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• (By Alta Lind Rodges, in The
• London Free Press) •
If you were travelling.. nortith `on.
Nutiiber.4-Highway and, stopped
passe -lay • to inquire, how . 'many
miles toOruinmond, you .would
probably be greeted by a ..blank
stare; yet .that, was a .eoininon in
quirt . made by travellers over the
,Cada 4'entury`„ago,.:;Very few peo-
p1e living in or around the Village
af'Blyth todar-seom to know t1at
it, was; onceand•favorably known
as the Village D rri mmond, a
This;.takes us back to the `•earlier'
days.. of .the Huron Tract when
Lncins;A. C. McConnell, an Irish-
o • Co unt•'D•own
.:man originallyfr m o y ,
Ireland, „and .latern from the .County
of York, settled, what is now
Blyth. Mettler settler: arrived int-.
mediately. •.after. Kenneth McBean,
`a Scotsman; Who -had originally
o e ca
Settled- in North . Easth p , me
west and `settled on lots 1 and •2,"
concession 9,..:;:in._liiorris
-i u 1 settled
McConnell. 'd eu o s
IVTcCon a pr 3
on Lots i ;.and 2,n Concession 10,,'
Morris;: Township. ,As: well as be.
` these
settlers iti`.m
in •'the first
g. Blyth;
'two were also the .£first.
settlers in
'the whole Township of Morris
Robert 'Drum.ond arrived soon af-
ter and settled on Lot 42, COnceS-
sion,'1, • Wawansh . Township ,• 'as
Blyth is situatedon the nboundary
between Morris and Wawanos
Townships.1,..
.,'he,next settler to _,arrive,_ ;in n
,rear the 4pnetit waste John
Templeton, on of a very. early
settler in t"dderich, who, settled on
the Wawanooh side.of the, boundary
line. This -occur-red.-some years:
,after: the arrival of,lUfcConnell and
McBean and, t`dday no"',one seem;
JO :know just what - year Temple
ton 'left the -:settlement;, at- the•. mouth
r s
of `the Maitland and fared forth in- the Town line between the : Town.,
to •the wilderness where ,he, built, a .ships of 1Vforris and Wawauosh; in:
log house and, set up a store., , : the Village of Drummond aixd eon
--Busines must; --have 'been ,good listed 'of o?ie<rivartcr ,acre; each:-
-at ,the little wilderness. store be The auctioneer' was; Frederick Wil:
cause . John Drui tmond, brother Of Sang . -
the above mentioned Robert, 'ar- William' Drummond must. have
rived soon after and 1\e it was who' .been a great be]iever ill Me future
built the first"hotel ut what' is naw of the place as"' we read that in
Blyth. The, success of -these ver- 185%, he left.his rucrative `job 'ha
tires must, .have• 'spurred John 'London to :establish a .store -of his.
Drummond on as later he: opened own in Blyh ,aid 'it is gratifying;
a' shoe . shoji...,' ' to' learn, that he spent the :;remain.:::
-Shortly": after :: that, .Geo"r g e der : of 'bis life i ;;the village lie
n.
Draney arrived and ' opened.,, a had;laid ort: and at-ene•tune was'
bla 'th ho One -of the els
en-•
Cksmi s p,, o itis .':oldest ,resident.,
ttals of every. pioneer _ cgmmunity • T.he-.-Blyth: of .today has several
as the settlers were coming in by, e' urches ---`blit' before' 3iese were
wagon . and 'ox cart and t e roug ,, built a Rev.: Atkins. visited'the
-roads made constant shoeing 'nee -ten -lent and SejVi?e5; were 'held at.
essary if -the teams were"..to carry the"'Home of;Ketinetti McBean. The
on' without being: lamed„;' I same McBean was!' -the father bf
-In 1854;: another,. settler: uained else :first white child born ,in "the'
Gurney opened an tailor shop, and' settlement.
in 5855 the above "named ,McB.ean itonaid McBean grew" to man
h.,, l :set -
built a sawmill and t e little pod � Bl th •and,then became,:u,
hood m Y
ad e si n : o being "dement sTi r d s f b
ghent h
bresident of=Mai' a whence e
i`
ntoli,
more than ',a -stoppling lin Mace n
m r a lie. .
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a.' i ee •n u
gpdriven e
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a ve- mentioned
Rev. At-
kins..
bo
• first
kins;•also, officiated at thefi s
marriage : ceremony ever 'held. in
in Morris. Townshi ,
Blyth or even 'Vf p,
when John.;: Laidlaw and an' : Miss
Wally were united; in marriage.
The building of the London,.
on,& BruceRailway made:the set-
tlement _boom and_it became an,in-_
dependent=:corporation bn-7anuary;
1, 1887. A special census taken pre
vibus to -incorporation, -showed Blyth-
bad' a population of. 850 and today
the,: population is'' approximately,
`A distinguished" early? settler- of
the' village_ was the former Lord
Mayor of !Dublin.
r. mmo the so of
William u Drummond, n
D
an early settler, `grew 'to manhood
the settlement and he fared
in: th
hi for
-
time.
to Lond n. to seeks
o
The. youth -from' �: nom" :'th back-
woods
tune. T e. ou f
Y e
woods must have dorm very well
e that
for himself because we .r ad
h he became ,manager, of the rner
caiatile__,.,,establishnient__. of_._Adam.
r Hope and. Company of London and
he zt.,uas, ttho d.ecided.::!towlay_,o,ut:
a' village` on the site. of ;his father's
farm and this was the -Inception: of
the' Village of Blyth.
According to an old sate bill, two
hiindred;;lots were offered 'for sale
sjby - auction, ori -April 3, .1855,.
- without reserve.; Thebill states
1 that .these `lots :were situated oh
VARNA
Mr. David Pitt, Vibe fins been
taking' a summer course et. Toron-
to, visited over The weekend With
ltev, and Mrs.,:Pitt -before-leaving
:Or Newfonedl nd, -.
The . United Church. held its pie-
nic:at Jowett's;Grove, Bayfield, on
Thursday: Races followed the sup
Baptismal services were field at
the `jnited March on Suniday;.
Baptized, by Rev. Pitt was Thomas
Kyle, son of Mr,- end Mrs. Prank
Hill, St.' Catharines. Mrs. Hill is
daughter of. Rev, Pitt, Other chil-
dren baptiZed
hildren-baptized Were William Ralph,.
son of, Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Step)),
enson, and:the daughter of M.
and Mrs. Grant Webster.
MARLOCI(
IN r$ `rw
ern': are a now
'Watt
Mr: and Mrs: George -took
a trip through the Manitoulin Is-
land district
land .and Sault Ste, Mane t
last week.
" Mr • and .Mrs. Edward Hell-' and'
family', ,visited on Sunday with: the
latter's•'mother,' Mrs'T. E. Wilson,
of. Port Robinson.
iss-'Dianne;Roe is visiting this
:M
Week with •ham`" grandmother, Mrs.>
ee .
Alex Wallace; and °Mr. and. Mrs.
' in
c d` family
1 e ail
Wal
Douglas
a.
Tuckersmith.
Mr:":1�Pilhain &icil?iire and sou,-
Ricky,
ou;
Ricky,,.; of St:. Catharines, are vis-
iting Mr
h Mr.s
this
week with .
i
Edard Bell and family.
pis
Detroit
ho'
MMildred'C
Mrs: p,
rP
visiting with her parents„ Mr. and
IV£rs. "William Bell.'
, He and' His sons; built -'a frame
building • on. the west side of what
is'n0117., Number _4_Highway, in
Blyth, and. for some time ,thei, sons
drove; a Stage c,9ach "from 'Clinton
to Blyth . a. distance of 12 miles;?•
This building was' only; torn n'
.bdaw
in recentyears•ut lust •why a man
of 'Stich standing and a member of
the nobility should leave a. coni;
fortable home in Ireland to pioneer
in .what was then the backwoods of,
Canada, is not. cleartons today,;
but there must •liave 'been good
personal.or maybe.• even political �
reasons for his doing so
Just when.. the Village ;of Drum-
neon became the Village'of Blytl;
Or. why, isnot cle ar,. but, it must
have ...been somewhere..: .between.
1855- and' when : the ' first .town; `lots
were offered ,for sale and 1879;
The change. may have- been made -
When -the village was incorporated,
brat•! oiit this point no Ane seems :to
'be -clean today, .at•any.rate it.,was ,
in'corparted asahe,Village;of Blyth,;
not;tlie Village• of. Drurpiond•-
Praetically every small.commun":
sty` in the' enuntry has4 so-metirrie='
had a--murder,-or--ai-rrl'Ystery, and
Blyth ri:o . exception
A is• number of' years ago when ciir .
eus trains used to' travel the :rail
roads tWo small girls •iii the vi:
cinity, of `BI.yth were •sent to tfie:,
Bac)
paliatrette bring• dome the-
cows. As they c ossed the 4solate'd
pasture )jell a.. k us tial 't
ptthaessiback :ng alor.n}g. the.eprailroadasture ' track'
hndthey.at
of tH
s'aw °something, thrown• :from ;the
train. With the curiosity of chit
dren, the' two young girls hurried
to the.,spot to see what -it' was;
One:' can-i:inagtI a how , terrified.
nd•'amazed they .must •,have ,been,
to'-diseover.par
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Phone -:186,
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SEAFORTII
Phonef_54t.
field...'
The. children.hurried, borne to tell,
their. parents : and the Letictis train
-Chugged/ on, in the deepening. disk,,
Who -or what the :rnan--had been
or just how he came to'ineel What
apparently was an untimely, .end,.
no one knows or"ever, will know..
Blyth, -today has some, very fiire_
homes, :a:• short.: but busy YVain
Street, a'large cheese factory and
everything else!-• that makes : for
comfortable living in a small ,cdii
fire' today.: Blyth' has indeed been.
fortunate through, the years,
FENCE .•-ROW GROWTH:
SHOULD Bg CONTYtOLLI
'trees 'and shrubs in'fence'
rowsi,,are strictly; for the birds. Te
the farmer, fouls,: fence 'klottorns;
mean that hfs'drops arebauig rob
bed' of ':)moisture and:,,ntitrients,
Plants such as barberry and buck=
thorn act, as alternate hosts to crop
diseases and the, pr,esenc'e• of these
hosts' multiplies the incidence and,
aritount -of ..damage :to ; suseeptib1e'
crops. " N
•4f the growth in fence rows I'S
inuch •0'ver site' feet in--height,it
should be,,:cut ox bulldozed and re-
growth sprayed. A.foliage sprat
.plied "when the ,brush is coming
into f,11ea1 WiiU' control:- uscepta
ible • Species such as birch; -cherry,
elderberry, .plum, wi)low and Mani
; toba' maple. Elm, poplar. and haw-
tbo'cne are 'not as easily control-
led, A solution:'of 2,4-D .ester made
.up of 32 ounces of: acid'egiiivaletit'
in 100 gallons of -water used as an.
overall spraywill control. these.
species, as 'Well as irmist fence row.
weeds'. A solution • of B2 to; 48
ounces: of acid equivalent of brush;
kill (2,4-13 and 2,4;5.r'mixture)
100, gallons of water is 'recornineiid-
ed for such woody plants as apple,.
barberry, buckthorn, dogwood, ev-
.egreens and :hard, maple. - .of
,:basal haat'spr0Y--oracleh
rr
32 minces acid equivalent of brush-
kill iii ..1.0 gallons of 'fuel 'oil mky
be applied at -any .time of year.
This spray isapplied to the bottom
IS niches, of • the sterns, malting
surethat,;the entire stens and any
exposed roots 'are covered.. This.
same .Spray applied to: stamps, in-
eltrding cut _surfaces, is . very ef-
fective.'in preventing 'regrowth. -
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o rl' happened to moot on the.
g..inks,
"Side :that 'girl over there? said
one, "Imagine: her parents allow-
ing" her to ,,appear in clothes like.
that. Just copying men's clothes,
"That, sir, is my daughter, said.
the Second ,golfer,
"Oh 1In•: met I'm .tserry. f
didn'ti.,� ' ,k Were'c1ier father.".
pi�•t t. 1 1 a-.. •her . mother.",
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