 |
(1871-1977) W. A. Redstone
McAdam Senior Citizens
(Used on this site by permission of Officers of the club.)
THE HISTORY OF McADAM (1871-1977) |
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Preface | 1 |
| Acknowledgements | 2 |
| Senior Citizens Committee | 2 |
| McAdam (pages 3-11) | 3 |
| Legend, How McAdam Got Its Name | 12 |
| Hon. John McAdam | 12 |
| McAdam Junction (Also Called City Camp) | 14 |
| Some Residents of McAdam, 1871 | 15 |
| St. Croix | 17 |
| Some Residents of St. Croix, 1871 | 17 |
| City Camp - McAdam Junction - McAdam | 18 |
| Essay, Miss Ella C. Boone, 1890 | 19 |
| Stories Told By Some Of Our Senior Citizens | 20 |
| How Groceries Were Packaged In Yesteryears | 22 |
| The History of the Post Office | 25 |
| St. Clement's Parish | 28 |
| Union Church, 1889 | 30 |
| St. Paul's | 31 |
| First Boy Scout Troup, McAdam | 32 |
| St. Paul's United Church | 32 |
| St. George's Anglican Church | 37 |
| Rockland Drive United Baptist Church | 47 |
| Pentecostal Church | 59 |
| Deed For School Property, 1875 | 61 |
| Schools At McAdam Junction And St. Croix | 62 |
| Pupils Listed, Summer Class, 1877 | 63 |
| Teachers, No. of Pupils, Inspector's Reports | 63 |
| Principals, McAdam, 1957-78 | 80 |
| Other Facts Regarding Schools | 84 |
| Doctors | 85 |
| Telephone | 86 |
| Municipality of York | 88 |
| Parish Officers | 91 |
| Councillors, Parish of McAdam | 92 |
| The Canadian Pacific Railway Station | 93 |
| The Board of Health | 97 |
| Fire Department | 99 |
| Air Raid Protection | 100 |
| The Sparkies | 104 |
| New Sub Division | 104 |
| The Bank of New Brunswick | 106 |
| Great War Veterans Association | 112 |
| Stop Light | 115 |
| Pintch Gas | 116 |
| The McAdam Light Commission | 117 |
| Rinks | 118 |
| McAdam Curling Club | 119 |
| McAdam Credit Union | 122 |
| MacLean Memorial Hospital | 128 |
| Hospital Aid | 130 |
| Bird Sanctuary | 131 |
| Lake Land Of New Brunswick | 133 |
| Wauklehegan Manor | 134 |
| New Pasteurizing Plant In McAdam | 136 |
| Industrial Cab Company | 137 |
| Georgia Pacific Building Materials Ltd | 137 |
| First Locomotive, Carleton No. 2 | 138 |
| Sir Sanford Flemming | 139 |
| S. S. Waneeta | 141 |
| The Alice May | 141 |
| Sewers | 141 |
| McAdam Athletic Association | 143 |
| News Items | 145 |
| A Strike, 1908 | 145 |
| Two Serious Accidents, 1914 | 146 |
| Fire of 1904 | 146 |
| Explosion of 1908 | 148 |
| Vanceboro Bridge | 149 |
| Four Airmen Killed, Plane Crash, 1943 | 151 |
| Christmas Cheer Flows Freely | 151 |
| Shortage of Water, 1944 | 152 |
| G3 Locomotives | 154 |
| Railway | 156 |
| Women Work In Shops, World War 11 | 156 |
| First Diesels | 156 |
| News Items | 156 |
| Steam Locomotive, No. 29 | 158 |
| Last Branch Line Passenger Trains | 158 |
| Winter Storm of 1969 | 159 |
| The Fire of 1975 | 160 |
| The Whistle | 161 |
| McAdam Police and R.C.M.P | 162 |
| Cemeteries | 163 |
| Highlights Of The Beginning
And Growth Of McAdam
(A Time Line) |
165 |