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°fi' HtJRoly` EXPOSITOR, SEAEOR.TI•I cNL, DEC..19581,
13SBORNE &. • II�I3iI'if J<4T
1VIi1TUAL' FIRE
INSURANCE CO.
o xcE.-=..vxeter, out.
President:
.Clayton Colquhoun, R.R. 1,
,Science. fjLll
tee -President:- ,
Alek 1 Rohde,.:R.R. 3, Mitchell
DIRECTORS --Martin Feeney, R.
Ii 2, :Dublin; Robert G. , Gardiner,
R. 1, Cromarty; Milton McCurdy,
AR,-- 1, Eirkton ; Timothy B.
"Toohey; R.R. 3; Lucan
A,•GENT§--Barry Coates,..R.R. 1
-Centralia;. °Clayton Harris, Mit-
chell; Stantsy,:Ilocking,, Mitchell.
.'SOIJCITO r' W. G. CoehraAe,
Hensall Pri e$
Prices ° at Ilepsall commuuity�
sale last Thursday were ' -
Weanling pigs,, $9.50: to $130;
'chuntisi.; $14.80 ; to $17:0, feeders,
$136.00 'to" $23.25; sows, $70 •to $86;
Holstein, calves, $12 to $23,50; Dur-
ham calves, $33- to $83.
Fat cows sold up to ' $16.90;
springer cows, $225.00' • butcher•
heifers up to '$22.90; stocker 'steers
up to $24, and, stocker calves, up
to $25.
A total. of 554, pigs and 90'head
of cattle and calves were sold;:
Are,yini ready, to rent your spare
room?' A • Classified advertisement"
phoned tq The, Huron- Expositor.
141 or 142, will bring a tenant
MUNICIPA.
Taw.n 'of •Seafarth
To Elect a Reeve
DECEMBER --:10,= �5
from 9:0, a.m., to
Palling Sub -Division Ma:4 and
AT TEALL'S; GARAGE
Polling Sub -Division No.; and 4:
AT .THE PUBLIC."LIBRARY
Polling Sub -Division No. 5 and 6
AT M. E CLARKE'S GARAGE
Town Clerk
SEAFORTH, NOVEMBER 10;1958.
1
(Thal, is one in a series 'of articles er, Goderieh,township, and had a
being prepared .by the Seaforth W-• family, •of four children:" one;girl,
I.on the history' of .the district): Elizabeth; "Arthur; the" -.eldest, a'
Mueh""of thus information of 'the remarkable photographer; •l.,evi,
following,_ Story prepared • in May, who :followed in .,father's profes-.
1958, by • Annie ".C:.Lawrence,:was sign, preaching in the North.' and
•gathered ajid compiled by Mr. Ar- city churches; and now serving. in.
thug Lawrence, . photographer. of First. United Church; Haanilton: In,
Sirtle,• Manitoba:, , 1912 he married Miss 'Mildred Scott
During :=an ., immigration from and three children adorne'f their.
Cear"ai Europe, actually from Ger- heme; William, Wilda ai d,'Evelyn
many;" William. Lawrence , and Itis Mary; the eldest','girl of . the
"father carie • across. the Channel Lawrence family, was ;married .to,
and settled ,i4 :Ireland. It" ryas in "Mr. Sanford' Stone, of Godericli,..:
`e;year 1$36 that_:Wilhiamtook un- Ont., in't11:°..year "X865 They lived..
to_himself a wr"fe;' whose name was all -their hdes-irr , derich:. Their
Katherine Semple,: And ,. entered „in- oldest child'.Mary was married to -
to holy:wedlock :at• Tipperary," Ire- Mr; William McNevin, _ m:anager:
land, of the Great Western . Flour 'Mill
With a family, 4f. three boys and •and Elevator, They • both 'passed;
three girls, it 'became extremely • Sto""their-' heavenly homein that:
'difficult :to. ;provided "for. ''them•, .in, town.. Thein other., chid . Freder-
this••_lanet of failure" of. crops, , .:a ick, who married'1Vfiss•'Agnes`Het-'
land Of famine;, they :decided :to. dle, of 3eatmiller,'in<theyeacii7 894,'
embark for, the. New •Country'that" had a,family of tivoogirls and:thre-
they had heard about" across-.,theboys. <;Frederick went to the war-
:gre-at ocean They ;secured pass and never -•came ;tack
age_o'n sailinga little sailing whieli.
Rebecca Lawrence;- born rt•.Ire
took_ eleven, weeks, on a' stormy land in 1842,., and in:'Canada in: 1880
ea>ta br
ing this•tired and, venture,= she:, and'°Mrs. Joseph Ry6 were.,
s
'some ,family to !-.the •New' Land= married,,living .for• '`a short tune'
North AmericaArriving :in what' ili Northern Ontario; they 440yed.
was` then linOWii, 'aS;.ilpper'Canada' out westto Alberta,::honieteaded'`
they remained a 'short .time with on Ta section, of land about' 15' Miles:
'fsrtireikinndsg near f.o.rS` trheesHvuillreon-..bTerfaocrtu, fpnorororthvgeerdoauspa sof ovEgdyomldscoonenteovkeemrTsehnteoir'pcfalaamrcmpe?
Folowingthe blazed trait toHur
on,.;the .family" settled ;in - McKillop `at th'e' time 'of :the : gold rush to the
Township, ,on the; 5th " concession;. •I�londyke ina'98.' They had a fain
buying 50 'acre's' of land .. 'On thin RY of. two boys and ' a girl. , Lawt
arnit ryas a; frame house ;a small ';the elet o, s agod
frame barn built on the, ground; a farmedencs, and adgrseatbyloveir of"'"hgOxs,.
few' apple.' trees; '"and a mt cb-prix ,es, having wqn many first prizes
ed :stream ;that- flowed 'through the at Toronto " Exhibition-- -Cora-''-hist
morthwe Learner of; the land Thin sister, was ,married' <`to Re_ v: Ei'
honSe. and: barn-' wa„s .built by .lith more"'Hodgins Hi 1905, and served
r 1853>; se raLcirduits in •the W'estr
in 1880 Mme, also `,a native ,of" Ireland•,,
n ".iS76:: lived-^Toroiito-orntrm"ber•.
er but. years.."''Ih 1916 she, , a'nd 'Mr.:"Thos
i minima •Dennevan,',..'au':' OW.friend,. friend,. - - n Srd
st,Crinafrie&:MisS ...Martha Park .married and;.hved in•,QVancouver;
BC., :where they both passed 'to.
IllIIIIII: their,-long"'"hoarse. • :'- ":
William;"" -the: ,youngest of their
family,;'•was• a "teacher,- :teaching.
some ;years' n 'Huron :County,. and
was secretary -far the HoiniesVille:
cheese factory"; •In -1873= -he met Miss
_ o Elmira Whitely, daughter'of''Wii-;
ham and. Rebecca 'Whitely-;; of
St.`�+Coli:imliball PariSll HaI1` pluton ; County, Ontario, • and 'were`
married' at Seaforth',and hued "in.
•
C' p Huron County: until '.49.3„,....., -when
(7.). • a .: v, ' Even n ; they 'moved to' Ottawa ••where' Wil-
liam was manager of: the Ballan
tyre Dairy Supply Company; which
position lie held untilrhis death in. 11
1918. , -His wi£e went ,to•her ,reward
Regular ys_Gamesa 'for: •Turks s ,,-i Ottawa There': wer "
y'.
were:two.: boys;"
3 Cash S' ecials' l-$" -D-_ e Charlie-: wfio-'d'e cit'
,P �. .. oor. "Fitz, s. , __ , P . ed--tins'=lde-'iir-
Tu -r
ECEMBER R 19�
R
1st„ $15..459; '2nd $10:00, 3rd $5:00;''; his "early boyhood,• and .Raymond.
who was' the ` youngest of , their
ADMISSION $100''`: I family,` went• to war 'and ut' 19.28:
married Miss: Pauline Leonard
Games start at 9 00 p m., sharp °and settled rn Longmeadow,;
1111�11111111111t1111111I1Billill11111111tii111,j Sprmnfielh . went ato 'h x akei
lin 1958, Edna and',Ethel, both' of
Ottawa Ont
James, who "remembered ' the
awesome tossing of the: ocean voy'
age, often, recalledincidents, .of
:their • crossing; in the- <'-smai 'sail
--Ing vessel as,it-tossedand:;heaved-
in the' ocean,: An. incident ' of the
journey he 'recalled; - one of ; the
sailor lads took hold.'of him as. if
toput him overboard,•
saying::
"Are you'•,afraidr '; "James.;;' said
"No"; r and again, the sailor said
"Are you •afiaid?". this time hold,,
m , the . boy. over the edge 'of :the;
vessel. But the little chap insisted.
he' was not, afaird.: The sailorcon
-t'ratuiated-the-boy=for-bis-braVery-•
Another incident later in his' life
:exemplified this trait;; `"Trust and
not be afraid'.. Hie and his -famils.,
:were: built�ing 'a new :bank "barn; j
'Aad spent ...two or three' years
'gathering lumber and timber; to
gether, `hauling , logs to a "sawirill
'miles away friiu. "•home to .:get'
them, sawed into lumber, .rt;meant
long hours and hard," work;,but the
m
'day cane to put •the. timbers in.
-place,-LThe mOrningF, was4ine-an
all was going :well 'until one,ef'>.the
m,en. called' for whiskey It might'
be' stated 'that no barn -raising was
'ever finished without .:serving tivhis-:
key , There -was lemonade, •tea -ands
waterx'.but the men were told, that
the barn Was never completed
there would' be. no :whiskey. , The
;men dropped. away one. after 'an
other, but after: a cotyle of .drays
they' carte back aryl finished, end
today""Stan�s a's a. Witness of. the
first' barn that was put. up' villi=
put, strong 'drink in our section of
• c r':; -c •.w _+ice r Mekillop, ui ' the 1880.
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Mr. Richard Spading; Mel-il-.
lop, was` the framer, and Mr:_ -$ani
Copp, . Sea£orth,; was •the mason
that built the `stone foundation Of'
the barn"
James'was a devout man. Ev-
ery' morning, ,no shatter how -busy
the work seemed to be, he always.
had 13ib1e reading and - the .family
knelt' in family prayer before any-
one went to schootir' engaged in
the daily routine. Indeed,' • he -Of-
ten 'broke the snow -drifted roads
," for the horses, that the whole tard-
ily
ainily 'could go. to church on •a stdrmy
wintry. morning, On Sunday=nigh is
when all -the family could not go
to church, Mrs; Lawrence 'would
get down 'the big family- Bible and
the children ,enjoyed Bible stories.
:This. was their happy 'time.. •
tut let its learn of Sanies' early
life,. "As_ a.,Young man he marrx
Miss Sarah Jane Foster, a native
of Druminond Township,: Lanark
County, at •ISarkdale Farm (a
name given to the farm Where the
fsmily settled) 'en- the 24th .of De-
cember,'.1869, by the Rev. William
Pride. It might ;heti be stated
that Sarah "Jane and' ter' father.
-carried on„a large. !weaving tress in their ho3rne'in the thriving
Flarpurhey village.
James :and his wife 'bought a 59 -
acre farm.,' about a- mile east of
the Parkdale. farm, owned by :Mrr'
F'aulker, who had , built a • log
house onthis. farm in 1863. Four,.
of their .family were born in _tris
:house,- and in 1878, after the Tleatii
of James' mother, he and'his wife
and children moved front the ltig
house intothe frame house' on
F'arkdale . farm; Which was •.built'
by Mr. James''Sparling in the year
1853. James” built a beautifa brick
house' in 4935..
"jatiaes, •
after living
bmiy•-and industrious -aid -gond
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