HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-17, Page 15Floral Fantasia was pres-,
entecI September 14, at the
Seneca College, in the Mitilt
ler Additorium;'Toronto to
capacity audience. This was
presented by C.M.C. ; Cope
Marketing Concept - of
which J. J. Houston, Miss-
issauga and formerly of
tucknow, is one of the three
partners.
• C . M "prettY-• posy', -
is a Polyester Flower and
Christtnas Decoration whole-
sale house.. •
This was their first Work-
shop and Design School set
up for florist personnel in
retailing „such „fresh_ and,
Start project
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Peaches, Apples,
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529.7124 rut Of Kin id
°Iron'.Page 8 Polley were,torne who came and some of
on an acre or so of land with a drystone those names$re still common there. Since
limestone wall around it exactly, like the- - it Was. Crown Land, they received Crown
• Walls in Ireland: About 1911' the Township , Deeds and the deseendants who still live on
erected a stone which said "Sanfl. * those farm's count; their CroW,n Deeds
• -fitrs,t...b.RtilTV•e:izre$1,,. in this •))9.,ssessions.
-canoe trintidi. At ffi6' Moment I c
_naw, _two-Island fa en-the
Cemetery and that little stone,
As I said earlier, some of the tenant
farmers became discontented when they
could not own their farmS. Around 1840,-
they heard that the northern strip of Huron
County, ,between Bruce County and the
Huron Tract, had come on. the market for
cash sale and settlement. ;ThomaS Ander-
son and his friend, Alexander Pentland,
Were sent by. some of the Islanders to "spy
out the land". They liked ,what they saw
and took back a good report. They also
chose excellent farms across the road from
each 'other, north of Dungannon,
The 'result' Of their report was that a
number of families decided to move to
Huron and some settled at Nile. and ti
Dungannon in 1845 or 1846 Anderson,
Finnigan, Girviti, McMath, Pentland and
The first meeting of the
Kaitshea 4-H Homemaking
group was held on ThursdaY
September 11 at the home of
Mrs. Alice Ritchie.
This project is entitled
"Food For Friends". with
Alice Ritchie and Kathy
Howald leading. Members
include Mary Ann Ritchie.
Nancy Haldenby, Joanne de
Sandra Exel, Lind
Vander Klippe, Monica Hart-
emink, Heather MacDougall,
Katrina Howald, Doreen.
Mali. Molly McBride.
' The meeting opened with
the election of officers. The
results are as follows: pres-
ident, Mary 'Ann; vice pres-0
iclent , Doreen; secretary;,
Linda and press reporter,
Molly. The name of the :
group was left until next
meeting. Mrs. Ritchie out-
lined a few requirements of
the members. Mrs. Howald
read over and disciissed the
first section of the members'
pamphlets called StirFrying.
The first recipes were looked
over by members 'and the
girls set to work Preparing
Chinese Style Pork, Rhubarb
Punch and Almond Cookies,
Mrs. Ritchie discussed En-
ergy Conservation. Mrs.
Howald followed up with the
kilowatt, hours discussion. By
this time, the food was
Institute.
efrom page 11
Mrs. H. Barger, Mrs. M.
Gibson, Mrs. S. MacGilliv-
ray, Mrs. C. Brown and Mrs.
Wm. Helm, delighted the
meeting with their singing.
Mrs. Harvey Webster
spoke on a trip she had to the
Deep South, and showed
pictures of the different
places where she had visited.
Mrs. Alex MacNay thank-
ed all those who took part ,
and the meeting closed with
the 'Queen.
ates
original family farm, but there may be
more. McQuoid, ,Glen and Kilpatrick are
alSo Island names but I do not remember if
those families .around Diingannon came
from , Amherst 'Island. There were. also
'many settlers around Dungannon film
Great Britain and a few of thein•are also the
proud owners of Century Farms.
All the Dungannon piOneers worked.end
lessly to clear their land. Life was ;hard but
they were working for themselves, not an
absentee landlord. The soil was a deep,
rich loam - not a thin layer on limestone
bedrock as.on Amherst Island. They •lived
in log houses but they prospered and in a
relatively few years, 25 in some cases, they
were able to build substantial farm homes
of frame or brick. . •
There was a bilckyarcl in Dungannon in
,silk flower'items'that can he
used with'the changing seas-
on the year.
Mr- Ian Le Cocq, Thunder
, Bay was Master of Ceremon-
ies for the day. Mr. Tom
Colins, Floral . Design In-
structor, Seneca College,
was commentator for the
morning
The afternoon'featured an
exciting Fashion Show; with
assistance of personnel from
Toronto Eaton Centre. Com
mentator was' Pamela Eves-
Chesbro.
Bob Turnbull, of the Bob
•` Turnbull Flowers, London,
those dayS. The DUngannon .schoolas
built of that brick. It was built on, a corner
of the Davidson farmund'a descendant of
the Davidsons now owns it and uses it as a
holiday home. As in all, pioneer commuti-
...ribarivaisings Were cooperative enter
Besides farming, Some of, the pioneers
engaged in other work - probably the
trades or other occupations they had had in
the old land. One man built a loom (at Nile)
and supplied the settlers with very wel-
come blankets and homespun material for
clothing=until the Berimiller Woollen mill
opened. He had most likely been a cottage
weaver in Ireland so had experienced
unemployment before due to a factory. His
pioneer loom is now .in the ,Royal Ontario
Museum in Toronto and the officials there
pronounce it perfect in every detail. He
knew looms, His family was the kind who
never threw anything away, so everything
from the sheep shears to the loom, a
finished coverlet, and a bit of rag carpet
woven on it, are now preserv*ed in the
Museum, *.
As the years passed, more than a
century, many more people settled in the
Dungannon area, and many of the des-.
Cendaiits•;Cif .the
Old hOnrieS: They have niitnYtelds
of--endeavonr7-trddes;:-busines;,,
education, professions, the arts. There are
journalists, 'actors, musicians, .teachers,
Writers, civil, servants, politialans, radio
and TV persOnalities Just look in any one
of these Occupations and you will , find,
someone whose roots' are in Dungannon
and vicinity.
But many , have remained and the
Prosperous appearance ;of their farms
indicates, their success as farmers; success
which began in the 1840S. They were aided
and enceuraged by the fertility of the soil in
the; Dungannon area the fertility of soil
laid down on the bed Of a pre-glacial lake.
BY THE COUNTRY MOUSE
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prepared and everyone en-
jOyed ,the Orierital dishes.
The meeting closed , 'with
fvfarY Ann leading the . ,
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"prises''= 'hard --labour .1rin neighbourly
gatherings.
was . commentator for the
many beautiful floral sett-
Jay HoiiSton is Designer
for, C.M.C. and was co-or-.
dinator for the complete day.
A smorgasbord luncheon was
served at: the noon hour.
Floriits attended from ar
, - eas- -between -Vaneonver :and—
, Halifax. Locally, Mrs., Her
vey Houston, Mrs. Kenneth
Hotiston•,HolYrood and Mrs.
Wallace Houston, Ripley at
tended.
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