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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-07-03, Page 7i• .'i STT LE 1NE RA -1 Milking cows, and 'young, St k- - oc have hi fi`: mine's - g,. r.1 it r u em eq eats. 90% of the skeleton is calcium . and :phosphorus. Over 50% of the mineral in milkis cal- • cium and phosphorus :c' „• Adequate minerals 1s 'are -particularly _a p cularl important loin y, the.r b ood sow, and'gtoW- inpigs. :: g . ,,Phosphorus and calcium ` ;deficient • is one - of the contributing causes of rickets in pigs. Stock suffering .:from mineral deficiencies: frequently have poor appetites, gnaw onold bones, wood, or other foreign material- or eat dirt C -OP '-A O C TILE MINERAL •.ANt OPO SWINE MINERAL are made to satisfy this need. CO-OP MINERA LS are formulated with the 'propercombination of cal- Phosphorus al- clam phosphorus.and'salt (calcium,-:chloride)%vith all; essential 1ance „minerals. VlF T, fr or ee choice-feedin. • For; mixing in : a ratio ✓ . 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Henry Balfour, Jr.,' first -had only the East: ,50,- •but ` later the 100,; :and since then the 100 hasbeen.owned`_by Robert Blur.. chill and .Robert Burchill, Jr. While the land on this mite'- and quarter, ;Moth sides.. of the road, was Very 'swampy; much of. it`'was not cultivated for many years, and some is even -yet .only suitable -for pasture. land.' On the habitable plots, in the earlier days, were •several shacks and log houses, but the ° names of the occupants are'. not all remembered. A number of these had large .families, and it is told that around 1875 a few over one hundred people lived on,, a.:mile and quarter, where today onlyfourteen are living on these same farms l Lot Six ma a . " Ir land' 'lied - a-riative:of Fer n e w •----�.Wiiliaii Belfour b A g, , d the former Margery Roney, Lot .6 by :• 1857: 'He morale g Y Y,. dow of, ill's lfour's: brother: Eight . sons'' and. one wio. W }m Be g.... daughter ..made up theBelfour family, ,,._ namely: • J ose h , James, Join, Robert, acrew, Thoiias : Johnston, = who died when 22 years old of fever, and Mary (Mrs. Warner Nixon) 'William's .son;. Joseph, a bachelor, was the owner of; ' i the East E50 from' 1859; with the. parents having a life lease on the North 25 acres.: The father died in 1868... This family andrthe other oi`;Concess3en 4 Of the' .same nam 'Who we, re of Scottish descent and no rela ion, to:overcome mail mixu s, decided to make a change.- spelling in one of the -names. r This`family changed aa, Helfour while the' other- re tame dthe original spelling, namely, Balfoiir. Other owners after Joseph Belfour `were . °Jaynes Nixon. (in "Jock house, Tom Roney, John Puliman and -Thomas .Gill),.George'Nixoi, Edward Robinson, John'. W. Britton and Herb ,Britton. ,, ; gest . . nee had-theW _By�1857. William Belfoil�s other-'son,-Ja : s, _ 50.; Both Josephand James :went West: Andrew Machan," a native of Lanarkshire; .Scotland, bought the' West(' 50 in 1863 and came -here from, Dalhousie_.an._Lanark_;County,jOntario.• He married his cousin; Margaret Machan; and they had a large family.` Both he and his 15 -year-old daughter, Janet, died on this farm. Andrew died of tuberculosis Jnet was an attractive girl' and quite clever, One hot',suinmer day -she came home from ;Sunday School,�very thirsty, and not -heed= d •rank a large . b , .her ,mother she g mg warnings given y. , quantity • of. ice; cold -water, and in one hour she was . dead Other owners; of this,part of the lot `have been Mrs. An drewMachan, John Britton (in house, Josiah: Watson) , John W. Britton, Edward Robinson,Jame s .T"Malcolm and d D; al ton Malcolm. Robinson as one who bon ht farms built good buildings, and resold them: ;This farm was -one of them.; James T:,Malcolm, father of the`. present owner; was a Hub= best :councillor for a number of years, 'a director of..the':Me- Killop, Logan & Hibbert Telephone ;Company,. and for 5Q years a•member. of the Mitchell Fair Board. •Both he and his, Wife had large exhibits at the fair annually' for many years =In 1875;' Union `No. -1 Hibbert and' Logan School '.Section, was divided andthat year, Scliool.Section No 1, Hibbert, was organized. • A.frame school was built, on the northeast corner of this lot ,ori land bought from .Joseph Belfour. The trustees 'At this time were' Henry Roney,' Thomas -Pullman, and Andrew Machan, -'and the first ,teacher was, Miss_,Bowes,,• who was describedby a pupil as an old ,maid" who,:wore hoops.- In :the. late 1880'S this frame and was: veneered'with !White brick, and in. R1926 it was replaced by'the present red brick school: r' Jean „was the first: teacher iri' this .last 'school,- a d her' salary that Year :Was `$800.: The trustees were George Lan- Belfoni and Robinson:.,- alai -Johns-ton HenryY . . - , There was never -more than one teacher in'this; school, 6' pupils :attended.:'In • one time. man as . 9.. although atY . Contrast to:this, by 1939,`.: because of -the fewchildren of, school age .in the section, this school-Was'closed from. June, 1939,• anti Septembex,`1953. Only -three -Pupils -''attended the' last ;, S --FOOD{ FREEZING . Tl . 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You'll beproud to place it"in'your kitchen, utility'' room of any Convenient place in your homy Oili SEAFOETIEI--Phone 585 I RV . ZURICH =-Pilon 34 e Pu.r.&s',:Learn P Exam Result's Int No °4Hibbent SS. No. 4, Hibbert, • held their annual•school-.picnic .last weekwith all pupils and preschool children pprticipating under the direction of their teacher, Mrs: Joseph'Melady. The results of the, races •were as follows::' pre-school, Joanne Coyne Grades 1 and : 2; Gordon-:Coyrlg; Gads 3 and 4a e •Anne -Shea; G rade s 5 and 6, Rose Doyle; Grades. 7 and 8, Don Coyne and Vincent Maloney. The relay race was wop, by team• led by :Don Coyne. Prizes were dis- tributed and refreshments served. Mary Ellen Doyle, and •Don Coyne, Grade 8 graduates, were presented with -gifts by teacher an'd 'pupils. Proniotion,resultts are as follows To Grade IX -Don Coyne, Mary El- len Doyle.. To Grade VIII{ --Mary Lou Coyne, Jaok. Doyle, Billy Murray, Vincent Maloney: • To Grade,VII-Betty Shea, Elaine Murray, Danny. McMillan, ;Rose o Grade VI :Dorothy Vogels, Patsy Doyne, Cinth Vogels. ' TO Grade V -Anne, Shea, Sharon Burke, Gordon Moylan, B illy Feeney, Kenneth Coyne. , xo, "Grade a,IV-Gerry Malone, Mary Lou Murray, • Nellie Vogels; ,Anne Malone. To Grade. IYI--Thomas Burke, Joseph . Murray, Joanne Murray; Pauline O'Reilly, Gordon Coyne. To ° Grade II -a Linda Feeney, Johnny Vogels. • Beginners in September will be: Joanne Coyne, Jeanne Coyne, Shar- oir'Shea Neil Murray. Protect our precious forests: , ,. BERT E IiNE & US 0 MUTUAL FIRE - INSURANCE CO.''' HEAD OFFICE Exeter,-Ontarfo President: AIeX J. liohde R.R. 3 Mitchell Vice -President: Milton McCurdy - R.R. 1, Kirktoa Directors: E. Clayton Colquhoun, A.R. 1, Science ° Hill; Martin Feeney, R.R. 2 Dublin; Robert G. Gardiner, R. 1, Cromarty ; Timothy B, Toohey,' R.R. Agents:3 Lucan. - Harry'Coates R.R. 1,. Centralia; Clayton, Harris,' Mitchell; 'Stanley Hocking, Mitchell. Solicitor er YV. G. CGchrane Exet r S+e ci et ary'-Tyco Salyer Arthur Fraser w Exeter PART TWO TSABELLE,, CAMPBELL year: Marjorie Gibb was the teacher When •it'closed,- and Barbara Nicholson;- later Mrs. Ross Alexander, was the one who taught the . junior grades of the school area; of which this school forms apart, when it opened again in 1953. The. sa1ary_ she 'received that year was .$2 250. This change was made because too many pupil's 'were attending the "highway" a school. This School 'Area :NO: 1, :which• is made izp of bio. 1, Hib bert Union No.1, Hibbert and Logan, and Union. No. 2; Mc- Killgp, 'Logan- and Hibbert, was organized on January 13, 1949, with the following school board .in charge,: George Kumin George Robinson; Dalton Malcolm, • Harold pethielt and Andrew Whetham The following are on the 1958 .board; Andrew Whetharn, George Robinson, Harold Pethick, Dalton Malcolm and Lloyd Barker..:Ivan Dougall :was, and still is, secretary -treasurer.' The :followin : is a', list :Of the teachers- who have taught ..� g in S.S. No. 1, Hibbert.; Miss' Bowes, Annie Housto�i , Lizzie 1VIcLellan; Miss Sinclair, Miss Dale, Miss Brooks,: Miss Lark- Wert/1Y'; Ettie ark-Werthy,Ettie Annis, Thomas' Gourlay,, William 'F Johnston Alice; Beaver, Annie Vivian :Floss Hunkins; Maggie' strong,. MV.Iiss.Carroll,"Miss "L"ow, Miss Waugh, Helen Grieves;: Lillian R. 'Goetz Mary .MurraY Jessie Gemmell Gladys Vipond,"or man HiI. Jean R�'ce, Vida •Daynard, OliveW k ,azel ,, -Thomson Gladys Leith,'Mar'orie Gibb,Barbara-Nicholson (later Mrs. Ross Alexander), Mrs. Dalton: Malcolm (14;'Mrs: Eula.Keller (R), Fern Sawyer.,: andthe present teacher, Mar '` Lo Sever ' ',George Fisher, Jr.,ere the G e . ° h Sr., ' George Fi r g ,Fisher; 5 ., an G g s e , J , owner of .,.. a o . iii _ '. and60' . hile'•. s the E st `50 . f Lot 7 n the: 50 s s �: While' they had it, one bthe name of Campbell lived' here. ''He left. rather suddenly with his yoke Of oxen for Michigan, ane}: was heard of ;no more. Andrew Machan got this 50 in 1876, and the 'owners 'since MVlac_,lian. have been the''same as'those; who: have'. had the West 50 of Lot , 6. ' •James 'Cochrane,who married. Mar' Jane. IUlutton and later lived in. Mitchell;'; was the first to own the West 50. Mrs:. .Cochane'tural cu-r1y 'hair' is still remembered, and is, spoken of as being as "curly;:. as -a water dog". • Other owners: have been.Thonas Mutton, William H. Mutton, Robert Johne ..stun, James_John.ston:: William J _Docking and, sones 1V'elson,_ James rJohnston, James Malcolm:and'Dalton Malcolm:." ' • • Lot Eight In the early :clays, Lot 8`was divided into three• sections. . Dever, Jamss. Dever, w�kio yeas a•:relative'of George Dev ,, o n Con_ cession 5, owned the South 50 from ,1$59.' ;A,house was burn- ed" here early :one' morning,; perhai s in the .late: '60's, which, was believed -to be the oldest, in the district:. William Henry Gray owned' this 50 'after: Devers;'"and sold the East 25 to George Johnston. Robert Johnston had the' West half of the Do lin who married arah• Mutton` North 50 and':Henry w „ g, S ,,, the east half,. After D'owling.died in•079, Robert Johnsto' bought;Dowlings..pto , .makng him ownerthen of the N o', 50, In Robert; and Janet .McLeod ;John , anvil t ere 'Nit 1 :were ' Ja es : Geor e;;`John :>A na'; Be ai1�VI�s ; Joe o s and Fannie. Mrs..John 'Dow) . Geo e, and Jaines. both` had l - 'a .ned the 75 a t of the ' •arm.:later and still later me .ow part f , J . s acres °'William.. Henry .Drury lived .in. George: Johnston's house after• he moved= to Mitchell.: The Drury family 'from; here went to near Brandon, :Manitoba:' - This house .was mov ed over to Lot 6=when Robinson .built the cement house ;which: is` on' that lot' today.'; William• J. Doeking.'and son; Nelson had this ::75 for only a . short :.thio, then '• they,- went West;' William J. Docking was. not: a .brother, but perhaps a ;cousin of the other Dockings,• who lived. farther;:south in the town, ship. James Johnston Was:. -the owner again, 'and .since then ..in have been the Ceof•ge Lannm;;andhi's,son;'Fergus "tannin; y, owners. ; In recent years Grays sold their` :25 acres . to Fergus Laiinin. He now owns the -100'. acres. ' taken uite an r a uml7er ofyears Fergus Lannin has: for n q. active art in the Hibbert":Township Federation ands later , also thePerth Federation of. Agriculture::The Hbbert Town- ship' Federation and the Combined:::township Farm Forums have for five 'days each January, since,1,949,` ,sponsored the Statta;, Community r Workshop :an •. ad.alto education pro -- grain -me, _ covering a wide, variety of subjects, followed by discussion ilelaods. Fergus Lan-n'in assisted with the .organ- ization of this :project: Thefollowing. were present at the first committeemeeting :held in the Staffa;' 'parsonage on Neve,ink er:18; 194S :' 'Rev. Bert Daynard, Mrs-' Edward Hock- ing, Sterling. ,Graharn;. also Clifford H. Dow and I'ergus Lan- nizi; who 'were .at that time: president and secretary of the Hibbert Federation of Agriculture.•: Lot Nine Ben' Wortley, Ben Hill . and Henry Bench all. ewned ,the East 5.0' -of .Lot':9 ashort time.' Nothing is known of these, only that Ben Hill owned a small farm lot in Logan, just it. John Tubb wh o. i did 't live OR 'hitt; no west. of Mitchell,bu s ,. came ?froth , Bowmanville, owned . this 50 from 1867, - and' later also Bought the:: West. 5.Q • from the Canada' Company before he moved • to . Logan „Township. , Egeton''Morrow ;had lived on this 50; for. a.' time`before he went to Strathroy 'Since John' Tubb, the; owners ,Have been George 'Summer,-• Henry Robinson and George` Robinson.'....'` Lot Ten In 1858 John. Reddy Jefferson- ' came '' to • Canada _ from, England;'and by 1860 hacttl e deed of the West. 50 of Lot 10, and -.a few years later ,.owned -the East• 50 as well. His wife, Mary Nixon, it'is said, was a small'woman;and agreat home -lover --one who Seldom left hgme; even to. do her shop ping. John and ,:Mary's fourteen children later lived in Ontario, Western Canada 'and the'States, In the family were Edwin; 'John, Charles,'William, Albert,' Melissa `• (Mrs. Win. McCready. ), Henrietta" (Mrs. •}Charles Way)', Nelson, Emrna (Mr's. Janies Shields):, filton,.Lorena, Who in her teens died of galloping .consumption, Wesley, Mary, and . Ibertha; "(Mrs.. William 1VIcCutcheon). Both :parents died on the farm -=-the mother. in 1910 and the father in 1916, Other, owners have been John C. Jefferson, Oliver Stacey; Mrs. Oliver Stacey and Mowatt.Stacey. During the ,cyclone f 1946, Mowatt Stacey's barn. was completely demolished, and his cattle,' etc., in the building Were trapped: by the falling timbers arid smothered;, under the debris: . a Sponsor :Blood Donor 'Clinic The•Red Cross is Making another appeal for blood, so that they can. continue their free service of life Eying blood --to all who need it. the a Blood transfusions will mean difference between life and death. to thousands of patients 'M Western Ontario hospitals . this. year."' And this life giving" blood' will; be pr(-. vided .absolutely free to everyone, no matter how much is required. " Transfusions, previously a costly expense for patients, can be ad- ministered . without charge because the hospitals now are, provided free blood ready for immediate use..The London' Area Branch 'of the Cana- dian ana-dian Red Cross has assumed the responsibility for 'supplying local and, disttct hospitals with• .this; free•,,bloody transfusion -service,' this. ,means obtaining -fresh blood, group- ing it, storing it did delivering. it to the,hospitals. 4,1 Blood cannot be manufactured, it must come' from volunteers, hun- dreds ,anal thousands, of volunteers who will -donate a'small portion of. their blood so that others might live. It is `painless and• harmless; the athount taken' will be replaced by the body, within 24 hours; . Cone:to the Hensall Legion Hall on Wednesday, Drily 22. The Red Cross tranfusion unit will be at the 1Tensall legion Hall on Wednes- day, July 22, fully 'equipped with technicians and nurses. The ladies of the Hensall Legion Auxiliary will toer be there s ve hot coffee Chairman ofthis campaign, Mrs. /retie ,Davis, Eensa'll, said this week that she Will be happy to for- ward a blood': donors card to any- one 'between the age of 18 to 65. THE INRQI�I iEXPOSITOR, SE4FOR , ,TPLY 3, T TO Re DI CIA� SE Ar -In views of the disregard' by the generalvpub- lic:, of the recent ,proclamation issued b • the p Y Town Council, re 'the` co iflne ent .of dogs, and the fact that they are not to run at large atany time, the Council feels that charges. '. • xrustbe laid under this B law. Any owner orharbourer o fa 11 it'at owho allowsto run o _ O1'P s liMO '. large can be ed o gurn n Court. ` The fine 5 in`a case of this ,• n`= kind could'.,be 0 and casts. i m'Would ol' ask all ii • The .Council o nc 1and self w u d c tI The zens 'concerned to comply -with the laws and avoi : tyle COI1Se uences. CHRISTIE Mayor E NVITATION Order Them Through R: THE • � HU ON EXPOSITOR H F :• MONU•MENT IIORK RT S E O SA• •OPEN ATLY• Exeter 41 P ryde r & So ALL TYPES OF :r. CEME1ERY=MEMORIALS Inquiries are invited. Telephone Numbers : Clinton 1620 Seaforth 573 S DR. M. W ::° STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone :90 Seaforth. n answer, c 'll If o a w ,ca 59 JOHN A. GORWILL B.A. ; M.D. physician and Surgeon Phones Office 5-W =- • Res.;, 5- Seaforth Seaforth SEAFORTH CLINIC` Telephone 26 E. A. McMASTER, B.A.,- M.D. Internest Telep hono 27 P. L. BRADY, M.D. •Surgeon Telephone 750 W 1 Telephone 15 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made. A. Mr<HARPER Chartered Accountant• 55 South St. a ; Telephone Goderich 343 • Licensed Nip ' Munici pal Auditor: • G" A. WEBB, .D.C„ *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 Main Street : • .Exeter X -Ray" and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday. Except Wednesday. Tues. andoI'huts. Evenings 7-9 For Appointment •- „Phone 606 DON S. DENNIS • Auction Graduate .:of Reieersch :American School of •Auctloneering. Licensed in .,Huron: and ,P,erth. : Capable of handling all -types of sales .and ad- vertising. • DON DENNIS, Walton ,Phone Seaforth 843 r,11 SEAFORTII- VETERINARY'CLINIC . •J�,.,. 0. Turnbull, D.V.M., V.S. • ` T,, R .Bryans, D,V.M., V.S. W. G.. Drennan, D.V.M., V.S. • Phone. 105 Seaforth A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Ete. Phones:. .Office 173, Residence 781, SEAFOII.TH • • ONTARIO:. McCONNELL . & SWA ....TE RT'':; Ba isters'Soic:h Solicitors, Etc, P. D. McCONNELh' D. I. STEWART SEAFORTH. Ont, Telephone 174 <' ° D McINNES Chiropractic • ; Foot Correction COMIVIER,CIA1;: HOTEL Monday, Thursday - 1 to 8 p.m. JOIN E. LONGSTIU ' Optometrist . Phone 791 • Seaforth Eyes • Examined - Glasses Fitted. • ' MAIN 'OFFICE, sEAF'ORT1I • Office Ilours,: _ Seaforth daily '. except Monday, 9 a.m. 5:30 ,p.m:; Wednesday, 9. a.m,-12.30 p,m. Thursday evenings by appointment, Clinton: Monday, 9 a.m 5:30 p.m., ,(Above Hawkins'• Hardware,)'`' Thee McKILLOP ,MUTUAL FIRE. URE .. 1liEADINSOp FICEANC-SEAFORTH,COOnt. OFFI,CE'RS :. President -Robert :Archibald, °Sea- forttl sDIRECT0R5: Vice NPresidorma. entJffery, Seaforth -Allister. �BroadfGot; • -Seaforth Manager, and Sec.-Treas. - Miss e • ' .E, J. Trewartha Clinton J. L. Malone, Seaforth;Chris.(-Leen,- 'hardt, Bornholm; 'Robert Archi- bald, Seaforth; John H. 1VIcEwing,. Blyth; William S. Alexander, Wal- ton; Harvey' Fuller, Goderich; E. 'Pepper, ' Brucefield; ;Allister' Broadfoot; SAGEeaforNT&th. • William ;Leiper;-, Sr,, Londes- boro; J.' F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn •'Bak'erBrussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. . 00;0000000.0 W. J. CLEARY O. Seaforth, Ont. ^ O LICENSCD EMBALMER O 0 .ndFUNERAL DIRECTOR „ 0 ,a 0 .'Night or Day Calls' --' 335 ,0,• ..0000.0:•<>:<> _.C7 dQO'O.OY�04000.;p 0 0 • BOX Funeral Service. 0 R. S: BOX 0 O . 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