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The Huron Expositor, 1971-08-26, Page 10INTEGRATED School BUS ROUTE Mail) op Township,- parts of Grey, Morris And Hullett Townships. Schools to be served are : Seaforth District: High School St. James' R.C.S.S. Seaforth Public School St. Columban R.C.S.S. Walton Public School Central Huron Secondary School ROUTE NO. 1 Est from County Rd No. 12 on Concession 2, to Huron-Perth County Line, south to Hwy #8, and west to Seaforth. First Pick up at 8:00 A.M. Estimated 55 miles per day. • ' ROUTE NO. 2 - Hullett Twp attending Seaforth District High School. West from Hullett McKillop Townline on Concession 13, South on Rd between lots 5 and 6 of Hullett; East on Concession 10, South:- on Townline West on Concession 8, South on Rd between lots 10 and 11, EaSt on Concession 6, south on Rd between lots 5 and 6, west on Concession 2, to lot 7 and return easterly to Rd between lots 5 and 6 and south to Hwy No. 8 and east to Seaforth. First pick up at 8:00 A..M. Estimated 46 miles •per day. ROUTE NO. 3 North on County Rd No.,12 from Seaforth, EaSt on Concession 4, North on Rd between lots 10 and 11. .EaSt'on Concession 6,-'South on Rd between lots 5 and 6; west on Concession 4, South on Rd between lots 10 and 11 to Separate School at St. Columban North on Rd between lots 10 and 11, East on Concession 4, North on Huron Perth Townline, Weston Concession 6. ' First pick up at.7:;40 A.M. Estimated 66 miles per day. ROUTE NO. 4 West on Concession 2, NOrth on McK illop - Hullett Townline, East on Concession 4. First pick up at 8:10 A.M. Estimated 30 miles per day. ROUTE NO. 5 West from County Rd. No. 12, Concession 6, North on Hullett-McKillop Townline, East.,9n Concession 8, North on County Rd No. 12, West on Concession 10, Sduth • on Hullett - McKillop Townline. First•Pitk up .at 7 :50 A.M. Estimated 46 miles 'per -day.- ROUTE NO. 6 West on Geneess-ion--8 -from Pert - ron Townline tio.:=County Rd No. 12. First Pick up at 8:00 A.M. Estimated 24 miles per day. ROUTE NO. 7 East on Concession 10, North on Huron-Perth Townline, West on Concession 13, South on County Rd. No. 12. First Pick up at 7:50 A M. Estimated 50 miles per day. ROUTE No. 8 Souch-- on_ County Rd. No-. 12.--Hirst Pick up at 8:20 Estimated 28 miles per day. ROUTE NO. 9 West from County Rd NO. 12, North on Rd between lots 5 and 6 (Hullett), west on County Rd. No. 25, North on Rd between lots 14 and 15 (Morris). First Pick up at 7:50 A.M. Estimated 55 miles per day. ROUTE NO. 10 East on County Rd. No. 25, North on Rd between lots 15 and 16 to Concession 17, Vest to Walton and return easterly on Concession 17 and north of Rd between lots 15 and 16, East on Concession 16 to Rd between lots 20 and 21 and return westerly on Conession A6 to -County Rd No. 12 and south to Walton. First Pick up at 7:45 A.M. Est/mated 66 miles per day. ROUTE No. 11 East on Concession 12, (Grey) South on Rd between lots 19 and 20 (grey) West on Concession 14, to Rd-between lots 14 and 15 (Morris) and return easterly to County Rd No. 12 and south to Walton. Estimated 68 miles per day. First pick up at 7145 A.M. Seaforth District High School routes in Tuckersmith and Hibbert Townships will Remain the same as last year. The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate Stitool Board The Huron County Board of Education T.O SHE Huagis, OSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., AUG. 26, 1971 SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS AU Types of CEMETERY MEMORIALS OPEN DAILY T. PRYDE & SON Inquiries are invited — Telephone Numbers: EXETER 235-0620 CLINTON 482-9421 SEAFORTH: Contact Willis Dundas Or Bill Pinder 527-1382 — Bus. 527-1750 WE ARE BUYING MIXED GRAIN and BARLEY Orders Taken Now For SEE INHEA and FERTILIZER Your Headquarters for Farm. Supplies SEAFORTH FARMERS Phone 527-0770 Seaforth 44.4,4.44.41404,4,1 Historical Plaque to Commemorate Non Founding An historical plaque com 7 memorating the fgunding of Lucas will be unveiled at the Village's. Community Centre on Sunday. The plaque is one of a series being erected throughout the province by the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives, acting on the advice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. The plaque inscription read's as follows: THE FOUNDIA OF LUCAN Lucan was founded in anticipat- ion of the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway to Sarnia, projected in 1854 and built 1855- 59. The first settlers had been members of the Negro Wilber- force Colony in 1830-35. One of this group, peter Butler Sr., had by 1855 acquired the western part of the site of Lucas. The eastern part was acquired jointly by the Hon. Donald and John MacDonald, and the first village lots were sold in 1855. A steam grist mill, stores and hotels were built, Lucan Post Office was opened on June 1, 1857, and, with the completion of the railway, the settlement prospered. The Lucan Foundry, a large plant specializ- ing in agricultural machinery, was founded in 1861. Lucas was incorporated as a Village in 18.71. The first settlers on the site of the present village of Lucan, originally known as '-Marys- town" , were members of the Negro wilberforce Colony who located in the area in 1830. In' September of that year, James C. Brow n 4`and Stephen Dutton, trustees of the proposed Negro settlement, acquired Lot 5, both north and south of the Proof Line (or London) Road, with other lands 'In Biddulph Township. Later Frederick Stover's name was added to the record of this sale. Registry Office records show that this land (some 800 acres at about $1.50 per acre) was paid for and the deed issued in 1838. It seems that, in 1830, four Negroes of the Wilberforce Col- ony - Peter Butler, J. Wyatt, W. Whitehead, and a man named Pinkham - were in actual occup- ation of Lots 5, north and south, and were thus the original settlers on the land where the Village of Lucas is now situated. One of these colonists, Peter Butler, Senior, had, by 1855, acquired much, if not all, of Lot 5 (north and south) - land which became the western part of the village site. Jennie Raycraft Lewis, speaking of the, Wilber- force Colony in a book on Bid- dulph Township written in 1964, says: "The only remaining family of the colony is the Butler family. Six generations of Butlers*have lived on land taken out by Peter Butler 1 in 1830. Peter Butler IV, Ed's son, is the sixth gener- ation to live in'Lucan." Lot 6, north and south of the .,proof' Line- (London) Road, evi- dently comprised the eastern part of the' Lucan site, and it has been stated that both parts - of -ells lot were also sold to the Wilberforce trustees by the Canada Company; but there is no trace of any sale of either part in the Company's records before 1850. Both parts `•\id, however, been disposed of ny 1854, al- though the sale of Lot 6 N.P.L. Con. was not completed until 1856. Lot 6 S.P.L. Con. was sold to James Davidson in 1851, who sold the whole 118 acres to Donald McDonald in 1853. By' same complicated transactions in 1662 it seems___to_ha.v_e_b_eceine the joint property of the Hon. Donald McDonald and John Mc- Donald, for whom a plan for part of "Marystown" was reds tered in 1863.• Jennie Raycraft Lewis, biller book on Biddulph,,comments on the McDonalds and explains the settlement's change of names: "The village of Lucan was sur- veyed about 1836 by John Mc- Donald and his nephew, Donald, both \surveyors for the Canada Company. They received village lots as part payment for their services and first registrations of property in Lucas show Peter Butler and John and Donald Mc- Donald as owning most '4:)f the lots. The McDonalds had their lots for a few years then sold them by auction and both returned to Goderich where John McDonald was appointed the first sheriff of Huron County 'and Donald was later a Senator. "At first the little hamlet received the name of "Marys- town" called after Mary, John McDonald's wife. It• re- mained Marystown until duplic-• ations on Post Office lists forced a change in the name: No doubt several names were offered, but an Irishman, "Dublin" Tom Hodgins, a later Reeve of Btd- dulph who had been a coachman on Lord Lucan's estate in Ireland, suggested the name "Lucan". The postal authorities accepted . . . ever since." Lucan post- office was opened June 1, 1857, and teMarystown" was no more. Lucan was definitely founded in anticipation of the railway. The History of Middlesex County was a place of very little impor- tance until the Grand Trunk Rail- way was opened, since which time its growth has been extremely rapid, and its increase in wealth wonderful. It is neat and sub- stantial in appearance, being built mostly of white brick, and con- tains, besides many mercantile establishments, two steam grist- mills, a flax scutching mill, foundry and saw mill." By 1871 Lucas was "the pan- cipal market on the old stage line", and contained nearly 1,000 inhabitants. However, Lucan failed to induce the London, Huron and Bruce Railway to build their line through the village, although they voted $7,000.00 as a bonus if the company would do so. The line was run about 2 1/2 miles west of Lucan through Lucas Judction. This was believed to be a cause of the decline in population which began in Liman a few years later, but it seems more likely this was due to the general decline gf the area. Lucan was incorporated as a Village by county by-law in 1871. In this (1971), its Centennial Year, the 'village numbers some 1,123 inhabitants. (W,A. and C.L. Goodspeed, pub- -Ushers) says that, "On the plans of the railway company becoming known, Sheriff McDonald and Donald McDonald, of Toronto, purchased Lots 6, north and south, and planned the village in 46 1854, and in February, 1855, sold many of the lots by auction." There were thirty-nine original purchasers at this--185-5-sale----of----- lots. The first deeds were dated in 1855 and it is 'said that stores and hotels were encouraged to attract land purchasers. There was no waterpower near the site and steam saw and grist mills were built and still existed in Lucan early in this century. The founding of the Lucan Foundry (Jackson & Co.) in 1831 i; men- tioned in a London and Middlesex County' Directory -of 1868-69. After the railway was actually built, the village boomed. The flour mill was- probably rebuilt in .1866 (if not first built then) on a larger scale and 'other in- dustries liad been set- up by 1'868. H.R.Page's Historical Atlas of the County of Middlesex (1878) makes it very clear that Lucan was largely a creation of the Grand Trunk Railway: "Lucan Rock Garden Can Provide Affracfion • • • • Use Expositor • Want - Ads Phone 527-0240 WE ARE BUYING WHITE BEANS We now have a FAST NEW elevator and intake. We have the quickest and most modern unloading facilities available for our Bean and Corn Growers. ALSO-STORAGE '--- for Courtesy & Service Come To W. G. Thompson & Sons Limited MITCHELL I % Miles West of Mitchell on Highway 8 PHONE 348-8433 • • • • With careful construction and design, •a rock_ garden can re- semble the natural outcrop of rock on a mountainside. the name, so Lucan it has been _ The-principles -for-caTStruct- ing a rock garden remain the - same regardless of the size of the garden. The only variation is in the size and scale of the rocks and plant material used: An open sunny location pre- ferably on a sloping site set some distance from your home is best, say horticulturists. Good natural drainage is essential; otherwise tiles or rubber drains must be installed. Addition of a fertile well-drained loam soil is recom- mended, although not necessary if it is a small rock garden. Rocks can be put on top of the soil and the spaces between the rocks filled with prepared soil (two parts loam to one part coarse sand). Choose only one kind of rock for a natural unified appearance, color and texture. Sandstone and limestone are good choices. Con- venient lightweight rocks such as tufa and pumice are suitable but expensive. Never use artificial stone or any material of contrast- ing texture or color. Obtain rocks of various sizes and if a pathway is desired, build it with large flat stones. Avoid the use 'of cement unless a stream, cas- cade, or pdnd is built. Arrange the rocks in a pleas- ing pattern, perhaps inclined slightly backwards for a rugged, restful appearance. When putting rocks into home soil; make an effort to position them as they would be found in nature. Bury at least half the stone in the soil, the broadest face in the earth. Rain and weather ele- ments will shift the soil into a natural position. Be sure to fill in the spaces between the stones firmly since air pockets can harm plant roots. Let the soil set for a few weeks before planting. Planting is best in early spring and fall but container-grown plants can be set out any time during the summer. Heavy work may be required for the construction of a rock garden but subsequent care is easy. In spring a general clean- up and topdressing is , recom- mended. Thorough watering and weeding in summer should be done when necessary.