HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-18, Page 43Page 14—Wingham-Tumberry Bicentennial
Problems delayed
town's incorporation
(From the 1879 Historical
Atlas of Huron County)
During the previous year
(1877) an effort was made to
incorporate as a town. A
Special Act was prepared
and submitted to Parlia-
ment, but was defeated by
the strenuous opposition of
the inhabitants of Lower
Wingham, who wished to be
included in the corporation.
The extent of territory, how-
ever (were they included),
would be greater than the
Municipal Act allows, with-
out leaving out another por-
tion of the present corpora-
tion (that to the northward),
which is looked upon as
much more 'valuable than
the lands adjacent to the
north and south branches of
the Maitland.
When the Special Act
was defeated, the people
went to work with a will and
secured the necessary local
legislation in the County
Council to enable them to
incorporate under the
General Act. The various
petitions, resolutions and
bylaws on the subject were
duly prepared, but by an
error of the Village Clerk
they were forwarded to the
Governor-General instead of
the Lt. -Governor for his
approval.
The Governor-General
was at the time absent from
the seat of government, and
the delay which arose in
consequence of the above
error so shortened the time
that the three months
provided by the Municipal
Act as necessary to in-
tervene between the date of
the issuing of, the Lt. -
Governor's Proclamation
and the municipal elections
was encroached upon, and
thereby the incorporation
was deferred for another
year, except by the passage
of a Special Act which was
again prepared and again
defeated by the political
influence the people of
Lower Wingtiam brought to
bear against its passage.
Steps were again taken,
however, in due time in 1878,
to accomplish the end sought
for by the beginning of the
ensuing year, and this time
with better success. The
regular petitions, resolu-
tions, bylaws, etc., etc., were
forwarded in the month of
July, soon after the midsum-
mer session of the County
Council, and the proclama-
tion of the Lt. -Governor in-
corporating Wingham as a
town was in due course is-
sued and bore the date of the
6th of October, 1878.
The enumeration of the
census preparatory to in-
corporation resulted in a
return of 2,072 as the actual
number of inhabitants then
within the present limits of
the town.
First Turnberry settlers
The first settlers in Turn -
berry Township, arriving
sometime before Sept. 4,
1854, were men by the name
of Jacob Cantelon,
Alexander Duncan and
James McCullough. They
came to where the hamlet of
Bluevale now is.
At the government land
sale held on Sept. 4, they took
up parcels comprising lots 29
and 30 for Duncan, lots 31
and 32 for Cantelon and 33
and 34 for McCullough.
There are a dozen families
in the township still living on
farms which their forebears
purchased from the Crown.
They are: Malcolm Black,
Art Bryce, Mrs. Ethel Day,
Harold Elliott, Doug For-
tune, West Haugh, Clarence
Henning, Elgin Johnston,
James McNaughton, Cedric
Moffat, Harry Mulvey and
Mrs. Mel Sandburn.
VALERIE PEEL was crowned Miss Turnberry 125th at a variety show which kicked
off the 1982 township anniversary festivities:
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FIREWORKS STREAKED THE SKY over Lower Town two years ago to celebrate
Canada's birthday. A huge crowd from Wingham, Turnberry and neighboring
townships attended, the display which was sponsored by the Turnberry 125th an-
niversary committee.
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