Noreen MacIver who is a member of St. David's United Church in Port
Hastings is living with her husband Richard in MacLeod House in Baddeck now.
She knew that our UCW (United Church Women) group was collecting for our
Christmas dinners and gifts for 27 families in the Port Hastings area which
we've been doing for many years. She called to ask us if we could make use
of knitted mitts, slippers and toques as there was a very talented lady
living now in MacLeod House as well who knits. We were so surprised and
pleased when she and Peggy Chiasson MacNeil arrived yesterday with 44 items
which we will be able to add to our boxes and have lots left over to share
with the Port Hawkesbury Food Bank as well.
Peggy grew up in Margaree Forks, the daughter of the late Phillip and
Gertrude Chiasson. She learned to knit when she was young but it wasn't
something she did after she left home, married and lived in different
places. It's a hobby she took up again in later years at a time when reading
or watching TV was a problem till cataracts were removed. Now that she's
back in Cape Breton, she's a going concern with the needles in her hands and
we were so impressed with her talent and generosity. Thanks, Peggy!!!!!
--submitted by Yvonne Fox
