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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-10-07, Page 22HuRn. p L QSITOR, 0CTpBER. 1876, .74 • 4 e qat OvitH story, port two ARE YOUR WINDOW S READY FOR WINTER ? We repair both Wood & Aluminium Frames CROWN HARDWARE Seaforth Ontario You're Invited Mammoth Plowing T ling DEMONSTRATION 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , Thursday and Friday October .14 15 (Rain Date - October 16) at the - 4 Corners of our Seaforth Store See the New '77 Tractors The DREAM TRACTOR Becomes.a Reality! -See the di Giants EAT UP THE GROUND International 800 , Flex-Frame Moldboard Plows Watch the All New 830 Al FORAGE HARVESTERy Eat 'up Acres of Corn Remember the Dates' CTOBER & 15 , SEAFORTH 527-0120 II Winthrop youths in hospital Correspondent Mrs. Robert Hulley Ronnie Blanchard, son of Mr. and Mrs.,Gordon Blanchard and Clive McClure, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam McClure, are in University Hospital, London. Stan McClure, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McClure' is in S'eaforth Community Hospital, due tp the results of an accident on Sunday, west of Winthrop. , Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gardiner, Lisa, Steven, Leanne and Lan Jo visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hulley and' family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert tiulley accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gardiner and Otto Walker, CromartY visited with Jose Walker, a patient in Victoria HoSpital, London and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Currie, and Joanne Do 'rchester Tuesday evening. WALLPAPER SALE We are offering our complete stock of Vinyl and Regular Wallpaper 1 /3 'OFF REGULAR PRICE EXAMPLE: $9.00 Order of Paper — SALE PRICE $6.00 Three Days Only Oct. 7 - 8 - Life wa s n't easy In McKillop :in the thirties KILLING DAYS Mgt' ,,..4VERNESDAY AFTERNOONS 1VIONRAY AFORNOONS .TEL 3454360 • tilt..AliPOINTMENT . irime 444 44:4 iikas By W. E. Elliott (Continued from last week) In the colored glass of the front door of the North street house there is visible a letter "R" for A.M.Ross, who built the house in 1871. When he became Provincial Treasurer (lat er York Registrar) and removed to Toronto he gave the property to his daughter Agnes on her marriage to Dr. J. R. Shannon. "Doctor Reg." as he was affectionately known to many, died there in January, 1901, at 35, and the house was sold to Capt. A. M.Shephard, a master mariner who was a resident of Goderich nearly all his life, and became one of the best known captains on the Great Lakes. He retired from sailing in 1913, In the preceding y ear the lots on North and St. Vincent streets were subdivided in the Shephard Survey, and Charles Garrow bought the house on North Street. It has been in possession of the Garrow family ever since. In 1959 it was remodelled into a duplex, and is occupied now by Mr. and Mrs. Austin Young, (Mrs. Young is the former Helen Garrow) , and by Miss Esther Garrow. Charles Garrow had practised law in Goderich for 23 years when, in 1923, he was made Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario, necessitating removal to Toronto. Six years later he was appointed a Judge of the Ontario High Court. Six Garrow Lawyers Thus James, of the first Canadian generation, and Charles, of the next, ascended the Bench at Osgoode Hall. James Thompson Garrow, son of Charles, is partner in a Harris, Keachie, Garrow, Davies & Hunter, Toronto firm, and his son, Charles Aleiander,-Rractises law in his father's firm. He was called to the Bar in 1971 James Garrow, fifth child of Hon. J. T. and the last child to survive, died in 1970. His son, James Walcott Garrow, was called to the Bar in 1961 and is practising law in Toronto with Blake, Cassels, Graydon. The youngest son of Hon. J. T., John Ure Garrow, was called to the Ontario Bar in 1915; he at once joined the Canadian army, was commissioned lieutenant and was killed on the Somme in 1916. On Charles Garrow's departure from God erich, the Huron Bar Association presented an address and • gift, the former in terms of praise for Mr. Garrow's professional ability 'and personal qualities. It was signed by Lewis H. Dickson, senior Judge of Huron, president, and J. L.Killoaan, secretary. "By your urbanity of manner and unimpeachable integrity, you have made for, yourself a place in the affectionate regard of all with whom you have associated, and of which you may well' be proud. "In your chosen profession, while bolding tenaciously the view that your client was generally on, the right 'side and espousing his cause .with wisdom and intrepid zeal, you have been fair and courteous to your opponent, and we are able to say with absolute truth that you have in the profession no one who is not your personal friend and sincere well-wisher. , . "The possessor of undoubted legal ability and of a capacity for assiduous toil, you reached at a comparatively early age a commanding position at the Bar of this County, and also throughout the Province, and wherever you have had the opportunity of displaying your talents, you have brought high credit to the Bar of Huron. We are all proud of your success, and, hope that even h igher honors may be conferred upon you." Mr. Justice Charles Garrow died May 25, 1934, in the Private Patients Pavilion of Toronto GeneFal Hospital, after an illness of some months. A private service was held at the Toronto residence, and "at noon on Monday", ,the Signal recorded, •"hundreds of boyhood friends gathered at the C.N. station to receive in sorrow the remains of one beloved, by all who knew him." At Station Members of Maitland Lodge, A.F. & A.M., were at the station, headed by the master, R. G. Sanderson. Bearers were George Willi ams, Dr. Harold Taylor, R. C. Hays Jr., R. G. Reynolds, John Galt and C. C. Lee, "all old friends" of Judge Garrow, the Goderich Star noted. The service was WE: -kill -hang -cut -wrap -freeze ,,ower The Garrow cottage in McKillop,, built about 1855, Upper — Osgoode Hall, Toronto, where Hon. J. T. Garrow sat in Appeal Court and his son Charles in Ontario High Court. James Thompson Garrow, Q.C., grandson of J. T. and great-grandson of Edward, conducted by Rev. J. N. H. Mills and Archdeacon Jones-B ateman. H. C. Dunlop, a past master, was in charge of the Masonic service. Mr. Justice Garrow was survived by one son an d and three daughters: James Thompson, Mrs. Peter Campbell and Mrs. Austin Young and Miss Esther Garrow, all of Toronto at that time. His wife died in Toronto in 1957. The Goderich Star on its editorial page, May 31, 1934, published this note: "The finest tribute which we have heard of, to Mr. Justice Garrow, is the following: 'He was just the same to me after his appointment to the Supreme Bench as before. That is why I think he was a MAN' ". Youngest son. When Robert Garrow, youngest son of the original settler, died in 1932, he was only in his 75th year but had outliv'ed his brothers and Sister, a; well as two nephews and a niece, children of his brother James. On the homestead, where he spent the greater part of his life, he was a successful farmer and stock 'feeder. In 1919 he disposed of this farm to Malcolm Beaton, and purchased 37 acres adjoining on' the west. He' remodelled the house on that property, erected a barn . and continued farming. Mr. Garrow's death occurred on September 9th. Service was conducted at the residence by Rev. W. P. Lane of Northside United Church, Bearers were A. Wankel, Adam Dodds, James R. Scott, Joseph Scott, James Aitchison, M. McKellar. Judge and Mrs. Charles Garrow, Miss Margaret Garrow and Mrs. R.D.Devlin came from Toronto and Mrs: J. H.Garrow from London. James T. GArrow, Q.C., son of Mr. Justice Charles Garrow, administered Robert's estate and • •held an auction on the premises, dispoSing of &rill equipment and household effects. Various items of the farm furniture are now held by members of the family. M iss Esther Garrow, Goderich, possesses a sideboard and also cherishes a milking-stool. Mrs. Keith Webster' of Blyth, has a couple of old-fashioned bonnets . worn by Robert's sister Janet, who was a nurse. The Websters were married in September, 1932, three years after Mr. Webster, had purchased 100 . acres of the Garrow farm from Mr. Beaton. By the mid-1850's, Huron settlers were replacing log houses with brick or frame buildings, and the cottage standing today in McKillop may well h ave been Edward Garrow's first house. It has 10-foot McKillop settler, has his office in the Canada General Insurance building, 165 University Ave., Toronto (right) where. his son, Charles Alexander, also practises, ceilings, plaster on brick walls, and originally had two fireplaces. It has three bedrooms, parlor, kitchen, summer kitchen and various smaller rooms. Depression "I remember the sale in the spring of 1933," Mrs. Keith Webster writes. "Everything in the house and barn (no livestock) was offered for $700. There were many things we as a newly married couple could have used, but in 1932 we, like many others, had very little money, so there were no bidders. I did purchase a Wilton rug, a large painting, done by H. J. b anus in 1880, which we hung over,our fireplace, and which I still have, also a couple of chairs and a 'few dishel. I don't remember who obtained other furniture, as it was beyond our ability to' buy.• "It was an excellent farm. It had always been kept in a good state of cultivation and always used as a 'mixed' farm. We' maintained that policy, raising dairy and beef cattle, pigs and chickens and even breeding horses and raising at least one colt every year. At that time, horses were still used ,on the farm, although we did have a Ford tractor. We couldn't afford to buy much machinery, but rented what was needed for the first few years from Gordon McGavin at Walton. Sold to Butcher • "The first few years of the 1930's we had purebred Jersey cows, and crossed them with Poll. Angus and sold the cattle as beef to. Bev. Christie, the Se&forth butcher when they were about a year and a half old. Later we had all purebred Ayrshire, cattle. "We were able to put new cement stabling in the large barn by doing all the work ourselves. Hydro had been installed before we purchased it, which was a great help, as we often worked late at night at this, after our small children were in bed. There were two large silos, 20 feet in diameter. We used • only one, as the corn at that time was cut by hand with hoes and hauled on wagonsto the silo, where it, was cut and blown into the silo. This sometimes would take a couple of days, and feeding the 20 or More young men (the wok was too strenuous for older men) was always a real challenge to the housewife. Sometime in the 40's we purchased a corn binder, which was pulled by a John Deere tractor. This was . a real time and man saver: About this time we were able to purchase a Universal milking machine. This Quarts 'Reg. $4.25 .SALE $3.17 ****• Gallons Reg: $13.75 SALE $1057 All Sales Final, No Returns hired man. Some of those young men came from Western Canada, where times were even worse. One was a school leacher, who salcrlis salary vitas supposed to be $700 a year, but they did not pay him anything, so he left. I remember we gave him $25 a month and his board. During the winter months 'we Sometimes provided them only with clothing, tobacco money and-board. After the war started in 1939, most of these y oung men enlisted, and we had to pay more for help. Two summers' we had girls; they were allowed out of school without writing their Grade 13 examinations if their term marks were good. These came from May through August. ' "We tried to inaintainlhe fertility of the land by rotating crops and keeping the land well fertilized and worked. "Those were good years. We had a good farm in a .good community. 'With all of our neighbours we attended church'every Sunday, enjoyed Farm Forum meetings, changed work with neighbours, and did much more simple entertaining than is done today. I think we all enjoyed our life on the farm, and learned that money does not always mean happiness. During the war we were hosts to young airmen from Port Albert every week end. We still correspond with one of these. (The Second of a Two Part Series? Butcher Your BEEF or PORK at DUBLIN • MEAT MARKET WE ALSO: -make your lard -sausage -cure meats SUBJECT TO STOCK ON HAND' Kern-Glo & Super.Kem Tone Sule KEM GLO SUPER KEM,40NE Quarts keg, $5.50 SALE $3.98 **** Gallons Reg. $17.95 • SALE $13.37 .also saved a lot of time and effort, and meant we could milk about 20 cows instead of 16. The milk was separated in an electrically-run separator, and the skim milk fed to calves and pigs and th6 cream delivered every day to Charles Barber's creamery. "During the 30's many farmers who had large mortgages, as we had (my husband had only been able to make a down payment of $2,000 for the farm in 1929) lost their farms because they could not keep up their interest payments, All our money from pigs and cattle was banked to be used to pay intarest and taxes. Cream money and egg money was for necessary living expenses and farm operation. Did Without We didn't have a car during the 30's, and, did without many things young people today would consider necessities. There was no electric washing machine, stove or 'fridge. We did have a hot plate, , toaster and electric iron, all of which were wedding preSents. We had almost no new furniture, and always purchased things needed for the farm ahead of anything needed for the house, because those things helped increase the farm operation. There were three acres of bush lot on the farm, and from this we obtained firewood. "During the 30 's there were many men , unemployed, so during that time we always had a rI