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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1935
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Mrs, Wm. Rands --
On 'Wednesday, Feb, 23, Mrs. Isa-
bella 'Rands, widow of the late \Vin.
Rands, passed away at her home in
Grey Township, after a lengthy i11-
nese, Formerly Dsabella 'Walker, who
was born on the .6th con, of Morris,
was the daughter of Samuel Walker
and Rachael M'cCutcheon. In •18814 she
married the late Wm. (Rands also of
the township •of Morris. 'For five years
they lived in South Dakota. U.S.A..
but returned to the vicinity of Brus-
sels where they have since resided,
Mrs, 'Rands was predeceased by her
husband ten years ago; also by her
'son Milton and daughter Ida and .a
son Wilbert who died in infancy. She
is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
James Hoggard, 'Raymore, Sask.;
Mrs, Stanley Wheeler, Grey Town-
ship and Miss 'Ella at .home, also
eight grandchildren; one sister, lies.
Ino. 'Walker, Seaforth. and one broth-
er Samuel Walker, Brussels, Mrs,
Rands was a charter member of the
Brussels Women's Institute and al-
ways active in the W.C,T.V. She was
a member of the 'United Church. par-
ticularly interested in Sunday School
work, having taught in the Brussels
Sunday School for fifty years. The
funeral was conducted by her pastor,
Rev, H. J. Mahoney on Saturday from
her late home. to the Brussels cem-
etery. The pailbearers: Hugh Alexan-
der, Wm. Maunders, Wm. Hemming-
way, Peter McArthur, Walter 'Broad -
foot, Flowcsrbearers: Bert .H.ernntiag-
way, Stewart Miller, Joe Thuel, 'Jno.
Speir, !Finlay Mc'Kercher, 'Friends
from a distance attending the funeral
were. Mrs. Jas. Cameron. Toronto;
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. 'Walker and Jack
of Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. {neo. Walk-
er, Hen+all; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pap-
*, Seaforth; Mr. and firs. Tho.,,
Rand, Seaforth: Mr. and Mrs. Guy
'Ryan, Lncan; lir, and Mre. Sant Car-
ter, Seaforth.—Bruaeele Post.
Grand Bend Girl Shot by
Revolver—
Mrs. Erwin .Holt, 1119, farnlery Haz-
el Marriotte, was accidentally killed
Friday at her home near !Grand Fend
when a revolver in the 'hands of her
husband was accidentally discharged,
'Provincial Constable McCoy and
'County Constable 'Ferguson, of God-
erich, investigated, together with
Constable W. B, 'Oliver, 'Grand •Bend,
They ruled it was a case of accidental
death. Coroner Dr. Weekes of Ex-
eter, said an inquest would not ,be
necessary. Investigating, police found
Mr. and Mrs. Halt were preparing to
go to Grand Bend to obtain yard to
finish a sweater. Mrs. tHelt was fully
dressed, and was seated holding their
two-year-old ;baby when she asked
`her husband to get a sample of yarn
from the drawer. Noticing the old re-
volver, the husband began to examine
it. He emptied the magazine and part
the cartridges on the sideboard but
forgot about 'the shell in the barrel.
Jack ,Holt. brother of the husband,
narrowly escaped injury. He was ly-
ing on the couch, reading, and the
bullet missed hint 'by inches. Surviv-
ing Mrs. Holt are her hu. -band, the
two-year-old daughter 'Alma. and 'her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Aitken Mar-
•riottc.
Bruce Jailer Dead—
Bruce County jailer, Victor Bell,
died unexpectedly last week at Walk-
erton. He had been i11 for only a few
hours and died from the effects of a
heart attack, Mr. Bell was appointed
jail governor in 1119314. Previous to
that he had 'been in the .garage busi-
ness at Walkerton, He was 'born in
!Goderich in 'April, 111997, a sun of the
late Mr. and 'Mrs, 'David Bell.
Former Brussels Man Dies
in Spain—
Word was received at Brussels by
telegram of the death 'of J. 'Ernest
Cochrane, 433, who was :killed in 'ac-
tion
astion in Spain. He was the son of Mr.
and Mrs, :Robert Cochrane, d'ftth con.
of 'Grey, 'He was one of seven memb-
ers' of the Mackenzie-Papineau bat-
talion recently killed fighting for the
:Government force.: on the Teruel
front, in Spain. He left. 'W'indsor,
where he was at that time 'living last
May to join''the international brigade.
He leaves to •mourn his death his
wife, a former :Moucrief girl his
mother and father and sister, 'Mrs,
Wm. Evans, Brussels.
Engagement --
Mrs. :Norman' Malcolm, Mitchell.
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Florence Charlotte, to Mr,
Harvey Hyde, son •of Mr. William
Hyde, Hensali. The marriage, is to
take. "place the middle of 'March,
Mathew Bates—
On Sunday morning Mathew Bates.
Bruce street, :died at Alexandra hospi-
tal in his eighty-sixth year. He had
been in poor health since suffering a
stroke in .1190315, and was in the hospi-
tal five weeks 'be'fore his death, He
was born in Stanley township, a son
of George Bates and his wife, Mar-
garet Keyes, and spent thirty years
of the faros there and in Colborne
township. He married Margaret Han-
nah, of Seaforth, who survives, as do
two sisters and a 'brother: Mrs. Char-
lotte Pepper and Mrs, Minerva Pat-
terson, of Brantford, and Thomas
Bates of Duluth: Mr. Bates was a
faithful member of North street Un-
ited Church, The funeral service was
conducted at the hone on. Tuesday
afternoon by 'Rev. W. T. Lane, of
'North street !United church, assisted
by 'Rev.,'C. F. Clarke. Interment was
in Bayfield cetnetery..A number of
deceased's former neighbors in Stan-
ley were in attendance. -- 'Goderich
Signal -Star.
James Nichol, Morris—
'Janes Nichol of the 6th con, of
Morris passed away in the 'Kitchener -
Waterloo hospital. The late Mr.
Nichol was a life-long resident of
lot 1117, con. 6, Morris, on which farnn
he was barn and spent his entire life.
He was twice married His first wife,
Alice Frances Douglas. passed away
24 years ago leaving one 'daughter,
Florence. fie later married 'Sarah
Elizabeth Hawkins, who predeceased
him '111 years ago. Of this anion were
born four children, 1 targaret1 Mrs.
Samuel Fear. Blyth: (Mary/ 31rs.
:\lister Bird. Craubroak, and 'Alfred
and Alice, at horse. There are also
his two step children e Letts t Mrs,
Ernest Smith and Herbert Hawkins,
both of Morris township. He ia els„
survived ,by three brothers and one
sister, Robert and Edward of Morris
Alex of Toronto,:utd 1f rs. 'Alex Mel Neil of Brussels,
DR, 'MtM,A+STER' ENCO'URA'GES
ATHLETICS HERE
Dr. 'E. 1A: McMaster of Seaforth is
not unaccustomed to braking vital
decisions. 'One grows used to doing
that in= the medical profession. But
the biggest decision he ever .iia'ci to
make was whether to he a doctor• or
a .farmer. Each appealed to itim
equally, but ultimately he 'chose med-
icine and has been ,practising in 'Ethel
and Seaforth since his graduation
,from University of Toronto in 11912(3
says the Stratford B'ea'con Herald,
Born and 'brought up on a farm in
S'imcoe County, Dr. McMaster could
still take histurn 'at pitching hay or
milking the cows. He dial a lot of it
as a youngster on his father's farm
and one of these clays, if, time ever
permits, he hopes he will he able to
have a 'farm •of his own—maybe just
es a hobby, He will raise purebred
stock.
Dr. Mol'faster got his elementary
eclueation at a 'little school in the vil-
lage of !Utopia, eight miles from Bar-
rie, and then went to Barrie Collegi-
ate Institute. (During his first terns in
High School he used to catch the
early morning ,train to Barrie and
conte home the same way around
supper time. That was anything but
a good arrangement, no when the
next terns roiled around his father
suggested he board in Barrie .during
the weeks. I•t was then he got his first
bicycle to ride into school :on Mon-
day mornings and !tame on !Friday
nights.
^I had never had a bicycle !before,"
Dr. McMaster recalled, "and that
first ride into Barrie was a night-
mare. I left Noise about 7:130 an•d it
was getting on for recess before I
finally arrived .at sohool. I was on and
off several times and over the handle-
bars a few more times for ,good mea-
sure. IIt was a scorching hot day in
early 'Septem'ber and 'I was covered
with dost and perspiration long be-
fore 11 had negotiated the eight miles."
Every morning [before school young
McMaster had three cows to milk and
other regular chores to do, and his
Saturdays and his :runnier holidays
were also taken up with work on the
farm. His regular hour for rising,
both summer and winter, was .six.
o'clock.
Dr, lot \[aster's uncle, the late Dr.
John McMaster of Toronto and the
late Dr.''Pepperdeait, 'were the .first
X-ray nten in Ontario, and it \vas
knowledge of his uncle's work that
finally influenced young McMaster to
go through for medicine. It 1WaS his
experiments 'witin X-rays that led .dir-
ectly to the death of Dr, John 'Mc-
Master in 1.010, He succumbed as a
result of exposure to the X-rays.
Doctors had no lead aprons, .gloves
and screens to protect them in these
days as radiologists have today.
'Dr. McMaster entered the Univers-
ity of 'Toronto immediately upon his
graduation from Barrie Collegiate,
and during his summer holidays while
at university he worked, in turn, as a
construction gang member, a lumber-
jack and a •carpenter. Same of the
money he earned helped to put him
through college.
!Graduating_ in 11191x,3, Dr. McMaster
precticsecl in Barrie ,for nine months
with DT. 'Bred Ross and then was in-
terne at 'Gravenhurst Sanatorium for
several months. :On 'July 'It AUX, he
took over tate practice in Ethel of Dr.
Malcoinm Ferguson, now of Toronto,
and ten years later, to the .day, he
opened his practice in Seaforth.
Although. Dr. 1Mc\•taster was never
an athlete himself. he is generally re-
garded as one of Seaforth's foremost
sports enthusiasts and boosters,
"i guess 'baseball gets the call be-
cause I used to play- ,some of it," 01-.
McMaster o'bserted. "In !Ethel we
used to play a lot of softball ton and
there were some ,great games played
a few years ago, when Ethel, Brus-
sels, Moncrieff, Cranbrook and At-
wood had a league, Softball has
slumped badly in recent years, but I
look for a big revival in it, and it
would not surprise me to see it sup-
plant baseball in popularity in Sea -
forth this conning summer."
!Football is the 'biggest game in and
around Seaforth, and for the athletic
association it is the biggest money-
maker. The Seaforth football team
last year got as 'far as the semi-finals
in 'the South 'Huron League, butt
were past out in that round by St.
Coiemban. Since purchasing the rink
last fall, ,Dr. Mchfaster has erected
bleacher seats, improved ?the .lighting
and has installed an atirplifying sys-
tem and .additional repairs and renov-
ations are planned during the summer.
in addition to being :president of
the nth'letic association. 'Dr. .McMast-
er is a member of the Seaford; Mas-
onic Lodge and a member of the
Scottish Rite Lodge of Barrie, Fie be--'
Irises to the Seaforth 'Lion's club and
this year is serving his first term on
the high school hoard, H'e also be -
Image to the Seaforth golf club, but
makes it a practice never to reveal 'his
scores, He is not :going 'to do that
until he domes a, lot closer 'tobr talc=
BRODHAGEN
The funeral of .Henry Wesenberg
of Grey township was held last
Thursday afternoott to St. 'Peter's
Lutheran Church at Brodhagen. Rev.
S. Friedrickson officiated, The pall-
bearers .were Wilfred Ahrens, Harold
anti Carl Eiligson, Spencer and ElmerMcLeod andIrwin Leonharcit,
grandsons. W. Henry\Wesenberg
passed away at his haute. lot 113, con.
14, Grey township. He had been in
poor health for about a year. The de-
ceased was born in McKillop town-
ship, on !fay 6th. 1.863, tracing passed
away in his iibth year. 'He was a far-
mer and for ',117 years had been a
thresher. In an accident with a mach-
ine he lost one of his arms. Despite
this due was td way:, able, to work. He
was a resident of 'Grey township fur.
sone 14 years and had dived at other
times in Brodhagen and Ethel '('here
survive to (mourn their loss, seven
daughters. Mrs. -Chas, Ahrens, Brod-
hagen; 'Airs. E. Elligsott. 3ichilloh;
Mrs. Louise Gibson,Niagara
N.Y.: Mrs. Barbara McLeod. Lon-
don; Mrs. C. A. Leonhardt, Greg;
Mrs. J. 'G. Hinz, lirodbageu, and Mrs.
T. Ryan, Brussels. One son George at
home, three brothers. Joe of Mitchell,
Louis in Northern 'Ontario, and Wil-
liam of Didsbttry, 'Alberta, and one
sister, Mfrs, Chas. Cooke, 'Toronto.
There 'are also !J!S grandchildren,
FOUR KILLED AT
STRATFORD C.N.R. CROSSING
Four Stratford yotm; men were al-
most instantly killed last week when
the car in which they were- riding was
struck by a CJN,R. train from Sarnia
at a level crossing south of the Whyte
packing plant stn Stratford. The vic-
tin,s were: Carl 'Allan, 111, driver of.
the carr Milton !Peonike, 119; ,jack Ri-
chardson, '34, and Glen Campbell, 17.
Richardson was the pianist for the
pageant of old 'home week at Goricr-
ich in 'Angus
were going,; to
the Allan fruit
Allan's mother
turned about a
to Italy where
Mt : 'Christine
t last. The four youths,
a -pond to crit ice for'
store, owned "by young
Carl Allan had re -
month ago from a !rip
he visited his sister,
r,
Trianni, Recall, It,';
rig .1010, Dlr. McMaster is a meter
two 'years, has served -on the board of
managers of the Presbyterian ,1Ohurch.
Despite his 'keen interest in Sea -
forth sports, Dr. 'McMaster lists fly-
ing his favorite hobby. He has not
the slightest desire ever' 10 fly a plane.
himself, 'brat he manages to get in at
least two:go'od 'fl'ights. each year. Last
year he flew from Toronto• 'to Mon-
treal, via !Northern 'Ontario and. Nor-
thern Quebec, and he also flew from
Cleveland to Washington and 'Atlan-
tic City.
'That's (the best way there is to see
the country, especially Northern 'On-
tario," said Dr. McMaster. A+1'thooglt
he has no intentions of ever flying the'Atlantic, he does hope one of these
'days to 'crass the 'Dominion 'by the
new Trans -.Canada Airways,
Married in 1.424 to Miss Mettljorie
Weir, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Archbald'Weir, 'of Walkerton, Dir.
and Mrs. McMaster ;hare two charm-
ing young daughters, 'Joan, aged 1111,
and jean, aged eight,
BLUEVALE
Motorists 'entering the ' ,village of
B'luevale'by the road skirting the pond
think the name Bluevale an appropri-
ate one. The pond, formed on the
Maitland !River, dies like a miniature
lake (between 'high 'banks, showing in.
its depths 'dark rdflections of trees an•d
the cool 'blue of the sky.
Thename was chosen for reasons
of sentiment by Alexander 'Duncan,
one of the early settlers, in memory
of a suburb .of (Glasgow, in his native
Scotland, says the London Free Press,
The ,first settlers in the Township
of Turnberry-'taping land on the site
of the present 'village of •Bluevale in-
cluded Alexander [Duncan, Jacob Can-
te'lon and ;Tames ,M•cCullou'gh. They
arrived early in 1115514, but the Leech
brothers were the real founders of 'the
village, There were 1110 of the Leech
brothers, and their energy and a'bili'ty
made history in !Huron 'County.
Richard Leech carne from Ireland
to settle in 'Brookville in 1.912. He
fought 'with the Canadians in the War
of 1119112, and afterwards worked at cab-
inet making in Lanark County. (Eight
of his ten sons formed a partnership
to enter the milling 'business at 'Gor-
iTie and Bluevale, after two ,brothers,
dames and 'Na'thaniel, had discovered
suitable sites while on a prospecting
tour.
Starting in 'the fall of 111955, the •bro-
thers had flour and sate mills running
at 'both tGerrie and Bluevale by har-
vest time in 195.6.
In 'building the mills, all the mach-
inery had to be hauled' by horse er ox
teams front 'Paris and.,Guelplt on roads
of the most difficult description, run-
ning through forest and swamp. A
dant built across the 'Maitland at Blue -
vale was so firmly trade that for 25
years it withstood the spring floods.
the ,ottiv dant to stand up along the
whole. course o'f the river.
The mills contributed directly to the
brisk growth of Bluevale. The Leech
!brothers, who all lived for a .number
of years in 'the north part of Huron
County, were active in many ways in
furthering the interests of 'the early
settlers. When churches were :built
they were especially prominent among
the Methodists.
The 'first store in Turn'berry Town,
ship was 'kept at Bluevale by a man
named •Bennett. He was succeeded 'by
John Messer, who kept a general
store and was the first postmaster
when a post office was established in
1'x5319,
'B'luevale also had the first school in
Turnherry Township, being opened in
the early sixties, The school was also
used for a tPreabyterian church, the
first ordained minister 'being :Rev, W.
C. Young, while Thomas Ferrate, who
later became member of Parliament
for ,North Huron, was one of the
early school teachers.
in 1967, Bluevale was made a rail-
way station 'on a branch of the (Great
Western Railway. which was then
called the Wellington, Grey 'c&; Bruce,
By 111975 Bluevale wits a thriving
business centre, boasting three gener-
al stores, three shoe shops, two tail-
ors' shops, several hotels, a sash and
door factarv, cabinet factory, tannery,
cheese factory, puutp factory, wagon
shop, three Iblac'ksmith shops, flour
mill, saw mill, shingle mill. 'Besides
the school, the village had three
churches, 'Wesleyan, Methodist, Prim-
itive Methodist, PPreshyterian.
Lumber 'and cheese 'were the chief
products shipped in large, quantities
from Bluevale 510 and 60 years ago.
.A fete of the 'buildin'gs constructed
in pioneer tines still remain. Two of
the 'first church buildings are in use
for other purposes and the frame
!b'uilditrg which housed the ,first post
office still remains.
!Many of the industries which em-
ployed the inhabitants in elle sixties
are no longer 'found there, The saw
mill is gone, with all the other mead -
working shops. The ,old frame flour
mill, altered by modern additions, and
reduced in dignity to, a chopping trill,
still stands beside the pond, the Mait
landsat 'I in• urs
s 'power as in the
• old days. The 'blue of the sky is re -
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BREEDERS MEET•
At the annual meetitag of 'the Perth -
Huron Shorthorn Breeders' Club ,held
in agricultural office 'board room,
Clinton, Friday afternoon the follow-
ing officers far 191318 were elected:
!President, R. M. Peck, Zurich; vice-
presidents, Lincoln White. St. Marys,
N. 'R, IDorrance, Seaforthb.secretary-
•treasurer, Ian MacLeod, Clinton, Hu-
ron agricultural representative; as-
sistant, W. 'H. White, Stratford,
Perth county representative. Direct-
ors—'!Huron county, Roy Pepper,
Seaforth; W. C. 'Oestreicher, Credit-
on; , W, H. Armstrong, Seaforth.
Perth :county, IJ. H. Robinson. S't.
Marys; William Urquhart, Mitchell;
James. McGillivray. Stratford:
The meeting, attended by upward
of 20 members of the club, was call-
ed to order by the retiring president,
William Waldie, Stratford, who, af-
ter a 'brief address in which he re-
viewed the activities of tine cltt'b dur-
ing the pest year. introduced the
guest speaker, G. R. 'Patersoun, Walk-
erton, Bruce county agricultural rep-
resentative, who addressed the club
on the subject of "The Restricted
Area (Plan" for the control and eradi-
cation of tuberculosis .in cattle,
The address, heard with deep inter-
est by the assembly, brought forth a
number of questions to which Mr.
Paterson gave comprehensive an -
5 Wers.
• Miscellaneous business included;
Motion by 3d r. Peck. seconded by N.
S2. ,Dorrance, ,that the question of a
restricted area for Fluroii county he
presented at tate June ssession of the
Huron county council. Carried, Fol-
lowing this motion a committee was
named topresent this matter to the
attention of the county council.
The meeting unanimously approved
of the following ,two motions: Moved
by Mr. ;Peck, seconded by Mr. Oes-
treicher '('1) Whereas at present the
purchasing public hasno assurance
of the quality m1 beef being sold over
the counter, we, the directors of the
Perth -Huron S'laotthorn Club, recent -
vend to the provincial •government
that all beef pfi'ereei for sale he 'label-
ed as 'to ,grade,
'(() Moved 'by lfr. White, seconded
by Mr. Peck, that we, the directors
of the 'Perth -Hurons Shorthorn ChM,
recommend to the thini5'ter of agricul-
•ure for (Ontario that the grading ni
nulls and 'paytineltt of premiums lin
graded hulls be instituted in the prov-
ince.
The directors' meeting immediately
followed at which four salesmen and
fieldmen were appointed to assist
prospect buyers in securing suitable
breeding stock, The 'directors decided
,that these fieldmen should receive
five per cent, of the sale price for any
sales completed by 'them. Fieldmen
appointed were; Huron county, W. C.
Oestreicher, Crediton, \V. H. Arm-
strong, Seaforth; rPertit county, Lin-
coln White, St. Marys, William Wal -
die, Stratford.
Bruce County reports a smaller
mortality in pigs this winter than is
usually experienced. Well i1110'g t o n
County reports that fall wheat is
showing up particularly well as it has
'been covered with a nice blanket of
snow during most of the winter. The
nigh prices of alfalfa and clover seed
prevailing there are diverting farmers'
attention to timothy which has the ad-
vantage of being considerably cheaper
and at the same time a house -grown
product, In Halton, and some other
counties livestock breeders are re-
ported as disappointed at prevailing
market prices for their cattle, 'In Hal-
dinnand a definite move has 'been
made towards having the county de-
clared as a tuberculosis -free area. The
county :council has already approved
the movement and the /Livestock Im-
provement Association is proceeding
with the passing of petitions. Middle-
sex has •experienced some :floods in
low areas due to :heavy rains. Wheat
is still green there and in good condi-
tion though fear has been expressed
because of lack "of snow. Quite a de-
mand for horses has .been noticed am-
ong the tobacco growers of ;Norfolk
comity and good teams are bringing
from IS3190 to Iwq-I1310 !Demand for
springers and new rnilkers in 'Prince
Edward County appears to ,be a little
brisker both from 'American and .other
outside ,buyers, at 'fairly satisfactory
prices. 'Horses are also selling well
there, 'Livestock in 'Eastern Ontario is
its fairly good condition considering
the scarcity of home-grown feeds and
the .high price' of commercial feeding
staffs,
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