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MALAY, Cecil Wallace - 65, Lower Sackville, died September 21, 1994, in the Halifax Infirmary.

Born at Malay Falls, Sheet Harbour, he was a son of the late Joseph H. and Sarah M. (Bezanson) Malay. He was retired from Via Rail Canada. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He is survived by his wife, the former Muriel E. Johnson; four daughters, Dianne Hache, New Brunswick; Lynda, Dartmouth; Cathy, Airdrie, Alta; Dawn Covey, Hacketts Cove; two sons, Arthur, Halifax; Wallace, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Cavanagh, Halifax; Mrs. Winnifred Devanney, Lower Sackville; six grandchildren.

He was predeceased by two stepbrothers, Ernest and Manson Page; two sisters, Kathleen Maley, Annie MacPhee.

Visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in Atlantic Funeral Home, 125 Sackville Dr., Lower Sackville, where funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.¹

CAVANAGH, Margaret Lovett "Love" - 80, Clayton Park, Halifax, passed away peacefully with her family at her side December 7, 2002, in the VG Site, QEII, Halifax.

Born September 15, 1922, in Malay Falls, Sheet Harbour, she was a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Sarah M. (Bezanson) Malay.

Surviving are daughters, Joy (Mrs. David Levy), Bridgewater; Gay (Mrs. Garron Melanson), Truro; Yvonne (Mrs. Steven Joyner), Moose Jaw, Sask; sons, Jim (Shirley), Kingston, Ont; William Jr. (Leore), Bridgewater; Kenneth, Dartmouth; sister, Mrs. Winnifred A. DeVanney, Fairview; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, William Everett; son, Kevin; brother, Wally; stepbrothers, Ernest and Manson Paige; stepsisters, Kathleen Malay, Annie MacPhee. Margaret will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

Visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today, funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, both in Atlantic Funeral Home, Lower Sackville, Rev. Patricia Malin officiating. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.²

Bethel Treasurer Bound Over for $2,000 Shortage

St. Paul--AP--Richard Golling, state public examiner, said Tuesday an audit of the accounts of Donald H. Bezanson, village treasurer of Bethel, in Anoka County, during 1945 and 1946, discloses a shortage after certain repayments still totalling $2,000.

Golling quoted Bezanson as saying he found it necessary to use village funds to meet his living expenses and doctor bills and make a full accounting to the Standard Oil Company which employs him to sell and deliver bulk gasoline, including a repayment of $600 in company funds which he lost while on a collecting tour.

Copies of the report were sent to Bethel officials and L.D. Cutter, Anoka county attorney. Golling said Bezanson was bonded for $2,000.

"Bezanson specifically admitted misappropriating funds to cover the loss of $600 in money belonging to the Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Bezanson also admitted taking money from the place where the village funds were kept for the purpose of paying household expenses."

When Bezanson became aware late in 1946 that the shortage in his villae accounts was "substanial," the report continues, "he says he sold his Plymouth car for $700. He obtained $500 from the sale of bonds and an addition $500 on a loan from the First State Bank of [illegible]."

This $1,700 was turned over to the village and another repayment of $737.70 on May 10, 1947, reduce the shortage to an even $2,000," Golling said.³