Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-08-20, Page 12story published
Mills Press is a
lien publishing
ed at Chelten-
tllQ. The company
ated to publishing
beelm of focal history.
,4ts, railways played a
major role in Canada's
development, it is logical
that Boston Mill's latest
release is a railway -oriented
book.
'Running Late On The
Bruce' is a photographic
essay . of CPR's Bruce
Division from Toronto to
Owen Sound.
Highlighted in the book are
the photographs of J. W.
IHeckran, a civil engineer
employed by the Ctit. His
commission in August of
1$98, was to photograph
every major bridge and
station on the Owen Sound
and Teeswater lines.
Also included are equally
historic photos found since
the publishing of a previous
Boston Mills Book, 'Steam
Trains to the Bruce'.
For those who have seen
this volume, Running 'Late
will make an engrossing
companion -piece.
Former resident of
Carrick Twp. dies
The sudden death occurred
Monday, August 11, at the
Clifford Sawmill of J.
Charles Darling of Queen
Street, Harriston. He was in
his 48th year.
Mr. Darling was born in
Carrick Township on
January 25, 1933, one of two
sons sof the late James
Darling and Agnes
Rutherford. He received his
elementary education at SS
No. 9, Carrick and had been
employed by the Clifford
Sawinill for some time
before his death.- He was a
member of Knox Presby-
terian Church, Belmore.
Surviving is one brother,
James Darling of RR 1,
Clifford. There are three
nieces and four nephews.
Friends paid their respects
at The Currie -Walker
Funeral Home, Wingham,
until two o'clock on Friday
when funeral service was
conducted by Terrance
'Frites. Interment followed in
McIntosh Cemetery, Carrick
Township.
Pallbearers were Don
Hildebrand, John Ruther-
ford, Ralph Dickson, Elmer
Jeffrey, Everett Dustow and
Thomas Darling.
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WINGHAM STATION—Taken From the pages of 'Running late On The Bruce' Is
this photo of the CPR station at Wingham as it appeared in 1898.
(Photo courtesy of BtAton Mills Press)
Bill Armstrong discusses
4H United Kingdom trip
Bill Armstrong, RR 4,
Wingham, returned recently
from a 4-11 exchange with the
United Kingdom. The 22 -
year -old was chosen in
March together with three
other Junior Farmers to par-
ticipate in the trip, which
was sponsored by the Junior
Farmers Association of
Ontario.
The activities began in
Burmingham, England, with
a three-day orientation
period, convened by the
general secretary of English
Young Farmers: "The
orientation period familiar-
ized us with Young Farmers
throughout the UK'. We dis-
cussed the breakdown of the
organization, how it develop.
ed and how it works. Then we
were able to compare it with
our own."
Bill explained that one big
difference between the two
organizations i size of
membership. "here are
65,000 English Young Far-
mers compared to 8,000
Junior Farmers." .
Young Farmers can be
either urban or rural folk up
to the age of 26. In Ontario
the age limit is 29 and 85 per
cent are actively engaged in
agriculture.
Bill's trip continued with
11/2 -week stays with host
families at Oswestry, Wales;
north-eastern England;
Langholm, Scotland; Edina
burgh, Scotland; \ and'
Inverness in northern Scot-
land.
His first stay in Wales was
,with "hill farmers" who
farmed at an altitude of 800
feet and higher. Bill ex-
plained . that the tenants
worked 800 acres, which was
only a portion of a 15,000-
acre estate. The family had
2,500 breeding ewes and a
100 -cow suckling herd,
From there he traveled to
the lake district in north-
eastern England. The land-
scape was similar to the
Muskokas with 12 large
fresh -water lakes and up to
3,500 -foot hills.
He stayed with dairy
farmers, who owned 45
British Friesians and
worked 85 acres.
A unique aspect of the
father and son operation was
the house and barn v. as one
unit, "which is common in
that region".
Since the area is rich with
coal deposits Bill was able to
tour a mine shaft where
visiters were treated to a
mining operation set in the
early 1900s.
Bill explained farmers in
this area have to deal with
several geographical draw-
backs. Since farmland is so
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level it is difficult to drain
and quicksand is prevalent
four feet below the surface.
To compensate for this
there are no footings or tanks
deeper than four feet and
structures are built on top of
deep pilings.
Bill received an oportunity
to trace ,his roots while
visiting Langholm, Scotland.
"I was able to locate Gin-
ockle Towers — the original
fortress that Johnny Arm-
strong fought from."
Johnny and ,Mary Arm-
strong lived during the time
of King George II1 and IV.
The couple were ancestors of
the Armstrong family, . of
Wingham.
Bill explained the 'Arm-
strongs were a wealthy
group living on the border of
England and Scotland.
During that time clans
terrorized the border and
stole livestock. Three
English kings tried to stop
the Armstrong clan, "which
held one . of the strongest
thresholds in the area ",. ,
Finally King George VI
trapped Johnny Armstrong
and 50 of his followers. The
group was hung even though
the king was offered three
horses, laden with gold, for
the clan leaders' life.
After that the clam dis-
solved and spread to Ireland,
Canada and Australia.
A' distant relative, Mat-
thew Armstrong, "com-
pletely restored the tower,
which is now a major tourist
attraction for that area". -
BilI visited another dairy
operation at Inverness
where farmers use a rotary
parlor to milk their cows. He
said 25 cows are placed on a
large wheel that takes 31/2
minutes to make one com-
plete turn. The animal is
milked by the time it returns
to the starting point, where it
steps off and is replaced by
another cow.
At Inverness, where the
•
sun shines until 1:30 a.m.,
the milking times are at 4:30
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. "The
average production is two-
thirds of what Canadian Hol-
steins get, yet they consider
it very good."
At Duns, just south of
Edinburgh, Bill visited a
large potato and grain
drying operation. Due to
heavy rainfall grain is har-
vested at 23 per cent
moisture and must be dried
down to 14.4 per cent
moisture.
The average grain yield is
21/2 to three tons per acre.
Some basic differences
between agriculture in the
UK and Ontario are that
crops are planted 11/2 months
earlier in the UK, but
because of the latitude they
are harvested 11/2 months
after Ontario crops.
"The input costs and gross
returns on • production in
cereals and . livestock .is
similar to ours, but because
the,government worksunder
the European Economic
Community, wlu hritivolves
11 countries, prkluee is more
readily exchanged."
Regarding the people, "I
found the hospitality and
courtesy of the British to be
far more than I. 'had .an-
ticipated."
EYE CONTACT
Here's something all
motorists should • keep in
mind. When a driver makes
eye contact with a young
pedestrian about to cross the
street, the driver knows the
child has seen the vehicle
and *ill wait for it to pass.
Actually, the reverse is true.
The Ontario Safety League
reports that stedies show
that a child making eye con-
tact with a driver is sure he
has been seen and that the
driver will stopto let him
cross.
A DIP IN THE DUNKING MACHINE -1f W6III,,;b
surprlse dunking for Ron Ward of RR 2, Wroxeter
when he got all wet Ort Saturday. The Wrmt tarr Parks
Board held Its annual barbecue and slow pitch tourna-
ment with 10 teams competing from the sees. The
dunking machine and various toss games were jllrt•Of
the day's events. Ron played for The Black Sheep.
The cantly of erecting
maintaining a line f
between the pro x ipe tie8 of
Peter 'Verbeek and Kaia#:
Rogers, Lotsfhgwd29, Can. N
of East Wawanosh • Towns
ship, should \ . be divided,
equally between the
property owners; township
fenceviewers have decided.'
In an award report
presented to the township
council at its August
meeting, fenceviewers
George McGee,_ Jahn
Jamieson and' Phil Dawson
recommended that costs of
both front and rear sections
of fence, including work
already done by Mr. Ver-
beek,
erbeek, should be split 50-50.
Mr. Verbeek had. came to
council the previous month.
to report on a problem he
had with his neighbor's
cattle getting incto his crops.
He asked for the fence -
viewers to look into the
dispute, saying hehad been
unable to .reach any agree-
ment witliMr.
gree-mentwith•Mr: Rogers. -
At the same time council
reviewed the remuneration
for the fenceviewers and
updated it to $22.80 per trip,
with an additional $5.70 per
hour after the/fourth hour, 20
cents per mite mileage and
$5.00 for filing a report.
Previously the fen-,
ceviewers had received. $14
per viewing, $3.50 an hour
after the ro fourth hour, 15
cents a mile and $2.00 for
filing . the report. This had
been unchanged for five
years.
In other business council
agreed to pay $1,761.90 as its
share. of the cost of the new
beeper alarm system for the
Wingham and area fire
department, as well as $800
for fire calls in the township.
A petition was accepted
from Vaughn Toll regarding
maintenance on the Jackson
Mt icipal Drain, with
Councillor Ralph Campbell
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ilodo i peirvi a the
woTonr ,
Anothitr tion f rom Mr
regatrpetidilr work on.
another -.drain waa referred
t+o the , .toaswnshtiiaeoip Yer enginedthater
after jt'w.
e draais question s toot
thee ffallin ahan* ,Caldwellwaand
Toll drain as specified on the
p�ition. . i .
"` YedMeier. wasawardeda
the ctalnage. loan for Pt, L,ot
49, Can. 7, andan application
for tile drainage loan was
accepted from Jack Sanders.
Building permits were
approved for John Norman,
an addition to the house;
Adrian Vos, a garage;
Donald. Plunkett, a house
and an addition to the barn,
the latter subject to approval
of the Ministry -sof the
Environment; and William
Empey, a garage.
In reference, to a letter
received from the Ministry
of Natural Resources
regarding a proposal by
Donald Cook, Pt. Lot 33, Con.
9, for a stream alteration,
council passed a motion`that
the MNR should supervise
the work and the township
kept notified of the
proceedings. The ministry
had asked council to com-
ment on the application.
Council also passed a
resolution . that the term of
office for municipal councils
remain at two years. The
resolution arose from a
letter on the subject being
circulated by the city of
Brampton. Brampton
council had asked the
Ministry of Intergovern-
mental Affairs for a grant to
cover the cost of holding an
election every two years
rather than every three and
had been turned down. As a
consequence it is conducting
a survey to deterrine
whether municipalities
prefer a one, two or three -
Jim Prigione dies
after long illness
Following a lengthy illness
in Wingham and District
Hospital; Eugene (Jim)
Prigione of 194 Catherine
Street, Wingham, passed
away at the age of 78 years
on Tuesday, August 12.
Mr. Prigione was born in
Gravere, Italy, on October 9,
1901. He came to Canada in
1923 and lived in the Guelph
area before coming--`- to
Wingham in 1935. He was a
glove cutter at Gurney Glove
Works until his retirement in
1971. He was a member of
Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic Church.
Mr. Prigione is survived.
by one sister, Santina
Prigione, in Italy; also
several nieces and nephews.
C.T. Davidson
dies at home
Charles T. Davidson died
at his residence, 390 Dinsley
Street, Blyth, on Sunday,
August 10, in his 69th year.
Born in the Brussels area,
he was the son of the late Mr.
And Mrs. Robert Davidson.
Surviving are his wife,
Lenora (Higgins) Davidson;
son, Brent Davidson of
Kitchener; also two gran-
dchildren, Heather and
Lyndsay; two brothers,
George of Brussels and
Scott, Port Elgin; three
sisters, Mrs. Fred (Agnes)
Glassier of New Liskeard,
Mrs. C. B. (Jean) Robinson
of Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, Mrs. George
(Gladys) Lott, Ottawa;
several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
first wife, Beverly Small of
Wingham; one sister, Mrs.
Kenneth (Ethel) Jackson
(Blyth) and one brother,
Harvey.
Funeral service was held
at the Tasker Funeral Home,
Blyth,'at 2 pm on August 13
with Rev. John Brown, a
nephew, of Cold Lake,
Alberta, officiating.
Pallbearers were George
Overmeire of Blenheim,
Clarence Wood of Wingham,
Jim Walsh, Robert Carter,
Charles Shobbrook and Ron
Foran, all of Blyth. Flower
bearers were four nephews,
Jack Davidson, Port Elgin,
Jim Lott, Ottawa, David
Robinson, Rochester, Michi-
gan, and Wayne Jac a aa,
Ridgetown.
Burial took place in Wing-
ham Cemetery.
He will be sadly missed by
friends, Mrs. Gertrude Allen
of Wingham and her family,
Mr. , and Mrs, James
Casemore and 'family,
Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Dunbar and family, Chats-
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Orwell
Allen and family, London.
The late Jim Prigione
rested at The Currie -Walker
Funeral Home, Wingham,
until Friday when. Rev. W.
Gutowski of Sacred Heart
conducted funeral service at
11 o'clock. Final resting
place is Wingham's Sacred
Heart Cemetery.
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The Council of Moab Township cora*
IRONS the residents of Morris Township
to o pvbNc million
August 25, 1980
at8:30p.m.
of the Monis Township.Hall
The purpose of the mndting v9111 be. to discuss
celebrations - for Morris Township's 125th Anni-
versary in 1981.
Morris Township Council wishes to know:
1) Do the residents of Morris Township want to
celebrate the township's anniversary?
2) If so - what type of celebrations will take place?
Please plan to attend.
Nancy Midi
Clerk -Treasurer
Township : of Morris
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