HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-05-31, Page 3'THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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Hensall Starts. Season With. A. 5-3' Win Over Ingersoll On 24th
Back row, left to right, J. A. Patterson, Sec.-Treas.; Ed. 'Gascho, Cantelon, Yungblut, E. L. Mickle, Manager;
Royce (Dick) Welsh; Bill Joynt, E. Brownlee, Berryhill, Howe, T, E. Drummond, President. F. -Int row C.
Kerslake, S. Rennie, Horton, A. C. McCauley, Harold Foster, Wilson •Brintnell, Passmore,
HURON NEWS
Engagement Announced — .Mr, and
Mrs. .Ro'bert G , Smith, IGoderich
township, wish to, •ann'ounce 'the en-
gagement of their only daughter,
'Elva M., to •M.r. Amos iJ. Osbaldesttn,
son of Mrs. T. ,Cardwell, Clinton, aril
'the late 'Audrey ;Os'baldeston, the
marriage to take place early in June.
(Married in London.: -A quiet we'd-
nlfn;g took place at 'St. ,Matthew's rec-
tory in•Tioadon When two Of tExeter'ss
popular young. people 'Mi'ss ,Gladys
1J'ean, daughter oll 11l r, and Mrs. L. J,
:Penhale, 'was united in marriage to
Mr. William 'A, ,E.11erlington, song of
,Mr. and airs. !Fred E'llerington. Mr.
and Mrs, Ellerington left on a short
honeymoon for Toronto and other
points and 00 their return will reside
in Exeter.•
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.Business Change.—Mr. a'. IS. 'Grant,
who for the ,pasbeight years has con-
ducted a bakery business at Exeter,
has sold out to Mr. Clifford 'White of
tFarest, Who will tale passessi'on on
May 28th, Mr, and Mrs, Grant and
'family moved to Exeter from 'Glencoe
and as they still own a home there
they are returning to that place.
Stray Pigeon Caught ---third lovers in
'Kincardine have been greatly interest-
ed during the past month in the pre-
sence of a 'banded pigeon at William
Walsh's, blacksmith, The bird, which
!has been very tame, has been staking
qts home in the rafters of the shop,
and shows no concern whenever ad-
mirers are present. The :pigeon is
white with blue markings and the
band on it's leg bears the number
O1-lU-30•109116. This indicates that it
!belongs to some club and in the
course of making a journey .has been
lost—Kincardine News,
Met at ,Clinton.—.\t a meeting held
at Clinton last week, delegates from
all Legiontlirauches in 'Huron County
discussed legion matters and decided
to hold the annual war veterans' pic-
nic at Baylfield on Wednesday, July
25, and the Huron, :county church pa-
rade in Brussels on Sunday 'Sept. 9th.
Golden 'Wedding: — uMrs, Harry
Champion .entertained at dinner at
Brussels .in 'honor of her parents, Mr.
and !Mrs. J. T. 'Ross, who celebrated
their ,golden wedding on Tuesday,
May 1115'bh, 'The house was •tastefully
decanted. Many old friends called
with greetings -and. hest wishes dor
the couple .who had enjoyed 50 .years
of life together in_1Bruseels. The happy
bride of other years was the recipient
of many beautiful gifts. IBrief remarks
were offered by 'Rev, E. G. Rickard,
Mr. Hunter and .Mr. !Pringle; A unique
feature of the occasion was that
there were present two other couples
besides Mr. and Mrs, 'gas, T. Ross,
who will celebrate the '50th anniver-
sary of their wedding .this year, Yr.
and kli•s. William West •of 'Merton
on Jame 2I6tb, and Mr, and Mrs. D.
C. Ross of .Brussels, on Sept. !6th.
Meeting Trouble Halfway, — Hugh
McCabe's conscience was bothering
hint, so he walked in the magistrate's
office at 'Goderieh to see if he was on
the good side of the books .with the
etlficials. FTe'wes, so far as Magistrate
Reid was concerned, until Mrs. Mc-
Cabe appeared with a badly discolor-
ed .eye and sundry other bruises al-
legedly inflicted by her erring spouse.
McCabe asked for time out to com-
plete the seeding on his Goderieh
township $grin and was remanded a
week on a $200 bond.
Lucknow Doctor Goes to Wingbam
--Phe announcement has been made
in Lucknow' that Dr. William Connell
of that town will take over the pract-
ice of the late Dr. Margaret Calder.
Late James Etherington, Usborne—
The death look place at his residence,
concessiee 5, Us.borne Township,
.ai May 23, of James 'Ethcrin;,ton in
his 7.2nd year. 11c was married to Ann
Jane Willis aho survives him. He is
also survived by one son Albert and
fur gran'd'children and by two beo-
-deers, George of Exeter, Edward of
!Detroit, and a sister, 'Mrs. !Emma
'Na)iper off London. ,Deceased - had
been in poor health for the past year.
fire funeral took place Friday from
Thames Road 'Church. The pallbear-
ers were six of his neighbors, E. Cud -
more. H. Routcliffe, E. McDougal, .A,
Morgan, E. Pyre and J. Kernick.
Secures Contract.—Tenders for the
construction of the new well at the
waterworks pumping station were
opened at a meeting of the public
utilities, Goderieh, on Tuesday af-
ternoon, The lowest tender, .wlhicit
was accepted, was that of Clayton
,Louby-of Dublin, at $2,4792'5. Other
tenderers were !James A, Vance,
Woodstock: Canadian Eng,ineering
and Contracting Co., Hamilton, To-
ronto and Montreal; Brennan Paving
Co., Hamilton. The work of connect-
ing the pumps with the new well is
to he done by day labor, and the ap-
proximate coot of the complete work,
including the Looby contract, is es-
timated at $4,000.
MITCHELL RACES
:\t 1::30 o'clock on the 'afternoon Of
May Nth the Mitchell Citizen's
Bandl led tite way to the park from
'the centre of the town, !fere a full
program of amusements was in readi-
ness, Hctrse races with every class
well filled, vaudeville, and plenty of
booths. The. bright sunny clay attract-
ed about 5,000 people to the Keterson
Park, -Mitchell, to witness a fine dis-
play of horse racing on a track that
ways in perfect •ctm'ditinn. 1A11 the
classes made better time than was
expected dee to the earliness of the
'canon. During the afternoon vaude-
ville acts were presented. The ' Turf
Association is to be congratulated nn
having arranged to present such a
varied and interesting program to
fill in the spots of the race mc:t which
are nsually inclined to be dull.
One pleasing feature•. Of the events
was that every heat was a race for
which first, 'second and third money
was awarded, The 'best heat of the elf-
tenwoon was the .third of the 2:115 .pace,
Baldwin, the great little Toronto
horse nosing out Bedford Grattan,
who forced the winner to extend :him-
self to the limit to set the record for
the day.
The results: .
12:115 Trot or Pace—
Baldwin, W. R. Payne, To-
ronto . .. 1 a 1
Norman Peter, W. H. Grosch,
Stratford , , , ,t, .,, 3 2 3
The Brewer G. 5. !hitt, \Mit-
chr'il _. .. 2 3' 4
\lay Baxter, 1.1. K. Baxter, Ha-
milton ... , .,6 4 2
Bedford Grattan, G. S. Litt,
Mitchell ,. . 4 5 5
!ferrel Bellino, T, Battersby,
Stratford , ,. • 5 6 6
Time -121113%, 2.10e4, 2.10,
2:20 Trot or Pace—
Jack Grattan, H, Fields, Ilant-
iltott '1 1' 1
Mabel E. Grattan; O. Paulin,
Cheerful Grattan, F. Wherry,
St, Catharines , . ,, 3 4 5
May Direct, 11. S. Roser, Den-
. field 823
MacGregor, C. M. Lawrence,
iDurham „ ,. , , 5 5 4.
.tdmira'1 Grattan, R. Trench,
Teeswater 4 7 6
Grattan Patch, G, S. Litt, Mit-
chell .. „ ., ... 6 6 7
Cap Grattan. Len •Guy, Sea -
.forth „ „ „ .... 7 8 d
Time -1111'5z, 2.15, 2.15.
' 2)1 Tree or Pace—
The Adatiral. R. Trench, Tees -
nater . .. .: 1: I 1
11 deight Grattan. W. H.
Grosch, Stratford 3 3 2
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Lantz, New Hamibizrg4 2 4
.Bob Harvester, Dr. House, .
Mitohell . ,. , ... 15 6 6
Joe Private, T. Boss, Ethel..., 6 5 8
Morning Star, S. Parker, !Car-
gill 9 7 3
Klippen Grattan, Dr. Whitely,
Goderioh'8 9 5
Bertha 'Hall, •111. C. Baldwin,
New Hamburg , '110 8 7
Kate !Grattan, H. Fields, Ham-
ilton .. . , .. ..' ..n .. 2 4 .d
Alex Grattan, A: Su•th'erland,
Toronto ,,t: ,1710 d
.Time -2.113154, 2.1115, 2.8534,
Starter -4. Saint, Wa'llaceburg.
Judges -!Dr. Riddell, Orangeville;
R. Currie, Strathroy; E. J. Hender-
son, St. Marys,
Timers — J. Cook, London; H.
Hays, Goderich.
RECALLS EARLY DAYS
qBy J. MacTavisb in The London
Agree Press.
lin coder to obtain anecdotal matter
and reminiscences of pioneer life,
heretofore unpublished, in w'hatt was
known as the Huron Tract in the days
o.f the Canada Company, it is perhaps
advisable to go to some pe'rson Whose
hair long since ,was fringed with grey.
In this respect the writer was mast
fortunate recently while chatting,
with an e'lder'ly lady, whose memory
takes 'her 'back over a spam of more
than four score years, to learn that
she was not only in'teres'ted, but like-
wise took pleasure in relating exper
ience, of yesteryears,
The person r'e'ferred to is !Miss Mar-
gare't Robison, whose hone for some
years has been inn ISeaforth. Her fath-
er, the late Alexander Robison, was
horn in Ireland. When a young nail
he came to Lower Canada where he
met and married Mary. Van'steant-
burg, who, with her parents and other
United Empire Loyalists, had conte
from Pennsylvania.
The young couple carne to Upper
Canada and lotated in Darlington,
near Bowmanville, and soap were con-
sidered to be quite prosperous. In
14850 lir. Robison decided tp come
westward where land was cheap. I-Iis
journey tonic !tiro miles north of the
places now known by the names of
Scaforth and Clinton, into what was
called the Queen's Bush, where tim-
bered hand could be battght for $2 an
acre: He, however, being dissatisfied
with prospects, returned to Darling-
ton. Shortly afterwards he decided to
come westward again to procure land
from The Canada Company. At this
juncture his wife took an active part
in deciding what would be done. She
told her husband that if he were go-
ing again. they would all be with
!lint. She said: "The whole family of
us arc going this time; and we'll keep
going till we find tvhat we want." '
The party was composed of Mr.
and Mrs. Robison, their seven child-
ren, together with tate father's broth-
er. "!'heir pacsessien•s were trade tip
of a well -laden wagon. team of 'horse;
yoke of oxen and four cows. The first
stopping plate of importance was
Toronto, at that time often called
"Little Muddy 'York."
There was no such place in those
days as Seaforth. At the cruse -roads
her was a ti,^ger s,gnt but a !rile
westward was the village of Harpa'r-
hey. Mr. Robison bought 100 acre -
of land in 'fuckersmitli about - five
miles .o:tt'taf ihere 'Seaf,'rth .
from '1. Canada Company, at
53 an acre, will ten years to pay, oln-
'n Vlia':1 iliteres: fee,
A Mr. Murray hal as adjoining 1I1
acres 00 which lie had erected a sinal)
house. The Robisons lived in this
,-once for three weeks. During this
tante they bulla a log shanty on their
ow•n property. The bush was so thick
Tat it was intpc'esible t+' get the
`i..rses and oxen :o the site ;or the
et- home from the n'ain> path till t:
way was slashed through.
'Daring the first winter the cattle
were compelled to subsist on what
they got by browsing 00 the tender
parts of bushes and tree tops after
trees had been felled. In order to get
mail matter or things needed from a
stare it was often necessary to walk
by path thrntvgh the woods a diptance
of over ;five utiles to 'Harpurhey,
where the .store and post office were
kept in the drone of Malcolm MetDer
amid.
Miss Robison can remember when
an older brother and older sister,
Mmes and :Vary Ann,• wanted to go
+, church and to do so walked by path
through the woods, six or seven miles
n Roxboro, which was a small village
...orth of Ttarpurli'ey.
When M•r, Robison had grown the
first bushel of wheat that could be
spared, it was put on his hack and
carried ece Goderieh to be ground.
Mrs, Robison, who' is credited with
'saving been a wonderful cool:, baked
her bread an a 'Dutch aven, whic'li
was a sheet of iron suspended over
the fire in the,wide open grate.
'!'here were no schools lith` lite 'local
ity till Miss Robison was.1'0 years
old, Then there was a log >school
huildisg erected on the farm of David
!bore, a neighbor, which she attend-
ed, and was granted a teacher's certi-
ficate
ernficate on graduating from the fifth
book, "Bob !Sloan," s.lie said, "was
my first teacher; and after him carne
Jimmy Ferguson."
She said "not 'long ago I met an old
classmate who ,told, me that she htcd
failed iu one subject. 'Anrd'tonay' sur-
prise That subjecit teas compound frac-
tions,
ractions, the easiest one of them' all for
pre."
The Robison prospered during the
years they farmed in Teucicersmith,
but when the boys became young
men :they were ,desirous of getting
more band for themselves, and obtain-
ed it north and west of Seafoi-th, in
the Township of iHuilett, !Miss Robi-
son mentioned with certain pride that
her brother, Moses, was the first per-
son on 'the 113th concession of Mc-
Killop to procure a clear title for has
land,
The grain which he grew he "team
ed" to +Goderieh. He also made and
took to the same glace for .,ale, .quan
titins of black Batts which were p•ut
through a refining process and trade
into potash. Tb make the salts i't was
necessary to build a leach ,from slatbs.
The slabs were placed side by side to
form a V-shaped trough, several feet
in length. Underneath this were.
troughs placed to catch the lye from
the leach and convey it to a large ket-
tle in which it was boiled to a cake of
salts, similar to the way in which
maple sap is reduced to staple sugar,
!Sufficient ashes for the leach were
got by felling trees, cutting them into
logs, which were hauled by oxen tiff
great heaps were made and then
burned.
The first person buried in what is
believed to be the inkiest cemetery in
the township of Hibbert, died in Miss
Roblsan's fat'her's home. Her parents '
were interred in the village graveyard
at Constance, township of Hu'llett.
The father was a stockily built, hale
and hearty man at the age of seventy-
four, when he was killed by being
stepped upon by a horse, while in the
act of leading it down a platform or
gangway at the Constance cheese fac-
tory. Her mother died in Harpurhey
at the age of 106 years;
Miss :Robison would not leave her
pare its for a home of her own.
When asked if she were a :Method-
ist, the answer carte immediately: "I
ant."
"It goes without saying then that
yon are of trite United Church persua-
i11."
"Indeed. I ani not!" was the res-
•ponse, "There's no such 'tiling as a
United Church. Your .Bible is the ally
stere guide to point the way." She told
about one whom she considered to be
a great :Methodist and a great Chris-
tian. "Nat long ago," she continued,
"I read about the death of Dr. Cross-
ley, the evangelistic singer. The last
time he was in Scaforth: he carte to
Harpurhey, sat by my mother's bed-
side and sang beautiful hymn; to her,
They both lived beautiful lives,"
EXETER.
The funeral service for Mrs, 7.
Stafford 'Woods whose sudden death
occurred Thursday' was held in 'Ira-
eter on Saturday afternoon, The pall
bearers were H. C. Rivers. W. W.
Taman, R. G. Setdcm, F. May, Dr. J.
G. Dunlop an9 Dr. G. F. Atkinson.
Mrs. Woods, formerly Katy Talbot
Heald, was in her 59th year. She
came to Exeter with her husband 1a5
yours ago from Dutton, She is surv-
ived by her husband, two daughters.
Marion \\.ils, B.:\., „f Exeter, alai
Miss Katherine \Vo<xls, of London,
She is also survived by her sister,
Mrs. Grenville 'Finch -Moyes of Oak-
ville. Interment was made at Strat-
ford.
Percherons in Demand.
Sales of Pw':li ran mire brei
stick this spring ..have been very
heavy, the (lem:utl nt::r': *renter
that: the sulipl}. it >>a lc tlt.se
who are willing to pay 'gav1 prices
that are able' 10 buy a t all. Breeders
are reaping a really go.,c1 harvest,
from those who .rant ti get Perch-
erons these days. Prices are at least.
$200.00 ,per head higher than they
were a year ago, and the demand
for two-year old stallions, because
they do not cost inet as much as. the
more matured horse. is tee:itendcros.
RIOTS IN TOLEDO.
\.Via+h role fire and tear gas, Ohio
National 'guardsmen gained control:
last week of :, riot -scarred factory
district in Toledo,•• 'Ohio, tT. S. A,,
where two men have met death and
150 have been injured in strike dis-
orders. The militiamen, 7110 strong,
repelled brick -tossing strike sympath-
izers in nine hours of desperate guer-
illa warfare at the plant of the Elec-
tric Auto -'Lite Company, '
+Quiet was restored in the area by
machiv:e guns and; bayonets jest five
blocks northwest of the •city hall
Scores orf rnj'ured including Inana •
wooun—wer'e 'included' in the easual
ties, !Rifle fire and the popping of gas
bombs, the clatter of rock:; and other
missiles. the .screech of ambulance
sirens and shouts and scream's 'Billed
. Y.' .air.
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