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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-07-15, Page 9NEWS OF DU N G, MON 9 D NANON U G +OTT July14: -- MrS.- Alfred Habel, Port Colborne, was a visitor last week with her sister, Mrs., Alvin Sherwood, and assisted during the sickness of Robert Sher - •wood, who' is„now Mine from Gode- rich hgspital after a critical oper- ation ,for perforated bower two weeks ago. He is recuperating Ind Mrs. Charles les Fowler isassisting i in the 'home. Visitors recently with Mrs. Min- ,• e Jones and' Mel were Mr. and e' lI, g Bowen,, GQderich, and on day visitors were Mr, and Mrs. y . rt Marsh and. Betty, Feteraburg, Miss Helen Marsh, of New York City, Mrs. -Howard Wallace and Mrs. Bob -Thompson, of Brampton. Mrs. Ellen Shackleton . has re- turned to the home of Mrs. J. Ham- ilton, after visiting her son, Elmer Shackleton, Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. John McWhinney, Nile, Junior; Farmers. --. The annual church service of Cajwanash Junior Farmers will be held Sunday, July 18, at 8 PErskine Fr ,m. atter Pre y. t tan' Church. an Harvey p � aril o � t Whitechurch, will D be the e speaker. Take Service.—The Nile Y.P.U. had charge of the. service at the. United Church x l th a good crowd attending. Verna Rutledge gave the call to worship. Douiglas Squire atom anl ed at the piano. Ivan Watson read the Scripture lesson -and Marion Orser gave the children's story. Alcan McDiar- mid gave the address. Next Sun- day, the Dungannon Y.P.U. will have charge of,the services and the president, Ronald Alton, will give an address; At Erskine..—Rev. R. G. MacMil- lan, Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich, had charge of Erskine Presbyterian afternoon service on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith, fourth concession of Ashfield, have sold their farm to a family named Neil, Toronto, and moved to Goderich on Friends a►n ; h or.s -.gove > r rri ande �e e. �, � s d h •t a �r� ern � e a n e e b d. r� 'Mr. ands. M"r' Heber e r fed.Y Ware Sunday visitors with the former's sister, Mrs. Russet Riley ,and Mr. Riley, Milverton. ' - F N -Mrs. Pearl Pow�es, � St, -Thomas, and Mrs. -Edna. Perry, Toronto, spent the _ week -end with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur El- liott. ,Mr. and Mrs. Arthur -Brown and family, of Dundas, were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Drown'. Mrs. Herb Finnigan, Miss Marg; aret Joy Durnin, .of the village, and Mrs. Bill McClure and sons, of Elmira, were Sunday vl�sjtars with J. C. Durnin at cadet eala Ipperwash; on Sunday. p' Mrs. Ada Wilson, Gbderieh, Miss Mary. Wilson, .London and Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Anderson, Clinton, Were ' Sunday visitors 'with Misses Rebina and NettieoSproul. Karen Kilpatrick, Ashfield, is DON'T -RISK A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BY DRIVING ON TREAD -THIN TIRES... h ;cog , ..,s, nYi �xxgqe . f ; ►e .N,, „1.,• r ey+� .1 A tS i d t ru. ur. s�; Bill MoClure and sons, or Elmira, were, visiting relatives at'. Goderich' and --Dungannon last Week. -Mrs, W . tt. Andrew is much im- proved after been quite ill with; an eczema condition. Miss Clara S r ul Stratford, ord is holidaying with relatives and en- joying the visit of her sister -in law, Mrs. Warner Sproul, and brother, Harold Sproul, of Davidson, Sask. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter,To r- on were recent visitors wib the latter's brother Allan good, Valerie Carter is doing summer Work in Nova Scotia and Ernest is at Sturg- eon Falls. ' Jack Chisholm has purchased the vacant ,residence . of Bill Wiggins in the village. Miss Flora Durnin, Markdale, was home with her . parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Durnin, over the. week -end. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Massey (nee Pauline Jones) and f aniiIy, Cleveland, have been visiting her parents, stft and Mrs. Virank Jones.' Mission. Band.—The' Dungannon Mission Band 'net in the basement of the United Church Sunday morn- ing. There were 35 present. Patricia Pentland gave the call to worship. Elinore Alton accorn- oanied at the piano. Mrs., John Finnigan led in prayer_ and L.irm- mie Logtenburg received the offer- ing. Pauline Anderson gave the offering verse. Mrs. Robert Irvin told a story of . Alaska. Member- ship cards and pins were given to Lummie and Gerrit"Logtenburg. Mr. and, H Mrs. Stanley ighes., Were ere recent visitors with relatives here . and at Kincardine. Born. --July 9, Private Patients' Pavillion, Toronto, to Mr. and Mrs. George Whitlamn (nee ;Millie Ander- son), a son. . Picnic Held;—Following are the results of races staged at the an- nual United Church Sunday School picnic held at Ashfield Picnic grounds:, Girls, six and under— Pat Eedy, Marie Brooks, Wendy Watt; boys, six and under --Jerry Logtenburg, Rickey Park, Donald Watt; girls, seven and eight — Sandra B"rooks, Sharon Park, Joyce Culbert; boys, seven and.. eight— George Finnigan, Lynn Finnigan, Bruce Culbert; girls, nine and 10— Carol Pentland, Marion Mole. Charles'E.. Asquith, Auburn) Our last article o the- early history of Manchester :dwelt ' with the north western portion of the v 'age. known, as the McDonald tS ilr e y In this artfcle we shall dwell" on dhe north eastern part kn n as t h e Fulton Survey. . To Wrte the history of an ; community a task of first magnitude as quite e oftA onlye meager- records are,. available. 'Phis can be overcome to - of individual families written t eoto e extent by having the his - vihout trying to connect the whole trend of 'events. ' One family which played a pro- minent part in the early history of Manchester and other areas to the south of here, was the Mcg Tien family. One of the oldes ;..' ruc- tures in the village is the . front 'part of the residence now occupied by.raiss Margaret Jaon. - It was built by' Jerry .r MeBMrieu, a Nt poe- m is sister akar, l;T cry,married . Geor e Fulton, .Jane' married John Sturdy, grandfather RTEI. -Loftus Sturd .President of our CentenarY Association, and Fanny married Stewart Plummer, "a building coat, tractor. it The sop,, Albert, was for many years principal of the Blyth Public hoof. The farm now.own ed by Mr. Fred Toll originally Con- sisted onsisted of 150 acres, being the west •half of lot 28, and the east quarter aPlot 27; concession 1, Wawanosh (all lots ; in Wawanosh are 200 acres), was -bought from the Crown by, John Hudson for 60 . pounds or 8 shillings per acre in 1844. After passing through several hands, it was purchased in 1854 by George Fulton for 63'7' ids, 18:shi'llings, or about 84t, shillings, or $21.00 per acre. This good increase in price in ten years 'may be attributed to considerable of the land having been-elear-ed,—the---boom- Win—land.. values as the result of the high price of wheat fostered by ' the Crimean war then in progress, and ' the prospect that Manchester might develop into an important centre. Mr. Fulton's deed describes him. as an innkeeper of Clinton. We believe that Mr.- Fulton continued to live in Clinton for some time after he made his purchase because we find that when Clinton was in- corporated as a village in 1857, and the first election held in Janu- ary of the next year, the council elected included, Joseph White- head, George Fulton, Samuel Rance, William Rowell and Jonas Gibbings. At the opening of the first coun- cil meeting it was moved by Sam- uel Rance, seconded by George . Fulton that, "owing to' the deep interest taken by Joseph White- head in'the welfare and prosperity of Clinton, this meeting is of the opinion that he is the most fit and proper person to advocate' its in- terests, therefore. Resolved, that he be Reeve for the current year." Thus Mr. Joseph Whitehead, who had been one of the leading con- tractors in the building of the then recently constructed Buffalo-Gode- rich Railway, became the first Reeve of Clinton. The same year as he was elected to the first Clinton council, Mr. Fulton had his survey of Man- .ch-estermade. The survey reads: We the undersigned proprietor and surveyor, certify this is the origin- al . map of part of the Village of Manchester, that the references, courses and distances marked there are correct and that the same is required Co be registered by me. GEO. FULTON, Prop. WM. RATH, P.L. Surveyor. Dated this 19th July; 1858, Recorded Oct. 14, 1858. The survey itself is a very in- teresting document. The boundary between it and. the McDonald Survey was named Loftus St. (the street running north aleen Smith; boys, nine and 10 --- Walter Mole, David Dawson, Wayne Brooks; girls, 11. and 12—Patricia Pentland, Nellie Jouwsma, Luan- mie Logtenburg; boys; 11 and 12 -- it afinnigan, .” Minnie .--rales Case Jouwsma; girls, 13 and 14--` Norma Pentland, Elizabeth Pent- land, Reina Lagteniburg; boys,; 13 and 14—Lorne Alton, J. C. Durnin, Wayne Brown;, sack race, girls, seven and under—Lonnie Logten- burg, Lynda Blake, Marion Mole; sack race, boys, eight to 11: Lynn Finnigan, Walter Mole, Bruce Cul- bert; girls, 12 and over—Norma Pentland, Yvonne Jouwsma, Eliza- beth Pentland; boys, 12 and over— Jimmie Blake, J. C. Durnin, Wayne Brown; girls, over 14 --Lillian Popp, Shirley Finnigan, Marlene Maize, Evelyn Smith; boys, over 14 Lorne' Alton, J. C. "Durnin, Wilmer Er- rington; ladies' race -- Mrs. R. Irwin, Mrs. J. Finnigan, Mrs. K. Finnigan; men's race --.Frank Pent- land;• Rev, George Watt, Kalmer Dawson. The 4-H Garden Club at Dun- gannon held. the second meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. John Finnigan on Saturday, July 3. Eight girls were present. A de- monstration on how to freeze spinach and strawberries was given, After the meeting. Mrs. Finnigan showed the girls her garden. The Dungannon L.O.L. No. 324,1 was judged to be the best dressed men's lodge at Kincardine on Mon- day. Ec®nomY Make this Safety,. tries•.• out, .old check on T. 4OW while you Trade them in a TILL. get TOP alio w,d��u: nce . cern S from Goderich S between'the ►nk."_of Commerce 'ilding , and ;R..3. hillip's store) n honer of x. t�ih sbrother-in-law, Jo John q Sturdy,whose father Iu Stun`ly, settled, in Goderich Township in 1831. Hugh ` before corning to Canada the previous year, bad lived on the estate,pf Lord . tus, in Ireland. rom_some of the details on the survey map, George Fulton indica*. ed that he had high .h "-es for the development ment of Manchester.. H e had marke as a ifor a steam. mill (he di state whether grist or saw mill, pe rhaps both, , e red iby the same 'steam lint e' area where .the Toll residence now stands. The present location of R. D. Munro% store is marked as a store site and' the western frontage. o, Keith Arthur's property 0 a site for a store and tavern stand. At the foot of ,the big hill, Goderich St., is marked Proposed Govern- ment, overnmenu Bridge. On the. Hullett side, about op- posite Mrs. J. Arthur's residence is a red square marked "store." We suppose the red marking in- dicated the store was in operation, AtTi a . oir*g On 1:W0,a SL, whern S. es ..riu°s + ke ti an infoeans us that the we the ,Sarles' propertY''neve Per'hnpa has same �"ss supply .athe spring the map. F, Mr. Fulton was s , . .?Ina.. , o 4-41st"tii with a v e When. an r�ea.tt .gran Oster he . had anticipate farm far $3,900 411 U ikon.of NQto�a n. t Mrs ;Ge George ami1bn . made'a, te " A venture and became a sue ful citizen of Uncle Sam, at Mt. ens, Mich. Mr. Fulton gave one of his choir lots as a site for St. Marks An- glican Church, • but we do not be- lievehe constructi the 'church was started before he left here in 18'73; Reporter—"Whatis, the profes .sor's resear ... wtlr ?" , Professor's Housekeeper' -- alt ., consists prinoipally of` hunting for his spectacles,' the Red Spm tmake sure took for 0 top-quality ening genuine, �' you are 9 p6'o9�aRRACITE cAtikOOS READING FPM��f nr►n�Pon America's Largest Selling Anthracite DEAN COAL. CO.' PHONE 95W ALBERT ST. •••••N••••••••N••••••••••••N•NN•N Monday thro' Friday 9.30 p.m:, to 12.30 p.m. Saturday 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. NEIL MCKAY'S NEW ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA -- FEATURING -- r.. 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