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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-09-25, Page 151r • "1•R®SS • •1 IID Puzu 11111111151141111 mIU mown Y� lf.•i .f f" aims= ARK Tw!'ltieth in a Series 1ACR068 1 Dish 8; Idolize 1 . • ltd . - 14:; S�ppoken 118' Mo 0I Part"18. a " itt o 19 Brig}l; coat 118 -'Brig igtt' 2d. he Minden Article 22 Roman _• :•bronre Chose" .Lev an e' ketch 50,Litres-very-, m�}eh 51 Indian mulberry " 53 Fuser vee int'badketry.; 1 ;Olidesve • 36•I'am (whir.) 39 La hung 40Wr ,48 Nahoor sheep 43 Warbled 44 Boses -.: 45 Female _nifT , 46 Tierra, del 47 Squander .--43 Fruit " (pl.) 49 A'directiQ 50.Seotch for own 81 Receded •113 Symbol for tellurium '841 Item of property 16 Alieviato PUZZLE -No.'511 :87 Scatter 95,IVlislays L60 Pedal digit1'28 :Arany. time 61. 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Forth 05 71 Symbol for erbium C1®L`iQ E111313©Cl': rn[i© t.1 MO MILH I l C1DSO ['111312[17 E1111111310 BEInL►,! MEI CILDEIGINI C�L7K�L9�a®�:�IE9Ei1?r!:�i(iiL�� 01331211IIad ra13osa©d alfIl l 1313101311'.11111131213 EIEiIc111 :1g11®111i3 .%ppOGl r i j ani131211111:1111- l~'nE D CI ®ElL7t7; :fl©© gm]L�Ci®Id DORO : ITIOUM US051 CrLq©r MUMS Ane,wei� to Puzzle No, 509 CONCESSION -TT T Lot -Twenty-four Richard John O'Loane and Bill Armstrong, who married Rose O'Loane; were the first connected with Lot 24. - The Armstrong children were born here, but the farm._later lived in TuckersmitIrTownship. When the Hibbert Township Hall was built in Staffa,; Bill Armstrong wasone who helped to erect it. Malachi'Burns bought this lot in 1866 His spn, Thomas Burns, Hugh Hamilton, Jim Morris and. ;John Mc- Naughton have been -the owners to date. Patri.MWalsh from'. 1,855 had'the .deed of Lot, 25. While here he served as'the community doctor,'- and extracted teeth 'for the children and grownups as well, In 1869, when he moved to Wisconsin, lies sold to Andrew Caldwell?who mar- ried `Jeannie 'Davis In , the 80's the Calclwells `moved'' to Dakota.. Patrick Morris;b john Morris, William P. -Morris and Louis Morris have owned" it since Caldwell. "William,P Morris" took'.lan:active part in .municipal work and was ,reeve of:the township- in 1927 ;arid 1928 - Wi li 1 am.Dizhne° a native o£`Kilhenan " .,:: , , � :extra.,Callan,Ire- land, house onthe" southwest corner . while he. to ht . in ;:retired in tanght ,No., .4 .School,. and also. frorri::the time':he" in,1870 until:'the'time ''of his: death:: in 1888. While retired he taught ,u its,: Priv_ at l 'in, his own bonne; .After . "After .his,death;;his widow to live with her daughtrr.Mary-Ann,(Mrs. JamesKellY),.And ;Mrs.• Kelly"sold to Mrs.. Catherine Matthews, widow ofTimoth , Matthews.. Later, , Mrs. Matthews...:ent to' the Home in London,:. whereshe died when over 100 years of age From..: 1864. Charlie' ;Barr rived in n mot h r,.: house on this corner, where.he.and his wife .Bridget often vied With each other:te-see which would get the first,and largest. drink when theygot a ; - ' new of,: ., g e bottle grog. ;Charliedyed:':here Sometime. fter:;William Dunne. On` this- lot Charlie ,� plot e had a garden,., -art orchard, a few cows hi , chickens and," ducks- that -waddled h waddled in -`the mud .and, rh _ water -pool near 'tile:,` um � He -w __, f p p,' . as very; fond, ,of making -trips to town, -and was always scheming some excuse to get there. On one, particu ar'-day he 'decided to' :;take his chickens to market.. When he and a chickens neighbor, 'who. came to had d them .about half bagged so_zne':one 'came-'-rn ni'' , nng from Dunne's house to tell :them that Dunne's soul:Pad just taken -Rs -flight or -the dOaxted`,;. 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Uer bu 1 w-1 D(1.. ►•e us today • ( - Lot.Twen Nt'u five.''`• School Section o . 4i: was organized in 1851 and a log school was built that year on : the southwest ' corner• of this lot, 'at:a cost'. of $200 This school was opened in"•1855:" The first trustees were John Larner Martin :Keating and John Torpey,; but George Baffle succeeded; 'Torpek. soon" after "• the organization; Philip Purcell was.'the,first.teacher and receiv- ea a; salary of $120 peri annum, with board A frame building," --40, by'.30 feet on. the, outside, was built by James Walsh in 1868-69=at a' cost" of $895; ;desks -,and benches cost $80;; school site, .1/8, acre from Patrick Walsh,. $23.61; Anterest on bor- rowed ;money at 7%, $64 ,This amount -.was All raised in "four. years" by, rateable tax on..the' section..', More• landwas - pur- chased, in 1874 Y/': -acre .from - Charlie Barr for 850';" p ia" s and apparatus" cost ,$150 ; the new fencer and 'gates cost' 91' cost of, ladders; :iron'" hooks,' irons f`or:`gates: "and carriage, $10.50. Insurance, fees and 'assessments.: cost"another; 22.89' making -a total or $1-,:387;00.:.The<Jschool,'bell; ,which is still' in use, was, bought "in 1879",for $17. Th ose in charge: durin'''" the :bu�ildin f ` , . g .. g o" the new school ;were the'. trustees -John .McConxiell,, Thoma , .. , ,. s ,Fell Willi, .Givens; also _ ..J. ame s Atka nsson Cy harles Gaomrm:leyn" (ntereasu rer),-arid Wwas the'firsttBacher in the. .newschool'when t' r , "ii a ene'd " p i January, '1870., .His' salar ' was: 360:. Th Y e scholar i ' � s n 1915 • had' ,two-" week:'E atrlioli'. s. e d i a nstead b`f.•t _.e cu ,. Y, h stomar ,one eek and Y. W , du ran this g Time the school was,; :mowed: to Concession°,,8 ao.a. , .corner'o on.the �arm4f,Herbert Smale...The site .wa : urcha -' sp �. ed ',for 10 0 Twely" e team , teams,: horses' and sleighs :took the school „over "the, mile and: -a quarter in two days. ;:Mr.. ,Dill from:Gadshill, had .the contract for .the` moving The trust. tees at:t hi" s>time were Charles ".Young,,-R4cliard Sillery, and Robert Ro t Cole ilia �n T : he teacire r was Edith Pfohl ; In Novem= ber, 1952;.with only five upils,onthe roll; the old school carne' very close to having its .doors' closed, but 'with; a, prospect of. eight for 'the. next; term' they,, decided to•carrY on,' ' and since "then theattedancehas kept above thatof 1952. The following have taught in this school 'since it opened in 1855.. Philip Purcell, .Thomas::: Irwin-`Flynris --Ann -Ward, James De � CantiIlon, , William' ,Dunne, James; :Ryan,'' Charles J. 'McCabe, Ronald McDonaid;"H. J. Cosgrave;,,C4"J: Kennedy; Mary Casey,, .John .Coyne, .Joseph_:Prenderga'st, James Kil- loran,• John.Larner, Julia Casey, Tom Gormley, Sandy :Garin ley (R), Maggie Davis;'•'Arthur McGavin, Will Oliver, • Bert Workman,FrankL._.Y.eo,-Rena McKenzie -Edith Pfohl,`Chris- -tens' McDonald,. Mary Armstrong; Emma Stacey; Mrs. Leslie Butson, Margaret Lovell, Pearl •Thompson,' Elva, 'Jefferson, Barbara Simpson, Isabel Alexarid,er, •William. Barri, Dorothy Hazlewood,• Marjorie Hannon, `Katherine Cantelon, Charlie. F•orbeck; Beth , Nichols, Mrs: ClifFord , Jory, L'oreen ; Cooke,,. Ruth Jefferson,. Mona Caldwell; Mrs. Robert -Laing, .Rebecca,' Marie Odbert;'and the present teacher,: MaxineGodbolt. Lot Twenty-six.• • Hon. James Gordon, from 1859; was the owner of Lot 26" In 1861` he sold the East''50'.to James; Wellington 'Scott; who was raised "at Davey;'billons. When Scott left: for:Malton, Ont., Charles- Gormley rented the' land, and Patrick Callag parr, who married'Patrick Walsh's daughter, Bridget,: lived; in the house. Michael. Dillon rented afterhe returned -from California, and later his brother,'' William Dillon,` bought it Tom Connolly, Mrs. Tom -'Connolly, William Burke" and Joe Burke have owned it in later years • In 1907 a plot Of land was bought from Tom Connolly -at the back of the lot; on the northeast corner, and omit a one- room white brick school was built. This„ is Hibbert'Sep orate School No. ',4. The trustees at this' time were . ThomasCon- nolly; Miles McMillan' and Michael .Coyne...-: The school was .opened . on January 'x.:1908,1, with, Belina;:'O'Connor, the first teacher at, a salary of not more than 300 Separate 'School' Inspector Sullivan, when repprtin on this school' later that year, spoke of it as being the' best designed school in'Ointario.- The .following have taught iii this school: ...Henna O'Connor, 1908-13'; Mary J. Curtin, 1913-15; Isabel J. Anderson, 1915 - Phone 167 Seafolrth RESERVE YOUR COPY OF " A HIBBERT REVIEW — PART, T (By Isabelle Campbell) r ""A Hibbert' Review" will be issued in book forin'on Com- pietion of the present 'series. Copies will be available December, 1959. These will .snake 'attractive Christ, mos gifts. Those reserving books will be informed when these copies. are available, and these can be purchased from THE EXPOSITOR. NAME ADDRESS, »1 ••. Marl -Eo 3 TIIE H.XURON" EXPOSITOR Seaforth- t. Ontario PART TWO_ By ISABELLE ' CAMPBELL • 16; Annie Doyle,;X1916-18;' Mary A; McConnell, 1918-20;. Annie Doyle, 1920-21; Lucy Burke, 1921.31; Elizabeth:Mur- ray," 1931:,•32; Rose O'Connor, 1932-36; Agnes Coyne, 1936- 37;Clare Eckert, 1937-42; Mrs. • James, Morrison, 1942-44; Mrs. Joseph Kale relieved in ' 1943•; Thomas D, Morris, '.1944- 45; Helen Flanagan, 1945-48, and: the present teacher,, Mrs; Joe Melady, 1948-58.: ' Sarah 'Mahan was' the. • owner of.: the West :50 from".,1861. On.the records, the, name. of Andrew. Mahar is mentioned,' but it is not known :whether he was her husband or not. James' Williams'. owned but never lived on it, and sold to Michael "Mike" Dillon in 1869. His wife, Margaret Moly ,neaux, died here• in 1889 and left a family of .small children, Dillon. then went to California and when;he returned rented and lived on•the ,East 50. Thcinias and Joseph Connolly owned it after Dillon, _ and' Peter DeCoursey, their 'brother-in-law, lived here till John Morris bought it in the middle -,90's. ,Wil- liam P. Morris, Joe Morris and••Joseph Morris Estate'hg.Ve` had this land since John Mortis was the`. owner;" Lot"Twenty-seven Timothy T. Colman , M.D.,:who practiced in Seaforth and throughout a -wide area:�i �district, _.n the was the ;fi first to: own Lot 27;l'x a though Martin' Keating had,;lived on it in:the18.50's: 'Keating was one of therustees when the first No. 4 School was built in 1854.. He was:`atilt `the -•-owner into. the ' 70's.. Matthew Ward, a native. of Wicklow; Ireland, 'whn'Trrst Set- tled at Peterboro, Ont.,` where he.married'' Elizabeth "Betty" Porter d several years before c and farnie -: oming to Tucker-, Smith Township,:: bought -from Keating in 1875.•• --Matthew' s son," "Willia William War d, w as heretill after hi s_frstwife, Martha Ann diedin 1879: Latere .h married Ellen Ellison and went to Manitoba. William's brother,':;.War Joe d, then worked this farm till John Coyne'bou " ht :it. Other ow g Pers' have been.Matthew Coyne and';" his son - Michel" •• • ,.; a Coyne: ". Michael's is the. only family "livin on this mile-and-a�quarter-7 ...,.,_ T. � �:- . , , on Concession" 6. -The other four. lots are:: grass farina, with only a barn on Lot 28.- Lot• Twenty-eight M icfilet O B -x en,. who also had he East '50 of the next owned;-Lot28 from -1854, but thatsame year ;he sold it. to',John Prendergast.1857 In 'Prencler>7ast�.soJd�he-..East_50- to his -brother; Cornelia �who ha ,d,ahe. Dominion.;, Hotel. ;in Carronbrook John Cox, Isaac Townsend, John McIver, Who married. Sarah Lynch, and lived in Tuckersmith Mc- Iver (Hibbert), Thomas -Cairns, John; Cairns and. Alex Roney' have been the owners: since Cornelius; Prendergast:'. John Prendergast. continued to live on the West'50.-until the80's. Ile married twice. His first wife was a Miss"'Casey;: and his second Margaret Finn. ' In -:the `first family were William, Joseph,°'Cornelius, 'Michael,llen':and Mary , ("Mrs. James Shea), ands in the second, 'Louis Catherine (Mrs. Den PisMolyneaux), Margaret (Mrs Then as O'Loughlin), Annie (Mrs. _Neil O'Hanley) and Camilla-: (Mrs. Frank 'Ryan). Joseph was; a doctor; -Neil, a telegrapher,; Michael. and -Louis, dentists; Camilla arid teachers. William -wa prin cipal of London" Normal School, and was also a'-Sparate Scheel Inspector. - John "McIver; cvho';married Elizabeth: Mc- Manus„ bought from Prendergast "when' he ,irioved to 'Tucker srrii;th The' owners since' John "McIver have been the same as --`the owners of 'the.:' East ' `50 —.Henry ;McIver Thomas Cairns, John Cairns andc'Alex-Roney. nun. �ILI 'ICE CREAM DAIRY BAR S E,A:,F O R T H,,. CREAM ales and end -Service QuatY GEO wILLMILLER'S S E CITIES SERVICE' y� Lot Tiveaty-Pirie- O Brien the first to own the East;� wa"''Y s.�. q of Lot 29, and :died -•here in 1892. His: wife was Kate Donovan., ovan. Patrick McIver, arson: of Henry Mc I v; e r _ S L , owned' red"' • r it at r'. na f ta ye tr:McIver;Jr,`, bought': the West 50from the Canada Company n.1887. Hisbrother,Patrick, liter owned all the lot. John;: W. Britton arid his- son;.: Hethert, :have' had Years.: This :andZot30 were latd in being taken up, and hivel•ivedo them, �as the, are used, xostly:forbcle1ox; brothers;Ptitri �' Henr andPeter, alllived at the ho me farmonConcess`on 7while'theyo,vried these lots. `Peter'was-killed in 1888 ,rY thethe. railway track; northofhis: ho me when, walkirg h m"from:Dublin "with - John Quinlan 'better known as `Nippy" Quinlan. "Nippy" escaped; he lost, only therirn of his. hat': LotTat h F)' i Jam es Atkinson, ,who lived, on 'Concession 5' Wight East 50of Lot 30 for hisson, Thomas, who''married Mary; Ann ;Murphy Tom' lived here till he :moved :to Cali- fornia; It.•was there he-' was killed. on - June " 0, 1889 • " .,.,..,2., ,_when working.in;'the forest amongthe`red .,o w ods,": Henry McIver. bought froni Atkinson His nephew, Pete McIver; had; it, next Joe Hastingsis the present, owner., John Waters, -brother of Michael ' and ' Doiriinick, owned the West 50 until,' he, too; -went to California:; His wife was` a Miss.Callon Peter McIver was.•the-:next" owner ;and after 'he was killed: in. 1888 his brother,.Henry, took it over: Henry; dropped dead in Credit,n in 1918: Rolph Rislop isthe pies :enf owner--and=uses-lt for- a pasture farm. CONCESSION:'V l Lots One and; Two Hutchisons who owned Lots,1 and 2 came to Hibbert from; Harriston, ,Ont. ',The' two ':lots were .divided among .the: three brothers: James, Willrarri and Joins. "In"January, 1855; `Jarries Hutchison, who married Ann Wonnacott, took up Lot. 1, and n May- his brother, Villiarn, got 33 1/3 acres of it: There were eleven-in'the family of James and "Anne "iIutchison. These ',were ::Mary" Amin (Mrs William' McHenry, , late Mrs' fin ':Mahaff'y), ,Jemima (Mrs;. James Hopwood); . Susan (Mrs.,Henry Gillard), Nora (Mrs. William Vaughan), Eliza eth (•Mrs. John Tilley), Ernnla (Mrs. George Sawyer),- lmira, Sophie' (Mrs. Frank Watson); 'Matilda (Mrs. Charles" rtioks:) , Wesley- and Prank: 'Sometime 'after -the -death of his wife James -returned-to Harriston; but in later years lived ith his daughter; Mrs: Charles Brooks, in Mitchell.. -;,Others who have had the East. 66 2/3 acres are Charles..=Brooks, Nomas and Harry Metherell, Bob Norris (R), George Pull- an (ft), Albert Nor':ian' (R),,"Thomas:Srnith;.'Melville: Gray.. William J. Butson, Franklin J. Williams and Gordon Coulson, hile 'Ed. -•Brooks owned it, kg rented.' part time to. Lorne Balfour, - His son." Ross • Ba , lfatlr; kis the. resent owner, oes; not live on it. On "the corn '�, but era'f the lot T�bLnaq°„ . Metherell" ad a'blacksmrth shop for;. at least ten' years: when he 'and his rother, Harry, owned thepropertyof ly jointly.- y. Their parents, r. and Mrs. Roger Metlierell,. also lived here. From February,' 1855, William Hutchison o n w ecl Lot 2, eserving only 33.1/3 acres to go with his other, 33 1/3 acres 'Lot 1. His brother, John Hutchison, ,whose wife was the. oriner Matilda• Nesbitt, got the West 66 2/3. acres of'this t. o William's first wife, 'Maria, " died' in ,1872. Around 1877 and his second wife, the former Margaret aret 'Doo " _ g pe,trrioved_ near a Kirkton, Grit, . Se . wen of 'William's 'children 'were Maggie; Jennie, Len, Mary,." Ben, Lucy and `Phoebe.. Henry< Pi Richard Pinder, 'Albert Norma �i n and Frank Pinder ve been the owners to date of these 66 2/8 "acres' which re , a f rt o bot hlotl .;' p and Lot Frank. Pinder stwo-storey went 'house Was burned here on Septernber 5,' 1955., Cori- actortactor Earl'Dack, of Cromarty,• -and his; men,`,with'the help:, neighbors had'it replaced by an up-to-date modern frame ungalow in a very "few weeks. John Hutchison on his:part Lot "2 raised a- family of five. These were Margaret Alice, who died in her early „teens,' Foster,• Lovina' (Mrs. ,Rev. G. Shoemaker), Warren and Wesley, who graduated As a ken -and practised in Saginaw, Michigan, Both Foster and S ' wife,, Mary: Ma.netta•Colquhoun, were killed,in a car aces., t on June 8, 192/, John Hutchison was: followed on the: rm by, his son, Warren. His .wife:Was� Clara Ann Young., present owner is Warren's son, Hubert, `whose wife was rmerrly Laura Francis. r. 1 b A w 'T rn b :r of f to to P ha a ce tbf b of ,d tri 'den fa The o" E.. WANT ''ADS' BRING.' RESULTS -- Phone 141 or, 142, Na SEAFORT Re DO G In view of the`: disregard by the general, pub., lic of th> recent proclamation_-isaued b the Town C "unci! Q re ,the confinement of dQ s �, ga and the .fact that they are not to run at `lar e at any time, the: Council,' feels that charges .mu - 1 st be laid under, By-law. - this B: .', y, Any own r or:; harbourer 'of a; dog wlio allows a 0 w it s tor 11 t'' n a 1 a r e can be`" Su mm - on e �' d in ..'' Court.' The fine in a case of this in. � d could. be $ costs. The Council unc 11 and myself i f wouldask S •. . Y a l� all cite- zens' concerned. to complywith the laws and avoid •�� the e consequences,' B r F r C H RI STtM E� r YEAR TERM OS1Ta1 ARANTY COMPANY -'01' CANADA 3G6- BAY' STRi;>rT .••.. 1`0Il0lltT(?ii Call B i'ATERSON,' HPNSALL, Phone 5I ALSO A.VA0IlL ''RO. N.__.E,aS`O ITI ►TE SEAFORTH: