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THE EURO T EXPOSITOR, SEMI' RTI ,
Guest speaker,: Miss Rena Fen-
nell; of Seaforth, formerly on the
staff' of .' Seaforth District High
School, spoke on her •recent trip to
Japan where she visited ' Hong
Kon - Hawaii Philippines and oth
er lovely places: of interest. The
members of, Kippen East ;Womefi's.
Institute ;found the talk most de-
lightful and entertaining at their`
October meeting, held . in . S.S. 2„
T.uckersmith; on . Wednesday even
ing.' •The speaker was "introduced
by Mrs. Verne Aider -dice and thank
ed ` by • Mrs; '• Arthur • Finlayson and.
presented with a gift.
Plans were laid for the absery-.
ing of the 25th .anniversary of this`
organization when all former mem-
bers ;will be invited to the: after,
noon 'meeting `'to be held at the
Memorial 'Centre auditorium on
December 18, to be followed ;with
a euchre and dance that same, eve-
ning.,, Five dollars:was donated to
the Tely ]Milk Ship Fund, Family
Nigilt will be- eld November 6 in
the Le ion:Ha'1� Hensall, when hus-
bands and' families Will be thespe-
zial guests at a turkey banquet. .A"
;euchre and dance will be held the
third .Friday night in January.
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Members answered theroll all
by taking a:friend and.introducing
her.; Mrs. Charles: Eyre;comnnented
on the motto, "The family is still
the central and most mportantprt
of society." Mrs. Wilmer `Broad -
foot contributed a poem; Mrs.
.Ross:
Broadfoot, ; a • piano solo, 'and,:: Mrs:
itobert Gemmell ••conducted. a• con-
test: ;President Mrs.. Russell Brock
chairedthe meeting, and hostess
was Mrs. 'toward Finkbeiner; co -
hostess, Mrs. Edison -McLean.
Over 60 members and guests en-
joyed a most delightful evening.
Luncheon was served by Mrs. Jas.
McNaughton,; Mrs. Ross Bro'adfoot
:Mrs:`Arthur Varley-' Mrs Russell'
Brock, Mrs. Verne;klderdice;, lVlrs;
Robert Upshall; Mrs. :Robert <.Gem-
mell:`and Mrs. Joseph Lostell. ,
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After Matthew Williamsleftthisho
house
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t Was used;
as.a
bank, dentist office,� r nate home,Burke FuneralHome,and
now Holland Apartments'. . ..: -
�:Dublin' before the 'dayss of trucking, was
s for many
y years
< =bus livestock shppig centre: ;Perha s the buyers' best
own were John McGrath (horses), `Peter',O'Sullivan
and
kn
Jim Shea (hogs and . cattle) ; Frank ^ McConnell •and' Jim
war Unie shi ' ed .as; ' many
Cronin (Cattle)... Cronin' during w , p�
as fourteen 'carloads in one . day°.
Shortly of ter theturn of the century proposal was made
o the Dominion Bak' to open a branch here for the conveni-
ence.
N
of bu ers and _shi ers.:.. As" the; bank' officials felt the
ence, _ y pl' . ,
exceed 40 000 •irf any one year,. and this
deposits .vt'aurld not e $ ,
would. not be enough to meet expenses, no action was taken.
It was felt that even- a branch operating two `days a 'week
would; not. pay; • However,' -in the latter part • of April 1906,
the Western Bank made the venture' and opened .fi 'braiich,
!till" tra s
first 'in What. was known aS the house, earlierS - n1j.0,.
'dome on the west Side. • of., Main Street; That same. month. the
s , .. ., . ;
Dominion Bank opened, for a, , short time, a sub -agency in
,part of Mrs: James_ '.arming's store. A few months' -later the
Western'tBank w moved -to - Williams' ,cement :block • house'
Holland Ort itents. '.In. 1909 -they
near rhe track now .,the Holland ..
,
Western was: ,taken cover by the S ' ndard Bank, and the
deposits in 1918 amounted to overtone million •dollars. From
1919 •uri:tilluly, 1928, a Staffa branch was also in operation
Olt Wednesday of each week for the convenience of tlie:farnl-:
ers in the southern part of the .,township. On November. 3,
1928, the Standard' and the Canadian : Bank .'of Commerce
amalgamated; 'and ever since the ••Commerce, has carried on
business here .:
Mr McIntosh of Tavistock, was in charge, during • the`
organization', of the" new Western Branch. ' Frank McConnell:
was the • first permanent manager, first;, with ; the Western
and then" the Standard, -frail); 1907. until he retired in 1924
'Other managers have been P. F. Beni (Staff Standard :Batik).
1925-1928; B.:E.:Downey' ;(CanadianBank, of Commerce),
;1929-1934'; A Sutherland, 1935-1942 ,'.H. W. ;Carman;, 1943=
1946William' J.Stewart,°1947.1958. E J:. Dean took over
,`his new duties'as manager;here in February, 1958 ••Th 'new-`
red ricck--bnildrng=in use oW was builtinst: north of •the
other in' 1920.
'first creamer' ;in,191
5 on the site
' .o cited the, Y
.Louis. Looby .p ,
Timoth O Fl .iii,'; then:•'Edward'�'Tyers
lied: re crit One. :-.. Y Y, ,
of ,t p .s.,, Toms
`from:Stratford and- William J..'Hanley owned it later.
Butters:, and.: Witham • Hanley,. Jr.,: were the •buttermakers:;
n as the Dublin Creamery
During this:; time it was:tknow
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Early in 1947`, H
, Rubeiisfen, of To,onto , puchase
dthe
'mess, and operated it under the name of. Dublin Creairerybusi- and;
PoultrPackers Ltd Poultry is delivered here from a large.
Y _
direction. The 'plant capacity' is• 1750, but dur=
area n every
ing •a rush period as many has, 2000 fowl;;have been dressed in
one day A.braneh is also operated in Seaforth.: Hugh Pugh,:
who.was: Rubenstein' s, manager,; became the'owner in 1957,
`On April 1, :1958, •• the business; was taken over by Peter
Hutton Limited, with John Wells. as ',Manager. :
• Cannin , known
. In 1929 a: branch of theEreter" ' Factory, g
cs:„.Te Dublin Canning
F
actory Ltd.';.,.', ", Opened
in the' large
cement and ;paroid"coveredframe building southof Fergus
Stapleton's: new" broiler. plant 'This.;building is now, owned
and used sbY Stapleton. It. was_ here they canned the corn and •
peas,', butthis: industry continued. in operation, for only two
.,..a er.
'..man
.. 'Witham;� Smith: was the Manager. ,
or three seasons.: , .
started'
'Libby` McNeill & Libby of -Canada Ltd.
. In '.1940• ., .,
the rowing :•• of ,,cucumbers in this community, 'Whichthey,
g
found -to be one of the host suitable for' -this, purpose. Several
•wooden "vats; ;were placed:ashort distance east; of the, C N.R
station,where the cucumbers .are put in bane -.and later,
trucked to, their mann factory'm ' Chatham.: The'first year
they :contracted :for' 64. acres-'; in .1057they ,had :a contract
for over 100 acres: In 'a: year when the yield is good, the
grower receives for aquarter-acre'contracted around $100.'•
During the first' five years Albert' Rock was 'their manager.,
Albert'K'raemer followed :Rock and is ,still in. "charge:
' The Looby Construction Work which was started on;a
small scale by Louis Looby many years ago has grown to be
'a big concern, under the management of his four sons-
Joseph E. Looby,, Clayton P. -:-Looby, Louis` J: Looby 'arc Clan:.
ence. T. Looby..' These'<contractors and builders, same years
ago, foormed the. se a
three rate'eompanies, namely: Looby '&
p .
Looby, C: Looby Construction, and Louis J. Looby Construe-'
tion:.In May, 1955,, these were reorganized and, becanm
`
known .athe firm of Looby Construction Ltd; Their culvert,.
,s
bridge and: road construction work 'extends to the north'; as
far,'as Sudbury, and to< Cornwall in, the east.'. "Here in' the
village they have their main ofi'ice, large vehicle storage sheds
and repair shops for: heavy machinery: With the Bell
. The first telephone,, connected. at that. time wi
Telephone 'Company, was installed in .Matthew" Williamsl
store,
and the central. office was still, there after James' Can
ming took.. over ;the store and until the new McKillop, •Logan
&Hibbert p
Teleone hone •
office was ready for business. As early
as=1903, , Cromarty and Staffa:•were connected by Bell Tele-
phone with Dublin, with' only'a;.very few subscribers. area
' The new, company Was organized in 1908 when the
was bought out from the Bel1Telephone' Company.The cap;
tal was provided by local. shareholders, Dr. A. Michell, who'
was the promoter of the privately owned line, was;the•,firit
president, 'and Thomas Drown, V.S.,.of Staffa, was the first
secretary.. , The directors ' were Robert Barbour, Harry
Templeman, Robert Norris; David .Bruce and James Norris.
The president and secretary; were soon replaced by John
Bennewies dant Albert A. Colgtihoun, Miss Mary Beale was
the -chief operator .from'the start- of the company.tintil'she
retired only.a few months. before her death in January, 105'4.
In 1908, • from her miniature s-witchboard, she serviced 34
subscribers on single lines to Staffa, Beechwood, Bennewies'
Mills and 'McCrae.: The number has now increased to more
than 650 subscribers within`'a, i0-mile'radius of the illage
The charge per .year 'was $12 and .continued the same for
many' years. Tho orate was raised in ,.1957 to $2.40 per 'Month.
The first' long distance .call made 'was' to the Empire
Brewery 4 Stratford. There was, nothing methodical about
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PART TWO
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Sig Harvest- .
Combines .'are at work harvest-,
Ing Huron •County's first large crop
of sunflowers grown: `for coinmer-
cial purposes..There are almost 400
acres: o sunflowers en. the farm
of Frank Linklater, just ..north of.
Goderich. Pollard `,Brothers, of
Harrow, who:plaritedthe. crop, said
they,,:are, quite pleased with ,the
success of, it. Head's of the sun-
flowers are • first cut 'Off the', stalks
and ffien turned upside dows`t'p dry.
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the first telephone direetbry published ss
wrote the names down as they canie into her mind, without
o Much thought to the spellingthe directory. and;
giving event o m
f£ .
came o ress �._ : nst as the list was given to the' printer.
t --_he ....R
No one worried about it.
'W.hY
should theY�
because everyone
ne
inthe 'community knew everybody else!•
system
.1922 the whole telephone was
.
On February 22, . , ,.
destroyed b: °'a° feet storm, but was completely rebuilt' again
bys y �'
er, 1923. The first` central. exchange building was
so
DeceJos to his far in MCKiIloF. by
AlexJoseph eph Lane and moved m y,
AlexDarling <and son, John, a few weeks after the new office
was opened in 1953.
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George Diegel caxe_t
oCarronbro
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n
1871; and
.op
ened
and
his1872where' the telephone office stands
harness shop in .,.. p
today..This building, his house -and stable were burned in.
the fire of 1879, but the shop was rebuilt again on thesame
spot in the' ail of that saihe year. Edward Diegel followed
his father and sold the shop in.1950 to the McKillop, Logan
&Telephone
Hibbert:Company, when Plans were being
made
to. - IP ..
.replace their old central ;office.. This building was 'torn
"downandt enewbuilding
h':of insulated frame construction
wag built on this lot, just south of the old exchange building,
at a cost of $8,000, in 1952 Henry,- Leordt , Brodha en g :
'did the calpenterwork, and Earl Dick, .Cromarty, the cement
work. The control panel was built and :wired by Lloyd Elliott,
who .has-been in the construction and maintenance depart-
ment for 39 years. January 20,e1953, :was"moving day from
the old to the new building,
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A90 -minute broadcastfromthe `Annual Meeting
aria Federation of Agriculture.
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Tomei ids saving up for a bike. Dollar by 'dollar,,,:
week ; by week,, his bank account is -growing...:
bringing the Big Day nearer
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meanwhile; 's dollars'are serving a .;'
-� But meanwhile; . y
second' Useful purpose.
Bank credit is based' on the- dollars' Canadians
keep in' 11 ;million,deposit accounts`in -.he
chartered banks—and Tommy's account is one
of. them. Bank 'pans are constantly. being made
to meet the needs of business. and personal .;
borrowers iu'all parts of Canada.
`you' make a
deposit you
So every tune P y ,..
, like Tommy -•-building toward' something while for yourself, and at the same time keeping
your dollars 'at work for the benefit of all.:
THE CHARTERED BANKS
SERVING
YOUR COMMUNITY
• 'The president for 1958 was. Matthew ;Murray, and Mrs.
Catherine M:. Feeney, was secretary treasurer. ' The: directors
were Albert:: Siemon, Clem Kr'•auSkopf;=P prick Jordan; Lyle
Warden and Herbert Mahaffy. John; J • Holland retired ,.in
1958;after• SeryingLon the board; for over forty years. Miss
Mary O'Connell, with.over thirty years' service, is now chief
operator..
Joseph Kidd's white brick store was„built in. 1868, and a
•few; monthsafter the fire another section was added, making
in all three stores ;on the ground floor, with a large opera
use`. above: This last addition was built by George Kydd
h: ''
(no relation),, mason and builder from Usborne- Township.
The printed: invitations to , the .opening of :the. Grand Opera
1Ia11 bear. t7ae dateJanuanyQ,188U •
"Iii •Kidd's `store almost : everything ;:one required could be
P
rocured-furniture,".hardware, ,dry, goods : gro
cer
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andahoes • crockery, lquor; millinery: tailored •and xeadY
made clothes.There was alsonthe.ouilding'a branch of the
Der inion `Telegraph Company, andalso the:Post Of ice after
1872: His son George Kidd, had charge.of„'the'Undertaking
business, "and another, Louis; was postmaster for as time after •
his father..By the late 70's a siding vas built from. the
roadtrack to . rail
lie back of this• store, making it- easier; to unload
;
thelarge hogsheads of molasses and other heavy: merchan-
dise which arrived here„ -daily.
Others who have done business of various kinds in the
block in later years have ,been.John"''J. McKenna Edward
Baker, 'Edward Murphy, Thomas Molyieaux, Jinn, Car-
inichael, William Stapleton, Charles McDaid, Angus Kenne-
-"inm Curtin Gerald
d Wilhaixi J,. Redmond;; -Dan; Costello,,. J>, Y- � ...; .:
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d . illiam Hills and , Ducklow,' Produce. Loobys are
Reiland, W
the":p resent'own.ers,•.and in 1955 completed. the' renovation of
p
buildinginto u =to dafe 'apartments, ;with two
part � of the
large -'stores on the ground floor One is used as' a butcher
Shop :b .'Charles Friend::and Andiew:Whetharn,,who..do cus-
.P Y.A
at in
a
o cure . and:. smoke the,, me
toiri slaw htex}hg and dais, .
gof their store.. George •Goetttef is,
separate building •back, ,
1955,in charge of the other large modern
since December, g
super-mket '
Tom King, who came from Athlone, Ont., with the Kidds'
and :who, when he first calve, was.•, their bookkeeper, became
another ,,prominent businessman •in ;:.the' village. ; He later
owned' a home and,general store just south of Joseph Kidd's
:brick. store and 'WAS: an?"business 'here: till sometime.' after his
wife died. For five years after • Matthew Williams, Tom`:
King's brother-in-law, came back to Dublin,in.1886 from:: his
store' in: Cromarty, he did business here also: In dater years
James Jordan had a: grocery store in thenorth part of King's
home, which,is now owned_by,Mrs: Thomas. olyneaux.
'''Thomas 'Xing was deputy -reeve of the township in 1S65,
reeve. from. 1868.' until 1873,:,and -Warden of. Perth •County
1872part of the' North 50 of .Lot 15 ..from 1872
.• IIe,'owned
and hadrost of it surveyed' into village lot$. This is known
as the King Survey. His Wife; the former MaxyWilliams, ;
died- iv 1881, and left him with a large family of small chit,
dren.Frainhere lie :and his family_moved;. to. California' n.,
. ,
the middle 80's, -:Where he spent the remainder"of lits`life.
'died around'1903_ `
'It was 'around
1892 :that" Matthew Williams purchased the
property on the east .gide ofAain Street•owned by John Kidd
on which had :been his ;.store 'and .his home,' 'The 'store ;was
burned in the 1879 fire. George Kidd, Joe' -s, son, for a time
lived in the house, but at the. time Williams' bought-it.JohnerJ..
McKenna had part of it .for his drug store, . Williams ;very
soon had'.Toin King's store moved across- the street and plae-;
ed at the back of Itidd''s • house. When it .was ' completed; 1Ie
had a substantial.brick-store,with. ()palters, the one
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wlch is nowt/ owned by; Joseph Dill.: James Canning bought..
from Willi . s in 1901: lfe died while here, lint his widow,
with Jim: Carmichael: as an assistant, carried on till Peter ;
Dill bought in 19,E17.. Besides groceries, •Dill'sold boots, shoes,
,dry . 'goods, etc.. His son, Joe: Dill, since -1934, has:Carried ied on
the, sante ;business, The first telephone central war' ;in- this.
store in. Matti ew"-Wiiliams',time, and the. Dominion . Bank
branch -did business here ashort time while Mrs: .Canning
was in charge Of the store.
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types of Washer and' Dryer,
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