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Letters to the editor
History of Hibbert story
My Great Grandma played with a
ball wrapped tight and a stick for
a bat
Dear Editor:
This story was written by the great, great grand-
children of William, Walton and Everard Kerslake.
Nicholas and David Chessell live on a century farm
in Hibbert Township and were in grades one and
three when they gathered the information from their
grandmother Isabel Kerslake. The story was submit-
ted for the History of Hibbert Township book
(1846-1996).
The story did not get published.
In the 1920s my Grandma went to school at #3
Hibbert. At that time the township was divided into
school sections with a school every two and a half
miles. There were eight grades taught by one teach-
er 30-40 pupils to a school. The higher grades
helped the younger students, their classes where pri-
mary first, second, junior third, senior third, junior
fourth, senior fourth. In senior fourth they had to go
to Mitchell, 10 miles away and write their exams for
high school.
My Grandma walked a mile and a half to school,
summer and winter. Sometimes they would get a
ride home with a farmer who was bringing his grain
to be made into chop at the grist mill in Staffa with
the team and sleigh. The school was heated with a
box stove in the center of the room and looked after
by the teacher. My Grandma used slates for her dai-
ly lessons and they were cleaned every day. In their
free time they played baseball, swam in the creek in
which they built a mud damn but had to have two
tile in the damn so the water got down stream for
the farmers. In winter they would sleigh ride on
Staffs hill as there weren't many cars. Then they
had the Christmas concerts at school and Sunday
School. Their friends were neighborhood kids. They
played in the barn running beams.
My Great Grandma played with a ball wrapped
tight and a stick for a bat. An ice cream cone cost
five cents when the went to town. There wasn't any
refrigerators ,at the Staffa General Store. My Great
Grandma made ice cream in the winter time and
stored it outside. They paid 25¢ for a movie. The
boys played shinney on a patch of ice in the field
and pushed the snow off first. They had skates that
clipped to boots and kept coming off.
Closest movies were in Stratford. Grandma had a
1926 Atwater Kent Bread and Board radio run by
batteries and tubes. Closest station was Detroit but a
lot of static on it, Used for news and hockey games
Saturday night only. Roads were never ploughed in
winter. Great Grandpa bought an 1929 Desoto car.
They used coal oil lamps until 1930. Grandma's fa-
vorite books were the Adventures of Old Mr. Toad,
Prickly Porky.
By Nicholas Chessel, Grade 3, David Chessell
Grade 1, Upper Thames.
Marie I. Chessell
RR 2 Staffa
Bob McLachlan and his family of Kippen entered this float powered by a team of Percherons
in Saturday's parade in Hibbert Township.
Your Views
Letters to the editor
History book project
"A special thank you to all the co-
ordinators through the area."
Dear Editor:
Being the chief co-ordinator for the Hibbert Histo-
ry Book "From Scotch Broth and Irish Stew..." may
I thank you for the space in your newspaper over
the past three years.
A special thank you to all the co-ordinators
through the area. Without you this project could not
have been done. The co-operation of all is appreciat-
ed.
Marjorie Moore
RR 2, Dublin
Many members of the Britton
family, farming in Hibbert
Township since 1862 are
shown on this float in Satur-
day's Hibbert Sesquicentenni-
al parade.
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Harvesting methods of the pioneer years were highlighted in.
this float in Saturday's parade in Hibbert Township. Riding the Splashily all the way were these youngsters in the Huron
Massey Harris binder is Bill Rhynard. Argo of Seaforth float in Saturday's parade to help celebrate
Hibbert Townshi . 's Sesquicentennial.
_ Old tyme music was featured on one of the floats In Saturday's 150th birthday celebrations
parade in Hibbert Township. The musicians are Jim Young, George Mathonia, Bill Alberts, Ivan
NoMs, Jim Delane , • Patrick and Louis Rowland.
Dan Docking and Brian, Tyler and Brianne Elliott were part of the Cromarty Mountainview
Game Farm and Tye -Bre Kennels float In Saturday's Hibbert Sesquicentennial parade.
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