William (Bill) Mael passed away peacefully with his family by his side in Wanganui, New Zealand, on Friday Jan 19, 2018. Husband of the late Floss, father and father-in-law of Malcolm and the late Jackie (Australia), Dave and Maree, Trev and Milet (Canada), Pete and Jo, and Hilary and Murray, beloved grandad to all his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, special friend of the late Pearl Bourne and family. A service to celebrate Bill's life was held in Wanganui on Jan. 25.
Bill and Flossy Mael came from England to Ontario and later to the Baljennie area in 1952 to do farm work for Lenard Bater until 1955. Then they bought their own farmland from Mrs. Surry. They farmed a few years, sold to Vernon Custer in 1960, then left to live in Wellington New Zealand in 1961. They had a family of three boys Malcolm, David and Trevor. Another son, Peter, and a daughter, Hilary, were born in New Zealand. His first wife Flossy passed away in 1995. Then he married Pearl Bourne, who passed away in New Zealand.
Over the weekend the area was blanketed in a good snowfall. It left some travel in poor condition as a high wind decided to blow in the street and highway. The school buses did not run one day until the snowplows were able to clear the streets, roads and the highways. It’s a really big job to keep that done, when the wind just blows it all full again. It’s a pain for anyone who has to shovel the snow. But it did make many farmers happy to see the much needed moisture for their fields and hay and pasture land. Also to fill up the dugouts and water holes as it melts. Much more moisture will also be good. It’s a little tough for the cattlemen with the little baby calves. Hopefully they have some kind of shelter for them all to go into for protection. This is early March and we could get a lot more snow before the month end, or on into early April. By then we could get the early spring rains. We did have a few cold days, but the worst seems to be gone now and we will soon enjoy the lovely spring days.
It seems early but there is a time change to daylight time. We are lucky we don’t have to do the time change on March 11, but some TV programs are affected.
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