Lest We Forget / 57 The Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Island Command MAYHEW, Wendell L. WWII Wendell was born in Lady Fane, PEI, son of the late Robert and Edna (Newson) Mayhew. Wendell served as a signalman in Victoria, BC during World War II. He attended radio school and also established an electronics business in TV and radio repair, later known as B&M Electronics. He was employed as an electronics technician with the Department of National Defence in Nova Scotia until retiring in 1979. He was an avid Ham Radio operator (VE1OH) for over fifty years. He founded Mayhew’s Bike Shop in Crapaud, PEI in 1947, which grew into Sportswheels Ltd of Lower Sackville, NS. Wendell passed away on August 4, 2007 at 87 years of age. MATHIESON, D. Lloyd WWII Lloyd was born on September 23, 1917 in New Glasgow, NS, son of the late Daniel William Mathieson and the late Adeline Biggar of PEI. Lloyd grew up playing hockey on Prince Edward Island and was instrumental in organizing the all-star team of young Islanders who relocated to Denver in 1935 forming the Denver Americans, the first semi-professional hockey team in Colorado. Lloyd later played for the Atlantic City Seagulls, but ultimately he settled in Hershey, Pa. He refereed for the Hershey Bears, worked for both Herman’s Shoes and Hershey Foods Co. while attending accounting classes at night. He finished his formal education graduating from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. After serving in the Merchant Marines during World War II, Lloyd operated Mathieson Interiors, Scottsdale Apartments and Scottsdale Plaza in Harrisburg. Over the years Lloyd enjoyed raising and racing over seventy standard bred horses at his Mathieson Farm. Lloyd passed away on January 2, 2008 at age 90 at his home in Harrisburg. MacWILLIAM, Henry Gordon WWII Henry was born in Salisbury, NB on April 9, 1920, son of Gordon and Annie (O’Blenis) MacWilliam. Following service with the 8th Battery, 2nd Field Regiment RCA during World War II, Henry specialized in forced air heating systems design and engineering at Enamel & Heating Products in Sackville, NB. He moved to Charlottetown in 1950 and continued in the field for more than 25 years, first with Crockett & Storey Ltd and then DB & J Ltd. Henry passed away on September 28, 2009 at the age of ninety.
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