SCOTS CANADIAN Issue XIII Newsletter of the Scottish Studies Society: ISSN No. 1491-2759 Summer 2002 All aboard the Empire Sandy! 10th Anniversary Tall Ship Cruise planned for Sunday, September 1

nce again, the crew of the Empire Sandy, 's tallest sailing ship, O will be hoisting the sails to get the Scottish Studies Society's annual cruise underway on Sunday September 1. Almost to the day, this will mark the tenth anniversary of our first Tall Ship Cruise, The Empire Sandy getting ready to sail at last year's event designed to commemorate the arrival of the Scots pioneers in Pictou, Nova Scotia, back in 1773 on board the old ship Hector. The intrepid emigrants who made that historic and difficult voyage are a major part Scots Wha Hae of Canada's pioneer heritage. They CRUISE a desire to nurture and preserve encouraged their fellow clansmen to follow and help change Canada from a backwoods INFORMATION their heritage in Canada colony into a nation that is now the envy of are invited to join the world. So let's not forget them! There will actually be two cruises, As in the past, we ask you to dig out your one boarding at 11:00 a.m., old tartan or plaid clothing or anything that departing at 11:30 a.m., the other might look a bit pioneerlike and come down boarding at 2:00 p.m., departing at to Harbourfront in Toronto to help us 2:30 p.m. recreate the pioneer spirit! It's an event for all age groups. And don't forget to tell your Please note that the Empire Sandy friends! will leave from Pier 6 at Marina We have arranged to give you a taste of Quay West, between Portland St. the Scots experience with the pipes, fiddle and Lower Spadina. THE SCOTTISH STUDIES music and other entertainment on board the ship. It's a great time to be out on Lake For more information please FOUNDATION Ontario and if you are looking for a photo or contact: a charitable organization video opportunity this is it! Food and beverages are available on board Ed Patrick (416) 964-8180 dedicated to actively supporting the or you can bring a picnic snack if you wish. Gina Erichsen (416) 928-0760 Scottish Studies Program The Empire Sandy gives you a great sense Paul Thomson (905) 278-5022 of fun and adventure as its billowing white at sails on three lofty masts glide you along Ticket Prices are as follows: The University of Guelph Toronto's spectacular waterfront, beyond Adults: $15.00 in advance, Toronto Island and out into Lake Ontario. Charitable registration $20.00 at the dockside We look forward to seeing you on board! No. 119253490 RR0001 Children: $8.00 Website: http://www.scottishstudies.ca

Letter from the Chair

Dear Fellow Members, from three weeks in the Scottish It gives me great pleasure to write to you Highlands, I was once again, first of all to thank you for your again struck by the ongoing support and secondly, for all the strong connection that good wishes we have received. exists between As I mentioned to you last time, our funds and Canada. are continuing to grow and, therefore, it was Ruins of former crofts with great pride that the Board of Directors in now-desolate glens was able to pledge an additional $250,000 to were a constant the University of Guelph's Campaign for reminder of the times Scottish Studies. This raises the total amount of the "clearances" pledged by the Foundation to $750,000 and when landowners Kathie Macmillan presenting Alistair MacLeod with the Scot of when this is coupled with the funds received shipped poor tenants the Year 2002 Award. Kathie was the recipient of the award directly by the University it brings us over off to North America last year. the $1.5 million mark bringing us ever closer to make way for more to our goal of raising the $2 million needed lucrative revenues to establish the Chair. So a very big thank- from sheep farming. pilot's 26-years' flying experience in the you indeed to all concerned. However, the big Scots-Canadian story in Arctic there were few problems in getting off I would also like to thank Gordon Hepburn the when I was there had a much more the floe again. who headed up the team responsible for hi-tech aspect to it. I'm talking about the As this story appears to have had little or organizing the Society's Tartan Day Dinner dramatic rescue on May 20 of Scots explorer no coverage in the Canadian press this just which took place on April 24. David Mill by a Canadian team. speaks to the modesty of the courageous Aided by Duncan Campbell, Alan Described by himself as one of the last people who are at work in Canada behind the McKenzie and Iain MacMillan the event "true" explorers, Mill was attempting to be scenes taking danger in their stride. made for a wonderful evening and it was a the first man to walk to the North Pole solo It is the spirit of people like that who made great honour to have top Canadian writer, and unaided. it across the Atlantic on the old ship Hector Alistair MacLeod, as our Scot of the Year. He had been travelling using a pulk, a and as you will have seen on the front page, This event would not be possible without sledge which could also be used as a small we will be commemorating their voyage on the generous support of many of our boat, to cross water since leaving Ward Hunt the Empire Sandy on September 1. For those sponsors and in this regard I would like to Island, Canada's most northern point, in of you who are able to come along, we thank Alliance-Atlantis, the major sponsor, March. extend a very warm welcome. And to all of as well as Wm. Grant & Sons, the Colony But after more than 50 days, rising you across the country and overseas, once Hotel and Sony of Canada. And to Hector temperatures caused ice packs to break up again, on behalf of the Foundation, thank you Russell Scottish Imports for donating the earlier than expected, leaving him stranded again for all your wonderful encouragement actual Award. on an ice floe miles from land. and support. A special thank you is also due to the He had just seven days before the next full talented performers who entertained moon would change the landscape David Hunter everyone throughout the evening: Sandy dramatically, making it impossible for a MacIntyre and his Trio, the 48th Highlanders plane to land and sentencing him to certain Pipes & Drums, French-Canadian Scottish death. folk singer Danielle Bourre and to George Determined to find Walker for his lively and dramatic Address to a way to escape, Mill the Haggis. And to used his sledge to Gordon Hepburn mark out a 400-yard himself who performed runway in the ice, took the role of Master of a digital photo of it Ceremonies. and e-mailed it by As we move into the satellite phone to a summer season, the rescue team in various Highland Games Canada. that are being held There was no doubt throughout the country that his mobile phone are a continual reminder saved his life. Mill's of the strong Scottish e-mailed imagery heritage that is being showed the rescue Scots explorer maintained by many team from Resolute David Mill dedicated individuals Bay exactly where and organizations. they had to land. And Professor Kevin James, Alastair MacLeod and University of Guelph Having just returned thanks to the rescue President, Mordechai Rosanski

2 The Scots Canadian Tartan Day Dinner 2002 A night to Remember

On the banks of the meandering Don River, in what a 1920s issue of the Nation Geographic once called the "Highlands of Toronto," the sound of the pipes could be heard across the still air of an April evening. Closer inspection would have revealed this to be emanating from the Granite Club on the occasion of the Society's Annual Tartan Day Dinner.

Alistair MacLeod, our Scot of the Year 2002, was in familiar company -- the organizers had made sure that Sandy MacIntyre and Father MacLellan, two of Alastair's old school pals from Canada's East Coast, were there for the event.

As you can see, a great time was had by one and all.

The Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders

Having done a magnificent job as Master of Ceremonies at the Tartan Day Dinner, Gordon is now putting his expertise to organizing next year's Burns Night. Scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2003 at Toronto's Colony Hotel it promises to be another memorable evening. Gordon is taking advance bookings, so please call him at 905- 881-5780 to reserve! Seated: Anita and Alistair MacLeod and Mrs. Rosanski Standing: Jeanne Isley, SSF Chair David Hunter, Father MacLellan and Dr. Mordechai Rosanski Gordon Hepburn

No mere "seventh inning stretch" here -- everyone is up and dancing between courses! George Walker giving a highly animated "Address to the Haggis"

The Scots Canadian 3 streams, those that deal with criminal cases, Current challenge to the verdict stems and those that deal with civil cases. Criminal from the dissatisfaction and feelings of "Not Proven" law regulates the relationship between the injustice suffered by the families of victims individual and the state. Civil law regulates of crime. Political influence has also been a peculiarly Scots verdict relationships between individuals. apparent. In 1993 George Robertson tabled by Angus MacCulloch The criminal courts are, in ascending order a Private Members Bill to abolish the verdict. of authority: The District Court, the Sheriff The legal profession has been divided over Court, and the High Court of Justiciary. the issue most of this century. cotland has a completely separate legal The civil courts are, in ascending order of A number of eminent judges have attacked system from that of England and authority: The Sheriff Court, the Court of the verdict. One saying that it was S Wales. This stems from Scotland's Session, and the House of Lords. theoretically and historically indefensible, independence before 1707 and is enshrined The doctrine of "precedent" means that the Lord Moncrieff in 1906. Others have in the Act of Union. decision of a higher court will be binding on supported it. In 1964 Lord Justice General Scots law originates from two main a lower court. Clyde stated that… "for upwards of 200 sources -- enacted law and common law. The High Court of Justiciary and the years a not proven verdict has been available Enacted law has the authority of a body with House of Lords are not bound by their own . . . and no convincing argument has been legislative powers. Enacted law can come decisions. The decision of an English court is advanced to justify its elimination from our from many sources, some include Royal never binding upon a Scottish court. The law." proclamation or order, Acts of Parliament decisions of the House of Lords sitting as an One view from England helped to explain (either the old Scots Parliament or the UK English court will be of a persuasive nature the reason for the not proven verdict. Judge Parliament), the European Community in a Scottish case. Gerald Sparrow wrote… "I have often Treaty or European legislation, or local There are also specialist courts dealing thought that the distinction typifies the authority by-laws. with particular areas, such as industrial different spirit of Scottish and English law: Common law derives it authority from the disputes, land matters, criminal charges the Scottish being the more logical, the courts and is based on Scots legal tradition. against children, and heraldry. English more sporting." Both forms of law have equal authority and The courts have a long history. The Sheriff The original verdicts in Scots law were often operate in the same areas. Under the courts date back to the 12th century, the "culpable" and "convict"; or "cleanse." theory of the "supremacy of Parliament," as Court of Session was established in 1532, Guilty and not guilty were introduced by partially recognised in Scotland, enacted law and the High Court of Justiciary was Cromwell during the Usurpation, when he will override common law, but common law established in 1672. imposed English judges on Scotland. After cannot override an enacted law. Scottish judges will sit on both criminal the reformation the Scots courts reverted to Common law develops through the and civil courts, although some may be seen asking judges to find whether the facts in the judgements of the courts. To predict how it as specialising in particular areas. The judges indictment were "proven" or "not proven." will deal with a given situation one must are appointed by the Crown from practicing The "not guilty" verdict was reintroduced examine the decisions of the courts in similar lawyers, both solicitors and advocates. in 1723 in the trial of Carnegie of Findhorn cases. Common law initially derived from The "Not Proven" verdict in Scots law is for the murder of the Earl of Strathmore. In the Roman law, as codified under the unusual in allowing three alternative verdicts 1975 the Thomson Committee which Emperor Justinian, and canon law, the law of in a criminal trial. Although the "Not examined Scottish criminal procedure the church. Proven" verdict is known, incorrectly, as the recommended that the three verdict system One of the other sources of law was the third verdict, it has a 300-year history in be retained. writings of eminent legal scholars such as Scotland. In 1993 the Scottish Office said that… "it Lord Stair, Erskine and Bell, Hume, and Even though it has a long history it has was not convinced that there was enough Alison. been the subject of criticism since 1827 when groundswell of dissatisfaction from the The Scottish courts separate into two Sir Walter Scott, novelist and Sheriff, public and, crucially, from the legal described the not proven verdict as… "that profession" to justify any scrutiny of the not bastard verdict, not proven." proven verdict. Most recently in 1994 the The verdict of not proven is essentially Government in a White Paper, Firm but Fair, one of acquittal. In all respects the verdicts of dealing, inter alia, with the verdict made no not guilty and not proven have exactly the proposals for any changes as in the absence same legal effects. In practice it is thought of "a considerable weight of informed that a verdict of not proven simply means opinion against the verdict" the three verdict that the judge or jury have reasonable doubt system should be retained. It would appear as to the accused's guilt. that there is no immediate prospect that there It is interesting to note that the not proven will be any change in the current three verdict is used in one third of acquittals by verdict system. juries, and in one fifth of acquittals in non- A "not proven" verdict is an acquittal. Like jury trials. Because of the higher number of a case where a "not guilty" verdict is non-jury trials ninety per cent of all not returned, the accused cannot be tried a proven verdicts are returned in such cases. It second time for the crime charged, and is Madeleine Smith is generally thought that the verdict gives able to walk free from the court with his juries, and judges, an option between not innocence established. Charged on July 9, 1857, with two attempts of guilty and guilty where they feel that the "Guilty" and "not guilty" are the same as murder by arsenic poisoning and one charge of charges have not been proved but they in English law, but in Scotland if a defendant murder by arsenic, she was found "not guilty" of one of the attempted poisoning charges, and "not equally cannot say the accused is "not guilty" is guilty of murder he or she must be proven" of the other attempt and of the murder because of its moral connotations. sentenced to life in prison.  charge.

4 The Scots Canadian One Came Back by Philip Gray

Born in Scotland, Philip Gray is a journalist now living in Canada but in World War Two he found himself as Captain of the crew of a Lancaster bomber as the RAF took the war right into the heart of .

War is like an honest politician. Its coming is dynamite dangling so unreal it catches everyone off balance. inches beneath my The two of us, Canada and I, were classic toes. examples of those off balance. Was this bizarre set- Before the outbreak of a fracas that would up a reality, or had I come to be known as World War Two, I was slipped through to the a country boy, my township lost along the other side of the byways of the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland. mirror? The Philip Gray at the British Isles Show at Exhibition Place in Summer holidays were bliss for our clique of unmistakable growl of Toronto last March. Behind him is the hulk of one of the 430 five small troublemakers, the Fearless Five. four Rolls Royce Lancasters built in the Victory Aircraft factory in Toronto. Two out Running barefoot with cuts and bruises Merlin engines quickly of every three of the 21-year-old young men who wheeled these everywhere, we would chase rabbits across answered that one. Lancasters into the sky never reached age 22. the harvest fields, scoop frog's eggs and Up to that point my newts from none too healthy looking ponds journey to reach the out pilots for the Royal Air Force long before at the rubbish dump, live dangerously at the seat of that bomber had been fun, with one the United States had entered the fray. Ah local sewage complex, and nick apples from criterion holding firm all the way. I kept well! the minister's orchard. Trouble? Of course bumping into Canada and Canadians. True, From and to the snows of Moncton and we were trouble. It was expected. there would be one minor hiccup before I from and to the searing heat of Arizona By 1939 Canada was moving out of the could place my destiny on track. required a six-day train ride either way. Back Great Depression, with its people feeling I was one of 1,000 aircrew cadets, all sure in the U.K. I converted onto the light twin grief on all fronts. They need not have they were potential Billy Bishops, set to Airspeed Oxford, followed soon by the much worried. After the holocaust of 1939-1945 leave Manchester, England on a Canadian heavier Wellington bomber. had run its course, Canada was a wealthy draft. Canada had scores of airfields spread My fly-for-yourself days were over. From land with its industrial potential fully across its land, turning out 85% of Britain's then on I would have the added responsibility established. wartime pilots. Rhodesia and the U.S.A. of a crew. Along with the Wellington came a My personal wealth hadn't changed by the accounted for the other 15%. A bubble-like crew of five with the sixth member, the time the guns fell silent, but my one and only blister on my waistline, already sheltering Engineer, joining us as I moved over to the youth had gone forever. The early 1940s was under a piece of Elastoplast, saw me four-engine Avro Lancaster at Heavy no time to be twenty-one. removed from the draft. I had shingles. Conversion Unit (HCU). Ten crews arrived I can still remember my thoughts of One month later I joined the next draft at HCU but ours was the only one to move to disbelief as I strapped myself into the pilot bound for the U.S.A. Our group of hopefuls an operational squadron. The reason for such seat of an operational Lancaster bomber for crossed the Atlantic in the fastest liner afloat elite selection may be found in the chapter of the first time. How had a reticent country boy at the time - the Queen Mary. For fellow my book entitled If We Can Get Away With like me finished up in a lethal situation like passengers we had large numbers of German This. this? The day before yesterday I had been and Italian prisoners-of-war, plus Winston Moving to a front line squadron of chasing rabbits across a field. Today here I Churchill no less. Docking in New York we Bomber Command's 3 Group was like was a Captain of Aircraft of Bomber were hustled to Moncton, New Brunswick. following Alice down that rabbit hole to Command, about to reduce selected Deutsche There we became virtual Americans, being Wonderland. Our leader, Sir Arthur Harris, real estate to rubble, 12,000-pounds of kitted out totally in G.I. uniforms, right down ensured that his crews received the best. to socks, shoes, and They in turn would have flown through the Philip Gray’s book is an underwear. The one gates of hell for this commander. All he had invitation, encouraging you to piece of Britain to do was ask. Our squadron boss was have a closer look at the brutal retained was our wedge Canadian Wing Commander Giles, a much- world of Bomber Command cap, complete with its respected pilot who placed himself on the during World War Two. In an famous white flash. Battle Order regularly. engaging yet brutally frank style, Our U.S. destination In case you wondered, oh yes, all members Gray reveals the true relationships was Number 4 British of our Fearless Five grubby little boys between himself and his team, Flying Training answered the call to arms, and I can see them and his team members. It is as School, Falcon Field, any time I want. Their names are right there much a book about the interaction Mesa, Arizona. As we on the War Memorial in the Station Square at of people in terrifying situations were numbered Course Ladybank in Fife. I was the only one of the as about bombing and war itself. 16 our arithmetic told five to physically return home. us that the six British We meet many people as we journey flying schools in the through life, but only true friends leave their U.S. had been churning footprints on our hearts. 

The Scots Canadian 5 In response to a demand for surrender at previously overlooked. Wallace's father was Fall Colloquium set for Stirling, Wallace said: 'Tell your people that not, as Blind Harry, writing more than a we are not here to make peace but to do century and a half after the patriot's death, Saturday September 28 battle to defend ourselves and liberate our tells us, Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie but kingdom. Let them come on, and we shall Alan Wallace, a crown tenant in . The Fall Colloquium of the Scottish Studies prove this in their very beards'. But who was Alan Wallace? If he was the Program explores the theme of Re-Inventing For the rest of his life, that is what Wallace same man who submitted to Edward I in the Scottish Tradition, and has issued a "Call did. As Guardian of Scotland, he led the 1296, what did the son make of his father's for Papers" exploring symbols of Scottish resistance to Edward I, invaded and collaboration with the enemy? Wallace had nationhood, from William Wallace to the devastated the north of England, and came two brothers, Malcolm and John. Nine kilt, the role of the Scottish Diaspora in close to defeating the 'Hammer of the Scots' months before Wallace's execution, a John developing Scottish ideas of nationhood, and himself. Wallace was in the service of Edward I. related topics. But victory at Falkirk in 1298 went to Could this be Wallace's brother, working for Dr. Graeme Morton of the Department of Edward after a long and bloody battle. the man who was hunting William Wallace Economic and Social History will deliver the Resigning the Guardianship, Wallace went to the death? keynote address at the University of abroad in a diplomatic role, arguing It is the search for answers to such Edinburgh. His recent book William Scotland's case for freedom in and questions which has produced such a Wallace: Man and Myth (Sutton Publishing, Rome. remarkable number of glosses on the 2001), explores the making of the mythology In his absence, John Comyn led a historical Wallace. Graeme Morton's of William Wallace. determined resistance to Edward but absorbing and well-researched book leads us Recent scholarly attention has focussed on submitted in February 1304. By then, through Wallace's various 'lives'. the evolution of national cultural symbols, Wallace had returned and resumed the Morton reminds us, in considerable detail, "founding mythologies" and cultural struggle, albeit as a hunted man after how over the years the facts about Wallace emblems. This year's semi-annual sentence of outlawry was pronounced on him have not got in the way of a good story. In colloquium will explore representations of by Scottish as well as English supporters of the last few years alone, the writer of Scottish history and tradition and will feature Edward. He was finally captured and carried Braveheart claimed to see Wallace 'through papers which critically examine: to London, where he was barbarously the eyes of a poet', and a proposal was made * The development and adoption of executed for treason. that Wallace be canonised. emblems of Scottish nationhood, Our knowledge of Wallace is scant, almost All this, and much more, Morton gives us. such as the bagpipes and the kilt; all of it from hostile English sources. The But for this reader at least, the 'real William few facts we have demonstrate that he was a Wallace' - another phrase frequently heard - * The role of the Diaspora in military genius; committed, courageous, will always be the Wallace of history. nurturing symbols of Scottish inspirational, a giant who rose above his identity; humble origins in a rigid social system. * The role of language(s), religion, For some, however, the true story of education and individuals (such as Wallace's achievements has not been enough. Good News from Guelph Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, Over the centuries, Wallace has changed; by Elizabeth Ewan Robert Burns and Walter Scott) as from Blind Harry to 'Braveheart'. With well as other institutions and figures Wallace there are more questions than Scott Moir, past coordinator of the Scottish central to Scottish cultural self- answers. We do now have one answer Studies Office, successfully defended his definition. Ph.D. thesis two weeks ago and will be The Colloquium will be held on Saturday graduating in the summer. He will be taking 28 September at the University of Guelph. up a Post-Doctoral Scholarship in Ulster- Registration will be available later in the Scots history, funded by the Ulster-Scots summer and all are invited and encouraged to Foundation and the University of Guelph, attend! and working with Dr. Kevin James. Details are available through the Scottish Rob Falconer, one of the present Studies Office at [email protected] and coordinators of the Scottish Studies Office, at the website: has been awarded a prestigious SSRHCC http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/scotstudy/ Doctoral Scholarship (he is the third of our Scottish Studies Office Coordinators to win this highly competitive award, which says William Wallace: Man something about the quality of students Scottish Studies attracts). and Myth James Fraser, MA Scottish Studies 1999, by Graeme Morton has been appointed as a lecturer in Scottish History/Celtic at the University of Reviewed by Andrew Fisher Edinburgh, the first Canadian to be appointed to a position in Scottish History at William Wallace emerged from obscurity Edinburgh. with his brutal murder of the English sheriff So as you can see, we are doing pretty well! of Lanark in May 1297. That September, he Graeme Morton the author of William and Andrew Murray defeated an English Wallace: Man and Myth will be the army at Stirling Bridge, an astonishing keynote speaker at this year's Fall achievement. Colloquium

6 The Scots Canadian were talking with a man who told us that he did not know that there was any other Angus Morrison language in the world but Gaelic until he was From the Mailbox seven years old.” Tradition-bearer and last Gaelic speaker in Angus's mother, Maryann, who died in her Scottish Studies Society the Scottish highlands of Quebec 108th year, recalled (among many memories P.O. Box 45069 I tape-recorded when she was 100) that she 2482 Yonge Street, was sent to a hideout in the woods carrying Toronto, ON M4P 3E3 “Another page in our history is closed,” food for Donald Morrison, - the legendary [email protected] concludes my francophone correspondent, Megantic Outlaw. "I knew him when I was a Jacques Cloutier, in an e-mail intimating the little girl, 12 years old:' she said, "Poor death in Marsboro, Quebec, of the last Gaelic Donald - we'd give him whatever we had - Spelling Woes speaker in that area. oatmeal bread, barley bread, buckwheat Dear Sir: Angus Morrison, who died on April 3, bread, beans, potatoes - everybody was Thank you most kindly 2002 was born on June 4, 1911, in Cruveg, a feeding him like that from house to house. for mentioning me small Gaelic settlement just three miles from But he was a good boy. He wasn't a bad At Gord’s & Duncan’s the village where he and his wife, Mary man. I knew his father and mother well, and great Burns Night spree. (Marie-Claire Martin), retired in the 1970s. his brothers." But the name is Daisy, Angus's parents, Maryann and Roderick Just as Maryann was the last person alive spelt the Rabbie Burns way Morrison, emigrated with their families from to have known the Megantic Outlaw, so Though not “wee” nor “crimson” the Isle of Harris in 1888 and settled in the Angus was the last person in the Megantic I’m happy to say. eastern townships of Quebec, home to area to speak Gaelic. Then, you mentioned my cousin several thousand Gaels since the 1830s. Angus was an extremely popular and Tom Fleming’s the name, Today, only road-signs such as Stornoway, active member of his community who Not Ian of Bond and 001 fame. Tolsta, Dell, Gisla, Back, Ballallan testify to succeeded in bridging two cultures in many Well, just thought I’d set the record the origin of the people, who established the of his pursuits. He was known throughout right. townships, the several the eastern townships Yours most sincerely, Daisy White. thousand Gaels (many This article by Margaret and far beyond for his Toronto,Ontario monoglot) from the Outer Bennett appeared in the commitment to the

Hebrides. Glasgow Herald on June 1, Gaelic language and The only one of the culture, supporting and Ed: 2002 O Daisy dear, I humbly fear Morrisons' 13 children to attending every event he remain in their home area, My spelling was a mess! could until relatively Others would have checked it out. Angus once told me that there were more recently. But me – I took a guess! than 50 Gaelic-speaking families in Cruveg Equally beloved of his French family and when he was growing up, and twice every neighbours, Angus also joined in with the Sunday they would walk the three miles to celebrations of Quebec festivals such as Windsor Native the church in Marsboro. Homage aux Premiers Arrivants Ecossais After receiving the last issue of the Photographs of the time show massive and Festival de Gould. He was not just newsletter I felt I had to write to say how throngs of people, the majority clad in black, respected but treasured in his role of much I enjoyed the article(s) about and standing outside the church after tradition-bearer and source of information. interview with Alistair MacLeod. communion. In 1975, a Canadian newspaper He is survived by his wife, Mary (born in I am a Windsor native myself, of reporting on "The Scottish Highlands of Stornoway, Angus's childhood sweetheart Scottish heritage as well, but that wasn't Quebec: Gaidhealatachd Chuibeic", noted: since her family moved to Marsboro), their the only reason for enjoying them! It is "At the time of the first Great War there were seven children, many grandchildren, and four always a pleasure to read about the about 2500 Gaels in Marsboro alone. We of his sisters (three living in various events, particularly Burns nights other parts of Canada, one (Dr. Ed Stewart was a guest speaker at in the United States). one of our own, quite a number of years During my childhood in ago). Skye and adolescence in I sometimes wish that these didn't Lewis, Highland and Island always take place in Toronto, although I newspapers frequently have attended other functions over the ended death notices with the years held at the University of Guelph. phrase "Canadian news Having just attended a music papers please copy". It "seminar" hosted by another Scot, John seems appropriate to Bell, an Iona and bard, I conclude this tribute with a also appreciated Ron Ferguson's story of similar petition: "Gaelic George MacLeod. I have been to Iona newspapers please copy" as and that made it even more meaningful. this obituary not only Thanks again. intimates the passing of a Jean Hedges much-loved man, but also of St. George, Ontario a much-loved language - "deeply mourned and sadly Ed: missed".  Thanks for this. Your comments are Angus Morrison; born June 4, 1911, died April 3,2002. appreciated.

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