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Nine children were born and raised in' 'when shearing, carding! spinning were all
this small shanty. Not a doctor, was called x . done on the farm, Twenty-five or thirty
when the children were. ushered into this young folk would meet to work by, candle
world... Mrs. Machines,. who lived on the light at "fulling" the cloth: Gaelic song
adjoining farm was always ready and and story made - the work seem like
willing to help ,a neighbour in need. pleasant amusement.
the seholar of sixty years ago'was askedthe was ten and at school; read the names and
other day. Without *any hesitation, the marked the time..
reply came,` Elbe, Rhine, Seine, Lgrie, and The first train brought a record crowd of
l'a dozen pore, which • spoke • well for :the people to the village. After living for
teaching under such difficulties. ' twenty years so far from the railroad, many.
There Was a fine type 'of community life
in the early dayS. WheneVer a major task
was to be undertaken, a "bee" 'was
arranged, and• twenty or thirty, neighbours
were on hand td help with "thelogging" or
"the quilting" or "the fulling": The field
to be logged was usuallyStaked to divide
into five equal parts, and then five'*gangS
With; five men to a gang raced:With each
other to see which could finish 'first.
Frequently, while the men were busy
logging, the women folk' would have a
quilting bee at the house and the day would
end with an old fashioned dance.
. The fulling, of, course, is 'a lost art in.
Kinloss now. It was the process in
connection with the manufacture of cloth,
t a
graVel road, Dan was one of the first , money for the first tune. MacDon
scholars. The three Rs received most of the ald had worked. on railway construction at
attention of teachers and scholars alike, • Woodstock before coining to Luelinew,
• with some conSideratiOn to history and , was the, boss in charge o Th f building e
geographY, grade through Lucknow. He brought his
• , time book home every night and Dan.,,who • `-'Can ydu name the river f E ? ' - s o Europe?''
School days followed at the old log The profiling of 'the railroad. in 1873
school, 1% miles.weSt:fro the Grey Ox. made great changes in the district-Nearly
Then when_thP4eponsWInot opened on every family had' one or more i earn in
had given up hope of having a railroad.
Money continued to be a very scarce
corimiodity. The first ,large sum of money
Dan earned was for cutting .500 cords of
wood with his neighbour, Alex MacKenzie'.
They were paid 25 cents a cord. They were
never satisfied unless, they each earned 50
cents every day. They .started wqrk, at 6
a.m. every day and cut till about 4 o'clock..
It would takefilt 7 p.m. to split and:pile
'before coming home 'for supper.
•
In ,1898: Dan married Sadie Tiffin of
La.ngside. Itwas hard for the neighbours to
understand why-Dan had to go so far away
• as Langside for his wife. The young bride
soon won her way into the hearts" of the
intiostp001:
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BY SANDY NICHOLSON
• To have lived 73 years on the same farm
is one of the accomplishments of D. A.
MacDonald, well known Kinloss farmer.
Many changes have 'taken- place since
William MacDonald' and •his wife, Esther
Fidler and 'two. little._ girls, Abbey, and
Cassie, settled on lot 6., concession 2,
Kinloss in,1854. Pan, .the, sixth was a
member of 'a family of eleven.
Born in1863, in the old log shaidy on the
homestead, he started life with all modern
luxuries lacking and the barest nescessities
available. . •
The shanty was'typical of all the'homeS
of the first settlers. There was, but, one
room in the log houSe, .aboUt fourteen by
twenty, with two small window's and one
- door.Shingles were not used the roofing
being made from bark peeled from trees
and flattened into sheets abotifsix feet by
four feet. Thelloor.was clay, and an open
fire-place, separated from the end of the
house by a large' "back" log supplied beat
in winter,: and served to cook the simple
mealS in winter and sernmer—No ovens
Were used: Pots were held over the flame
;by an iron crane. Hemlock branchessdrved
as the Original beds.
Later, a prized article Of furniture was a
home-made tiunk, which served, as•a bed at
night, and when, folded, a bench in the
daytime. By this tinte, blanket's were hung
at night to 'separate the sleeping quarters.
Green wood was used exclusively for fuel.
It had not been discovered that dry maple
• was more serviceable,
ortald
Scottish Prsbyterian felk. Two children
Were born, William Richard, .who served
with the Royal Navy during the War and
died;in 1931,'and Jennie, who is now Mrs.
William Porteous of LucknoW. •
Mr: MacDonald entered civic life in
1902,'when he was elected Councillor for
Kudos& Three• years later he was made
.4 Reeve, an office he filled for nearly fifteen
earsTwithoutever-being4efeated, In 1912
he served as Warden of Bruce County.
was an honour two others had brought to.
Kinloss, Robert Purvis and Jaynes'Gaunt.
Dan was also a Member Of the County
Good Roads:Committee. when the plans for
the first County Highway' network' was
developed,
The "Big" Church has always been his
church horne. The ,simple form of worship
without an organ, where the ,people stood
to pray, And Sat down to sing the psalms
and paraphrases, made a lasting impres-
• skin. He has been Chairman of the Board
of Managers and, of the. South Kinloss
Cemetery fin' Many yeari,
Baseball has always been a favourite
sport. For ' many Years his services as
pitcher were in demand. He still enjoys a
good game, and occasionally. acts -- as
umpire. A ready tongue and a keen sense
of humour have always made "Black Dan"
MacDonald a favourite with old and young.
Editor's Note: This is a shortened. version
of an: article written in the summer of 1936,
for the LucknoW Sentinel.
es on trucks hauling hazardous materials
haviour, self-care,' special'
edncation, phySical or speech
therapy and other programs:
Labour Minister. Robert ;El.
gie has announced that-Ont-
ario's minimum wage, may
soon go Up.' He will make
.such recommendation to
Cabinet soon.
The preSent rate is $3 an
hour for general employees,
$3.75 for construction work-
ers, and $2.18 for students
under eighteen in 'summer
employ-Mont. The minimum
have to -dn-with'-the mainten—
ance Of a-federal parliamen.
tary system of government
that is capable of looking
after the interests of ' the
contitry as a. whole.,
- Ten key. principles' that
Ontario will seek to achieve
in any new Canadian Con-
stitution. were outlined by the
, Premier.
.He expresSed disappoint.:
meat that constitutional ne-
--•-gotiations:. over 'the, past ten
to fifteen years-Afave not
achieved the desired reform,
and urged thitwelmild upon
•,, Ontario will impose tough-
et ,safety roles ' on triicks
hauling, hazardous materials-
on provincial roacIS and high-
ways, says Minister of Tran-
sportation arid Communica-.
tions, JaMes Snow.
Mr..Snow told a meeting of
the Ontario. Trupking Associ-
ation the government doesn't
like imposing regulations,
but a ,mandatery -safety in-
Spection ' program of tank
trucks is likely •in the, near wage last 'went up in Janu-
-fut-tire.-,' . , —ary, 1979. •_
"Any safety, malfunction Premier Davis has expres-
on tank trucks (carrying sed his desire to work in
gasoline-or chemicals) could cooperation with federal and
lead to, needless death or preilintl ,• government rep-.
injury...We 'have no choice resenta ives toward consti-
but...more regulation," said tutional reform, within the
Mr. Snow. . framewerk of federalism. In . • Tank-truck inspection is a statement` in 'the ' Legisla-
the first step. The federal tire following the,Quebec
government has drafted rul- Referendum, Mr. ' Dayis
es • covering definitions of • pledged the unanimous sup-
dangerous chemicals, re= 'pert of the Legislative As-
SPonsibillty of drivers of senibly of Ontario to ' this
hazardous cargo vehides, end.
including what to do if an The Premier and two Cab.
accident occurs, warning inet Ministers have met with
sings, etc. , ' Federal Minister of Justice,
The new ,::federal rules - Jean Chretien, for initial dis.
expected to become law cussions on the substance
within six months - won't - ,and process of constitutional
apply in all cases in OntariO1 change. Mr. Chretien will
until the provincial govern- hold similar discussions with
mont approves them. representatives of all ten
Ontario will spend $29 provinces.
million in the next four years The Ontario Legislature
on new training, programs for will appoint a Select Corn.
the mentally retarded in mittee on Constitutional ,fie.,
special care homes and nurse form to assist in,. the task of
ing homes, ,. according 'to preparing for renewed con.
Keith Norton, Minister of stitutional negotiation. Mr.
Community and Social expressed the hope _
ices, . , ,that this committee will
He said the plan will cost report on'ways to achieve
° taxpayers about $1.3.,inillion a his objective by the end of
year to operate 'and will' the summer.
create 800 non-government While pledging the Ont.
jobs. ' * ario Governitnerit's full parti-
tinder the new program, cipation in• all, ongoing dis,-
2,920 people will be affected. cussions that take place, in
Each mentally retarded per- adopting a flexible and open
son will be individually ass- minded position to • Weak,
essed by team set up by the aspirations and calls for
ministries of Health, Educa- change ' that come from • all
tion and Community and parts of Canada, Mr:Davis
Social Services to'provide an reiterated the principles'on
individual plan for training which this goverintent will
and treatment, including be- be firm. These principles
strated- by so-many from-all
parts of the country.
Stuart Smith has pledged
the enthusiastic cooperation
of the Ontario Liberal Party
in, this effort to bring about
constitutional change.
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the' sense of urgency and
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The size of the beginner swimming classes is limited.
So come early to get the time of your choice.
The Junior, Intermediate and Senior classes are not
restricted.
ON REGISTRATION DAY' „.
PLEASE KNOW `4
Saturday, June 7th
FROM 9 A.M. TO 12 NOON
There will be two summer swimming sessions fqr the '
month of July and August
SWIMMING LEVEL ATTAINED
TIME PERIOD HEMMED
IN WHICH SWIMMING swam YOU WANT
TO BE ENROLLED Poly se Avow a both)
DON'T ENROLL SMALL CHILDREN WHO ARE
, LESS THAN 44" TALL
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