(1908- 8 Nov. 1989), farmer, businessman. (Ranald McPherson, R. J. McPherson, sp. Ronald also found) Born on the 3rd Concession of Kenyon Township, GC. Parents: Dan McPherson and his wife Isabella McDonald (sp. Isabel MacDonell found elsewhere in this family for the wife). Ranald McPherson farmed on the 3rd of Kenyon for many years, and operated a school bus service from 1953 to 1980. In 1957, using as part of his materials an old hangar from the WWII Pendleton (Ont.) airport, he built a well known dance hall and place of entertainment, the Bonnie Glen Pavillion (commonly known simply as the Bonnie Glen) on Highway 43 west of Alexandria. The name comes, presumably, from the song “My Bonnie Native Glen.” (See the entry for Henry Whyte) The opening dance was in early Dec. 1957. Ranald McPherson and his family operated the Bonnie Glen till it was sold in 1970 or 1971. As a school board member for some twenty years, he promoted the building of the new high school (Glengarry District High School) in Alexandria. He was married to Edna Janet McDonell (1922-1960). He died at Glengarry Memorial Hospital. (nine children) Roman Catholic. He was the brother of Sister Elizabeth McPherson who is included in this dictionary.

Glengarry News 29 Nov. 1989 * Bruce Myers, “Ranald Joseph McPherson Did It All–and More,” GN 31 Aug. 1988 (with portrait) * Ostrom 293 * gravestone, St. Finnan’s cemetery * current role, history, of Bonnie Glen, GN 16 & 23 March 2005 (supplement, letter) * plans to build Bonnie Glen, progress, GN 11 April, 5 Sept., 28 Nov. 1957