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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-11-25, Page 6, • _,,, • . THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCIiNOW, ONTARIO • Your Estate An Asset • or a Liability ? • CHANES Successic Duties and Income Taxeshave created some real problems in the administration of estates. A revision of your will may be advisable. By naming:The Sterling Trusts Corpora-•, tion as executor, you have The personal attention of a senior estate officer assisted by a staff familiar with current legislation • end' the rulings of the various taxing • authorities. 'THE. STERLING,- TRUSTS, CORPORATION • Sterling Tower„IToronto .32 years in Business EXPLAINS DELAY IN TROOPS' •MAIL ilmekimesee.e, In thelast four months the press and public have indicated . some concern over the mail ser- vice to Canadians taking pert in the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. The Postmaster General; Hon orable Mulock; thinks that a frank statement of what has • been and is being done, will best .serveto allay misunderstanding. e ana tan Forces . proceed- ing to the Mediterranean theatre assembled 'at a British' port and mall was delivered by the Can: adian Postal Corps, through the • *Ce -operation of the Royal Navy, 'u.p_to., the time -the -last -boat the coriVoy left.the port After the departure of the convoy, all Mails forthe troops in the Mediterran- ean theatre had to be "frozen" for security 'reasons until the official announcement was made of th�. invasion of *Sicily on the • 10th of July. The first despatch for Sicily Was made by air on July 10th, and the first despatch of surface mail, Consisting of approximately • • 1,200 bags, yvas.made on, July 18th. Surface mails must be des-, Patched in convoy's and the el- apsed time between the United Kingdont and the Mediterranean theatre is approximately 21 days. The parcel mails posted in Can- ada in June; which had to be held in the United Kingdom for se- curity reasons, were; therefore, not delivered in the Mediterran- , .. .-ean area. untikapproxirna:tely Au- gust 10th. • . Operational difficulties h.ave ip be contended with. For exarnple, the steamer carrying mail5. for, the Canadian Forces in -"the Med- iterranee'n in the next mainten- ance convoy was. damaged by • enemy action and had to put into the nearest part for repairs, re.-- • suiting in a delay of atleast three weeks in the delivery of 800 hags Of men for the Canadian - Forces. •- • Partial eXplanations of surface delays have been: 1. Sectirity. • reasons in England; .2. Waiting for ,Convoy; 3. Length Of journ- ey. - Thel average elapsed time, Stir- ' face Mails, posted in Canada for delivery in the United Kingdom is 28 days, and between the Un- - ;riited --Kingdom: and the-MediteT- ranean theatre, 21 days. From a -standpoint 'of compar- ison with, British and United • States 'mail, it might be noted 'that the Canadian FOrcesproceed to the Mediterranean 'from the ' Unitedingdo. The U.S. Forces vciK rn proc directly froin the United States. For security reasons Can- , adien'Inairs must be 'routed to the. -United Kingclam until such time as official announcement , is Made of the Canadian Forces having arrived in the theatre Of operations. As mentioned, the bulk of the U.S. Forces proceed directly frotn the United States• • 1 Iand Mail can be despatched by direct sailings, as soon. as 'it is. announced that the troops have left the o United States: As soon as"Cattada is informed of the ar- rival of Canadian troops in the Mediterranean, mails- are divert- ed for conveyance by direct sail- ,ings from the United States 1: -passing- the- United- Kingdom. Bri- e tish • troops, on the other hand,. have not the long trans-Atlantic voyage to contend withand the United States send Mout ordinary letter mail by air. The above general remarks re- fer to the, early stages of thii handling. The present Situation smore important. All surface letters are despatched direct fr New -Wk Anita United States ships whose mail carrying facilities are open to us through the courtesy of the Un- ited States Post' Office. Depart- ment. If is expected that • after the United States 'Christmas rush has subsided, parcels .' for the Armed. Forces will .also go that Way, and thus avoid the extra time of being transferred from England. by convoy. , • THURS., NOVEMBER 25th, j943 • PIONEERS OF' /WEST WANOSII . (By E.R,B., St. Helens) I have been writing chiefl When the pioneer Woman arose to meet thedaywith is various duties her costume gave her very. little Concern. She buttoned on a home -spun, woolen skirt, and a cotton jacket, tied her apron string,-. washed in a- haSin • on. The bench outside the shanty door, and she was ready for the day. If the meriting was 'cool _a pair .of prunnelle shoes was pull- ed on. T,hese shoes had elastic sideand required no laces. This' was all Very Well for the shanty; but when, milady •dress- ed, for church or a wedding, •or :a funeral it was quite'a different matter. Many Of these **seinen owned a blacksilk dress brought from the- pia Land 'which was one of their most cherished Pos- sessions• and: the envy of those who were net fortunate enough to have one. • ' Se if' there was an • "occasion" the black silk -was unwrapped• out of its tissue 'paper cover- ings, the folds carefully smooth- ed out, and the •serious process of dressing had begun. In those mid-Victorian , days the corset eld the • spcitlight in feminine stimation. The woman with the siender .waist enjoyed the adinir-,, • ation of all: The lean woman had y ham highway Robert MacCarrol settled on the property now own- ed.. by Miss Jenny Lyons. The next farm east with its "sunny banks and braes" has been in the • possession of the MacIViillan's • since it was virgin forest. It was cleared by John McMillan and! is new owned by his son Phillip. One of the assets Of this Earth is 'the gravel pit from which toms' • of crushed stone and gravel •go to make egood roads. The farms owed by George and Mel:Greer were hoth owned and cleared by 'Mr , -Armstrong. George's. it- now 'oWned by Vernon Hunter. is 'on the homestead., The corner "- farin now owned by Phillip Mac- Millan was cleared by Malcolm MacDonald. He also cleared the farm owned by Tom Salkeld..East of Malcolm MacDonald were two hundred acre farms Owned and. cleared by J, and Edward McQuillin. The farms are still owned by the McQuillin family: The next farm owned by Manson • Reid was leared by one Haw- kins. The corner lost was settled • by John Sherriff now owned by mbers of the Torrance' faMily. The next farm south owned by1 Mrs, •James Purves was cleared - • by the pioneer Sherriffs. The farm owned' by James McQuillitt on the sideroad was cleared by Win,Orr. Th•corner farm across the„sideroad was cleared by Mr. John McQuillin. Next east the farm was settled by Edward Mc= Quillin, now owned by lohn Mc.1 Jr, Wm. MacDonald was pioneer settler 'Oti the farm McQuillin, (Boss) , • Sandy Cameron was pioneer 'set- tier en •the farm owned by G. H. , Webb, now • incorporated in the. joynt estate. John Archer. clear- ed the :farm later Owned by: his. . son David. and Burns was Settler on the next ferni. The farm south, ' on • the sideroed was cleared hy J..P'orster now owned by his son James. J. Forster also owned farm across the sideroad. B. Fisher owned'the corner lot aid Dale Gillis the. other halt:, These were long lots, .but were chang- ed, Forster taking the back lot on the sideroad and dillies tak- ing the lot on the highway ing to square lots.' 'Jack Gillies now owns the farm facing the highway. The next farm, Settled. by Jos.' Agnew, is now owned 'by A. Patterson. One of Jos. sons,Ag- new's a minister, is. well knOwn in the Ashfield Circuit; Where he frenently-4visits. Jelin Gillies was pioneer on the farm • later owned by Dave Patterson. Geerge ;passel Owned a 25 acre' - lot- facing the highway now:own. ed by Angus Stuart. Another 25 acres „owned first by Alec Mal- colm was at rine time owned by • acres of this farm, now owned Mrs. 'Punch" Maclierinid.' Fifty by G. Inglis, was owned by Day--. id Patterson. MacKenzie Was the tilt while surfce letters, and parcels 'had to yield to the exigencies of the military situ- ation; "bltie" air letters since the middle of July have been regu- larly and promptly deliveied to the Italian hese. 'Their progress beyond that. to the front line has its difficulties which in general have been ' well met. Approximate time of transit from the Base Post Office, Can- ada, to the United kingdom: sur- face letters 20 days; parcels 30 days; "blue" air letters 6 day. From the "United Kingdom to the Mediterranean- theatre (Sic- ily and Italy): surface letters 30 -days; parcels 30 days; "blue" air letters 5 days. - No doubt the public realize that the , present war differs.. greatly from the last Great War when there were more or less fixed lines of battle in the trench fighting as. compared to 'the Wide- spread areas presently under at- tack by land, sea and air. - • • BOUNDARY. EAST' • Miss Pauline Inglis, ,,is visiting for a few weeks with her sister in Toronto. ' Mr, and Mrs. Eddie Moore and family pent Simday afternoon with Mrs. Young and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Young„ A Red Cross quiltiltg was held at the home of Mr. Tom Gaunt last 'Friday. ' -The Bridge Club met- at the home of Mr. Win. TulaeKenzie on 'Wednesday evAning. Mrs. Rhys Pollock held high Score for .the ladies and Mr. George Fisher for the men. Mrs. Will Remington of Tiver- ton is spending a few days with Miss Gretta Hudson 'and Mrs. Hudson. Miss Eunice PurveRall- ed at the same home on Sunday efterhoon. et about the younger "pioneer -We men in the above. The older wo men wore' plain dreOses, long and very full in- the skirt. A littt shawl was worn cornerways round the shoulders. Aroun 'tome they wore white frilled caps Bonnets were worn to- church and truly it was fine to see thos aged women on a Sunday morn ing coming from various direct ions,' each one .carrying. a larg *Bible, -reverence ,and godliness stanyeci 'oh their rugged, faces 'Some of them walked six onosey en miles but seldom were the absent from. their place of. wor y e d e e These were some of the events in the pioneer woinan's life. She • was indeed a busy woman, bak- ing, washing, churning, perhaps two or three times a week owing • to the lack of proper aceomoda- tion for the milk. Then there was the 'long walk to Wm. 'Gordon's • General Store with the butter for -which she might receive 12 or 14 cents per pound. . R was usually traded- for household necessities. These pioneers have left us a ,grand. heritage, not only in fertile fields and comfortable Wage to, live up, th circumstances. no trouble in this respect, but �44jTForm the harvest of 19421the iii"E-K"157-her7fi.gin'ekionien in our belOyed-West she had to puff and pad where she lacked roundness.' This on a waren summer day was not con- duciVe to conifort The stout lady • had her drecomforts also. It was indeed marvellous how she eon - Wars -t Arne: Some resorted to fastening the corset in front and fastening the laces round the bedpost. She then :puilecraway and of course the furtner she pulled .away the tighter .the corset became. The laces were then tied and the fig - tire Was all 'that could be de- sired. The hoops were then fast- ened on. Over this was a white petticoat with several flounces 'Starched and .ironed until it would stand -without Then, over all went. the black silk. dress. The under -skirt might 'be plain or plaited and was floor length. Then the waist and overskirt was a combination. The overskirt was • drawn up in places . so. that le budged and billowed like a pare - chute in mid-air. A high collar with a white frilled lace round ed the top k and a bonnet tied with fit ribbons under the chin cOmplet- Ta ed the"costurrie. It required bout. '*fl 15 yards of narrow widthmat:, ap erial to make one of these dress-- Ja es. • • • fa • It may seem to us in our day Th that those dresses- were. clumsy° Sm And burdensome and yet, a wo- Ja man dressed as 1, have tried to' 10.t deseribe her, was the picture of is feminine loveliness. True, she Al looked older than her ye,ars, but is" these fashions, cumbersome and 'MI heavy as we think they were, An helped to keep up the morale of An .the pioneer wpman. For if she was washing .a tubfull of men's ori ac we Mi cep •ty. as of stit the wh ve age sal the the cha in tre Do 'fur An yin wanosh, where there was sliert- ege of men, went to the fields. helping to stook and haul in the grain. I. heard of one lady who fell through the rack,. but she tooki_on..the.:_ciiin,- or- Where,- ver it hurst the worse, with a grin. Anether stooked the great-, er part of twenty acres of flax, while her husband was engaged *Cutting it. This goes to show that. the spirit of adventure' arid the ability to4Ace emergencies has not become extinct in the women of the present •day., • It Was Women like this who came out with their htishancls and families and Settled along L•the Gravel Road south of- LuCk, nOW. The Websters,: imigrants • from • Ireland, settled afid clear- ed the 'farm now the dairy farm of Ewart Taylor. One .of the sons, Tom, owned land on the Wawa- nOsh side north ,of Miss Ciiiton's lot: Twenty-five acres of 7 -this,, farmnekt Miss Clifton's is twin - by Stuart Robertson. The her half is owned by Ewart ylor. The next 'farm north, ce owned' -by W. S. Holmes, ple dealer, is now owned by mes Culbert Parts this rni has. been sold for small- lots. e property first owned by: ith McLean ,i now owned iby' mes Culbert. The house and first owned by one Wilson, now the property of David ton, and another house and lot' owned by Jim Reed. Williairj is was the p' heel'. settler on e farm new Wwned by Harry derspn.. The Village of Lucknow owes gin to- an offer made by the vernment of two hundred res of . land to anyone who uld erect a mill on the Nine le River. This offer °was, ac- ted by Eli Stauffer, a German, o came from Waterloo C.oun• He built a dam and' erected awmill in 1856, just in front where Treleaven'S Mill now nds. in 1858 Mr. ,Stauffer sold property to James Somerville o had the village site sur- yed into,lots. The day the vill- was named and an auction e of lets was held,. instead of twenty-one guns to celebrate event, there were twelity-one rgeS .of' gun powder exploded -auger holes bored in large es. At a later date Lees and nglas erected' wolen mills ther down the river, now the derson •Flax mills. East of the age on the Lucknow-Wing- shirts, sticky ' with the gurh of pine logs and many other ac- cumulations and her mind was occupied. With planning the new dreSs, be it silk .or cotton, she WAS lifted out of her eziViron- wh trent and the wash was out be- fore she had ' finished her Plans, In the early days the flowered pattern on prints, Muslin, or any such goods, ran all tbe one way, so the. Pioneer waken had to use care in cutting out her frock and even, the Most careful might fired she had cut a half -back or front or perhaps a sleeve with the 'flowers ,Tunning down, It might • be evetr, bit of. cloth Was used and the chances were it might be weeks Or even months before she could go shopping again. So was it any wonder len-6w bit-, ter tears felt on the pretty flow- elgs. pioneer on the farms owned netv by John McMillan. The next farm., east was cleared by Neil. Mac • - Lean, new irr possession of Bob Hutchison. Bob ThOmpson .was pioneer on the • next farm now • owned by his son. The 'next farm ' was cleared by one -Mowbray and • the corner farm by Alex Cern- eron. This brings us sou the, north- • east corner of West Wawaliosh. These are some of the men and *Omen who faced privation, hardships and isolation at jeej- ardy of their lives, to bring to the unborn generations their pre:. sent heritage. Let us not treat their sacrifices with indifference. • Let us take the torch from their fallen hands and go on to make West Wawanosh the best place in all the world to 1114 in. This only tan be done by a firth. trust in God and performing faithfully the dilties that come day by day. *4" :saying, 'This' is my - task", and .no one can rik ‘44 #