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Come Enjoy a
Salad Plate
at
THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION,
BRUSSELS
Sun., Aug, 2, 1981
3:00 to 6:00 pm.
by.
Ladies Auxiliary Branch- 218
Highlights of
tract guild
1981 has been an exciting
year for. the Huron Tract
Spinners and Weaver Guild
with several new members
joining, and each month's
program in charge of a
different group of two or
three members, to give
everyone a chance to make a
varied and interesting meet-
ing.
Highlights of the year are
the purchase of a table loom
which can be rented by
members for workshops and
the workshop set for Sep-
tember 12, to learn the
techniques of weaving on
barnboard, wicker, card-
board etc. with instructor,
Joyce Rumney of Gormley,
Ont. The August meeting is
to be held Saturday, August
15 at the farm of John Kerr
near Brussels and will take
the form of a "Dye-in".
MORRIS TOWNSHIP'S 125TH CELEBRATIONS
COMMITTEE — Executive, members of the township's
celebrations committee got together Tuesday for a picture. In
the back row are Clem McLellan-parking, Reeve Bill
Elston-welcoming committee, John Cronin-booth and refresh-
ments, Carman Craig - co-chairman, Wilfred Shortreed -
registration, Lloyd Michie - sports. In the front row are Jim
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Bowman-finance, Clarence McCutcheon-chairman, Leona
McDonald-treasurer, Bessie Johnston-co-chairman, Maxine
Marks-decorating, Bob Fraser-program, Deputy Reeve Tom
Miller-welcoming committee, clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie-
secretary. Absent when the picture was taken were George
Michie-publicity and invitations and Ken McDonald-parade.
(Photo by Langlois)
Past to present Wingham Memorial Shop
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sewing machines, preparing
to make supplies for the Red
Cross. Their first shipment
included - 81 pillows, 33
shirts, 150 hankerchiefs, 35
cholera belts, 4 pair of socks,
33 housewifes (?), 19 surgical
bandages, and 6 pair of
wristlets. This collection was
baled and shipped on the
14th of the next month.
Some of the Belgrave lad-
ies that were a part of this
Patriotic League included
Mrs. James Anderson, Mrs.
John. Clegg, Mrs. W.H. Fer-
guson, Mrs. Joseph Bran-
don, Mrs. Wm. Geddes,
Mrs. J.L. Geddes, Miss Jen-
nie Cole and Mrs. C.B.
Wilkinson.
Other institutes in Morris
villages were soon hard at
work as well, sewing and
collecting, sponsoring con-
erts to raise money and
working in close collaborat-
ion with the Red Cross
organizations that were ap-
pealing for aid from the
Canadian public. In Walton,
W.I. workers in 1915 includ-
ed Mrs. John McGavin, Mrs.
George Harn . Mrs. Alfred
Bruce, Miss Rose Simpson.
Miss Mabel Barrows, was.
Joseph Bennett, Mrs. Tho-
mas Young, Mrs. Fred Scar-
lett, Mrs. John Ryan and
Mrs. James Harris. The W.I.
in the village of Bluevale was
also making supplies for the
Red Cross and in Jamestown
the first Patriotic Concert
held by the W.I. took place in
Victoria Hall on December
3rd, 1914.
The first volunteers of
1914 were quartered at God-
erich while awaiting removal
'to the front. Every Sunday
morning, the entire group
was ,mustered on the Court
House Square for divine
services. While they waited
here for the regiment to be
filled with volunteers, all of
them were innoculated with
typhoid vaccine by their 33rd
Battalion surgeon, Dr. Hunt-
er.
One of the strengths of the
Morris Township economy at
the beginning of the war
years was their export of
heavy and light draught
horses.
When the militia
department Made inquiry
through Dr. Clark, V.S. of
Goderich as to the probable
number of horses in this area
suitable for military and cav-
alry remounts - colours bay,
brown and black - the breed-
ers of that type of horse saw
a way that their type of
production could help the
war effort.
Bert Dennison and Will-
liam Cunningham were the
first to go from the Walton
area and a large group of
well-wishers gathered at the
CPR station in the village to
see them off. This scene was
repeated at the Bluevale
station, the Belgrave station,
Wingham and Brussels as
the young men from Morris
and the surrounding areas
left to join the 2nd Contin-
gentof the 33rd Battalion.
Letter from the front, K.
Watson to a brother at home:
"....We go into the trenches
at night, after a march of
about seven miles over cob-
blestone roads from our bil-
lets; going in single file, we
crawl over the ground. Star
lights are set up by the
enemy continually, then we
have to remain perfectly still
until they die out and we go
in. I have never been in a
trench yet, that did not have
from one to three feet of
water in it. We are in for 48
hours, sometimes for 96. It
rains continually, sometimes
turning to snow, with bitter
winds. After you have been
in for a few hours, your cup
of mistery is complete, you
don't care what happens. A
continuous rifle fire is kept
up all night by the enemy.
Day breaks on a scene of
desolation. The dead lie in
thousands in front of us, all
unburied, all French killed in
early December, they slowly
rot, the water draining off
them into the trenches, poi-
soning the water in which we
stand, which accounts for the
frost bite, or water bite, as it
really is....Shells have made
thousands of holes, from a
new feet to forty feet in
diameter. Mud is, every-
where; you are plastered
with it. The food is smeared
with it. We have to be
continually cleaning our rif-
les. At daybreak, the shells
start coming over; you
crouch down in the water, as
they burst all about us.
Luckily, the mud behind
the trenches is semi-liquid,
and many do not explode
that will be left for the
plowman, who after the war,
is peacefully tilling the land..
There are two kinds of
shells... This one we call,
Weary Willie. The other one
we call the 'coal box' because
it emits a dense black smoke,
and is much more dangerous
than the slow one...In some
places the German trenches
are only 30 yards away, and
hand grenades .or hand
bombs are used by both
sides. These emit explosive
and most poisonous fumes,
which makes everyone dead-
ly sick....
We are your headquarters
for all your baking needs
Figs
• Pastachios
De luxe
Mixed Nuts 3.91 a 1/2 lb.
Popping COrn 31 lb.
Nutmeg .30 oz.
COWAN'S COUNTRY STORE ‘9,6
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3.34 lb.
4.21 a 1/2 lb.
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FARMS
R.R. 3 Brussels
Atwood 356-2292 Residence 887-6824