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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-08-19, Page 4PAGE FOUR T ...... Nee d1e-Poiut (MRS. NORMA SIEBERT, B.A., Woman's er the ministry must return to England to be ordained. Of these, one quarter were drowned,sw either or returning.dangerous .was t:he crossing of the ocean. 1 Under these conditions people The Sibbald Memorial Church, : was together to read ofdonegman who came to be married by a Now something of the woman ! transient minister, bringing with that inspired the building of this i him his eight children to be bap - church. Susan Sibbalcl was the e tized. The Sabbath had lost its daughter of Thomas Mein, a weal- i significance and many worked the thy Englishman and owner of Eil- i seven days alike. don Manor, in Roxbourghshire. She !, Susan Sibbalcl determined to led a carefree and very gay life I have a church and having set her - in a home that seems to have been self to the task, she spared no ef- the meeting place for the culture !fort. She wrote her friends in of the day. The poet, Peter Pin-' England for donations and among dar, penned lines to her. Noted { the friends to send help were the artists of the day painted several I sisters of John Graves Simcoe, who huge life-sized portraits of her. Her ; painted pictures, which they sold hand was much sought after by the !to raise money. most eligible young men of this ! She was not alone in her deter - select group. She fell in love, how- urination to build a church. One ever, with a soldier, handsome I of her closest neighbours, a John Captain Sibbald. Thus she left her !,Mills Jackson, wrote many letters sheltered life behind for the more Ito the head of the Church of Eng - rigorous life of the soldier's wife, I land in Canada. The funds of the accompanying her husband to the , church at the time were meagre island of Jersey, Here a number I enough and as many requests were of their children «'ere born. I coming for help in building church - After the war with Napoleon, es, the help from this source was Captain Sibbald, returned to his I not large. It is interesting to note own estate and here the rest of , that Jackson gave his name to their children were born and grew 1 Jackson's Point and to Sutton, aft - up. Of her nine sons, eight held ler his home in Sutton, England. commissions in the fighting serNic- I Finally the first little wooden es of the Crown. I church was completed. Mrs, Sib - Two of the boys were sent to ' bald insisted it be named, St. Canada. They hoped to learn I George's Church, after the war - something of the opportunities of- rior Saint of England, because of fered by this new land, from a her interest in fighting men. friend of the family's living at Or- It was a wonderful day for the iilia. When little news came from district when they finally secured them. the family became worried. j a minister, a Rev. Gibson. Many As her husband was in poor health, ! who attended the first service had Susan Sibbald, with her usual de -;never been in a church for years termination, decided to go herself and none of the children had ever —a very daring undertaking for an seen one. The work of this first unaccompanied female, as the cros- minister was very difficult. He sing took six weeks and was still ministered to everyone in the dist- very dangerous. ' rict regardless of creed. As he had She found her sons well and 1 no horse, he visited his distant happy in their new country. She, icharges on foot over nearly im- herself fell in love with the beau- ! passable roads. When Bishop Strachan made his difficult journey from York to ded- icate the church, he stayed at Eil- don Hall and he and Mrs, Sibbald became very good friends. After her death her sons, know- ing her deep interest in her beloved church, decided to replace the old wooden church, with a church more fitting as a memorial to this exceptional old lady. When you see it, I am sure you will say they built carefully and well. Page Editor) Taking your hands off the wheel to light a cigarette can kill you a lot quicker than lung oancer. Lake Simcoe (continued) ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS tiful little lake and as her boat passed what is now Sibbald's Point, she was attracted by the rather pretentious white house, she saw there. Before returning to England she purchased the house and surrounding land. Upon returning to England, she found her husband had died and her only daughter, Anne, had just left for Jamaica to marry the Rev. William Ritchie. Rev. Ritchie lat- er came up to Canada to preach in the Sibbald Church. She quickly settled her estate in England and returned to Lake Simcoe. Here she renamed the big white house Eil- don Hall, after her own home in England. It soon became the meet- ing place of everyone of impor- tance who visited this remote point of the province. She deplored the conditions she found here. This period marked perhaps the lowest ebb that relig- ion experienced in Canada. There were no churches or schools in -these remote areas; there was no place where a minister might be ordained, so anyone wishing to ent- The beautiful and extensive new provincial park has taken over Eil- don Hall and its surrounding 500 acres. The house and personal be- longings were donated as a mus- eum by the Sibbald family. Here you can see the old furniture u ituresin its original setting. lined with souvenirs of exception- al interest. Since the family all' kept diaries, the history of this era is being carefully preserved. It is one of the most fascinating mu- seums I have ever visited and see- ing it is a "must" for anyone travelling near Lake Simcoe. MR. AND MRS. married in the Grand August 8, by the Rev. daughter of M.r. and the groom is the son the late Harry Rose. WALLACE EDWARD ROSE were Bend Catholic Church, on Saturday, Father Smith. The bride is Auleen, Mrs. Ernest Fisher, Goderich, and of Mrs. Lerina Rose, Zurich, and The couple will re(citizens ine Jews Photo) Departme t rof Agriculture Advises Farmers In Regards To Alfalfa Crop Keep next month in mind when you're running cows in pasture this August. It might make the difference between a heavy or light alfalfa crop next year, If you've got the pasture, save fields that are all -grass or low in alfalfa for September grazing and keep your cows on alfalfa till the end of this month. Then shift them over to the grass and clov- er pastures in September and leave the alfalfa alone. So says Dr. Bill Tossell, for- age researcher at the OAC. "The alfalfa roots are storing food dur- ing September. This food comes from the leaves and is used to make buds for next year's growth," "In Western, Central and most of Eastern Ontario, avoid grazing in September. In south -Western Ontario, where the growing seas - THEN AND NOW Were they really then so poor, those stout ancestors of yore? Pleasures simple, were not less dear than the ones that face us here. Love of self and love of mate, of't like now, governed man's fate. Foot of land and human health was the yardstick of their wealth. Amazed and shocked they'd be indeed, to see, now, man's insatial greed. Youth knew what the future held, visioned forests he had failed. House, that he, with simple tools, built according to the rules. No freak of architectural brain, dared the woodland glades profane. Parents proud their brood displayed,no one, then, would feel dismayed. Rather welcomed each new face, at the table set one more place. Did it not mean strong arms too, more the busy tasks to do? Puzzled Youth, looks outto-day, faces life in sheer dismay. Milling hordes ahead he sees, can he, then, compete with these ? Years of preparation are needed, will his talents, then, be heeded ? Wants too numerous to mention, children draw to our attention. If one examines most of these, they prove just frivolities, Complicating life around, till we no longer hear the sound, Of soft waves lapping at the sand. See Nature's beauty close at hand. Feel awe when Heaven's gates ope' wide, the dying sun to draw inside. "Westward Ho!" that call to -day, lures no adventurer on his way. East and West are now the same, even the ocean depths are tame. Earth has yielded up her store, what is left yet to explore ? Now to universal space, has man turned his inquiring face. "Man, the Power", That boast is true, but has he yet explained to you, Why each flake of snow could be, patterned each, individually? How, of the millions on this earth, none are quite alike at birth ? Can the great scientist prophecy, that last great secret when he shall die, Conquerors great o'er earth have swept, but have they ever conquered Death? Man still reaches for a star, but God and Death the Victors are. CLEARANCE SALE of BROKEN SIZES IN — SUMMER FOOTWEAR LAMES WHITE SANDALS LADIES' WHITE DRESS SHOES—Reg. 5.95 for $4.95 Reg. 2.98 for $1,98 ME;N"S CASUALS—Heavy Crepe Soles %%,95 Reg. 7.95 for Xantnarannanwrtnarsommarnwes /r+ RK SHOES $7.50 to $10.50 LINEMAN'S SHOES — Now In Stock Block or Brown OESCH SHOE STOKE Phone 130JI— ZURICH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev. A. M. AMACHER, B,A., B.D., Minister Mrs. Milton Oesch, Organist Wednesday, August 19- 7.45 p.m. --Bible Study and Prayer Service. 8.45 p.m.—Sunday School Board Meeting. Sunday, August 23- 10.00 a.m.—Worship Service 11.00 a.m.—Sunday School A Welcome Awaits You root titwill develop buds throughSeptember and October," he adds. "When you have the food neces- sary for buds, overwintering, and rapid growth in the spring, you can take off the food producing factory at the top and turn it into milk or beef," says the Ont- ario Department of Agriculture researcher. ectory St. Peter's Lutheran Church Zurich 959 Rev. W. P. FISCHER, B.A., Pastor Mrs. J. SERVICES Organist Sunday, August 23- 10.00 a.m.—Worship Service 11:OOa School WELCOME WE YOU Zurich Mennonite Church Pastor—A. MARTIN "The buds that are laid down early in the fall will start growth next spring," he explains. "The immature buds are reserve buds, and many of them will replace stems lost to cutting. If you haven't got a good number of fairly well developed crown buds, then you can be sure the number of stems per plant will be low next year. And if you cut or pas- ture low right through next year, you won't get the growth if you haven't got the store of buds." Another interesting point: to boost top growth and bud de- velopment in September, Tossell suggests fertilizing alfalfa in. Aug- ust. e on is longer, avoid grazing from the middle of September until the middle of October," he adds. Why is September so critical? Apparently day length holds the answer. "In June and July, day length favours reproductive (flowering) growth," says Tossell. 'The short- er day length in September favors vegetative (leaf and root) growth. The buds develop on the crown right at the base of the stems. They'll start any time from the first of September till just about freeze-up time." "The idea of avoiding Septemb- er grazing is to let top growth develop to the point where there's enough leaf area to manufacture more food than is needed for that top growth. The extra food is moved down into the roots and stored. Once the food is in the r Counter Check Books on Sale at Citizens News Services Wednesday, August 19- 8.30 p.m.—Regular Prayer Fel- lowship. 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