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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-07-20, Page 8and all the other things, when we looked back and thought of those pioneers who made it possible In this. centennial year, for us to make use of these treasures, which were so carefutlypreserv- ed, many of them from childhood,. SALE Used Televisions AT Zimmers TV DASHWOOD 237-3574 Pao. 8 Times-Advocate, July 20, 1967 Centennial wedding dresses. The feature attraction of the July meeting of the Elimville WI was a Centennial fashion show presented by the members, Above, wedding dresses of the past one hundred years were modelled by Mrs. John Batten, Mrs. Theron Creery, Mrs. Lorne Johns, Mrs. Murray Coward, Mrs. Alvin Fulton and Mrs. Horace De'bridge. T-A photo ••":,4...od•nt Hensall personals 4,0 bAym.,:soce.x.e., ••••••,, r.('• •-" DID YOU KNOW? Conklin Lumber Company Offers . . 28 Different Designs In WOODEN FENCES Priced As Low As Per Lineal Foot And Conklin's price includes top grade 4' x 4' cedar posts. 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Arry 0111016 child of ele• mentory school age may enter. 7, Judges' decision is final, I, Cut this contest out of paper along dotted lines and color the pidure. Or draw a picture that !oohs like this and color It. 2, List on separate sheet of paper the wen things *tong in the picture, 3, Mail contest and list of etrOrs to address on Entry Form, BIKES 2 cc.. IMPERIAL "700" ONE BOY'S ONE GIRL'S 1 25 7AC!lEtTOtY KITS teal Kit contains bicycle 1 . lock, handle grips, Mud flop and streamers, • EVERY WEEK L Airai6k.'t iimeivir"Ware4 ift:A•NA4, poarimi iirWrooki. Pkg. of 8 WEINERS BREAD %;i i.a imr...ur rsg&e, i; BUNS BANANAS HEAD LETTUCE CUSTOM CUTTING & LOCKER Sy The Month RENTAL or Year, PHONE 237.3471 DASHWOOD lb. 55 . 4 Loaves 89i0 4/$1.00 7 lbs. $1.00 17.7 21 WATCH FOR OUR HANDBILLS IN THE MAILS Tell history of Elimville The history of Elimville over the past 100 years was packed into a few hours Wednesday as Members of the Elimville Women's Institute modelled fashions of the past. Back, from left, Mrs. Ron Fletcher, Mrs. Sam Skinner, MiSs Ruth Skinner, Mrs. Squire Herdman and Mrs. Bev Parsons. commentator for the Show, Mrs. Mrs. Hazel Coward. Trip through Elimville home uncovers garments and history I still have mother's wedding dress of cream whip cord. All these old clothes and hats, along with many other outfits were modeled at our institute meeting here last week. Many articles of interest were also on display, among these was a doll, which was sixty six years old owned by Mrs. Routly. Her wig was made from curls which were cut from her owner's head many years ago and she was dressed in the baby clothes from the Herd- man house, which were 95 years old. In closing I would just like to say that although we had a good time and many laughs While gath- ering these old costumes and relics, there seemed to be a sad note too, about that old house, which dated back 91 years. The Herdmans came to this community from Gorrie When John was five years of age. There first child William passed away at the age of two years. We found another trunk filled with baby clothes, which we expect were made for William arid also worn by the rest of the family little white dresses with lined yokes, skirts one yard long tucked and embroidered all by hand, little shirts, lace trimmed with hand- made lace, little buttoned shoes and patent slippers size one or two years. A lovely old baby bonnet of wine velvet with cream lace trim, many pairs of home- made stockings, some knit in a fancy pattern and many other things which were very interest,. ing. I came to this village 57 years ago, when a child and have lived here longer than anyone who is living here at the present time. Our township hall here was built in 1864 and we believe most of the homes here were built before this date. One of the stories Mr. Herd- man told me was about the old hotel which stood on the corner of Emerson Penhale's farm. This building was frame with a lot of windows and a long verandah with posts across the front. Below this verandah was a long watering trough, people stopped there to let their horses drink water from this trough, they were then tied to the posts while the men went inside to have a drink of some- thing stronger, This hotel became so over run by rats the village was called “Rat Hole". The farm which is the west half of our village was once own- ed by Mr. Thomas Veal. As the settlers moved in they bought lots off this farm and built on them. Many of the houses are still in good repair. The house now oc- cupied by Floyd Cooper was one of the first homes here. The house we live in was built by the Halls brothers around 140 years ago. These men were car- penters and masons, so many of the homes here were built by them, The Herdman house was built by these men and they haul- ed the brick for it, from Port Huron, by team and sleigh. Have a look at this place some time when you are passing as the brick is still very white, we have been told that this was once the show place of the community with its fine house, with a carriage house at the back and beautiful trees By MRS. WILLIAM ROUTLY I would like to take you back 100 years and more both in his- tory and in fashion, by telling you some of the history of the village of Elimville. Many stories have been told of the Johns .family who settled here on the north line, other pioneers were the Andrew family, the Min- ers, the Spicers, the Brima- combes and the Hunters. One Sunday Morning early in this centennial year 1967 as I sat in church in this village, the thought came to me, ('Why don't you go this afternoon and visit the old lierdmart house", so I did just that. I was accompanied by Amos Herdman, who is a grandson of the Robert Herdman family who lived in this house. I will never forget how cold it was there in that old house, but we enjoyed going through all the old things and talking about the people who had lived there. This house has been vacant for eight years, but Mr. John Herdman, who passed away March 15, 1967 at the age of 89, had once told me that there were so many lovely old dresses packed away in an old trunk, some were worn by his mother (Mrs. Robert Herd- man) and some were worn by his grandmother who had been mar- ried three times, she was first Mrs. Homey, then Mrs. Harris and her last husband was Mr. Williams. We found also hats for each outfit. Some of these dresses and hats were handmade and were in very good shape, for 90 years of age and by the dates we found there, some of these things were over 100 years old. Among these was Mrs. Herd- man's wedding dress, this was fashioned from a luster material, trimmed with satin; the blouse being boned and lined throughout, A brush binding finished the hem of the skirt which had a large pocket in the side and pleated very full at the back. Almost all the dresses were in a natural linen shade and hats were of beautiful blue velvet with white ostrich plume, black silk braid with three black plumes. A white braid one featured a bird's wing and satin ribbon trim. Others were in natural shade. Some of these outfits have since been used at a fashion show in London and one outfit was worn at a conven- tion in Windsor. Some of these dresses had a waist measure of 23 inches. We also found a com- munion card, given to Mrs. Herd- man from the Elimville church Miss Jean Henderson visited last week with her brother-in- law and sister, Mr. & Mrs. Keith Lindsay and family in Hamilton. Miss Cindy Parker is spend- ing a week at the United Church Camp at Goderich. Mrs. Ron Mason and daughter Tracey of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. are holidaying with the former's parents, M. & Mrs. Glenn E. Bell and Mervyn. Miss Elvera Churchill return- ed to her home in Toronto after visiting with her sister, Mrs. pearl Shaddick. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Klungel and family are spending this weekend with Mrs. Klungel's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Van Den Heuvel and family in Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Bertha Blackwell of Lon- don, spent a few days last week with her brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Munn. Community Park on Friday when a horse he was riding fell on him fracturing his leg in three places. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bell, Brights Grove, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Joynt, Toronto, and Dr. W. T. Joynt, London, were weekend visitors with their mother, Mrs. Alice Joynt. Richard Bedard of London is holidaying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickie spent a few days last week holi- daying with the former's sisters at Rondeau Park, on Lake Erie. Mrs. Pearl Passmore return- ed home after a pleasant holiday with her son and daughter-in- law, Mr. & Mrs. Ron Passmore and family at Pike's Bay. Miss Marguerite MacDonald of London visited over the week- end with Mrs. Pearl Passmore. Mr. and Mrs. Terry North and Teresa of St. Thomas, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell. Miss Helen Landsborough of Seaforth, was a weekend guest with Miss Marianne Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Don Kyle, Ham- ilton, Miss Suzanne Kyle, London, were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Byran Kyle and Douglas. Miss Norma Hughes, Toronto, is a guest with the Misses Amy and Greta Laramie. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Consitt, Larry, Bill and Dwight, spent last week at Expo and also visit- ed Flt/Lt and Mrs. A, L. Birosh and family at Lac St. Denis, Quebec. Mr. Garnet Smallacombe and son Gordon of Guelph visited over the weekend at the Shepherd resi- dence. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Goddard and Joan, and Kay Davis, are visiting at Expo this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Scotchmer, newly weds, have taken up resi- dence in the Bellarine apartments on the London Road. The groom is employed at General Coach and the bride is on the teaching staff of Exeter Public School. Doug Mock, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mock, is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, following an accident at Hensall and flowers with little gravel walks all through the yard. These are all gone now but the old house still stands. Mr. Robert Willcox carne here from England and he built the home now owned by John Batten. At one time there were several churches here, so two of these homes were used as a parsonage for the minister. Today we just have one United Church. My home was the one now own- ed by Mr. Jackson Woods and I well remember the dear old lady who lived directly across the road in the house now owned by Hubert Heywood. She was Hubert's grandmother and was Grandma Heywood to everyone who knew her and was loved by everyone. When she was quite a young girl she was stricken with scarlet fever and suffered a violent ear ache. Resort to a home remedy proved disastrous. Her friend poured turpentine in her ears and as a result she spent the greater part of her long life stone deaf. She learned to lip read and could carry on a con- versation quite nicely. She was a born nurse and often told how she had brought over 100 babies into this world, many of them Without the aid of a doctor. Her boast was that she had never lost a baby or a mother. She passed away 33 years ago at the age of 93. At the north of the farm home now occupied by Amos and Her- man Herdman stands a very in- teresting old building. This was once the toll gate house and was situated on the south side of the St, Marys road, across from the gravel pit. Mr. Thompson who owned this farm at one time had this building moved to its present site. It has two rows of wind- ows at the front and we would judge it to be 100 years old. Coming back to the old Herd- man home once more, this place was once owned by the Thomp- sons. Then by a Doctor Cowan, from whom the Herdmans bought the place. The story is told about Dr. Cowan who moved to Exeter after living here just a short time. It seems he had a very small practice so to entice peo- ple to come to him, he attended James Street Church, sat in the center near the front where he could be well seen and each Sun- day he would have someone post- ed to come rushing into church and whisper something to him, he would then hurry out, get his horse and buggy and go as fast as he could, a different direction each Sunday and sometimes just around town. People began to think he must be a very good doctor and soon he became very popular. I just remember Mr. Robert Herdman and his wife Mary liv- ing here when I was a child. He was a tall, thin man, with a beard just like the ones worn by the boys this year, She was so small at the waist line, we have been told that he could span her waist with his fingers. After they passed away, Mary the daughter and her two brothers Enos and Wilbur lived there for some time, then Enos married and moved to the Whiteford farm, two and one- half miles south of Elimville and now owned by Howard Pym. This was my mother's old home, and she and dad were married there, 67 years ago. This old home over 100 years old has many memories for me. 1 Parade — Continued from page 5 in the various categories in the parade. Here were their final decisions: Centennial floats — Kippen East WI, Othifellows and Rebekahs, Legion. Horse drawn vehicl e—Jim Sangster, Bob Bell and Leonard Erb. Old cars—Hensall Motor Sales with a 1924 Model T Ford tour- ing model; Larry Black, Exeter; and Bob Erb, Hensall. Children's vehicles—Sandra McKay, Patricia VanWeiren, Gordon Ward. Commercial—Fink Plumbing, Drysdale Crest Hardware, Hen- sail Kinsmen and Kinettes. Winners in the fashion show were as follows; Mrs. John Bak- er, Mrs. Harry Snell, Mrs. W. H. Fuss, Mrs. Jean Cornell, Mrs. R. M. Peck, Miss Gail Sangster, Mrs. Marguerite Clark, Miss Marie Campbell, Miss Linda Mock, Miss LindaSangster, Mrs. Carl Payne, Pamela Sangster, Nancy Traquair, Meg Daniels, London, was commentator for the show which attracted a large number of lad- ies—and some men. She was introduced by Mrs. Carl Payne and thanked by Mrs. V, M. Pyette. Judges included Mrs. Andy Mc- Lean, Seaforth; Mrs. Fred Wal- lace, Brucefield; Mrs. Harold Taylor, Exeter. ••••••••% ••••••.• ••••• •••••.N. Vaa•••=.0 •••••••• .11•••1•••• 1•11. CUT ALONG DOTTED LINE Elmer's Summer Safety Contest ,no.1, 3N I 1 03 11 0 C 1 9N CAR TOO STURDY The car bash turned out to be a crowd-pleaser, but the old model car was stronger than some of the sledge-hammer swingers thought possible. For 25 cents, area youthP took turns banging away at the car, which stood up remarkably well. Wright Reunion —Continued from page 5 candies In jar, Ruth Jeffery; lady with the largest earrings, Mrs. Margaret Nichols; most articles in purse, by elimination, Mrs, Dorothy Burwell; Oldest person with own teeth, Herb Kercher; man with newest hair cut, Charlie Baillie; guessing mystery package, Helen Heinle; Oldest married couple, mr, and Mrs., Herb Kerner, (46 years); coming farthest distance, Dr. Florence Nichols, To r On to; youngest person present, Mich- ael Dalton; oldest person, Mra. Margaret Nichols, Brampton. The reunion is to be held next year at the Lions Park again,