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Mrs, Allan Jo nstoxi. is a. pati nt
Clinton Hos,ital.. Her may
neighbors and riends wish her' a
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dayW
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h,Nirs:----Jerifile-
compamed byrs. Em ersonKyle
Miss M. Whit man and Mrs. Har-
ry Faber, of HensaU, visited a
Winder at Pa k ood Hospital,Lon-
Mr. and
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don. -
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Brenda Tu ner, Wdaughter of Mr
and_ Mrs. El er Turner; who has,
been hospitalized three weeks in.
Sick Childs n, s "Hospital at Lon-
don, bas re tuned home improved
in health. e -=
The Christmas concert held at
the church
Moday .evening, Dec
.
7was v-Lattended.Each Class
contributes a number to the
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gram .w fah was :by .:a
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THE WEEK Ransil Diary
an was chairman forthe eve- (Continued from Rage' -5)
harvest Was vexY troublesome ow
=
he
second meeting of the Thrif- Jng ..to - continual thunder storms
was as held at Mrs. ,which ruined half my wheat. •
a McGregor's on. Dec. 11 at To obtain lime for plastering we
0. The
meeting opined with dug a hole in ,the bank of the '.luck,
e 4-H Pledge,' e followed .by' hauled limestone ad
ourn'
tsuff-ci-
Mutes of the last Meeting. There ea lime to give a good coat of
as., y�4
discussion
of closets by.' plaster
to the inside of :te
. o
se
race ChaPman•:Ademonstration which of course ad• to be
lathed
n how.
to ake a hat.standard' before. I had brought out trowels
nd cover a hat,- was given. by and did 'il the.plastering with m y
Ors. Alex McGregor. own ha ds, Thotnas ' mixing. • .and
bringing in
allthe mortar to me
rt .Fr-
" suag g h
•Mis Margaret MacKay, a Mr.o
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O " rtunately a man by the name 'of
live •, IV[�ac$ay and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles NiacIay, spent a day at C.art'er ad,' made a :small kiln of
Guelph.last week and visited their bricks iso ;hat I. was able to pro=
brother, - Mr,• BOSS MacKay, who cure some, to 'build a chimney.... •
is very ill in .Guelph: -hospital. ''Buil ing the ehiinhe Was. -also. a
d Y
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o a'Ihad omk''a•
g t a stone
Whi Gift:. ., . J e
Service ,
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White G' Service at St, . An un feet
,..sa e feet square,
.dre 's. United .Church'Sunday was and, four fhigh.;• The,' stones .had
well• attended.... The children of the to. be brought up -from tithe•,ritler
Sunday. School,; accompanied...' by and some small boulders we found
their. teachrs, :occupied, the cen- on- the -land. Clay, worked. up/sub-
tre pews; ix junior girls in white stituied for mortar and and full ail,
gowns son, :two appropriate num-• swered the purpose: I was /lucky
bers, _Gwenneth Hendrick,.:gave a to get resbricklayer, Jerry; Atkins -
recitation/' in keeping with. the an;uncle of Mountcastle,
theme,: followed, by scripture talc -Alter cutting .a hole through the
'en b Margaret Jean Broadfoot. roof for the chimney, it se in to
ram an •'
d sow.
A nein was• "road usie Lostell
n '.and..I had to 'sit'
b
p by
over it
with an u " re
mb lla..f� three
and the /Christmas story given •by r
Margaret. Elgie. or four • hours,,: so: that the man-
'should t
e r "D A MeMillan 'closed the.. t s o working.) In the
Rv., MMiUn
'service with a :short address.' Mrs.. meantime :we ran 'short f'hair fpr.;
Robert McGregor .was in charge the • mortar •and so I chapped off.
of decorating the church which m• n hair and ixed; t in;:so
complemented the, service. as ynot awto .delay, themworki
M .and Mrs. Don McKnight,'of.. The evenings were, getting cold
Galt,.: and' Mr' and .-:Mrs. .Jerry and only..' those ,' who • "have gone
Fisher,' of Kitchener, visited over,' through. the same labor and .anxie
the . weekend with . their; parents • ty. can enter into the feeling of de
:Mr. and Mrs. R. J Elgie light•when a blazing e wt
roaring up' the china eyfir'ax}d,- wene
'all sat around it" and enjoyed, it;
TUCKERSMITH The'• fireplace was .made. none too
soon, as the weather" was too cold'
•Mrs. `Robert Tyndall,
-of Tucker- to(continue cooking outside at the:
smithy "was taken to •Victoria Hos= Hemlock stump.
tints!, Dondon, on., Monday ..,for . •I had only comp e ed the ,pias
treatment.tering two"or three days when my
The' annual Christmas, concert' of wife.was cgnfined on the; 25th• of
S.S Ne.' 5;,..Tuckersmith,' will—be
October. Thomas :Wallker'was siert
held on •Saturday December. 19, off to Goderich, on'feet, (18 miles)
at 8:15 ,p.m. fora doctor, who rode "back j st
•
in time, .I"•had to. -lend him .a suit
of clothes; •as he was:wetthrough'
from head to foot.
There was Mir end of journeys to'
Van Egmond's mill, uo .the B.a
field river. ''These Journeys were
tiring as I' left home early in th
Morning and •often did'not get ho e.
until. 'after `.dark, as I' was oft
detained `-by .others getting these:
before me, to have their what
ground. • '
•I sold• two lots. of; land,,to a
named Townsend "and he :p
worked -out in
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Complete Selection `of Gifts That` Please
Never has our election of Lamps been
•so extensive ! 'From : gmall TV. Lamps
at $2.95, to e • otic French Provincial' de-
-signs at. $4 .00, 'the display provides a i.
choir for every gift occasion.
There is nothing more appreci-
ated than a set of Nesting
Tables. The selection • at Box's
is complete and includes var-
Mus sty! s and in the Icing and
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Here: is a special offer in time for Christ-
ma's.giving. • r Your choice of one trilight
floor lamp• and two : table lamps .
All for,$29.95;.
The useful "for all the family" 'Chrome.
Dinettes: Many sizes, in all the popular
styles Ann. colors, $ 9 00
from
Every .girl hopes some day to
own a Cedar Chest. Christmas
is the time td think of the: plea-
sure sunh a gift will bring. See
,our extensive display including
the famous 'Boshart $59.00
Chest from •741
STREAMLITE SAMSONITE . . the
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Triple strength plywood construc-
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Won't ` show wear! A complete
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r f r r= t• r•' r r r i r -'r r ;:r �r • r r r r- ;: r : r: r;:
an
rtly
ut' the value cle`ring
my land in.. the winter of''1 ! 4,35.
'By -ars means my cows an,/ oxen
had good b ousing all wirier on
the tops of`tli 'trees,' as th= •.were
cut down. I' ode 'some ild hay.
on the;river flats,•: and, th•'`:I used
to . take • up, for the oxe,/ when ',I
went to th mill: It'wa / 16 miles'
from my h ane to Reed' tavern, in
Goderich so when I w- it ,there''I
Ad . to •go ;sine day and return the
next in the summer by 'leaving
early T could return t, - same day.'
Very. few oxen coin, travel like.
"Ball. and Iron'.
1$85: -First week ,an April I sow
ed my 'spring wheat to the east of
the house and h d a very good
crop.` Sriow .fell t a depth:. of two;
or: ,three:. inches rust as' I fnished
dragging the la 1,
Thornas Walkr and I raised.a
'better barn." Gilt . on the: rafters,
'boarded and s / g1e'd it as well as
boarding up I sides and hanging
the 'doors., ,;• •/
in May I' eared the ferns and'
nettles, quit •/ six feet high, , from
the meadow, across the river
ploughed and sowed with timothy
and following summer it: yielded
five tons o ;hay •
We found Harriet (Mrs: Walker)
and the children troublesome liv-
ing in the same house with us so
1 sold lot :18 to Thomas and,,,the
neig'ibors-helped him to raise' a.
shanty and put en`'a bark roof. On
June 27th ,the Walker family' mov-
Now I.had to hire a map called
Cluff (an :Irishman) to help with
all the work, there was to:be done.
I also had .to devise a bedroom for
my father, who arrived August 25,
to laze ii'ithus. .
I. had some Swedish • turnips- on
the new land and had A capital
crop but had a hard, time harvest=
ing them because '.the :snow cam
early in N'oveniberi`that:year
With the help. 01"'a. •carpent' ;
McLeod,• I had got.. tiny barn fl or
and all the upper floor of my ho se.
fnislied before -December •,:as , ell
as the cattle -shed floored and , oof-
ed; but many a cold finger i had.
On Christmas day, 1835, w-, bad'
a. regular plum pudding. Mr. Botts
and Hanson,, our doctor, jo' ed.'the
party.`
1836—On Jan. 7th, after a press-
ing invitation, Frances, (i y wife)
and I went'to visit the tr nSittarts
at Woodstock, where we ;spent a
pleasant fortnight. They were much
more advanced in civ' zation,,hav-
ing plenty of money, t an we were..
We took' our baby withus and our
iervant; Elizabeth Scott. .
''chiFeb::23rd, o , boy, Henry
Benwell, was born, Mrs. Scott, a
nice old Scots lad, looked . after
my wife this tim '
Edward Ledya d came' out in
June and bough -two lots of mine
on the London r ad and lived with
us while hew clearing his land:
and putting `ti his buildings.
. This year, 1 36 I, harvested 112
bushels of heat, 27 of barley, 160
of potatoes nil 120 of turnips and
beets so there was plenty of food
for the lio seliold and stock.
1837 E ecting to settle money;
matters
wit
the Boltons (MY wife's
mother'si people) I left San, 17th
for New York, which I did not
reach Until Jan, 28th, having to
travel the whole way, over snow in
a public sleigh. It was a very tir-
ing journey, stopping every seven
or eight miles to water the horses,
get., warm and liquor up, which
sever.' of the passengers did, ev-
ery t", 'hi we. stopped.
' Via. •' 'lolton lived on 19th Street,
flew .rk, and, it was beyond the
city, in the fields;. With only four
houses any way near. I settled with.
the 13oltons for between four and
fir thousand dollars, but I lost
the greater part ofit by Mr. Fisk's.
advice; investing it, in the`'Morres
FIRST HHRCH Mel
INSTALLS . OFFICERS
R
The McKillop WMS of First Pres-
byterian : Church held their De-
cember er meeti
n in‘;the church h
hall ll
last Thursday ofteroon, Thepresi-
dent,
Mrs. Helen cMillan, opened
the m"In with a poem, In Asp
Mu h: Fo awin the singing M it of a
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uDCrMerrrix.s
t.na Wsgailicvaser o
hl,
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ort ast
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eas
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the minutes of
th last meeting were read and
th roll call taken. Mrs. N. R.
Drover, '' second
vice-president, nil her group had
char of the o r m. Mr e r a s.
g
Sam-
uel Storey read the scripture les-
sen, which" was the Christmas.
'.story from ' Luke, ,chapter 2, and
Mrs;: J, L. Bell led • in prayer, The
was topictaken. from the.
P study
St
book :and'dealt with women: of -the
Old Testament .as' leaders.•,A paper
on Mirian was read •by 1Virs. N. R.
Dorrance, on Deborah. -by. --.Miss
Jean' Scott, /and, on the Queen of.
Sheba by rs William Drover.
The prey debt, Mrs 'Helen Mc-
Millan, , expressed her appreciation
for the kindness and co-operation
tion:
of the group; during' the past; year.
Mrs. D. L.:Elder installed'. the 'of-
ficers for the coming year 'as fol
•
lows.
Honorary,president, ,Mrs:; D...L.
Elder; president, Mrs. Helen 'Mc
Millan; ;first. ;vice=presideht ., Mrs.
R. E. McMillan, second vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Francis Coleman; • sec-
retary, Miss.' Jean Scott; treasur-`
St. Columban CWL:
Makes Donations
A meeting of St. ColumbaniCath-
olic Women's League was held in
the Church hall on Sunday 'after-
noon.:; The president,': Mrs. 'Angus,..
Kennedy, opened the 'meeting Ar-
rangements were made for:the-
cleaning ;of %the church, a d ;for
_the • care of. the, :altars for ,Christ -
..The. 'shut-ins are tp be renieii-'
bered by a Mass for, their- inten-
tions Donations '.Were voted tip
ward the bursary for education t
the priesthood, Christ' the King
College,Neterans' Christmas •';Fun'd'
and, Our Lady's Missionaries;:
Interesting teports: of the Dean
ery meeting held in Stretfor ere
given:by 'Mrs. To - Morris, • and
Mrs, : Mauri4ie Mel dy The mys-'
tery prize,'.'donate ,,by Mrs ;Hub-
ert•.Johnson,, was •won by•Mfrs•'.
Frank Murray,
District .:.Weddings
McGILVER CO PELLO
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DBLIN. - 8 attires Roman.
Catholic Churc
London, was the
.
setts g' when `Ptricia. E Costello
:eke anged weding vows ' with
DoiiglasS.' Meelve• before' the
.bride :is • he Baugh r.. of.. Arid
Father T,P,''ooney, Satur-
day mornin , Nov'ber .,2 , The.
Miis..Dani Costello, •Dtiblin,nd the
groomis; the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harris. McGilvery, London ,
The bride 'wore a floor -length
`gown of silk organza over net and
taffeta "and ;ehan ' y: lace.. The
moulded' bodice le tuned lilypoint
Sleeves and ; swee eat •ijeckline,
accented . with it' esti nt sequins.
,The bouffant SkiVt Was styled:witb
a• circle/of ch tidy lace accented
with, seqUiris . : . A crown,embroider
ed, • with pearls and' :sequins :field.
her fingertip';`illusion veil, a d she:
carried ;a cascade ofred roes and:
ivy.. •�.. i
Miss/ Phyllis Butters, R.N.,, :ten-
don,
Lon -don, /was ,maid of honor, wearing;
a French blue strapless street,
length .;organza gown'. with match-
ing 'Jacketand accessories. She'
carried a sheaf. 'of 'pink' reses., ..
'Kenneth Stapleton, Toronto, Was
best.' -man, --'and the --:ushers were
Norman. Smith, London, .aid :Dan-.
ny Costello, Ottawa:
For trayeliing the .bride chose a
hunt es green, wool sheath with
rna ping .accessories and persian
le 'IS "'jacketi'The couple will live
in, London. • -
e bride is a graduate of St.
J seph'sLondo, Hn.ospital School'of t�"urs=
g, :
Canal' Co., which failed and Mr.
Aspeniwali,' my broker,' neglecting
to sell out, as'- I had told him.
I had a better journey home, as
f. bought a Buffalo robe and wrap-'
aped myself in it. .
On. arriving home I bought. a
pair of horses, Poily and :Charlie,:
so that going to the mill and' to.
Goderich was:..a pleasure. The
ploughing was easier .too.
Oh June 26th' our third' child was
born `and named after her grand-
mother, Frances Belton. Hanson,
a young English medical man,..at-
tended my wife. +
My crops Were good this year;,
120 bushels of fall wheat, 117 bush-
els of spring wheat, 122 bushels of
barley, 210 bushels of potatoes, /0
bf oats, some 300 bushels of tur-
nips and mangels, and eight tops
After this, we lived well, having
plentyof everything and all rais-
ed on the farm except (tea and
sugar), I 'sold wheat I did not re-•
quire, in Goderich, and also So'nie
80 pounds of maple sugar and un-
derstanding the process I made a
nice granulated sugar too.
, We spent Christmas 'day, '1837;
with .Mrs. 'Webb, of Goderich.
1838 -Oct. 2nd, fourth Child,
;Richard, born. This. year- farm
yielded 175 bushels' wheat,: 140 of
oats, ' 250 of potatoes, 40 pounds
wool, sold at' 37 and one-half.,cents
per ,.pound. Flour from wheat
grown $105.
1839 -This year exchanged some
lots in Hullett•for a lot of 64 acres,
close to the town of Goderich, on
the Maitland concession.
1840:', --Feb: 21st, I engaged a
house of Mr. Campbell's, the rec-
tor, which he had : built : on his
glebe, 3 miles out of Goderich.
Moved in March 3rd. July 1st, our.
son, Robert Bolton was born and
our friend, urs, Webb,came out
from Goderich and stayed until
my wife was strong again. On the
21st of July my father left by
Steamer to Detroit on his. way to
New York fox England,' to end his
(Continued on Rage 0)..
ILL0P
FOR NW EAR
sr, Mrs. N. R. Dorrtnce; pianist,
Miss' Jessie Fraser; Ladies Aid
secretary, Mrs.
T. 1,W, McMillan;
Glad TidiYs secretary a
rY
y
Mx
sJ.
L.
Bell; Sup secretary, Sam-
e
am-
uel /Storey; Home
Helper's an
il
Lit
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eraure sesetar rs. James F.
Scott; W 'come ad Welfare sec
retary, rs. Willi ' DrOvex."
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EUCHRE "
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lENSALL Community Centre
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December � 1959
', "Euchre at 8:3b pm.
Lucky Lunch Prize Draw for
r.
ChristmasCakes. us ]cesKippen
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East Institute.
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TUROALDEC. 26,1
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Da ricin , at 8. p.m.
Anyone desiring invitations to . this Dance
/and Mao have not already received one, phone
en
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etifort
By resolution of the Council- I here
proclaim
TURD DECEMBER 261
Boxing- Da
-and respectfully request the CitizenS. a
13usin smen to observe the same.
Mayor
'God -Save th Queen'!
Still Available' At
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ockey Games
Wide selection of ,
"GIFT -WRAP,PINGS
and Perionalized christtritis ,Car s
For Every Member of the Family/
" Other Card Selections as low as 2 for 5c
and for 10c /
GAMES and' .BQC:)KS
PAINT 134;i NUMBER. SETS,
Seaforth 5e to $1.00. Store—Stationery & Gifts
Open WeclneSclay afternoons from now till Christmas'