Johnny Walker said "grace before meat" -

"Oh, some hae meat and canna eat
And some hae nane wha want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And so the Lord be thankit,"

and all went to work on the wonderful food, Haggis and all!

One or two special memories of the singing, talking, reciting and
so on that followed during the evening will always remain - the lilt of
Peter McGarva's "Doon the burn Jamie lad" and "Whustle and I'll come tae
ye, my lad", and the rich alto of Mrs. Wilson.

THE FIRST HOUSE IN SPEARHILL - 1911

Olga Carlsen, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sven Carlsen, gave
us the top picture on the next page with the following story.

"We moved into this house from the tent and dugout cabin where
we had been sheltering, in the fall of 1911. It was built on the gravel
ridge near where Spearhill cemetery is now. I was eleven years old at
the time and I helped grandfather hold the logs while he hewed them with
a broad axe. The house was finished just before cold weather set in.
The men also built a barn that fall, for by then we were the proud own-
ers of two cows and one old horse."

”This picture was taken with film which Viggo brought from Denmark.
He developed and printed it himself so it has kept very well for 57 years."

Shown in the picture are -

Left to right — Mrs. Sven Carlsen, Mr. Viggo Carlsen, Mr. Sven

Carlsen. (Mr. and Mrs. Sven Carlsen were later known by all as grandpa

and grandma Carlsen).