Noel

"Anything was possible, though; and that was the real reason for the walks, to speak of life and plans, ambition and luck, opportunity and the future, and to explain that opportunity is available to anyone ready to see it and take the risks to reach for it. So, when they walked together, Noel instructed Paul as he had instructed his own ten children and many of his other grandchildren when they came to visit. He believed that it’s important to teach the young what you have to offer; the more they know, the better equipped they are to succeed in this world."

"Noel was a local business leader because he was the first busi¬ nessman in the area, but he became an active community leader because he recognized that his prosperity and that of his family de¬ pended upon the prosperity of the region. He had come to build his life, his business, a future for his family and a community, so he led development of the settlement, first into a thriving village, then a town that eventually took his name and became Noelville. He also"