This is a history outline of Murielle (Smith) Hughes of North Bay who was requested to do this for Lorne Fleece. Hallebourg I will never forget that place. Good and bad memories. In 1950 my parents Alfred Smith and Rose Chabot decided to move from Montreal to Hallebourg to take over my Grandfather "Edouard Chabot" General store. We travelled by car. I was five years old at the time. The business had a Post Office, a gas station and everytthing a person needed to purchase.We worked very hard and long hours. The name Hallebourg came from Monsigneur Halle and became Hallebourg in 1937. Before that it was named Hallewood by some English speaking people.(A story goes that it was known to have many pretty girls and was nick named Hollywood.) The population was about 300 t0 400 people, all large families, 12 to 18 kids.They owned farms and the young people worked in the bush.Most people had a car or truck and the train went by ever day and would stop in the village to pick up people. The train was very reliable then. My sister and I would collect the mail bag from the train and bring it home on a sled . Hallebourg had a nice church named L'Eglise Saint Ann which was the patron saint of Hallebourg.Every year on the 26 of July there was a big celebration in honour of St. Ann. People came from all over,to celebrate pray and sing. It was important. It is still done to-day.The priest then were Fahers Leo D'auteuil, Mathieu Quellette and Gregoire Dufosses. Education was poor at first,but on the arrival of the Sisters of Assumption everything changed. Lots of kids received an excellent education and became very successful. I must say my father spoke English and French very well,he was perfectly bilingual so helped out people alot with paper work, translation,he also was the Justice of the Peace. My mother looked after the business during the day, my father had a full time job for the Department of Highways, on top of our business. My Dad eventually joined the Prudential Insurace Company and was transferred to North Bay in 1966 and this is were we met the Fleece Family.