HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-05-20, Page 25THE HURON EXPOSITORy MAY 20, 19:41 05!
Grey Township is 1
bottom y erteb r .it ni)
-backbone. The hip, joint
fused and became stiff. so
nalUra,ll,v t eRiddn. liMow thy;
!cum in plOug..titng it.itittiti.% •
and thp•••4t. A i.rni-io
Was the artStF 40.'1
trarskiyint riry
syktein 011.4 1404k, , ,chit w at k
didn't have the power a 20
H.A. steam engine had but
ay got the work done any
hoa „, with ,VVilson Evans On
the .gracier. ; • y
F0444` ur r. ged
.P903PU *Wee. than
the itittU,S 4.11;d1bAS talsing of
#110-7190'
tist4the si„dvs.4o•-i*I4 up f)10,
Longtime resident rettenibers
road superintendent was in-
troduced. I got the job of
running thegrader at 33c per
hour. 'Grey TowrkshipAtinigh!
a seariPer to -fit the .griider.
Thp .scitrifiet,.ti;44 -14*yd dig
JrAv'elied-iiiiirtitift 0 •
the-.read where lop.
410Tte.$ b4 n, pot
si$ 4'1. tt/
kinds OPY,Y catitei;;40,ek iii illic~
L4.4UalliVd County Assess-
ment +as started and 1 got
the job of Grey township
assessor at $600.00 per an-
Mtr.ft,
As..sgsstagitis, weF . appeal,.
• by (iQckFictl, 'town :404
in 3 dais: [''stood it' the:- Diu lees
01'0)414 1114•8 arid *,1?0,1Y ut•
41).91410$ myr end
three different judges while I
was assessing-Costello.
gland. and Hetherington. •1,
yeas commeltdcd day each one
fiat my.00 and F ;5,0 WC
..OASICCULtitik.4.04N).*-0 404
also tel •
0!:1•irK.• work 43 000:,
mad aupet-inaten,dent edit,
su
inTonoilt Aitil..w.ott 4S 'ghee „AT.. •
tor ,over, two weeks until a^
.new. superintendent, watt
stalk* After 196f3. I4iis
wuncillor for 'four years in
Grey township. Then a year
or two later I was hiredras
dog enumerator until 1979,
my leg got so sore. that
walking was out, so I ended
up in the hospital in Seaforth
in April. 1979, to get built. up
for an amputation. I htidtny
left leg off right above the
knee in Stratford. then
back to Seaforth hospital to
recuperate until August then
- home for a couple of months,
then to London Westminster
*eV"ictaorrtiifiia a'
artificial leg.
fora of a Ii'
Got home a month before
-;Christmas and am living
most of the time in a
wheelchair. So ends an era of
serving -and working in and
for The Township of Grey.
P.S. Not counting the
many hours spen! election-
eering front 1926 on. and
being Poll clerk for 20 years
' at Municipal elections, I
enjoyed every moment.
tp
Editors Note. George We
senberg of R.R. 3. Brussels
has been writing up sonic of
the history of thc tow riship of,
(itcy since 14 is the 1040r.
541.p's I ZSfh ,anuiversary. ht„
this story he '6.^ciitts sodiv.Of
,,e,x;Puriencex.' w kite'
hy nig adit thg..
TOWNSHIP MAN PAINTS PLAQUE - In hrour of Grey Township's
125th anniversary this year, George Wesenber made and painted this
plaque and on it aretthe names of the township's reeves and clerks and
the years they served. Here, he points to the as yet unnamed year which
will complete Ray Williamsores term as reeve, (Photd by kanney)
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THURS.,
8 01R NI N'S'1/4 (,1 H IS
OPEN WED.,
41.414et, had 001$141A u ‘• lord
.tractor, the fifth one sold by
Colightly Brothers in Monks
ton, so that I could be
fa--ling. as I wanted to.
I had inflammatory rheu-
matism in 19'19. which
was improperly treated in the
first tea days of the high
temperature, and great pain.
until my right leg tell over
and caused the hip to be out
of place. as well as the
wanted Some' grading Clone
on the toad just north of
Moneriel. They had used
steam engine poaer on the
big grader. so thl. reey
came to see us anti asked if
we would use the tractor to
pull the big grader to turn-
pike this sideroad at SI 10 an
hour.
, So I was sent with the
tractor to work for the
tow nshro. Naturally a e
0,508' settle tuft kpeti, had
0.0.004.1t4,0 the wood rotted
Or poor drainage „held the
water which cans•ed, hog^w al*
s. as tonic people called.
them. In many places .one
had to drive front one side to
the other to miss these deep
dugouts. So the scarifier
levelled all these places and
then we put on the blade to
carry the loose gravel into
these holes and w e had good
roads.
My legs wouldn't stand for
this totigh,rideitathis k nd of
implement. as one had to
stand up to manipulate .the
levers and lifts, so in 192S I
bought a truck to haul milk it'
Ethel Cheese . Factory. I
trucked- for 6 'years.
In' 1934, the reeve wanted
me to open up a new
sideroad between lots S and
6, concession 16. so again I
was on Grey's grader for
some time. In 1936, 1 helped
Martin MacDonald buildl,a
few culvertis. for Grey town-
ship. More modern machin-
ery was used and contractors
got the jobs for road building
,etc. But in-1949, the' new
the as*ssrapofof-WV.
township.attxt; ,why
was. in nty estimation it very
Pod eciaaltraittml akw.".
ment, • much better than
anything tried sinee, or he-
fore 1949. So naturally the
reeve and deputy and clerk.
who were not in favor .44 this
new assessment. in , 1951
hired a new assessor. So 'o
Frank Harrison took the job
. and one year was enough for
him. He brought the books
back to the clerk's office and
said, -no more, rat done
with this, no more assessing
for me." This was the time
the 'clerk Fear took sick and
was hospitalized, so Mrs.
Cardiff, who had been work-
ing in the office from, time to
time, was installed as clerk.
Mr. Fear got quite a bit
better and the council gave
hint the assessor job from
1952.
So in 1953 a new council
was elected for Grey town-
ship and I was again chosen
as assessor and did the job
until 1968, when D' Arcy
McKeough' took over.
Appeals were heard before
Huron's biggest book
sale coming in Blyth
k
Book lovers, collectors and
'just plain readers are wel-
come Saturday, June 6 .at
Huron County's "largest used
book sale at Memorial Hall in
Blyth.
Sponsored by the Blyth
Centre for the Arts, the
sale brings together thous-
sands of paperback and hard-
cover books. many- of them'
priced at only 25 cents.
be special sections
of children's books. Canad-
iana, and reference books, as
well as a huge choice of
H & N DAIRY SYSTEMS LTD.
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fiction. 'in the same building
that houses the nationally
famous Blyth Summer Fest-
' ival.
, Home baited goods, and
refreshments will be avail-
able throughout the book
.sale, which runs from 10 to 4.
As Well, book browsers and
buyers will be able to take
specially conducted tours of
the theatre.
As an added feature, auth-
ors James Reaney and Penny
Kemp wild be giving read-
ings of their works in the art
gallery of the Hall; com-
mencing at 1:30 p.m. This
rare opportunity to meet an
author, to leain about his or ,
her craft and how a book
comes into being is a once-in-
a-lifetime event, something
adults a'nd children will rem-
ember for years to come.
There As no admission
charge to either the book sale
or the readings. Memorial
Hall is located on Blyth's
main street.
Donations to used books
for this event may be left, at
any of the following locations
prior to May 30. E.A.T.
Company. Bayfield; Taylor's
General Store. Belgtave; The
Blyth Standard; The Brussels
Post; The Clinton Town Hail;
Dianne Banks' 176 Main Si..
Exeter; Hill and Borgal. 58
Elgin Ave. E.. Goderieh:
Janice Bisback's. 86 Queen
St., Hensall; The Huron Ex-
positor. Seaforth; and Harris
Stationefy, Witigham.
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411Aiy° back vfolk,0104,0)klis hfof ,Autt, also .made
, bettep plods in- slit' Witiietr-
., time Gravel w as pin ou this,
`ipit hun. about 4 inches deep.
then 2 inches of crush on top
and that portion of road is
still in good condition. The
nest year we did a portion of
the 12th concession.
1 hen in 1924 we did some
on the Cranbrook sideroad at
S1.20 per hour for tractor and
man. In 192" when the job of
1