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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-06-23, Page 2THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, JUNE 23rd, io3« HOME GET YOUR FREE COPY OF 10 PRIZE WINNING DESIGNS our office for your free copy of thisTelephone us or drop into unusual booklet. It clearly describes how YOU con build a home with the rpnt you now pay. It illustrates ten prize winning home designs, drawn by architects in the Government competition. It explains you can select your own location, build your own home, and enjoy security and independence. how new endIn the month of March 328 families built homes on this plan borrowed $1,900,000 in total, These families will soon own their homes, because their rent will pay off their government loan. You too can own your home. Let us give you this free descriptive booklet NOW! Huron Lumber Co. Phone 48 Exeter Moon Reunion The 14th annual reunion of the Moon family was held at Grand Bend on Saturday, June 11. About 10 0 relatives and friends were present from London, Clandeboye, Chatham Oshawa, Thedford Detroit and Mus- koka. A full line of sports had been prepared but they had to be withdrawn on account of rain, A short business meeting- w’as held after supper and it was decided to hold the picnic- the same time and place again next year, this year’s officers being elected for another year. The oldest lady present was Mrs. P. J. Ripley, Oshawa. The old­ est man, Mr. T. Dauncey, Clande­ boye. The yonngest baby Shirley Prance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prance, of Thedford and the person coming the longest distance Mrs. L. Love, Sr., Elgin House, in Muskoka. BUYS SEAFORTH PRACTICE Dr, Colquhoun has taken over Dr. Burrow’s and Dr. Jarrott’s prac­ tices in Seaforth and he and Dr. Mc­ Master will open a clinic there. They are equipping their offices with a new X-ray machine and will have other up-to-date equipment. He in­ tends to direct his studies to surgery and at present is taking surgical training in the City Hospial, New York. Dr. Colquhoun has sold his (practice in Ethel and previous to his departure he and his wife were pre­ sented with gifts by the friends, neighbors and patients. Dr. Colqu­ houn received a gladstone bag and Mrs. Colquhoun a cedar chest. WINDSOR YOUNG WOMAN SENTENCED FOR THEFT Because of two previous convic­ tions Helen Beattie, 23-year-old Kingsville beauty parlor employee, was sentenced in county court to six months in Mercer reformatory when convicted of theft of $10 from a customer’s purse. Crown Attorney James Allan told Magistrate W. A. Smith that within the past year Miss Battie had been given supsended sentence at Goderich for passing four forged cheques and was fined $30 at Exeter on a shop­ lifting charge. Another Bad Night Could Get No Rest To the thousands who are tossing, night after night, on sleepless beds, or who pace the floor with nerves unhinged, to those who wake up with bad dreams and nightmares, we offer in Milburn’s Health and Nerve Hills a remedy to help soothe,, and calm the nerves and bring back the shat­ tered nervous system to a perfect Condition. Then ho more broken rest, no more nightmares, no more getting up in the morning feeling as tired as when you went to bed. The T. jilTbutn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont Destruction of Brewster Dam By W. H. Johnston Where the Nine Mile River flows into Lake Huron the Government, laid out the townsite of Pt. Albert; At the mouth of the Maitland River Goderich was surveyed, and Bay- field, where the Bayfield River em­ pties into Lake Huron, -was chosen and planned by an English surveyor named Bayfield, having for his pat­ ron Baron Lo Foile. These three ■..owns continue, but the mysterious town of Port Franks never had an existence except on the maps of the Canada Company. Builds Dain Brewster & Co. in 1S32 bought from the Canada Company a mill site and power privileges therefor on the Aux Sables River. They built a dam at once, and their mill proved to be a successful one. One old-timer ORCHESTRA FROM CLUB JRSQVIRE, TORONTO, TO AGAIN PLAY AT I^KEVJEW CASINO "Namaro" and his eleven-piece or­ chestra again leave the "Club Es­ quire," Toronto, after a most suc­ cessful winter, to entertain once more the thousands who acclaimed him at the Lakeview Casino, Grand Bend, starting June 25th, and every night until Labor Day. Namaro’s name last year was one spoken on almost every lip in West­ ern Ontario, and Mrs. Eccleston’s son-in-law, Erie McIlroy, who took over the management of the Casino last year and originally brought Na- maro to Western Ontario, was "right on the hit" in booking him again, even though the .expense entailed was high above average, but he real­ ized in order to draw crowds from towns and cities which boasted good music, he must produce something that was different. Offers the Unusual Namaro, as ever, appears deter­ mined to offer the unusual, and in changing his instruments to x four brass, four sax, bass, drums and piano, it was to confirm to dance ar- rangemenas never before offered to Canadians by a Canadian orchestra. In addition^ Namaro’s own latest in­ strument, the "Namarophone,” cost­ ing §2,000, and built to his own specifications, has created many fav­ orable comments from the critics. The “Namarophone" the only know'll one of its kind in the world, is al­ most eight feet long and two feet across. It combines xylophone, marimba and chimes. The orchestra stand at the Casino, built especially for Rudy Vallee, must now be en­ larged, as in addition to Namaro’s own instruments, many of his men double on two or three instruments and although Namaro at a tender age has more than ever proven to the Canadian public that he knows “what it takes." Can you think of a better place or a more perfect orchestra? Okay! Then make up your minds to .say "Hello" once, and the Lakeview i Casino will be sure of seeing you often. said that at the height of their suc­ cess they employed 300 hands. Their damming of the river prov- to be their undoing in the edn. The Aux Sables runs through a fertile plain of .almost level country, biut in the '1840’s it might be almost class­ ed as swamp lands. The Aux Sables a sluggish stream, drained it im­ perfectly, and after Browster’s dam was built the effect would have peen disastrous if the country had been closely settled. Land Flooded The water was backed up and large portions of the townships of Williams, Biddulph, McGillivray and ‘Stephen were flooded. In the 50’s settlers began to- locate in the terri­ tory affected by the overflow. The mill and their owners became un­ popular, and the Canada Company instituted legal proceedings against the proprietors some 19 years after granting them the privilege of erect­ ing a dam. and mill, and sought dam­ ages for the flooding of their lands, but the proprietors filed a bill in chancery to restrain the company from taking legal action, and this re­ lief was granted by Chancellor Blake on the principle of law and justice that "when a person has stood by seeing an act or has consented to it he shall not use his legal rights in opposition to that permission." Chancellor Blake was the father cf Samuel and the Honorable Ed­ ward Blake, who won a wide repu­ tation for great knowledge and hon­ est interpretation of law. Though the proprietors had won their case, they offered to demolish their dam on the payment of com­ pensation by the company, but the latter refused to consider the offer. Crowd Destroyed Mill The people settled the matter by organizing a vigilance committee from the flooded area, and a crowd destroyed the dam and mill, and for a. long time thereafter there was no 'Ihiill in the vicinity. Today the site of the mill may be found by going down the Blue Water Highway a mile or so south of Grand Bend. Turning in through an open- i ing on the right hand side, a large clearing is in view, with quite a sand dune near the ceiitre. Almost identical with this clear­ ing is the site of the proposed towh of Port Franks. In Smith's "Canada" th© locality is described as being composed of "hills of shifting sand, accumulated, no doubt by the north­ west storms on the Jake, and where, therefore, the idea of makingfa port must be absurd," Still each new map issued by the company contained Pt, Franks, At that time there were no settlers nearer than Friedsburg, now known as Dashwood, S miles away and Bayfield, to the north IS miles away In still another way was Pt. Franks an elusive town. Although' historically it is mentioned in con­ nection with the story of Huron Co. yet its site was in the Township of Basanquet, in 'Lambeth. There is now a Pt. Franks about 10 miles south of Grand Bend, near the former mouth of the Aux Sables River, but the two villages are not the same place, but possibly the ex­ isting village was given, erroneously or otherwise, the name of Dr. Dun­ lop’s prospective metropolis. ■One event in the relation to the Brewser mill dam and its later, de­ struction is the affect it had on the Canada Company. The growing set­ tlement encroaching on the large area of flooded land and the partial relief coming as a result of the de­ struction. of the "dam, caused the company to look around to find a means of further relief. The Aux (Sables flowed south through Stephen Township, in Hur­ on, and continued to Nairn, in Mid­ dlesex. There it meandered to Arkona, in a westerly direction. Here it turned north and flowed to Grand Bend, a distance of about 20 miles. At the Bend it made what was at first known as the Great Bend, and ran nine or ten mile’s to the south before emptying into Lake Huron. Through a large por­ tion of the last 50 miles of its course it flowed through low-lying land, one land area being called "The Drowned. Land.” The company realized that if by some means they could get rid of this surplus watei’ so as to make a considerable arae of this flooded territory suitable for the growth of the ordinary farm crops it would be a .profitable understaking for them. As early as the late 70’s it was thought wise to dig a canal or huge cutting through the sand hills to Grand Bend in order to have the river enter Lake Huron at that point. Engineers advised this course strongly, and in the 80’S this wafe successfully carried out, though it was a somewhat -costly undertaking Great results followed in some areas In fact the whole district was bene- fitted and where it was found the land was not sufficiently dry to grow grain crops, other crops, such as celery, could be grown with pro­ fit. In other places pastui’e lands be­ came much more valuable. It is believed in time there ■will be little of this formerly wet land, which is almost incredibly fertile, left idle. It is being encroached upon almost every year, more or less, with satisfactory results. One large farm of more than a thousand acres is repotted to be proving a profitable enterprise. Incubated Bill (viciously attacking a piece of chicken): "This must be an in­ cubator chicken," Joe: "Why?’.’ Bill: "No chicken with a mother couJd be so touch? Celebrates 92nd Birthday •Oldest' living native of Tucker­ smith Township, Mrs. Elizabeth Charters celebrated hex* 92nd birth­ day at her home on the Mill Road. Born in a log cabin on the south bank of the Bayfield river, two miles from Edmondville, the Huron Tract was a sea of unbroken wilderness when she was ushered into the world in 1846. There was no such place as Seaforth and the nearest hamlet of any consequence was God­ erich, 25 miles away. One is instantly attracted to Mrs. 'Charters. For the nonagenarian that she is the years rest lightly an her. Hei‘ face is fresh, kindly, and her enviable smile reflects a jovial happy disposition. Throughout her life she has possessed the faculty of making friends and keeping them, Well versed -on what is going on in the world, she makes interesting conversation and she prides herself on having been always a "good lib­ eral?’ -She really thinks Mitchell Hepburn is really trying to do the best he can, especially fox* the farm­ ers. But Mackenzie King is her fa­ vorite. Until she was 80 she wore glasses but they were always hard tp keep track of, so she has not worn them since. At 92 she reads the finest print and can recognize folk w'ho pass along the road fifty yards from the window where she sits. She likes books of all kinds, but admits a preference for love and adventure stories. She also confesses to peek­ ing sometimes at the back page. iShe goes to bed when there is no one left to talk to, and she loves a game of euchre. She does not play bridge because’ 13 -cards are far too many to hold. Eight years from today she hopes to celebrate her 100th birth­ day. Eldest- of Large Family Mrs. Charters was the eldest of a family of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chesney who came to Tuckersmith from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, following their marriage in 18S4. The only other members of the family still living are a sister, Mrs. Thomas Greve of Egmondville and a brother, Samuel 'Chesney of Egmondville. Samuel was the young­ est of the family and Mrs. Charters was married the day he celebrated his first birthday. "My parents came to'T-uckersmith immediately following their mar­ riage,” Mrs. Charters recalled. "Their first home was a log cabin that stood -on the south bank of the Bayfield River, two miles from Eg­ mondville, on the farm now owned by William Riley. I was born the following year, the eldest of a family of ten. There were no roads in those days and everything was busb throughout the Huron Tract> The The nearest hamlet was Harpurhey, then a tiny settlement about a mile west of where Seaforth is today, and the nearest place of any size was Goderich, 25 miles away through the bush. Seaforth had not even been thought of. Cradled in Sap Trough "There were all kinds of wolves -in the bush and I remember many a night my mother could not sleep for their howling. Mother did a lot of work in the fields when I was a baby and she often told of taking me with her and placing me in a sap trough. That was my cradle many a time when she was busy. Times were so different then and things that would be hardships now were all in the day’s work then. Often my father would go to Goderich and •(jarry a sack of flour home through the bush. He thought no more of it than people today think of walk­ ing up town to do theii’ shopping. There were many Indians in Huron in those days, but they were friend­ ly and often came to our cabin. 1 can remember my father and mother talking to them in the sign language Mrs. ’Charters received her edu­ cation in a little log school at Car n- ochan’s Corner, the school being known in the early days as Largie’s school, In 1868, at the age of 23, she was married to Robert Charters and came to reside in the big, two- storey white brick house in which she lives today. Mr. Charters, who died a number of years ago, had come to Tuckersmith in 1'8’42 from Scotland at the age of three with his parents. The two families—the Charters and the Chesneys — being among the very earliest settlers of the township. Mrs. unarters had four children, William, on the homestead, Harry, in Seaforth, Margaret home and Mrs. Arthur Mason, of Saskatoon. Charlie Mason of Saskatoon, who plays pro­ fessional hockey with the Philadel­ phia Ramblers, is a grandson and Mrs. Charters is proud of the big picture she has of him hanging in her bedroom. Mrs. cnarters derives great enjoy­ ment o.-ut of life arid is looking for­ ward to the day when she will be a centenarian. To the age-old question Of to what she attributes her longe­ vity, , she said, "I can only tell you that as long as I could get around ■well I did Jots of hard work and ate lots of good substantial food." Hudson 112 DeLuxe Sedan, $959—fully equipped, ready to drive in Tilbury, Ont., freight, license and taxes extra WE’RE taking in a lot of ter­ ritory when we say the new Hudson 112 is thriftiest of all the leading low priced cars. The car itself is willing to prove it whenever you say the word. A measured course! Accurately measured gasoline! Yourself as observer! What could be fairer? And we’re just as ready to prove that the new Hudson 112 tops its class in roominess ... in performance... in easy, comfort­ able driving . . . and in safety. Come in while Hudson dealers are running these special tests. See how much a "lowest price” now buys, and how much a Hudson 11’2 will save. 112-in. W.B... 6 Cylinders.. 83 H.P. n A far DeLuxe 3-passenger WT8 ftCTMH aHTm » A coupe, ready to drive at Wjgjl R f U Tilbury, Ont., fully JagL S * equ'ppe,^■ gn _Ti * Local delivered price Ww wW WMT determined by adding taxes, freight and license fee, Attractively low time payment terms with new Hudson Plan, HUDSON ALSO BUILDS TOP VALUE IN EVERY / POPULAR PRICE CLASS *HUDSON Terraplane • « . . $943 and up *HUDSON SIX............................• .$1133 and up ^HUDSON EIGHT................................$1185 and up Prices quoted are for 3-passengor coupes 0 ?? HitoSoNi HuaipN- eight Cook Bros., Distributors, Hensall Associate Dealers:- Thos. Coates, Exeter; H. Mousseau, Zurich; J. E. Mason, Goderich; Wm. Brown; Amberley Borrowing Go to friends for advice; to wo­ men -for pity; to strangers for char­ ity; to relatives for nothing.—A Spanish Proverb # •-* * He: "Do you smoke?” She: "No, I don’t smoke." , He: "Do you drink?’ She: "No, I don’t drink." He: "Do you neck?" (She: "No, I don’t neck." He: "Well, what do you, do?" She: "I tell lies." TWO NEW TEACHERS From more than 150 applicants (Seaforth Collegiate Institute have engaged Allan Smith, who has been teaching in Paisley for Manual Training, Physics and Mathematics, and George F. Brown, who .has been on the occasional staff of the Ham­ ilton schools as head of the English and History department. Miss Winona Fraine has been en­ gaged to teach at S. S. No. 2, Hullett She has been -teaching near Wood- stock.— (Clinton News Record) SECURES Ph. D. DEGREE Among those receiving degrees at the graduation exercises at the Uni­ versity of Toronto this year was Fraser Oliver, Staffa. Since his graduation from McMaster Univers­ ity Dr. Oliver has been pursuing post­ graduate work in Physics at the Uni­ versity of Toronto and has obtained at the recent convocation the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. While con­ tinuing the work he has been assist­ ing in the physical laboratory, Mc­ Master University. (Huron Expos­ itor.) Renew Now! F ONTARIO J DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Motor Vehicles Branch OH THISJWtf STOP! If there is no sidewalk or path and you must walk on the Highway, walk toward the traffic, not with it! When you walk toward oncoming traffic, you can watch every car as it approaches, and the driver can see you. Don’t risk your life needlessly, especially at night. Walk on the heft side, and keep close to the edge of the road.