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Every year at this time, Saint John resident Hugh Brittain wonders if that one certain letter will show up in his mailbox. Last week it arrived: a Christmas card from a friend he's never met.
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Remembering longtime Gaston Gazette Bible Says writer
The longtime Cleveland County resident submitted Bible verses to
The Star and
The Gazette in his The Bible Says column for nearly three decades.
A stroke in March and other health complications claimed Brittain’s life April 8, according to his son, Tim Brittain. He was 94 years old. The family plans to hold a memorial service to commemorate his life and all he guided by faith.
“He made the profession of faith at just 6 years old but did not realize at the time the commitment he made to God,” said Tim Brittain. “His father was a Methodist preacher. All of the facts were laid out in front of him. It was a matter of him acting on it.”
Former Student Reunites With a Diary From His Sixth Grade After 33 Years
A retired Canadian teacher, who couldn’t bear to throw away unclaimed diaries from his classes’ creative writing projects in the 198os, has tracked down many of his former students.
With the help of social media, Hugh Brittian, 78, sent the time capsules, replete with preteen secrets, opinions, and ambitions, back to their original owners.
One of them was Austin Hutton, 45, who now lives in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Brittain was his sixth-grade teacher at Havelock Elementary School in New Brunswick.
Receiving his diary back from Brittain in the mail, according to Hutton, was both exciting and emotional.