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Although he now resides in southwestern Ontario, Arthur Murray's roots trace back to Prince Edward Island.
"He loved listening to the radio in the evening, especially in the summer when the Boston Red Sox were playing. In the springtime, he would take me down to the creek when the smelts came in and we would get a feed of smelts for supper. As we had a fairly long laneway, he would sometimes be there waiting for us and he would ask, 'Did you have a good day in school?'”
He even wrote a book in 2003 called"My Grandfather's Cape Breton," described as “a timeless story of a young boy and his grandfather" that becomes a"voyage of discovery that starts for both of them when young Clive arrives one summer at the farm in Cape Breton. Both Clive and his grandfather have much to learn.”
Clive Doucet with his granddaughter. He makes it a priority to pass down some of the things his own grandfather taught him to his grandchildren. - ContributedThese lessons gave Clive, who was growing up in the city, a profound connection to his Acadian roots and the life of a country boy. “A few years ago, while looking through cards at my grandmother's house, I came across a speech his best friend had written after he passed. 'He went to more funerals than a politician, and for better reasons,' the friend wrote.”“First, it feels so perfectly P.E.I. Second, it inspires and reminds me to make connections, care for others, show up, and invest in my community regardless of what I get in return.”Sheldon McBreairty, originally from Gander, N.L.
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