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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-08-16, Page 1About 350 descendants of Robert Scott and Archibald Dick- son, who founded Roxboro in August 1833, (with their sons Robert and James) marked the 140 th anniversary of the Scott- Dickson arrival from Rox- borough-shire, Scotlafid ott•Sun- day afternoon. The reunion, or- ganized by a committee of des- cendants headed by James M. Scott, Seaforth, Was held on the north bank of the Maitland River in Roxboro. Here was situated the area's first dwelling place, a small log cabin in which both families spent their first winter In Canada. The land is owned by Sam Scott, a grandson of Robert Scott who spoke in tribute to these early settlers. Both Archibald and Elizabeth Turnbull Dickson and Robert and Margaret Elliot Scott had eight children. Relatives from the U.S., in- cluding some from Anchorage, Alaska, and the Western pro- yinces attended as well as many from Central' Canada and the .Seaforth area. Many friends had no idea they were related until they found themselves at the same family reunion. Family tree Highlights of the event were a display of family antiques and two extensive family trees out- lining both Scott and Dickson families prepared by Mrs. J.M. Scott. Gordon Scott, Roxboro, was in charge of a program of children's sports and James M. Scott was chairman for a short_ program. Rev. Cliff Britton led in prayer and contributed an anecdote about his family, the McMillans, early settlers in the area. Pipers led by Peter Malcolm performed. They in- cluded Pipe Major Charlie Mal- colm; Doug Hoover, Jeff and Greg MacPherson and Joe Mc- Lean. Highland dancer, Mary Lyn Glew, the singing and danc- ing Henderson sisters and a vocal trio, Allister Mackay and daugh- ters were also featured on the sob Courtney, Kincardine ' in off historical sketch focussed on the Dickson family. In other I. at, Jean Scott, left, one of the hard workers who organized the Scott-Dickson picnic at Roxboro on Sunday and May Habklrk and Peg. Grieve who helped register visitors at the event, sat down for a well deserved rest during festivities. At,the tree-lined Maitland bank site-where their ancestors built their first log cabin in 1833, the organizing committee for the Scott-Dickson picnic, held Sunday atRoxboro, gathered. In front are James M. Scott, president, left&Sam J. Scott, whole farm included the cabin site, and Robert Courtney, Kin- cardine. In the back row are, left to right, -James F. Scott, Gordon Scott, Mrs. James F.Scott, Franklin Mitchell, Goderich; Mrs. Franklin Mitchell, Miss Jean Scott, secretary, Mrs.. James M. Scott, Mrs. Sam Scott, Stan Dorrance, Cornwall, and Mrs. Robert Courtney, Kincardine. Seaforth man wins prize in draw JIM KELLY "If you never buy a ticket you'll never win a draw," says Jim Kelly of Seaforth, lucky win- ner of41230 in a Share the Wealth draw sponsored by the Strdiford Knights of ColumbuS. "I have been buying K of C tickets in the Seaforth district for 15 years and never won," he said, "and this was the first ticket I ever bought in Stratford". Visiting in Stratford along with his daughter, Mary Margaret, Mr. Kelly dropped into a barber shop to see a brother Knight and "a fellow asked me to buy a ticket". Mr. Kelly heard of his good fortune Tuesday night, Aug. 7th. "when someone phoned and asked what I would give him for $1230." What is the trick to winning a draW? Maybe since it was the seventh day of the month, a ticket ending in the same number had to come up.Mr.Kelly's lucky number was 149'7. to Mire third post Fire destroyed a barn on the property of Ed. Andrews ' of luinber 'and a number of ladders. Plettired above, itireinen in Ilarpurhey Saturday afternoOn. •The fire fanned by ebrisk work at extinguishing the blaze and tO keep i1't5tit Wind quickly destroyed the barn which contained a supply to an ajacerit grain field) ' Weir Photo W111010 NO. 5501 Y..10! SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, T Worth Seaforth` Council:, Monday ..•evening, decided to hire a third full time constable for the police department. This will bring the strength of the local force mp to ftgar men and will make it posbible to Pipes and a Mark fiddle 140 years at Roxboro Students who have gone through arduous swimming tests at the Lions Park recently Will be glad to know that the teachers were tested at a Royal Life Sav- ing Society examiner's clinic at the Lions Pool on Sunday. Instructors from s'wlmnping pools in Listowe1, Mount Forest, Walkerton, PalriCerston, Gorrie3 Wingham and Seaforth did a trial examination of some pupils life saving and swimming skills and were judged by Royal LifeSaying Society officials. Those with Flower Show on Saturday Robert Scott scurried in the. ame • direction as a tree and was knocked over. He inthiznanth declared he would go back to Scotland before he was kilt". Rev. J. W. Siebert of Strat- ford will judge flowers from 12 Neon to 3 P.M. Prizes will be" awarded at the close of the show' at 8 P.M. Tea will be served by a committee 'convened by Mrs. Ken Campbell. Mrs. Robert Newnham is in charge of the show, which will be the second one for, the Society which was founded in January 1972. A flower show by theSeaforth Horticultural Society will be held this Saturday in the Seaforth District High School' from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. put out belongin the house Kelly. Fireme the barley wise thefi, more quickl The horn also •showe but no fire covered th Lose t o which contal ers and lum- ber supplies used in his carpen- try work, was estimated at $3,000. A water truck belong- ing to W.D. Hopper and Sons and driven by Neil Hopper; pro- vided water to fight the blaze. While firemen were bringing that fire under control another blaze was reported, this time in a field belonging to Earl Dick 2, Stafia In #110ert TpWn- -gap.' The „fire ih the field. of 'stubble was threatening a vacant house, but before, firemen arrived, Mr. Dick ploughed around the house and halted the fire's'progr e fire in the field to Durl Hopper and in oof belonging to Matt among the Indians. I wonder if his efforts were in 'any way res- ponsible fo .r what they did for" our forebearers. "On an August afternoon in 1833, somewhere here back of us, four Scotchmen crossed the river. Robert Scott Junior claimed the honor of being the ' first white man to cross the Maitland at this point. "As -far as I'can ascertain, they pitched camp sciath of Agar's barn over there. "On the pioneers' first night, Archibald Dickson told hiS son to ‘open 1 the kist ,and get out my auld fiddle,' and on it he played some of the old tunes they had heard in Scotland. It is related that James was surprised to see tears running down his father's face. we have friends from Chillfcothe , Ohio, this after- noon; Mrs. Gary Howard, whose mother was a great-grand- daughter of Archibald Dickson, and her husband and little boy. They are in possession of that violip; they brought it with them and it is on a table over there, " he said, pointing to the histor- ical exhibits. "The next day the settlers began the business of land-clear- ing. Now these men' were not- bush men; some had worked in coal mines.. But they noticed how the beavers worked, and so they cut all around a tree and when it was about to fall gave it two or three hard cracks and scurried away. Unfortunately, the best idea of the RLSS's eecarrt- !nation standard will become part of examination teams who visit area pools and examine' pupils for the Bronze Medallion, Award of Merit and other RLSS awards. Rosemary Wynott, Scarbor- ough, RLSS area representative organized the event with help from area chairman Grant Tre- rnaine Kitchener, and Seaforth 'Lions Pool supervisor and RLSS area co-otdinitor Doug Peter- son, Clinton. 12 Pages eliminate the use of auxiliary officers. The hiring of a third con- stable has been discussed by council over the last year I with some members being strongly opposed. After reviewing the cost of using auxiliary police for a year, council felt a third full time constable could be added to the force for very little additional cost. Council also decided to ask the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to do a. traf- fic study at the corners of Main and Goderich Streets. Council passed by-law 926, a by-law to recind by-law 917, the by-law to establish a car wash on the former Vincent Farm Equipment property on Main Street, as the proposed car wash does not conform with the existing town plan. Council has asked the Sea- forth Planning Board to setup a public meeting on the Coleman car wash proposal. Ken Coleman would like to Install a car wash in front of Robert Bell Indus- tries. There are six vacant apart-. ments in the Seatorth Senior Citizens development , council was informed. All persons pres- ently in apartments are from Seaforth and council decided the apartments s or Seaforth reside s only. The town has o pay a portion of the operating oats so felt this was only fair 'o Seaforth rate- payers. The nimum monthly rate is $37. an• goes up with increased income Co ncil decided to seek a five rce cash allowance from John Pr for park development in- stead of land. • Mr. -Price has--purchased--a- large parcel of land from Carl Dalton. for the purpose of building houses. A letter from peter Malcolm was received by council asking that the lot next to his residence be cleaned up. He ,.4,aid....that old car and truck , 'bodies on the lot are attracting.„ rats-and the ut.a.eds•ere very high and asked council to see if this could not be cleaned up. A letter was also received from Ken. Laverty regarding the sam e property. Council agreed the lot was an eye sore, but said they could not cut the weeds because 'of the junk on the lot. Council decided to contact the Huron County Health Unit asthey had the power to deal with the rat problem. A letter from the Municipal World was received by council. Council had asked for a ruling on members of council attending a committee meeting of which they were not members. Councillors do not haye this right and may only attend if the chairman of the committee gives permission. They may not speak to the committee without per .,. In 1 ssion and have no voting rights. Deputy-Reeve Wilmer Cutitill reporting for the public works committee, said Dec; sidewalks had been installed in town, number of trees removed and drains were being checked. C °uric illor George Hildebrand told council that the arena com- mittee had decided to do repairs that were absolutely necessary until a final report from the -en- gineers is available. Permission was granted to a group to install a plaque in ' memory'of Gerald Barry at the arena. Mr. Barry had worked at the, arena for a period of time. Reeve John Flannery said his committee recommended the in- stalling of new eavetroughsatthe library. Mr. Earl Dick had looked at the steps .at the library and felt repairs could be made without having to rebuild them. He suggested council inquire in Goderich to see if building permits were necessary for swimming pools and what regu- 1 .dons regarding fences should be enforced. Council passed' by-law te authorize the purchase of a parcel of land from Carl Dalton oh which the PUC has drilled a test well. Council Was inVited to attend, the SesfertilHOrtieqltilrel, SecietY , Flower Show oil August 113. The meetinek adlonrned 10:30 p.m. takes trip During During the past weekend, 23' members pf the LegionAuxiliary and 15 guests enjoyed a trip 140 Kingston with a guided tour of Fort Henry and a boat trip of the Thousand Islands. They left Seaforth 7 o'clock Saturday • morning and returned Sunday ev ening at '7:45, staying at the Ho- liday Inn at Kingston overnight. Investigate accidents During the week the Seaforth Police Department investigated 23 occurrences and they are as follows: Traffic Accidents, 2; Theft Complaint, 1; Insecure Premi- ses, 1; Assist other Departments 4; Disturbance Complaints, 5; Property Damage, 4; Lost & Found Articles, 2; Animal com- plaints, 1; General,- 2. Two accidents were investi- gated with a damage" total of $525. One theft complaint investi- gated and as a result of PoliCV-- investigation property to the value of $100 recovered and one male adult charged with this crime. 3 Liquor charges were laid. during the week; 1 Criminal Code charge; 1 Juvenile taken honie by parents. ,possession of liquor. Warned; 9 Motorists warned for minor traffic infractions; 3 Park- ing tags issued. White beans suffer brotning Hot, humid weather the past week has favoured 'the appear- ance of ozone bronzing on white bean leaves. Affected leaves turn rusty-yellow in colou1-and- f severely damaged, begin to fall off. This leaf loss can cause con- siderable loss in yield, especially on crops that are just beginning to pod. Unfortunately, the condition is due to weather conditions and little can be done to control it. , Announce mail dispatch A new mail dispatch arrange- ment came into effect Monday according to Postmaster Orville G. Oke.; It provideS for the after- noon despatch of mail to Clinton, and Goderich daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Public holidays, Mail must be in the post office for thid despatch no later than 2:30 p.m. daily. A mail delivery from all points will be received each afternoon at 3:15 p.m. Mondays through to Fridays. Firemen fight two fires at same time The Seaforth Volunteer fire brigade fought two fires,12 miles apart, at the same time onSatur- day. Fire in a trash can at the home of Edward Andrews, of Seaforth, is believed to be the source of one of the fires which levelled a small barn on the property. Fed by fresh winds, the fire 'spread to a field of barley be- side the barn and then to aneigh- boring house. Firemen quickly remarks, Prof. Sames R.Scott, Seaforth, drew a parallel be- tween the present struggle of black Africans' in Rhodesia for majority rule and Col. Anthony, Van Egmond and the rebels of 1837. Col. Van Egmond was a great help to the early Scott and Dickson settlers. The Scott and Dickson pio- neers' who settled in McKillop 140 years ago may well have survived the first terrible win- ter because of aid from friendly Indians. Sam Scott, owner of • the land first settled and host of Sunday's gathering of des- cendants, offered this thought in a series of interesting his- torical, items on the program. Solid bush "It is hard for us," he said, "to visualize what it looked like here; solid bush, the river was deep; with plenty of fish. Over to the south of us, I have been told, there was an Indian encampment where that plantat- ion of evergreens is now. There was a spring creek running through the middle, which would provide them with water for drinking and cooking. The river also provided_transportation, and I mitild pay a tribute to the aborigines, because had it not been for their kindness the first four pioneers would not have sur- vived that first terrible winter. "Before they, came, there had been a white missionary working Sponsor last band concert (By Richard Stewart) The series of Sunday band concerts sponsored by the Sea- forth Chamber of Commerce and the Junior Band at the refur- bished baud shell at Victoria Park have been enjoyed icy large crowds all Slimmer long. This Sunday at 7'30 the SeafortP .Junior Hand will play. On Sunday Airgust 12 many, Seaforth residents heard an ex- cellent concert h", the Goderleh Laketown Band. They played many classical and modern num- bers some_ of which inciuded 'Snowbird.' The, Pink Panther,' 'Jesus Christ, Superstar,' • ' ' The next concert this Sunday at Victoria Park, will tie the last in the series. said it was fortunate as still green, other- ould have spread of John Talbot was ed by flying embers, esulted as firemen house with water. Mr. Andr rn Breeches "Two Americans came along and taught these Inexperienced Scotsmen something about clear- ing the land. There carne up a sudden rain squall and the men hung their wet garments around . the open fire to dry. One was a , little too near the open flame and grandfather Dickson called out, 'Ay, 'there goes yer !weeks' The American who owned the gar- ment asked, 'What's breeks'." Said, Dickson: "You'll ken fine in th, morning what breeks are." was original Dickson said was a little south of the Agar night, nwhere they spent the first "The chairman has drawn to your attention where the first Scott cabin was, and there is a considerable hollow to the east. James and Robert Scott consid- ered budding a cheese factory on the spot, so they dug down to the spring under the maple there, and it was strong enough to flow over the bank. However, the factory was not built, Robert Scott set up a cheesemaking plant on his own farm down here, and James Scott built a mill at Roxboro, "A little farther over you can see where the barn i-s located, one of the .happenings was about their first venture in raising pigs. They had a sow with a good litter, but one night a bear broke into the barn, killed the sow and all her family, and got away. "I would like to pay a tribute to' those people who have gone on before. I think one of the surest ways to Judge the charac- ter of people is to take a look at their priorities,' and the first priorities these people held were those things that were spiritual. It was years before they could have a church or a minister, but they observed family worship regularly, and held cottage prayer meetings from time to time, and I would like to quote a line from one of their prayers; ' Teach us to remember (Continued on Page 12) Lions Pool hosts RLSS swim clinic