Duncan is a pillar of his community and still has seven of his twelve children at home.  He and his sons work the farm which has a railroad through it and is low-lying and occasionally hilly.  As an active member of his church, Justice of the Peace and Deputy Reeve, he makes frequent trips to Guelph and Aberfoyle.  He takes “the girls” to music lessons, and receives visitors from Manitoba and wine from California.  One year he travels to San Francisco to visit his brother John.