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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-09-12, Page 3A Corset Factory, Pork Packing,'Plant Among. '.E.arl'i IndOstries Of-,Hensall .•.."- #. ..• Henaali, once had a corset foe- The Brat liveryman was ThOmp- - Bell and afterwards run by tory where the home of MrS. A. ., tory, Aport packing holiSe, .a .s.on Murdock, 1877. . John Ne.eion. It burned ,On July Joynt now stands. salt nune, a wood pump -maker, The first medical doctor Was 3.4. .1900'• W. Smallacombe started the, t an oatmeal irtill,..a tintype phOto. 'Tames MaeDiarnerid, 1876. Two .elevators owned liy W. first tailor shop in May, 1876. grapher, A tight work cooper- The first storekeeper was ROb- Charters burned just north cif W. Waugh of McDonnell and i sliop, a limetock house and a eider ert Bonthron. the preesnt aYards. mill. Waugh built his across the street The village has. also . ex- The first veterinary was David J. E. McDonnell WAS the first the the Presbyterian Church in Illill . . . _ er followed by Swinerton. -undertaker and be perienced, a number .of disas- Samuel Rennie -built And oPer* Borithron as his -ASSistgot. T.heir bad James. the year 1885 and .connected the. house and • store by telephone, trolls fires in which as 111AnY as aced the flour mills M 1876. The first funerab was. for Isabella the first communication , of Us Seven stores have been .des- firin was, known afterwards AS MeEwen .whe died around 1886. kincl. to be InStalled In the vil- troy ed, - Rannie and Urquhart. lege. Duncan, McEwen, son of John Its railroad. section gang was.William Luker, Sr:, .claimed to Donald Urquhart was the first meEwea, was the first native the, first ever to. .operate a gaso- • commercial grain buyerto see Active service in: the Thefirst train over the oti- . have dug the first well. but the men had to withdraw it the first .child born in Hensel!. line jigger on the NE traelca Alice Ifensall: Blatchford -was. .a.rrny. He was with the Strath, don, Huron and Bruce ran on. L on . Company orders because' 'The .daughter of Richard Blatch- Africa. gone, Horse Brigade in SOUth. January 10, jarg. .other gangs were demanding ford, her birthday was OctOber Section Foreman T. -Shadclick . F,. .Smallacombe was the . first that the company supply them 19, 1876, man in Western Ontario. to grow with one. Alfred Kelly, was, the first jewel- and his. assistants, W. Stone and Dutch Set onions under contract.- These and other historical ler. J. Tapp, built at their own ex- This ,develped intoa large busi- facts were revealed this week The first hardware. store -was .pens.e. the first gasoline jigger fleas and one year he shipped 27- by George Smallacom7,()! be, a a, opened by Bissett Brothers to be.' used on the CNR tracks car loads, Year-old - resident of the village but had to withdraw :it on_ vita- R. Blatchford became the first Exeter. John E. McDonnell was pany orders because.all the blacks.mith in 1876. who. has kept a record of hap- the- first 1114rnith and lie after- wards bought out the business of other gangs wanted the company G, Brown was. the first wagon penings in Hensall for years,- A . Recently, M. Smallacombe. the Bissett Brothers, to supply them •with one. maker, 1877. collected all his historical infer- J. C. Clausen was the first harness maker, 0.. ,First miller to run the rolls was Thomas Smallacombe for Rannie and Urquhart. Simon Stahl was. the 'first priqter .and editor of the Hensall J. Observer in 1892. Hensall was the fueling depot for all .trains on the tonclon, Huron and Bruce. It was then all wood and the first fire to. incur in the yillage started in the wood piles. The first school was built on the northeast corner of Nelson and Richmond St. North. pi. There was a row of large elm trees in the middle of the road on. Richmond St. north from the Charlet Burford was the first section foreman, living on the corner of Wellington and King streets where the band stand used to be located. H. J. D. (3ooke was the first resident lawyer. Ralph Mclntyre's hotel on the corner of King and Brock streets was destroyed by fire in Septem- ber, 1893. Dave McIntosh per- ished in the fire. Five businesses -T. McArthur's beak, J. C. Stoneman's butcher shop, W. C, Davis's general store, A, McPherson'S tailor shop and Miss V. Smith's fancy goods store -were burned out in 1900. On St. • Valentine's day, 1911, the Commercial Hotel, Grigg and Rivers' butcher shop, Mums and Farqnhar's barber shop, T. Part- mer's restuarant, T. McArthur's hardware, E, Rannie's general store, Youngblut's shoe store and 3, and C. McConnell's hard- ware and .turniture store • were destroyed by fire, Hensell was incorporated in 1896. George C. Petty became the first reeve of the village de- feating Robert Bell. Members of council were William Bell, Wil- liam Hodgins, William Moir and HenryCook. H. J. D. Cooke was municipal clerk. Miss Dickens was the first school teacher followed by Miss McQuarrie, Miss Jennie Murray led the pitons into the brick school in 1889. Mrs. Wray had a corset fac- illation and turned it over to Ile/Tsai' Clerk J. A. Paterson for safe -keeping. The data is repro- duced here: William Lulier.was the former owner of the 50 acres north of King street, George and James Petty purchased the land from him and had it surveyed into lots in 1879. Robert Paterson owned the corner lots at the junction of the London Road . and King street before Hensall was surveyed, The first MII0.oflots was made in 1878 whtlitO tendon, Huron and Bruce ised to name the village Hensall after the birth- place of George and James Petty' in Yorkshire, England. The first butcher shop was, built by George Petty on King i street n 1876. The first hotel, the old Com- mercial, was built by Louis Boochle in 1875. The second •hotel, the Centen- ) nial was built by Samuel Rannie in 1876, He ran it for about a year, then sold it to Sidney Fair- bairn. • . Tho first postmaster w a s James ,Sutherland and he opened i• the office in September, 1876. Previous to that, all mail came „, from Rodgerville where Bonth- ron was the postmaster. The first mail carrier was Bad- ly Doan who, carried all the mall to Chiselhurst, Lumley, Hurondale and Rodgerville. PS Enrolment Rises Slightly Enrolment in public sghools in South „Huron inspectorate, which includes eight municipalities, has increased 119 since June, ac- • • cording to Inspector John G. Goman, Exeter, Major increase has occurred • in the urban centres while en- rolment in the rural municipali- ties, 'with the sole exception of Hay township, remains about the same. Total number of school child- ren in the area is 2,614, compar- ed to 2,495 in June. J. A, D. McCurdy School, RCAF Station Centralia, exper- ienced the largest increase - r from 353 to 418. Hay township jumped from 297 to 323; Hensall from 172 to 183 and Exeter from 432 to 461. a Figures for the other muni- cipalities are: Stephen 372 (364 p in June), Usborne 257 (259), Tuckersmith 245 (242), . Stanley 367 (364). The increase in Hay township r r has been taken care of by the erection of a two -room addition 0 it at Zurich, and the employment of two more teachers, one of which i had previously' been on staff part-time. The foundry was built by R. ) school to the tonclen Road. Petty Brothers built one of the first pork packing houses, known as the Yorkshire Packing House,. in Western Ontario. in 1876, James Carton and Johnathon Carton dug the salt well in 1877-78. This was later purchased by George McEwan: The first implement agent was William B, McLean, T. J. Wilson of old Willow Hall became one of the largest shippers of square timber in Western Ontario. William VanValkenburgh oper- ated the only tight work cooper - shop on Brock street. John Cottle had a tanning factory on King street. John Cornish operated the first lime house. Donald Urquhart built the first oatmeal mill and Adam Gibbs was the miller. Urquhart alsd built the first saw mill and John Leslie was the sawyer. Bernard Thompson operated the first cider mill, McEwen and 'Geiger operated the first flax mill which consist- ed of two large baths. and 12 large stacks. They kept over 1,200 cords of wood on hand. The mill had a large fire in 1895, destroying J. Steacy's stable and J. Beverly's house and stable. Frank Labor of Dunnville built the first apple evaporator. It was afterwards owned by George Joynt and it burned on July 12, 19Titernas Berry was a large importer of : Shire and Clydes- dale horses and made 27 round trips to the United Kingdom for them. G. •Smallacombe owns a bar room chair which was in. the old. Centennial Hotel purchased by Samuel Rannie in 1876. James Evans was the first barber. Henry Horn was the only wood pump maker. William Stoneman was the first,photographer (tintype) and he operated from a wagon simi- lar to the present day house rai ers, you are invited to see 6 the.newest thing . Von w hTeli! THE fr eke. New member bf the Ford lanai?" of Fine Cars :See It At The Trade Fair! Larry -Snider Motors: 624 • EWER Disastrous Impulses Most highway killings in Canada are caused by - and happen to - good drivers who 'disregard what they know. They do so, according to the Canadian Safety Conference, on a sudden impulse to' seize ar hazardous opportunity. There are countless chances, as familiar motorist as his car's wheel. The Canadian Safety Conference lists them: The chance that the amber traffic light will not turn red before You get across . The' "me first" urge to pass every- thing in sight , • . The equally - selfish notion to play '"poor driver" for a change and go so slow that traffic piles up danger- ously behind . . . The impulse to step on it in spite of ice, spots on the road . . The challenge of the beatable freight train ap- proaching a crossing . The stop sign that's over -cautious, and the other one that dares you, late at night, when almost certainly no one else will be on the road . .. The temptation to see if you can't beat your best time on a familiar run . . The goading of an impatient passenger: "Whassa' matter? Can't this crate move? Or, are you an, old woman?" . . . The allure of the chance to pass on the right . . . The idiocy of weaving in and out of traffic . . . The hope that the stretch ahead, blanked out by oncoming lights, has no pedestrians, no • pothole, no unlighted jalopy . . . The chance that sucislenly erratic brakes won't grab again until after you get home . . , The combination of shining wet road,• worn tires and the belief that you can control a skid . . . The anger -born impulse to show the other driver he can't, do that to you . . . The tempta- tinn to cut inside on a blind curve . . The excitement of cutting through -the thin slot between street-cr and parked car . . The decision that you can make a left -turn in time to beat the oncoming truck . . The belief that you can safely trn right, without signalling, from a left-hand lane . . • Ig- noring a "slow -down" sign when you can see nothing to slow down for Self-righteous 'As. Surance that the otherguy rh simply ust . realize you have the right of way . . . White lines on the road Art for panty -waists, double lines for nincompoops Scare the driver ahead by riding his tail lights , That dirt road •shoulder is firm enough . . You can pass all five cars ahead before that pig trader - trailer arrives . •. or the trailer can stop in time . , "One for the read" and "You can't fl3r on one wing". ' The insidious lure of thatdelicious comfort that begins to steal over yoit, driVing at night. You should know it is the .prelude to Sleep, a sleep from which, perhaps, you will never awaken. • Sonde of them loop fame and stupid. They are wally so harm - toss that most of us have tried them, one time or Another, But. even the mildest -seeming of them an be as deadly as a maniac with a gun and most of them are renowned murderers with lollg records on the books of every pollee department in the country. When one Ada YOU, Suddenly, on the road, it Commands "Nowt" Take it or leave it, but fast! Now Is your ehaft. To die Or use head And •liVe? You have only a split •second to think* tempting to the steering Highway some of Curling. Club Plans Banquet The Exeter Curling Club took its' first step towards its second year of operation at a meeting Tuesday night. The executive will start out the season with a 'banquet at which a special guest speaker who knows the curling game in- side out will be the attraction. The banquet will take place on November 5 and it will 'be, there that a new slate of officers will be appointed. The present executive isn't sure what nights the arena will be .available to the club as the hockey situation hasn't been de- cided. The Exeter C u r lin g Club, which had 56 members on its roster last year, is setting its main objective for the 1957 season to gain new interest around the district and gain more members. Last year's officers included President Reg Armstrong, Vice - President Lee Learn andSecre- tary - Treasurer Milt Robbins. Members of the draw committee were Carfrey Cann, Ulric Snell, Bill McLean; property commit- tee, Russ Snell, Alvin Willert, Claude Farrow: ,From 1932 to 1949 Canada had a favorable ' balance in foreign trade; since then the value of exports has exceeded value of imports only in the one year of 1952. * * The highest tides in the world, In some seasons ranging up to 99 feet, occur, in the Bay of Fundy. * Of the 3,974,000 occupied dwell- ings in Canada at September, 1956, 2,685,000 were owner-occu-, pied, Tito 710)144044 'Of SePtimber 1947 vady'To Prosecu: State Boar Continued From Page Canada Packers made a .471014 of • haggling over the prices, and re- fusing to ,sell at .extremely law returns. • • "There are sente pe.ople," he said, "who suggest that we van. not ,do anything about price be- eause, in their .opieion, price, Is set by the law of supply and. demand. The law of supply and demand, if allowed: to work, will affect .priees but It does not set them. "The lamof supply and de- mand is not allowed te work when 80 per .cent to 90 per cent Of the hogs put of ,every hundred 0. d Official , Fire Aid Plan • -Continued From Page / tario are organized today, In Hurdn there is fire equipment that could be used for mutual • aid. The program is nothing •new. Mr. Turnbull stated there 'are 350 municipalities now partici- pating and in some cases it has been a benefit by reduced in- surance under the mutual aid plan. Representatives at the meet- ing are to inform their respec- tive councils and if the plan is agreed upon the municipalities then must pass. a bylaw for par- ticipation. About 40 representatives at- tended the meeting from Blyth, Brucefield, Brussels, Clinton. Dashwood, Ethel, Exeter, Gode- rich, Hensel]. and Seafortli. Attending the meeting front Exeter besides Fire Chief Ford were Captain Ernest Wells, Ray Smith and Councillor Alvin Pyrn. VOTES FOR WINNER-IVIrs, .James Stanley, Lucan, who is in her one-hundreth year, didn't let her age prevent her from casting a ballot for W. A. "Bill" Stewart, who won the by-election in North Middlesex last week, Mrs,. Stanley was one of three ladies over 90 who went out to the polls to support the Progressive Conservative candi- date in his first bid for office, -Radcliffe Photo • Housewife's 'Marathon' Makes Postman' Wince Nothing like a good walk to give you an appetite, they say. But, according to the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heat- ing, a great deal depends upon where you do your walking, and what form it takes. .The Institute has been .doing some research work in the field of "mealtime marathons"- as performed by typical Canadian housewives - and comes up with facts calculated to annihilate 'the appetite of the most ardent gourmand. Did you, for instance, realize that the preparation of a simple meal involves many hard- working women in hike of near- ly a quarter of a mile -and all right ia her own kitchen? The distance she covers in a normal day, just whipping up break- fast, lunch and supper, would make a postman wince. In an intelligently planned kit- chen, walking, stooping, and other appetite -killing activities are cut to a minimum. Check these points in your own kitchen, for instance. Is your kitchen sink conveniently located between the frig and food storage cup' - boards where the meal starts, and the kitchen range where it CANADIAN TITLIST AT U.S. TRAP SCHOOL -One of the Canadian title winners at the Grand American Trapshoot- ing tournament held at Vandalia, Ohio, was Dick Tobin, right, of Montreal. Tobin, who won the North American preliminary handicap professional title and trophy, is seen here being congratulated by Tom Oliver of Toronto, presi- dent of the Canadian Trapshooting association. Tobin shot a 195 from 20 yards. Over 2,000 trapshooters, including 50 Canadians, competed in the week-long tournament. is finally cooked? Do you kee non -refrigerated vegetables hand to the sink, where they can h easily reached for cleaning an preparation? Take a good look at the sin itself. Is it hung at the righ height for you to work at, or d you break your back stoopin over it every time you prepar food or wash dishes? And is a modern, combination tub an sink, with a swivel -type of ..mix er faucet that brings water o the exact right temperatur where you want it and when yo want it? Is it equipped with retractable rubber -hose spra attachment that will make veg stable cleaning and dish -wash ing half the task it once was? All this has a direct bearin upon the quality of the meal you prepare for the family, a well as the appetite with whit you can attack them yourself And that is why so many famil ics are taking advantage of th new "home iinprovement" loan to have kitchens re -modelled an modernized. These loans, avail able at au chartered, banks, pro vide home owners with capita to make these improvements and° ample time for re -payment In planning the modernization of a kitchen, two layouts are normally followed. Most favoured s the "U" shaped layout, in vhich the sink forms the base f the "U", with work -surfaces onveniently located on either ide, and the frig and range are ocated at the tips of the "U". his form is ideal where the hape of the kitchen allows far t, and where most of the work s done by one person. It can, owever, prove a little incon- enient 'when two or more per - ons are trying to bperate at one me. Next in line for popularity is he "L" shaped layout. Here gain the location of food store ge, sink and range should be in at order for easier prepare - on of meals. One other important factor 1st must not be overlooked in anning the new kitchen is the ot water heater. It would be ard to over-estimate the im- ortance of a constant supply of ot water to the hotisewife in er daily routine of work. Yet e uses of hot water have mul- plied to such an extent over e past few years that few water, aters installed in pre-war years e ado:mate to meet them. As some sort of guide to hot ger requirements, the Insti- te offers the following sug- stions. A. house with one or o bedrooms should have a 30- Ilon heater at least. With three drooms the demand will prob- ly warrant a 40 -gallon heater; ✓ or five bedrooms a 50.gal- n heater. In each case, y d k t 0 g e it d f, a u a y g s h e s d 1 0 c 1 T v s ti a a th ti ti li h 11 h th ti th he ar w tu go tw ga be ab fou Io CANADIAN TROOPS IN ATOKWAR EXERCISE IN NEVADA Canadian and US, army officers of the "pentomic" unit study the "battle map" of the manoeuvre in which the unit engaged after the detonation of "Smoky,' fifteenth atomic device of the current series of tests iINevada. From left are: Lt. -Col. Floyd Townsley, Desert Rock operations and training officer; trig. -Gen. Walter A. Jensen, deputy director of the infantry troop test and commanding general of Camp Desbri. Rock; Captain GeOrge Pble, tornmandet, of task force Warrior, and Lt, Robert tridgmari, platoon COM. 111,111,ddr of the Oueenit Own Rifles, Canadian army. About 700 Canadian and U.S. infantrymen took part in the post.biast exercise. ••• Provincial motto of Prince Ed- ward Island is "Parva sub in- genti," which means "The small under the protection of the great." are delivered. to 0,04 er b� Jere they are purehas The trade, he ,said, itOPerl,t� • kill the marketing _pion, - vote, and he compare thea present stand of proccgiots to, that taken in 1,500 BC. in Egypt of "Rill thein while they ar. ,yoting," "Even now," he said,. "tberp. is being organized by 14 lni terests in other provinces- lit this • P"rudnedtroYm 'a.FnighQtregras4,14,4titnntrYalleterl, signed -to scare arm people bi laociavelsitnifeir.tbferxrieedothrt Wthheeyhwilt th� trade is spending minions fig keep farmers from .the Pelk market: what freedom have they to ,cherish or fight for :ether .than the, freedom of the open mar., .oknet?r:cord as taking one of twO "The trade is now to be positions," he said, "It will have to submit to .competition' or .go on record as demanding the* right to fix farrners'..prices, In oome and standard of living. 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