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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-06-28, Page 40Fresh Meats PHONE 887-6294 Custom Butchering BRUSSELS Congratulations Brussels ON YOUR 100th ANNIVERSARY THOMPSON and STEPHENSON MEAT MARKET 16a—THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 28, 1972: PHILIP' AMENT T WISHES TO .BRUSSELS other made soa each spring LISTOWEL H 0 T*E L ONTARIO Per Reservations, LiPENSED UNDER 4.1.,8,0, Jack Brown , Phone 291,1881 Manager GREETINGS and CONGRATULATIONS ti-k e. Village of Brusseli on their: 100th Birthday - MAY YOUR FUTURE BE PROSPEROUS EVANS' HARDWARE . ETHEL, ONT. (09litinued from Page 15a) Scott toek over the business and went into partnership with the Whites froM WroXeter and made kiddies' Wagens, sleighS and wheelbarrows, J. T. Woods' Woellen, mill (where the clinic stanclA them vacant, was used as a, paint shop, This undprtaiting was not a Success as 'Dad had depleted the area of usable timher and the boyS had to. ship_ logs in. This proved too costly and soon the mill elosed for good. Bill had 'a flax mill for making tow, in the Stove mill, at the same time. When the main mill closed they discontinued that too. More about, life as Iwas grow ing up. I have said. Mother was a great gardener. There was a vegetable garden at the house and a large one behind the cooper-shop.. After the barn at the house was burned there waS just the one garden., we always had fresh vegetables and the pOtatoes grown lasted well late winter, Mother was fond of 'flowers and had a beautiful show every year from the earliest snowdrops • and daffodils to the late asters. It was my duty for seyeral sum- mers to keep flowers in the church every Sunday. There was always cut flowers in our hOnae. Mother kept chickens so we would have plenty of fresh eggs and 'chicken to eat. She hatched her own chickens and I loved when the basket behind the stove ' held newly-hatched chicks in the blanket. I. mentioned the cow. Mother made her own butter with a „dasher-churn. We always had lots of milk and cream. Soiir cream dressing was, used on lettuce or cucumbers and enjoyed by all. Even cottage cheese was made and at times converted'. into a homemade cheese spread. There were always two pigs ,raised in the mill-yard. All the "slops" were saved forthern in a barrel which a teamster carted away regularly. A great day in the Fall was butchering day. A Mr. Hollinger came in . from his' farm and helped Dad kill and cut up the meat. They even made sausage and put 'the strings around and around in a sterilized wash tub.. Liverwurst was another treat that was made. I remember Mother's soap- making. Every Spring this took place. I would come home after . four some warm Spring day to find Mother out behind the garage. Two large up-ended barrels held a pole on which hung a huge black kettle. Mother was keeping a fire going under the pot and stirring its' contents with a long stick. In the pot was the accumulation of fats, lye and possibly other ingredients. "When it was boiled sufficiently it was left to cool in the pot, then cut into bars for laundry soap. Dad had landscaped the pro- perty over the years. He had an evergreen hedge around the front and sides. Mr.'Bone, whose daughter Bessie worked in the post office 'for years, kept it trimmed. They lived in the house North of Charley McKay's. There were also five large weeping birch trees in the front yard, These were blown down in 1953 when the cyclone came through Ontario from Sarnia and on up north. The old home has never looked the same since. Bill planted \the maples around the outside of the property. The verandah with all its cut- work has fallen to ruin also. We Aments are to Maine. All of us had scattered and did not care to come back to live in Brussels. It was too large a place for one person and so it was sold.Mar- garet took an apartment in the Herb. Stretton block where she still lives. Let me fell you about my school life and recreations. Miss Jean. Ritchie was my first' teacher. There were five divisions in her room which would be Grade one to-day. Then MisS Gertrude Ross - second book.. Our mothers were great friends and I remember taking a parcel up to Mrs. Ross the first morning ,of school and walking back with my new teacher. Her stiff shirtwaist and long skirt was a typical dress of the day. She was extremely nervous as this was her first school. But we got along just fine. Hattie Downing came' next in Third BOO (Gr. 5, 6). We studied from the Third Reader - one half in Jr. III the re- mainder in Sr. III. With so little available reading in the school year is it any wonder reading problems cropped up7 Miss Dora Smith, sister of Frank. Smith the Dreggist and Kate McRae (Mrs. Dr.) was my Jr. and Sr. IV teacher. She was a good disciplinarian and a very thorough teacher. Thus we all passed our Entrance exams in fine style, These Were all local teachers. I recall going to an old dentist in a small town in the North.. He had been raised MI:Mee:PA ne asked me why 1 came POI. When told him, I had been a teacher alellteNNe1144 a arrieteda'chbeer repflrieedn4 t Buren County! I read in the. paper that Huron County produced more, hogs and more teachers producestha an any other prize C hogs,un t y1"1 cannoti still. vouch for the present teachers. The aentinnatien. Scheel had two rat:ns - on the Main floor of thewer eP UBb.1 i5o. scchoetet p Mr nYerpaacs. i heran ti Miss Pearl McPherson. We had Forms I, II and M. In Form III you could get your Matriculation or go on to Normal. School so t must stha have a vae wonderful G ra de school. 12 spirit and many splendid schol- ars came Out of B. S. Scott's. classes. . I was always athletic. My brothers pulled me around on "bob" skates at the age of'seven. These had two 'runners, and , calmpecl on to your ordinary shoes. The first rink I remember was “open-air" on Bessie Moses' lot. After the War, Mr. h reneh of Teeswater built our overed rink. This was: later moved away then in later years the present one built. We had great Carnivals. The older boys played Hockey. We girls did too but there were not enough of us for an opposing'eam. So we persua.ded -our brothers to play against us using one hand. Doris and Marj. Ross, Jean Fox, Flo Buchanan and I were the mainstays of the team. We would stage a 10 - 15'minute exhibition at a Carnival. I remember how disgusted-I was when my current B.F. and I were put off by his refereeing father for "hugging' behind the nets!" Actually 'he was saving me 'from a bad fall! We had good dances too. When Mararet was going to dance's they were formal. I remember lying in bed as I watched "Bug- eyed" while my big sister and her friend from wingharn donned their lovely gowns, ospreys in their hair and l'ong white kid gloves. Mother was usually a Patron- ess for the dances. Once she took me with her for an hour to see the iovely ladies and hear the Tony Cortese Harpist 5-piece Orchestra from London. I still -see in my mind the dancing of the Lancers - the courtly bows and the treading in and out - something you only see in movies to-day. When Mike and I were in our late teens we several times danced to Guy Lombardo's Orchestra from London. Guy and his two brothers were just starting out. The one who played the drums was only thirteen and wore knickerbockers! When I hear Guy's Orchestra to-day on T.V. or Radio it is the same tone and rhythm though more volume. we also played, softball. We called ourselves the Bruseels Sprouts and played at the school picnic tournaments. We usually won too as Doris Ross (Swartman) our pitcher, and her sister Man. (Bain) on 1st. base had played for Varsity, while 011a Armstrong, catcher, taught and played at Acton. I played 3rd base and had played with Palmerston. Louise (Rose) Porter played 2nd base ' and Flp Buchanan was our short stop. Tennis Was another sport that I enjoyed. Mr. Fox, the druggist, had a court on the ,lot next to his home where Doris McDonald's home now stands. Being friendly with Jean and Sandy we played often after school. Then a court was built on the rink site and tio later moved to the bowling green North of the Bridge. We snowshoed in winter and liked to trek to the graVel-pit down the railroad West of town. Melville Presbyterian Church played a great part in my life. I belonged to Mary Forbes' ( Mrs. Garth Baeker) S.S. class for years. When the present church Was bent our class sold names for an autograph quilt and bought the piano for S.S, Mission Eland under "Aunt Lizzie" Ross (IVIrS. E. Smith) (Continued on Page 17A) 77.17-771r=