"Harry was in the same grade in school as I was and was a mischief
maker sometimes. He and his friends were a happy group. One of his close
friends, George Sales was also killed in the war. He was in the army.
Harry met Mary Spaeth in school and in church. They were very good
friends and I think that if he had been able to come back from the war, they
would have been together. Of course high school romances didn't always last
into adulthood.
Mary was the adopted daughter of August and Hattie Spaeth who farmed
three miles west of Vulcan. She was very talented musically. She took lessons
from Mrs. Beulah Doney. She sang and played the piano at church, and later
moved to Calgary, where she received her L.R.S.M. and A.R.C.T degrees in
piano.
Mary was a first cousin of mine. Our mothers were sisters. Mary married
in 1953 to Merrill Nicholson and had three sons. She passed away in Ottawa
June 21, 1963 after a brief illness. I believe that two of her sons became
ministers in the Church of Christ, and maybe all three did, I don't
remember.
Back then there wasn't much to do after school or on weekends, except
skating in the winter. Harry was a natural at figure skating , but he also
played hockey." - Ruth Dann
