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MacGregor the Mover was founded in 1918 by -- MacGregor.

Agnes Maule Machar, novelist, poet, historian (b at Kingston, Ont 23 Jan 1837; d there 24 Jan 1927). An important reformist and literary figure in Victorian Canada, she was a prolific writer who published poetry, several novels and volumes of history and biography. She also contributed regularly to leading periodicals of the day.

The daughter of Scottish immigrants, Machar grew up in an intellectual and religious environment; her father was a Presbyterian minister and principal of Queen's University from 1846-54. Her work is frequently didactic, advocating Christian service as a cure for social ills and often subordinating artistry to moral purpose. Her earliest publications were poems and instructional religious works. Her first novel, Katie Johnstone's Cross: A Canadian Tale (1870), describes the spiritual enlightenment of its female protagonist. This religious romance is characteristic of most of her subsequent fiction. Roland Graeme, Knight: A Novel of Our Time (1892), Machar's most important novel, examines the social and economic problems attendant to industrialization. As a solution to the conflict between workers and employers in an American mining town, Roland appeals to a spirit of Christian brotherhood and selflessness. For King and Country: A Story of 1812 (1874), Stories of New France (1890) and Heroes of Canada (1893) celebrate Canada's heritage; their historical anecdotes are intended to inspire patriotism in a young readership.

Machar's poetry, collected in Lays of the "True North" and Other Canadian Poems (1899), also explores the themes of Canadian history and landscape. Though her artistic weaknesses have led to the decline of Machar's literary reputation, her distinction among her contemporaries is significant, and her work reflects a popular social and religious sensibility in Victorian Canada.

Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

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John Angus MacInnis was born 22 June 1886, on a farm in Mira, Cape Breton Island. The son of parents of Scottish descent, he attended local schools, before matriculating from the Presbyterian Department of the Montreal Theological College in 1913. In the fall of the same year he entered Queen's University at Kingston. A little over two years later he interrupted his studies to volunteer for service with No. 7 (Queen's) Canadian General Hospital, serving in both Egypt and France.

Following his discharge, he returned to Queen's and received a B.A. at the Spring 1920, Convocation ceremonies. In 1921, he was ordained a minister in the church by the Kingston Presbytery and immediately thereafter was appointed to his first charge in the town of Port Alice, on Vancouver Island. The next year found him in Edmonton assisting the Rev. Dr. D. G. McQueen of the First Presbyterian Church. It was here too, that he met and later married, in June 1924, "the daughter of the manse," Marjorie McQueen. Soon thereafter, the Rev. MacInnis was on the move yet again; this time to the Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, in New York, from where he obtained his B.D. in 1923. He then returned to Canada and the parish of New Liskard, Ontario, where he remained for the next six years. In January 1929, he was called to the Orillia Presbyterian Church, which he was to serve with "tremendous vitality, conspicuous sagacity, personal persuasive power, ... and a deep faith" for the next thirty-three years.

The Rev. MacInnis did not however, feel compelled to minister to a congregation only. Rather, he felt called to serve the larger community as well. In this capacity, he was the co-founder of the Orillia branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses; he served with distinction on the Board of Education in Orillia; was president of the Lord's Day Alliance; moderator of the Synod of Toronto and Kingston in 1940; and vice-president of the Dominion Board of the Presbyterian Church. He was also active over the years in the Royal Canadian Legion, the Kiwanis Club, and the Masonic Order. In 1947, Knox College recognised his many and varied contributions when they awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity.

The Presbyterian Church in Canada also recognised his "statesmanship" and other talents in 1952, when it elected him Moderator of the 78th General Assembly. As such, it was the Rev. MacInnis and his wife who represented the Church at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the following year. He retired from an active ministry in 1961, but continued to contribute to the Presbytery, the Assembly Board and a number of committees.

John Angus MacInnis died at his home in Orillia in his 78th year, on 6 March 1964. He is survived by three daughters: Catherine (Mrs. J.R.M. Pentland) of Windsor, Ontario; Jean McQueen (Mrs. A.H. Dancey) of Oshawa, Ontario; and Mary Elizabeth of Kingston, Ontario.

J.H. "Mack" MacIntyre was a poet. His best known works include "Maple Leaves" and "Sprigs O' Heather."

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