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RAWBERRIRS AND
DINNER at Victoria
United Church, Wed'
June 27, 6:30 p.m.
$150, Children under
$1,50. Auspices
24,25 •
ER BEEF BAR -
At ListowelMemoril
Saturday, June
, 5
:30 p.m. Vince Mount -
Adults $3.00, public
hildren $1.75 Refresh-
vailable. Sponsored by
Listowel Rotary
4.25,
INGO, Clinton Legion
30 June 21. Admission
fifteen regular g 11
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ea,h "I'im'ee Share -The -
games .One jackpot for'
in 57 numbers con-
. One call and $10 ad-
ekly if not won.—cgtfn,
ICH POWER
RON, Spring Sail Past,.
h harbour, 1:30 p.m.,
June 24th. Everyone
e.,Non members if vited
rticipate.
24,25
DANCE—The family of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Archam-
bault give their neighbours,
relatives and friends a special
invitation .to honour their
parents on their 25th Wedding
Anniversary in the Clinton
Legion Hall on June 30th at 9
p.m. Lunch provided. No gifts
please. -25,26
RECEPTION in honour of Mr.
and Mrs. Ken McNee (the for-
mer Lynda Reed) will be held
in Saltford Valley Hall
following their marriage on
Saturday, June '23, ,1973. Music
provided by Country Music
Men. Friends and Relatives
welcome. Refreshments
provided. -25
'I'HE St. James' Singers from
St. James' Methodist Church,
Detroit, will present a musical
Service in Knox Church,
Goderich, Sunday, June 24th,
at 11:00 a.m.--25x
ASK FOR AN
APPOINTMENT
Sires,
Your calendars for the
h Garden Club's Spring
Shoo; Saturday June
3 at 3:30 - 9:00 ,p.m. at
t. United Churrth Hall.
'atured is a tea garden
e sale, sponsored by the
11 welcome. --=224,25
Nile.
29th
a.m.
4, ..,&,I ..4.
If you have a hearing problem
contact The Zenith Hearing Aid
Service by calling RIECK
PHARMACY 524-7241, 14 I ne
Square. FREE TESTING. NO
OBLIGATION.
'7 CONTEST - over
l in prizes at Seaforth
Summer Carnival„ Thur-
riday. Saturday, July 12,
Application forms and
a:ion available from
Vincent, 527-0120 or
73, Seaforth. Entries
tune 30th. -25,26
RAN Worship Service
June 24, 1973, Robert -
Memorial School,
h, 1011(1 a.m. Sunday
11:09 .a.m. Worship
. Bruce Bjorkquist irf
g. Everyone welcome.
forget the Fashion
nder the auspices Ah-
hapter I.O.D.E. on Wed -
September 12.-25
BINGO every Saturday at
Goderich Legion Hall 8:30 pan
Fifteen regular games, $ 12.1)1)
prizes. Four share•the-wealth
games with this week', iackput •
$80.00 if won in 56 calls. Door
prizes. Admission $1.00.--gtf
DON'T MISS the Strawberry
Fest at Benmiller United
Church, Saturday June :30 ,
1973. Tempting smorgasbord
featuring strawberry desserts,
will be served continuously
from 5:30 till 7 p.nl. Admission
by ticket only at '$2.50 per per-
son. Sponsored by the len-
miller Unit of tate V.C.W.
Strawberries courtesy Shirley
and John Hazlitt. For tickets
phone 524-6327.-25
REMEMBER the Food Fair in
St. George's Parish Hall Sat.
June 30 at 1 P.M. till we're
sold out. Enjoy your holiday
weekend and buy your home-
made food from us — turkey
pies, rolls, cakes, tarts, salads,.
cooked ham, meat loaves,
really anything one might
eat. -24,26 '
FRIENDS and relatives are in-
vited to a Wedding Reception
at Saltford Valley Hall, on,
Friday, June 22nd, in honour of
wedding couple, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Tyndall (nee Karen
Marie Shenrdown) from 10:00
to ),),),. Music by The Country
Bogs. -25x
Recreation '73
This is the first in a series of
weekly columns to inform the
townspeople of the various
recreational activities taking
place around Goderich.
Recre/Action 73 is a project
fu0'ded by the Ontario Minist
of Community and Social Sd'r-
vices, assisted by the Goderich
Recreation Board.
Its staff consistA of John
Pamminger, Nancy Wardrop
and Jerry Huckins under the
supervision of Mike Dymond.
Basically, the purpose of the
project- is to. provide. needed
recreational programs and
facilities. for .the young people
in this area, a job bank and a.
social services information
bureau.
The lag term goal of our
project to organize a permanent
youth council to work in con-
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junction with the
RECREATION COMMITTEE
and to utalize the existing
recreational facilities to their
fullest extent.
This is a project for the town-
speople, so your involvement ,is
urged. Any people wanting in-
formation on programs,
theoretical or already existing,
should phone our office or drop
in. The numbel'-'is 524-2561 and
our address is 26 the Square On
the ,second floor.
Any person desiring someone
to do odd jobs around their
home or. any youth willing -to
do odd jobs, should give us a
call.
We have the use of Victoria
Public School gymnasium for
the summer. Anyone wishing to
use these facilities should con-
tact us. Since the project is still.
in planning stages any ideas or
proposed programs are
welcome.
The Town of Exeter is
celebrating its Centennial from
June 29 to July 6 and citizens
there have'Pulled all the stops
for a funtime in Huron
County's most southerly town.
'faking part in the events on
Monday, July 2 will be a soccer
club from Goderich (ages 10
and under) which will compete
with teams front Parkhill,
Huron Park and Exeter for the
honors.
On Sunday, five days before
the opening of the monster
celebration Friday, June 29, an
historical plaque com-
memorating the founding of
Exeter will be unveiled at
Riverview Park.
This plaque is one of a series,
being erected throughout the
province by the Historical and
Museums Branch, Ministry of
Colleges and Universities ac-
ting on the advice of the Ar-
chaeological and Historic Sites
Board of Ontario.
The ceremony is being
arranged and sponsored by the
Exeter Centennial Committee
and Bruce Shaw, Exeter Coun-
cillor will serve as program
chairman.
Others invited to take part
include: His Worship, J.H.
Delbridge, Mayor of Exeter;
Jack Riddell, M.P.P. (Huron);
Robert McKinley, - M.P.
(Huron); Dr. Wilfrid Jury, of
London, who will represent the
Province's Historic Sites
Board; Charles McNaughton,
former Treasurer of Ontario,
and Minister of Treasury,
Economics and Intergovern-
mental Affairs and Minister of
Treasury, Economics and In-
tergovernmental Affairs; J.L.
Wooden, Principal of South
Huron 'District High School
and- a noted local historian;
and D. McClure, member of the
Smokey Says:
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SUMMERFEST '73
Saturday, June 23, 1973
Goderich Memorial Arena
SHMENTS AVAILABLE
EVERYONE WELCOME
ANTIQUES and GIFTS
Rhio Thompson Candies
Gordon Fraser Cards & Trays
Gift Wrapping
Bows
THE
Curiosity Shoppe
(THE GREEN DOOR)
79°HAMILTON ST.
(ART MART)
COURTHOUSE PARK, GODERICH
ART AND CRAFT DISPLAY AND SALES
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The plaque will be unveiled
by Mr (' V. Pickar(1'and Mrs.
Louise C'r'aig descendants of the
earliest settlers. Tin- I{everend
Harold Snell, former Minister
of the ('sited ('hurch, Exeter
will dedicate the plaque
The inscription (01 the plaque
reads.. •
THE FOUNDING
OF EXETER
"In 1833 the families of
James Willis and Will lam
!McConnell became the earliest
settler's in this area. Within a
\ ea r NIc('nitrieil had erected
nulls here on the banks of the
Aux Sables River near which a
community known as Fran -
ti developed South of the
mills near Willis's location on
the "London Road', Isaac
Carling opened a store and tan-
nerV in 18.17 and Janes
f'Il kard a general stare in 1851.
Four years later a village plot
(Exeter) was` laid out and by
1861) Exeter had become the
chief -marketce{itr'e of t he
district. 1n anticipation of the
growth that the London, Huron
and Bruce Railwa, would
bring, Exeter and Francistown
wr'I'e amalgamated and incor-
porated as the village nt Exeter
on March 29, 187:3."
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
'l'hle settlement of the
Ausable Watershed was con -
du( red under two systems. Af-
ter 1826, Lobo, Lyndon,
Adelaide and Warwick Town-
ships were settled under new'
Crown (.ands Regulations,
while t he remainder of t he
watershed wigs developed as a
commert sal enterprise by the
Canada Company. The Canada
('ympan\ land was disposed of
in two wa\s - Iry cash or by
whist wets ldiel kny\yn its 0 land
lease system. The intensive ad-
vertising campaign of 'the
Canada Company tended to at-
tract settler,
14v (8.32 letters trilnl settlers
had gone hack to England,
Ireland and Scotland and the
Canada ('tympany w:ts quick to
publicize these. .As .1 result ,
...only fifty new settler's arrived
in the watershed in 18:32.3:3,
iotabl, whi, shin
occupied tell rLr)n-
dim Road from Clinton to Lon-
don.
About the s:alrtt• tune. the
family of William McConnell,
an agent of the (iorni)anv who
had heen nrle Uf the two mien
contracted in 1830 to ;assist in
the construction of the London
Road, obtained land on Lots 17
and 18, Concession 1. of
Usborne Township. \'y'ithin two
years Mc('onnell had built an
inn and constructed a sawmill
and grist -mill on the hanks of
then Aux Sables River. \Villin
had purchased Lot 15, Conn -
cession 1 in Vsborne Township
and the McConnell grant lay to
the north of this,. The lots in
the immediate vicinity of
McConnell's mills seem to have-.
been unoccupied and uncleared •
for many years, Probably this
was because.these lots were of-
ten udder water for long
periods.
The first signs of a village
• were noticeable around "Hay
Pott Office.' where the post of,
flee for Hay Township was
established. By the early fifties,
however, there was a hamlet of
sort' at the cross-roads,,. a mile
and a quarter south of Hay
where Isaac Carling had
opened a store and tannery,
and James Pickard a general
store, some,. years earlier. In
August, 1855, - Isaac Carling
and .James, Pickard, among
others, registered a village plan
which had been obtained
following a survey in June of
that year.
About the same time another
hamlet, "Francistown",
sprang up in the immediate
vicinity of McConrn'll's rnirls.
Lovell'- Canada Directory
1857-8 estimates the
population of the area at 600.
Although both Francistown
and Exeter developed during
the 1860'.6 when ether mills,
stores, and chu_rthes were con-
structed, Exeter's growth out-
paced that of the nearby
village. The town was equipped
to supply the wants of
travellers on the high road who
needed smiths, wagon makers,
saddlers and harness makers,
inns and ' shoemakers. The
necessities and, luxuries of the
neighbouring farmers were
catered to by a long list of
tradesmen and storekeepers.
It is evident that by the end
of the decade Exeter had,
:become the chief market town
of the district. The building of
the Grand Trunk line through
Lucas, aided the growth of
Exeter, since the stage was the
only ti'onnection.._between the
railways at Clinton and at,
Lucan. In 1871 Exeter and
North Exeter (Francistown)
contained nearly 1,000 people
and were practically one
village, though the upper part
(3=--they--pre resect-ton
appears to have been built
mostly after 1875.,,
In 1.873 the building of the
London, Huron and Bruce
Railway was eagerly expected
and the two villages were incor-
porated as the village of Exeter
with a population of well over
1,000. The railway brought fur-
ther prosperity to Exeter which
by 1950 ' beca'ne the most
populous permanent urban set-
tlement in the Ausable water-
shed, wit h a population of more
than 2,000.
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