HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-06-12, Page 9•on property donated by Thos.
Eadie, Lot 15, Concession 10, and
known as End-let' Church, Owing to
lack oe lumber, the building was
not finished` until the summer of
1866. The , seats Were made by
sawing off blocks of wood and
layifig planks on them, •
Mr. Hastie ' preached his first
sermon in, the church en October
28, 1866. The first meeting of ses-
sion was !held February 1, 1867, the
elders being Thee. Eadie, Thos.
Aitken, Thos. FOrtune. The first
communion held in the Church tvas
.February 3, 1867, In 1869-Mr, Has-
tie withdrew his services from
Eadies, as Wingham wished to
have services every Sabbath, He
was held in high psteem by the
Lague, Ivfiss Kate -McDonald, Miss
Ada McGill, Miss Phoebe Cengram,
Miss ,Ecina Gilichison, Miss Jean
IVIcLennan, Miss Laura Hicks, Miss
Marjorie Gibson, Miss Margaret
Procter, Miss, Jentle. Sheriff, Miss
'Viola Turnbull, Miss Emily Teas-
dale, Miss Melvin Snider, Mrs,
Margaret Haatiuge, Mes. Lomeli
Palmer, Miss Helen MeGenigle,'
Mrs, Janisa -Ciaaltee.
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'A familiar sight to residents of this eel:au:en ity was Mr, Walter Carruthers, Lot 17, Con. 9, •
whet with his faithful horse, which lived to the age of 32 years, made alreeet daily dri•Vee
to and from Wiugham,
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Mrs, Fortune Weald li.lre to atianX,
! all theee who gave. pictures and
information} about our Community •
flats time, Come to. No. on•
June 29th visit With your
frierlels, and see other Cietres.
•j fOrnler days,
YO)11: • . *iecity eideese:Kl,t.
emcee •sealsis jal_sje 51 w,titelb 12i91C,
*011.0, tgtmi..isoritt, tititutiNicl toot follew. Zithier *epee iec.o latieorti to. iietaiel, dire. Yee: tool '"POtas.e.eleeeri begat, WPM vvnor. .got .Do$11.0-0.14 eel etoro. You-04%4 000)04 4.11aiit'se •
-Mb Many settlers ernigaated
to Canteda, settling 1x1 tixis. QOM-
sunnity,.
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• TVOXAS FORTUNE gains from
Duns, 'Senthern Scotland and
„chose Lot 4; Gellegeelim 9, tOr his
hfnTio,. Tie Marridd Mies Jane Mit-
obeli from Stirlingshire, Seotliend
and there were nine ehildren in
their (grainy, John? CatherineeMar-
gar*, Clara, Agnes, David, Eliea, Pupils at S,S, N,o, 5, Turnberry, in 1913-1914 are latch iGs!aO0 • ; beth, Th0ninta, /Sabel, Miss, ISabei rueicea Pearl McLean, Clara MeLeari, Miss Clara Copp, tetteher,*sery :aed David aria' it1 fttrrn Eaugh, 1Veineie Peitgle, Jean Pringle. Front l'oese: Vilna Gilhitienn
Agnes =tit ,from the Panlb county
in Scotland, Eight children wen
horn, Janet, Xsaheli Peter, ?harry,
James, Walter,, Thomas and vya,
'William remained on the farm
,and mart1'ed Miss Mary .17Vootls ,61;
Ontario, ,They had a Family of five,
Gertrude, Myrtle, Leelle, John,
•LOOne, Jahn is living on the•home-
stead now, has Married Miss ;lean
Tervit and ,they have " One son,
Billy,
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S,S. IYo. 5 Turnberry, (-Gin/mes 8C4011 as' it appeared When this
picture was taken on„ May 23, . 1019, • • •-
and remained witn 194 when tie
coined the United Church,. -
In .October.` 1010 the chureh held'
three Jubilee :services' with Rev.
Rev, Jos, Hastie in the,
oWv,e4J .We:t , as speaker the:
morning, R
afternoon and Rev. 0, Tate in the
During the following years stied*
ents from :college conducted the ,
services until Rev. 1N-m, Patterson.
Was inducted, followed by Rev.,
John -Greig, in 1934 and: Rev, Fred.
."'°;37eiv,7':Inow'lleT.Was the last mini-
ster of EadieS' ,Church, and the
last. service was held .on .10y 17
1945. During. the life of the church,'
it meant much to the community•
and has had, .a large share in, 'the
life and character of the • people,
atuititecitie of young mere and wci-
men- have gone out into the world,
better prepared for its battles
.beeaus'e they have been mede to
realize the presence and protecting
care .pf,G•od.. We axe prowl to
knowintu. a n, it is still serving a real pu
Pose the Summer Camps. at
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Mildred Yee, ,Edne, Hastings, Emma Hardie, Edith Jteittle'Renee.Oaligh
and jean 'Wilton, s • aa
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Ladies' Church Was Built in
ear 1867 at a Cost of $187
enjoy 'REAL flavour
in every flavour.
whenyou The Township of Turnbetry was T.
congregation.
Eadies was then joined to Tees.
water and Rev. David Warclrope
was inducted into the charge on
January 31st, 1871, and proved a
faithful and painstaking pastor, At
this time the Teeewater congre-
gation greatly increased and. In
1877 were strong enough to -sup-
at the present time;;
'THOMAS HASTINGS frame tAp
Scottish .Lowlands- settled' on Lot
10,, Concession $. Tie • naarried,Mies
Jenet McDougall Item the-Secittish
Plef4finde and:their children were.
JanvqMary, .Payidi Peter, John,
Helen, Agnes, Jennie, Margaret,
Elfiabeth, Peter Hastings married
Mies, Maude Leggett and their
fandly censieted of two daughters,
Ethel and Edna, At the peesent
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tirsee-liffee and .Mrs. Geo. Day occupy
thee. farm; ;, Mis, Day, being the
,former Ethel Hastings..
Mother firni occupied by a de-
-eendant of one of our early ,eettlers
Cencession 9. Roy •Hast-
iege,•the Creaerif °Wrier, is a grand-
site ,of, tne. first. Mr. :I-Testing to
settle there,.
,DAVID HAUGH from Septland
cvme to 'La 13,' Consession 9. He
was Married' to Miss Mary Fraser,
also &Pip S.eotiand. Their children
weice William, Thomas, James,
Sarah, Meow, Margaret, Jane, Wil-
ber. Haugh married 'Miss 'Cath-
erine Gilmput and, their femily
consisted' of , Fraser,. West and
:Rene. : West Hauglaremained on Lot
13, marrying Miss Edith Willits,
Elti(1' they. have a family of two
girls, • • ,
RETER DDANS emigrated from
the South of Scotland near the
-town of 'Hawiela and settled on Lot
22, Concession 9, He married Miss
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Of course rnoney doesn't gmw
on trees—but a few dollars
get aside each day can arnaunt ,
to $10,090 in twenty yeais.
Talk it over soon witli.%*an
Investors representatlye,-=-
"your best friend fnancii4V
Call or write: .'
Thos. A. Jardin ': ^
Phone 147 ,, ,
wiNGRAM, ONT1,0 ,.
John W. Waine0. ,,
Rat. 3, xxsaroviwri.
Phone .19E2 ' —
investoirs
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FortunePgrmKr.0,01
As Gilnochle•Pliic0'.,:;',.',••
.T.he Township, of Titrni4rk%
opened for settlement, irt'1804',bne,
of,*,the, first settlers ,was '240),,ifc
Fortune Who came in l<855: 'and
and took , up Vet 5, Concession -9
He came from" . in
Southern Scotland, a ,niettibere of
the Clan Armstrong .of ,-Gilooctile
and was one of tbe first of:ths elan
to emigrate to Canada.
The farm- :Wee known . 9,4•‘
noehie Plage fpr some, ,years,,,
name ,denoting a gathering plait,
for the elan; Jena,' Fartunt!; to*
an early 'interest- ineentinidinal af
fairs and Was on the ,
in 1857. '
On November 24th, 1852, hp ewas
married to Miss Jane • Main of
Northumberiaritl; .England They
had seven ,ciiildren, Jahn, Cha`elesi
James, Jane, .Margaret, 'clara;
George. Of these', childrene. Mies
Clare . and -George rennilited -at
home.,
George' was Married • to Mies-
Hel Hastings of Turnberry and
their' son, "John 1.-S11e,'-t'dnit`0,1.6 r
the 'feria' when his, father died ,in
1934. H0 operates' the ,farra -with
his sons, Donald end Douglas.:
Vic Loughlean
Wingharn
A gent for
CO" Atit o
Insurance
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pert their own minister and separ-
ated from Bluevale, Dluevale and
Efedies' united again with Rev.
James Pritchard, a stern and faith-
ful Preacher as minister until 1878.
In 1879 Dr, D. (1. McKay -of
'ona was inducted and' remained
for two years. In 1882 Rey, A, Y,
Hartley 'was called and remained
for fourteen years. He Was called
to 'his etward in 1004,i In p.897 Rev.
W. J. Weat. became minister, For
fifteen years he labored efficiently
and faithfully, The congregations
prospered both materially and spir-
itually and he greatly en aced
himself to all the people.
In 1913 Rev. C.. Tate was caned
So t,1710,1
Arammemommomunaimma
WESTON* Taken in 1913 or 1914 they are froth left to. right Margaret Wallace, Florence Imlay, Maude
Horton; LaVena Smith, Bessie Aitken. and Susan Bell.
O LOCAL TRAc•MARICI. lot
... beautiful and brainy
i he said, because she in
troduced him to ?th ,
splendid service featur
ed at- Downie's. 5 toe reClabe the logetieuee. Which stood
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Miss Janisa Perrie, teacher. back row, left to right: Gordon Adair,' Norman McGill, Alvin
Hastings, Ethel Hastings, Gertrude Deans, Ada McGill, Second row: Fraser Haugh, Alvin
Smith, Archie Andersen, West Haugh, Mary Haugh, Myrtle Deans, Grace Tucker.
Sitting: Harold Gilltinson, James Hardie, Chester Gilkinson. 740..iAtit haott. • (74...e._, 3 8
operied for settlement in .1854, It
was not until 1860, however, :that:
any movement was made to have
ordinances of public worship es-
ta,blishe'd in this locality.
In February 1860, Thomas Bailie'
and John McTavish called a Meet-
ing of this neighborhood arid, it
was decided to petition the gres-
bytery of London to have some one
sent to preach. ,Asa resulta•Rev,
John Rennie visited the district
and pn August 8, 1860 preached in
the house of Themes Beene and'
organized the. congregation into a
mission station with the following
persons, becoming men-there,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter, Deans, Mr.
and Mre, Thomas Eadie, Mr, and
Mrs, Andrew Pringle, Mr. and Mrs.
John Ritchie, Mr., and Mrs, George
Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. John Mair,
Mrs. E. Fleming, Me Walter Sloan,
Miss Isabella Sloan, •
For several years occasional ser-
vices were held, usually in the barite
in slimmer and, in the log school
noase near the river during the
Winter, The people mostly walked
to these services but occasionally
they came in. ,wagonsdrawn by
oxen;a little hay in the bottom of
a rack, softening somewhat the
jolts over. the ,liare corduroy roads.
Among those who preached dur-
ing that time were the following:,
J. B. Taylor, , Rev. W. C. Young
on
Ala
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Rev. Mr. Leask, Mr. Jamies,
Mr. Hume -and Mr. Fraser,
Hastie came as a student a
spent parts of two summers on, t,
field preaching at Bluevele a
NI/Ingham also, Tian congregatione ,
being well pleased with him, t
decided to wait until he had'
,
fi
ished his college `course and cl
him, toe eheia minister- Mr, ,Hastie
accepted the .call and was ordain
and -inducted in' October 1860 as
minister of• the 'Preebyterian
Church in Canada. •
The chutch was built, -in, 18.
On February 13th, a meeting of the
Congregation was held, and
building committee was Anders
consisting of David. nderson,
Thomas Aitken, Thbmas Fortune
William Mitchell, Thomas. Bac
and Hugh McDougall. When t
site was'':chosen and plans settled,
Mc-the Contract. was let to Colin
Donald and Robert Aitken, for the
sum of .1187.00, the congregation
to supply an the material. On Au
ust 17th„ 1,865, abOut fifty men
h
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Phone 37 for appointment . IN BIG OGILVIE%
Perry Como CONTES
Mn.s. if 'messy OA,
witsrleepapiiiiihst,
Turnber
Centenni
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eelit' the 'early days of settlement,
Spine fitia this eomMenity attend-
the•.'school Oritof 4 'Concession
1t, but most attended the old, log
01"164-on 'Lot:' ibe Geneeasion, 10,
,thOght.atC • btiiii" in the early
t•it:Th'is banding Wag destroyed by
fire and te"-frenee 'building was
built_ on thc corner of Lot 15, .Con,
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This ..tali.,31,drici •6:11, its :•ontents
*as idestroyed by fit'in Atigust
•,19.28; Aseregeetted the loss of reg-
isters •' and valuable informative
i"ftgarding'pi e:Watery of the 'school,
which never • be replaCed, •
,,"'Teachers at ,s.8. No, 5
'The teachers' from 1875 to 1885
Were•StiridY, Brita,dailelt, Jas. Ferg-
Paul ,,P,Oweli;• Jack •Mclahere!
;•gph, ,`George •Fyed per-
re n is Sarah Dunbar.
111 ,V).06
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taught from 1585' to
-1957-'have . been. John Hartley,' Cie-
Akle.7,Janes, Jahn, McDorinag11, Mr.
ktobirienit, Jas. Powell, 'alias Maude
41/Letfattl Mias, Sarah McLaughlin,
iVXiss Ehealieth Mtirdie,,Miss Eliza-
beth Varietal:1; Miss •Libble Murdic,
. Rector:' Mutton;.t4iss
Pearl 'Wynn, Miss Jessie
Carrick;, Janisa Perrie, Muss
Maude Hortoh, Miss Clara Copp,
Niles: Jean Aerrioitr, Miss Nellie Me-
Township School Floats $15.00 $10.00-
Best Representative
Float $25.00
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• — *est Float drawn with
ta,die's W.M.S. 1940, picture taken by Miss Jean Wilton. Back row, left to right: Rev, P.
Fowler, Mrs, Thos. Haugh, Mrs. Relit, Muir, Mrs. Gee. Fortune, Mrs. Wm. Haugh, Mrs, R.
Gilkinson, Miss Barbara Fortune, Mrs. Gm bay, Miss Agnes Fortune, Miss Agnes Hastings,
Mrs, Reuben, Appleby, nem row: Grace Gilmour, Mrs. Hugh Gilmour, Mrs, Harold Gillcht-
son, Mrs, Rev, Fowler,, Miss Mary Fergie, Mrs. Ivan Hugh, Mrs. Leslie Fortune, Mrs, Rey
team $15.00 $10.40,.: 4;4% '
i'. Best Comic Float . — , . $15.00 r — ''.,....' '' •
Best Old Fashioned..,:, • • ' • '... •
Mrs. Ed Murphy, of 16 copetancArS:;
Toronto, Ontario, wins 10 Print
o cheque f.opraid$1,tOriOp0 and an co .expense to
NI< for herself and her hushatia;:i
to meet Perry Como. e •
2nd Prize Winner,
Mrs. L. Ouglielrhin,,:; • !
of 291 Green Sfriet,
Fncrleie Fel°sni t50M0cl innite%Y re h
, 3rd Prize Winner,- 1
W aterloo,
r er Doreenio or c)Ousebbe Osborne; ,
,Ast of 621' Eastern „;,
• receives $250 in desk
5 WINNERS OF ACA VICTOR'
TELEVISION SETS
Mrs.m.foorlsitiru6tiai, Leowulnee.ton,
600 Canning Street,
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Mrs; Beatrice Ryan, .
47 Waterloo
John,
m terioo Street,,. B .
Saint
Mrs. Letty Turnbull, 4
5E704,g4 leTriloetroaphr ,
West Varkeuver,
Mrs. Russell E. Cerricluffe
93 Belts Ave:, Yerkten; $citte, t
Pauline Girard,
10931 Esplena de, Montreal, Otte,:
In 'tiddilion
10 Retry (i I, I tints weriaititiii -4
as torMiatiott pr4es1
All views Were selected by ash e
Independent tectiel of Judges .
May 6th, 1157, Aacoreetele let „
winners of the tooted is etycitlable
eon ;rectuos1 le, dny (Ace: el
Float $15.00 •
Best Decorated Car, $10.0,0
Best Old Model 'Car $10,00
Best Decorated Bicycle
Best ,Decorated Tricycle ,
Best Decorated
Doll Buggy $ 3A0 $ 2,00 $•"1;60• ;
Best Clown , . f ,„ , . $10.00 $ 44 00 ,s 5,00,
A prize will he glilen to the Oldest :Lady irt:d
and Gentlenian, natives of Turnberry.
A prize b giVen to all Girls anti who
are riding ponies in the' parade.
No Pima cant compete for ,two prizes, '
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rev: Joan' Raymond 'Audrey tlilmour, ,..„ .
NOTE —.Parade' committee are asking fOr '
,people or groups to enter the ;'Tsai Cempetitl00
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