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London Students Tour Clinton errdatstry
While area public school students usually head for the city to see the
sights, the opposite was true last week when a group of children from. London's
University Heights Public School visited Clinton and toured the Sherlock-
Manning Piano Eactory and C. H. Epps Manufacturing Ltd. Some of the young-
sters shown above are watching Don Pickard working on a machine at the
latter plant. The 75 youngsters then left for Goderich to tour the museum.
(News-Record Photo)
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marching up Yonge Street
headed by the redoubtable Col-
onel james FitzQibbon, This.
caused further consternation
among the rebels, many of
whom fled from the scene.
When, the militia arrived the.
rebels, commanded by VanE,g••
mond,•held their ground during
a short skirmish, but seeing re-
sistance was useless .against
such a large, well-armed group,
the colonel gave the order to
disperse.
Many of those who fled, in-
cluding VanEguiond, were Cap-
tured by the loyal forces, and
imprisoned in the Toronto goal,
VanEgmond was an' old man,
and . in very poor health. In
writing to the Commissioners
of the 'Court of Inquiry, he 're-
marks that he has; "the use of
but one arm, one leg and one
eye anymore, and by a con-
sumption of eighten months
since was reduced to a mere
skeleton",
By his account, conditions in
the goal were extremely primi-
tive and the rigours of the
Canadian winter added to his
miserable condition, He was
lcept in confinement during the
following weeks, but early in
January, 1838; .he died,
He was buried at first on the
farm of his son, Constant, but
at a later date re-interred in
the cemetery in Egniondville..
Inglorious End
While this constituted an in-
glorious end to a long and use-
NI life, there can be no doubt
that he was a man of the high-
est moral principles and was
acting in good faith when he
joined Mackenzie. Certainly his.
contempories such as "Tiger"
Dunlop and Samuel Strickland,
both of whom served with the
loyal militia during the Rebel-
lion, exonerated VanEginond.
His efforts in aiding the set-
tlement of the Huron Tract,
now one of the richest farming
area in the province, are well
remembered by the lattet:, day
descendants of the pioneers of
name is perpetuated in Canada
by the community of Egmond-
ville.
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Historical Plaque To Be. Dedicated On. Sunday
In Commemoration Of En ergetic Huron Pioneer
service by the French. In the
early years of. the nineteenth
century, he. -served in some of
the German. Rhineland states,
and there he was married to
Susanna Dietz. In 1808 his
first son, Constant, was born.
France's destiny was, of
course,. guided at this period by
the Emperor Napoleon. How-
ever, the latter, after conquer-
ing most of Europe, recoiled in
defeat after his disastrous cam-
paign in Russia in 1812. The
following year he suffered a
substantial reverse at the Bat-
tle of Leipzig, and this was the
signal for many of the foreign
contingents impressed into his
army to join the Allies ranged
against Napoleon.
Join Forces
VanEgiriona's unit managed
to join Allied forces under the
Duke of Wellington, and he dis-
tinguished himself- in the des-
perate battles of Quatre Bras
and Waterloo. At the latter en-
gagement VanEgroond,' serving
as' a colonel of calvary, was
severely wounded.
With the restoration of peace
in Europe, following the over-
throw of Napoleon, and the
disbandment of the large arm-
ies, the false economic prosper-
ity sustained by the long years
of warfare, degenerated into a
serious depression. Many of
those affected by this, economic
setback looked to the untapped
resources of the New World.
T h e s e considerations may
have had an effect on Van-
Egmond, for in 1819 he emi-
grated with his family to In-
diana County; Pennsylvania. It
appears that he managed to
establish a fairly prosperous
farm in that area, and kept a
general store, However, it has
been stated that he did not care
for the, black stones which ap-
peared on his land, which later
formed part of the great coal
mining complex of Pennsyl-
vania, and in 1827 he sold the
properties and moved to Upper
Canada.
On Sunday, July 7, com-
mencing at 2:30 p.m., an his-
torical plaque commemorating
Colonel Anthony VanEgmond, a
pioneer settler of the Huron
Tract and a leader of the re-
form movement in Upper
Canada, will be unveiled in
Egmondville,
This' plaque is one of a series
being erected throughout the
province by the Department of
Travel and Publicity, acting on
the advice of the Archaeologic-
al and Historic Sites Board of
Ontario,
Sunday's ceremony, which is
being held at the entrance to
the Egrnondville cemetery, is
being arranged and sponsored
by the Seaforth Women's Insti-
tute. Mr. A. Y. McLean, Sea-
forth, will act as program chair-
man, and Mrs. J. R. Futcher,
St. Thomas, will represent the
province's Historic Sites Board.
Among those taking part in
the ceremony will be: the Hon.
Charles S. 1VlacNaughton, min-
ister of highWays; Mr. E. Dins-
more, mayor of Seaforth; Prof.
James R. Scott, Waterloo Uni-
versity; Mr. W. J. Forbes, War-
den of Huron County; and Mr.
Elgin Thompson, Reeve of
Tuckersmith Township .
The plaque will be unveiled
by Miss C. A. Rudolph, great-
granddaughter of Colonel Van-
Egmond, and will be dedicated
by the Rev, Harold Snell, Lon-
don, a descendant of VanEg-
mond.
Very Prominent
Prominent in the history of
the settlement of that portion
of southwestern Ontario orig-
inally known as the "Huron
Tract" is Colonel Anthony Van-
Egmond, a Dutch army officer
and scion of an aristocratic
European family, who was born
in the Netherlands in 1778.
The VanEgmond, or as it was
sometimes known, Von Egmont,
family had played a leading
part in the political and social
life of the Netherlands. One of
its most illustrious members
was Lamoral, Count of Egmont
and Prince of Gaure (1522-
0.568), who was a leader, with
the Prince of Orange, in local
resistance to Spanish oppres-
sion of the Netherlands. For
his efforts he was beheaded in
Brussels in 1568. Today he is
regarded as a national hero,
and a fine statue was erected
to his memory in the Dutch
town of Sottegem, where he is
buried.
Political Turmoil
Anthony VanEgmond was a
witness to the political turmoil
in Europe caused by the advent
of the French Revolution in
1789. The French, not content
with establishing a new order
in their own land, pursued a
policy of exporting their revolu-
tion to other European coun-
tries. During these "wars of
liberation" t h e Netherlands
managed to remain neutral un-
til 1794, when they were over-
run by the Republican Army of
France.
No precise date has been
established at which VanEg-
mond entered the Dutch army,
but it is known that his native
contingent was pressed into
and it is Inlieve.1 'hat -when
the latter was recalled to Eng-
land and relieved of his posiL
tion in 1829 hi'• qtleCeSSOrS in
Upper Canada held this friend-
ship againri the old colonel.
The VanEc.,,monds acquired a
hundred acre 'tract of land near
the site of the present com-
munity of Seaforth. His indus-
try is recorded by a contemp-
orary, Samuel Strickland, who
also worked for the Canada
Company.
He relates that: "Within the
short period of 20 months Van-
Egnaond had chopped and clear-
ed, fit for a crop, nearly a
hundred acres of land, fifty of
which were sown wheat. As
this was the first field ripe
in the tract, the old man de-
termined to celebrate the event
by asking some of the gentle-
men connected with the Canada
Company to dinner, and to wit-
ness the cutting of, the first
sheaf".
Recall Galt
After Galt's recall in 1829,
settlement of the tract pro-
ceeded initially along the gen-
eral lines which he had laid
down. However, his immediate
successor, Thomas Mercer Jon-
es, was a man of very different
calibre. •
According to Dunlop, Van-
Egmond and their contempor-
aries, Jones succeeded in in-
gratiating himself with the rul-
ing oligarchy at York, known
as the "Family Compact", while
antagonizing both his associates
in the Canada Company and
the settlers in the Huron Tract.
VanEgmond, as a contractor
for the Company, had a partic-
ular grievance against the
policy of payment by means of
land credits. While this method
enabled him to acquire large
acreages of land in the tract,
at a time when ready cash was
at a premium, it caused him a
great amount of financial hard-
ship.
Apart from this he heartily
detested the man whom he con-
sidered as the usurper of his
close friend John Galt, and had
some harsh words to describe
the superintendent and his
friends. Some of his descriptive
epithets are quite colorful, in-
cluding such phrases as: "old
parasites and young idlers;
half-beggared would-be Gentle-
men, half-pays and no-pays
cashiered officers, ex-West In-
dian Negro-drivers, mushroom.
aristocrats, etc."
Apparently, it was a sore
point with VanEgmond that
newcomers were being appoint-
ed to the various offices of the
Canada Company, while the
local settlers were "stamped
with the indissoluble sin of be-
ing either born or old residents
here, men who lacked the soup-
leness in their back to make
bows deep and pleasing enough
—in fine, who would not barter
their old-fashioned principles
for office." No doubt VanEg-
mond exaggerated his case, but
there was certainly wide-spread
disaffection with some of the
Company's policies.
Strained Relations
Relations between• VanEg-
mond and the officers of the
Canada Company, who were
supported by the governnrtnt
of Upper 'Canada, rapidly de-
teriorated. By the mid 1830's
VanEgmond was probably one
of the largest private land-hold-
ers in the Huron Tract, and
felt that he should make a
protest against what he con-
sidered the iniquitous policies
of the Company.
In the meantime VanEgmond
had been in touch with William
Lyon Mackenzie, the leader of
the militant wing of the Re-
form party. An article entitled:
"The Curse of the Canada Com-
pany", which was written by
VanEgmond, appeared on
October 4, 1836, in Mackenzie's
newspaper "The Constitution".
This was a detailed indictment
of that organization's settle-
ment policies.
Mackenzie, in his long fight
for reform, had exhausted his
patience, and planned an armed
uprising as the final means of
attaining his objectives. While
cooler head's within the Reform
group advocated change by nor-
mal legislative processes, Mac-
kenzie, supported by VanEg-
mond, would settle for nothing
less than outright rebellion .
Formulates Plan
He formulated his plans for
uprisings in various parts of
the province, which were to be
triggered by a direct attack
along Yonge Street from the
north of the provincial seat of
government, Toronto, Needless
to say, a man of VanEgmond's
military experience would be
an invaluable asset, and he was
appointed by Mackenzie to be
the commander of the rebel
forces,
Mackenzie gathered his men
at Montgomery's Tavern, a site
just north of Eglinton AvenUe
in the present city of Toronto.
in Decerhber, 1837w but when
VanEgmond arrived at t h e
camp, he found that far from
the large number of volunteers
he had been ptornised, the rebel
force Was Composed of a rela-
tively small, ill-armed band of
yebmatiry,
News vvas deceived at Mac-_
kerizie'S camp that a large Con-
tingent of loyal Militia Was
Former Citizens
VanEgmond settled initially
in Waterloo County. Doubtless
during his sojourn in Pannsyl-
vania he had heard good re-
ports of the settlement in Wat-
erloo, which was peopled pre-
dominantly by former citizens
of that state.
It appears that he remained
in Waterloo for about one year,
for in 1828,he secured the gen-
eral contract for the construc-
tion of the newly-surveyed Hur-
on Road.
This route was to be built
across the lands of the Canada
Company, then under the direc-
tion of the local superintendent,
John Galt, and was planned to
run through the unbroken for-
est to the site of the future
town of Goderich. During this
period, VanEgmond, a man of
impressive background a n d
ample means, became intimate-
ly acquainted both with John
Galt and with his formidable
associate, Dr. William "Tiger"
Dunlop.
VanEgmond formed a close
friendship with Galt, whom he
greatly respected and admired,
Hot weather and holidays, Ashes
even weekend variety, have Housewives
slowed my thinking down to a
walk, so I browsed through
some books and papers from
here and there to make up this
column this week. Sometimes
items hidden away on the mid-
dle pages of city newspapers
can be quite humorous and
worth repeating. I hope you
enjoy these.
The following poems were in
a copy of Suburbia Today, on
a page called "Poets Cornered".
So I can't be harsh when
I'm awfully glad
That Junior so closely
Resembles his dad.
—Dorothy McWood
Station Wagon Daze
Between one town and the next
one
No more is there wide-open
space,
As a rash of rambling ranch
homes
Spreads over the country face.
The suburbanite isn't a farmer,
Nor yet the city embraces;
His spirit is pioneering
But his flesh is automatious.
There's a new sap in sapiens
homo,
A new wag in wagons that
frolic
On acres that never dreamed of
Anything but the bucolic.
A woman will fill up an ash
tray with pins
And needles and buttons and
suchlike. The sin's
When a man, stupid fellow, so
foolish and rash is
As to think that an ash tray's
intended for ashes.
—Richard Armour
Confidentially
When Junior's romancing
Keeps him out too late,
I know I'm supposed to
Be stern like my mate.
But I can remember
A boy long ago
Who never clocked hours
When he was my beau.
They told him the grass here
Ah, there is it, back once again
' on the table.
Now drop in your ash, and then
wait, if you're able,
While once more it's emptied
and scoured and made shiny
And there isn't a trace of an
ash, even tiny.
passion
On finding an ash tray that has
a small ash in.
You drop in an ash and you
puff until ready
To drop in another—then care-
ful, friend, steady .
The ash tray is gone, being
emptied and polished
Till every last trace of the ash
is abolished.
go into
to Ashes
a horrible
Stephenson Clan
Enjoys Contests
ri Annual Picnic
The Stephenson family reun-
ion was held at Lions Park,
Seaforth on .June 30 with
around 100 members attending.
Members attended from Pilot
Mound, Manitoba, Simcoe,
Woodstock, Goderich and the
immediate district.
A program of races and
guessing games was conducted
by Mr. and. Mrs. Howard Arm-
strong and. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Consitt.
After supper a short business
meeting was held with the pre-
sident, Ralph Stephenson, in
charge. A minute's silence was
observed in memory of those
who had passed away since last
year.
New officers were appointed
for a two year term as fol-
lows: president, Elmer Turner;
vice-president, - Garnet Mous-
seau; secretary - treasurer,
Eileen Consitt; table commit-
tee, Mr. and Mrs. William Tay-
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Consitt;
sports committee, Mr. and. Mrs.
William Dowson, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Turner
Race results: boys- and girls,
6 years and under, Kathy Tay-
lor, Steven Armstrong; girls, 7-
9, Lynn Taylor, Donna. Taylor;
girls, 10-13, Debra Stephenson,
Brenda Turner; boys, 10-13,
Paul Stephenson, Freddie Arm-
strong; girls, 14 and over, Mar-
jorie Turner, Ann Stephenson;
boys, 14 and over, Jim Consitt,
Robert Turner; girls three-leg-
ged race, Debora Stephenson
and Brenda Turner, Marjorie
Turner and Nancy Consitt.
was higher,
The taxes appreciably lower;
Now he's paying for paving and
schoolrooms
And of course a power mower.
Oh, the earth-mover's pushing
the country
Right and left and up and down,
Squeezing the sub out of suburb
Right into the next big town.
—Aileen FitzPatrick
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Boys three-legged race, Jim
Consitt and Robert Turner,
Floyd Turner and David Turn-•
er; pin the tail on donkey,
Marjorie Turner; men's kick-
the-slipper, Luther Saunders;
hammering nails in board, men,
Jack Chipchase; women, Ruth
Willert; men guessing woman's
waist measurement, Bill Taylor
and Mprgaret Armstrong; old-
est person at picnic, Mrs. Mary
A. Stephenson, Hensall; young-
est, David Consitt.
Those coming the farthest,
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnston,
Pilot Mound, Manitoba; guess-
ing number of candies in jar,
John Consitt; guessing contents`"
of a can, Dorothy Mousseau;
guessing distance from coast to
coast, Tom Consitt.
Promotions
Announced At
Calvin Christian
Following are the promotions
at the Cahin Christian School
in Clinton. The grades are those
to which the pupils will report
in September:
Grade 2
Jimmy Amsing, Henry Dam-
sma, Gordon Gerrits, George
Guetter, Clarence Haak, George
Hoytema, Bob Kuiper, Paul
Lazet, Lawrence Reinsma, Billy
Roest, Clarence Roorda, Alice
Vaikenburg.
Grade 3
Steven Amsing, Keith Bot-
tema, Peter Kuiper, \ Rita Kas-
sies, Johnny Slofstra, Peter
Val kenburg.
Grade 4
Angie Kuiper, Louise Lazet,
Hugo Maaskant, John Rehorst,
Tony Roest, John Stryker, Win-
ny Valkenburg, John Veenstra.
Grade 5
Jolanda Amsing, Ann Bakker,
Jenny Bylsma, Nancy Guetter,
Mona Maaskant, Grace Slofstra,
Nelly Valkenbung.
Grade 6
Andre Amsing, Betty Bot-
tema, Ann Rehorst, Bert Slof-
stra, Fred Veenstra.
Grade 7
Frances Bottema, Tom Dyk-
stra, Margaret Gerrits, John
Guetter, John Kassies, Martha
Kassies, Casey Roest, Peter
Slofstra, John Vos, Gentle
Veenstra.
Grade 8
Bob Baker, Herman Gerrits,
Nellie Maaskant, Alice Roorda,
Joanne Stryker, Leo Greidanus.
Grade 9
(Graduating Class)
Bernard Bakker, Isaac Bot-
tema, Gerry Gerrits, Frieda
Maaskant, Murray Koatsier,
Janey Roost, Marianne Stryker,
Louis Veenstra, Frances Zon-
dervan.
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