HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-08-21, Page 17THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008. PAGE 17.
There are no services at Knox
United Church until September.
Huron Chapel Evangelical
Missionary Church on Sunday, Aug.
17 had Ed Wilson of International
Justice Mission Canada speaking.
He had some real life examples of
children being freed from slavery.
The youth of Huron Chapel were in
charge of the service.
In the evening the church family
was invited to Ken and Lori Prince’s
house for a campfire. They had a
time of fellowship, along with horse
rides and some soccer for the
children.
Soccer camp is finally here kids.
The coaches from Athletes in Action
arrived Sunday night and along with
other volunteers, and many
enthusiastic children they are having
a great time of training and fun.
Jodi King Freedom Concert is at
Huron Chapel on Saturday, Aug. 30.
This is in co-operation with IJM
(International Justice Mission) and
proceeds will be used to liberate
children in India sold into slavery.
Ticket locations are Huron Chapel,
Pupil’s Purchase and the Gift Chest.
Yummy
There were smiles on both sides of the table as 4-H
members served tasty desserts during the barbecue and
auction event held in Auburn this past weekend. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
While checking some facts for the
trivia items I’ve been including in
this summer’s column in the
History of Hullett Township, I gave
a closer read to the poem titled
Londesborough 1949.
The poem was penned by Mrs.
Joe Manning or Margaret who
instituted the Cheerio Club in
1945.
I thought I’d use a few of the lines
so readers could compare today
with yesterday.
“Londesborough is a fine little
town, the folks who live there are
of fine renown.
We have a church and also a
preacher, waterworks and fire
prevention, garages,
A blacksmith, carpenters, a
tinsmith.
A community hall and a turkey
farm, the bank and library are
combined.
A ball diamond and hockey for
sports ’tis true.
We have Foresters, Orangemen
and Free Masons,
And a lot of other things worthy
of mention.”
Did you catch that? - more than
one garage that pumped gas!
One of them, the White Rose
had a lunch counter where one
could buy hand dipped ice cream
cones. It was the hang out for the
young folk of the village.
“An egg station with Cliff andDick, Who turn eggs into moneymighty quick.McCool has a store, the clerk’sname is McVittieAnother store which is fine anddandy, The shelves all full whichmakes it handy.You can buy a stove or a piece ofcheese and enough pepper to makeyou sneeze.
The clerks are all happy to serve
you, And so are Alexanders.”
Yes, that’s right, there were
grocery stores in Londesborough.
For those readers who’ve lived in
the area for a number of years these
lines will recall a different life in
the village.
Newcomers can puzzle for a time
as to where all these buildings may
have been. Time has taken a toll on
small communities not only in
services, etc. but in that sense of
community.
Margaret’s poem is six long
stanzas long and she names many of
the persons living here at the time
with a story for each. For example,
Tom Fairservice was the rural mail
carrier, George Cowan, the
township clerk (long before
amalgamation), Tom Allen owned
the chopping mill, Ted Pickett was
the tinsmith and Dave Ewan the
blacksmith.
A variety of other names are
listed as village handymen, farm
hands and some who owned a truck
to help with the transfer of stock,
firewood, etc.
Mrs. Manning tells about families
who carried on farming right in the
village.
Tom Fairservice had a barn that
was right in the centre of the
village.
A small section of that building
remains today.
Have you seen it? Do you knowwhere it is?The first few lines of the laststanza prove the old adage, that nomatter how some things change,some stay the same. The poem isfound on page 48 of the historybook if you want to check out thewhole story.“Yes, Londesborough is quite aplace to live.
The neighbours are friendly and
willing to give.”
A year or more ago, Elaine Fraser
purchased the former home of Jack
and Marion Snell at the end of
Trueman Street. In recent weeks,
her parents moved in as well.
We welcome to Londesborough
Charlie and Margaret Fraser from
Auburn.
We trust they will find life here as
pleasant as Margaret Manning
seemed to.
Some years ago as a teenager,
Bradley Lyon was a familiar face at
ball diamonds in the area. He spent
many evenings and weekends
umpiring.
Seems it was something he really
enjoyed for recently he achieved a
Level Four card. From Aug. 3 - 10
he was in Brantford umpiring at the
Canadian Midget Boys
Tournament.
Bradley is employed at the
Northern Lights College in Dawson
Creek and since the tourney is
catching up with family and friends
in Ontario.
Wife, Roseann, and stepson,
Ryan, joined him here last week
and they have been touring from
Londesborough.
A trip to Midland, where he
worked for some time, Niagara
Falls, a Blue Jays game, etc have
kept them holidaying until
Aug. 23.
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