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HISTORICAL RVI<W •Ori THE TOWN Or WINGTIAM
Thursday, May 16th, 1935
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A NOBLE REIGN
1910 1935
Twenty -Five Years of Faithtful Ser-
vice.
"And all the people shouted and
said, God save the King." -1 Sam.: 24.
God save our gracious King,
Long live our noble King,
God save the King:
Send him victorious,
I-Iappy and glorious;
Long to reign over us,
God save the King.
REV. WM. MURPHY
First Anglican Rector of St. Paul's
Church, Wingham.
ly example to her people, hes always
been closely associated with the work-
of the Ring, for the good of his Ern-
pire. The Ring's supreme sense of,
duty to his people, has been the larg
,est element.of his success as a Moder-
ator .and Sovereign. Though he is set
apart as King, yet he is not aloof
from any one of the human aspire7.
tions of his subjects. He has never.
shown in any way, that there is in
his affection, a more favoured one
among the nations he rules. He aims'
to keep'himself always aware of ev-
ery social and economic -development,
of every land where the British Flag
is flying.
Prince George and Princess May of
Teck Were married on. July 6th, 1893.
Their Coronation in Westminster Ab-.
eyb; on June 22nd, 1911, was a cere-
mony in which 'the whole British Em-
pire took part. To emphasize the re-
lations of the Throne to the Indian
Empire their Majesties visited India
that same year, and here they were
crowned Emperor and Empress of
India. •
King George came to .the throne
On May 6th past, there has been
celebrated wherever the Union Jack
waves, the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the accession to the throne of George.
V.
George V., by the Grace of God,
King of Great Britain, its Dominions,
Territories, Colonies and Emperor of
India, has during his reign of twenty -
:five years, guided the : Ship of State
through many storms.
, Queen Mary, the dignified and kind -
THE LATE SIIVION MITCHELL
For several years Alderman and
Reeve of Wingham.
a bappy recovery, in 1929, 'Services
of Thanksgiving, in every part of. his'
Empire, testified the heartiness of af-
fection, in, which be is held. ()oon
Mary is conservative, in that she dis-
countenances fashions or 7c
det t5
m
,
that are in any way extravagant. Dur-
ing the World War; she gave devot-
ed care to the interest of the wound -
fed, and'encouragement to Women en-
gaged in war work.
One of the :maxims of the King has
been to ever play the game, and an-
other "Teach 'ire to win,: if I may, if
I: may not win, teach me• to be, a good
loser,"
The .Prince of Wales is sometimes
called the Ambassador of the Empire.
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' THE LATE WM. HOMUTH
A brother to Mr. August Homuth,
shown knitting socks during the Great
War for the soldiers.
The coming• of the Great War short
ened his term at Oxford, for within
a.week of the Declaration ,of War, he
was : at work with his regiment, The
Grenadier Guards. His duties, on the
Eastern and Western Fronts, brought
him close with' the national units of
the Imperial forces. He was well
known too and good friends with regi-
ments of the Mother Country, On
August, 1919, he started out on an
Empire tour of Canada and New-
foundland, and on his way home paid
a good -will visit to',the United Stat-
es. While in Canada, he decided to
purchase a ranch. Upon his return
home, he was called away early in
THE LATE WM. ISBISTER
One of the early pioneers of Mor-
ris 'Township, serving as Reeve both
in Morris and Wingham.
brother to South America.
The Duke of York, who in 1923,
married Lady Elizabeth -Bowes Lyon,
is the second son of the Ring. They
have twa children, Princess Elizabeth
Alexandra, born in 1926, and Princess
Margaret Rose, born in 1930. The
Duke has made a diligent study of
the problems of Industrial welfare.
Sinse their marriage, the Duchess has
taken a full share of her husband's
many" duties,
All the Royal Princes have visited
some of the Overseas Dominions, Tlie
Duke of `Gloucester visited Ceylon,
Australia and New Zealand, in 1934.
The Duke of Kent visited South
America in 1931 and in 1934, South
Africa. In the Fall of last year his
marriage to Princess Marina was the
occasion of great rejoicing through-
out the Empire. Early in 1935, they
•
THE LATE THOS. L. JOBB
One of the first blacksmiths in the
Town, and a member of the. first
Town Connell, in 1879.
with a personal knoweldge of his Ov-
erseas Dominions, such as rio former
King or Queen had had a chance to
attain.. Looking back over the past
twenty-five years we can see that
there have been many changes, in all
parts of the British Empire. The ev-
ents of the World War, 1914-18, shat-
tered all normal relations with other
countries. The territories of the Em-
pire have been extended, its influence,
in world affairs has been strengthen-
ed, and despite the universal depres-
sion, the British Empire's continued
security has been in a very large ex-
tent due to Icing George's sense of
duty,
Seven years ago our King was at-
tacked by a grave illness, but made
Reavie's Servke
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Sole Agents for,.
WHITE ROSE GASOLINE,
ENARCO MOTOR OIL
CARS GREASHED, WASHED AND
SIMONIZED.
Your first chance cording in to Town from the
South and your last chance going south to se-
cure these high-grade products.
John E Reavie Proprietor
THE LATE FRANK BIICHANAN
One of the early 'business men of,
Win.ghain.
the next year 1920, for a tour of 'the
'West Indies, New Zealand and; Aus-
tralia. Two years later he toured In-
dia and Japan, and in 1925, the Prince
of Wales visited .South Africa, and
North and South Rhodesia.
The interest that our lovable Prince
takes in the development of Industry
in every part of his father's Empire is
of the greatest value, In 1927 he again
visited the Dominion of Canada, and
Africa in the year 1928. In 1931,
Prince George, vtho has since become
the Mike of Kent, accompanied his
Phomas Stewart is another of the
Pioneers of Bluevale, having come
here in 1856, with his parents, from
the Township of I-iibbert,, and Mr.
Stewart is the oldest living resident.
r I31t1evale Cotild boast''of four black-
smiths, Geo, Duncan, Ephrialii. Hill,
Joe llruebank and Frank Scott.
There were two saw mills, Leech
Bros operating one ,and Bailey and.
Duff, afterwards Duff and Stewart.
The first general store was owned
by Jacob Cantelon,, also . John Messer
and his brother, AVM. John used to
pack his gods from Seaforth.
17r.
j, E. Tani,blyn was the first
doctor in 1862.
Bluevale had four Hotels, first of
them being kept by 11. C. Pugh; Jas.
'Johnston also kept one of the ;hotels.
John Edwards was 'another of the
early merchants.
Thomas Farrow was < the first
school teacher.,
Bluevale of tiie present day has
three general stores and•one chopping
Mill, also one blacksmith; two church-
es, .tlie Presbyterian and United. It
is a real quiet village to live in and
is holding its own with better pros-
pects of doing 'business 'than other
v illages.
General stores are owned by Alvin
Smith, ,D.. J. Falconer, and J. W.
Wettlaufer, who carie here from.
Wheatley.
THANKS
'Though I have wound up my story
of the Town and its past and present,
I trust say a few words regarding the
staff of the Wingham. Advance -Times.
Messrs. Armstrong and McCool have
done everything in their power to
make this Historical Review as at-
tractive as was possible. Their set-
up of the•' illustrations were placed so
the paper would be well-balanced. The
reading and comments on everything
placed to the -best advantage, so much
so that it makes it easy to understand.
Their three employees, Neil William-
son, who has charge of the Intertype
machine, Gordon Davidson who is in
charge of the machinery which turns
out the material, and Harvey Groves,
the heavy -weight, who does all the
strong work, all gave of their best to
insure a success for the first and only
THE LATE JAMES WEIR
'Father of John and Miss Weir, of '
Patrick Street.
voyaged to the West Indies.
The Princess Royal (Mary), who
was married in 1922, to Viscount Las -
relies, now the Earl of Harewood, has
actively helped many nursing and
welfare services. They have two sons.
In 1932 she was proclaimed Princess.
Royal.
Each Christmas Day. the voice of
His Majesty the King, is heard, from
one' end of the Empire to the other,
when ,he broadcasts' a message to his
,people.
Every citizen of the Town of Wing -7
ham wishes their Majesties many
years of happines in their service to
such a widespread nation.
CniM. HEIil'REDSON, J ..
Son of Wni. '. Henderson, Wing -
ham. Junction, WT/I. Jr. is at present
itt England attending Cambridge Uni-
versity:
THE LATE REV. HOWSON
Of the Methodist Church in Wing-
hani.
complete write-up on Wingham. I'
therefore extend to the boys, one and
all, my thanks. In future years they
can say to their- children's children,
they had a hand in putting Wingham
before the public,
T. J. McLean.
There's nathin' here but Heiland pride
Heiland scabb and hunger,
The Lord trust aye been in his wrath
When He sent me here to wander.
THE LATE PETER PORTER -
FIELD
Father of Alex. Porterfield, Clerk
of East 'Wawanosh.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, May I, in a few short
lines, point, out that I have, endeav-
oured tobe as exact as was possible,
in all my ramblings,; through this His-
torical Review of Wingham,
I' know that there are many things
that could have been touched upon,
many old-timers, no . doubt, whose
names I 'have failed to mention; but ..
let me say that it was not. with any
wrong intention—it is simply that
there are
so many names that space
does not permit it.
There is one old Winghrmit,e, who,
always took a very active interest in
Wingham and its past and present.I
refer to the late Albert J. Snell, who
Passed away in December, 1934, at'
Toledo, Ohio, fIe was a close friend
THE LATE ADAM HALLIDAY
of the writer and his family, and a
few short weeps before his death he
had visited with us. "Albert", with his
parents, were early settlers, in) this
community. His father was a prom-
inent builder and contratcor.
There are others who have passed
to the Great Beyond, since I' started'
to write this Historical Review. Am-
ong others, was the late Walter Green
who passed' away on April 19th, 1935.
I would certainly appreciate it very
much if any of those who had read
their copy of the Special Historical
Review of the Town of Wingham,
and have enjoyed it, would inform me
of the sante.
'With Best Wishes for the Future
of the Town that I call Home, I am
Sincerely,
Thomas J. McLean.
THE LATE LAWRENCE PERRIN
BLUEVALE 1854
• Jacob Cantelon was'one of the first
settlers, taking up land where Black
Bros .now live, and was where,' the
late John Farrow and John Ring, M.
P., lived,. Mr. Cantelon gave the land
for the first Orange Hall to be 'built
on in 1:856.
nunean cattle in the same year
as Mi•. 'Cantleon, and B3luevale was
surveyed Dirt and known as Duncan's
survey, acid Clintelon's survey. Mr.
Duncan gave the land for the Blttev le
Cemetery.
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Wingham's Premier Dry
Goods Store
Established in 1891 by the late George E. King, this
store is the oldest Dry Goods Establishment in VVinghanl
in point of years under one continuous ownership and man-
agemeht. From 1907 until 1924 the store was under the
directorship of Messrs. T. C. King and R. H. King; and for
the past eleven years, T. C. King has been the sole operator.
Eger known as "The Store of'Qttality Merchandise",
it has enjoyed the confidence of the buying public ,for the
past forty-four years; and it is the supreme objective of the
present owner to so continue to serve with the same good
merchandise those who still buy with confidence at King's.
Dry Goods - Linens - Silks
Ladies' Ready -to -Wear Millinery
House Furnishings
Men's and Boys' Clothing Fine Fars
THE YEARS HAVE BUT INCREASED YOUR FEEL-
ING Or SECURITY IN DEALING HERE:
KI\G BROS
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