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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-06-12, Page 7APPROVE DONATIONS WHEN LEGION LADIES' AUXILIARY MEETS The monthly meeting of The Log- ien Ladies Amahary to Branch 156 will be held in The Legion' rooms with -23 ladies ,• present. PreSiclent Mrs. E. Jessome opened USBORNE & TIMBERT iNIUTUAL FIRE INS.I.TRANCE CO, • ..11EAD OFFICE - Exeter, Ontario President: - Alex J: Rohde R.R., 3i, Mitchell Vice -President; Milton McCurdy. - ' R.11, .1, Eirkton E. Clayton Colqiihonn; RA. 1, Science Hill; Martin. Feeney, R.R. ' 2, Dublin; Robert G. Gardiner, R. R. 1, Cromarty ; l'im9thY" • B. -Toohe3r-, R.R. 3, Liican. • • Harry Coates, RAE!. 1; Centralia; .Clayton.- Harris, Mitchell; Stanley Hocking, Mitehell.. Solicitor: W. G. Cochrane - Exeter Arthur Fraser - - Exeter the ineeting., Minutes of the last meeting .were read by Secretary MrS. 4, Little, who also read the correspondonce, which . included thank -you letters from Past Presi- dent IVIrs'. '.7.- McKiblion, and the Listowel Disater Fund. Mrs. I. T. Preszcator was initiated as a new member. Donations :were 'made to the Youth 'rraining Plan and the'Vet- erans' •Stormer Camp. The inn- vineial report was given by Treas- urerMiss T. • Forbes. - Final ar- rangements were completed for •the catering for a 50th wedding an- hilr6rsarSr Omer. mystery prize was won by Ms. L. Barry and spe- cial 'prize by Ms.. M. Clapper At the Legion's request, tte Lad- ies' Auxiliary will .accompany the Men to church' at St. .,;Thomas' Church CM „Tune 44. - ' The roll call 'was answered with toilet articles whicH are to be don- ated to the Calker Society. ' 13ingo was• played with entertain- ment officer, Mrs. M. Chappel in chage: • nIy ew reshers Direct frgm Manufacturers, at considerably below production cots to reduce inventories' I3ER ecifort INDUSTRIES Phone -2 TO ORTJ e D in view of the7diSregard ,by the general puh- ic of the recent proelamiat-ion •issued by the Town. Council re • the , confinement of dogs; • and the fact that they are not to run at large at any time, the Council feels that Charges muSt. be laid under this ..,By-law. Any owner or harbourer of a 'dpg who 'allows it to run at . large-. Can .be siammOned. :into Court: The finejlia'cage-of thii kind. 69111d...bp $50.00 andr costs;--' The Council And :myself would ask all . .-zens concerned to comply with the 'laws and - 'aVold-the consequences. , . CHRISTIE, Mayor na,tia oice...It's. the first' of' mein,' warm and wonderful 2nm/tents in store for • moments that will come to her,.Fy telephone; her lokole life through. The lives or all of us ar.e constandy enriched by hearing the voices of our children, our _parents, our Mends- loved ones who may -lie oot of sight or far away but are neier mit of reach by telephone. The telephone keeps us in touch with them all - giving us so much for so little. °Mg DEILL litLE,PRDNE:CWAPAN* OF CANADA COATOES$101V Lot Twenty-five ; Miles' McCann had settled on Lot 25 before 1839 as the assessed 'value Of his lahd that year was R67. His wife Was; IVIary_ _Casey _and they had -At least fOur-sonSr-Thoinas,--Gre,-.: gorye Francis and;John a .haelzelor,-:Who lived on the home- stead until he died., The next two owners Were Mr§;, William Keelerandlater, Neil, Klein, 'who was on the farm when•the old McCanehome. was burned:. Only the foundation and cement steps are left today. , After Klein left this.: farm he had a, butcher sliPP in Seaforth. Da,vid,McConnelli.Gottleick _Mueller, Joseph Cronin and Franeis.:Cronhthaye been owners IA strip 42' feet wide was sold off the east ,Side of' the East 50,,, to be used as a lane to lead'to the flag station.: Beside, the railroad "track this :flag- .station waS,bu,iltbT1,902,' and did .a, flourishing business for a:number of years: During three, weeks in April, 1962, one hundred and fifty-four' ticketS; to and from this:station were sold. The building vias'•reinovecl :only a few moirthi- ago, but seldom in later yearS'did.a, pas- senger beard- or leave a train, here. Infact,..few, trains now pass by Where it 'stood: Since Monday,: October -28,- 1957, only -tWo Passenger trains a day -run-on this Godprich-Strat- ford-rohte-one at -,;noon 'proceeding, to .Goderieli; and , the :other in midafternoon, with Tor6nto aS:its::destinatiOn. ' On this -same route two passenger:, trains made trips regularly both .10,ys,_ from Monday untilSaturdayof each wee from 'the -day the line opened for business on June 28 1858 till October 26, 1957. Three, extra house's have been Wilton the East.5.0 Of this let: The first was built by Rev ;" Albert McKeon in the 'early 1900'S. It was used • as a h,cirne,.for- the, church .caretaker, Alphonse Kuhlman; While Kuhlman lived in it, he .-used.part for the post office While he was postmaster fronr1P08-.190-: While here he also bandmaster at Seafertli and had an Ordhestra at St. Columban.:, Eekert,--after he retired, spent the reniainder.. of his life 'here: Bridget Cnitin.: had it for her ',home and dressmaking_ ShOP.: :Jog -611k: Roach. and William McIver, have been the owners in recent years , :JuSt West of. thi§ house twet.-,0therS--have-been-built in -later ,yearsone by Johanna Cronin.and the Other by Mrs. Peter .0"Sti11ivan. These are now occupied- bY-Gordon•StapleS and, oseph Kale.' 'Lot Twentn-six These .whe have occupied Lot 26- have been Thornas Carlin, " Stephen Downey, •Thomas ' Downey„ •;Jack Downey, Mrs. Jack .Downey, Carl -Vat .1Viills :and Derik, Wolterbeek. ,In the fa11of 1954, Wolthrb,eeies, barn, 'crop -.-"and stock were .burned• frorri...;ari Unknown cause. -In,' 1958 :he,,,sOld •to • goy. Thomas Carlin 'in the springef '1866. sold three acres' at the back of the lot on the -southeast corner for, $1p0 to the 'St Columban Roman Catholic Church, to beuSed as a teme- . terY, ancl is the One still in use. ' In .the 'ea,rly 70's the bodies- IrOm the Old-grafekard; back Of the church, Were lift -ed". and interred in this new lot Here,' as in Many „Other cemeteries, many of the broken -white-slabs--'haVe been -,clestroyed,-whieh is to be regretted, as each one had its own story to -telt, of this Ir,ishtown settlement -the first large settlement • in the Huron Tract. " ' - ; Lot Twenty-seven,. Daniel Keenan owned the 'Eat 50 of Lot 27, and his land was isted as unimproved with no assessment value in 1839. William Gormley ovvned the West 50 from the 1840's. He died young, and froth then Keenan had, the loo acres. By 1861 Ellen. Ryan and husband had the East -50, and Sarah Duggan and husband, the West 50, possibly Keena,n's daugh- ters.- Other 'owners of the East 50 have been Peter,O'Sulli- , van, Sr, John p. 'O'Sullivan,. Jambi 'O'Sullivan, Joe McMil- lan, Carl Van Mills, Derik Wolterlseek- and Roy -Swart's. Thomas -Nash, who -,carne from Nova Scotia 1854," owned^ the West 50 from 1869, and by 1876 his bachelor son, Willia,rn Nash, was, the owner. Both of ' these lived in McKillop --IVIichaeF-Heffernan, Dan--Cieniir-and Albert Cronin have been later owners., No one has lived here from the very„larly days. Lot Twenty-eight Hugh McLaughlin, another of the group of tearliest set - tiers, "had. Lot 28.. He married " a Miss IVIurphy, a Cousin -of James Murphy,. 'and in their family were Julia (Mrs. Tom Casey);,' Ann -(Mrs-, Toni Ryan); Frank, ;Eliza, ,IVIargaret (Mrs: Hugh :Dunn) and two. James',.: The -first James. -was 'bit by: a dog while going home from- school- and died of hydrophobia. Another son,. born later, "WaStiven the same name. This James was a great sufferer from rheurriatisra; and died aroiind 1879, when quite a young man'. His parents, brother Frank 'and sister Eliza, who kept; house for them, later Moved to Dublin. -OwnerS after the McLaughlini were Jeremiah Stapleton, Joe Stapleton, Mrs. Jeremiah Stapleton; Patrick Jordan (R) and John Cronin; Dan Cronin and Sons worked it after John went West„ till Herman Klaver,- the -Pit§ent. Owner, bought it in 1954; Lot. Twenty-nin.6 Arthur and Bridget MoCann, who 'Were natives of County Clare and Coilrity; Kerry- hi ,Ireland, With 'their family of eleven, all, ernigrated to Canada from the •liorneland; except one daughter: She Was the first to leave Ireland, la,iidmed New. York, 'and always lived there: The others in 1834 first settled at Adjale, east of Toronto. Arthur, in the later 1830ts, took up 900 dares in- ilibbert, Yuckersmith -and -Mc- Killen Townships. Lot' 29 was one Of these.- His eight Sons and three daughters were Hugh, Peter, Miles, John, Patrick, Bernard, Francis, Thomas, the daughter- who married Mr. Farley and lived in New York, Bridget (Mrs;Tobn Boland, Whp, waSiater Mrs. authes Murphy), and Elizabeth (Mrs. -Harry, O'Neil). Elizabeth's husband was a sailor and they Were tile first of the family to come to Adjalo, and also the first to come- to McKillop', where the O'Neirs settled. The rest of the 1VieCarin faniily followed soon after.. Others on' Lot 29 were Peter McCann, Michael,-McCanri, -Peter McGrath and Anglis Kennedy.. ,Thi S lot: was the first- on Which anyone liyecl -in the cow,- munitsr: When McCann took it up there was ori it, near where the purnp is today, an inn. This was a -long large building, where the early, travellers could get bed, meat. and .in this 'tavern the -first Mass In 'the community_ was said by a travelling priest. Dennis Downey's home, on the McKillop side -of the road, was also another home where -Masses- vvere'later said before a church was built. Arthur McCann continued to 'liven the inn till his deathsat the age of one hundred, yeas. 4bt Thirty' Lot 30 was another of Arthur 1VIcCann's farms. At an early date his son, Peter, had the, East 50, -and still later Peter's son, Thomas; Was the owner of it. Arthur had pla,n- . 'Tied to give the West 50 'to. -his son, Francis, but before it had been transferred, Francis Was killed in the woocls on this larby a falling tree. Mrs. Arthur IVIcCann was the next to own it and died here. Later„. James IVIurPhY, her son-in-law, Who married Mrs. John( Bridget McCann) Boland, was the owner of the 100 acres. 'Mrs. 'Boland's three daughters by her firSt znarriage were Mary -(Mrs. Con Prendergast), Ann (Mrs. Michael McQuaid) arid Margaret (Mrs. Clements). In the jamesIVIurphy tannily there were five: Jplia, who did net marry; Francis, Jimmy!, Peter and Johnnie.---, The last „ .„ three mentioned -went to- Califon -no, to 4ve. Sames Mur h PART. By ISALLE-'CANIPBELL was followed by hi4;sen FranciS, whOse wife was Mary Quinn,. from Beechwood McKillop Township John F. 1Viurphy, Francis ' son, married Lucy Burke, and he is the present "viler. This is: the enlY. let held by these on the 1939 -assess, merit roll that is still in pessession of their descendants. Irithe,earlidifs the only school near here was on Lot 18, Concession 1, 1VIcKillop, ;It was here the children g the. west end'of Hibbert•ToWnship got 'their first training in the three •"R's". This•was known as -Union School MeKillop and TUckersinith. Th d date it 'was erected is not known as there are- nO official •records telling . of the. working of the school system in the 'county 'earlier .than 1847. That year: in the whole of the County of Peftli .there Were only fifteen 'schools and -this included McKillop Township in„, Huron County. Three of these fifteen were in Hilbert and McKillop If is known that as early as 1845 'there was a school 'north of Seaforth, in McKillop; 'where the vault ,;in Maitland:- bank:Cemetery is today... This was McKillOp',s second school. The first was Union NO. '1, McKillop and Tuokersinith, re- ferred t� above. The third :schOol' Was UniOn Nol Hibbert .and Logan, a Mile east of Carrenbrook. This parent School, -Union No. 1..; McKillop and Tucker - smith, was organized, by Andrew McKernan, an early settler in the community, and one of the McKerhares was among the first teachers in it. :This firSt.schoOl -was a log building, built on Canada Company land,--; West of the swamp,on the south- east -corner of -Lot 18, -Concession, 1, McKillop in 1872 a Mt :was' bought 'off the southwest cornet' of this same lot from 'William Lee, and a frame school was Milli here which was replaced sometime later by the larger frame building, which is still -standing on' the same 'site, onthe north side 'of No., 8 HighWay. Several 'teachers taught here before :Margaret Gill in 186,8; hut there fs. no record of their names. Frances Glynn was the teacher when the school closed in 1940„. CDNCESS1ON,11 Lot One -Gustaff,,Sniith Was the first owner.Of...Lot1:::-Very .shortl after he became the :bwrier- he sold 't1ie_Solith-_50._tol_Georg -Hibbert,-a-brotheir-dtWilliara Hibbert, for whOro.:the town Ship Was 'named::: George was a -Merchant in Mitchell, and i is believed he acqUired-,therand 'threugh trade Or for .specu lotion; as was the case with ,'other Mitchell- businessmen:, ;II did net live-on-nor-e-leay;lit.L.•-George---Plibbert-wa,sHniarrie :twice. His first Wife Was •Ann Maria McTaggart; wh� wa connected with the iVfcTaggarts Out , Exeter .Way„, and hi second -wife was Mark,. Robinson, In the first ther were three' daughters; and in the second,: one daughter., min ..nie Beatrice (MrS. ,Joseph Tudr), arid one son, GeorgeHave . lock Hibbert. son ; 'Wilfred "Hibbert, a grandson of th 'older "George, is now advertising 'Manager of the Lihhe Owens Ford Glass Company -in. Toledo, •Ohio-..'The-oWner: •o this lot abandoned his family around 1878 to West to hun for gold. Sofar as is known, he died in 1894 and as • bUrie at FOOntain;;€01Orado. The :next Owner" was, de4tgq13...41.*.g..eft .-Court ' o 'G'eneral Quarter SeSsionS_ of the, Peace in ,March;1863. •Wil ham Frost,his,,wffe the ff.:Titer Nancy Suckendale, and thei ,SeVenteen 'children, Were the next to live here .11ediedon the farm and his Widow, Moved to Mitehell and later to Eg mondVille,. Where she Married ,a Mr 1--1ed4;1,--i.a,ividowqr with .tWe: children: Other OVvriers- Of this South ',50 were William Watson, William Preneh (R); Mrs. AildreW••Machan, Robert Meehan,- StePhen--Doulla-s-,:. Sainj;°Coppin, . Ben. Thiel, Thomas Mitchell and George4Mitche11. . • Thomas :Matheson, A native of -.Sutherlandshire: Scotland' owned., the :Noah 50 after 'Sinith. He 'bought- it--in.-1859-, Matheson was quite.a:Young Man when he arrived in'Mitchel in 18441but he Was very .,sobn taking a prominent part in- al Matters of local concern : ,He was in the ,first Council When Mitchell wa§incorporated -a.,s,La Village in 1857, and Was Reev continuously from 1867 until 1878, and •when if became in- corporated as a town he was appointed its first Mayer. :These were owners after Matheson: ...William Jewell, Jabez JeweIl ....Jobn,Woods WhisloW,.-_Claarles_RobinSen_and. AaYinend Morris. , Lot Tw.o John. DOwling, James Watson; Daiticl" Watson .and, :tutSort, son of Nicholas BUtson, at Whitby, had the East 50 Of Lot 2 and, in 1917, BUtson,bought front. the ;Canada, Comparrythe West -From...here , David Watson moved to Clinton, ' -'where he had : a grocery'. store. LinilsaY Butson, one, of William's two sons, was killed: in a. gravel pit in ,Fullarten while the fa:hilly lived, on this lot:. Other oWners • were Joseph 'Reed, William -Harper; Mrs, Wil- liam Harper 'and Williain T. Harper.. William Marsales no* owns the West 5Q. and Lorne Jackson,. the East.' A number of years ago the bnildingS. Were taken Off the let,: and now .it is used for, pasture only. • No one ezcept jciseph, Pullman ever lived an Lot 3 Being' Very: swampy, as Many of the lots here. were, the Canada Company-- still Owned this one :till seine, Years' alter 190Q. Owners of the East 50- haVe ;been the- Marsales family, and the West 50, Joseph ..Ptillmazi, Thomas Ward, George Lark - worthy, - George •Larkwerthy, 4.4. and the present 0Wher, Ernest Robinson, who- lives 'On. the Logan side of the , High- way,, where' he mak eS Cement: blocks,. tile and rough boxes. lots Ponr and Apparenily the . north. part, of Lot's 4 and 5 were more habitable than gie south. : Thomas Purser-,-.JOhri•Turser and William Hannon all: had plots On the mirth 50's, -William Hannon and his gister lived for Many years in a log shanty on the hill, and continued to use his team of Oxen every when horses became quite plentiful,_,,The Pinter Jots were later owned by Thomas Gourlay, on- Concession' and the Hannon plot by his, brother, Joseph Hannon. The south 75 of Lot 4 has been owned by Fol Awty, Thomas Heal, Ja,mes Cronin, Joseph ,Cronitz, MrS. Joseph Cronin and DaVid Ga,rdiner.- Varner and James Nixon had -the South 75 of Lot -5, and after them ;it was owned by the same. owners .as those who have had, the 75i of Lot 4. .W.hile-Nixons were 'the owners, Robert Douglas, and later , his- family; lived in An' extra house, till they-irioved to Detroit, Michigan. The par- ents died here. ames Nixon's housewas bought bsiMr.s. Dan Hastings and was taken -t0 Dublin by building mover; John. J, Brennan. This house is now. the home "Of Frank Elliott. MORRIS TOWNSHIP COUNCIL BrusSels Recreational Commit- tee will receive'$125 froth Morris Icothacil folloWing passing of: the grant,at tlie June meeting. A gratit of $25 will als6,-"he niade to the North Huron Safety Criuncil to buy prizes.. f Wages wer& raised to road em- ployees of the township. The road superintendent will receive • $1,15 per hour, -while other employees will reteive $110 and $1.00, TrUck drivers will receive ..$1.05, while regular labor will be epaid 95 cents an hour. , Road accounts and general ae- counte ordered paid included: W Elston, fox bounty, $4; Provinci - Treasurer, insulin, $3.91; Advance - Tunes advertising $16,2; Beigrave George Martin,. hydro for hall and shed, 615,38; Baker Nursing Home, $92.75; Howard Smith, warble fly inspector, $166; Gordon Nicholson, warble fly helper, $138.60; relief aecount, $15; Bailie Parrott, ex- penses and fees, 11/fayors' and Reeves' convention, $40; •George Michie, inspecting tile drain,t. $5; Gordon Wilkinson, cOurt of revi- sion, Hislop Drain, $5; Ross Dun- can, court of revision, Ilislop Drath, $5; Stewart Proeter, court of revi- sion': Hislop Drain, $5; Bailie Par- rott, court of revision, Hislop Drain, $5; Walter Shortreed, totut of" re - Hislop Drain, $5; George Martin, mileage to municipal meet- ing, $4; „Crawford & Hetherington, searching recbrds, $12.70; H. Fischer, recreational toning_ P CO -op, vat% e ffpt-Oderi • ; TERNOON:.:.Hand'Nf: Featuring -PERSO cowooyS -HORSES ; INDIANS 30 EXCITING CIRCUS ACTS PoputA#.,-, Pnices FORT Exeter 41 NWIAE PEN DATLY-t- r e-, WORKS ALL TYPES OF CENETERY MEMORIALS Inqufries are invited. -- Telephone Numbers: Clinton -1620 Seaforth .573 - .DR. M. W.L. STAPLEVIDN • Physician and Surgeon- - Phone '90 Seaforth If no answer, call 59 JOHN' GOR T., B.A., .M.D. Physician and Surgeon - -PlitineW!"-, Office-4-W- SgAFOITIA CLINIC 'frlepholie. 26 , . E. A. MeMASTER;., BA., M.D. ••-• • Telephone. 27 ••• P.%: BRADY, M.D. Snrgeoii Telephone. 'i50 W DR.. E. lviAticts . . Telephone .15 . •, • EVENINGS:. 'I'itesday,. Thursday and Saturday only, 74 p.m. . APpointinents niay be made.. • . • • A. R. HARPER -Chartered Accountant , 55 South -St. Telephone Goderia 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. G. A. ViTEMI, ' • *Doctor of Chiropractic „ -438 Main Street - , Exeter and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Exeept Wednesday, , Tues. and Thurs. Evenings 7-9 Ear= .AppointmentPhone •606 DONJ1 DiNisus Alletiotteer , Graduate, df Reitch American School of A!letteneering. Licensed in Huron and Perth. Capable of handling all types of sales and ad- vertishig. DOR DENNIS Walton - Se1forth 845r 11 • stAFoiern . yETERINARy ciANIc- s'. 0. Turnbull, D.V.V., V.S. . Bryans, W. � Drennan, DIV.M Y.& Phone 105 `• • - Seaforth . . SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Ete.., Phones: Office 173, Residence 781 SEAFORTII : ONTARIO McCOlsINELI4 Barristers, Solicitors,4'Ete. P. D: McCONNELL I. STEWAItT SE ,AFORTH, Ont. Telephone 174 D.11.:./4cINNES 6rndaPr:Thursday' _L. C°toneeti4n8 -P.m- -----COMMEltbrAt-HOLTE 3/ - JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Okometrist • -' Phone 791 : Seaforth Eyes Examined "- Glasses -Fitted MAIN OFFICE, SEAFORTII Office k Hours: Seaforth except Monday, 9 a.m. -530 p.m.; Wednesday,- 9- a.m.-12,20' p.m.; Thursday evenings by appointment Clinton: Monday, 9 a.m. -5:30 p.m. (Above Hawkins' Hardware-) ..TU-UAheTIVICKLFILILP 111 E .INSURANOE. CO, , HEAD OFFICE,--SEAF0RTIL Oni . , OFFICERS: President -Robert Archibald, Sea - Vice -President -Allister Breadfoot, Seaforth Manager. and Sec,Treas. Miss, ^ ,NormaptaffekrSResa:forth..._ E. -J.- Trewartha, -.T. L. Malone, Seaforth; Leon- hardt, Bornholm; "Robert Archi- bald, Seaforth; Sohn H. McEwing, Blyth; -William $.' Alexander, Wal- ton; Harvey Fuller, Gocierich; E. • Pepper, Bruceffeld.; Allister .S3roadfcot, Seoatiw for Ath .s: Leiper, Jr., L6ndeS- bora; 3', F. Proeter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Paker,., Erussels; Eric . Munroe, seaforth. imo• <> 0 - W. L CLEARY <> Seaforthi Ont. '0 LICENSED EMBALMEIt 0 and FIRNIERALIDIRECTOR <> Night or Day Cdlls 335 tpCY'0"4-:>-0,0i0.-000.1: • 136X H FunerSil. Service sBOX• • Licensed Embalmer <> Prompt and careffd attention -0 .•• . Hospital lied * FLOWERS Port ALL 0 0 OCCASIONS • <%' t'liOnes:1 ' •-* 0 lies. •595-W" , Store 43 0 0 .0 .0.0 0'0-0 •G 1:z)-0 0 0".<5.:><>.0!,..o.o.:•e>o00 .B1,1EXE <>. Funeral Director 0.• *. and Ambulance Service 0." DUBLIN'. : 'ONT •Night or. Day Calls; Phone 43 r 10- " 1-.1.0..>"<> 0 0.0 GO ,0,0. 0 • ID 0. 00 0 0"0-0 :•'6'.• A. -ATTIITNEY • .Outeral lloin0 GOderich $t. ,itt, &korai- G AMBULANCE, S1tVWE 0- 0 . Adjustable „hospital:beds for rent.. , FLGWEBS VOA iVELty <>- OCCAVON, :0*.tTelephorie: bay orNight119 - 0 ' 0 0'0.0 0 0