Dick

Contributed by Sheila Mackay Dick

Sheila Mackay Dick writes that after wanting so much to go to Netherwood, “I finally got my chance at thirteen when I entered Grade 8. It was the first time I was responsible for myself and I loved it. Our headmistress Mrs. Crimmins was a wonderful woman who created many happy memories for me. After Netherwood, I went to Europe for a year and then to McGill for an unhappy year. After completing a secretarial course in Toronto, I went to London, England, where I worked for J. Walter Thompson for a year before settling back in Toronto for 15 years and working various jobs in advertising, marketing, and public relations. When my father developed cancer in 1984, I moved back to Rothesay to be with him and settled into a cottage on the family property. In 1988, I developed the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation to support the visual arts in New Brunswick, principally through the Strathbutler Award, but also through arts grants presented across the country. On December 12, 1994, I married Hal Dick at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. We live in Rothesay and have a summer cottage in West Quaco, N.B.”