HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-05-10, Page 13Biddulph to prepare
history book for 2000
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LUCAN -With a meeting on April 25, Biddulph township council has
begun preparations for a history book 'and Sesquicentennial celebrations in
the year 2000.
Charles Corbett who was in charge of similar celebrations in McGilliv-
ray township in 1992 outlined what his municipality had done.
The McGillivray book tried to cover both families and communities.
The history group only edited family histories provided by the families
and were not responsible for any research into family histories.
Mike Anderson stated he was representing the heritage group in Lucan
which was trying to set up a museum for the whole area, not just Lucan.
He said many people had offered to donate articles to the Heritage Mu-
seum in Lucan.
Reeve Earl French replied that this book would be the history of Bid-
dulph and not Lucan.
Marietta Shipley pointed out that many Biddulph residents attend Lucan
churches and commerce in Lucan is intertwined with the growth and histo-
ry of Biddulph.
Former Biddulph clerk Austin Hodgins said Lucan was part of Biddulph
until 1872 and would be included up to that time. He added that he had
written a history of Scott's Elevator Ltd. for their 50th anniversary on the
condition he could reproduce this work in the Biddulph history.
Hodgins informed that he had finished listing all the owners of all farms
for the first four concessions and asked if this information should be part
of the book such as it was in the Grey Book.
He suggested the Donnelly story could be done in three parts, the W.D.
Stanley version; the Jennie Lewis story recorded in 1967 and an up-to-date
version which could be especially written for this book.
Corbett recommended the committeedecide on a name for the book
very early in the process. This name should include the name of the town-
ship to provide instant recognition and easy cross referencing.
Reeve French suggested a committee be set up to visit each farm to re-
quest a writeup on the family of the present owners.
Final day
The Bank of Montreal branch in Crediton closed last
Wednesday for the last time. Above, staff members
Diane Sorensen and Darlene Finkbeiner wave goodbye.
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Page 13
They're off and racing
Kristen Verhoog, at right, watches a group of plastic ducks
race down thewaterfall at MacNaughton Park Sunday. The
duck race was a fundraiser for Exeter minor hockey. Organizer
Mary -Lou Bilcke said 1,100 tickets were sold for the event
and the same number of ducks were dumped into the Ausable
river and herded downstream. The first duck across the finish
line brought its ticket holder a $500 first prize. The next four
ducks were $100 winners and the last duck got a consolation
prize of $50. John Rudderham, John Nedza, and Jim Pinder
from Exeter all had winning ducks. Above, Mark Dietrich gets
a helping hand from mom, Barb, in assisting a stranded duck
over some rocks. The duck race brought out a.large number of
people to watch what will become an annual event.
More than just notepaper
STRATHROY - Although it is
officially called notepaper, there's
a good chance the latest promotion
from the HOMME program will
not be used as such by most people.
The committee in charge has
spent many hours digging up pho-
tos and sketches of landmarks in
Middlesex County, many of which
no longer exist. It is felt many peo-
ple will keep the package intact as
a reminder of their heritage.
"In this immediate area," said
Jackie Wells, program manager for
the Victorian Order of Nurses,
"buyers of the package will be re-
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once stood on the site of Caradoc
Place Mall and the Old Mill on the
Old Mill Road near Mount Brydg-
es. An older picture of Strathroy's
town hall shows the Armoury in the
background occupying the site now
used by Strathroy Library."
Other landmarks in the county in-
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railroad station at Glencoe, Whalen
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