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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-04-19, Page 9WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Stk#i. 191 . • •No LongerNeed! You Risk, Your HOME and FAMILY • •r The revolutionary' NEW PYRENE tinguisher PUTS. OUT EVERY CLASS OF FIRE. In Home, Car, Trailer, Bus,Truck, Tractor Powerful instantaneous ..: action •projects a ' '2 lb: charge: of all purpose powder which stops' fire right. . at the start. Its amazing! ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS Regular $12.95 ' Introductory. Offer . $12.00 For SaleBy no, .'ire Department. George Whitby, Chief:, On� . Display. at •Mason''s Garage and Lucknow 'Sent ..+• `' incl;. . • L'UCKNQW. SENTI NEL LUCKNO'S ,FORDYCE J 11ST CROSSROADS NOW (By 11Henry,••Leishmanj " It was a• :spring. , morning' in 1891 when. ,a. six-year-old lad guided by his. two elder,.sisters, trudged. 'along the ninth .conces- sion of East Wawanosh,, It was a very eventful day in • the life of the lad; it was the, first da of school; Dressed in knee-panXs and white blouse .with. a sailor collar, and carrying a lunch pail and, slate tueked,under the arm, `there • wasn't a• -prouder :little tyke. ,in Ontario. Mother had followed along as far as ' the picket fence. : I 'was • afraid that she was going tokiss me..Why would a fellow • six years • old want to be. kissed? But mother settled, for a wave of the hand and cautioned' "Be a good :boy. Tetters To, The Odi .tar:.• Lucknow Sentinel: Dear' Sirs �I•' am• mailing; you a Directory •and :Guide Book of .the Services of the Ontario Government, 'also a•.new Ontario Road Map :•.These information • .. ou' May containy y need regarding .the Ontario, Gov ernment:: and Parliathent Build ings. ,I might. say that the •House will; be:proroguing . soon; ,we have had a . yery busy.` Session, and.every.= thing looks• very satisfactory, re- garding .,the Trost Government. I hope to see you coon. Kindly remember me to all. ' my .friends. With kindest personal regards,, �u Yo, rs s Y; JOHN • HANNA' To achieve success one. must : make an ..attempt. Letters : To : The Editor ' March :15th, 1961 Elmwood, ' Ont. . Dear Sir: The' follow'ing is . a resolution that Was : brought . before the "an-', nual meeting of ' • the • Bruce •County":.Hog Producers and 'car-' vied' unanimously which we .take pleasure in bringing" to :your ;at- tention. Whereas .the press. have' been most co-operative in. ' 'supporting• the ' farmers 'problems • in .'a ':fair and understandin , manner. to • the public. Therefore be it resolved that we the Bruce:, County 'Hog :Pro- ducers' in 'annual,meeting. coin-: mend and' extend Our .best wish-> es .:to them. ' Yours, Truly,: W. P;, Oswald. Secretary-Fieldrnan Don't let seed 'prices per hundred . or per bushel fool you Figure your seed cost per here, Then compare. what COOP gives for the slight difference there might be -•-= a better grade, a higher percentage germination and many thous ands of weed seeds less per . acre. ,.` And don't: forget,.'seed cost:,per acre is a small tart of the total investment, of seeding when• you' Consider 'Seed. bed preparation. It•Pays to Buy the Best I , 'SEEDS .that really grdw'i • Phone 71 ONTARIO, PAGE NINE So on we went over `'the sand hill, down through the beaver meadow and along • the •• open ditch 'where` the frogs were.• all happily "singing ..their • spring chorus, the "sweetest: sound.• of, the 'year. The old bullfrog sat on the bank:'and croaked, then as we approached, he sprang and. dived • into the water with, a splash: •To • the 'south over ' Rob 'inson's:bush •' the ' crows' were 'cawing and" fus sing ..for first place to, •build their. nets., ,Then on. past Chamreys. ore orchard we Went;; with the large astrakhan tree in the 'corner loaded 'with. .purple buds, and the 'lovely spring blossoms adding their fragrance to '.the' .warm spring air,'. Next we came to • d Fors ce . y . Coiner' where .Mr: Phillipps• the � blacksmith, lived with his,...wife and daughter Eliza. •za. Nlr. Phillips :Was a, kindly gentleman entleman who .. loved '• children. His• ' • lacksmi h b t shop opened, onto the a roadw ,Y It Was to become. .our stopping :. place in the following• 'years, of' our school': life. We seldom, ever, :,went past:: without going . in to see '• ;our dear old friend.. Mr, Phillips :would.' let 'us pump. 'the icing: , handle of the. 'bellows. to. `blow up the fire•'. in, •the forge to heat the iron red hot,' 'when. he would hammer it on the anvil: 'What lovely' ;music:.'was made when the, heavy' hammer •would ''bounce and , ring. with Perfect rhythm as'•he formed and. shaped . .the, hot. iron into. different:. designs._ There. always was something fasci:nating..about; :the county:' blackstiiith shop, an attraction'' that children• of. this: mechanical' age. are, ,denied, "Fordyce was. once close to :be- coming :'a village with its three: houses, blacksmith . shop arid. post office, but 'as • the country ' settled the post office was mov ed' .north . to: the tenth. concessi.dn Where •,a,general store was estab-' lished and. becameknown as" ,New Fordyce;' and now` there' is. nothing deft .of old.:Fordyce but... the lam:ge pine tree which. stands. .'at .the' corner, of the .crossroads, The writer can ,.well' remember' • while • driving past with wife. and children: in the' buggy, how' .the little • girls would' always sing to that • dear old tiiee Next lc Fordyce i:ved ..;tire Foran family Mr. Jerry Foran was a.big-hearted Irishman with". a' thick black • beard They' were . a, jolly ,family' of. boys and' girl's '• of •the old 'school, The welcom ' mat • was .always out at. the Foran home, and I'.m 'afraid . -we too `. often intruded. ori, Mrs. For ar't's lids"pitalit5 South on the.:clivi= �, sign line was the • .old school- house 'On tlic hill, but that. • is another stony., ,Now. let us in our meander- - ings go'north to the . tenth • con- cession'. of East, Wa•wanosh, Here,• .,:We meet with another class of' integrated.' '.fol:lZ; Trish, SCotch (. and English , the Gibbons, Daws;, •MVicGees, "$eecr'ofts arid n Irwns 1Vext we. come to the cr'ossroad's called ',Calvin 'where stands two stately old churches, Presbyterian and United. The Old Methodist brick church; built in 1866, was. the .first place of worship in East Wawanosh . and served a.s a cornmtinity C'hurclt for, aoxie.;years until the Presbyterian ,adherents 'formed group and built a ,,church ' on the opposite .corner which be came knbw'rx as Calvris.,;.Presby- „ • tom++.++f• k•r+r., M t + • * * •-a PHOTO COOP REA, TOR .SARNIA 1.20 Davis St, Sarnlat; OAtatkie, • . The. following for• Sale FARM PROPERTY,' -T- 8, acres; of real good Iand on: a hard surface county, • rad, 100'acres workable, . 6' acres of cedar :' end Hemlock, . running water. • Insul brick, house .with 3 -piece bath, Hydro and water'pres- sure through out house and barnL shape barn 38x56, .shed 38x56, good cement silo., 12x35, also;real good double garage 21417. Roofs •all in 'reel ' good; shape. Terms; half ' .cash, half mortgage. Also a line .of -.real, ;good power' machinery, . Will sell: farm alone.,; or 'farm: and a:im.plements: combined: • . • any, other'; valuable properties .of all kinds. . Apply to, GEORGE TIFFIN" Salesman for. this District- Lucknow, Box 217 • Phone Lucknow 1:84-W terian Church. The two churches used .to' hold services every'..Sun, day, one in the• morning and the. other in the afternoon This Custom was Carried .on for more than • seventy. 'years. Even 'at the time .• of church , union in: 1925. 'they failed •'to , cojne •to-. gether,' but . in 1957 they finally did unite and, 'took ,the name of; Calvin larick • ;United Church. Although there was a .slight :dif- fererice in the form of .worship. of these two :congregations there never was any known strife ;be wteen the two; ..they, seemed to work in harmony, . one with ' an- other, for the common good. ,Many stories; have been writ - about ten .about faraway ' .places, ., but we Huronites ' can be justly" proud : of our native land. 'Moses; While; •giving: his last charge to° the Israelites before they enter- ed' the .:Promised Land, said "The land .which' ye ' shall go in to pgssess is a land; of hills 'arid :valleys ` where ye shall .• drink water" • ' Deuteronomy • 11:11. Huron County certainly is : 'a land of hills and ..valleys with ,little streams and rivulets flow ing,, through. .' As. I have ., previously •stated,:. a lot 'of.,the . formalhistory 'Huron County is. Jost, but late I,.have been gathering many stories . of . the 'sturdy, pioneer settlers. Here' is one that should be of interest. 'Mr...Andrew, Mc- Grath carne to Howick• Township in 1856 and. walked `50'irriles; from" •Fordlwich • to Goderic'l to :bring 'home a bag of, flour on his back...; Show me the man. today who will walk :even 50 rods: for a Ioaf of bread. . ibo'd. : rest the •p ioneer settlers • :of " Huron: may their names • be: ` inscribed in the 'memories of the present 'generation.:: OUR' DISPLAY: RACK of ` card-. boards . and hristols . has .all Ours,' and all prices. from 10c a' sheet• to.. 20c a ; slteett.,The Luck- now 'Sentinel, phone ::35, Luck- now. ,•. Start plc -pining now.I: Ma41 the coupon for;• free: literature. • • Look forward ,to your most refreshing summer ever—in Ontario! HHave th REEONTA1 MaR AVEL LaTE to: Ontario Travel. RATURf '03 Parliament Bldgs;, Toronto, Ontario. ERE HERE? ONTARICY D PARTMENT P TRAVELANIS PUBLIOIT:Y; Hong Bt + h G+ Cattioati� fl'i't M/ei'