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Clinton News-Record, 1959-07-09, Page 4KIRKTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL KIRKTON GARDEN PARTY Fair Grounds --- Kirkton, Ontario Wednesday, July 15th, 1959 SNAPPY GIRLS SOFTBALL GAME — 6.00 P.M. St. Marys Pullets vs. Glen Mills BUDDING STARS JUVENILE PROGRAMME — 7.30 P.M. SPARKLING PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME — 9.00 P.M. Ample Facilities for Refreshments and Seating Free Supervised Parking on Grounds Police Protection ADULTS 75c CHILDREN 25c COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH Thomas Steep, Clinton Representative Phones — BUS., HU 2-6606 - - - Res., HU 2-3869 Rottetiett ...at your fingertips Safety in the automobile is optional at no extra cost. No mechanical safety device can replace the protection of careful driving. Last year, Traffic accidents claimed the lives of more Canadians than ever before. Someone was injured every 8 minutes. A car was damaged every 48 seconds. Automobile insurance claims rose to more than $150,000,000. One result of this is higher automobile insurance rates — because what is paid out in claims must be brought in by premiums. But even more important is the fact that you hold your life, and the lives of others, in your hands when you get behind the wheel of a car. Safety pays dividends... saves lives, helps to lower your insurance costs. Be Careful, ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION On behalf of more then?DD competing companies writing Pito, Automobile and Casuelt# Insurance. ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION PLITIITON NEWS-Rgconp PAO4 FOVR A THURSDAY., JULY 9, 3.95.9 News of Hensall Bell, on Tuesday, Andy Rees, Hamilton, Miss Jean Chapman, London, visited on Fri- day with the former's sister and brother-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. W. J. "Doc" Cameron and family. Don Brock, who is on the staff of the Waterloo-Oxford District High School and has been visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Brock, left for Toronto this week to spend five weeks at Sum- mer School. correspondent — MSS. M. REDDEN Phone Newell 5 To Hold Picnic The annual Legion and Auxili- ary picnic will be held Sunday, July 12, at Jowett's Grove, Bay- field. Members are asked to bring their lunch baskets and cutlery, games will commence at 3 p.m. Sports committee for the Legion is Doc Cameron, Jack Simmons, Keith Buchanan; Ladies Auxiliary, Mrs. Howard Smale, Mrs. W. 3. Cameron, Diane Bedard, Ilderton, is visit- ing her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell, Mr and Mrs. Ken Manns and Donald, Mimico, were weekend visitors with Mrs. Manns. Ian Evans, Kitchener, is vaca- tioning with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. R. Y. McLaren, Miss Ruth Dianne Smale is spending a week vacationing with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adkins in Wingham, Mr, and Mrs. Vernon Redden, Pat and Earl, St. Catharines, were recent visitors with Mrs. Cather- ine Hedden and Herb. Mr. and Mrs, Harold Redden, Bob, Jimmy, Debbie and Marjory, Dresden, spent the weekend with Mrs. Catherine Redden and Herb. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKenzie, Mrs. Violet Schwalm and Ray, vis- ited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacFarlane, at St. Thomas, Mrs. Fred Beer, and daughter Mrs. Ralph McArthur, Mac and Cam, Centralia, are vacationing at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McArthur, Kim and Tracey, Detroit, were weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. George Parker, Ricky and Cindy. G. G. Doney, Kingsville, has been transferred to the staff of the Bank of Montreal here, and will take the place of Clay Aust- in, accountant, who has been transferred to Delhi. Mr. and Mrs, Robert Cook and Carolyn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard SS 7, Stanley, Has Annual Picnic At End of School Year Scene, Mary and Cathy, left Wed- nesday to spend a two week vaca- tion at Sundridge, Mrs. Nancy Laughton and son Todd, Ilderton, Mrs. Guy Bedard and family, visited Mrs, Bedard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart larger farms in Morris and Turn- berry Townships in 1854-57 but three of his brothers, William, John and Arthur, with most of their families (also pioneer set- tlers) remained in Goderich Town- ship where many of their descend- ants still live, All of the Cant- elons in Clinton are descended from that William Cantelon (1775- 1859). "Peter Cantelon, Jr. (1829-1913) married Elizabeth Richardson (1833-1873), in 1854 and they mov- ed to Bluevale in 1856. About 1857 Kepple Disney (1834- ), mar- ried Mary Richardson and they moved to Concession 1, Morris Township near Bluevale. About the same time one *of their broth- ers, Joe Richardson (who later farmed in Stanler Township be- tween Varna and Bayfield) also bought a farm in Turnberry Town- ship near Bluevale. In Joe Rich- ardson's family there were 11 children; in the Kepple Disney family, 11 and in the Peter Cant- elon, Jr., (1829-1913) family, sev- en, and all at one time or another attended public school and the Methodist Church in Bluevale." (In the Peter Cantelon Jr. (1829- 1913) family was the writer's fa- ther, Robert John (1863-1921) and uncle Peter J, (1857-1948). In 1954 Leon C. Cantelon, Wing- ham, invited Walt Disney to the centennial celebration in that town. He received a letter in reply, which enclosed a biographical paper writ- ten by Walt's father. The cartoon- ist recalled meeting Peter Cant- elon, uncle of Leon C. Cantelon, both at the time of Walt's moth- er's death in 1938, and in 1947 The Bible Today With Clinton's Rosy Theatre this week playing the great Disney film "Cinderella" inter- est is aroused again in Walt. Disney, and his connection with this part of the world, Walt has earned world fame through his comic and delightful characters drawn with a skilled hand from a never-failing imagination. We have at hand a letter from Leon C. Cantelon, now living at Wingham. He has done quite con- siderable research into the hist- ories of the Cantelon, Disney and Richardson families, from the time of 17864863, when the early families lived in Goderich Town- ship, all from Ireland. We now quote from his letter to us: "Robert Richardson had several sons and daughters, the eldest daughter Catherine, married Robert Pearson; the second dau- ghter, Elizabeth, married Peter Cantelon, Jr, (18294913) and the youngest daughter, Mary, married Kepple Disney (1834- ), son of Elias Disney. "The Peter Cantelon, Sr,, (1786- t863) farm was Lot 36, Concession 7; the Robert Richardson farm on Concession 12 and the Disney farm was near. Holmesville. (So Hol- mesville, Goderich Township and nearby Clinton, as the one-time home of Elias Disney and his son, Kepple, Walt's great-grandfather and grandfather, and of Robert Richardson and his daughter Mary, Mrs, Kepple Disney, Walt's great- grandfather and grandmother, can claim some fame as the home of Walt's forefathers, etc.). "Peter Cantelon, Sr., with most of his family moved to new and (By Rev. W. H. Moore) The annual report of the Japan- ese Bible Society records that from 1946 to 1958 a total of 23,282,002 Scriptures were circul- ated in Japan. The increase in 1958 distribution of 134,027 volum- es made the total for that year, 1,901,737. The new Kogotai (coloquial) version accounted for 1,737,630 Bibles, Testaments. and Gospels, thus demonstrating the increasing use of this Janpanese version in popular speech, It has recently been said by a prominent Japan- ese Christian, "I am not so optimis- tic as to suppose that Japan will be Christianized in the near future. Japanese traditional ideas and cus- toms that have been preserved for more than ten centuries will not yield to new ideas so easily; but I can say with assurance that am- idst changing circumstances the Bible has been read by many Jap- anese, and has been changing the mind of the people," Suggested Bible Readings Sunday Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 Monday Joshua 3;1-17 Tuesday Judges 13:1-20 Wednesday Ruth 1: 1-8 Thursday Ruth 1: 19; 2;13 Friday Ruth 2: 14; 3: 5 Saturday Ruth 3: 1-18 0 Harold McNally Says Local Folk Will Attend Ottaw Event Harold McNally, presiding min- ister of Jehovah's Witnesses, an- nounced July 3 that the Clinton congregation of Jehovah's Witnes- ses has been invited to attend a four-day convention July 23 to 26 at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. Mr. McNally will head the local delega- tion of about 20 persons. The convention is arranged by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. An attendance in excess of 12,000 is anticipated. 0 Goderich Officer Now An Inspector for SPCA Arthur Jennings, Goderich, has been appointed senior inspector for Western Ontario with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. There are six other inspectors in the area. IN THE WEEKEND TELY The annual SS No. 7, Stanley Township School Area picnic was held Thursday, June 25, with 75 present. The teacher, Miss Joanne Robinson, was in charge and the judges of races were Ward For- rest, Gordon Johnston and George Stephenson. Results of the events were as follows: pre-school children, Doug- le Reid, Peter LeBeau; girls, six, Debora Stephenson, Mary Lou Johnston; girls, eight, Nancy Con- sitt, Carol Turner; boys, eight, Jim LeBeau; girls, nine, Margaret Forrest, Patsy Rathwell, Mary Stephenson; boys, 10-11, Earl Rei- chert, Ricky LeBeau, Robert Cyr; girls, 11-12, Ann Stephenson, Mar- jorie Turner; ,,boys, 12, Gordon_ Caldwell, Burt "Coleman, Garry Dowson; girls, 13-15, Mildred Tur- ner; boys, 13-15, Charles Stephen- son, Keith Stephenson, Jim Con- sitt; peanut scramble, Leonard Turner, Robert Cyr, Mildred Tur- ner; shoe kicking, girls, Marjorie Turner, Margaret Forrest, Mary Stephenson; boys, Earl Reichert, Robert Cyr, Billy Turner; wheel- barrow race, Marion Forrest and Marjorie Turner, Margaret For- rest and Mary Stephenson, Robert Cyr and Gordon Caldwell; clothes pin race, Marion Forrest and Earl Reichert, Margaret Forrest and Burt Coleman, Robert Cyr and Gordon Caldwell. STERLING RUSTS when Walt visited Goderich. Town- ship in 1947, Following is the biography of the Disney family; written by Walt's father: "The name Disney is of French origin and in France was called D'Isigny. Disney and a man by the name of Best were officers in the Army under William, Duke of Normandy, when he invaded the British Isles (see British Hist- ory). Disney and Best partici- pated in the division of part of the land by William, Duke of Nor- mandy, and each received a large estate, lived and reared his child- ren in a good environment, and was classed among the intellectual and well-to-do at that time and age, "Some of the Disneys settled in. England and some time ago an article on health appeared in a current publication written by Edward Disney, M. D., London, England. "A son of one of the Disneys that remained in Ireland, married a Miss Best, and from that union my grandfather was born, and was named Elias. He received a fine education, had plenty of mon- ey to go and come on, servants to care for his wants and all that goes with an abundance of the things of this world. "In the course of time, he took unto him a wife, a Miss Maria Swan, of good people, in the med- ium condition of life financially, and from this union a son was born, November 2, 1834, named Kepple, after Admiral Kepple, a prominent man of that age of the world, "In the fall of 1836 my grand- father, Elias Disney, and three of his brothers sold their property in Ireland and came to America (New York City). The three bro- thers went into business in New York, and Elias Disney, my grand- father, moved to Upper Canada— Ontario, Goderich Township—and settled near Holmesville on the Grand Trunk Railway, between Goderich and Clinton. "He bought a tract of land close to and along the banks of the Maitland River, and built a saw and grist mill which was patron- ized by the community for a num- ber of years, This country was heavily timbered, and there was plenty of wild fruit, grapes, plums, etc., along the banks of the river, and good fishing and wild game of different kinds. "Wolves were numerous and a source of much annoyance to the settlers, with their young stock, and many a time I have sat and listened in amazement to the stor- ies my father and others would tell of personal encounters. "Kepple Disney married Mary Richardson, daughter of one of the early settlers of l-Iolmesville near the town of Goderich, On- tario; moved to Bluevale, Ont., Morris Township, on the Maitland River, bought 100 acres of timber land and started to make a home for his family. Wingham was an- other town five miles from Blue- vale. "On the 6th day of February, 1859, the writer, Elias Disney, was born to this union. I am the eldest of 11 children. We received our education in the public school of Bluevale and attended the Wes- leyan Methodist Church and Sun- day School. Our life and work were such as comes to boys and girls brought up on the farm—a pure and wholesome atmosphere, both physically and morally. "In 1877 my father sold his farm to Andrew Jackson and mov- ed with his family to Ellis, Kan- sas, and purchased 320 acres of railroad land." Mr. Leon C. Cantelon, Wingham, notes that at the time the Disneys moved to Kansas, Walt's father. Elias, was only 18, and still single. Summing up the situation, Mr. Cantelon notes that Goderich Town- ship (near Holmesville and Clin- ton) was for many years the home of Walt Disney's grandfath- er, Kepple Disney, his grandmoth- er (nee Mary Richardson) and great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Disney and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richardson. On the other hand, Morris Town- ship, near Bluevale, was the home of Walt's grandparents, and of his father for at least 18 years. "John H. Cantelon, Lucan, well remembers serving a customer named Kepple Disney, in the first decade of this century, when he was clerking in Cantelon Bros. Grocery in Clinton, of which firm his father, Peter Cantelon (1851- 1921) and uncle of Miss Dolly S. Cantelon, Clinton, was one of two partners. Since we know of no records to the contrary, we assume that Walt's grandfather later re- turned to Canada (sometime after 1877) when his father Elias Disney died, and spent his remaining years on the family homestead near Holtnesville and Clinton," "Maybe," writes Mr. Cantelon, "some of the Richardsons, or their descendants, due to the Kepple Disney marriage alliance with 04 RELAYS '10011 'AVE A LOT -4ESIREE- IF YOU USE OUR OIL OF QUALITY' fu" -ex" T. B. 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