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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1976-03-25, Page 16' PAGE ambling w t ;,� : ;•'. ,r!w:lr*aiie7A..S 1i:*r. :W r` y: -: i 'f."'1.4.:5?-*.'4.�1�qAW NIWIIECOkQ.T Y$14ARCH $-I,tE r4. f art ly Ltrlty L W ids Sap is rushing aad it's maple syrup time. In the pioneer days when people had littlemoney. Imaple- sugar was oafs' the only sweetener they Mad. So - they tapped the trees and boiled it down packing _ the cakes in a barrel. Lucy remembers hearing that one min made 40 pounds of sugar. Today. maple syrup is a luxury. Barnard Snowden who was born January 31. 1116 in Morton Head. Cumberland. England came to Canada in 1642 to join his brother Robert. who was working for Mrs. 'Wallis on the first concession of Goderich Township. Robert had accompanied his father Thomas Snowden - who bought a farm on the lakeshore near Goderich. Thomas died and --was buried on the farm. Being a minor. Robert was not allowed to hold the farm and was put out brthe CanadarC,ompany. Barnard and Robert Snowden then took up lots 13 and 14. Lake Road West in Stanley Township. Barnard Snowden was married to Elizabeth Westlake, the oldest daughter of Matthew and Mary. Westlake in May 1857. They had five daughters and two sons. Robert Edward who a-pioneer"tradition, died Detember 15, 11115 and Thomas Matthew. who married Oleva Peabale February 10. 11115. Thomas Matthew was born October 5.1$1. The day Tom was born. his father went out and bought another farm, now owned by his daughter. 'Mrs. Russell Grainger (Elisabeth) . Barnard Snowden died February 15, 1876 after a lengthy illness. His widow carried on with Harry Mayou as farm manager. All the family worked together and they always had extra help for busy seasons as they were one of the first large scale farms operating and were tops . in agriculture and animal husbandry. In Goderich at the turn of the century, there resided a very good photographer of the farm scenes. R. Sallows. In 1587. he visited the Snowden maple syrup operation on Lot 6. Lakeshore Road E. and took numerous photographs which he sold to commercial enterprises. A picture oI Miss Lizzie Snowden pouring the hot thick- syrup into the sugar patty tins was. seen. in con- nection with maple syrup making. for years in the Book of Knowledge. In 1915. when Dr. G.W. Manning Smith who prac- ticed medicine in Bayfield. enlisted in the RCMP he was stationed at a vamp tti Quebec before going over- seas. It was there that•he saw •coloured cards depicting the maple syrup industry in Quebec and recognized the Snowdens. He purchased some and sent them to the family. The sugar camp on Lot 6. Lakeshore • Road. East Stanley Township eventually came to Thomas Snowden and is now owned by his younger daughter. Mary (Mrs. John Keyes). The sugar shanty is still in the bush, but the trees have not been tapped since the spring of 1953. R.M. Snowden died December)9, 1953. Early in the century. John Turner went to work /or the Snowdens. Harry Mayou left in 1912. but often went back to visit. Mrs. Bernard Snowden carried on as head of the family until her death on May 9.1925 in her.91st year. Miss Rosamond Snowden carried on farming as long as she was able. The last of the family. she died June 28. 1961. Lucy is indebted to members of the family. Mrs. R. Grainger and Mrs. John Keyes and cousins Mrs. Milton Pollock and Mrs. Bertha Turner (John Tur- ner's widow) for the pictures and information and to Alan Galbraith for photographing them. Rose and Lizzie Snowden and John Turner fill sugar patty tins while Harry Mayou keeps the dot syrup stirred. Taken by Goderich photographer R. Sallow*. in 1887. the picture appeared in the Book of Knowledge for years as depicting the maple syrup industry. Ice storm hydro damage tops =4 million mark Cost of putting the hydro system back together again after the ha vac. caused by the early March rain, ice. and wind storms. will reach nearly $4iniltion. Ontario Hydro's Western Regional Manager E.G. Bainbridge said id London that' even then permanent repairs will take several more months to complete. adding extra cost to the total bill. The damage occurred to five hydro rural service areas covering some 6,000 square miles. "It's nearly impossible to fully appreciate the scope of Ike problems we faced. and the herculean effort it took to - fully restore services." said Mr. Bainbridge. "About 75 percent of our customers in the five tbost severely affected areas were without power at one point; for many it was over a week before restoration was ac- complished," he said. Highlights of the damage are as follows: 1570 hydro poles were broken on the rural system; 5214 miles of rural line (of a total 6906 ti miles) 'were out; over ,7111 men on out-of-town COWS increased five local ata.:' forces to nearly 1,000 men. using some 4011 trucks.* live helicopters and 36 off-road type vehicles; over ANS trees had to be cleared from lines; 16.350 line breaks were repaired on the conductors: 52.001 of a total of 711.1M11 customers had power • t many for an extensive period; 315 tons of line har- dware and material (ex- clusive of wood poles)- were used. 4 per hundred pounds Applicetiii `If fertilizer ON SEEDING a APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES Tom near Bayfield in one of a series et pictures es maple sugar making that were circulated around the world. The spike was hammered in and a pan placed en the ground to catch the dripping sap. Snowden is ir"' tiering- a = iitapif tree about 1167 Kippen The postponed meeting of Kippen East W. 1 will be held March 31 in the Legion Hall Hensall at'8: 30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Timmermans are holidaying in Jamaica. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dietz have been vacationing in Los -Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Gibson. Lucan, Mrs. Mary McGillivary. London. visited with Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Meths recently. UCW meets The UCW of St. Andrews Church. Kippen held the March meeting in the church with a good attendance. Mrs. Stirling Graham. Cromarty. visited with friends in the area on Sunday. Mrs. June Cooper opened the meeting with the worship. which was followed by the topic given by Mrs. David Turner. Mrs. David Cooper presided over the lengthy business meeting. A bake sale is to be held April 10. so watch the paper for time and place. Also. members of the Church were reminded of the cleaning bee held March 22. 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