HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-06-21, Page 16middle-sized elephant's roar
only made a single leaf
flutter. The littlest elephant
blew a pebble from his trunk
into a hornet's nest. The
angry hornets buzzed out and
stung all the animals. They
screamed and roared and
made the loudest noise ever
heard. The littlest .elephant
won again. The big elephant
was so angry he left the forest
and never came back.
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el4.--,CLINTON NEWS-RECORD. THURSDAY, ,JUNE 21. 1973
Many events planned for Exeter Centennial
The Town of Exeter is
celebrating its Centennial from
June 29 to July 8 and citizens
there have pulled all the stops
for a runtime in Huron
County's most southerly town.
Taking part in the events on
Monday, July 2 will be a soccer
club from Goderich (ages 10
and under) which will compete
with teams from Parkhill,
Huron Park and Exeter for the
honors,
On Sunday, five days before
the opening of the monster
celebration Friday, June 29, an
historical plaque com-
memorating the founding of
Exeter will be unveiled at
Riverview Park.
This plaque is one of a series
being erected throughout the
province by the Historical and
Museums Branch, Ministry of
Colleges and Universities ac-
ting on the advice of the Ar-
chaeological and Historic Sites
Board of Ontario.
The ceremony is being
arranged and sponsored by the
Exeter Centennial Committee
and Bruce Shaw, Exeter Coun-
cillor will serve as program
chairman.
Others invited to take part
include: His Worship, J.H.
Deibridge, Mayor of Exeter;
Jack Riddell, M.P.P. (Huron);
Robert McKinley, M.P.
(Huron); Dr. Wilfrid Jury, of
London, who will represent the
Province's Historic Sites
Board; Charles McNaughton,
former Treasurer of Ontario,
and Minister of Treasury,
Economics and Intergovern-
mental Affairs and Minister of
Treasury, Economics and In-
tergovernmental Affairs; J.L.
Wooden, Principal of South
Huron District High School
and a noted local historian;
and D. McClure, member of the
Huron Historical Society.
The plaque will be unveiled •
Once there were three
elephants: a big elephant, a
middle-sized elephant, and a
tiny one no bigger than your
thumb. The big elephant.said,
"Let's have a race." All the
animals of the forest
gathered round to watch. The
big elephant ran as fast as the
wind. The middle-sized
elephant could not keep up.
The littlest elephant hopped
on a little bird's back, and he
flew to the finish line first.
The big elephant roared
angrily, "I will build the
highest mound." He piled
huge boulders on top of each
other and sat on top, The
middle-sized elephant could
not move such big rocks. The
littlest elephant picked up a
pebble the size of a pea and
carried it to the top of a high
hill. Sitting on it, he was
higher than anyone. "I will
make the loudest noise ever
heard!" thundered the big
elephant. And he roared so
loud that the ground shook
and the trees swayed, The
by Mr. C.V. Pickard and Mrs..
Louise Craitylescendants of the
earliest settlers. The Reverend
Harold Snell, former Minister
of the United Church, Exeter
will dedicate the plaque.
The inscription on the plaque
reads:
THE FOUNDING
OF EXETER
"In 1833 the families of'
James Willis and William
McConnell became the earliest
settlers in this area. Within a
year McConnell had erected
mills here on the banks of the
Aux Sables River near which a
community known as Fran-
cistown developed,South of the
mills near Willis's location on
the "London Road", Isaac
Carling opened a store and tan-
nery in 1847 and James
Pickard a general store in 1851.
Four years later a village plot
(Exeter) was laid out and by
1860 Exeter had become the
chief market centre of the
district. In anticipation of the
growth that the London, Huron
and Bruce Railway would
bring, Exeter and Francistown
were amalgamated and incor-
porated as the village of Exeter
on March 29, 1873."
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
The settlement of the
Ausable Watershed was con-
ducted under two systems. Af-
ter 1826, Lobo, London,
Adelaide and Warwick Town-
ships were settled under new
Crown Lands Regulations,
while the remainder of the
watershed was developed as a
commercial enterprise by the
Canada Company. The Canada
Company land was disposed of
in two ways - by cash or by
what was later known as a land
lease system, The intensive ad-
vertising campaign of the
Canada Company tended to at-
tract 'settlers,
By 1832 letters from settlers
had gone back to England,
Ireland and Scotland and the
Canada Company was quick to
publicize these, As a result ,
some fifty new settlers arrived
in the watershed in 1832-33,
notably John Willis; who soon
occupied a clearing on the Lon-
don Road from Clinton to Lon-
don,
About the same time, the
family of William McConnell,
an agent of the Company who
had been one of the two men
contracted in 1830 to assist in
the construction of the London
Road, obtained land on Lots 17
and 18, Concession 1, of
Usborne Township. Within two
years McConnell had built an
inn and constructed a sawmill
and grist-mill on the banks of
the Aux Sables River, Willis
had purchased Lot 15, Conn,
cession 1 in Usborne Township
and the McConnell grant lay to
the north of this, The lots in
the immediate vicinity of
McConnell's mills seem to have
been unoccupied and uncleared
for many years, Probably this
was because these lots were of-
ten under water for long
periods.
The first signs of a village
were noticeable around "Hay
The Canadian Power
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provides a general introduction
to safe boating for those using
either sail or power boats. It is
of interest and value to both
the experienced yachtsman as
well as the complete novice.
The course provides valuable
knowledge and background to
all who sail upon Canadian
waters, be it ocean, lake or
river, and regardless of th'e size
or type of boat used.
The Goderich Power
Squadron is a Unit of the
C,P.S.
GYC holds
sail past
Clinton and Goderich
boaters, active in the Goderich
Power Squadron, will hold
their annual "Spring Sail
Past" this Sunday at Snug
Harbor in Goderich.
The Sail Past will begin at
1:30 p.m. and as always the
public is invited to take in this
show of decorated boats free of
charge.
The reviewing stand is to be
located on the south pier of the
Goderich harbor. Commander
Budd E. Kuehl, Western On-
tario District Commander of
the Power Squadron will take
the salute.
Prizes are to be given for the
best decorated motor and sail
boat taking pa'rt. '
All boaters' in the area are
welcome to participate and will
be guests of the Power
Squadron following the sail
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Poet Office" where the post of,
Tice for Hay Township was
established. By the early fifties,
however, there was a hamlet of
sorts at the cross-roads, a mile
and a quarter south of Hay ,
where Isaac Carling had
opened a store and tannery,
and James Pickard a general
store, some years earlier. In
August, 1855, Isaac Carling
and James Pickard, among
others, registered a village plan
which had been obtained
following a survey in June of
that year.
About the same time another
hamlet, "Francistown",
sprang up in the immediate
vicinity of McConnell's mills.
Lovell's Canada Directory
1857-8 estimates the
population of the area at 600.
Although both Francistown
and Exeter developed during
the 1860's when other mills,
stores, and churches were con-
structed, Exeter's growth out-
paced that of the nearby
village. The town was equipped
to supply the wants of
travellers on the high road who
needed smiths, wagon makers,
saddlers and harness makers,
inns and shoemakers. The
necessities and luxuries of the
neighbouring farmers were
catered to by a long list of
tradesmen and storekeepers.
Some of the subjects which
are covered in detail are as
follows:
BOAT HANDLING
Nautical terms that boaters
use. Types and handling
characteristics of both power
and sail boats. Docking and un-
docking. How to manoeuvre a
boat in wind and current. Car
top boats: handling, trailer and
launching.
LINES AND ANCHORING
Anchors and mooring. Type's
of anchors and dock lines.
Essential knots and the care of
rope and other boating tackle.
GENERAL SEAMANSHIP
Weather and its effects. Use
of tide and current tables. How
to successfully negotiate canals
and locks.
CHARTS AND PILOTING
How to read information on
charts -- symbols and ab-
breviations. Piloting in-
struments: lead line, log,
pelorus, protractor and parallel
rules. How to lay and plot a
course. Finding position by
bearings. Dead reckoning.
MARINER'S COMPASS
Types of compasses, their
care and use. Variation and
deviation True, magnetic and
compass courses.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Buoys and beacons, their
types, colors and numbering
systems. Radio aids. Lights,
ranges and fog signals.
EQUIPMENT AND
BOATING LAWS
The life saving, fire fighting,
signalling and lighting equip-
ment which the law requires
boats to carry. Also the ad-
ditional equipment every good
skipper should carry. Flow to
license, register and number a
boat.
RULES OF THE ROAD
Traffic laws of the water-
ways. The rules of right-of-way
when boats meet or their paths
cross, for both sail and power.
The whistle signals and all the
other pertinent regulations
governing boat operation.
SAFETY AFLOAT
Fire prevention in feel ham,
Ventilation. Use of life-
saving equipment, and ar-
tificial resuscitation. Distress
and fog signals, 8mergency
situations: heavy weather, man
overboard, holing, sinking,
grounding. Towing and ren-
dering assistance.
MANNERS ANb CUSTOMS
Proper clothing and footwear
for safety aboard, Obligations
of a skipper, crew and guests.
Yachting and naval customs.
It is evident that by the end
`of the decade Exeter had
become the chief market town
of the district. The building of
the Grand Trunk line through
Lucan aided the growth of
Exeter, since the stage was the
only connection between the
railways at Clinton and at
Lucan. In 1871 Exeter and,
North Exeter (Francistown)
contained nearly 1,000 people
and were practically one
village, though the upper part
of the preeent business section
appears to have been built
mostly after 1875.
In 1873 the building of the
Landon, Huron and Bruce
Railway was eagerly expected
and the two villages were incor-
porated as the village of Exeter
with a population of well over
1,900, The railway brought fur-
ther 'prosperity to Exeter which
by 1950 became the most
populous permanent urban set-
tlement in the Ausable water-
shed, with a population of more
than 2,000.
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