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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-03-21, Page 6PAGE six" • THE e1s111 G61 see you're doing a lot .of work, Henry, on the old homestead . and about the farm. Did you come into a legacy?" "No sir, I got a -Home Improvement Loan -from 'the Bank' of 'Mo'ntreal. A simple matter no fuss. or bother. The rateq afire' low, and I'm paying . it back by instalments." Home Improvement Loans ...obtainable at $ 3;:25. per $ 100 repayable in twelve monthly. instalments. For borrowers with seasonal •intomes repayment .may be made in other convenient periodic ,.instalments. Ask.. for our' folder.• • .�MONTREAL•OF� BANI{ ESTABJ.ISHED .1617 ;• w� &sia1 di accOmais oat aielcoirts~ Lucknow Branch: V. N. PREST, 'Manager roe ' BELFAST CENTRE (Intended For Last Week) Mr,., and Mr`s. James. Drennan, of Cour'rte's Corners spent Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William' Twaanley, ` Miss Edna Lawson • of Stratford Normal spent the week=en4 at her home here, • Mr. and Mrs. Harry* Hackett atten- ded thefuneral of .hid aunt the late Mrs. Charles Barber of Wingham on Saturday.. ' Oar. and Mrs. Albert Alton and son . George spent Monday - : with friends at Loriden. ' L' Mr,�Jiin Henry spent the nveek7, end with , friends at • Flesherton. Mrs: WilliamTwatiiley spent a day recently. with her sisters Mrs. 'Jack- son and Mr-s..Currie ;of 'Wing harnt .Mr., and IVIrs. •Alex. Brown and ,11Ir• Horace :Brant'.o€ Saskatoon left Sask- atoon on • Saturday March '2nd driv ing by car after spending a couple. of days• . with Mrs. Brown's . brother, Mr.George Agar, a very famous hoc- key' player of Minneappolis. They mot- ;erect ot,ores on 'to .Oshawa where they 'left Mir. Brunt and then proceeded to Mrs. Brown's aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jos, Lawson, spending the rest.of :the Week•: with them. • Mr: Brunt : purchased a new car at Oshawa and also carne a- long later and spent a few days with Mr: and. Mrs. Lawson. They all left Tuesday, March 12th to . go bac to Minneapolis to see the, big. playoff of hockey and . thence, on their ' joint;' ey back to their home in Saskatoon. The death occurred on February 14 in Oshawa of Mr: Henry Borland, a former Belfast boy. He was born at Lucknow 64 years ago. He went to Oshawa from Sault Ste. Marie where., be was Sergeant Major , of the Sal- vation Army. Corps. He was .employed at. General Motors. The ;funeral ser- vice was conducted by Bridgadier • Riches, Tenant(); assisted by an Ad- jutant Lorimer, formerly of Osh- awa and the leader 'of the . Oshawa, Corps, Major. Watkins: • Not Tacked On . t A" proud father walked into a store and said .to the sales girl: "One dozen el your very' best diapers." The - 'lady handing him the package, said: "That will ;'be one . dollar,: also SAP'S RUNN1N' Spring erns in the air. Drifts of snow that had overwhelmed the fen- ces has in'unken tn`atreaks-of dixt•,- and. , the kids in the schoel yard and on the street, hailed with delight the advent of ..the crow! . - • "Sap's runnin'." What 4'n' expression ,to conjure with! .The thrill that comes with suoh a shout -will dive forever. Those of the farm lads of our 'coin- munity whose -`dads' owned a „`sugar bush', were the envy of almost every fun loving.youngster in the school I often wonder,'if the . boys and 'girls whoo used to. make sugar in sap run- ning. time in Kinross,' , -Ashfield Vf awanosli, .remember these old .days Those.weTe'the golden:clays, the day's. when • cares , , et, mature •years. had never been dreamed of� 13ut though there was lots 'of. joy n. the sugar business, there was also plenty of work. Wood -cutting, road Making, . shanty building, shovelling snow, .and strenuous preparations for the few hectic weeks that followed. • The 'tapping of trees., the distribut- ing . istribut-ing.. • of buckets, the hewing out of troughs', the 4Cleaning and scouring of kettles, the running here and climb- ing there; Oh my, the aches, the tired Muscles, the deadsleepiness of mid- night! Boy, and couldn't we sleep! • Did you •ever carry two two -gallon briskets :of sap through tangledunder- brush 'for. half a mile? 'Snow two -feet deep; rotting snow, skillfully laid by nature over dead. brush and rotten logs? One• minute, on the crest of the bank, the : next, ' neck deep With• ' I TfURSBAY, MAS 21,st, 194,4.' LANGSDE The Langaide Presbyterian W. M. S. heldd their meeting Thursday after- -noolvat-the-home-of-Mrs. John Rich- a.dson: The president Mrs, Neil Mac- Donald 'presided. The scripture, Mark, 16th chapter, • 'vas read alternately. and the meditation given by Mrs,. Johnson Conn. Mrs. Farish Moffat led in prayer. Miss Grace Richardson gave a solo "You can have the joy bells ringing in• your heart". Tha guest speaker, Mrs. Rev • Polloek of White- church ' gave an . • Easter message. Lunch was served by the hostess. Mrs. Stuart Scott donated : the society ?t Guilt topand .,they have . another top and these two quats will be 'quilted at the • next meeting to - ie held at the home• of Mrs. Wm, Simpson, 4th Culross, • in April. • The. Women's, Institute held their Match meeting Tuesday afternoon in: the Institute hall with the president Miss Grace. Richardson, presiding. The Institute ode' was sung and the Lord's :prayer repeated: in unison. The roll call 'What community activity do yor enjoy most?, was answered by an :at- tendance of 20, The'financial, state ment gave a balance of $19.27. It Gas decided to hold. a Major Bowe's ama- tuer -night' on March 29. The motto— A little •nonsense now and then is relished by : the best of men" was giv- en by Mrs, Victor Emerson. Mrs. 'R. Ross gave a solo --Believe' me of all those endearing young charms. Mrs. Ezra:' • Wellwood . gave •• a reading Women Voting.„The singing of . the National anthem closed the meeting. •Dad get violent hen' you ask -"Did he!' He almost wrung' my hand Ind get '�? ed to marry me?., off" :est Wawanosh History Conlinued three cents for tax." • To' which he replied: "Wet use 'safe- ty pins at our house." - • / /ffr rf •1' r. • 41, .y. 4, . .3 i r'f/'f orf Tl a Model illustrated is !be MCLAUGHLIN-BUICK SUPER model ' Si four -door touiigg sedan. , 011E' of there days the itch is going to• hit V ou to _ et out and get in on the fun a McLaughlin -Buick can be in the spring -time. Maybe, like others we know of, you've even pot the model' picked out, and are just "wait In a few. weeks'' to do something definite about it. But may we emphasize, in• purely, friendly interest that a lot of other people ,probably And that when they start buying in droves -- as they do every year about the ides of March even .McLaughlin-Buick's big production line has trouble keeping up with them? . Of course, we're doing all we canto be ready for everyone. - But what with everybody wanting Buicks • this season, we can't say how long we can promise the delivery we .tan' give now. So why not play the early bird this year? Wh not get the jump on your neighbor and • g yourMcLaughlin Brisk while he's ' still talking about getting his? Better see your McLaughlin -Buick dealer today! • ITH Lucknow r I•4w did .we gain it, man an' wife, - Dir ife;,Dir Tari' was no man'.s lap', • By rifle, an' harrow 'an' plow; Shovel an' spade an' hoe .. De blessin' of Good God up above, An' work of our •own strong han' Till it Stan' on de 'Middle our •leetle, ,enest • We're de wheat an' cornfield. grew,” —From the Habitant Poems by Wil- liam Henry. Drummond. Ed. Radford--=eleared--thefarina` now wned . b Abe Smith a nd 'Charles - y Stuart, the farm now owned by Wan. o Cranstgn. The farm west of 'Smith's was cleared by John Robinson. Robin. Faw.l •er was . the pioneer who, settled ` west of t ransten's, now, owned by _ John Finnigan. :Continuing on -the north side the next farm was cleared by :Sam Smith tiow owned by the Fer� guson' family, Crossing to the south' side, the next. f, arm to Abe Smith was'. cleared by WJ. Smith now -owned by, his grandson, Gordon' Smith, 'Wm D,urnin 'cleared. the farm • north 4 sTO . ssouthnow 'Owned by*• Wallace f �` 'Thorn., asap as 'Ca' bell ` cleared the . place now- owned by Thomas Webster, et.-' pWawaresentnosthhe .resptected Reeve of .West. : • ..«'' .. . West of the side : Broad the farms ,forth and • south were cleared :by 'Win. Burnin (the treasurer). The 'south fain ' is now owned by his son John, ., and the north farm by James Fowler, Next on the south side the farm was „leaned by Thomas Fowler now owned by William Robb. The next farm wej' . wee cleared 'by Charles Durnin,. thien Deputy Reeve for West Wawanosh. This faim is non. , occupied by D. Errington. Next farm was' cleared by T. Wayrd now 'owned by R. Blue. The next one. on the north sidg was clear- ed by Torn Davidson now owned ' by Herb Alton. 'Continuing on the, north •. side the 200 -acre farm' on the corner at the.highwaay. Was cleared by :Stuart and is still occupied by that family. The corner lot south was cleared by T. Glenn, now owned by •Wm., ,Mole. On the highway north. of Stuart's. the next t farm was cleared by th father of ,the present owners, Tom., and ,Miss . Tillie' Woods. Wm. Allin of the machine agency in Lucknow'clear- ed the farm known at the Cook farm now owned by .. Milton Kilpatrick. On the north corner of the Ninth Conces- • sion one Wni: Phillips cleared the farm know owned by Wm. Spindler. oNext to this farm east the •faun now owned by Wm. Cook was cleared by Rob-: ert Leggett. His brother Thomas had squatted on •this farm first but a man named .Schwam took it up in the Crown Land Office but Leggatt would ' notrelinquish his claim as squatter. The case was then taken to court in Goderich. Schwan :won . the case but the court allowed Taggart four rods and eleven feet the ,entire length of the- farm on which he built a : shanty in which be continued 'his trade . as': a weaver. Continuing' on the north side' the next farm was 'cleared by J. Durnin now owned by Mrs.; T. Hen- . ry. D. Watson' and R. Mitchell .clearert the farms now owned by Jas: Lyons. Going back, the farm' now owned by Samook was cleared by one Tag- gart: The farm next now• owned .by Jake' Reid and: also• one owned by J. Durnin, we are not sere .who were the pioneer settlers. Tim Donohue cleared the Grenach farm now owned t W: Joynt.' The next. farm east ' • of the• side road Was -,cleared by Tom Weir and the one next to it by John Fraser. These farms are incorporated. • in the Durnin' property. The old Dur- nin homestead cleared by,'Wm.' Dur- . nin is now owned •by his grandson Jim Durnin.' James McDonald cleared the farm now owned by Ross Murray. The pioneer settler of the farm now owned by George Stuart was Donald McDonald. The place now owned by Lorne Durnin was cleared by Robert Smith: George White cleared the farm now' owned by Eatl Durnin The farm now owned by 3ordon Irwin was cleared by Robert T Bart: James Miller cleared the 'fa now owned and occupied by Geo ge McRoberts. John Cameron was the pioneer settler on the farm south of the McRoberts farm. The School and Township Hall are built on, the Cameron property. .. This farm is now owned by his grand- son John. These men and others like them are arfou hf• Westthe Waeaswanoswhoh. Ulaidommonthe menndation you say, Heroes we call them. Men who cut away the bush acre by acre and transformed the forests • intofields of waving grain; who cut out roads,' and 'year' by year improved them', �untll they became pasisa'ble for.trafiie; who. )eared their families_ to regard truth and honesty of. more importance than - riches, giving them the best education • they' could command often at the ex- pense of .their own self denial The pioneer settlers • were the standard • hearers of -the Great C'anad'a' that rfow is one on 'which the eyes of the - world are turning, and have passed • on their mantle to their worthy de- cendants, who are willing to make the Supreme Sacrifice in order to ob». twin Peace and. Justice the world aver. Today we stand. before these settlers • R. 8. 'St. H'elens.. The readers of ' these articles might i�• ane the life; of the early settlers xt, drab and monotonous. We have nt 'reason t8', think 'so, for,• IS any lift•. tier 'interesting than the •rearing and developing of young`• animals :or watch- ing the germinating and growth of Seeds, planted by oqrr own efforts? And tui ther . the. ,pioneer was busy with a variety of tasks. In .winter, clearing 'the forest away was perhaps his chief concept. 'Then there was the wood to cut 'for the fireplace which could. burn . up wood almost' as. fast as 'a moan could: 'int, it. There was also the..grain to be threshed. out.. A woman • could keep her man busy all ,day and• know just where he was...by climbing up in the mow''in,. the 'morning and pitching down •numberless oat • sheaves or rolls' of pea straw, for him. to 'thresh With the flail. '.A flail 'was one of. the .most .awkward implements about the 'set-. tier's place. If his technique was good he' Might thresh out several bags of grain in, an" )hour, but if he failed to. get the right swing of• it, be might be aptto get a bump. between the eyes or behind the , ears. The flat is made, in two 'parts, • the handle' he: ing the . longer part, about five.. feet long with a hole bored in the 'end. The 'flail. ,was about four long g with a knob' end: The two parts were 9eured'together by a lace cut out of sheep skin.. Many thousand bushels of. grain 'were threshed out every win- ter by the settlers with the flail: Be- fore fanning mills were used for cleaning • grain the barn doors were; opened on a windy day, the grain lift- ed on a scoop. andpoured out on the, floor, the breeze carrying away' the chaff cleaving • the 'clean grain on the barn floor. 'Another method was for two persons to hold a sheet filled:With grain,•tossing it up and down letting• the breeze •blo-w away the 'chaff? Another profitable way of spending• the hours was the making of shingles: The early settler instead of dollinc' himself up and spending the sunimer evening bowling or -in some other ^musement, straddled a bench and with ''a knife, made for the purpose and a mallet, made shingles. • Duringthe winter the snow lay deep iii , the bush owing, to the• fact the Ands did not blow it, about as n the .open country. Spring was lock, 1, for eagerly. The first crow or 'rob in was heralded as• one of the family , or there was 'equal delight whery-sora• one came from . the: stable with th'; 'first 'egg ,exclaiming excitedly the `liens are laying." And when •the men engaged in tutting • down, the trees noticed the sap was running.. it seas a' matter of great' rejoicing for throughout the spring and summer the delectable syrup and sugarwould be enjoyed by every member of the fam- ily. ' • Another sign of spring was when `he "Gudewife" brewed a "puddin'" dish of. Senna Tea. ')''his usually took place on a Saturday morning wlien• there was no school kept. The child • ren,, .who were always hilarious on Saturdays, upon seeing the dish on• the stove, and smelling• its contents, instantly • became subdued with an imploring look in their eyes like fright- ened puppies; About half a cupful was poured out for each child. The one. who gulped it down and over with it, was looked upon as a here and was rewarded with a spoon ' of jam to, expel the bad taste.. One ;of. the characteristics of Senna Tea is the ' longer one , lingers over taking. it, the worse the smell and taste be- comes. So if a child became sulky and refused to take the . medicine, ,papa came to the scene of 'conflict takinr the offender, firmly by the nose wit% one hand and the Cup 'in the other. He held on until the youngster was obliged to open his mouth for air and as he' did so "Gulp" it was all over The sante. treatment held good for castor oil, Dr. Thernas' Electric 'Oil was a- mong the first patent medicines used by the pioneer people. It was used for sore throats, colds, croup, crik hi the neck, lumbago, sprains, bruises, burns, rheumatism, frostbite, chilblains, in fact it Was used for nearly all the Former [fort tcllsert_'Mille3' Dien ills that flesh is heir1�to. 9Fol,r� lit�er�ature is Fie te.4argL..�th :: ' ar. er �ic�tih�si Tr TIY Mo teal ift ekf- y )"holo ness, often: a' copy of the Pilgrim's Progress and these were read until the co+ers were off therm. - Now with these prel'iniinaries done with we will eontinue'our journey a- l:, i, at one ' time to many house- ring the western part of the Gth Con - ice -cold sap pouring in cascades' down • Immediately, after the Institute your neck? meeting' the Red rose' opened their And the work seemed. endless! As fast as a kettle was. filled'with -new sap; 'more wood was needed) And how those fires gobbled up • the wood'! From early morning until late into the night, the sap tender had .no time for rest, Lucky .for 'him ' if he , had not learned to . -smoke cigarettes. I•Ie never would have had:. the tine to light one! ' And the nights! The sun would sink • in a • blaze of glory, burnishing meeting with Mrs, 'Rev. J. Pollock,. president, presiding. The meeting -op- ened with prayer by the president and the minutes'. of the hist meeting were read. Mrs,' L. Grain, work conven- er, 'was appointedto represent White- church . ve church . on- the.Wingham Execute Board: The finished scarfs, socks, ;ice bags, hot water bottle covers were received • and ` more, yarn given out. It was decided to meet, again on the second Tuesday in'April. • . The United church Mission Band willhold,: a social evening' on March. 22nd in the church All are 'invited to 'attend:' •' On March 27th the Presbyterian Y. P. 5.. ' are having slides shown in their church on the "Passion :Play" and a young lady from Wingham will give a lecture on the slides. All are advised to not miss' seeing and hear - air' these jictures.' - "''ie' -children of p. S. No.., ; • wens r '`e,esdav to see the picture,, ,e the r and 'Queen's trip thre:.f.. Car • n in the Town Hall, •Winrtham. The e: r ion provided' cars to tak'; them thn'•e and back. ' Mrs.' J. B. Morrison spent the week end with, Mr. %and Mrs. Tom Morrian- ^1 'Whitechurch. • • - Mrs. W. A. Taylor's close neighbor: formed.. a surprise party 'and , spent Friday evening with her and Chao, - Will all who have Red 'C"e'-. try and have it completed and handr"' in by March 26th se that it can hr ••eterned to Lucknow • to' ship in the March shipment of supplies.. ;' • Mr. J. B. Morrison spent Sunday afternoon with his uncle Mr. George Falconer of Culross. the:'tree-tops 'with bronze and mauve. A strange pall would slowly creep across the horizon and a mystic some- thing would invade the scene that before_had 'been one ceaseless ,round of: labor. In the eerie hours, until it was time, for `fires out', and wehad to carry the reduced' :sap to the farm house half a mile away, • every moment • was filled with chilling mysticism and • rif- fres of shudders and shafts of ic' shot up and dawn the spine: Every: shadow held some gruesome terro? and every, moan 'in, the treetops wr • the sigh of a 4, parted. soul' in the quest ;of pearl(' •• • But .those were golden days!: From the village,: boys and girj;- were some- times -invited, some carte for diver- sign, others out of 'curiosity. We'd stae•e• a little, party at which 'burn' 'dough=gods' ould' be served. and per• h' ps a taffy pull. There was a thrill about. the whole adventure ..that lingers ww'ith me yet. A 'mere suggestion that we had stag- ed a taffy pull, would bring clusters of ogle -eyed youngsters about • as on the school gl•opnd eager to hear every detail., And when 'on Satur- day, a chance was given for enothe•• party, the suggestion . would be. re - .ceived with giggles' of delight awl courtles ,of glee. Boys and. girls world thumb rides on. sleighs as fa ac p''"m sible, then walk the. rest: Somet:m" it -was almost' as much fun getting ,tom the party as could be had while ther - And'couldn't the partyers sleep ar dream' that night! Boy oh boy' T'•n dwelt in a happy hunting grounr{ a land of girls and sugar.' of sap art! taffy, and the echo of childish laugh ter: was the tune by whi ` they werf awakened in the mortning. Even though (' ave strayed far from the modest' home in Wawanosh and,•have rubbed shoulders with gran- deur and gloom, among the most pleasant of all my memories, are th." ex eriences I. had. when• spring• ar- rived'and we sang the chorus, "SAP'S RUNNIIN' ". E.' X. HQFDS., Seattle, Wash. "We dislike guys Who cyiticize And minimize The .other guys Whose enterprise s m- ' e them rise Above the trays Who criticize- , And minimize The ether gu't's." FORCE' GROWS Mrs, Robert Stuart, Velma. and Donald spent Sunday with • Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson, Mr. Charlie 'Wader has engaged ,to work. for Mr. George Tiffin for the �.'mt`rier months and begins his dut- °'� April 1st. ' Mrs. Harold Sperling underwent•an - •,'ration for appendicitis on Sunday, March 10. Dr. Hambly of London per- 4'n:•med the operation. She Is inprov- i,er as well as 'can be expected. The Langside Rural Club will hold hv"ir entertainment, a dance, on Mar. '7 with •proceeds for patriotic put - poses. Mr: and Mrs. Wallace Conn ,spent i'nday with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Scott.. Miss Grace and Jim Richardson - spent Mw day with 'Mr. and Mrs. Chester Pinnell of Culross. e war establishment ,f the Royal creased by nearly 14,000•• according to figures furnished by ,the Department of National 15efen e. The total per- sonnel for which provision has been made is now' 30,400, of •whom 2,400 are officers and 28,000 are airmen. ler 1M4 there were '190 officers and 1,115 airmen .iii"the R. ,C, 'A. F: is Miss Hope and Gordon Wall spent Friday evening -at the home of Mr. •and Mrs. George Harkness. • The United Y. P. Society of White- churchheld their contest social even- ing with thio, Christian culture conven- er, Mrs: Walter Lott, conducting the, worship service, the theme of which "was• --The key to hgppiriess. Mrs. par - Old Pollock gave -an Irish poem—Bid- dy Brew's Tea. Chinese checkers and crokinole were:then played progress- ively. The winners of crokinole were Clifford Farrier and Miss Chin- ese checkers winners Mrs. Russell Moore Viand J. D. Beecroft. miller died at hid home on PrictirY in his 73rd • year. Mr. S'ehoenhals at Inc time operated a flour mill 'at Port Albert before baying the Clinton All to 1912, .where he manufactured • "North Star" brand of flour, fare - wives in 'this district, • cession, As We bane already stated, "Dad, • we learnt at school today - that'the animals have a new fur every winter." - "Be 4tlie'tl Your mother is in the, next room."