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50 YEARS AGO
c October 11th, 1888
On the 22nd ult Mr. W. E. Wald
ron. the popular and efficient fore
man in Karn’s organ factory, Wood-
stock, was seized by the men and
■presented with «■ large silver ice
pitcher. The occasion was Mr. Wald
ron’s departure for Almonte and Ex-
ettr on a short vacation.
An interesting ceremony took
place at the residence of Mr. George
Brooks last evening, the occasion be
ing the marriage of his eldest daugh-
tei- Ellen, to Mr, George Vivian, a
popular young man of Mitchell. Rev.
W. M. Martin tied the knot.
Mr, G. Hind, of Exeter, occupied
the pulpit of the church of England
at Kirkton oil Sunday evening last
in the absence of the incumbent,
Rev. Mr. Ireland, who is spending a
couple of months in the Fatherland.
For bakers’ bread at the fall ex
hibition at Exeter, the 1st prize was
awarded to E, A. Follick.
At a recent meeting of the Coun
cil Mr. Creech was appointed to look
after the work of Commissioner.
Mr. Christian Brown, of Crediton,
has left for Michigan to reside on his
farm there.
In the Exeterx Council minutes
there is a notice moved by W. G.
Bissett seconded by T. B. Carling
that a ventilator be put in the clock
tower, price not to exceed $400.
Messrs. Wm. Maudson and S.
Couch, of -Hensall, intend leaving
for British Columbia on Thursday
Rev.
duced
church
To Represent Perth
County at Plowing
Match
Hess, of Zurich, who is
attending the University
Mr# ft third j’Gfti’
Forestry, was attracted
KILLED AT ELGINFJELD
Shepley age 30, of WaL
of Agriculture judge,
various plots and gave
to the young plowmen
competitions.
Pioneer Days
in Brinsley
by S, Garrett in London Free Press
In the eastern section of McGilliv
ray Township, Middlesex County,
with the Aux Sables River flowing
between them, are located the town
communities of Brinsley and Buf
falo. In bygone days the two ham
lets were rivals to some extent and
apparently, Brinsley came “out on
top” in the contest, as it is still a
place worthy of note, while Buffalo
has faded into a picturesque farming
locality, leaving only its ruins of its
blacksmith shop to mark the loca
tion.
Brinsley was once a thrivng little
place and during the eighties claim
ed about 100 inhabitants. George
Brown was one of the hamlets’s
early boosters and he is credited
with having kept a store on the]
northeast corner over 70 years ago.
Another store on the nodthwest corn
er, was in charge of Moses Pierce.
George Brown is believed to have
been the first postmaster and the of
fice remained in Brinsley until the
coming of rural mail delivery. Mr.
Brown kept the store and post of
fice for about three decades.
Robert Sceli’s sawmill, Reuben
Lee’s shoe shop, and E. Shouldice’s
shop were other business places of
the- bygones. William Lewis was
the community carpenter. John
Trevethick, the present Brinsley mer
chant, has kept store for about 40
years. |
Buffalo, just over the river to the Usborne disposed of his farm stock
eastward, also enjoyed a boom per-1 and implements by public auction
iod. Leonard Shouldice’s hotel was (last week. The stock sold particul-
the gathering place of the neighbor-] arly well, one cow brought $92.00
hood and witnessed many stirring while the sows were sold for $124.
times as " ‘ ~
were
bers.
Shop aiBU iiau uiauy jjauuiw auu iu < ” vu <,« mq
1898 he sold to William Weir, who I Miss Quackenbush was tendered a
carried on for a long period. Ed. j kitchen shower by a number of her
Slack’s grist mill, at first operated lady friends on Wednesday night,
by water power and later by steam Mr. M. Fletcher, who has been at
was an important industrial plant. Outlook, Sask., for several
A Wesleyan Methodist church was‘has returned home,
built west of Brinsley in 1865 and
its site is stll marked by a stone
slab. Neai’ by are the graves of
many former residents. Brinsley is
the location of a fine Anglican
church, and in 1921 the Ebenezer
(■Prmitive Methodist) and Marr’s
Hill (Wesleyan Methodist) congre
gations amalgamated and built e new
church near the village.
J.
in
on
25
S. Henderson was intro-
the Carmel Presbyterian
Wednesday.
YEARS AGO
Ross Mahaffy, Dublin, Norman
Dow, Staffa and Allan Bain, Strat
ford, R. R, No. 3, were chosen to re
present Perth County in the Junior
plowing competitions at thellnterna-
tional Plowing Match at Minesing,
near Barrie this week.
The three young men were ap
pointed to the county team follow
ing a plowing demonstration on the
farm of John Hocking near Cromar
ty. Ten young men entered the de
monstration and N. McLeod, of Galt,
Department
judged the
suggestions
for further
The junior team goes to Minesing
next Tuesday. <On Wednesday the
boys plow in the open stubble com
petition and on Thursday they plow
in the inter-county competition.
R. E. White, agriculturay repre
sentative, said that work in the de
monstration match indicated keener
competition in plowing matches in
Perth this year. He said plowmen
expect closer competition in the
home plowing staged in conjunction
with the Perth County match.
The home plowing competition is
divided into two sections this year,
one is for boys 17 years of age and
under ‘ and the other for boys over
17 and not over 20 by October 1st.
The younger, plowmen may either
plow in sod or stubble but the older
boys must plow in sod. The compe
tition calls for plowing of one acre
of land and if the plot is not avail
able on the boy’s home farm he may
plow on a neighbor’s farm,
plowing is usually judged the day
before the Perth County Match. The
county match this year is on October
26 and the site is being definitely
decided this week.
A valuable collection of historical
/Indian artifacts has been donated to
the museum of Indian Archeology at
the University of Western Ontario
by Quimby
at, present
of Toronto,
student in
by the Indian village display at this
year’s Western Fajr, part of the large
university exhibit, annually prepar
ed by Wilfrid Jury, honorary curator
of the museum and his father. His
offer to donate the entire collection
of over eight hundred pieces was
gratefully accepted by the university
and it is now lodged in the museum.
Mr. Hess has been forming the
collection for some years, and it is
now of considerable value, having
been expertly catalogued during the
time it was growing. The artifacts
are all from the tract of land bound
ing Lake Huron between Grand
Bend and Zurich district, and shed
much light on the history of the
Neutral Indians who inhabited this
territory. It has already been ascer
tained from the number of “sinking
stones” in the collection, that the
Neutrals did a great deal of net fish
ing in that district.
Ernest
laceburg, was instantly killed in
the collision of a
mobile transport
Wednesday night,
were also injured
hospital. The men were all lacrosse
players on their way from Fergus to
Wallaceburg and when coming to
the curve the driver did not stop)
and crashed head-on into a trans
port loaded with new cars. The
car was driven back 25 or 30 feet
with the impact and the transport
plunged into the west ditch Shepley’s
body being thrown underneath.
car and an auto-
at Elginfield on
Four other men
and taken to the
HIBBERT TOWNSHIP NATIVE
SUCCUMBS IN LAMBTON
HAY COUNCIL
The regular monthly meeting of
the Council of the Township of Hay
was held in the town Hall, Zurich,
on Monday, October 2nd, with all the
members 'present. The minutes of the
Sept. 6th meeting were adopted as
read. After disposing of the com
munications the following resolutions
were passed:
That accounts covering payments
on Township Roads, charity and re
lief Hay Telephone and general ac
counts be passed as follows:
Township Roads—H. McMurtrie,
G. Brock, bolts $2;
$58.89; Dom. Road
repairs, $11.17; C.
2 and 3 $17.10; M.
WOMEN ACT AS CLERK AND
SHERIFF
Mrs. Albert Moore, for nearly 60
years a resident of the eighth line,
Enniskillen died recently Mrs. Moore
who was in her 84th year, was born
in Hibbert Township, Perth County,
a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Balfour. As a young woman
she married Albert Moore, who pre
deceased her by seven years. Sur
viving are two daughters and four
sons one sister, Mrs. Katherine Blan-
cherd, of Detroit, Mich.; two broth
ers William Balfour, Mitchell
■George, of Pine (Falls, Man.
and
On Saturday Mr. Jas. Armstrong,
of Crystal City, Man., formerly of
lUsborne, had the misfortune to have
his arm broken and his hip dislo
cated while threshing with his out
fit.
Mrs. Graham and child, of Edam,
Sask., arrived Monday to visit with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Walter
Miss Evelyn Gill after a visit of
some weeks with Miss N. Carling
returned to Toledo.
Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Phillips and
daughter returned Friday from Eng
land where they spent several
months.
While
Clinton
law Mr.
suddenly.
John Cornish,
spending the week-end in
visiting
D. A.
their daughter-in-
Ross passed away
of the 3rd Con. of
teamsters Thos. Cameron handled the hammer.
By a recent decision of the Game
blacksmith' and Fisheries Dept, no quail are al-
travellers and
accommodated in large num-
John Hod gin’s
also had many patrons and in .lowed to be shot this year.
a long period.
15 YEARS AGO
The
There’s scarcely a job left with
out the realm of women, it was dis
closed in county court. Miss Ther
esa Delane^, gowned in traditional
court attire, took over the duties of
sheriff, while Mrs. Edna Reynolds,
a veteran court reporter, similiarly
gowned, acted as court clerk.There
was not a hitch in proceedings. Miss
Delaney is deputy sheriff and Mrs.
Reynolds has long been assistant
clerk. Robert Johnston, who holds
the dual position of clerk and sheriff
is in a London hospital
from an operation.
ARMITAGE—WOODWARD
Miss Edna Woodward, Lucan,
daughter of Mrs. John Woodward,
Lucan, and Mr. Clarence Armitage,
son of Mr. Percy Armitage, of Bid-
dulph, were married at the bride’s
home. Rev. L. Harrison, rector of
Holy Trinity church, officiated. The
bride was attended by Miss Merle
Coblei gh,
A recep-
Later Mr. and Mrs.
Armitage left for Detroit and on
their return will live on the >groom’s
farm on
Biddulph.
Marshall. Mr. Clifford
Detroit, was groomsman,
tion was held.
recovering the fourth concession of
w^eks
1923October 4th,
had the misfor-
bones of the
near the wrist
the automobile
ESTEEMED RESIDENT OF
SEAFORTH PASSES
NEW LICENSE PLATES
BLACK, WHITE
TO BE
Miss Margaret Robertson, a high-
esteemed resident of Seaforthly
passed away on Wednesday at the
home of her brother. J. M. Robert
son, after a brief illness. Miss Rob
ertson moved in 1905 to McGillivray
Township near Lucan where her
brother died in 1915. She went to
Seaforth in 1927. Miss Robertson
was .held in high esteem for her fine
qualities. She was a member of the
Northside United Church and took
an active interest in the women’s’
organizations. She is survived by one
brother J. M. Robertson of Seaforth
with whom she resided. Three
thers predeceased her.
PLOWING MATCH WINNER
IS 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
bro-
con-
Mr. Jas. C. Shearer, Agricultural
Representative, is making arrange
ments for 3 7 educational meetings
throughout Huron County. The
first meeting will be on October 24
in Howick Township. The remain
der of the meetings will be held in
October and November.
Mr. Wm. Andrew
tune to .have both
right arm fractured
when the engine of
he was cranking backfired.
Mr. Preston Dearing, of Stephen,
will be laid up for soine time the
result of an accident. He was at
tempting to alight from a buggy
while it was in motion when
caught in the wheel.
Mr. Lawrence Fulton, of
and Hibbert boundary
bone and three ribs
car overturned into the
In the North Huron plowing
tests held on the farm of Willis Dun
das and Alexander Dennis in McKil-
lop Township, Miss Marie Baker, <17-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.
J. Baker, of Grey Township, captur
ed first prize in the open, tractor
class defeating nine men competitors
The judge of the contest, William
Beaton, of Owen Sound, gave her a
percentage of 95 per cent. She has
been operating the tractor only since
the spring of this year. She will re
present Huron in the big*internation-
al match near Barrie next week
where she will compete against the
champion plowmen of everywhere.
P. Bickell, registrar of
hides, announced Ontario’s 1939 au
tomobile license plates will be back
with white serial numbers. The
markers will contrast with this
year’s orange on blue color scheme
which created considerable contro
versy as to its visibility.
License plates of cars owned by
medical doctors will be treated with
a sand-blasting process through
which particles of glass blown on to
the numerals, rendering the plates
more easily visible at night.
motor ve-
Expensive Garden
Meet Phyllis, the wife, she’s the joy
of my life,
But as help in the garden she’s
shocking;
She’ll pull a few weeds look
praise for her deeds—
And get a run in her ninety-cent
stockings!
An
for
A FACT A DAY ABOUT CANADA
BOILS—Bad Blood the Cause
Boils are simply an evidence of
the contaminated blood within com
ing to the surface.
Just when you think you are nd
of one, another crops up to take its
place and prolong your misery.
All the lancing and poulticing you
do will not stop more coming. .
Why not give that old, reliable, ■
blood purifying medicine Burdock
Blood Bitters a chance' to banish the
boils? Thousands have used it dur
ing the past 60 years. Take B.B.B.
Get rid of the bad blood and boils
too.
The T, Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont,
the Us-
had his
broken
RETIRED TEACHER DIES
SUDDENLY
his
Wm. Hodgert and Fred
returned home
borne
collar
when
ditch.
Messrs.
Cole have
extended visit in the West.
Misses Evelyn and Nina
of New York, visited at the
their uncle Mr. I. R. Carling for a
few days.
after an.
Carling,
home of
APPLYING FOR NATURALIZATION
When Julian Mantay, Polish Zur
ich farmer, applied for Canadian cit
izenship papers is county court re
cently. Judge Clement commented
humorously. “I trust you will not
be asking us, by and by to hand your
Huron County home over to Poland
as the Czechosolovakians are being
asked to do today.”
“I don’t know Anything about that,”
replied Julian.
“Perhaps you are too busy to read
the papers, like some of the rest of
us.” said this honor.
The judge refused to recommend
naturalization for 78-year-oid WilO-
mena Buckenten, German, of the
Clifford district, who came to Can
ada at the age of 13, but still speaks
little English.
“Why do you apply now, after
all these years,” asked his honor.
The little old lady, quantly dressed
in black, with bonnet, did not ans
wer. Neither did she know if her
parents had been naturaliztion.
“You’ve been here almost as long
as I have,” commented the judge
when John Zuefle, Hensall German,
appeared. His application was approved as was that of Svend AageJ
Nielson, Wingham Dane.
road 1, $6.90;
E. Erb, road 9
Machinery Co.,
Aidworth road
G. Deitz, gasoline labor, etc. $117.58
A. Zimmer, acct. $2.'25; H. T. Cud-
more road 1 $20; T, Dinsmore road
18, $6; Side road 17, $22.48; H.
Brown road 15, $115.95; H. Stein
bach road supt., $30.’80; E, Willert,
•road 2, $13,90.
Hay Telephone System—Bell Tel.
Co tolls to Aug. $411.16; H. G. Hess
1 month salary, $165.00; A. F. Hess
part salary $90; Northern Electric
Co., material $194.86; P. Mclsaac,
labor etc., $51; P. Mclsaac, three
months salary $537.50.
■Charity and Relief—E. Hendrick
rent $3.50; Mrs. C. Qaiser, milk $>4,-
80; Dr. O’Dwyer veneral diseases,
$5 4,00; W. Hay, allowance $15.
General Accounts—C. Siemon, pay
list Zurich Drain $139.37; Bert
Klopp, stock valuator $2; allowance
Aidworth Drain $662,00; A. F. Hess
A. W. Shirray
Jno, McBride,
I market for livestock and livestock
products.
As Huron is essentially a beet’
cattle producing county, the question
naturally arises “How does the Re
stricted Area affect the man who
brings in Feeder Cattle?”
Steers and heifers of a feeder typo
may be admitted into the area with
out test under the following condi
tions: They shall be accompanied
by a license issued by a veterinary
inspector. They shall be isolated
from other cattle and shall be sub
jected to
ducted by
on arrival
shall be
slaughter and compensation shall be
paid,
Compensation is paid by the Fed
eral Government and is based on the
value of the animal. The maximum
compensation for grades is $40 and
for pure breds $100, Compensation
applies to all reactors except grade
bulls and cattle with lumpy jaws.
Reactors to the test are identified
by^a large “T” punched in he ear.
They must be promptly disposed of
for slaughter under inspection. The
owner shall receive the market
value of the carcass.
the Tuberculin test con-
a veterinary inspector up-
at destination. Reactors
promptly removed for
APPOINTMENTS MADE
adjourn to meet
party salary $75.;
sheep killed $6.50;
inspector $145.25.
That the council
again on Monday, Novembei’ 7th at
1.30 o’clock in the afternoon.
A. F. Hess, Clerk
A. W. Anderton, organist and
choir leader of St. George’s Anglican
church-, Goderich, has been named
the musical instructor of public
school at a salary of $350. Jas. F.
France has been appointed to fll the
vacancy of organist and choirmaster
of North Street Unted Church.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE
“RESTRICTED AREA PLAN”
At the present time there is con
siderable discussion throughout the
County of Huron on the subject of
Bovine Tuberculosis. It is engaging
the attention of livestock producers.
Cattle owners are anxious to eradic
ate this disease from their herds
with a view of improving the health
of their livestock. They also for-
see as a result of such action an op
portunity for the expansion of their t
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teach-Robert J. Beattie, retired
er of Tuckersmith, died suddenly
from a heart seizure at his home in
Egmondville. Mr. Beattie has not
been in the best of health .for some
time but was able to walk to the
post office to get his mail. He ap
peared to be as well as ever the day
previous to the heart attack. Born
in Varna 68 years ago, he taught
school at S. S. No. 14, Stanley Twp.
for a number of years and later was
teacher at S. S. No. 5, Tuckersmith,
where he taught foi’ over 30 years.
His widow and one daughter survive.
A brother, George Beattie, and a
sister, Mrs. Frank Weekes, both of
Varna, and one grandson Bobby
Brodie of Toronto, also survive.
HURON ROAD COMMISSION
INSPECTS MACHINERY
Huron County Road Commission
has returned from a trip to St. Clair
and Macomb, Mich., and Kent Coun
ty, Ontario. The commission was in
terested in flat top road surfacing
and inspected road machinery equip
ment, storage buildings and repair
shops.
The commission is composed of
Warden Wilmot Haacke, Reeves G.
Feagan, Roland Grain, Chester Ma-
whinney and County Engineer T. R.
Patterson.
Call Bridge Tenders
Tenders for a new bridge in God
erich Township on Con. 13, between
Clinton and Bayfield, known as
Trick’s bridge, will be 35 feet long
and 32 feet wide, of reinforced con
crete and steel. Tenders close Oct.
6, It will be bhilt this year. Sever
al new bridges are to be built.
of school attendance
same three census
average child spent
1931
child
years
(10
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From the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics
A study of the earnings of Can
adian wage-earners in1 the last three
decennial census years indicates
that the average young person on
reaching the age of 20 in 1911 had
earned twice as much as those reach
ing 20 in 1931. In the latter year
the average accumulated earnings
of a person’s ’teens were equal to
slightly less than one year’s earn
ings of an adult male; in 1921 they
had been the equivalent of 1.4 adult
years, and in 1911 had equalled two.
The actual accumulated earnings of
young people on reaching their
twentieth birthday under conditions
of 1931 were $89 2, a sum sufficient
to have supported them for two
years at the rate of $37 per month.
It might be said that they were in
dependent on reaching the age of 18
in 1931, the age of 17 in 1921 and
16 in 1911.
A comparison
records in the
shows that the
two more years at school in
than in 1911. Whereas the
attended school for 6.58 full
under conditions of 1911
months’ attendance being taken as a
full year), he spent 7.58 years at
school in 19 21 and 8.55 years in
1931. The same two-year increase
is evident in the census records of
the number of children attending
school for some time during the
census years; the average child un
der conditions of 1911 was enrolled
in school foi’ 7.9 6 years, for 9.13
years in 19 21, and 9.89 years in
1931. Thus, the two years of added
dependency as revealed by earnings
were spent in school.
In 1911, the age for leaving school
was 14.38, the age for achieving ec
onomic independence 16 years. The
former rose to 16.25 in 1931, the
latter to 18 years. Thus, there has
been a continuous gap of approxi
mately 1.75 years between the age
of leaving school and the age when
the young person is able to earn,
enough to support himself. School
records of age of pupils in the years
since 1931 indicate that the long
term trend is not yet broken. Pupils
are remaining in school up to still
older ages. If the tendency continu
es unchecked, young people will in
a few years be dependent on parents
at the age of 20.
“I am glad,” said t father-in-law
to his newly acquired son, “that you
have been able to arrange your home
without asking me for help.”
“Yes, dear father, the first instal
lment is not due for one manth.”
Reductions in telephone rates
— local and long distance — in
1935, ’36 and ’37 have effected
savings to telephone users in
Ontario and Quebec of nearly
one million dollars yearly.
$