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WEDNESDAY, AUCrTST 19, 1959 •
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
'ine..I'll send• them ri lit home"
• .1...
Welcome words at meal time.! '.
Usually: a phone 'callor two among die/neigh-
bours rounds them up
How many cold 'Meals and frayed tempers and ,
moments of uneasiness have you been spared be-
cause your; telephone was handy ?.:.. How many
"man -hunts" when small ones' have wandered off? ' •
The telephone helps make a neighbourly comma-
pity helps us;all to live more securely, to get more
things done, more easily.,
• Yes, your telephone is a wonderfully :low-cost,:
wonderfully efficient -servant..
THE BELL'TE.LEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
THE LOG HOUSE SPEAKS
My wails •are made of sturdy logs
' That • have long withstood the
Stress • •
Of wind• and rain and ;storm and
snow •.
And basked in the sun's caress.
Now what . will you •find neath
my'firm roof :tree
As you step through, . the door
inside,'
:And gaze at the.'things now 'out
of date,. •
'That once were the pioneers'
': pride? .
• ; Sturdy they are thhose . tables,
chairs! • •
Though' the rockers may be worn
'That' have soothed: at the end off/
day, the cares
That were by y the pioneers borne.
'The carpet on the floor was made
. From rags .Whose endless length
.When sewn together and woven.
firm,
Had • comfort. and . cheer and
strength. .
'The. old, wood stove with • it's
.oven strong
Was once a 'bride's delight
• And'ho' y its cheery blaze would.
glow • •
And light up the house at night!
'The big. bread -dish .is ;hanging.
• near. •
How many its .contents ..fed, •
And still the world has no finer
'smell.
Than • the odour • of •home-made
bread.
'The .. ` .
cradle; close •to the old rope
gybed •
Has many a baby rocked
•
And here on the table is. ' `°Gods•,
Book" •
By whose precepts the pioneers.
. walked
Those o, lamps:' were- lit when • the
darkness" fell. .
`How'. cosy were all inside.
Content to savour' at end •of day
The joys that in Home °abide:.
So carry away as youleave my..
door.
The memories' of the past •
And think of the men and' wom-
en true
Who worked for the .'things that
:'last •
Who plaid foundations firm and
strong •
For. the ;comforts that • now ;we
gain .
So your visit to "The .Old Log,
•.H'ouse"
Shall. not have been in vain
. Miss Dean MacLeod
Psychiatrist: Do you have trouble
making up your mind?;•
Sam: Well—yes and no. "-
' SANDERSON'S •
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Telephorie Goderich 428 • or 1272 Collect
BORN
GIBSON-- in ' Kincardine Hospi-
tal. on Monday, July .27th, to Mr
and Mrs,' Roy Gibson, IR.R. 3,
'Goderich, a daughter:
BRADLEY—in Kincardine Hos-
pital on Thursday, July 23rd to
Mr. and Mrs. James .Bradley, R.
3 Goderich; . 'a daughter.
PARKER—At the Wingham, *Gen-
eral Hospital, on 'Sunday, July
26th, 1959, to Mr, and Mrs. Thos.
Parker,: Lucknow, a ' son, Glen
Bartley.
GOLLAN --At the Wingharn' Gen-
eral • Hospital, ori Tuesday,' ' July
28th; 1959, to• Mr. and Mrs, Grant
Gollan, Iruckriow, a son..
MacDONALD-_At the Wirngham
General ••Hospital,' on Wednesday,
July 29,:. 1959, to Mr.. and, Mrs,
Angus MacDonald, R;R. 2, 'Luck -
now, a daughter. •
SUTTON '— At the Winglham
General 'Hospital, on. Saturday.,,
August 8 1959, to .1Vf r. and Mrs.
Lyman. Sutton, R.R. • 2, Holyrood
a son.,'
PIONEER HAMLETS
DISAPPEARING
ford Beacon -Herald• under the
caption "Queen's ' Bush' Now."
recent article. dealt with the dis
appearance . a•hamlets that; once
prospered in . earlier .days, an
in: this ° regard he . writes-'specifi
cally .;of: "Belfast,: among'': tithe
such ."'hamlets:
'Belfast,' ,according . to 'the of-
ficial maps' put out 'by
Doan -
Mien
Doan-
ron government map service,;
is` a hamlet in: the north end of
Ashfield township, five . miles
north. of Dungannon, :and 47 air-
line miles `northwest of Stratford:
Belfast, : according: to' the' maps
produced by the; Ontario Dept.
of Hghways; just isn't there at
all. At the .crossroads in•; Ash_.
field where , one .snap' shows a
place with a< name, the' other
map shows just a crossroad, and
nothing. more
•Thi difference • is .one of time.
When. the next edition of .the
Dominion map cotes out,.it will
probably omit • Belfast. Like other.
places in' Queen's ueen's Bush
counties, it hat had .its day, ;and;
pis no more, It is' a measure ;of
the lengthening .history of , the.
area in • which we • live, that
communities have • appeared,;
grown; thrived, shrunk and van-
ished, •all within the' space -of,
time: since; the: ifirst pioneers. ar-
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Office, Lucknow 306 Res., Dungannon. 61-r
tion of life. in',the new township • in one
of Ashfield, Dungannon, and Bel-
fast were busy ; centres of a
thriving and developing rural
area:
Eighty years ago, Belfast. had
a post office, two general stores
and a • hotel, with a small cluster
of dwellings around them,. As
long ago as, 1879, Belfast had.
daily mail service; the horse-
drawn stage coach• which car-
' : tied the mail between Goderich
and Lucknow, made one . round'
trip .each day; and provided
n Belfast with incoming sand ;out-
_ bound mail service, tonorth, and
to smith..
Stafford Johnston writes a
interesting column ;for the Strat
Goods Goods roads killed; Beirast, as
they killed 'other Pioneer villages..
In the earliest'. days, when roads.
d were poor and travel :was: slow,
_' five miles ' was ,a long: way to. go'
r, ----
rived.. • ••
Settlement in. the eastern. part
of Ashfield began 116. years ago,
when . William 'Mahough arrived
from County Tyrone in the .North.
of Ireland,. and made the first
clearing, In ; the inland part of
the township.," When others ' fol-
lowed, and a pioneer settlement
,grew up around the •MallOugh
clearing, .'it got the name Dun-
igannon,, from the borough town
of Dungannon in the pioneer's
native county of Tyrone: As *set-
' tlerrieri
et-'tlenierit extended northwards,.
• the next hamlet to' the north
also was given a North Trish
name, and for the first genera -
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•
• Nowadays, ;the trip from Dim-
xannon, to Lucknoww: 'is . a .mnattez'
of 11 or 12 minutes. Belfast has
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