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| - MacAdam Clan - (Descendants of Alban Bertram and Margaret Tena - MacDonald - MacAdam) Morell, PEI, Canada |
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| BIOGRAPHY - REGINALD RODERICK MACADAM (Born: June 30, 1925) Reg was born June 30, 1925, in the family home in Morell, the eighth child of Alban and Tena. He was christened Reginald Roderick, named after, as he liked to say, "my two rich uncles", Roderick (Roddy) MacAdam and Reginald (Reg) MacDonald. He attended school in Morell up to grade 10, then drove a truck for his brother Gerry's trucking company. In 1942 he joined the navy where he was stationed in Cornwallis and Halifax. Reg spent his military service as Stoker, 1st Class on the HMS Victoriaville, completing his service in 1945. He returned to the Island and spent two years (1945-47) driving his own bus on the Charlottetown/North Shore bus route. In '47 he retired from the bus-driving business and began working at the old Morell Creamery, which was then located on the Red Head Road. In 1949 he married Jean Rosemond Ledwell, from St. Peter's Bay. They were married August 25th, at the Bay, with brother Walter (Babe) as his best man and Ethel (Kelly) MacAdam as the maid of honour. While the newlyweds were waiting for the construction of their new home to be complete, they lived with Reg's sister Rita and her husband Cecil at their Morell home. Reg and Jean had their first child, Paul Christopher, in June, 1950. Paul was followed by Reginald Alan (called Alan) in 1952, Peter Francis in 1954, Jane Marie in 1956, and Doris Ann (called Ann) in 1961. By the time Ann came along, Reg was managing the Morell Creamery, which had been relocated to down by the river. He left the Creamery in 1969 to work for the PEI Liquor Control Commission as the Island's first liquor inspector. He was promoted over the years at the PEILCC, and retired as Chief Liquor Inspector in 1991, at the age of 65. Over the years, Reg was actively involved in his community. He was active in the church and the Legion (he received his 55-year service pin) and was always volunteering when needed. Reg had a great mind for Morell history. He was the contact for the CBC, The Graphic, The Guardian, and the Evening Patriot (when it still existed) whenever they were looking for historical background or the inside scoop on news stories taking place in the area, He was interviewed on CBC a number of times, including once when he saved one of Alan's friends from drowning in the Morell River, and another time when they interviewed him on the rum-running that happened in PEI during prohibition. Reg was always good for a story or a piece of Morell trivia whenever you stopped by the house or his Lakeside cottage. Reg's ultimate passion in life was hockey. He loved to play, coach, watch and talk hockey. He was a defenceman for the Morell Dreadnaughts in the 40's and 50's, and played old-timers hockey well into his 50's. He even lost a tooth in a game when he was 55. When his boys were young, he coached all three of them and as they got older, Reg attended as many of Paul, Alan, and Peter's games as he possibly could. Reg was the president of the Island Junior A League in the early-to-mid seventies and represented PEI on a national committee related to amateur fitness and sport. He sat on the committee responsible for Morell's first indoor rink for 41 years from 1961 to 2002. In 1963, he instigated the annual Morell Sportsman's Dinners, which were fundraisers for the Morell Rink and community recreation. People at that time were quite appalled with Reg's suggestion of $10 a plate for the event, even though over the years such celebrities as Rocket Richard, Foster Hewett, and Jacques Plante were guest speakers at the event. In the winters, especially after his retirement, Reg could most often be found up at the rink, watching whatever hockey was being played, but he took special interest when his grandchildren were playing. After his retirement, Reg was known to say that he'd be lucky to get 10 good years of quality life. He was extra lucky - he got twelve. Reg died peacefully with Jean and his children by his side, June 8, 2002 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown. |