- From 1917 to 1920 he was president of the Eastern Canadian Union; - in 1941, Elder A. V. Olson, president of the Southern European Division, recently wrote as follows : "Last autumn I spent a couple of months in the Balkans. Things are not rosy in these countries, but I was happy to find our people of good courage in the Lord. The work is growing in Jugoslavia. ... The dismemberment of Rumania deprived that Union of thousands of its members, and it worked havoc with our organization. - 1966, authored, Through Crisis to Victory; a history of the church from 1888 to 1901 where Olson asserts that the 1888 message was accepted by the church. F. W. Stray, 1920–1923 Frederick William Stray was born on May 10, 1874, in New York City. On his twenty-first birthday he married Lottie Walker. Eight years later, Mr. and Mrs. Stray joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a result of H. C. Hartwell's work. A few months later, Stray sold his business and began church work as a colporteur. On August 22, 1905, their daughter Caroline was born. She later married Frank Crump. Pastor Fred Crump, one of the sons of Frank and Caroline, also worked for the church in Canada. Before coming to Canada, Stray served as presidents of the Northern New England Conference, the Southern New England Conference and the Kansas Conference. After serving as president of the Eastern Canadian Union, Stray became president of the Maritime conference. In 1932, the year the Eastern and Western Unions were merged, Stray suffered from a heart attack. He retired from active church work in Nova Scotia. Stray, apart from pastoral and administrative work, wrote essays explaining various aspects of faith. Some of them: May 30, 1946, Thoughts on Hebrews; 1945, Alpha and Omega. An anti-evolution piece where the Sabbath, in time, is the Alpha and the second coming of Jesus is the Omega; 1946, June 14, Stray died in Saint John, New Brunswick. Charles F. McVagh, 1923–1928 Charles Fred McVagh was born in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, February 9, 1869. He died February 13, 1945, in Pinecastle, Florida. He was seventy-six. In 1888 he married Ella M. Cook at Eldred, Pennsylvania. In 1891 they joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was ordained in 1900. He worked for the church for 45 years. His work included oversight of the work in the southern