Many years ago, Hector and Rhoda Penny took a little girl into their home, and cared for her as their very own. She grew to womanhood and married Nelson Kennedy of Montague, who was the mail carrier when the post offices were installed in private homes. The first of which I remember was in the home of Mr. Abraham Daley ; the next, in the home of Laughlin McNeil , and the latter in the home of Mrs. Richard Jor ¬ dan. After that the rural route delivery system came into being, where each resident had their own mail box. They lived here for some time in a house built by Willard Jordan . Hector Kennedy settled in B.C. Rhoda and Louise settled in Abney . Charlie settled in Pugwash, N.S. Bertha married Earl Penny . After Earl's death, she moved to Toronto . None of the family settled here. Frank MacLeod , (the eldest son of the late Allan MacLeod ) and myself, and to whom this book is dedicated, was employed by the Lipton Tea Co. in Halifax, N.S. until he enlisted in World War II. He was married to the former Lillian Waugh of Wallace , N.S. He met his untimely death defending his country. His widow now resides in Halifax, N.S. Wallace Hume's son, Sheldon, married Peggy MacLeod of Uigg and settled in Murray Harbour . He is the Esso oil dealer in this district. They have one son David. His brother Alden married Valda Harris and also lives at Murray Harbour , and works with Sheldon. Another son, Sterling, married Myrna MacKay and lives here at Beach Point . Albert McNeill 's daughter Edith, married Simon White of Murray Harbour and settled near her parents. Ada lives with her parents. On the road leading to our cemetery, and near our new school, is the home of Howard Jackson and his wife, Mary Collins of Caledonia . Next to the Jackson family lives Eber Williams and his wife, Pearl Irving of Murray Harbour North . Eber and Pearl have two children. In the long ago, there was another fine old couple, Mr. George Irving and his wife, the former Sophia Clouston . They lived here on a hill overlooking the water, a very picturesque spot. At one time, a family by the name of Dicks lived at . They had moved away before I was old enough to remember them. In the William Penny family the youngest daughter Hattie, mar¬ ried Thomas Gosbee and settled with her mother, whom they cared for until her death. They bought Alexander MacDonald 's farm and settled there. Thomas has passed away. Dorothy married Clifford Jackson . He has also passed away. Her son Hugh married Sarah Beck of White Sands and has a nice little home near his mother's home. A daughter Betty, married Cecil Horton of Murray River , and resides in Boston, A son, William Gosbee built a nice home opposite his father's home. He married a MacLeod girl from Murray River . Sadie married RoyBell, and 26