# Stuart Trueman

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**Stuart Douglas Trueman** (6 November 1911 – 23 April 1995)[1] was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) journalist and humorist, who won the [Stephen Leacock Award](/source/Stephen_Leacock_Award) in 1969 for his book *You're Only as Old as You Act*.[2]

Born and raised in [Saint John](/source/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick), Trueman first joined the city's *[Telegraph-Journal](/source/Telegraph-Journal)* newspaper after high school as a cartoonist and reporter, later becoming a sportswriter.[3] He became the paper's editor-in-chief in 1951, holding the position until his retirement in 1971,[3] and then continued to write a weekly column for the newspaper until 1993.[3] During his time with the *Telegraph-Journal*, he covered a visit to the city by [Amelia Earhart](/source/Amelia_Earhart) the day before her solo trans-[Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) flight in 1932,[4] bringing her a copy of the paper directly off the press before she left so that once she landed she could prove she had flown the whole way.[4] He was also credited with the original discovery of [Moncton](/source/Moncton)'s [Magnetic Hill](/source/Magnetic_Hill_(Moncton)).[3]

As a writer, Trueman published numerous books of both humour and regional history.[3] In addition to his Leacock Award win in 1969 for *You're Only as Old as You Act*, he was a shortlisted nominee for the award in 1983 for *Don't Let Them Smell the Lobsters Cooking*.[5]

He was married to Mildred Trueman (née Stiles),[6] with whom he also collaborated on two cookbooks, *Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens* (1983) and *Mildred Trueman's New Brunswick Heritage Cookbook: With Age-Old Cures and Medications, Atlantic Fishermen's Weather Portents and Superstitions* (1986).[3]

He died at Saint John Regional Hospital on April 25, 1995.[2]

## Works

- *Cousin Elva* (1955)
- *The Ordeal of John Gyles: Being an Account of his Odd Adventures; Strange Deliverances, etc. as a Slave of the Maliseets* (1966)
- *You're Only as Old as You Act* (1968)
- *An Intimate History of New Brunswick* (1970)
- *My Life as a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak* (1972)
- *The Fascinating World of New Brunswick* (1973)
- *Ghosts, Pirates and Treasure Trove: The Phantoms that Haunt New Brunswick* (1975)
- *The Wild Life I've Led* (1976)
- *Tall Tales and True Tales from Down East: Eerie Experiences, Heroic Exploits, Extraordinary Personalities, Ancient Legends and Folklore from New Brunswick and Elsewhere in the Maritimes* (1979)
- *The Colour of New Brunswick* (1981)
- *Don't Let Them Smell the Lobsters Cooking: The Lighter Side of Growing Up in the Maritimes Long Ago* (1982)
- *Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens* (1983, with Mildred Trueman)
- *Life's Odd Moments* (1984)
- *Mildred Trueman's New Brunswick Heritage Cookbook: With Age-Old Cures and Medications, Atlantic Fishermen's Weather Portents and Superstitions* (1986, with Mildred Trueman)
- *Add Ten Years to Your Life: A Canadian Humorist Looks at Florida* (1989)

## References

1. [Stuart Trueman fonds](https://web.lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/trueman/intro.html)

1. "Stuart Trueman, humorist, dies at 83". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, April 26, 1995.

1. ["New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia"](http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/nble/t/trueman_stuart.html). *w3.stu.ca*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062006/http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/nble/t/trueman_stuart.html) March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2026.

1. "Eighty years since famed flight; Anniversary Amelia Earhart's stop in Saint John may have been brief but pivotal in record-breaking feat". *[The Telegraph-Journal](/source/The_Telegraph-Journal)*, May 19, 2012.

1. "Torgov wins 1983 Leacock Medal". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, April 29, 1983.

1. "'I thought, I have to go home, I can't stay here'". *[The Telegraph-Journal](/source/The_Telegraph-Journal)*, January 9, 2003.

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