Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-05-22, Page 5•:, f:: $:}L, "•}ti 3::ti;: ti:2)•t: pin;$::;! :}V,4 •$S:3i•:i•; 16, TENDERS 1 rIQERS• "'. RE FU'EL.OIL Sealed tenders will be received by the .undersigned up to 12:00 nWpn Thursday, June 5, 1969, for the supplying for the next two years of FURNACE FUEL OIL FOR THE COURT HOUSE, GODERICH, Storage Capacity -- 3,000 gals. Quantity being used per annum — approx. 18,000 gals. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, John G. Berry, Clerk -Treasurer .County of Huron Court House Goderieh, Ontario. 21,22b 17. NOTICE to CREDITORS All persons having claims against the Estate of CHARLOTTE COLCLOUGH, Widow, late of the Town of Clinton, in the County of Huron, who died on or about the '1st day of July, 1968, are required to file the same with full particulars with the undersigned by the 14th day of Jilne, 1969, as after that date the assets of the estate will be distributed. DATED at Goderich, Ontario, this 15th day of May, 1969. PREST and EGENER, Barristers, etc., 33 Montreal Street, GODERICH, Ontario. 21,22,23b IN THE ESTATE OF ALICE M ARG.ARET KAY STANIFORTH late of the Township of Tuckersmith in the County of Huron, Widow, deceased. ' All persons having claims against the Estate of the above named who died on the 13th day of December, A.D. 1968, are required to file full particulars thereof with the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, A.D. 1969, after which date the assets will be ute distri b having ham g re Bard only to the claims of which the uhctglpigAVd ,;shalt5..,;then- htivei+ no,,tri tom. ihnoe ht1(1•; •ri gtarOrl ,:DATED at Clinton, Ontario, this 13th day of May, A,D, 1969. E. B..MENZIES, Clinton, Ontario, . Solicitor for the said Estate. 21,22,23b 19. AUCTION SALES CLEARING AUCTION SALE of farm. Registered Hereford cattle. Machinery and household effects at Lot 12, Con. 1, Hullett Twp. 3 miles east of Clinton or 5 miles west of Seaforth on No: 8 Highway on Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m. Cattle 26 Registered Hereford cattle; "Clinton Brook Herd"; 1 Herdsire, 2 years old, 3 young males, 21 females. Catalogues available. Machinery Ford tractor 8N — 1950; Massey Ferguson tractor mower 7 ft. (like new); 4 bar side rake on rubber scuffler; 3 section drag harrows; 16 ft. grain auger; 2,000 lb. scales; 28 ft. extension ladder. International power take off manure spreader; 13 disk Oliver fertilizer drill; 3 barn jacks; hog feeder; cattle feeders; forkes; shovels; harrows; iron posts; 2 unit International milking machine; circular saw; 2 wheel trailer and stock rack; Colony house 8 x 10; 36 ft. bale elevator; Stewart Clippers; DeHorners; markers, Hay 500 bales mixed hay. Household effects 4 burner electric stove, 8 eu, ft. Frigidaire; chrome kitchen table; 2 extension tables; 3 furnished bedrooms; toilet set; rocking chairs; bar room chairs. 1;'arn1. 70 acres;. clay loam land all in grass; 5 acres maple bush good trout stream; 1 acre pond. Barn 72 x 34 good stabling cement silo. Hog pen 132 x 24. Storage house 45 x 36. 2 garage and implement shed; 7 -room house, furnace, 8 -piece bath, 4 bedrooms, Buildings in good condition. Terms . chattels cash.. Property y- 10% down balance in 80 days, Sold subject to reserve bid unless previously sold. Terms can be arranged, Prop. Wilfred Glazier Auct. Harold Jackson Clerk Mel Graham 21,22 21, ENGAGEMENTS Mrs, Margaret MacDonald wishes to announce the engagement of her daughter, Lyhda Jane to Mr: Brian Charles Sanders, son of Mr. mid Mrs AI oe Senders Main St., Exeter. The wedding will take place at Wesley•Wiilis UMW ted' Church, Clinton on Saturday, -June 28, 1069, at 3:86 o'clock, 2Ip 19, AUCTION SALES AUCTION $AME: of antique ears and parts of the Estate of Douglas R,azell from the W. R. Jenkins farm, located r/ mile north of Clinton, on the Rase Line Road, on Saturday, May 24 at 1;30 p.m,. the following: 1931 Ford coupe with rumble seat (restored); 2 4- 1931 Ford coupes (good condition); 1931 Ford Roadster (partially restored); 1931 Ford Roadster body; 2 1930 Fords with imdtors running (for parts); 1933 Chevrolet ' 4 -door sedan with 6 wire wheels; 1,952 Ford half ton truck; new and used Model A, parts including wheels and fenders; miniature child's Car (gasoline motor); heavy duty compressor with paint sprayer. complete; Webster diaphrain compressor and paint gun; 1/3 h.p. electric drill; electric sander; electric emery; battery charger (nearly new); lawn mower; work bench; picnic table; barbecue; tools and numerous " other articles. Terms, cash Lunch served on the grounds William R. Jenkins, RR 4, Clinton, agent for the Estate of Douglas Rozell. Edward W. Elliott Auctioneer 20,21 TWI LIGHT AUCTION SALE of Western Saddle horses at the farm of BOB McNAIR, located 2 miles west of Walkerton, on Friday, May 23, at 7 p.m. Included in this western consignment are — Appaloosas, Arabs, Quarter horses, Palominos. This carload of horses is all well broken. Consignments welcome. Tack available on grounds. Don't miss this sale for your western games, pleasure and hunter horse requirements. Terms — cash Bob McNair Auctioneer 21. ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Borthroyd, Richmond, B.C. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Carole Ann, to Paul Henry Cudmore, R.C.M.P. Squamish, B.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Holmesville. The wedding will take, place in Ryerson United Churbh VffifEtraV'er a`t Sank daaY,"sit 14'; ."L-212119 22, BIRTHS CARTER: In Clinton Public Hospital on Friday, May 16. 1969, to Mr. and Mrs: Jack Carter, 62 Wellington Street, Clinton, a daughter, Kathleen Margaret Maureen. BAKKER: In Clinton Public Hospital on Monday, May 19, 1969, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bakker, RR 1, Auburn, a son. PYATT: In Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, on Thursday, May 15, 1969, to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pyatt (nee Cathy Wallis) Bayfield, a daughter, a sister for Brenda. 23. DEATHS MURCH: Passed away in Clinton Public Hospital on Friday, May 16, 1969, William Thomas Murch, Clinton, in his 57th year. The funeral service was held in Beattie Funeral Home on Monday, May 19, with interment in Clinton Cemetery. 24. MARRIAGES Mr, Elgin Porter of Bayfield wishes to announce the marriage of his youngest daughter, Marian Frances, Jean . to Mr, Ronald Arthur Cornish, son of Mrs. Dorothy Cornish of 8xeter. The wedding took place in Wiartori on Saturday, May 17th, 1969, with Rev. Peter Renner officiating. 21p 25. CARDS OF THANKS We Wish to express our appreciation to Chief Grant Bath and his corps of volunteer t f're.en who worked so hard to m protect our home. Dr, and Mrs. F. M. Newland and family. -- 21p MOUNTAIN: I would tike to thank my friends and neighbours for the cards and visits 1 received while in Clinton hospital. Special thanks to Dr. Addison and Dr. Oakes and nurses and staff on main floor. Willows Mountain. 21b HESI<s I wish to thank sincerely all the neighbours, friends and relatives who sent cards and flowers while I was in Clinton Hospital. Special thanks to Dr. Oakes, Horses and hospital staff, Mrs, Emerson Hesk. 21b PHILLIPS: 1 wish to express tiny. „ r ., n41.re tiY itk t m felon sr a to y y friends and relatives for the flowers., gifts, dards and treats while I Was a patient in St, Joseph's hospital, London. Mrs, ttoI crt J. Phillips, — 21h 25, CARO OF THANKS MURCkI. The family of the late William Murch wishes to express its sincere thanks to relatives, neighbours and friends for their 'many kind acts, floral tributes and expressions of sympathy at the time of its sudden bereavement. Special thanks tq Dr, Newland, the nurses .at Clinton ' Hospital, Rev. Dr, Mowatt and the Wo -He -Lo unit of Wesley -Willis Church. — 21p MAKINS: I would like to express my sincere thanks to my many friends fpr cards, gifts, flowers and visits while I was a patient in Victoria Hospital, London, Also thanks to the Bayfield Senior Citizens, UCW and Lions Club. It was all much appreciated, Esther plakins, — 21b 26. iN MEMORIAM CRUICKSHANK; In loving memory of our dear sister, Emma, who went to her heavenly home May 27, 1968. She walks with us down the quiet path, And speaks in the wind and rain, For the magic power of memories, Brings her back to us again. We miss "her because we loved her, She was dearer than silver or gold, No treasure on earth can replace her, Her memory will never grow old. -- lovingly remembered by her father, brothers and sisters, — 21b 28. ROOM and BOARD SEPARATE rooms for 2 boarders. Would pack lunches. Phone 482-9540 after 5 p.m. — 21p ACCOMMODATION for one alone, or two sharing. Mrs. Jim Cox, 127 Princess St., West. Phone 482-7093. 20,21b FOR SALE Three oak typewriter desks, single pedestal, recondi- tioned, 42 x 30, $35 each. Telephone 524-8521 or 524-7284. 21x rpL Clinton News -130=A ThutsOPY0 May n, 1969 5 o:forth unveils" historical .plaque Sunday MIsxJts ta. a plaque ... h commemorating the founding of Seaforth will be unveiled in that :community Vila Sunday at 2:30• Pao, This plaque is one of a series being erected throughout the province by the Department of Public Records and Archives, acting on the advice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario, Sunday's .ceremony, which takes place in Victoria Park, is being arranged and sponsored by the town. Mayor F. Gills will act es program chairman. Among others who will take part are the Hon. 0, S. MacNaughton, Huron M.P.P. and treasurer of Ontario; R. E. McKinley, Huron M.P. Leslie R. Gray, representing the Historic Sites Board of Ontario; and James Scott, Seaforth author, The plaque will be unveiled by Miss Isabelle Campbell, a local historian. On the 1.4th of May, 1827, Dr. William Dunlop, Warden of Forests for the Canada Company, and Mahlon Burwell,, J.P., a senior deputy provincial surveyor, set out from Galt to take charge of an exploring expedition sent by the company to carry out surveys in their newly purchased "Huron Tract,',. This large area, bordered to the westward by Lake Huron, had been purchased by treaty in 1826 from the Chippewa nation and sold to the Canada Company, The company was to re -sell the land to settlers under certain conditions, among which was the opening of roads. Dunlop and Burwell were able to ride on horseback from Galt to Benjamin Springer's, near the line between Blenheim and Wilmot Townships, where they left their horses. At "Smith's Creek," now named for the first time the Nith River, they overtook John McDonald, D.P.S., ,with their party of chairman and Indian axemen. During the next two months they surveyed a line from the westerly boundary of Wilmot Township to the shore of Lake Huron, built a good-sized log house on the site chosen for the. future town of Goderich and carried out a number of surveys and trips of exploration. During this time they received part of; their supplies on pack -horses, brought from Blenheim. Township l 116rf)aniixi S'pMr ng t who seems to have blazed a NT SHRUBS NOW! Contact Us 'For FREE ESTIMATES ANYWHERE IN HURON COUNTY •.FE°'tTILIZiNG • SODDING •LA'`. DSCAPING • SHRUBS *SEEDING • TREES T'S LANDSCAPING 166 Bennett Street East PHONE 524-9126 AFTER 5 P.M. bridle path o "horse trace." " On the return ;journey, r 13ilrwell made a rough curve, of what he calls the "BridlePath" or ;'l3ridle Road" and "opened" it as he went Along. The "opening" cannot have amounted to much, for the party only took .eight days to reach Springer's house in Blenheim from the site of Goderich, However, this rough trail was the beginning of the Huron Road. Some work was evidently clone on this road in the next year and a half, for it seems to have been passable far sleighs by the autumn of 1828 and shanties, intended to shelter travellers, had been built at ten -mile intervals along it. The Canada Company offered bonuses to persons who would open inns along the road at certain of the shanties. Further improvement could not take place until the road was re -surveyed in straight stretches that could be the baselines of townships and these townships marked out in lots. John McDonald began this survey from the Wilmot Line on December 18, 1828, and seems to have passed the site of Seaforth on January 2, 1829, He spent Sunday, January 4th at "the 40th Mile Log Shanty" sitting out a storm that left the snow "leg deep". Two days later McDonald ended his survey at the "46th Mile", where he had expected to find the townline of Goderich Township. On January 12, 1829, McDonald left the town of Goderich and "travelled to the 40th Mile Tavern" and the next day "travelled from the 40th Mile Tavern to the 20th." The change of name from "shanty" to "tavern" is significant, for it probably implies that both shanties had been occupied by settlers who had agreed to keep taverns. The settler at the 40th Mile was Col. Anthony Van Egmond and the Seebach family had come to the 20th Mile shanty before the end of January, 1828, though McDonald does not mention their presence there when he reached it on Christmas Day. Van Egmond in a letter says that in 1829 he was living on the Huron Road eighteen miles from Goderich, with his nearest neighbour twonnty mmiles to tho south-east. Later in the same lettdf 'lie' ;names" Sedba'ch' "ands; Fryfogle, whose tavern, a little east of the site of Shakespeare, was still being built on December 18, 1828. A fourth tavernkeeper, Andrew Helmer, near the Wilmot line, was the only other settler on the Huron Road when the contracts for making the wagon road Were let about 1830. Col. Van Egmond, who was a man of considerable means, took a contract for about 45 miles of the road easterly from Goderich. The Company insisted that contractors take two-thirds of their pay in land. Among the many lots along the Huron Road on which Anthony Van Egmond's name was inscribed were seven in Mckillop Township (lots 21-27 incl.) and seven opposite to these in Tuckersmith Township (Lots 6-12 incl.). This block contains WANTED! 4/13411.1.1.0446:11.14[0"1 1 BEAN CONTRACTS at most attractive prices W.G. Thornpson & Sons Ltd. HENSALL TELEPHONE 262 2527 Specializing in Registered And Certified. Seed Grain Clover, Grass Mixed Crain Seed FERTILIZER at competitive pates 21.22 the area .ea cin Which o Seaforth was later laid out, In. addition, Van Egmond obtained Lots 10 and 11 in both the Second and Third Concessions of Tuckersmith, ineiuding a mill . site on which saw and grist mills were soon built, About 1$35 the Canada Company opened. !'The Mill :Road" across Tuckersmith as an extension of the Bayfield Road from the London Road at Brucelield to. "Van Egniond's Mills" and up the sideroad between bots 10 and 11 to the Huron Road. This established a road junction of some importance, but certain circumstances delayed the development of this site. By 1837 Col. Van Egmond had became a severe critic of the Canada Company and of the ruling clique at Toronto, He supported William Lyon Mackenzie, whom he joined at Montgomery's. Tavern on the morning before the defeat of the insurgents, He was captured and taken to Toronto, where he died in custody before being tried for treason. His affairs were left in confusion and in 1841 a good part of his land was sold by the Sheriff of the London District. Lots 10 and 11, Con. 1 in Tuckersmith and Lots 25 and 26, Con. 1 in Mckillop were bought, with other lands, by George J. Goodhue, merchant and postmaster at London, Canada West. Goodhue sold Lot 25 in Mckillop and Lot 11 in Tuckersmith in 1842 to other absentees, but he was in 1850 the registered owner of Lots 26 and 10. Meanwhile, one Andrew Steen had squatted on the south end of Lot 26, Con. 1, Mckillop, built a house and made a clearing. It is possible that another squatter opened an inn on Lot 11 for a time about 1845. A tavern is marked on a map used by the Canada Company in an advertisement, but does not appear on a large map of the Huron District published in 1846. It was in October, 1850 that George Sparling bought Lot 25, Con. 1, Mckillop Township. Sparling may have only been looking for a farm at that time, but rumours of the proposed Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railway gave him a different idea. Besides the road to Egmondville had been extended hitth 'of' `the `Nur"on Ioad'nd ; was gravelled at about this time. In March, 1853, Christopher Sparling, merchant of Harpurhey, bought Lot 11, Con. 1 in Tuckersmith and in August sold a two -acre strip across this lot to the B.B.&G. Railway Company, which was acquiring such strips in the other lots south of the Huron Road. Christopher Sparling sold an acre in the south-east corner of Lot 11 to Andrew McKearnan, who may have been keeping an inn there (he is not called "innkeeper" at this time), but certainly soon opened up a store and began to be called "merchant." Some time in 1855 George Sparling had his first survey of village lots laid out in the southerly part bf Lot 25 and in November, 1855 sold a quarter acre farther east to James Beattie, blacksmith. On January 30, 1856, George Sparling obtained a release from mortgage for five acres, intended for his second village survey. It was not until February 23, 1856 that Christopher Sparling made an agreement of sale of the remaining 97 acres of Lot 11 with Hewitt Bernard, Henry R. A. Boyes and James Patton, alt of Barrie. Bernard and Patton belonged to the law firm of Ardagh, Bernard and Patton, and Boyes was a merchant. Five days later the sale was confirmed by a deed to Bernard, George Lefroy and James Patton. Lefroy is described as "of Innisfil Township," but in later deeds as "of Barrie." The gentlemen from Barrie were simply speculators. It is said that James Patton was responsible for obtaining a station for Seaforth from the Buffalo, Brantford and Lake Huron Railway, which had replaced the earlier company: Certainly the syndicate sold land for the station to the B.B. L.A. for a modest price and when Seaforth Post Office was opened in December.,. 1859, Adarn Patton was the first postmaster. However, it appears that the Pattons did not choose the name "Seaforth," for George Sparlirtg's surveys "for the village of Seaforth" are mentioned in the release referred to above, dated January 80, 1856: Aftet stitrie complicated teansactions between the h iembers of the Barbie syndicate, control of tot 11 Cane into thin hands of lashes Pattvtt, Wirer rod not hold it long, There are few indications of subdivision in this area before 1$60 and the chief layout is known as they"Jarvis Survey" from a later owner. Meanwhile,. itt 1856.59 Oeoree Sparling made :a pturnber of sales of village lots. Seaforth Inas growing. in the fiftim but chiefly around. ;the crossroads, An account .of Seaforth 1n. 1863.4 Calls it "a rapidly progressing village." ."Its principal trade consists in the buying and forwarding of wheat, which is .carried on extensively,. To 1$62 the grain shipped in January and February, was 101,069. bushels," However, the list of businesses shows that Seaforth had a fair slumber of trades and small industries, in addition to the various stores, -hotel and so forth, The writer remarks that "Unfortunately for .the village, part of the lands on which it is situated, have been, and .are still in trust for minors, which considerably retarded its progress, which, notwithstanding has been astonishing," This may refer either to Lot 10, Con, 1, Tuckersmith, which had been bought from the Hon. George J. Goodhue in 1854 in trust for the children of George Gouinlock of Harpurhey, or to the fact that a chancery suit was still pending to determine the rights of the widow and daughters of Andrew Steen to the south half of Lot 26, Con. 1, Mckillop. The suit of Goodhue v. Steen was :settled in 1866. It had not entirely stopped development, for Mrs. Steen and her elder daughter Mrs. Sparling, had leased an area to James Beattie who afterwards bought the whole fifty acres. They had even released a lot to the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation for a church in 1863, The Gouinlock surveys were subsequent to' 1860. Seaforth grew fairly quickly during the 1.S60's, Shipments of grain increased 10 nearly ;a million bushels a year and .the village acquired :new industries, Seaforth was incorporated as a village in 186$ ;and became a town in 1875. It was .discovered that there were deposits of salt under the' village and in the 1870's these began to be exploited on a considerable scale. The tpWp has never been largebut has maintained its position as a centre for the .surrounding area, outdistancing its .older rivals, Bgmondville and Harpurhey. LYAL BROWN, the personable host of CBC radio's Sunday Supplement, is heard each Sun- day morning. A vital part of CBC's radio revolution, this Sunday newspaper of the air offers a total spectrum in com- ment and music of what's going on behind the scenes. Now! Re -finish your old furniture with the exciting, new FIECTO Decorator FINISHES "THE FINISH WITH A FLAIR" ANTIQUE • WOODGRAIN • MARBELIZE NO NEED TO REMOVE OLD FINISH! ANTIQUE THIS TABLE FOR ONLY $450 APPROX. Antiquing made easy! Many beautiful shades to choose from. Woodgrain THIS CHEST FOR ONLY $295► APPROX. Give furniture, doors, wood work, new beauty with flea - to Wood Groin Finishes. MARBELIZE THIS TABLE FOR ONLY $395 APPROX. Gives on ottrdctive, mor- belized effect to furniture, ,volts, etc. * ui THE MANUFACTURERS OF l.IQWD PLMStIC SEE tLECTO ANTlQUING demonstrated at BALLMACAULAV LTD. StAPORTH SATURDAY, .MORNING MAY 24, 1009 yf factory TiepresetttatiV« -