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Sterling.Tower,;Toronto ,
° 32 years in Business
BOUNDARY EAST •,;
• Mr, and Mrs.. Wm. MacDonald
entertained Mr. and Mrs. ' Sher-
wood .of Ashfield on Wednesday
evening. Sunday' visitors at Mac
Donald's were Mr.. and Mrs, Ma-
hood, Mrs. M'agwood and Helen
of .Kincardine and Mrs. Meek
and Mrs.' #seal of . Goderich.
Masters Billy : and jack Ken
riedy spent a few 'days of last
week with • -their ..grandparents,
• -Mr. and' 'Mrs: 'ViFm. Robb of Luck-
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henderson
of Wingham visited at Mi. Geo.
• •Kennedy's on Sunday;
Mr. and Mrs., Pharis Mathers
'and Carolyn spent Sunday' with
Mr., :and Mrs. Harvey Ackert: of
Lorne, Mrs. Mothers also ' spent
a day. ,in London last week.
Mr.. and ". Mrs:. Jack McMillan
visited at, Pinkerton on Sunday.
'Mr. • and Mrs, Ed. McQizillin
and Grant visited at Mr: • Fred
• . .McQuillin's ' on Sunday.
Mrs. Merrill GalnteIon :of Wing-
ham- spent the week -end .with.
her brother, Mr. Alfred. Patter-
SOn.
. Messrs: Ronald Forster and
George Fisher spent tiiesday in
Coliingwood.• Ronald has com-
menced work at the Maple Leaf
Aircraft in Lucknow.
Mr: and Mrs. Cecil. Forster,
Jimmie • and Grace Elizabeth of
,Palmerston visited at Mr.: Jas:
Forster's on . 'Sunday,,,,
Miss Greta . Hudson held a Red
Cross quilting last week for the
ladies west, of No: 9.
The people of this community
join in . extending their .sincer-
est sympathy to, Mrs. ;Sam .Morri-
son, her .husband and family and
to .Mr.' Leslie Alton' in mourning
the loss of -their father, the late
Mr. and Mrs. George . Fisher
entertained the . bridge club on
Wednesday evening. Winners for
the ;:evening were Mrs. Ted .Coll-
yer and Mr. Farish' Moffat.
-NEED FARMERS
FOR. WINTER ...1985-
The
JOBS .
The manager of the Walkerton
office of National Selective Ser-
vice, A. J. Schnurr, states that
many more men from the farms
why can he'spPared for the winter
months, are needed for jobs in
.other essential industries. A min-
•irnum' of 150100 men are needed.
and while .the responsehas been
encouraging, requirements have
not " by any, 'means• ,been 'met. In-
structions have been issued by
Arthur MacNamara, director of
National Selective Service. at Ot-
taws,' that/ each locale 'office isto
iritefiify- its.' efforts' •t9 induces
more men to "acce•pt'.work 'off the
fartn for the, winter. • '
The • director's' instructions 'em-
phasize the following points:
(1) While men from the farms
are ' urgently ,needed elsewhere,
no; man should leave agriculture,
if he is needed as a farm worker
for the winter:'•°'
' (2), Men will, . of cotirse; return
to the farm once."again, when
their services are required there:
(3) Men will be paid the reg-
ular wages for whatever job they
accept, and .transportation will
be 'provided , . free if, a distance'
has to be travelled.
(4) Workersfrom'•the farm, al-
ready given postponement under
the Military. Call-up by reason
of: eing farmers, Will , continue
on postponement if they leave.
fi ld: -thy,. -4ari 4o
essential. employment for the
winter. , ' ,
• In communicating with Selec-
tive Service ' offices, Mr. • Mac=
Namara said: "This appeal to
*Pricers not. needed on.,.f--arms- for
the winter; is both patriotic and
W: J. FREEMAN, Teeswater mer
chant, has' received a note from
General 'Sir Bernard L. :Mont-
gomery, . commander of the: Bri-
tish 8th Army in .Italy .tha g
him for 1,000 cigarettes h
the Teeswater 'man sent. T , lei -
ter is in the .'general's han writ-
ing, The cigarettes were distrib-
uted to men of the. 8th . A>my.. •
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V. -
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1HOUsANDs• of. men and women
in uniform wt'll,be telephoning home
this Christmas. This means a huge
aadditi.nal load on Long Distance
facilities=especially "long haul" lines
---already busy' carrying essential war
•
calls.
So again this year wa urge you • to '
send your Christmas greetings by
mail. You can help the Post Office
people, y arranging, to send
'SF tlim�artk}o h ... .- .,•
Shdulil there he an out-of-town call
you mast make, -please telephone •a,
many days before Christmas• as pos-
sible. In this way you will help us
to handle promptly the flood Of eager.
holiday greetings whieh will pour in"
from military camp; 'all over, the
countrY. Thank you. .
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Recalls Fake
At Dungannon,
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Ey Gavin Hamilton GreeIL
Dungannon Village Was .on the noises. Young and old • from the
•map of Western Ontario as well
as Benmiller . and S;ltford Ben-
rniller on Sharp's Creek, " Salt -
ford on the Maitland -aver. The
narne, Dungannon, "came from old
Ireland. along with, William Mal -
lough, the first settler. The. vill-
age is built on four corners :at
four cross roads- inn two townships,
Ashfield 'an& Wawanosh. Williann
Maliough owned one corner farm,
Robert . D,avidson ' the other cor-,
tier faun in 'Ashfield;. in Waive:-
nosh,
awanosh, William McMath owned one
corner farm and W. A. Stewart
the other corner farm.
In Ashfield, : on Mallough''s- cor-
ner was Dean • Swift's tavern;'
across 'the road 'on Davidson's
corner was, Anthony Black's ta-
vern-narried Prince • of Orange;
in . Wawanosh on McMath's • cor-
ner. was Savage's general store,.
on Stewart's, corner was. Bell's
general store. • •
Seventy-five years' ago I. went
to 'a private School in a •building
next to. the . Bell store as I used
to play with h a' boy named Tommy
Bell, and each. 'morning I took
a• pennyto pay the, lady teacher.
'On the Davidson property, was
b>wiilt ,one of the first briCk._Ang..:
lican churches in the county of
Huron which still stands . in the
same place. Dr. Alex McKay liv-
ed next, to this church, ' He, played.
bagpipes, and the first, time I saw
and heard him I.. ran for home •
never.-stoppedjun'il' I got -un-
der the bed, told- mother ' I saw
the devil -in the village:for I had
`been taught that the devil; had
hozfins'on his head, a big •tailand
was -always hissing and snorting
fire. Being . Scotch, my mother
told.: be what I took .'for' the .de' it
was a Scotchman and the horns'
and tails •were a • musical instru- William. Green from Colborne
ment, the hissing and snorting Township • ; coming to, our house
fire nd smoke was the sweet with , some of , the ,sand tied up
musi of My ancestors.
Down,the _AshfielcLside of main
street as I remember there was
Pentland's blacksmith shop;' John
McGratten's -shoe shop, Clenden-
• fling's ' store and post office. The
first store on Wawanosh 'side was,
that of Andrew Sproul, furniture;
Geo. Videan, blacksnuth; " Jennie
Tremble, tailor; Jonnie Roberts,
general stare; James Whyward;
tin .shop; Wm: Crawford, wagon
maker; WM. ••McArthur, carpen-
ter; Bickle's harness ' Shop and
Augers •dog . churns. Visitors to
Ford's museum in Detroit may
see one of these old' Dungannon
.dog churns as I sold' one of the
churns to the Museum.
,On. the Ashfield side of, Dun-
gannon half , a mile down the
fourth . "concession • Was " Distier's
woolen mill, .Saunbay's grist mill •
and John ' fr".encimnan's sawmill.
There was a 'temperance hall. on
Wawanosh side of Main street
and if .the Wawanosh Main street-
ers wantedto liquor up they had
to cross Main street to Ashfield
and if the Ashfield liqtior boys
wantect to join the . temperance
lodge they had' to crossthe street rink and . a • place to nominate
to Wawanosh. candidates for West Huron tlec-
In 1868 the Village had. an oil
boom south of the village about
a mile on a farm owned by a
man ' named . Stothers where Dr.
Hamilton lives on'the Wawanosh
side of iVlain street. Men were
digging a well from which came
practical. „If: jobs in the 'woods,.
to cutfuel, logs, mine .and' rail
way: timbers andpulpwood, : are
not . filled,, the war; effort, and as'
well 'our "national welfare, will
suffer 'seriously. The same may,
be said of employment vacancies,
in. packing plants, at railway
maintenance, in base metal mines
and in coal mines in some areas:
.-ken-not neededon' the -farms for
the. winter are the only�sizea.ble
supolyLpf- workers we -have left
to call on in Canada, to 'get these
, jobs. done . this winter".'
Marie Swan, of Wingham and
Helen 'McDonald' of : St. • Helens
spent ; Sunday with Vyetta Phil-
lips.
Village and surrounding country
came to hear these strange. noises, .
while the well • diggers kept dig-
.ging, away ui • the dry sand but
with no' Sign of water.
In the interest auresssedd o two
village mischief - ,maker$ decided
to have some fun out of it, all.'
Choosing; a dark night they went
with a large can Qf• cos oil' anti _ •
dumped it into the well. Next
morning when. the well diggers
went JO work they smelled the
oily They "took , a shovel. full' of • . .
sand, set it afire and it burned
up brightly. They had struck oil.
As there was no ' telephone or
telegraph, riders were despatch-
ed on horses to Goderch, Luck-
now, Port Albert and surrounding
country with the great news..'
Oil Struc) at, Dtingarrizon,•The
.
village boomed, taverns were
crowded, , stores did '. a . thriving
trade, a, company was to be form-
ed, and people flocked to sub
..scribe for stock. The precious
sand was doled' out , in a tea -cup
lots to prospective investors. A
company ' was formed, a derrick
and engine ,housewas built,, ma-
chinery ordered.. The ' jokers
scribed for shares .of the oil stock
but as the fun had gone .much'
further than they had expected.
it had to be stopped m ,a way td
avoid identifying themselves:, So
word was quietly passecLto _•
,,promoters; that 'some.-. one .had
dumped a barrelfull of coal oil -
into :the well at' 'night. Thus the
boomed ended,: machinery orders
were cancelled but the , derrick
and the engine house stood' over
the old well for over. 50 years'
as a • reminder of the Dungannon
oil boom. I 'remember " my uncle,
PRESENT IS GOOD TIME TO
CLEAN ALL SEED GRAIN
A recent seed survey fot the
Province of Ontario reveals that
there are definite shortages of
seed oats and barley for next
year's use, says J. D. MacLeod.
director of Crops, Seed & Weeds
Branch of the Ontario, la,epart-
ment. of Agriculture. These .shor-
tages
shoe; •tages are due to'urltfavorable wea-
ther at the, normal time for: seed-
ing last spring, followed by rust,
later 'in the season.
- The survey : has • also revealed,
however, that there are consid-
• erable quantities of seed from the
1942 crop which are still in' the.
hands offarmers and also scat-
tered areas throughout the pro-
vince -where yields from the 1943
crop will make suitable seed.
Large quantities of grain arc'
resp red for livestock' on' farms
and, unless • provision is made at
an evilly date, •totp save all avail-
able seed for next• year, it is pos-
sible that• much grain of excel-
lent
xcel-lent duality may be used as feed.,
At this time of year most seedl,
cleaning plants usually • experi-
ence a slack period. Therefore;
now is an excellent timetoA get
seed cleaned and make ai range-
ments for your next season's see l
supply. All grain suitable for seed
should be made available without
delay.
A
in a .pocket handkerchief for my
father • to smell. i was six years
old at, the time, but 1 remember
my father smelling the sand • and.
pronouncing it coal oil. •
After the Fenian .'raid scare
=the •Goverrunent built a drillihed
and armory . at D"unganhon as
headquarters for ;No.: 9 Company
of the 33rd lHuron Battalion. Jos-
eph Mallough 'was captain,. Mr.
Crozier,' -first lieutenant; ' John
Varcoe, 2nd lieutenant. ' The corn- •
pany would take the 'honors for .
big men at the'ahnt al drill camp,
one year all the men being six
feet and over. I myself . at one
time belonged to No. 9 Company,_
but not . in the days that it was
handed bouquets• for big menA. I
finished .my three years training
the year the cornerstone was laid
at the rniimtary college on. Carling
Heights' London, under the train-. ,
ing uf. Major. M.allotigh and Capt.
Varcoe. I rose : in . my military
training. from a buck.,private to
the -office of a lance -corporal. The
old drill ;shed did duty for years,
as an agricultural fall fair build-
ing, for, concerts, , as :a skating
tions, • .as well as for, political
meetings .of Grits and-. Tor..ies: -- •-
Aldrig in the 'early nineties they
decided to sell the old shed by .
auction but there was only one
bidder, Thomas Durnin, of Dun-
gannon, who got it for $28:
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'Boy: And now, doctor, that I've
told you .I am going to marry
,Anne, , there's one thing 1 want
to get' off my chest. ,
Doctor: You just tell be about
it, my boy,
Boy: A tattooed heart with the
name :',label on it.
"Clus", .sai.d Bill :'are the rest
of the boys out of the woods yet?
All sit. of them?"
"Yes", said G,us.
"And they're all safe? "•
"Yep". ..
"Then", said Bill, his chest
swelling. "I've shot a deer". •
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