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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-05-08, Page 10iAl err BUTT 'own of Seaforth' KI�NGe >Win a coriges ed,_situation circling di. parking,,we a c t f ll the Street t u fn and `their .Em- ployees es ; le s Peo • , . p. r � to th r �: `I�OT arktheir p Cars on Main •Scree If this is not done we will be - forced to' ' strictly 'enforce the: two --;hour parking:;, aw. E. HUTCHINSo Chief of;.Police WANT ADS BRING RESULTS •: `Phone; 141 ':or. 142 READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS It's.ct Profitable Pastime SEAFORTH MONUMENT -WORKS OPEN DAILY, Pryde & Son �l ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS e ire Inquiries are invt d. ' Telephone -Numbers: linto ., C n 1620 Exeter 41 B ' US�NE S. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon g Phone 90 ' :. Seafor If no answer, call 59 Seaforth,;573 •DIREST ORY _A ,, . W. SILLERY S' E Y B arrjster •-Solid r -•Etc. Phones:, ., Affice 173,-'Resrd nee .,781 SEAFORTII •. , ;ONTARIO.. th JOHN A. GORWJLL; S,A., III.D Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W'Res.. Seaforth EAFO � OdtTH CLINIC, Telephone 26 E. A. Me1VIASTER, B.A., M.D. Internest Telephone 27 P. L. 'BRADY, M.D. surgeon: Telephone 55 DR. E. MALKUS Telephone 15 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only; 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made A. M. HARPER Chartered Accountant 55 South St. -•`, Te1eph011e Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. G. A. WEBS D.C.* *-Doctor of Chiropractic 438 Main Street Exeter X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities' Open Each Weekday. I�lircept Wednesday. •, Tues. and Thurs., Evenings 7-9 For Appointment -. Phone 606 - DON S. DENNIS Auctioneer Graduate of Reisch American School of Auetioneering. Licensed' in Huron and Perth. ' Capable of handling all. types of'.sales_and.ad:- vertising. DON DENNIS, Walton Phone Seaforth •843 r,:11 SEAFORTH VETERINARY CLINIC' • J. 0, Turnbull, D.V.M., V.S• W. R. Bryans, D.V,14I , V.S. W. G. Drennan, D.V.M , V.S. Phone 105 Seaforth 1VIcC : N. E ,: 0 N LL &.ST RT EWA Barristers, ;Solicitors Etc P. D. McCONNELL D. L .STEWART • SEAFORTH ,ONT. NT: Telephone :174 D. II. " M INI�ES ' _ Chiropractic P ,•. Foot Coi-tection COMMERCIAL HOTEL Monday, ! Thursday. — .1 to 8 p.m. JOHN E. LONGS EAFF Optometrist Phone 791 Seaforth Eyes Examined ' Glasses Fitted MAIN OFFICE,, SEAFORTH Office Hours Seaforth 'daily, e e od � � 3', 5 p.m.; Wednesday,. 9 a.m. -12.30 p.m. Thursday, evenings by appointment only Clinton .;^Monday, 9 a.m.=5:30 p.ni: (Above Hawkins' Hardware.) The MckitLOP MUTUAL TIRE INSURANCE : CO.' HEAD OFFICE--SEAFOI 111, Ont. OFFICERS: President—Robert Archibald '•Sea - forth ' Zea - Vice -President -Allister Broadfoot, Seaforth Manager' and See; T�reas. Miss • Norn'ia'Jeffery, Seaforth DIRECTORS:' • ' E. J. Prewartha, Clinton; J. L. 1Vlalone; Seaforth'_, Chris. .Leon-. liardt, ,Bornholm; Robert •Archi- bald, Seaforth; John Ii: McEwing, Blyth;. William S, : Alexander, 'Wal- ton; Harvey Fu r, Goderich;" J. E. Pepper, Br efield; Allister Broadfoot; . Seaforth. ' AGENTS: •:William' Leiper, Jr.; Londes- boro; J. F. Pmeter, Brodhagen; Selwyn , Baker, .:;Brussels; = Eric Munroe,, Seaforth. 000000aoop a o. . W. J. CLEARY o ,Seaforth, Ont.... " 'O * LICENSED EMBALMER O O ,at id'FUNERALDIR.ECI`OIL O 0 Night or Day Calls -335 . <> O : O pooa00000000 1:1*4O06O4,>O C7 Funerai Sore a 4 ' R S. BO%. ' <> * Licensed Embalmer . CO Priasipt and careful atteitidn 4 ' Hospital Bed '4 FIAWERS FOR. d OCCASIONS O ,.Phohes 4 Res. 59-- 0 D'.o 0 <? 0-0.0.0 *20•00 . 0 J. A. BUR.K E -:-o O Funeral Director O o and Ambu1agce Service O. 0 DUBLIN ' : ° ' : ONT. 4a O Night or Day Calls: o .Phone 43- r 10 ' O - o D;o 000000•000'p (p. O.00'O*00000'Cl WEIT . EX ;...o Acral reoi le '. , O O Godes $k W., Seaforth O o AN1BiiLAiilC*E (,SERVICE; 4 O ,Adjl S.fut le 'hoe al._ beds a. 'for "rent 4! o FLOWERS roil. EVF,RY 0 O OCCASION , 0 Telephone:' Day or NNght119 0 o 0 After the opening': of. the Huron Road: iri • 182$, the next step: toward settlement in Hibbert Township =came when John McDonald's stake -drivers under his'supervision, forged their way -deeper into the forest'to blaze trails, which later became roads, and also to drive stakes and place boulders to separate one lot (roan another: At few sof the latter are still to be found. The dates on which these lots on the several concessioTiswere :tra.nsferxecL rrim.-tha_Crawn-to-the-Canada~- Company were as follows:. -Concession 1;:May 1,=483.Q; Con- cessions 2 and 3, July 18, 1$31; Concessions 4 and- 5, May .5, 1836'; :and allothers, August 1, 1839..Shortly after' this the settlers 'began trekking -into the, virgin , forest.. - Many tof the 'names' of, these first hewers''of wood, makers df roads and tillers.,of the, soul ,are, unknown today. 'ithey. labored not for •fame, but to lay a foundation upon which futur e generations Haight- build We,. who -live in .the lapof. luxurypfind it -hard: to visualize, the.'perils• and inconveniences: which they encountered•:.How.ever;.they struggled ' -on; they , faltered riot; theY` attained d th it oa1, they conquered the forest. To the known, ,and .the unknown .of these honor -is• Robert Do ki, who was a suraeYor, is behoved to -have been the settler„ -The first settlem,ent in .the townsh i was.aro xrd Trishtown, known asSt. Columb n 'B Y 1839 the, following, had settled; here Thomas Fox, Michael Gribben, 'Daniel `Keenan, James Molyneaux "'Edward Downie, -tliur .MeCa n 'Miles'" McCann' Wit. h.`McI:a' hlin x ..g Joh n •B rillon•and P tex McCann..Theland of Peter MeC nn and Daniel ..Keenan: was still unimproved.,., That year' the• ten ratepayers.: had an assessed property ' -value of £314::In 1850. the:.;; population was 696:' By 1863. there were 424 oocupied farms' in ;.the township "'and the population that 'year had increased -to -'2,848.: Today the records show, a 'populatio T of 1,585, with: an assessed' prop. erty value of '$2,368; 545, and in 1957 :the totalamount of,`taxes' duefor-all' purposes:.° .as; $96;915.45• The lots along 'Concession ,'1 :since the 1850's have mina s ' been two aores; as', this arrnnnt w s purchased, off' each • hundred acres by the Buffo o PART TW Byy ISABELLE •CAMPI ELL He was a member of the township.,co%incil.as early,as 1854- reeve in 1857 ;. a trustee when Union Sehool Na. 1 was organ- ized hi;the 1850's ;,and one': interested in church development.' If is Still told of -people :going back Black's sideroad to his hoxne-to. attend "protracted". meetings. Today it is' not known where he went when. he left: this district. Walter ' D. Perry, who was an army officer,, when he owned and lived -on these lots; -kept-a:.'retinue of e-fi aiits'-to do the work - both' in---and- out-of-doors. n -axad- out-of-doors.: -He specialized in stock' of outstanding quality. This was and is, still known as "Meadowside", farm. The Kumms;car.n�•e here fromRenfrew"after Worid,..War I and took over . these properties. George purism was pile on the school board when School -Area No; 1 -Was organized in 1949. LOL Zx„ r .•.• h Front the earl F , 1850 s James:and ichor "Trill : i .. yRichard , M tcheh storekeepers, ha :t : d he West:: 50 of Lot.6 jointly,. but later Richard was. the -sole ':owner':of:the •100 acres. Rev, 'Asahael H:urlburt, 'a Wesleyan Methodist minister .for -'fifty years who part , of that 'tune served charges in:Mitchell' district,, bought this. farm in .the early -1860's, no doubt to have' a more generous" Means of su aport' for:himself': and farnil• .. •:other P L Y, :than "the:mea re stipend i . •g : p nd he received for his church services: We can -realize' how necessary this was when we learn that he received a "salary' ;of $,240 ,per. year, plus -the following allowances :/ for ' children,. $93.96, table :!expenses $250.00, fuel 20:00 horse l ee 50 00 ; and" horsee nein - 6:00' mak- ing a total of $659.96.. Rev.':Hurlburt wase of United: Empire Lo ali `t 'ari esti something�of .hia y, , which hews very proud.. y s c His wife: was the former Catherine Lawrence, and they' were, he . arents' of'atleast eight< il" r TheSe r tch d err T s were: . 1VIar aret (Mrs. Joseph 'Flagg); Thomas :George, : Catherine, Henry Lawrence, ••Heenan (Local pr-eacher-),.-Hannah 'Harriet • (Mrs,; (Rey.) Colinan Bristol,,;.Lucy 1Virs .:Alden, Burritt); and. Watson, who `after 'he married and had -taught .school for: sometime, studied and graduated as a doctor,ithen practised; in. Mitchell for many'; ears:< He was a man -of: dryHumor . Y and of a guiet'•,disposition; which:: wascharacteristic'of the Hurlburt;'family, 'They •were a1,.,.. people who had an`over- dr • 1 and ,La'ke.'•I-luron, branch -of .; the: ,whelmin desire' for,knowledge: Grand Trunk Railway, ler the.:. construction "of, the -1 line' lead- bag ead g s In yece er 872 Burl art sold 99x 132' fe t off. t e mg to Goderich. These farms, and others not too far distant, e rnb 1 b kept -the engine ``wood -box" re leriished and the-remunera� northwest corner to the trustees �of;Union' S•S. No '1; FIibbert' g p and Logan; for> $35, to enlarge the• school ground ; Wilbert: Eon received for the cordwood• also replenishd the owners' much"needed cash•auppiy, The building of this, railway :also rims, a later .owner, kept and showed good:thoroughbred ,;; provl.ded -•employmen any or m6tlrer-nevn'�omers-aid-also- cattle,and wasalso e ,a'large exhibit•or in other lines of 'farm= the:.;wherewithal'to keep: the. wolf awayfrorri,;their deer. The pro ace, sac as r ,,grain. an f_th etahles—For thirty-one co 1. - "Years -he ,lias ext,. a_dire-etor of the Mitchell Agricultural`. company';in charge iri 1854 :`,ran-out:_o£=lzioney when they ,society; :The owners after :Rev:: Hhrlburt- were T: •'George: were Working near Irishtown._ The; work` then _,had to beT urlburt, Thomas.' Annis, Wilbert,:Annis, 'Ivan` McDougall suspended, ,for a time till other arrangements were:made,' and and Clarence McDougall: 'some, who`` lost their jobs at this time; made other` plan's for the future' and left the 'community. ;• , . ";l .;H oweve'r-,' 1the company scion Was:, reor anlzed-W th JosephWhitehead'ati wtraasctcoorm, apiledteadrecord J„^ ' Q SQ+ha^: CONCESSION'1 MEETING EETIN - DISCUSSES AP©RTANQE FARM RADIOS FORUM Lot One In view of the disregard by the general pubs: lie' of the recent� °oclamation'issued b the � y a Town Council, re ah confinemef of dogs, g s, and the fact that they are not to runat large .:` at any time, th . Council feels that charges must be Iaid under this By-law. Any : owner :or harbourer :of 'a wn b. y -:.. dogwho alio s itto run' of, W largecan be ' uti o :ed into- Court. The fine in a case thyself of tyuhi.. s kind could be 60.OU and costs he Council and w uldask a citi- zens ti - lens concerned to comply,with the laws and d_ _ avoid theconsequences. ce q. � fi CHRISTIE, My 'a or • Vera Greig, of ;Wroxeter, wives contributing. Heavily' to the — Was elected chairman . of Ontario worst of the farm operations: fu trier Margaret Reid, ..Farm• Radio`F omni at .the recent when they ea frolai_ Ireland in the early ,1850's, settled annual .meeting held in Toronto: - .Mrs 'Greig is the' -first; woman to Tests ImprOVe first on the' West° 50 of Lot 1 They also later took up from th f#' l� Will JoC d” C th E •t 50 d 5" dd h It Y family of dd ht 1 J I bl (M 1 td f t h d 0 0 1- John. J. Collins • Alhef�t who ' m'arried Caroline' Gourla , •. f� . ra o s o , i, mess in radishes , a o -Henry:' Winslow and his wife, the, serve m Is- o ice. r, Willi ; the Ca a ompany. e as ere they raise a large Armstrong; of Grey County, was a FS • Uq 1 - ami y sons .,an aiig `ers,namey: :ane, e, ec e rs vice -c airman, an n'g , r The importance of the Farm , . Selections have been brought crick, Harriet (1VIrs: Joseph'Hannon) ;Margaret Maud R dio Forum prosect, naw ,ui it forth. that .resist development of e t e ar a. Means' o twentieth as f wa- • h ith e e a Y > m s aft r ra fish s ,reach ed' T p s d horria i :-a; - .t ' a Pounder) and Eliza; who d ed t he ge D thy H t n f Tern s P th 1 R _ •�a l�ammg; was elected second vice- lime a�utoyance_iiigardeivng, has _ -_ � h GourlaY_,. ` Clarl'es.,_ resident.---_ _,`:; •. , . -:- eeo ercocie-b ' sant bree ens: . Obert,•vwlfe was; Elizabeth , p_ ,., �. d Georgina; Edmund wlo, married Rosetta Porteous° F.ed :. 5 ' , Way. eeniunication between .farm ihle°ize:is condition exaggerated en:n- ar 'and, eonmover g. au Ord a xve Frederick :;the".fast• of ;these 'passed awa net 1953: While do wzth farm Moore .ells the.resent we p of five In 1880 After the ptrents passed away, this was the 1 t d th by .warmdwethho e of thefourunm•rid e erofth fram ale m mb s e urce � ha:ha. e<t •th t t' v osa sY w Seueraew -'variets stood- upaffairs,watrongwell inCrExeriental_ Farmezedtth 19t annusi eb tests;�•ainin t'hachageoftfarm, Y x g too smigoftario F'arm'Forumfromaingsee�iin�at each of e.:e a1 e. , s r.' vi u; : thelow '•r 'tai a if lease on - • ah. s V r y. ax p e o a, W, ns s retained ned 1 �e y attended by some 200 delegates three h t g t tb d the House" Moore Kells on '<.elth who is trucker is t e S a h and arves m s a ree-ay guests... Reports- af`' retiring` tervals. _,,:-;, _ • , . , man,,.ands'Munro;cof Carle= 1Vlost/nbteworth in .son long -stand: - cess " 1 ti n It t C t d t 1 rn an od stable _on Winslow s farm :that.the.first Orange Lod emeetin s were h_ad in' this` district in the1860's.$ere • ' g , g c broadc L:0':L 'No: ; 908 had its be iniiin with Herir Winslaw`•ts re - its resent, occu chair p p Y g W - O P .. P. ng o Y Pr. asEs;. discussions' and forum centof its ro'¢ts hadbecomepitl:y: . g g, y po , particularly t$e' sixceess' Darin he.`.same eriod 60 er. oe ono y;. an score any -manager ing ; quality 'was 'Aspera Giant a Mrs: enry ins_ ow.was an en. usias, c• rangema.. was . - g P. , ..,,p first Master, From the::barn they graduated' to a"new lodge of'the, newly -instituted 'TV Forum' cent ofthe foots of .;French.Isreal� broadcasts; Dunn the- meetin „ ast 'w e•-` d' 1 A g g, f m ex b P -burp which was built on the 'east coiner of the farm. L.0 L. � II ' WAGoodfellow 1VI • . t f 0 2t�d : time in • • i ' •range tom ear- He's id-that�the farm -forum.•- n1 •- root;- money a ing- t 0 `per cent -of -Its' roots- Only 27 ratepayers owned mare than' 100 acres, and of these re orfs: were.. among mu the.m st-:vola- - :„._.. ...,t... ......, ,, .,,; - , ,.,� .. third P ,, ng, ,, o were pithy:.:one-,week affi;r it was 2/;', only one .was farming avex. 200 acres. 1liore than a able types af, inform'ation reaching first :ready for use• '; of the 424:, occilped farms contained only> from,: to 50 his department. Cherry Belle; :. popular' for the. acres ”~arCit ^of mone and boggy la daCcotilnted' 20 some Thougli'there has 'been a' fall ng fresh:market;• was intermediate in; C Y Y n offof numbers, of forums 'in re- longs8anding .quality. In 1957;Caua- of these small farms: Tot 2 and the one west of 'it were :not � ' - - - - - - rly adore, as the.; land. here was`swampy, experienced leaders in such edu- but in. 19,58.pithiness° developed in atiorial ra'ects^as hero" a ass "one-third>of the orb in three da s.` se the em' basis 'beinglaid W'th •son' sta Bin• u Edith-Storr;'recorded_the site- European variety:: :Oise wezk af= cess of"the ' ast: season's. forunn ter- the• first ulli til '. 14'' e e i e .; s e Gant rn. No;` 908' is :still a 'flourishing lodge in. the town -of Mitchell.. on - ; • mis er o has,not yet been introduced Agriculture, stresseo rhes impor garden seed trade iii this country. tante of the forum: discussions a'n� ' ' In' '.the y g, two.+ ears of- tstis' xepohts, and; indicated'• that` an in- .Chainp9n ;was rated' among 'the arms oeeupie ` at es `" i. app 50� to 100 acres: ;work would be forthcoming this ity;. in ad-d:it eased over me rant to the n e c' , n r e ze• - b i o a s a d ual a 'g g # n i a1863 f' dn c in , more than" of •ahe, t • •< ,L , q that, t bbeit d f ion to fieing' longscand cent years, this was treated by Tier was very slow to become pithy, taken up at as•ea 1 h ad .only a small.portion of these lets: First c 4:11' ;ear y owners > ha P ] , g . ,P p lit y owners of .a portion 'of the'East 50 o h g g Y P] P Y Station arid` Charles 'Ford, a native„ of Wrlltshire, England ; established' a record' for education, or three- seedings at weekly.' inter, and: of therWest, JamesTungate: and Henry Moodie.'- Moodie pzoiects of: its kindby tieing 'still vats should satisfy the ,home:' gar - was one , th b aiding committee' h Zio TVI o d ie `g g after 20 ye rs with d du ifg the t Church was built fit 1868. For -a .rinse after'rhe 'left the farm little change bf aechriique.. spring and •suriiiner: periods. - f, lot2 were Thomas omas ' m P. , P i n, g q aas in on the fact that this ro ect had Cham ion and Cher- Belle tw fig, , e sion fres,;. very;: pr u o you : or ras ing•. tiations' are now pro- .such.: a big- . h'oy as, that. What did Ilydro; d ll h' ' ome fart on ul In ' W eri n e om nearly a en'er s ''needs n ,` entire. hewas a monument dealer' in Mitchell. 'I't was with a Horse Resohttions:passed included two ® w • i s Y g h Son: .(indignantly).. "Why, - he said. f looked like' ou " a referred to"tireOntario Federation Earmef -`John, you know that and cart he travelled u , and down the concessions canvass- ' I? ..,. ,. , bf :Agriculture,'�one� urging ct�rti L: disapprove: C�ery, . roach of your; ng through the country;'. Later he moved :to.,Alberta, where pensation from- IJydro for;hvestoCk fighting, but I c',annot help feeling ome.•of:-his.:famil •' are` still livin :> Station later. had 75 losses from'hi h t n Wi n o d f f th h' acres in all: He ;was a .nati'we of Cornwall, England: At the w is '-sego seeding with time -he owned this. farm, the . homestead on which he 'lived asl�ing fort s was;•across the concession in Logan `Township. B tli 1880' Al •., W w an e oyer you thrash him fo?'- her allowance. .;._ .._ ......T.. ante near a ,.._.h. people from, long distances' 'purchased their bull ng 1 e. His'son, John E 1 o ins ur- ' dr lime. Walker a cattle drover,had it next. Other, owners have :been -Edward Robinson'. and Charles Robinson - (R). From then Jacob C. Schoonderwoerd .was the owner til'I his death in .June, 1958. The.Mai'sales, owners of Lot 3, bought' the other 25 acres of this lot' from 'qrs. Charles Ford,'and William MVlarsales, Jr., is -the present owner of it.'• y , e s exon er r, w agent; was. the- owner of alke who as a s an the 75 acres, and at the, back, the railroad track lie liad::a lime kiln from which loan :' in °income tax deductions' for farm y , Lot Three Only part of Lot 3 was taken up in the 1870'0. James Tungate, :Henry.:Moodie, Alen Walker, • John E.:Walker, Walker,' Ed- ward Robinson arid Jacob Schoonderwoerd . have owned the East 25 acres.. George Pollard, who married Urania Stat - ton Lynch, owned part of the other 75, tilt `he moved to near Brussels, Ont. In the early 1900's, William Marsales bought from Pollard and • alsothe part still owned by- the ' Canada• •Company.•. William Marsales, Jr., has .been the Owner of this 75 acres in later years. Lot , Four . James Black owned Lot 4:from 1854: In 1873 :Thomas Gourlay,,a native of England, bought it. His first wife, Jane. 1VIcPherson, died 'here, 'and later he married Mary McLellan, after he moved-' to Mitchell. Other owners ,were William Rogers,=VWaltcr D. Perry;- WiItiam F:. Kamm, . Mrs. William �'. •Kumm, George Kumrii, and the present owner is• George's. brother, Leo Kamm. Perry's hired help lived in -the house wwi ile: he was the' owner. , LotAve .. Owners of Lot 5 hate been Jairnes Black, John •Rogers, William Rogers,. Walter D.'•Perry, William' P.1umin, George lcumm and Lorne' Aikens,' James Black; the first ;owner, was apparently: one of the . leading eitizens in the community, RAW NM WEE IG SAVING. I,' t. 1 he i h . ro es ,• p• H ER BAT E AMINE 80 • This 2 4-D A ine is the rn ROVEN eleeti*e' Weed killer for Wheat an'c1 Barley; Economical `co venient eas to handle.":1Vlininiize the risk of 2'4 D 'damn e to s isce g p tible�'cro s•:'Such' as'�tomatoes. p Re `om en`ded byleading c n? ; authorities for Oats and. Flax,,, Compared with 2,4-D yield :. -.b .•,. er,a r increases up to a - u c e' in: Flax and 15 :bu. in Oats • . are common. Also effective ori hard -to kill weeds such, as - CanadaThistle. Treat early for best results V "ila A ole :from a TOPNOTCH P OTCH FE EDS'' ,LTC Seaforth,Ontario cninuckfiriunsi 9002 r ON -THIS POWERFl1L-BRAND NEW • tae Cuiun, robe-nee,ei: MODE,EL 805-8 Powerful/43 h.p; mo or paper dust :bag • light . quiet • vinyl swivel )rose • clip•on..tools guaranteed Comjilete with 'T -piece set of cleaning tools';, worth purpose far one. �o . free years EMYGOdL RUG sOlla wnt FLOATING it NG bRUfN:. : ®- ' MFG',S DRIGINAL WAS 599.95 • ATTACH4MAT10 • euro aer e live. demonstration at ourstore at once S.eor PHONE' FOR 10 OAT HOME TRIAL Phan+ 43 URNITURE THE CANADIAN ANKO .O.. [t ®®. � l'[l �i c, D m re than 800 branches' providing specialized personal lode' ser '` utce since ' 1930, SEAFORTII BRAN(IT L; F. FORD, manager' _ g DUBLIN BRANCH --E, J. DEAN, Manager