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YOU
NOT
'RE
A GOOD
DRIVER
10 YOU HAVE THIS FAULT
Tricianialatre
'
Benjamin Moore
NOTICE —
Cash paid for dead, old,
disabled horses and cows.
Phone Atwood 153, Collect.
sick or
GRAND OPENING
Sale of furniture, pianos, bedding,
carpets, at the newly decorated
Mildmny INITAittitre ShOWrOOTA'S,
July 6th. to July 21st, Open Friday
evenings 'during sale. Door prizes.
Godfrey Schueltt,Mildma,y
FOR SALE -
13tiaY Etas wide range pullets.
avoid, started. Prompt shipment,
including Ames In-Cross (more
eggs, less feed). Mixed chick&
Broilers fbr -Sept-Oat. Should be on
order. Full Iparticiulaos,.
Agent — Mrs, R. B.arrett, R. R. 5,
Brussels Phone 54-12; Wm. Glen.
Bray, Ethel.
FOR SALE
I can still fttrnish you. with the best
seed corn you can buy = PIONEER!
While there is still. a supply
available, call me for the extra
bushels you will need to complete
lour planting requirements this
spring.
Bert Johnston, Brussels R. R. 2
Phone:. Brussels, 28r4
SEWAGE DISOPOvisti
Rave y ammo iamb a:a am
pooh, cleaned die rear- we', am
to avoid treats
Irvbse Combos. Mew ilii
40);,43:1••••.
moderately
priced from. ,..%** Convenience-3 minute walk to
Union Station, closest' hotel to
heart of downtown.
• Luxurious guest rooms
and suites.
per
person,
double
occupancy
• Good food—full course
meals and delicious snacks.
4 • Entertainment—Home
of the famous Club Indigo
featUring Broadway
Shows nightly.
THE
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HOTEL
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS—ONTARIO
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GREY TOWNSHIP HISTORY
Arolvlohol — Ta roving memory IA a (eolltillued freln page 1,) dear flon, Duncan Louis MeN1001, l
who passed AWN, 2 years ago, July I to ill* (gripe, It Would appear that
19th. 1954, i the Progresa of settlement was
So many things have happened t (1111'W rapid, a this time; es by 1872,
: m814 sores were cleared; .Tliep POP- Since you were called away,
11 - lattion was gi ven as 3 952' A nimal Things that could be so mien nicer: ' population was 1484 horses, 4600 1
CLASSIFIED ADS. IN MEMORIAM
' 1 " lucky Me Pyr*i c et* P lasi*Lt 1 :+? gete pc*: 97:n4r:re atilt:
In hhis store :that the ,girPt ,tlePisPne 1
4,O(Alweklleenre'"YoSurialitorcemsheellina.,111t that 4
was installed. Later another build,
iibiaugsinewsass tiot.Ituptuociiid l.a; ii:871,plelar); i
I I ll001110 ahoore ,Olmt 114 been; used for 1
Urine (111arter.9, were 'turned into ,a
hall and meeting place, The English '
church was held there, With the '
, ,11,ev, TAO as meter. In 1904 the store
1' Arid contents ywere told to Robt,
i ThomPzion and Mise Agnes Walker.
;Dr, Ferguson 1041'his: offloe in the
building Upetairo, Dr, Field, Dentist i
from Wessels also had an office,
Alex Taylor, OPened lthe let. Taylor '
Shop. Many In provements had. been
done, .Such as putting In the ;as
plant, by which sevens,' buildings,
were lighted.
FOR SALE
Zohu Deere, $1.40 raIco on rubber, ;in,
Teal, ;gbed .ecintlgen apply' tR
Opp. L, Blake, Patens Ora Brussels
FQ11.1344
'fitoycleS, ;Tricycles, An.a.
Car, Used rtirtlitlire of all 1kinds,_
'Iobt, Patrick phone 28
.NOTICE
Double deck. Hen House 1,0x22.
Ralph Pearsen Phone 48x4 boringly remembered by his
Mother, Sister and .Brothers,
FOR SALE —
Small House 18 x 80, House to be
moved from present loeation.
R. 13, Cousins,
IN MEMORIAM
MoNielyal — In loving mentOry of a
dear husband and father, Duacan
L. McNichol,- who passed away
twO years ago, July 19, 1954.
July wines, with deep regret.
A. month I never will fcalget,
WW1 Means our eyes and broken
heart,
We stood that night
depart.
A beautiful life had come to an end.
,A devoted (husband and my best
friend
He was dearer to me than words, Can
tell.
If you were here 'today, Cattle, 4153 sheep, 1030 bogs. The
We cannot bring the old, days: backs total assessed value was $142100,
Your bands we cannot touch j Official reports; show taxes =collected
But God has given us wonderful that year Were $12,740,39. Total re-
memories I celpts front all sources 18,113,45,
Of a on and brother we loved CO Total expenditures $17,$00,0, Is
match, I interesting to 'note that $35000 deb.
Mures Were assured as a bOntilS to the
lrailraaid, for having two stations:
Ethel and fleerryin, In the township,
It is alao noteworthy that When
the ,survey wias made Cranbrook
Was expected to be a town, Ethel A
Of f110111 700• to 1000 poplila.
tion and lienfryn a village, what
changes the rural population, dec.
line have. brought. The villages of tne
;township have declined rather than
adn'anced with-the 'possible exception
;of Moiesworth;whielb islittuated onr th
nombh boundany ;and• partly in, Wall-
ace Township. Cranbrook at one
„time boasted of the. only ',public
house" in the township, built by
James Tuck. At a later date there .
were three from Ethel ito Brussels Machan
Brussels, Ont.
HERE'S EXTERIOR PAINT
AT ITS BEST
Rpouires only
one coat for most
paint lobs,
and saw him
In. 1909 the 'Week was burned, It
Was re-bliiit In 1910 by Thos. Vodden !
There was a large building and hall
upstairs with mOdern conveniences.
porester and Red Cross meetings i
were held there, IalSo wolk for the
1st. World War, John McDonald then
took °e'er the leseneral 'Shore. Wm.
T. Spence grocery and rediaurant
McLeitand jewellery, Miss Emma ,
Hunter, now Mrs. McCallum, a mill-
inery_shlop, Miss Mabel Menzies,
now Mrs. D. N, MoDonald, a dress '
making Shop, Also a flour and feed
store in the brook. Mrs. R. DIIWorth
Larne front the 'west and bought the
corner block, Mr, J, McDonald Sold
Otis business to J. R. Hall, from Mit.:
obeli then: later Mr. McDonald Sold
the block to Mr. Weisisenbuirg and a
butcher shop was built on by his
son-in-law, Bert 'Gibson; Later the
buttther shop was sold to the Public
library Board. Mr. Hall kept a gene
erM store aind pdst office for three
Years. On 'the night of May 6, 1923
the block was burned again and tihat,
summer Mr .Thos. Walden: rebuilt it.
Mr. Vodden, started store keeping
himself, later 'he sold to J. Pearson,
aside the bake shop to 3, B. Lake.
While J. Pearson 'was in business. '
There was anther fire, ire whole
, block waisn't burned. and Mr. Void-
de rebuilt it again. and sold it to
Mr. Bain and in 1927 'he traded it
for a farm from Mr. Nelson My-
den. Then Mr, Wni. Ziegler brought
the store and carried on for 20 years.
In 1916 Mrs, Ziegler sold to Mr. H. ,
\swift who is 'the present owner. Mr,
Donglals occupys the' grocery where
the bake shop was. The othler parts
have been removed, The library., was
mloveci ,alcress the road 'where it nOW
stands,.
Hardware
Parking with even part of your car
On the highway is against the law.
Good drivers always park completely
off the road. Moving traffic needs
all the road space.
Phone 17
FOR SALE
'3 Durham and poll Angus Calves,
1 Week old.
Tian. MoKinnon Phone 68x2
FOR SALE —
Collie Pips, apply to
Claire yanCamp Phone 151 18
Brussels
FOR SALE --
1 Wloold's Milker, 2 single units,
just used 2 years.
Ken Tyerman Phone 24-8 -, •
The hushan,d I lost and loved Se
Lovingly remembered by wife,
Mabel and daughters Phyllis.
IN' MEMORIAM
Duncan —' In leering memory of a
dear wife, 'mother and grand-,
Mother, Duncah, who
pasIsed away one year ago, July
23rd. 1955,
One year has_ passed since that sad:
day,
The one we loved was called ,aWaY.
God took her home, it wall His will,
But in our heartsshe liveth
!Spicily missed by her husband and
family.'
HOW GOOD ARE
YOUR DRIVING HABITS?
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trice the township, were
about 1313.
Rural Decline
A ;startling commentary on the
decline of rural industry, 'is shown
by the foliowing busineSses, which
once ,flounished, but now are gone
from Ethel village. Saw mill, flour
oarriage plant, operated by
Caber and Sons, carpet weaving by
,Sam Chantbers. A pottery operated our hope that a reslonlably complete by Wm. S,pence alsio the ntanufact- history of the township and a great nre of lanooms, now neither undertaken while there is time. a resident fleeter, clergyman. or * M• * practising -,veterinary, although Dr. History R. J, Pearson Residence Wardlaar, whoIeameto Ethel in 1912 In The Village Of Ethel has ,piracitised 4coinitintously
1 111 year 1857. William Spence forced by ill health, about a year '1111e came to ;the 'township of Grey and :algO to discontinue Elective duty. Two purchased 'tare lots from a ,man by blacksmith shops have disappeared. the same of Storm. then living on One being torn down and the other lot 22, con, 8.Tlie farm Where Chester Wining to the repair of farm ma_ Earl now lives. These two 'lots 'were chines and mOttor
Preach at 'a church 'Oh the 6th.Con.
Other churches in the Twp. are,
The Anglican Church. Ilenfryn.
Union United Church, 12611, COIL
United -Church, - 1VIoncrief1, Pres-
byterian =Church, Cranbrook, United
,Cfhuroll, 'Walton.
Among those that have 'vanishe'd
are a church called Union on the
6th. concession the Methodist Church
at Oranbrook, and Roe's United
Church on the 14th conCeSsion,.
In closing we realize that the
foregoing merely touches on the
history of the township asd a great
many omissions will donbltless be
meted by intellested 'persons t• .fo
which we beg their ,forgivene(ss. It is
gravel roaid on the '7th. and 3tilt.
concessions. At one time there were)
Also several 9posh . villages", •a post
office being established in ,gran-
breiotk in 1855, Wm. Spence was
first post master in Ethel, commenc-
ing in 1858.
Only the post office in Ethel suit. •
vives with Geo. Dunbar ais," post
master, Rural mail rOultes now ser-
tarter.
CLEARING AUCTION SALE
of Household ,Effects of the late
Sarah Ellen Kirkby at her late resi-
dence Turnberry Street, South in
Brussels on
`SATURDAY, JULY 21st,
at 1.30 p.•m.
3 beds, 1 single and 2 'double
3 bureaus. e> 3 washstands
3 springs and mattresses
Sundry, slheets. blankets and
table linens etc.
Living i.olom suite, platform robker
2 large" armehalirs, Wilton rag
Axminster rug, Round Oak 'table
Library table, 2 _lamps
Sundry ;Pictures,
Spring couch' (sliding)
Dining room suite
Extension table, 6 chairs
Large boOkcase, china cabinet
Drop leaf table, small table
6 kitchen chairs, 3 rockers
Cupboard,. Singer Sewing niaclane,
(good_as new)
1 range, 1 heater, 1 coal annex
Dinner set (Rose Wreath)
Tea set (china)
Silver ,tea pot
,Silver butter dish and cake plates
3 Dresden plates
6 knives a,n1c1 fbrks
3 individual Wet mirrors
1 kitchen clock
Set kitchen scales
Pictures and kitchen utensils
Garden tools.
Many items listed are antiques.
Terms Cash
Postively No Reserve
Executors — J. S. McArthur,
G. Kirkby.
Auctioneer LeW Rowland ,
Phone Seaforth 683M
• knoWn as ,Village lots 9 and 10 x;111-
,ReligioUs Organization Storm's Survey of the Village of
In, 1878 a Warrant was ielsted ilor Ethel. On'these 'Ova lots Wm. Spence
WINGHAM
MEMORIAL SHOP
/oar Memorial &alums ant,
thirty-rye Team Alweare sect
THE REST GRANITES
Aloes WI%
Expert Destgelvig
Werlenseente•
Prima Most Itesasteabla
te=atary Lettering a saammay
R. A. SPoTTON
25e. WIngham. metro%
FRONT and SIMCOE ST&
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TORONTO
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PHONE: EMPIRE 34111
s,
14071.4 ortive uldge No. 31 lathe built a amp frame house comprising
a living reern, kitchen, and three Oen/Ay of- Harem IN. This organize-
tion, While, it has suffered the same bedrooms, with no upstairs. A year
decline 'two liter there Was built on the
jat c ive Operatioa Ind holds meetings' north west corner of the lot a pottery as the chnrches. i s still or
where the manufacture of crocks, in the ledge hall in Ethel the first
Monday of ,each mon& The preSent imilk Pans etc. was carried on for
10 or 12 years. In1881 the office in gager is Edward, MotirioW. The pre- front of the hedge wets, ;built, this sent United Church in Ethel ideseend_ office being 'used as 'a posit office, ed from the Wesleyare`Methodisit and telegrapph office and tioavnsIllip clerk's PreSbyterian chtirches. Meeting waS office; all under tilte, management of held first in a log building situated
on the present seheol grounds which 'Wm. Spefice, In, 189.4 the Ismail house
Was.remodelled by raising the roof served both, as school and church. A of trent part , alnd building a new
Taltlge frame imildin.g was erected part to the west ,side making a OM.
later en the farm Of Lawrence Deb-
.to
home as it now stands, In
,son at the Western end of the village,. Mara. 1936 this property was, sold
beside which the township Hall was to Wm. Simpson and in 1938 to
Baiter erected and on the site of Which ithe township garages !bw Wm. Hamilton, a short ,time later
Mr, HaMiltott passed away and
;stands.. In 1915 a tire in the Male Mrs. Hamilton moved to Statford.
pant of the village Made ;the present. The HottSe Was rented felt two years
site available and the strudlatte was to M. Hewitt, and in Dee. 1946 was
moved bodily di0wvti the Street on, lattreltased by R. 3'. Pearson'
rollers, Extensive additrons were, Mm. Gee. Kreuter of Ethel iS a.
made including the bricking Of 'the idatighter Of the late Wm. Spende.
structnre Which Was again opened
for setiviee its November 1917, - HISTORY OF CORNER BLOCK
Present Minister is Rev, Andrew NOW OCCUPIED. BY H, SWIFT,
Lane Who is' reSidenit minister in GENERAL MERCHANT, ETHEL
Di-easels, The first WAS ra, small frame
Llt.;Septentber 1875, a Plot of bailding, built by Sandy Smitr in
ground was purchased 'from Tait 1870. 'This building was sold to H. 1.
Met at the east end of the village F. McAllister` later he built a pleee
upon Which was erected a fraute ,to this building with a dWelling:_
church by —the PreebYteriaa deli- ttlitOye, This was a General Store,. as
on-dilation. 'Sy 1026 this church littSinatt itnpaiaved and the dentin-,
was also la need repairs and the tiaity bedtime mote settled Mr, MC,
present brick istr
xi
ueture erected With built another part to it and
The official re141/ening solid Dec. built a. large: dwelling totie ,and
1927. ebtfreli, it also MiniSferitig tJabIe. no .pimiittti. Maple trees; 160
190, Thit cltttrch it aisle tatal§ter- 'bu m 6,6 ti,c board walk oto.
ed, to by a, nell4etideitt niffiWer•age .7
hu7m Te.i.616.1i, itt,ttht
*hc• conies 613ein Mithrtiek. elm - 7 "
FOR ALL YOUR AUTOMOTIVE
NEEDS SHOP AT THE
MAC BAEKER' AUTO SUPPLY
Permanent Type Ant; Freeze
$2.75 per gallon -
.75 per quart
'Thermostats Ranging from $1.05 to
12.10
Spark Plugs 56c to 69c each,
Auto Light and Chewy:goo
Mufflers from $4.35 to $9.20
Taill Pipes from $2.98 to 114.15
Exhaust 'Pipes from 13.25 to 14.71
Phone::: Residence 96 • Business Mr
Brussels. Ont.
TODAY EVERY ..FARMER • CAN U-SE MECHANIZATIO
FOR SALEr ,,.-
13riek Cottage' Hydro, 2 acres
land in Stnall village: near scheol,
store, and chopping mill, Prided at
$1900.00 cash
5. ante Farm Good house, hydro,
bank barn on county road always
ploughed, Priced at $25()0A 4
dOtEtal. 'Store •-•* in good sized
Village. Stock 4005,00;' etinitiineat
$1.0043.60, Price .including otook,
etittlitntent and" Building storey)
$5566,66 &tali,'
100 acre blarm— Beautiful brick':
2 story house,' bath,furnaCe, and
1)14Ysitife system, driveehed, bank
tartly '5 acres bush. .Situated
county reed: "tirleed tat $9566.04
donoiiitt Stolle Iih good
on l ghw y itaititinient titSOO.OSt!
iitOCk.et t inViiied Price:Rent tot ittiart
meals ant Siete $65.00 per month.
Phone tonmrtteitioii
Btmeaeie- Ont. '
sr111.1114.,
INSEMINATION '.1‘iFoFimAtioNs
"Far artificial internitatioti
Illation or Service fret all breeds- of
cattle, phone the Waterier), _Cattle
Breeding AtteciadOn att:
Clinton H V.2 3441 or
Palmerston 498 between 7.30
and Mil A. M. We'llaitii breedl
a0tallable top Mighty at IOW belie'
ELMA FARMERS, MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE CO.
Established' in tIN
Hera °frit* Attetteitt,
Mitt*
!term Property, privets OWs$l
And Contentia. In A1atWeia and Vila*,
ali la"
'II itti RANCE At doillOi
Outitaitiour *Arai
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R. W4, (Mak) Witilifiltta
bit ,
New developments and new improvements hi machines every year are
extending the mechanization of agrictilture. +ractorsand power
machine§ are now available in a range of size§ and styles ads table to
so many different jobs that every farmer can select SquiDinentliat will
give him the production and pro& advantages of mechanization:
In the 1956 MasseyAiarris and Ferguson lhleS Ateliciaii new tractors
and machines with features that Will help yoti handle your work
easier, quicker, and With less labour,
Your local dealer Will be glad to give you trill paiiitigarik w orthti 50 Or '99& (dile liefriger4
Pok
CroSiiing the swiotlefi: mattlaad :N um tion 16.4;1,106 (,,e.1.0 „Alia
to-ooe wit tot ott --81.6,) !bat iii6;figeummett ilitielieta, tot throne rendered lard, Htgh
iii 'this block WO, a denble Store
• Ati entrained to the greedy store and
Iii 4iassdrig we 'able with regret one bo 'tlio dry goods sthr'e.
jo„
itAiLA 16;18I ;Of ;another that of `""`"
quay , froth 8 titir"
,Eyotat 1.0136rt i)sok WAS Tang() attire where they
It Mete* and tteo. Tratettati tervhig ;:t
etc 'Bu 1/1vtiel r °61"4:
In that della:CIO for nianY Yeare. Mr;
n and 4°Itt e tit it,
tateMnit *SS tilinbef 66*n:ea it -61 16. '6616ii*th 8116iii"
bee
Am*ititsq Iiboct bf, loft *kite, toil ititv Nub to asic2ts of eggs', Wet grntle'd iiul void
tor g to iite a deli. ft Si'dit *ere'
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