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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-08-17, Page 88 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, August 17, W7 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Allison and family and Mr. and Mrs, Joe Allison, Warkworth, and4 formerly of Clinton, visitcid ip Clinton with friends and In Lu­ can with Mr. Joe Allison’s sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Frost. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gum­ mings and Gary have returned "home from Two’ Mountains, Quebec, after spending some time with their <spn and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Ken Cummings and baby daugh. , ter. * * * F/L and Mrs. R. W. Allan, Who have been stationed At CFB Clinton, are going to live nt Cartwright’s Point, Kingston, F/L Allan,formerly of Kingston,is retiring from the airforce after 24 years and has accepted a position as Admin­ istrative Officer for Athletics and physical Education at Queen’s University. Mrs. Allan is the former Beatrice McClin. chey of Clinton. The couple has two children, Beth, 13 and George, 12. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Adams, Toronto, spent the holiday week­ end with the former’s mother, Mrs. Ada Adams. * * * Mrs, P. (Margaret) Power returned to England on August 5 after spending three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young, Stewart and Glen. Mrs. Power CORRIE'S lb. 45c lb. 53c lb. 59c lb. 49c FOR BURGERS GROUND BEEF CANADA PACKERS — SWEET PICKLED COTTAGE ROLLS HOFFMAN — SMOKED PICNIC SHOULDERS and her sister, Mrs. Young, hadn’t seen each other for 14 years, t * * * A surprise dinner in honour pf Mr. and Mr?. Lawrence Houghton on the occasion of their 25th Wedding anniversary was given by their family at • their home 114 Maple Street, Collingwood. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bond, Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Lloyd Bond and family of Clin- and family, Mr, and Mrs. J, Woodcock and family, all of London. Also attendingwere the celebrants’ sons, Terry of Lon. don and Wayne of Collingwood. The couple were presented with gifts and well wishes during the afternoon, $ * * ton; Mr. and Mrs. K. Trewarth up the land where Holmesville is today, When the Maitland concession was built it was only natural that a village would grow at the junction, Later when the .Lake Road or Cut Line (as it eventually was cal­ led) and the 11th concession were put through, more people were encouraged to settle. An 1862 map. shows that the Disneys, Robert andJSlias, own. ed the land in the northwest corner between the Huron road. and Maitland concession. The Trewartha name appears on a tract of land above the Disney tract on the Maitland conces- Sion. George Thompson, Rainy River.' visited the home of his parents, Russell and Mrs. Thompson, Clinton recently and spent some time at the home of his brother Harry, wife and daughter Debbie. Close to 100 people attended the Thompson family reunion picnip at Ben- miller on July 30. ’ Mrs. William Cook is spend, ing a few days with her son, Rev. Roy Cook,in Toronto. * * * Miss Sophie Moffatt of Sil- ver Heights, Winnipeg,andMrs. Thomas Pry de, Exeter, visited last week with their cousin, Mrs. Gordon Cunninghame of Rattenbury Street, fatt was enroute and Expo. * * The Huronview iliary will hold their meeting on Monday, August 21 in the Arts and Craft Room, at 2:30 p.m. Miss Mof. to Montreal * Ladies’ Aux. By Mrs. Lloyd Bond The first settlement outside of the village of Goderich took place on the Huron road at the junction of the Maitland con. cession. This road was built soon after the Huron road and ran north to the Maitland river. The river was named after- Sir Peregrine Maitland, one of the very early settlers Of God. erich, who built a Store on the flats where the Purity Flour Mills were later erected. Later he became Lt. Governor of Upper Canada. James Johnson, in 1830 took Goderich Tpwnship for the years 1855-57 and a member of Parliament from 1857-61. The Holmes, John and wife Deb. orah, lived in a brick house on the hill west of the village, John Holmes donated the land on which the first Methodist Church was built, , Dr. J. B, Whitely, who prac­ tised mqdicinq ip Goderich for over half a century and was medical officer for - 51 years, was brought up near Holmes- . Ville, Others associated with Th'e Ford brothers, James, Thpmas, John^nd George, came out from Ireland in 1832 and took up land between the Huron Road and Lake Road. Peter Cantelon owned a wedge of land between the Cut Line and the 11th concession, Jonas Cop owned the land between the 11th concession and the Huron Road and John Hicks the land north, east of the Vil­ lage, John and Samuel Holmes,Who came from Ireland in 1832, also owned land on the Huron road _ the Robert Proctor family who to the west of the Disney pro- perty. The village wa^ named after this family, Elias Disney, who came from Ireland in 1848, operated the first grist mill and fir st‘saw mill near Holmesville and was to become the great-grand, father of the famous Walt Disney, cartoonist. Walt Disney vis­ ited the graveyard on the hill in 1947,seeking the restingplace of his ancestors. The Hicks family built a hotel on their land on the Huron Road before there was a Hol- mesville and called it the “Bridgewater”. From an old edition of the Clinton Herald (Clinton’s first newspaper) we find an advertisement of this hotel as “a place of recreation, extensive gardens and a trout stream” here was also a race course where a three-day race was an annual event. Later the Hicks family mov­ ed to Mitchell and were assoc, iated with the hotel business in that town for many years. John Holmes was reeve of took tip land next to the Holmes property in 1832; Acheson, Bodour, Baker, Colclough, Cook, Deeves, Jervis, Jordon, Leith, waite, Lobb, Sheppard, Steep, Sturdy, Tepbutt, Whitehead, Whitely, and Williams. FIRST INDUSTRY The building of the Buffalo- Brantford-Goderich railroad through the village in 1856 made it a'place of real importance and led to an important indus­ try, that of lumbering. Square timbers were cut al­ ong the Maitland river in the winter and floated down in the spring to a point nearest the village. From this point they were taken by team to the Hol­ mesville railway station, A special switch was built for loading these timbers onto the cars to be shipped to Mon. treal for the ship-building in. dustry. On January 6, 1836 the first township meeting (of which there is no record) was held at Valentine Fisher’s Inn on FOODMASTER HURON STREET — CUNTON FEATURE BUYS—Wednesday, August 16 to Closing Saturday, August 19 Specially Selected" Value Check'd Branded BLADE ROASTS 'Tender Meaty" Ideal For Roasting SHORT RIB ROASTS lb. 59c Ontario LEAN BEEF STEAKETTES 3 lb. 39c (Blade Bone Removed) 39c Doz PRODUCE CELERY STALKS 23c California ORANGES Crisp — Tender CARROTS 4 PRIDE OF NIAGARA — 19-ox.SUPREME — 5 Varieties CHOICE GREEN BEANS 5 for 51.00 FANCY BISCUITS 3 for 89c STOKELY'S — 14-ox. FANCY PEAS 5 for $1.00 KING'S CHOICE — 28-ox. CHOICE TOMATOES 4 lor $1.00 S.X. BRANG — 12-Ot. WHAM LUNCHEON MEAT 39c FACIAL TISSUE 400. 29c t, PUREX 2's BATHROOM TISSUE 4 j 55c SUPREME — 8'» Hot Dog or Hamburg Rolls 4 g 1.00 the flats pf Godprlch, Shortly after, the seat qf government Was moved to Holmesville. In 1864 the council pf God. erich Township at Holmesville passed a liquor prohibition law Which is thought to be the first township in Canada to pass fiuqh a law. (Maybe it was needed as the village was said to have had three saloons!) In 1942, the township hall and many Of its records were burned. The first post office was opened in 1855 with william Holmes as postmaster. This post Office was Closed in 1Q59 And reopened again in 1861 with Jonas Cop as postmaster. Other postmasters were Edward Kelly 1867—79; Edgar Hili, 1880-83; Andrew Duff, 1884-85; J. T. Courtice, 1885-1901; Andrew Courtice, 1902-1926; D. Gliddon, 1926-29. A telegraph office was also in 'the village where Gordon Steepe’s house now stands, and was run by Edgar Hill. FAMOUS CORNER STORE There has long been a corner grocery store at Holmesville, Andrew Courtice owned the store for 26 years before the present owner. Mr. Courtice was a staunch supporter of the Methodist Church and often took the pulpit in the absence of the minister. Two of his sons, Thomas and William, were out. standing ministers of the gospel in the United States. The present Carnation Milk Company receiving station at Holmesville began nearly 70 years Ago as the Holmesville Cheese and Butter factory, a joint stock company pf nearly 100 members, mostly farm, The original board of direct, ors included Byron Forster (Forster’s bridge on the Malt, land was named for him), sec. rotary W. S. Lawrenqe and members John Jenkins and George Holland. The first cheesemaker was Edward Johnson of Innerkipand the first load of milk was del­ ivered to the factory by W. H. Lobb who was a contributor until 1942, For many years there was a’blacksmith shop on the cor­ ner and was operated by Wil­ liam Mulholland, Mrs. Mulhol­ land had the distinction ofbeing named for Florence Nightin. gale. During the Crimean war, Dr. James Peters was associ­ ated with Florence Nightingale in the care of the sick and she asked him if he ever had an­ other little girl to name her Florence. The Peters family decided to come to Canada. At Buffalo a second daughter was born which they named Flor­ ence May Ann Adelaide Night­ ingale Peters, Dr. Peters prac­ tised for many years at Brus­ sels and it was there that Flor­ ence married William Mulhol­ land and moved to Holmesville where the latter carried on the blacksmith business,’ Mrs. Mulholland, like the famous nurse, loved caring for the sick and in the horse and buggy days was in great de­ mand as a practical nurse. Many of us who were born in this community first saw th light.of day with Mrs. Mui holland in attendance. WEDDING BELLS ’ One of , the first weddings ii the township was tiiat of Josepl Sparling who took up land fron the Canada Company on th( farm now owned by Frank Yeo. The father of David Cantelon (who was known as the Apple King of Huron County) was best man at the wedding. What is now our Goderich Tpwnship Hall was the centre of learning for Holmesville community for weif over ioo years. Pupils who learned their three R’s in the old school have gone out into the world as doctors, nurses, ministers teachers* politicians and most any vocation you could name. Many stayed to till the land their fathers worked so hard to wrest from the wilderness. The birch rod was considered standard equipment in the old days. Some of the early teach, ers were Thomas Murch, Bev­ erley Lawrence and Mr. Mao- Roberts. Nelson Trewartha who attended this school as a pupil also taught for a number of years. Holmesville at one time had three churches, The Methodist which was situated on the site of the present United Church, the Anglican on the Hill and the Bible Christian which was where Harry Cudmore’s house now stands. The Methodist Church and ' the Church of England were (continued on page 12)