May, Mary B. McQ. and her WFMS continue to resist the WHMS desire to use the collected funds. They have a "tussle" with the "Home party and [they] baffled them," and continue to keep the funds separate. Mary gradually loses her former zeal for the missionary auxiliary although she continues to be an executive member.

Aug. 6-19, Mary B, McQ. visits Calvin's manse while Calvin took a trip to East Northfield Massachusetts.

Nov., Mary B. McQ. sees a "photoplay" of motion pictures of Cabiria.

Edna McQ. has two vacations with Calvin at his Manse in Buckingham, Que.

Mar., Lieut. W. Gourlay Colquhoun, with the Princess Patricians in France, is reported missing and several reports follow: that he is dead, that he is a prisoner, that he will receive the Victoria Cross. He comes home a hero. The Colquhoun family live at Barton Lodge, a large farming estate on the Mountain brow. He is the grandson of Col. William Gourlay, who married Emily Esther Hyde Whyte daughter of Isabella Hyde Whyte, reputed to be the daughter of the Duke of Kent. They had 3 children and their daughter married Alexander Colquhoun in 1881, and had 10 children. They are good friends of the McQuestens.

Dr. John McCrae (1872-1918), of Guelph, Ont., writes "In Flanders Fields." It is found on his person. It is composed in 20 minutes at Ypres, and 1st published in Dec. 1915 in the English magazine, Punch. He dies of Pneumonia in 1918 at the hospital where he was in charge. His poem was preserved by Lt. Col. W.R. Marshall who sent it to William Hendrie.

July, Rev. Calvin McQ. leaves the manse at Buckingham abruptly, and goes to Ottawa. His mother wires some money to him there. He is exhausted and in an emotional state. He tries to obtain a chaplaincy position in the war but is not successful.

Aug., Rev. Calvin McQ. resigns and comes home from Buckingham, Quebec, discouraged and exhausted.

Aug. 22, Rev. Calvin McQ.goes to Caucona, Quebec for a vacation.

Feb. 3, Parliament Buildings. Ottawa, are destroyed by fire.

Mar. 14 The Vote is allowed for women in Saskatchewan.

July 1917, Thomas McQuesten in collaboration with William Francis Tye and Noulan Cauchon presented their first report in the relatively new field of Town Planning: "The Railway Situation in Hamilton, Ontario." Tye had been chief engineer of the C.P.R. and Cauchon, an engineering consultant in town planning. The report was well received but defeated in Dec. 1917. (Best 42-45)

Apr. 12, The Vote is allowed for women in Ont.

Sept. 20, The Vote is allowed for women members of armed forces. Women relatives of servicemen were also allowed to vote. The Military Voters' Act passes for all members of the armed forces.

Aug., Noulan Cauchon, (Ottawa), a noted railway engineer and pioneer town planner, collaborates with Thomas McQ. on many of the "City Beautiful" projects in Hamilton and throughout Ontario. They work with the Dunnington-Grubb garden designers. They all share the social reform philosophy that healthy surroundings have a moral effect on the population. Cauchon often visits Whitehern and stays with the family.

Nov., WW1 ends.

The Spanish Flu (Influenza) epidemic kills 50,000 Canadians.

Rev. Calvin accepts a semi-volunteer position at the Hamilton Mountain Sanatorium until 1950. He takes regular vacations to Quebec and a trip to England in 1931.

Oct. 23, Edna McQ. suffers another breakdown and is admitted to Homewood Retreat, or Homewood Sanatorium in Guelph and remains there until her death in 1935. Her family visits her there regularly. Her father, Isaac, had been treated there also.

May 7, The 1st exhibition of the Group of Seven is put on display at the Art Gallery of Toronto-F. Carmichael, L. Harris, A.Y. Jackson, F. Johnston, A. Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, F. H. Varley.

Apr. 18, Ontario votes for the prohibition of the manufacture, importation, and sale of liquor, taking effect July 19.

Dec., Sir Adam Beck No.1 Generating Station, opens at Niagara Falls.

Sir Frederick Grant Banting, and his assistant Charles H. Best working under J.J.R. Macleod, discover the hormone, insulin used in the treatment of diabetes, for which Banting and Macleod receive the Nobel Prize in 1923. Banting shares his prize with Best, and Banting is knighted in 1934.

First talking movie.

Rev. Calvin McQ. takes a trip to Gaspé Quebec. He loves the wilderness and becomes an avid naturalist, birdwatcher and member of the Audubon society. He is also an avid photographer and many of his photos are extant.

Dec. James Chisholm gives Mary McQ. a gift of money, amount unknown.

Persons Case. The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decide women are not "qualified persons" and therefore ineligible to sit in the Senate. In 1929 the British Privy Council reverses the decision and declares that a Canadian women is legally declared a "person." They called the exclusion of women from public office "a relic of days more barbarous than ours."

July 28, R.B. Bennett, Conservative, defeats the Liberals in the Federal Elections, gaining 137 seats to 88, and 22 seats to other small parties.

Hamilton hosts the British Empire Games - the first time the games were ever held. They later became the Commonwealth Games. Hamilton rightly holds a place in commonwealth history akin to that of Athens in Olympic history. The founder of the games was M.M. (Bobby) Robinson.

Rev. Calvin McQ. makes a trip to England and the continent.

Thomas McQ. is appointed Minister of Highways for Ontario, constructed QE Hwy., Bridges, Northern Hwy. sys., Forts, Niagara Parkway, Horticultural School, and many more.

Dionne Quints are born in Callender, Ont, creating a media sensation.

The Bank of Canada is formed.

The Unemployment Insurance Commision is introduced.

Idola St. John and other feminists are successful in obtaining the right to vote for women in Quebec.

Canada introduces conscription.

Canadian and British troops are defeated in Hong Kong by the Japanese, many become POWs.

The U.S. declares war on Japan after the Pearl Harbour bombings.

Japanese Canadians are interned.

Canada participates in its first major European campaign in Dieppe, France, which proves to be a disaster.

Colossus 1 is built, the first electronic programmable computer.

Canadian troops participate in the invasion of Italy and help win the battle of Ortona.

The German Wehrmacht loses the battle of Stalingrad, Russia, arguably the most devastating battle of the second world war.

Under Tommy Douglas, the CCF in Saskatchewan forms the first socialist government in North America.

The Atom bomb is exploded on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. WWII ends.

Canada gets its first nuclear reactor running in Chalk River, Ontario.

The first supersonic air flight.

Jan. 13, Thomas McQ. dies of throat cancer, age 65yrs. His will leaves $51,219.96.

NATO is formed, Canada becomes a member.

Joey Smallwood brings Newfoundland into Confederation.

Canada's Supreme Court replaces Britain's judicial committee as the final court of appeal.

Canada's first television stations begin part-time broadcasts in Montreal and Toronto.

The structure of DNA is discovered.

The National Library is established and the Stratford Festival commences its first year.

The Korean war ends.

Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim across Lake Ontario.

The first Canadian subway is opened in Toronto; that winter, Hurricane Hazel kills almost seven dozen Torontonians.

Hockey Star Rocket Richard is suspended, sparking riots in Montreal.

Sputnik 1 (first orbiting satellite) is launched

John Diefenbaker and the Conservatives form a federal minority government, ending twenty-two years of Liberal reign; Ellen Fairclough becomes the first female cabinet minister in Canada; Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to resolve the Suez Crisis.

Diefenbaker's minority becomes the largest majority ever obtained in a federal election.

A coal mining accident at Springhill N.S. kills seventy-four miners.

Diefenbaker cancels the Avro Arrow project (CF-104 aircraft) and 14 000 jobs are lost, resulting in a public outcry.

The St Lawrence Seaway opened

Canada becomes the third nation to go into space with the launch of the Alouette I.

Canada's last execution takes place in Toronto.

The Berlin Wall is erected.

The Pearson Liberals win a majority government.

The FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) forms and sets off bombs in Montreal.

Northern Dancer is the first Canadian horse to win a Kentucky Derby.

The Cultural Revolution occurs in China

The new Canadian flag is inaugurated.

Roman Catholic churches begin to celebrate masses in the English language.

After Calvin's McQuesten's death (the last surviving member) Whitehern reverts to the City of Hamilton intact with all family possessions and becomes a museum. It is operated by the City of Hamilton Department of Culture and Recreation.

Pierre Trudeau wins a majority government.

Divorce laws are reformed.

The Breathalyzer comes into use.

Parliament passes amendments to Section 251 of the Criminal Code, decriminalizing contraception, and allowing some abortions under certain conditions.