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Connect with Ontarians – extend your business reach! www.networkclassifi ed.org Auburn previously home to cobbler/canary store Back in the day, it was not uncommon to find a businesses combining two different occupations that would seem to go hand in hand with one another. For example, furniture store owners usually doubled as the town’s undertaker. Think about it, who else was better equipped to build and supply a coffin for the deceased? Also, it was not uncommon for your blacksmith to also be your dentist when you needed that tooth pulled. Imagine sitting in the waiting room with a rotten tooth along with a horse waiting to get new shoes put on. Back even further in history during the medieval times surgery was not performed by a physician as it would be today, but by your barber. It makes sense. They had the sharp-bladed razor ready to go to act as a scalpel. “A little off the top,” would have a whole new meaning back then. There were many fascinating retail combinations taking place back in the “good old days”. But it wasn’t until I was digging into Auburn’s history that I found one I had never heard of before… a cobbler/canary fancier shop. This sort of cobbler is not the warm delicious dessert we like to eat on a cold winter day. No, a cobbler was craftsman who specialized in repairing shoes. On the other hand, a canary fancier was someone who would breed and raise canaries. This is an odd combination, but there was a time not too long ago when you could find a cobbler and canary fancier in the same shop right here in Auburn. At the corner of Goderich and Egmont Streets, Nelson Moulden could repair your shoes and sell you a canary at the same time out of the same building. Nelson was born on May 9, 1913 to parents John Wesley Moulden and Margaret Edna Symington. A 1935 Canadian voter’s list records Nelson Moulden as a farmer in Auburn. However, a few years later he would begin to raise canaries as a hobby. According to the book on Auburn’s history he would have as many as 200 canaries at one time in his shop. One year in 1947 he hatched 112 canaries. Moulden would sell his canaries all over Canada, shipping them off on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. By 1958, he discontinued the canary business, but kept on repairing shoes until he retired in 1972. I think it would have been really interesting to have walked into Nelson’s shop to have some shoes repaired only to hear the songs of 200 canaries in the background. Maybe some of you can still remember doing that. If you can, you will have to tell me about it sometime. By Mark Royall Call 519-441-2223 PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN In the aftermath of an unfavourable Divisional Court decision, four farm families may be saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for the lawyers who fought against them. The Drennans, Ryans, Dixons and Kroeplins, who collectively brought legal proceedings against K2 Wind, Armow and St. Columban Wind Energy in an attempt to stop the companies from building wind turbines, were recently named in an attempt by the companies to recover the cost of the legal battle, a common practice in Ontario law. Following civil proceedings, the losing side can be found responsible for the legal bills incurred by the winning side. In this case, Shawn Drennan said that he received a $240,000 bill, which he felt was excessive. “We will have to go to the bank and beg and ask if we can borrow the money to pay their costs and it will be a significant burden on my wife and [me],” he told The Canadian Press. Drennan said that his wife already has two jobs. Julian Falconer, the lawyer who represented the four families, denounced the actions of the wind companies and called them “blood- sucking, intimidating bullies.” In an interview he claimed the charges were “a terror tactic.” “This is not about money,” he said. “The idea is to send a message: We will wipe you out if you challenge us.” The wind companies, for their part, say that they are within their rights and that the families knew the risk when they opened the case. They also stated that the interruption caused by the court case needs to be appreciated and the cost needs to be recognized. In a submission to the courts, the families claim this a “crippling financial loss” that will prevent others from seeking justice. Turbine case could cost families $340,000 Blyth BIA ends 2014 in the red The Blyth Business Improvement Area (BIA) held its annual general meeting last week and its 2014 bottom line turned more than a few heads. Blyth Festival General Manager Deb Sholdice detailed the BIA’s budget for the previous year, outlining that the organization ended the year nearly $7,500 into the red. This shortfall, she explained, was anticipated, however, as members sprung for high quality wreaths prior to last Christmas, knowing they would set the BIA back more than had initially been budgetted for the project. Seven thousand dollars had been budgetted for Queen Street winter lighting in the 2014 budget, but the final tally for the handsome decorations came to $17,693. Through some additional fundraising and private donations, Sholdice said, the shortfall was reduced, but not completely eliminated. *** Community Improvement Co- ordinator Ashleigh Scott gave her year-end report as part of the meeting. Scott informed members that her short-term contract with the organization would expire at the end of March and that she had been unable to secure funding to extend the contract. As part of her report, Scott detailed a number of events, such as Streetfest and the organization’s New Year’s Eve party at Memorial Hall, both of which will continue on in 2015 as annual events. She also made mention of the organization’s Family Day breakfast last month as part of North Huron’s Family Day events throughout the municipality. Scott said it was successful and that it should become an annual event. After Scott’s departure, however, the continued implementation of the Blyth 365 marketing plan will NEWS FROM AUBURNContinued on page 18