Living Together Peacefully: Leading to the Second Coming of Christ

By Dr. Robert H. Riddell

Robert Riddell grew up during a time when boys played cops and robbers by creating toy guns by using a clothespin for a trigger that shot elastics made from car inner tubes. As the Great Depression overshadowed his family farm and the lives of everyone around him, Robert learned the value of hard work at an early age.

In an interesting retelling of his life, Robert begins by chronicling his early history as he toiled on the farm, attended school, and eventually matured into a young man focused on joining the Royal Canadian Air Force. As he reveals his experiences as he flew B-24s in India during the Second World War, found love, changed his career plans from engineering to dentistry, and eventually married and had children, Robert also discloses his challenges as he navigated through regretable decisions that ultimately propelled him in an unexpected direction. Included are reflections on how his life led him to the beliefs he holds today about religion, government, the human race, and our ever-changing world.

Living Together Peacefully shares the story of one man’s journey through life as he shares how his decisions and experiences led him to the beliefs he holds close today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Sep 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781489724878

Dr. Robert H. Riddell

Dr. Robert H. Riddell was born in Canada and brought up on a farm when most work was performed by horses rather than machines. After becoming a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and flying B-24s in India, Riddell attended the University of Alberta and eventually became a dentist who practiced in Seattle, Washington. This is his fourth book.

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-2486-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-2485-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-2487-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019913787

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 09/09/2019

Dedicated to Ruth

Contents

Prologue

Family History

Early Years

Over Burma

Life With Bonnie

Mercy Law

Retrospect

Last Word

Politically Incorrect

Life is a Journey

Meditation and Consciousness

Life in a Changing World

Lessons from Religions

Loneliness and Religion

Good and Bad of the Curse

One Religious Belief in God for All People in the World

Beliefs of Total Energy Faith

Education

Energy

Invitation to the Mexican President

Who killed President Kennedy

Mistakes Repeated

Letter to President Elect Donald Trump

America for Americans

Unitarian Church Beliefs

Final Unitarian Letter

Amendment to the Freedom of Religion Act

Humanist

Year 2018 History

Decision

Last Thoughts

Possible solutions?

References

PART I

Prologue

The book Living Together starts by naming ancestors and early family history of the Riddell and Hembroff families. Then the early life of Robert Riddell in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and his life as a Chindit behind the Japanese lines in Burma during WW11.

At the end of 2 marriages, and selling his home, Robert moved into a retirement home named The Garden, where Robert Riddell met Ruth McCord. His second wife, Audrey, had come down with Alzheimer’s disease which cost Robert a fortune because it went on for about 3 years at $6,000/month for her care.

Alzheimer’s disease is getting worse because of the ageing population in the world, and unless steps are taken to help control the problem it will cost huge amounts of money to treat take care of these people. Alzheimer’s disease ruins the lives of many of the people because it ties them up for years. This is the complete life history of one person that became entangled in this dreadful disease.

The book stresses all the problems caused by The Global Blasphemy Laws which stops any bad talk about any religious beliefs and doctrines but allows religions to say anything they want to say in order to build up their particular religion over others. These laws protect all religions even though they are the main cause of many of the wars and disagreements in the world, so they should be eliminated.

Family History

Norman Albert Riddell and Mary Elizabeth Riddell-(Mary Elizabeth Holland in her first marriage)

(The names of the parents of Dr. Robert Hembroff Riddell.)

Elizabeth Brown, was born in Quebec City, Quebec, and walked behind a chuck wagon with her family from Quebec to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she went to school for 2 weeks, then the family moved to Brantford, Ontario. (Bill Sharman, was born in Ontario and later died in 1884 in Neepawa, Manitoba.) Bill Sharmon and Elizabeth Brown were married in Brandford, Ontario, and had a child named Rebecca Ann Sharman.

My Grandmother, Rebecca Ann Sharmon, was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, 12/08/1868. Then the Sharmon’s moved to Neepawa, Manitoba, where she met Joseph E Hembroff. (Joseph was born in 07/08/1858 in Hampton, Ontario, died 04/29/1938,in Souris, ND.) Joseph E Hembroff and Rebecca Ann Sharmon were married in Neepawa, Manitoba, and immediately moved to Bottineau, North Dakota. Joseph E. Hembroff had 2 brothers, and all 3 brothers and Rebecca moved from Neepawa, Ontario, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and took up homesteads.

Mary Elizabeth Hembroff, my mother, was born in Bottineau, North Dakota, on 7/18/1886. The family moved to Souris, ND where she grew up and started working in a restaurant in Souris. Mr. Holland drove a dray delivering goods to people in the town of Souris, ND.

Mr. Holland, 1886-1918, and Mary Elizabeth Hembroff, 1886-1973, were married in Souris, ND, and had 3 children at 3 different locations. First they moved to Coaldale, Alberta, where Edward Ernest Holland was born on Feb. 27, 1908. Next, they moved to Magrath, Alberta, where Olive May Holland was born on Jan 6, 1910. Lastly, Florence was born in Gleichen, Alberta, in 1914. Mr. Holland was a carpenter and moved to Gleichen in order to help build houses on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation. Later he managed the United Grain Growers Elevator in Gleichen.

Mr. Holland died in Gleichen in 1918 during the flu epidemic. Mary Elizabeth Holland then married Norman Albert Riddell, and they had 3 sons, Albert, Robert and Lloyd.

Norman Albert Riddell, my father, was born 12/10/1891, in Galt, Ontario, Canada. He died 04/09/1986, in Clairesholm, Alberta at the age of 94 years, and 8 months years of age.

Norm’s father, (My grand father) William Scott Riddell, was born in Scotland in 1862 and moved, along with 2 brothers, to Canada in 1881, and settled in Ayer, Ontario, Canada. The 2 brothers later died in British Columbia, but William Scott moved to Galt, Ontario, where he and his wife, Margaret Sudden, had 5 boys and 3 girls. Janet, John, Walter, Robert, Norman, Ellen, Mary, Henry. Norman Albert Riddell later became Robert H Riddell’s father.

My father, Norman Albert Riddell, was born in Galt, Ontario. He and the 4 other brothers moved to western Canada because the family farm in Galt was too small to support such a large family. The eldest son, John, was killed in British Columbia when he was employed as a high rigger, which required him to climb trees and cut their tops off before they were harvested. Walter took up a homestead 6 miles north of Gleichen, Alberta, and later died in Calgary, Alberta. One son, Robert, took up a homestead at Carnation, Alberta and was later killed in France in WWI. Henry took over the farm at Carnation, but later, sold this farm and moved back east to Galt.

Norman Albert Riddell came to western Canada too late to obtain a homestead around Gleichen, so in 1913, he went up north to the Peace River District and took up a homestead, but stayed only 3 years to satisfy the Homestead Act Requirement, then he returned to Gleichen, where he worked on the Lee Farm 4 miles north of Gleichen. Norm Riddell, and Hank Lee went to Seattle in 1917 for a vacation, and in 1918 Norm went with a group of people in 3 Model-T Ford cars to Banff, Alberta. Mr. Holland and Mary Holland,(My mother) rode in one car, Norm Riddell and Hank Lee in another, and Viola Hembroff, and all the 3 Holland children, Edward, Olive, and Florence, in another car. Viola had came up from Souris, ND, to visit her sister Mary Holland, my mother, at that time.

After working on the Lee Farm, Norm’s next employment was at the Agricultural School at Gleichen, Alberta, which was established by the Government of Alberta to train returning service men of WWI. Norm worked at this job of feeding all the animals until 1923, during which time the country was in a deep depression, along with the enduring Flu Epidemic.

During the Flu Epidemic, Norm helped take care of many ill people in the area, including the Holland family in Gleichen. Unfortunately, in 1918, near the end of WW 1, Mr. Holland died, leaving Mary Elizabeth Holland to grieve his passing, and provide for their 3 children, Edward, Olive and Florence Holland.

On Dec. 1st, 1920, Norman Albert Riddell and Mary Elizabeth Holland, were married. They first lived at the Agricultural School in Gleichen, Alberta, where my brother, Albert William Riddell was born on April, 1921. Then they moved back to the Holland house in Gleichen where Bob and Lloyd were born.

After leaving the Agricultural Farm, Norm was manager of the United Grain Growers Elevator, (UGG) at Travers, Alberta, where there was just one Elevator, then later move to Gleichen, Alberta, to manage the United Grain Growers Elevator.

During the time Norm Riddell was working in Travers, the Riddell, family moved to Calgary. The Riddell family consisted of Edward, Olive and Florence Holland, along with Albert, Robert and Lloyd Riddell. We were raised as one family. Edward Holland attended a Technical School in Calgary where he studied electronics, then our family moved back to Gleichen where Norm Riddell managed the UGG Elevator in Gleichen.

While Norm was running the Elevator in Gleichen, it was discovered that there was a shortage of wheat, and the owner’s of UGG came down from Calgary and took the keys away from Norm. My ½ brother, Edward Holland, later told me that he knew the 3 farmers that had shorted the amount of grain delivered to the elevator. After leaving the elevator, Norm worked off and on for the town of Gleichen.

RB Hayes had a farm 4 miles north of Gleichen, and another farm at Arrowood, Alberta. Dad made a deal with RB Hayes to farm the section of land at Arrowood until RB’s son was old enough to run the farm. The farm at Arrowood was about 12 miles south of Gleichen across of the Bow River, and the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, now known as The Siksika Nation. Four years later, after Stewart Hayes was old enough, and married, he took over the farm from my Dad.

The Riddell Family moved back to Gleichen in 1936 when I was 14 years of age. Dad started a Texaco Service station in Gleichen which received supplies, such as gas and oil products, from a depot in Bassano, Alberta, which was 30 miles east of Gleichen. I can remember one delivery of supplies where there was not enough money in the cash register to pay for some of the products, so with tears in his eyes, my dad, (Norm}, had to put some supplies back on the delivery truck. Another sad memory was when a car full of an Indian family was sitting on the road just beyond the Service Station, for a long time in the heat of the day, because they wanted Norm to extend them credit to buy gas so they could go home. Norm had to refuse to honor their credit because he didn’t have the money to pay for the gas. This was during the Great Depression when everyone was very poor. When the Service Station was closed, Norm started doing carpentry work, and working for the town, but for a good portion of the time the family was on relief.

After I had graduated from grade 12 in Gleichen, there were no jobs available, no money to go to university, in fact there was not enough men in town to form a hockey team, so I couldn’t play hockey. Many of the people of the town had joined the Army or Air Force, because WW11 had started.

After I graduated from grade 12, and left for the Air Force, my family moved about 12 miles east of Gleichen to Crowfoot Creek where Norm managed a sheep ranch.

In December 1940, at age 18, I joined the Air Force to become a pilot, but was immediately given 2 to 3 months leave due to the strict schedule of training pilots, so I was given 3 months leave, and returned to the ranch and helped the sheep herder in the lambing season. There were about 2,000 sheep which we had to watch carefully because as soon as we could see that a mother was about to deliver a lamb, we had to put the mother into a small pen for a few days so after delivering the lamb, the mother and lamb would be bonded to each other. If you didn’t do this, many lambs would be left with no mother to feed them. In March, 1941, I left the sheep ranch and was sent to Brandon, Manitoba for initial training in the Air Force.

Dad’s time at the ranch didn’t last long because the owner, who lived in Calgary, had a small cabin on the ranch where he often came to stay overnight and check on the work of the ranch. From what I understand, the owner tried to have an affair with my mother, resulting in an argument, and Dad being told to leave the premises. Mother, Dad and Lloyd, temporarily moved back to a small home on a vacant farm north of Gleichen. I was stationed at MacCleod, Alberta, at that time, and when my good friend, Tom Flynn, and I came home on a weekend to visit them, I saw how they were living with only a few possessions.

Norm started doing carpentry work and soon they were able to buy a small 10 acer farm ½ mile east of Gleichen where they lived in the garage while Dad built a house on the property. Later, when Norm retired, they moved from their home in Gleichen to Calgary, Alberta, where mother later died and Norm remarried. He eventually passed away in Claresholm, Alberta where they bought a home.

The ancestors of Norman Riddell, and Mary (Holland) Riddell were true pioneers. I can remember my Dad’s father, William Scott Riddell, was very deaf and had a big horn that he stuck