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DECEMBER 24th, 190
LLICKNOW SENTINEL, LIOCKNOVit ,ONTARIO,
PAGE THREE
Arrange: Salaries.
,Of Sus Drivers. -
hpprova-i-th,si-be:e h
the
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the Huron CountyEoard of Educa-
• tion to the recommendations of
• the committee On transpOrtation
• which met NOV.. 10,
• BUS drivers in McKillop Town-
. ship ,' because ofextra o0n-hour
'." runs will be paid $211:50 pe• r
.month.. • All Other drivers will
receiveTtlti &-per.rnOntir •
Each driver will have ten .days
sick leave -per year„. He will also
•„be responsible 'for obtaining his
Own spare drier a0 servicing,
cleaningand'.performing daily
maintenance tasks onhis own bus.
• Drivers will be paid. at a rate
• of $2.25 per hour for field trips
• Authorized by the Principal Of, • •
the SchoOl.
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. • : Spare drivers Will be paid
•$8,50 pe,r day from the Central.
Board office::. • • ••
like the sparkling •
beauty of a
snowy landscape,
hearts are filled
with peace and
good will. Over
the Mountains,
through -the -woods
•or wherever you'll
be at Christmas,
we wish yot.ia. '
merry one and
sincere "Thanks''
for your continued
• . support.
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MacDONALD MIlliiEAPC11.4‘MINN.
Diinald 'MacDonald and his
• family 'were natiyes'of.Rossshire;
'There were Sixi children,
• John, Donald ,Roderick., (Ihristejia
Kenneth and -Finlay: In 1847 they
•i. /eft their Highland:hottle to 'make
anew life in a •new land; 'and came
to Huron County, rOntario'. That. • •
is, 'all except lohn•WhOlearned the
•.:tailoring trade and remained in •
• Scotland,;• Tile. father , •Dona -10., -
',became while on ;he voyagF. and
died enroute to the promised land. •,‘
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He is binned Sothewhere near
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TotontO. , ; • .
The family sailed from Liverpool.
••,England: on a, sailing vessel and the
trip to Montreal took ,Over, three
• weeks. From Montreal they proc
• eeded byboat to Toronto, and.
Hamilton. •Frorn there by wagon
_„,,„.•„„:.:_:_,-'r„t4Q„:c1„oi,___,L,,oeiu
the ake. .
by 'row: boat to Kintail.' Roderick :
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(Big Rory) who had .preceded the,
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reSt of, the familyhad established.
a spot on which to, locate, • It was
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about a quarter ofia• mile easrof
, ,
• Kintail, south Of Kerry 'creek.. •
Roderick (BigRory) and Donald
(Straight' Donald) located. their,
hOrbeSteads. nearby on Kerry Creek.
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ed, ,
ea:
ce
arty
led.
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-When they arrived at Kintail' •- •
Kenneth was seventeen And.
Finlay fourteen years old. Finlay
ajten_ded.. the Icintp,.il school for.a
while. When Kenneth and -Tin -lay
were ready to pick their horrie-
'steads they.located about 'five •
Miles. north of Kintail and two
miles west. of Lochalsh• on the
Eighteen Mile River /We assume
-that-they chose -this 1ocationforL.
the reason it Was close to running
Water. , •••:
We must rernember: that'West
ern.OntatiO wasstill Covered by
the primevalhardwood forest With
soncie•-pine and spruce alOhg the
lake shore when theje pioneers.
arrived Before a .crop could be
producedit.Was neCessary to•Clear
'Of the:hill. • NOrtheast of the .10
hOuse across, the gully was the ori
inal log barn, and stable, )5;4 inan.
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hyears,Moter.used,this*,spot.as a '
source. of good rich:soil:for lyer-77-7
house plants-,..*,, • • . •
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The log house -had an upstairs,
g-
Cellar and a. lean, -to kitchen.
was in use for _many years Until.
1890 when the new brick house waS
-built--aCross--theLreath---A-11-th
children Were'born in the lag.
house except. sister Annie who .Was
born in the month of May; .1894;
The bar which DaVid now uses •
was built in 1876 and there Wai,a
stable just south and east of it. In
18'94 the bath was raisedad put 0» ”
its • stone foundation and an
addition added to the east side of
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the land of the trees'.,, brush and it The' cow .and .horse Stables wer
installed and .a hen hOuse in the
stUtripS•. How they, accomplished
TIM70-ittranty-titerse-power.--anCi-ntan-sO
poWer, With hand tools. is. beyond•
our comprehension... .
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Our father, Firilay, built his
trithrie-an-iiv-ftftylcrp
acquired from the Crown which is
.now.owned by his grandson.David.
The house was located about fifty
yards east of the'road on the brow
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the. awesome
of that.
• Holy ',light, the Chrigt
. Child ' was born,
May the tithe muauizxgof
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Chtit3trntis, fill your heartand. homel
HURON AUTO• WRECKERS
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Jack McGuire, R.R. 6 Lucknoik
Wiope
that Santa •
is bringing.
good things your
way. Thank you for
your loyal patronage..*
RATHWELL SHOES
leading to the upper floor cameou
of the log house.
• Finlay Torne4resent barn
was originall located about -one-,
eighth.of mile•West of the brick -7
house. There Wasa tog 'house .
veneered with shiplap, a,.log:barn
and: a horse and cow stable. the
frame barn•wasdisMantled in 19.92
and moved to its present location
bri. a' concrete foundation, • These
buildings were always referred to'as
!'•The'Other Place" to designate:
what bath we were talking about.
The Cow sable had a large loft in
whi'clrthe7fray-Was,stored', • •
It Seerns.that whenever a home
was built it was customary to plant
an.or near y. There Were ;.
tw�fthehatdsofle on the, home
place between the barn and,thelog
house.and one at the "Other Place'!
with wOnderful,applei; plums and
cherries.' The harvest •appleswOuld
ripen in late July and August and
then there 'WOuld.be• apples in pro-
fusion for the remainder .of the
Summer and well•into the .winter.%
The insects hadn't found the fruit
trees yet sd there was no spraying
rOblern in' fattior a number
Of years; Mat* hatrels'of winter
apples were. sold,, some for export.
The apples were, pickedand placed
in. piles for the packers tO:COme to
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The best of hopes are extended to .you for
want,' happy holiday with friendsyou hold
nectr, and dear And it is time ,to. thank ; you •-•
• tor your loyal patronage. . • •
ELLIOTT'S SEED MILL