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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-04-17, Page 7Hu'YA,Ctil•NQW 7Hln,, FUZE-FIGNTING.?,v$1NE S? eteereeee EXCITING, .NAYJ.PRETTY QU1ET, BERFORD 'THOUGH,:wE HAA/EAHO"KONE" Lest NIGHT. , you 92e1 wHsryL3 ANYBODY 9t.tte eee YEAH;A COUPLE OF 'THE BOYS DID GET HURT•..;.}-IELDQ-. ROYAL• FLUSH QN !EM •IN A POKER, SAME_�J. d Ji WOODSMEN TYPICAL AL E ALSO :LACK NOTHING IN:"SARI :: STY, VOLUME." Fruit, juice' flap = acks orrid e Fr Potatoes, J , P g , fried potatoes, ,sausages; bacon and -: eggs, ±dou hnuts pie, gg � ' g , P @, milk`: Wand coffee: _- that's ` tYpicaL »breakfast• fare; for rugged. pulpwood loggers• whoseatite ppee s spell a big ,mar-" ' Ca ket•ffor Canadian rJm n faproduce. ., Each .:., .,year, "for'theirwoodswork- ers -alone,the paper ' ul _and a er mills , P P buy 13 million pounds of meat, 19 million ;eggs, 10: million pounds; of flour, 3.5_ million "pounds of _ but- ' ter and .etherfts`- 3 .million cases` cif -canned iiellee=400-000 cases of other - canned goods;rand -6:5- mile. lion pounds of,. powdered milk and There • are .15;000 permanent em-'. dry, foods. Io ees •n the'' u M1 and • e P YP poor` » woodlands; In: addition, . some 200,- 000 00-000 agricultural'; and -other workers help gather" the pulpwood harvest in their off-season. " All are hearty eaters ;'' The forests, likeethe farms," are traditional mainstays uistays 'iii the Cana- , dianconoman @ y and in many. areas, agriculture • and forest operations go together: Both . are, managed .. ,to yield ld'annual:crops:; .Trees, just like ,a• farm crop; mustbe tended and_.proteeted 'When.--the-cro i is'. • •matur e, e • rt must'-, eharyested, Put ,and aper foresters prae- tice silviculture just as ' farmers Practice_ agriculture to short, they cultivate the forests."' This is"more than a"mere conservation -'and pro,, tection ` ro g"ram. <' It .is • creative. P . Regeneration•, is ;encouraged • and young, growth is tended.:' And ::the annual gro,'wth"exceeds the yearly crop.- Thus; through continuing- and overlapping 'eyries of natural re- :Seedmg;:;;growing, `:-and kiarvesting; the':fOrestr'are-.-riiai"ntninerrto Pro- -vide -ariniial pro--vide"annual crops -for ever " Canadian Red Cross `:disaster workers •' were on:»: the •.job within half-an-hour'followiii the 'f `bump". P- at Springhill, Nova Scotia. • • :Many types of cancer::: can.. be Cured. by radiation or• surgery, or a combination -'of both. '•`Regular_ medicalacheck-u s on persons over. 40 years of -'age -may reveal can- cers in a:' curable'` stage. 'Only way to -get along, with some. people is to • get along.; without. own of Sedfortl RK1 cwving:,to regarding parking, we respect- ully" request the Main Street business People and; their . Ern-: con " est d : ituation ployees N C� T to park their cars On ';Main Street'., f•`t is -is not"d'one " we will forced :to strict-yenfOi tom% a hour .. "•.arhin b -aa• E I1 1N .0 S ON' . . I�UT Chief Q lic of •� e. be e BRUCEFIELD. Groep, Wo of the Women's As- sociation held a social " eyoning . at the home of Mrs. Ross Scott for. a, farewell '.Party. for. Mrs. jean Cairns, who is Moving to .Seaforth.:' Mrs. Eva Wilson 'ead, the address and Mrs. Scott -presented her with a lovely. Waterman's -pen. and pen- oil: set. The YPJ 'of the church ,are ;sponsoring= -the-- Seeforth - Junior Fanners' play on Wednesday. The program will also ,include' some lo- cal talent. Mr. and Mrs Donald eVfcKenzie, St, Thomas, •spent"Sunday with Mr•. and .Mrs.. S. McKenzie.• " Mr. and Mrs,. Gordon Elliott and family and Mrs H:;,,,Berry; visited their. Cousins., ' Mr.' and Mrs.>. Lawr- ence 'Smiley; : Erin,,' on, Sunday. Mr. Cal Horton hasrc ase Pu h, d the .farm of Mr: Cliff Stewart. About 25 ladies. of`Brucefield at- tended the Easter " thankoffering meeting of Wesley -Willis and' On- tario Street United Church on Fri- day and "Tuesday evenings WMS. Meeting .. _ The April meeting of »Abe •"Bruce .field Women's Missionary Society met in the schoolroom "Tuesday af- ternoon: fternoon: "Quiet music, "played by -Miss'::M..McQueen, Was followed 'by,the worship'period, led by Mrs. N Walker, :Mrs.,: L. Wilson, and' Miss. M .McQueen, the"'theme ,be- ing "Easter:" " The president, Mrs W. 'Scott; took'' the •chair for the business. Mrs., R. Scott gave the, secretary's report and the " roll call was. an- swered by 'an :Easter ' ,Was. The treasurer's report was given by Mrs. R.. Wilson. Thank -you cards were •`read from Mrs.' F. Burdge, Mrs.' C, Snelling„ Mrs. 5;. Baird and the family of the late yi'illiatri Broadfoot.',Mrs. L. Eyre gave 'a short item, en Stetv'ardshd P Mrs. Jean and Mrs. Ross Scott. gave excellent .reports on the Presbyterial at Goderich. Mrs, Moffat -offered prayer in,: behalf' of the ;"missionary: -:for prayer." Miss Greenbanks of Japan. The study, book Was taken, by Mrs: E Thoriipson and, Mrs.: George Clif- --taii`bn theretopi.c; `" Al-aska-"--They- gave-, interesting talks on -life in Alaska,' work of the church and _the difficulties 'encountered . in their work. is At:; this meeting-. .the :'members br.o_ughtn:their 'Lenten pen ms. -Members and asszlc ate -members+ joined " with Wesley -;Willis- Church and. Ontario Street Church :for their Easter „thankoffering 'Meet- The Easter thankoffering ... ... nfeet- ing 'of, Brucefield "WMB was held Sunday.. evening. , Mrs. W."' Scott and -Mrs. Et Allan, conducted the worship service. A quartette, com- posed of Mrs. E. Wilson, Mrs B -eRiehardsoti;:.,.Mr"s. 'P:,,McBeath and!, Mrs. D..' McGregor,' sang. Tile speaker was Mrs_ J. C. Brit ton,' of Northside United " Church, Seaforth, and her, talk, "The 'Af- terglow of Easter,"' was very in- spiring and helpful. 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Dollar Days -: 4.00' ■ Regains to 3.95 � ;Boys' Light ":Blue- {-Jeans Heavy quality light blue shade :- eans; all •,sizes;--"& .tb T47years. TO CLEAR AT DoIlar ;,.Days 2.Q0 BOYS' s}ITIITE Broadcloth ,Shirts Single" or double "cuff - styles,. with new short point = collars:' Fully sanforized. DoIIcir: Days s 2. y �0 Mob's' Buckeye SHIR T & PANT I47ATCIIIIV`G-SETS , Khaki, grey and green shirt and pant sets. Famou" Jockey .. Y„ F o nt, h i its & Shorts This: is the famous : Cooper's "Y" Front Jockey. quality. Fir st -•. REGCLAdt$1.25 - 1.00: BOYS' SAND TWILL W NDBREAKERS Fully to aterpxoof and silk lined. Sizes .6 lo -16. ---Zip nt 0 i P fro )ollar Da s:3 IiiENS PIT ASI. SIDE NYLON::•SC►X " Reg: 89c . quality »Stretch nylon dress sox;•'assorted :colors.": LAR; DAYS SPECIAL P.r. for' 2.0 _ 200 All size's: Dollar : Days 8.00 SET"' MEN'S SAND TWILL WINDR AKER� RE S F ll waterproof a d illi lined. un silk y Zip t •, 'e .Ekon . Sze 3 2 s P i Do s 4.QQ Regular 1..35 'Orient NYLON: HOSE All ; evlr S r_..in shades-- _ . n P g , .first quality. Sizes 9 to 11. Rolla `, r Day -0 1: ...Cly:_..: oD PAI 33!'x42'! WABASSO PILLOW SLIPS Plain. white."or':with. ;;colored borders.: '" Very special. ecial. Dollar s Dayy2.1 .00 PAIR - LADIES' RI.EFS` Nylon and rayon •knit: unlit -» briefs. q Y. _Dol(a'r_ Da• s Good I1 36" Wide is Wide kajl bed . Cuttan. DRESS GOODS New attractive floral prints, Lovely duality. Dollar" 'Days 1.00 YARD 36" Wide. - BARK CLOTH __DRAPERY New patterns,. all fast color drapery. Special.:;,,' Dollar` »Days 1. -YARD 45" Wide - DA RO C N: MARQUISETTE • Plain' o • flocked .pattern.. rn'gmar-, P, uisette. cur'tai 1 e •a n l.. Dollar :Days -10 - y. YARD. . ,: 1011'I eID,BRE !C A �.ER Regular u1e, to " $9.95.: One of ` a kind to,clear•out. SIZES 36, to 46 Dollar " Days 5:00 MEN'S BROADCLOTH BOXER SHORTS:: All ' new printed patterns, saw forized broadcloth, S:.i47-L Dollar Days -1 BOYS' SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS Regular 1.59' qualityshort sleeve' sport shirts. Sizes 8'to-16•years. DOLLAR DAYS Special "'1'.00: MEN'S' Sport Shirts Values to 4,95 Clear * :$3.00'` 1f1 SE )ICK SHIRTS ,_,-24-s- 45- : 'H-�-TOWEL' REG. 19.95, TO 24.95 y Bo s' 2»Pant.S nits 18 only, charcoal, blue and grey, two -pant suits. New style S.B.' with centre vents: " 6" to 11 years' . • •• 14.00 12.to'16 years : • ' 17:00'; CLEARANCE, -,'MEN'S WORK SOX Wool and Cotton l.mix, with nyloii.- heels and toes. ,Six ,dozen o• nly,: DOLLAR, DAYS, 2.P"ir. "'fo':1::0 a r®. Asserted patterns. ,MostlY puce VAL ES .TO : 50. Dollar . Days s 2.00 -Extra-"•quality, :'heavy ;weight. towels. LIMI•TED Q UANTIT Y" • 'Dollar DaYs :1'.00 VALUES TO 18.00 COAT SETS RENS COATS t' HILD 4 "to .1.2y ears Only. All values Y• up .ta $18.00, ' TO CLEAR Doi lar Days, 7.00 ,rVIDE PRINT • Assorted patterns fast color. prints A real bargain for Dol- lar Dais• Ya�r�s , fo`r. 2.00 s" Wide .Wid" e PURE-LINEN- TOWELLING URE LINEN �NDI$H • TOWELL- G Y1/ Good quality; assorted, color borders. , rt A F C CLOTHS S r HEAVYQ "LAL ITY -Good,: assortment p -ofpatterns and , colors_: for NEW NYLON SCARFS 4 Yards for 2»J 36"':WIDE '.- WHITE FLANNELETTE Excellent heavy.. "weightflare tmlette:.•diegular:59c yard.- SPECIAL 4'sards-.for :200: EN ®S, Orrn,v»» mci en rr s.(ByAlta_Lind: 'lodges. in the g London Free. Press) " Al lien h man _ a thriving 'vil- lage Y g ""of the eighties or nineties is now :a thing of the past or -»but »a memory;" -the little 'village :of L'on- ;des oro •in Huron. County'is one b that has held its own with the passing years.. About the only v con- cession the village has made" to s time is :the loss of its railroad backin-the depression days when the 'old London, Huron'" and . Bruce line suspended ;operation of its Butter and Egg:' train, as it was called' in 'those days. _ Today,: the 'village of Londesboro pis a thriving ,villagewith several Well" •Stockedstares, locker : plant, post office; mill, a church, com- munity, centre- and ".playground and practically y' everything t, hat makes life in rural Ontario very comfort- able able "t day: "The homes are: well *opt.a-t avillage-has -aft-air-of-of peace • 'arid quiet prosperity. In short, the village of Londesboro has fa ed very '•well . through the years nd from it, into the world at~ lar' e�: have.:gone:. met _and..rva °Bienlip have indeed,; "left foot- prints n 'the sands .or time." Theist. settler.inr dear what O is :• now Alie village of Londesboro, we read; was It. Wright, probably. Robert .Wright; ':but just exactly what the: 'R' stood for has never been made clear: At. any rate, -E. Wright settled on Let 26, Conces: sion 1b, and built himself a , log house after the manner' of settlers everywhere • Perhaps the wives of; the -earl* settlers' suffered" .more than their husbands in thrs, respeet'as travel to the 'nearest -settlement »was often on • fbot over lonely bush .trails where wolves prowled,' tlje pioneer' woman with small childrencould" not Make the trip frequently and. as ,homes -had to be -hewn but of the forest, it was obviously : a man's world, ` ,, Neighbors were highly esteemed •and as »a lot ofthe heavier work of the day "could • not be accom-. plishe by one man working alone, `bees" ere frequent and served two p' oses-as -they-were pl;a, e- tically the only formof social life - in the settlements. ..,Many' old timers had a•Violin 'or mouth organ or, just a" ..singing voice and when a,"log• house' or barn- 'had' •. been: - conlpleted, the _ivorkers celebrated by making the rafters ring to the tune of a polka •or .91d t -i ne dance " tune, played ;on a violin' or even, a"mouth: organ In`: one respect, R. • Wright was • very "'fortunate indeed, '' He had• scarcely more than settled 'on -lot 26 co de sioh 10 Hullo t ,township Herrington arrived to settle .on lot `25` and "; -Francis Brownsettled at the Same time r s onlot 27, ft :Wright now' had a neighbor on each side of, him and no doubt considered hiinSelf,'very .fortunate- indeed. l`lowever,:-no attempt".was' made. -to lay out: a village -at er near the settlement until the year4850-when Thomas-Hagyard; an Englishman "fro#ii 'Yorkshire; arrived:He had fora erly*liived' in _the village of Pocklington ,on the estate of Lord Londesboro: He settled on -lot 26, concession. 11, Hallett 'township, - and township,•and laid mit the village of Londes<: boro which- Was known for some years afterwards as Hagyerd's Corner. ,4 'Later, 'it.becameknown as. Lon- desboro and in the late -seventies _boasted ...t.WO_`.stores ;..four;cs rriag and `Wagon„shops, four blacksmith shops, •a• bending factory, but 'no one seems to know today exactly »what a bending factory was, but many think' it may„ _have been cooper shop or barrel factory; two shoe,••shops•, two tailor shops, "a private school •about which noth- ,}ng is ,known - today,. but it 'hay. have been run by a clergyman fdf some of 'the more privileged sons of the stllers, and tWe churches, ,Methodist and Presbyterian. The railroad provided mail and tele- graphic facilities • equal to those of any town in the distrint. • Although; "the art 'of ;the ' black- smith has ever beets• held" in es=' teem: by•the people," the old black- smith shops •where a husky black- smith shod :first 'the plodding oxen and later the wagon teuris which freighted settlers and thairbelong- Ings into the area; Have gone and made way for the garages': which service the high powered cars that roll ceaselessly along. Highway No, 4. The old Presbyterian ehureh Faded into oblivion in 1925 :when. -the•United-•l`hurelrwas-formed-aird- the tailor shops and bending fac- tory are no', mote, but the resi- dents • of Londesboro still find it a good place to • live ;,as they stroll up- to the epost-effiee-en-the after- noon for their", snail which now conies by ' ja'1ick rather 'than by ' tram: ' »Londesboro is indeed: far frorn ..being ;a ghost Village;..' .^ Back'n the'earl days, or more P6ricularlY, the tiear previou s '"to" 1880, the Township of Hullett boasted other` -Villages- such as 'Auburn , Constane or Ki bis e Kinburn, MonteitIV,s Mills or Walkerburn and ,Stemmer •Hill, but of -these Auburn is the only . one that -had • held , its owndown through;.the years as the others" are,. only ghosts of their former. selves. ; Like every' other village, Londes- boro •has its humorous tales of the past. 'One_ well known resident tells '• how, in its earliest ,days, the settlers -were living,in shanties and the kitchen' table was usually a huge stump:.turned>ueside: down, the roots being levelled` off to form. legs. » , 'Ona' settler • secured for himself a very fine stump "table -that was greatly admired by; the:. pioneer women of the- community. One visitor admired the table se much that ghe insisted her "husband• secure a similar. one ,'far her. He -broughtehoine --a ,large»- stump -and after.much difficulty got it into the cabin which had a . sloping roof. As' he .turned -it over in anattempt to manoeuvre the heavy table into a corner, the logs • being too,:long, tore »a hole•. in the ,roof of the cabin, greatly to the chagrin :of•. the' settler ,Whose wife poured on his head a torrent of Wrath.. In the early days, hotels- were plentiful and settlers often drop- ped :in for "a- wee nip" on "the way home.. During the latter part ' of the last century, a ,prosper- ous farmer was in the- -habit of imbibing, too freely. and frequent- ly arrived home Very : drunk" and quarrelsome and if "•crossed» by his wife or -the: hired "'man,: he ale �vaysthreatened -suicide- which dliorried his wife greatly. One cold day, het set out for the bush at the back of the . farm de- claring that this time, he really was going. to put" an end to his` existence.. Great was his surprise, when a few minutes "Iater., the hired - man appeared trundling a wheelbarrow and carrying a large. =butcher ---knife.,- "What are. 'you,", doing here?" growled the farmer `•and; %tvhat.,' in - - are you doing with that butcher knife?'•' "S•='"dame 'to collect your re- mains," was tire' 'surprising reply. I't •"is . said • thds • incidenf put • a s P .. n h•.far farmer's 'end "tr2.,•t e r s threat s to commit •suicide. Awebefore,village As, said :`e tit of Londesboro » once boasted ".two, churches, one at each end of the village, ..A bachelor farmer or the district was inthe habit of tying h y g up his -horse in the church -shed when he eame into the village for o supplies. " '. • •dn -BalloWe'en, the gay young: blades' of the village would . un- hitch, thehorse, and lead > it to the shed'4 at the -other. end of the vil- `lage.' -By the time .theafarmer had led his horse " back to the shed nt one end of ` the village, the yolths •would • have. pulled: ;'the braggy to the shed at" e other' end with the r1� esult the Moor .farmer' spent considerable , time .trying" to get the horse and btiggy together in one Place No'doubtthe ran' k' sters enjoyed • themselves , thor- oughly, but it ,must -surely have been a ,very one -aided joke. • In still later ' years, one of the churches ` in the village had,;a pastor who nanaged_ tb:; get him. -- self "i TA,vrong with most .of his Assorted colors; easy ' washing' nylon scarfs. Dollar :Days 36 x'•81 MARQUISETTE CURTAINS Frilled style,"fine.qu'ality,:nicely tailored. Ila -Da s-.1. PAIR REGULAR TO 4.95,.. Ladies' Jeans' Light blue," navy and khaki. Dollar' pays 2.00 oro parishioners, in fact, so much so, that the church ;officials decided to,call aneetin to see what could be do�e about'ousting t a cl orgy- :an'rom his""charge. Accordingly,they Piced: , i g k am ht ` y ori Which" »t e enc r h preacher was su p- , ��osed't be' away :'" oan1�� met 2i the'-. -. church to consier' •the ' situation. ' Great was, their surprise when the ' P o1ergrman,ha' seen, alight in the church, strolled over to see"' what • was up; -He: immediately . ap- pointed , himself chairman, ; called, the meeting to "order, and inquired _. what was the purpose of -the meet- ing, ,. Dead silence • ensued but :as he seemed :determined to puruse the. matter further, a brave 'soul final ly informed Jilin the meeting had' been called to ask him to resign. Nothing daunted, the clergma called for a vote and the result was ;a tie. . -"Very, well;t', > said ---the ;-cleric. - "As it is.; my , privilege to cast the deciding vote, 'I shall remain with you another year, which he: -did, -greatly .to--the-chagrin-of-"--- most of his parishioners, _ .r a e IIiWlli"S,NEJOWL NFU iB ,+yqu J "�KBTat-,Stilereitit Large iron,kettles" are still•n.led In itene.buteheiing. and-,-noapmaldng." They will, heat water quicker ifraised. tine.: nal sa £ire x,.an be-built:beneaih•thein .:_: kOur:.lengths of pipe. driven' .into the ground provides excellent: so,Pliort.. .