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From Page 3. Ruth MacLeod Salter was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her ancestors came to St. Ann’s Bay in the 1700’s with the Rev- erend Norman MacLeod from the Isle of Skye. “A ray of sunshine”

she was employed recording all the ships in convoy coming into Sydney Harbour. “She has been healthy all her days, with a calm disposition,” recounts her daughter. “A small anecdote: when my father was courting her, one evening, they went to the pictures and during the film lightning struck the building. The walls of the theatre lit up with streaks of colour, mother said. Everyone, including my father rushed for the exits, while mother remained in her

When a young woman, she wished to fol- low her Aunt Jessie who was an R.N. work- ing at Doctors’ Hospital in New York, how- ever, circumstances precluded at that time and she instead went to secretarial college. She was excellent with figures. Well into her 90’s she would add up licence plates on passing cars, to keep her mind sharp. She and Roy Salter were married in 1937. She became a book keeper with a North Sydney firm. During the Second World War

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seat. As she said, it was safer to do so, rather than risk being trampled. Needless to say, my father returned to his seat with a sheep- ish look on his face!” Joan continues: “Mother has two sisters, a third deceased and three brothers, los- ing the last one last year. The greatest blow to her family was the loss of her beloved brother with his air crew over the Indian Ocean while serving with the RAF in 1942.” As the snow drifts accumulate, the party is just getting started. The 50 other residents sing “Happy Birth- day”as Ruth Salter blows out the candles on her cake. She extends a hand to a visitor. Her grip is firm. “Maybe we’ll see you next year.” NEWS Incinerator idea goes to county Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca PLEASANT CORNER | A proposed gar- bage incinerator will soon appear on the agenda of the united counties of Prescott- Russell council. Champlain Township council Wednesday endorsed a resolution by Councillors Paul Emile Duval and Gerry Miner that the coun- ties be asked to consider the establishment of a waste burning facility to serve the dis- trict. Duval had earlier suggested a garbage incinerator would be a long-term solution to the region’s mounting waste manage- ment issues. He cited capacity problems at the Laflèche Environmental Moose Creek waste management facility, which handles most of the region’s domestic wastes. “It is starting to look like the Carp landfill. You will be able to build ski hills there soon,” commented Duval at a recent session. The suggestion that a trash-burning facil- ity be built in the area had been discussed during a regional waste management study about 25 years ago. $70,000 reserve Also Wednesday, during budget discus- sions, council opted to increase the munici- pal tax rate by about two per cent in order to set aside $70,000 in a reserve.

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