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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-02-20, Page 4PAGE FOUR THE SEAFORTH NEWS THE SEAFt'RTH NEWS a'nowdon eras.. Babhh+rs COME TO THE Pancake Tea At Mrs. Hoy's in Walton FRIDAY, FEB. 21 Also, potato cakes, pie, cake Tea biscuits Tea and coffee Auspices of St. George's Church 20c 20c WALTON Miss Beth Shannon of Mitchell spent the week end at her hone. Mrs. S. Porterfield who has been making her home with Mrs. H. Shannon has returned to her home in Stratford. The many friends of Mrs, B. Johnston are glad to hear she is re- covering from her recent illness. Don't forget to come to Ma's, R. Hoy's on Friday to the pan crake sot sal under the auspices of the Angli- can Church. Sympathy is extended to Mr, and Mrs, Bert Johnston over the death of their infant son. Those who attended the hockey gamle Saturday night in Toronto were Stewart McCall, Arthur Bew- ley, Jack Bry'aus, Clarence Grainger and Elmer Dennis, Mr. and Mrs, Silas Johnston and Harvey visited on Monday with Mrs. Johnston's mother. Mrs. Forrest. at Jamestown, who has been W. Mrs. Nichol has been visiting her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Nichol. Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Anderson spent Sunday iu Seaforth. Mr. Cosby Ennis from near Gran- ton is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ennis. Mr. David Crawford of McEiliop is :ding an ariction sale oh Friday. M trc•h 7th am! it' ,:t.ls trona.., to TUCKERSMITH The regular meeting of the Radice Farm Fornnl was herd at the home •e. Mr. and Mrs. James carnoehatr with twenty adults and four child- ren present. Mr. S. H. Whitmore very ably led the discussion on "Should rhe Canadian Government provide long term mortgages at low rate of interest such as 2 per cent to enable farm people to get estab ilshed on the land," The group concluded if they would it would help the sale of land and also help clear up tax arrears. The other questions regarding farm doctors and credit unions were fully discussed. A delic- ious lunch was served by the hostess. The meeting closed with God Save the King. Aristotle. a rival of Diogenes, for the title of the most distinguished philosopher in Athens. was one of the free thinkers of early times. He had a caustic tongue. and many were the truths he forced upon the Athen- ians. Once a student asked this great scholar of human nature: "What does a man gain by telling a lie?" "Not to be believed." Aristotle replied. "even when he tells the truth.' WEST BRODHAGEN Mt'. Henry Koehler spent the last ten days with hte daughter and sister and other friends in Stratford. and is not home yet. Mr. Edward ,Doerr of Gadshiil is assisting some of the farmers in pe. ting their firewood home for next winter, and draw manure out to the fields. Mr. and Mrs. Ell. Scharbarth of the lath con. spent Sunday night with Mr, and Mac Charlie Regele. Some of - the neighbors of Mt Charlie Regele gathered at his home to help him to celebrate his 44th birthday. and spent a friendly night with hint, Glad to say that Mr, \Vin. Koehler is able. to be out again after his oper- ation in Seaforth hospital, although a little slow yet but is getting stronger. Last week we had a few mild days so that Mr. Charlie Regele's bees were flying around, but they went home again. expecting some cold weather yet. The blain roads are all open but in places very icy. so that the cars will just have to go a little slow, for there is danger of slipping off the road. It looks as If the winter is not over for it is snowing heavy this morning again. But we hope we won't ket as much as last winter. BRODHAGEN Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. 0. Ray Hart of Stratford visited with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Rock. Sir. and Mrs Joe Berry of Hamil- ton with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Diegel and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. lllogk. Mr. Howard Querengesser of Strat- ford with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Querengesser. lir. and Sirs. Geo. Young of Strat- ford with lir. and Mrs. George Diegel. At the Sunday morning service e Carol Marie. daughter of Mr. and airs, Henry Rose was baptized. Mr. ;nil Mrs. Roy Collins and Larry are spending this week in Stratford. lir. Collins has secured work at Kroehlers. The Patriotic Society will quilt three quilts at the home of Mrs. John Amst'sio on Thursday. afternoon, STAFFA \.r. and Mrs. i Hannon and Mr. ' -Mrs, Norman F iris. d of 1. t „ at—it;; t\I,. <,o1 Mrs. Roller: Sadler red Mr. anti tlir 0.'\V'. Reed. Mrs. C eoper and .oft e.f T rant , p f7..:cer Couper, o. Ottawa. with M. r. and 'Mrs. lathes Barbour -Norval ,l Norris, Kitchener. with 11i. parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Norris: Miss Dorothy Haae'won0 to '\Vhelc'n with her parents: John Livingston and Mrs. 1, M. 'Gray, of illi!?hank, attend - the funeral of Mrs.. Thein as Curd!. in in Staffa cemetery +vt Monday. Butson-Boa— A quiet wedding took place at four o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of :lir. and Mrs. J. H. Dodd. 94 Nile street, Stratford, when Mar- ion Hislop Boa of Mitchell, daughter of Mrs. Robert Fortune, Point Fort- une, Que., and the late Mr. Boa, be- came the bride of Mr. George Wil- liam Butson of Staffa, son of the late 3Ir, and Mrs, James Butson. Major H, 'W. Howes of the Salvation Army officiated with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dodd in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Butson will reside in Staffa. Seaforth Gets Second Place Tavistock Nosed Out 111 Over- time Game On Monday— Ends Preliminaries. Seafortli rt.er. .troy -ed a .� 1_'•r nt,l slit .. play-off pot. :tion in Clic Tri -comity intermediate t).H.A group at To.istock ole \loa- day night. when •they defeated '1'at•i.- dek cncen.shirts 4-_J in a :based-ui, game that went ten minutes overtime. By their victors the [leavers tool: e -encl place and earned the right U' user the \VaterO, series r the r !1? title. by elimination of the t,rceuslrirts. ,Waterloo will play the first game of •the group 'final- it;- Seaforth on Thursday night. The second ,Lance will he played yed in Xew Hamburg, where the Siskatts stage their home .;acne, next IM (10 day night. \iter holding ,a lead for much of Monday night'- game the Green- .hirt, and a crowd of more than 700 fans saw the Beavers tie the score, on a goal that was a heart-hreaker for the Tavistock .supporters, at 2„30 of the third period. Beth Draper fired a shot at the. Tavistock net. Faul- hafer stopped the puck between his pads, hut the disc dropped to the ice and trickled over Clic line, for the tally that sent the _game into over- time, : In the extra session, Frank \Ie- F.wan sank what proved to• the the winning counter at 5.Idl. Farmer \lac- Faddt•n cinched it, with another Sea - forth goal, twenty seconds • before the final gong. Altimugh ,beaten, the Greenshirts put up a great battle. They might have won. 'hut -for the work of Hal Stade the }leavers hnalte, ,who gave a sparkling display for the entire .er- ent' minutes. Before the third period got under %%ay. a collection was taken for the Rriti h \Var Victims' Fund. Approx- imately 535 was maitre i and will he .oa sauirri tees fund headquarter.. Seat ren was t tliout the .ervlees iCyria Flannery who was unexpect- edly called :.e \\limlsor \l.ntdap after L.'OL where Inc lees-.eore,ls. pn.iri n. aforth —1 a 'tad defence. Hiller:. F. \I E 1 11: centre, \fa''- l'ariden: Inc...wR. \lel.wan. :ll,; alters..+ 11i. i es nrd. Pickett. 1)rap- .\ H ld:.> aur, Nichhison. fart t F,r aafir; de- fence Ilearson. Kanfen:nr: centre li.+r- t r.., Vogt, -,t, \V,.'c'ile. Riehl). \1nr_ enr tin. Referee.—Mooney. 'e el't otic. :cores in first Period were -fur ari.:i: 2 Ilr'neier.nt and 13 ender- Sraforth f t\1 Eavon. Penalties: Pearson i.2e'\lor enrotli. Hubert, :\ Hildehrand major h. Seuynd period, no score: Penalties: A. Hildebrand r2,. Draper t21, Hub- ert. Vogt. Third period: Draper for Seaforth: Penalties. Matthies, 1;, Hildebrand •tpenalty shod Pearson. In. the overtime Seaforth scored twice by F.I\IcEwan and \Ia'Iadden. Penalties Matthies, \lacFadden. "I'm afraid I shall have to sum- mon you, miss. You were doing forty miles an hour.” said the policeman. "Oh, you are to late, officer," simp- ered the damsel, "Another policeman told me that about three miles back.' Mr. Smith—"I understand your wife is a finished soprano." Mr. Jones—"No, not ,yet; but the neighbirs almost git her last night." Willie (reading article on India)— "What's an untouchable?" Dad—"It's a guest towel." THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941 EARLY INNKEEPERS The innkeepers of earlier days were often rare characters and pro- minent men in their own communi- ties. The first innkeeper in the whole Huron Tract was Colonel Anthony Van Egmoud, to whom the Canada Company granted 200 acres of land on condition that he establish an inu for the benefit of settlers coming to tate Huron Tract. He settled between Clinton and Seaforth on the old Huron road, now known as highway No. 8, says Alta Lind Rodges ie the London Free Press. He was a descendant of Count Van Egmond of the Dutch nobility and to few men is given the privilege of leading as adventurous a life as did Colonel Anthony Van Egmond. He fought against Napoleon in the early Napoleanic wars in Europe and later found himself a conscript iu Napol- eon's army. Colonel Van Egmond was wounded eo less titan SS different times and survived hardship and dis- ease to pioneer later on the Huron Tract, On reaching North America, Van Egmoud settled first in Pennsylvania but the pioneering urge drove him on- ward and later be came to the Huron Tract to fulfil a contract Made with the Canada Company. Here the versa- tile Van Egmond became not only an innkeeper but also a farmer, team- ster, road builder and merchant and strangely enough. succeeded in all these lines. One of his ventures was the purchase of 800 barrels of flour which be bought on the strength of settlers flocking to the Huron Tract. The settlers came. Van Egmond built the road for thein. Van Egmond teamed their goods from Stratford to Goderich. The travelers put up for the night at Van Egniond's inn and Van Egmond sold them their first barrel of flour. Colonel Van Egmont]. also grew the first wheat ever grown iu the Huron Trust. The harvest of it was celebrated with to great feast 10 which his neighbors were invited. There was at that time no settlement in Huron county hearer than Gode- rich and Tiger Dunlop was one of the guests. To Madame Van Egmond r i are first went the Imam- of cutting t sheaf with a sickle. Colonel Van Eg- mond also tried politics. In 1835 Inc was a candidate for a seat in the Legislature but was beaten at the polls by Captain Robert Graham Dun- lop. of Goderich. a brother of Tiger Dunlop's, Colonel Van Egmond':; was not a rebellious spirit but he was a stal- wart supporter of what he firmly be- lieved to be right and as a result of this he became a follower of William Lyon Mackenzie and took part in the now famous skirmish at Montgom- ery's Tavern, outside Toronto. The leaders escaped but the colonel was captured and jailed in Toronto, where he died before the trial took place. Thus ended the turbulent but color- ful career of Huron's first innkeeper. Back in the 60's and 70's practical- ly every crossroads boasted au inn and Huron County was neither better nor worse than the average in this respect. One of the well-known inn- keepers of that day was Anthony Al- len, who kept a tavern at Dunlop, just north of Goderich. He stood six foot six and weighed 300 pounds. In his book, "The 01d Log School House," "Four Little Maids" Are Feature of Collegiate Revue REGENT THEATRE Seaforth NOW PLAYING GEORGE13iAFT ANN SHERIDAN HUMPHREY BOGART "They Drive By Nite" WAYNE MORRIS ROSEMARY LANE "Ladies Must Live" Mon. Tues. Wed. JEFFRY LYNN BRENDA MARSHALL Money and The Woman with Roger Pryor Suspense — Romance — Breathless excitement NEXT THUR. FRI. SAT. osoaaslabby N1W+r�y.W asaaloseases Garin H. Green tells how "Big An- thony," as he was known, could take two ordinary men by the coat coll- ars, hold them at arms length and bump their heads and heels together. "Big Anthony" was not a quarrel- some nor a fighting pian. Indeed, he was quite the opposite. He always tried to keep peace between his neighbors and acted as a sort of boss around Dunlop. He was a man to whom many of Itis neighbors went for advice. a good neighbor and a good friend in need. Another early innkeeper of huge proportions was Peter Masou who kept an inn and general store neat the site of the present tillage of ,Au burn. Like Allen. he Mood well over six foot and wedeln -al inc!•. hundred MUM'S. Ila 0 day when nxan w-er" used on farms. Mason owned a stable full of there and was constantly sell- ing or trading oxen a, many, a generation ago, wee' constantly deal ing in horses. He operated an inn.0 general and liquor store and gave credit for everything but liquor. He gave many an early settler seed grain on the strength of the next har- vest and although he never kept books he knew Just what everyone owed !tint. If a settler owed him a bill and wanted to purchase liquor, Big Peter Mason refused the liquor until the other bill was paid. The huge but kindly innkeeper Passed away some years tater in Toronto. The most widely known hotel keeper of a generation ago was big Jonathan Miller and today the ex- pression "as big as Jonathan Miller" is still heard in Huron County- for like Anthony Allen and Peter Mason of another day and age, Jonathan Miller was a man of unusual propor- tions. He stood six foot three and at the time of his death in 1909, he bove may be seen five who took part in the revue `Hits and Misses", now being rehearsed by the Seaforth Collegiate Institute here, when it was directed by the same director, Melburn E. Turner, et Port Huron, Mir:Mese. The 1tfmber is entitled Four Little Maids" and was one of the highlights of the production. Already the "four little maids" of Seaforth have completed training for this number. His waistline was a tailor's headache as it measured no less than 34 inches and be took a 28 collar. The quaint little village of Ben• miller not far from Goderich, was first known as Colborne village, Later tate name was changed to Ben - miller. It was so named after Benja• min Miller. an uncle of Jonathan's, whose father was Daniel Miller". For some years Jonathan Miller was engaged in the hotel business at Seaforth, then for many years, he conducted a hotel in the square in Goderich, but the last few yearn of his lifer were :pent at a hotel in Carlow and it was there that he diei --upstairs.The funeral was delayed several day- while a casket was Made 1 order and then it 'vas osier:. e•.nor,,. '1 ., t, the t+rfl'in was iglu':it to, 1,ta, rah, capstans. The pr'On• lctl: was tiaaliy sole -•et i,y lowering the hod"; down the .'.airs and shell plating it in the casket. Tweiv, strong met, were needed as palibear• _t.. e•s and no tens than 10 men wens requires ,o lower the casket into the gravy Jonathan Miller was one of the best known Hien in Huron County and was liked by everyone, old and young alike. People came from far and near to the funeral. The proces, :,iota extended front one ,.concession to the next, which meant that there was aro less than a utile and a quarter of horse drawn vehicles. free air :aid warden. was small in stature but very kern on his joib. 'He'd 118+1 rather a 'tiring time inspect- ing shelters when a large man asked in abaliyin manner: 'tVe'hat ran I iso with 'nay five kids, in a shelter :hat's fall of water?" Then the worm turned. 'Teach 'em w swim!" ;napped the warden, weighed no less than 456 pounds. curtly ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES FEB. 28 Be MAR. 1 from SEAFORTH To Stations Oshawa and East to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lindsay. Peterboro. Catnpbellford. Newmarket. Collingwood, Meaford, Midland, North Bay. 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