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The L,ucknow Sentinel, Lu.cknow, Ontario
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20th, 1944
county,, ;Oler.k Traces --
P"opilation Decline
Il Bruce Co. unty
Bruce C
ou'iriy is
observing its.
86th birthday this •year, David
Forrester, K.C., clerk of Bruce
County tpld the Paisley Rpta'ry
Q.., Club. "':at. .a recent -meeting. and
proceeded to compare the _eras:
that marked the growth and de
k. htne of': the County's population.
,Historians, he said, have 'de-.
Glared that the last half of the
`nineteenth century was the goid-:
en; age oft history, and this was
eaitain1 r true bf Bruce County.
In' .'1856 Bruce " carie`::.into 'exist
ence, and . thereafter, .: until the
turn of ,the : century, the popttla-
tioii grew until morethan 68,000
d ,
persons resided within the Colin-
,ty., Since 1900.the census has r-
t'.vealed 'a steady . decline in the
population of the county, ' until
., toda'y it stands at .38;,000.,
He pointed outthat in the 1,9th
centciry, three "great'.: industries
were ,iiriporta'ni to. ,,the county,
lumbering,/ agriculture ,arid man
ufactur-•ing. Today: Bruce county
is.. chiefly an agricultural county.
withmanufacturing of secondary
importance, and the lumbering,
industry a thing of the past.
Mr. 'Forrester pointed out: that:
in • the early days, there ,,Was a'
saw mill in, every hamlet, .and
community, and in .many instan-
ces there :were two; 'and three
mills : in' a • `singles community:'
• There were. • planing mills to
handle the pro,,ducts of the, great
forests, whlChi-were rapidly strip
ped '-of their wealth
Sees?,Less, Manufactui1n ,
the' _speaker :also. referred . to
the' loss; -•3f µ'iti 'other industries
including tanneries and the brick
yards, lirrie •kiln§ and associated
industries which .' had Catered to
the building trade: There ' isnot
one-tenth of ;the manu.factuti`bs'
c
Bruce today that there was in
•the 19th century, he said, and
he mentioned the decline of other
industries including flour ,mills,
and the cheese factories; which
have largely been supplanted by
crean eries, . salt' wells arid
vari-ous shops and factories' which.
were engaged in the manufacture
of farm : iniprements and sirriiler
wares.
Farming .had also' declined `in
'importance; declared • Mr. For-
.rester,
or-•rester, Who ,deplored the neces-
; city' for the importation of West-
ern feed .grains, especially in,
view . • of ,thethousand'sof •acres
of good farm land in the cpuxity.
which are being put to little oz'�
no ,.practieal rise.'
, Left for West
Decline of the population of
Bruce began when the Canadian
West sent forthits call for horne-
Steaders. Literally thousands of
Bruce' .citizens heeded the call
and remained there to build their
homes. `ir,Trging the adoption of a
reforestation' 'program in every
part Of the county, Mr. Forrester
'mentioned that the county coun-
c?il had already, given this project
a start through: the purchase of
'cheap- lands . ,.in; "the Peninsula,.
• where, some 1000. acres are now
being.;developed into .a ..new for
est, area. • •
.lie said that the tourist indus-
try' was of the utmost importance
to :'Bruc'e, and .estimated that
there were now between 4,000 &
5,000 summer cottages within the
county:' .
h fll Il,
•
1
• "I'm in for life'' '`' '
'Won't you be ^very, very.hap- 1•
1
py. when your 'sentence is over?"
c' eer u y as ed a' worn n of a
convict l in `liaison,
"I.'dunno, na'arn, dunno".
gloomily answered the .man.;
"You don't know?"; asked •the
Woipn, : amazed. `.`Why'' vat?"
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OBITUARY
. PATRICK BUCKLEY
After a long illness • Patrick
Buckley of Kingsbridge/lied 'in
Alexandra Hospital, Goderich, on
Saturday afternoon in his 76th
year. •
A sonof, the late John and
Bridget Hogan Buckley, die was
born and had lived' ;all:' his -life
'in, Kingsbridge where lie opera-
ted a farm. He; was unmarried.
and isisurvived• by a brother, Jos-
eph 'of , Kingsbridge. ' '
:The funeral took ,place;. from
Brophey's ,Funeral Chapel, 'Mon -
'day
Mon=•day morning :to St. Joseph s.,
•church, Kingsbrid'g,e, where re-
'quiem"high mass was sung at 1.0
o'clock' by Rev: J:. R. ' Quigley.
Interment was. in Kingsbridge
Cemetery.
WILLIAM JOHN JO.HIIJ.STON.
The, -death of Williani : John,
Johnston occurred suddenly on
Thursday in `Brantford' General.
Hospital ' where he had been a
patient since early last July. He.
was 67 years of . age, and Was
born in Huron Township, a On
of the 'late Andrew Johnston.
The funeral se vice' was held
in Ripley United Church ' on Sat-
urday, April 15th, with, •fhterinent
ih Ripley Cemetery:
Mr. 'Johnston's wife; ,formerly
Jessie Baird, ' predeceased her
husband • twienty-two years ago
at Ripley. Two years later a son
James A. passed :away. at Ripley.
Surviving are two 'sons and:
two daughters, William E. 'of
Wingham; now in:.. the Provost
Corps: stationed, at .Lohdon Chas,
of Brantford, 'Mrs,. N. S. 1✓alvert
(-Marion) of Paris and .Miss
Verna of London
DUNGANNON
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Mrs. J. D: Richardson. & child-
'ren of Aylmer spent Easter holi-
days with Mrs. -Annie Culbert,
south of the Village. ,
Miss ,Bertha Jones, R.. N. of
London . spent a few clays last
week with her parents, Mr., .and
Mrs: Frank Jones.
Miss Bernice Blake, BA. of Oi
•Springs spent the Easter 'vaca-
tion with her parents,'' Mr. and
Mrs. -John Blake. ;
1
Mrs. Chas, 'Fowler- is a : pat-
ient at„ Wingham . Hospital., with
,mastoid. trouble, but is 'progressu
ging• towards .,recovery_ .nicely:
IMrs: R. A. McKenzie. of Wing -
ham has :been visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Otto Popp.
Misses Lavoine, Marjorie and
Noreen Taylor of Thamesford
visited their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Dickson,, Sr., at
Easter. • ` d
Margaret Wealtha aFlepderson
The little daughter •of Mrs. •
Robert Henderson, Dungannon,
and Pte: Robert Henderson, over-
seas, passed away at Alexandra
iVlarrrie Hospital ori' Satti-rdaY:-L
The little tot Was. the victim of
an accident a short . time ago
when ;she swallowed . some :lye
that so :burned her ,throat ,.she
was unable .to ;swallow; . •' '
Mr.:and Mrs. Harvey Finnigan Margaret Wealtha, age 3 years,
of Detroit were 'Easter visitors 10 months,..was born at Wingham
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Finnigan. „
' Mrs. Neil McDonald, Langside
and ,Mrs. J. J, Ryan and Miss
Betty Elliott, Dungannon, 'spent
last Monday in. London-.
' The measles reached 'a • high
peak around the ViIlage,' and
when school . ' reopened on Mon-
day the attendance in the Senior
room was 13 and the . Junior room
had but 4. On Tuesday, the at-
tendance ' in the Sr. 'rgom grew
to 15 and in 'the Junior room
dropped to 2. And at that rate it.
was thought 'that' Mss Millie' An-
derson, the teacher for the Jun •
iors might just as welI cancel tine
Wednesday classes till some more
youngsters' were on their feet a-
gain. Some grown-ups have 'also
been taken down with the Malady
aid found the ordeal arlittle 'i:norP
tedious than" ` the kiddies -did,.',
`which at .that was quite enough.`
1 hese .' being ;. called the "real
measles".
•...11�fr:`�.-Wi•11''Ca�sar`.is'. a ` pa�ieit
in the Wingham Hospitalwith
blood poispning from a . Iittle
scratchon his hand. He grew
Very. 41 and ._ Fasjaken to _hos ital
by ambulance: He ' isgr dually
recovering..it ' is reported.
"It's a funny thing, , but every
time I dance with ybu the, dances
seem very short". '
"They are. My fiance -`is lead
er of the orchestra"
.�.,..,..:.. :::.... •:iii?'S£+
FIRST
buy
VICTORY BONDS
tr
!eace.
1
'How do we 'want to pay for a victorious peace?•
.
17i�
_'lc�aii .uf c,a.l-r. _i.�a�ner•..or -t-he-lossof•:otlr--•'yotith-'•
-- -
The pioney • will he ' returned with interest - - "- - .the lives of our
'fig-hting. men are irredeenmable,
'there Must be suffering and loss' • of life-• :That is the co:i•t..o1
• i',t'it the sacrifice .may be" mitigated bv..t'he extent to xvhich our
,leaders can use ',machine power to replace than power.
` !clatter 'planer,, .more p•
• c) verfu.l ;.tanks., ..i greater concentration •.fit
gins will help to .redu.ce.•our casualties. Vaster ships and more
protection meal -Flower losses at sea.... Arniane.nts can and' •cl:o
save lives. •
I1� our eftorets; then., we can control the form in- whieh otir payment
• xvill be 'made.'
The money we .invest in the sixth Victory Loan will hells to laic.
guard our sailors, soldiers and airmen.
To those of u.s at home, a little 1iardeig work, little doing «'ith-
' out and an investment 111 these gilt-edged seett.ritie5 will give
Vlore; v(ung Canadians a chance to 1i
Put Victory First - - Buy Bonds
• (This advertisement inserted by Bruce County Victory Loan Committees
coming to Dungannon three years
ago, her mother ibeing formerly
Agnes Young. There, remains. 3 '
brothers and . a sister, Elmer,
Jean, Jack and Bobby. A .private.
funeral was' held Monday. 'at the:
home of the : grandmother, Mrs.
J. Young with Rev: C. H. Mac-
Donald officiating. The pallbear'
ers were Tom and Fred. Ypung,
Harold and Jim Errington.and.
'the flower bearers Arthur' Young
and ' Ross Errington. Interment -
Was made . in Dungannon cemet-
ery. Friends, who :cavae • from ,a
distance. were Mrs., Frank Stain.-
per,
tamper, ,Wroxeter, Mrs. Will. Daw-
son; Whitechurch, Mrs.' Ward Sil-.
lers, Mrs. Mildred: Stewart, •Mr:'
W...J. Souch, Brussels, Mr. and.
Mrs. Larry Henderson, Mr.. Tom
Hend'erson, Mr: David klenderion,.
L.istoweL.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kimble and
Mrs. A. E. Millner of Londop
were visitor's at Easter With Mr.
and 'Mit: W:" J Raj b aIle!" 1VIIs`s
M. J. Robb.
W.M.S. East`' Meeting
The United Church W. M. 5
meeting for April; •. was held ,on._
Friday with Mrs. J. M: • Reid pre-
siding.,After hymn 11Q3 was sung:
the ' Lord's prayer was repeated'
in .unison.. Mrs. Arthur Elliott .•
took- charge of the worship ser-
vice, following the theme, "Christ
for all' the World". !The Easter•
service 'for the. ' W.M.S. w4s fol-'
lowed.. Miss .Elliott read the seri o
ture lessbn. The- roll call. was 'giv-
en and seen visitors were pres-
ent. It was moved by Miss El-
liott and seconded by Mrs. MC -
Whinney that Mrs. Reid,';::M,rs.
Elliott and Mrs. C: `Durnin be
delegates to attend the Presby-
terial. at Clinton... Piano 'instru-
men.tals were played by'. • Misses
Donna Hodge and Eleanor, Wat-
son: Mrs, Reid 'read an article
on "A road • to enduring ,peace"..
Misses June Rutledge and 'Dor=
nthy McGee sang a ,vocal duet,___.,_____._
Mrs. McWhinney gave .a reading
"Fater and ' tH4 Resurrection".
'Mss Eleanor Watson playe1 a
niarro solo. ' Mrs. Arthur. 'Elliott
!reported oh. the quarterly fin-,
I ances. Mrs: Reid . read the ,Fifth • -
• `-'hinter of the'Study,Book. After „
`he National Anthem .the Mizr)ah
14nediction was repeated to close
the meeting. ' .
"Ross Eedy, Three Rivers, Que. /`
Ind Pte. Irvine Eedyhf ramp f
Ipperwash spent the week-c.rd
with'their parents,,Mr: and Mrs.
H ,J. L. ;Eedy.
•"No, thank ' you, I'll stay at
home!" said .a man who had been
inv•
ited to join 7111:•par•ty .visiting
the Zoo. "My. eldest daughter
does the kangaroo walk', my sec-
ond daughter talks like a parrot,.
my sqn hiughs like. a hyena, my
wife watches the . like •a. l;awk,
my.eook's'as cross as a beat, and
nay. m',ther-:n-law says I'n, an
old gorilla: \/hen I go any .':•
AWASTE PAPER drive in 13,ip-
:ey and Huron Township , last
'veek ,netted• over ten 'tens which
was shipped by freight to .Tor_.
.,.,