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1,1{IJRON OM BOYS
TORONTOELECT
• NEW OFFICERS
Former Seaforth• Residents
Are Active• in '
AssoeiaCOn..
B. H. McCreath was this week elect -
ted President of the Huron. Old toes'
Association ,for • the 47th yen- o thc.
Association's 'existence. Other offi.
Cars, representing all sections of the
COunty, Were electedas' follows: Hon-
• orary president, Fred -Elliott; Ise vice-
president, R. Maceldenzie;• .2nd vice-
president, Miss Vera•Gardiner; secre-
tary, Mrs. C. HollingsheadS assistant.
secretary,- Miss Mary McGregor;
• treasurer, E. Hunter; publicity, M.
Cook, Wes. McCutcheon, j. Buchein-
an; niembershiperGerald Stewart, Mrs.
.5'. Brodie, Miss 'S. Walker and E.
, • Rtoody.
• A bridge and euchre will be lield at
the Heliconian Club on, Friday, March
21. The special feature of this Wilt
-ering will be a pairs combetition for
euchre ter a new trophy, the Meter-
, enMernerial Cup, to perpettiate the
-atneniory of the late J. A. McLaren.
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Honor
Seaforth -
Bride to be
Miss Joyce Wilbee was hostess at
2. delightful shower held at her home
ca- Wednesday, Feb. 26; in'honor of
the bride -elect, Alias BettyClarke,
daughter of Mr. sent Mrs. M. E.
Clarke. There were 25 girls present.
Dttring the evening a contest, "How
John proposed to Betty” was conduct-
. ed by 'Joyce Wilbee and Vera Mole.
The; best' proposal was sent in by
'Marjory }tune The remainder of ,the
evening was spent in making a bride's
book. Upon completion of the book,
Betty was ushered' into, the living
room and Vera Mole then. carried in
a large pink and white decorated bas -
et which Contained many beautiful
and useful gifts. Miss Joyce Wilbee
• then read the address, which follows:
' -- Dear Betty: If you will just for a
moment travel back to kindergarten
days, you will perhaps recall the song
• which ran something like this:
Johnny is theerailler,
eeettoot And be lives by the mill, e • •
wheel„getes around • - -•
With a right good will.
With. one hand in the hopper •
• - And. the other in the Ap•ck,
, The left steps forward '
And the right step.s' back.
• We hope,. Betty, most Of your steps
will be forward ones as you and John
t. walk through life together. Met,- you
bothon your diamondwedding day• ,
be able to 'say that .the love of Mar-
. "ried .people who have come through
• storm and etress and still retain ,the'
splendour ,of thdir spring -tine happi-
ness, that the love deepens as the
marching years advance.
Please accept these gifts as a tok-
• en of. our friendship.
• Your. Friends. .
Betty thanked her hostess ancienaue
.felentis for their good Wishes and.,use-
Tut gifts,, ah•dainte'lunch Was, served
• thy the hostess, assisted by Vera, Mole..
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Hullett Couple
Married 59 Years
• _Mr. and Mrs. h6et. Armstrong, of
Hullett, will celebrate their 59th wed-
ding anniversary on Sunday, Match
9th. Mr, Armstrong is a former reeve
• of Hullett Township. •
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Movie Actress: "I want to get a
divorce."
Lawyer: "For what theason?"
• Actress: "Der me, do you have •to
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CHICAGO MAGAZINE
TELLS STORY OF
SEAFORTH RESIDENT
Mrs. Leslie Scott Occupies
Important Position in
City Store,
•FORMER K. McMANN
eteittli'ithleetett "".." etlee '' ' ''
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Madigan's Memo, the illustrated,
monthly magazine of the einployeen
of Madigau;s; ..ipirtionse department
store in Chicago.- in its last issue dee
votes a page to Mrs. Leslie Scott, the
former Kathleen ,McMann, and .wife
ef Mr. Leslie Scott, formerly -of See -
forth! . •
• deatiadian, born .an bred; Kathleen
Scott and her husband came to -Chica-
go to, visit relatives and end like others
before, -.them, stayed . W. make this.
windy town' their home—he, .to
con-
tinlle as' a decorator and she -to make
a career at Madigans.
• "A• birthday Present—not for Mrs'.
'Scott but for' the store When she
started working in Millinery on June
birthday. From Millinery
Toys w.ent...Kathleen.Scott and for two
Christmas seasons she Was incharge
Of seeing that West Side den -Oren got
their share of trains, coasters and
.dolls. .After that came another trans -
fee and her attention was focused on
Notions and. Gifts.
"The changing- of. seasons found
Mrs.. Scott ,malting .changee, too, and
in the spring the •Cotton Shop and
Lingerie foetid her More then helpful.•
In rhe ran with the chime ef school
berg there 1,V a an annual rush teethe'
girls' ante boys'. wear departments..
The accelerated business at that time
of the year,sent her to these sections.
Variety like that kept Mrs. -Scott on
her toes andready for her next as-
signment.
"How uniform a Uniform can (he.
Mrs, Scc>tt "was soon to learn when
she was placedin charge.ef uniform
section which bought foe fourteen
Schools en the West Side. Wholesale
uniform houses were to be contacted.
samples to be -obtained. approvals re-
quested from he schools. -measure-
ments to he taken, and presently trine
uniforms were being denvered•to girls,
mite formed queues in the store to
purchase thendresses of the season.
"Sbettial events were' her sPecial
problems., too. Communions, •confir-
mations -and graduations were. int -
.portant dates for Kathleen Stott as
well. •
"As the problents, of obtaining ma-
terial became acute, her home tele-
phone tees •keet Busy by the questione
from the schools—and sometimes by
an ittate mother with a .prohlena .child
who had provedele be too Meth to
handle! Finally,. with the ,advent of
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Additional Care Required
For Eady Hatched • Chicks;
(By J. E. Bergen')
Gpod brooding. practice means a
constant uniform heat, plenty of fresh
ale, and sufficient tight to enable the
• chickens to see to eat and drink.
Since thicks come -from incubetors
. where there is a uniform temperature
throughout the whole incubator, it fel
atec6ssare when putting them around
the breeder stove to confine them
Within a limited distance f rom „the
bevel-. As the howler is considerably
colder around the walls than innedi-
ately around the stove, a hurdle should
surround the hover about ,two feet
from, its edge, for from, ttv to- three
days. By this time the chicks learn
te•where the •heet enneee from, after
which, tbe bindle may be removed end
the chitke will fend' their Way back
to the 'stove when they deed heat. .
•Breeder Stone Fuels,
There are four common fuels used in
Ontario—cogI, wood, oil and tectrtc-
fty. Coal. seems to be the- most popu-
lar. A. coal burner is easy td operate
When good qtality chestnut "Coal te-
ased Other grades may be used, but
the stove will require more attention,
It May be necessary ,to 'look after a
atone but twice a day•Where chestnut
• coal ie used. However, it will need
.4e be looked after More often Where
• coarser ler softer coal is Used,
, The wood burning stove has preyed
very popular and satisfactory. Where
wood is -ixtentiful wild comparatively
cheap If .seeme to be the right one to
use, This is pirticularle true at the
present time when boat Is scarce. •
011 burners too, are saltis•factory,
although there may be some, objec-
tion% to them in severe weather par-
ticularly in single sided brooder hous-
es, because of the extra fuel consump-
tion required. On the other hand, in
the seeing months when the days are
warm after the chickens are several
weeks eld, the stove can often be slant
ofT for the day and re -lighted at night.
This cannot be done with coal .or
wood.
ElectrIc• hovers are used in pens,
where there is, some other source of
beat to warm the pen, When the
weather is net toe cold theycan be
used 'MU -Mut any other source of heat.
Whatever tee kind' of filel used, lbe
sure the chicks are bomfortable. That
mean e uniform controlled beat, fresh
air, clean dry floors. and sufficient
tight. •
MIS Is the second in a series of
six articles by reenaberit of the :staff
of. the Ontario Agricultnral College,
Creelph, dealing in a practical Way
with Matters of Interest to poultrY
raisers' if the demand for snore .egge,
earlier, Is to be Met):
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Seaforth has. tied its share of cnow• this tvintere,,but if anytme
doubts the fact, these pictures will prove it.. The tunnel. in the upper
picture .is opposite the store' of Fo eavauge, 'while- the tower Oct
ture shinesthe. banks of snow, rea :eine en places to the top Of store
windows which linV theeeest side uf Main Street. Tee pictures were
taken before,gangs of men, trueks, and teams had removed the snow..
Blizzard Dela Seaforth and
. District Red Cross Canipnign
s.1S.Came
Canvassers Appointed But
Wins G
Are trnabli To.Cpmmence
.Rounds Because of Traf
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Seaforth High School basketleallers
Were on the top end of a 76-55 scare
in an 'etthibielon match played here
Wednesday night, „ winning from a
team with no offidial mime, except as
Coach Dotson put it, "The Seaforth-
Windsor Combine," as half the team
conies from Windsor, and .the other
halt are ex -grads of Seafprth High
School—Harry Leibute, Gus Boussey
and Deneaul who hail teem Windsor.
a famous basketball centre, are hew
playing hockey for the Beavers, ep-
termedia e 'B' finalists.
' Wild. °petite, all scores with an
antazing points foe the High School
Stewart was really "one and while
getting the lion's -share of points, set
urs the majority of the 'other beelike.
Sills and Butchart came Text for the
High School team, with 16' and 11.
For .the Combine, Knight topped
the list With 25 tpoints, •followed by
Beattie, another Winer haelte•tball
star at the High School, with 15.
Deneau, one.bf the "foreigners," chime
through with 10 points, some amaz-
ing shots and beautiful playsmaking.
;the best of its kind seen in Seatorte.
What with the "big-time" atmosphere
impelled by the prolific scoring, un-
usual 'shots and smooth and tricky
combinations that rarely naieseci, it's
•easy to. see the Mice that was set
when you figure that as there were'
59 field goals scored, not counting
seven foul abets scored; and four 11 -
minute periods were played 'With
seVeral minutes extra when the timer
forgot his job in the excitement, there
was a .little better thrift a. basket --n
minute and a point every 3b seconds,
SEAFORTH—Stewart, 26; Sills 16:`
Butchart, 11: Smith, 8; .Huiseer 6;
pryce, 3; Wilson, 13righerall,
' WINDSO R -S EA FO RT1-1-01(n h t 25;
.Beattie, 15; Deneau, 10;sBoessey, 5!
'Lebute,
Referee—F. A. Dobson, Seaforth.
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fic Tie-up.
,Iineassable roadsprevented.' the
cominencement of, the Seaforth Dis-
trict Red Cl'OSee Campaign, which was
scherluled to begin on Monday. While
in most cases - canvassers have. been
appointed, the 'weather hes, prevented .
someetonveners trete completing the
list's for certain etress. according to R.
S. Box, campaign chairman, canvass-
1pg will commence as soon as wea-
ther and road conditions' permit,
Canvassers eippoieted to date are
as follows:
TUCKERSMITH—Rev. A. W. Gard -
thee conveher; Robert Archibald, It
R. 4, Seaforth; Wm. Sproat, R.R. 4.
Seaforth; Harry Chesney, R.R. 2, Kip- ,
pen, Wm. Broadfoot, R.R 3, Kip -
pen; Mervin teem", R.R. 4, Seaforth:
track' Patrick, R.R. 4, SeafOrth; Pear-
son Charters, Bet. 3, Seaforth; Vv -11 -
eon McCertnete RR, 2. S.eaforth; Sam
Russell
WALTON—W. C. Ilackwell,
Joseph •Hackwell; 12th Conces4ion
East. Campbell leen : West of Lead -
bury, Frank Kirkby: ,14th •Of McKil-
lop East, Elmer- Dennis, West, Geo.
Tayloe; Boundary Ensteelarvey Craig,
West, .Tohn Watson: Pith Grest, East.
James Williamson; eth Morris, West,
Allen Searle: ,e61.1.1 Grey, Bill Turn-
bull; 7t1 Morris, John Brytans.
EGIVPINDVILLE- Itarted. -Finnigan,
convelteeo Al;ex C. LillIco. George
Kruse,enel..ei NOthl11 elacLean, IVIelvin Mes-
,,g.
' CONSTANCE,—Mrs. Frank Riley,
co:inverter; North, Oliv'er Anderson;
East, Walter Scott; South., Ross Mac-
Gregor, Bernard Nott; West, Wilbur
Jetwitt.
ST. COIJUMBAN—Ml'. John Mc-
Iver, convener, is accepting deflations
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No Trains From. Monday
To Thursday ---All District
Highways Closed Tight
Rail and Road Plows Fight
Losing Battle As Drifts
Mount; Single Traffic
Lane Open Stratford To
Goderich Thursday Night:
FORCE POSTPONEMENT
• OF MANY EVENTS
Seaforth and district on Thursday
was s•loWly digging itself out from
the worst blizzard itt thirty years.
The. blizzard, which started Monday
morning, had all highways and die-
trict roads closed by notate Railways.
gave up 'a losing battle late Monday,
and it; was Thursday before plows had'.
battled their way through' the drifts
between Stratford and Goderich.
Canadian National Railways snow -
piety, driven by four engines-, arrived
here at noon Thursday, after leaving
Stratford at 10.30. a.m. The plow
,reached Goderich ab�ut 6 p:m. and
immediately returned to Stratford.
The first train through Seaforth since
Monday afternoon came into Seaforth
at 11 p.m. that:evening,
To open up 'the London C.N.R. line,
a snowplowedriven by three locomo-
tive.s, left London. at 12.48 p.m, Thurs-
day en. route north. Thursday night
it wast-ecitinuing to battle huge drifts
near Kippee. , •
Highway maintenance Oretis Work-
ing on .NO.: 8- Highway', succeeded in.
punching •a single track through • to
Goderich •..late • ThurSday afternoon.
The ban against init.-hut emergency
traffic en the highways wesstillin'
force on Friday tb permit crews to
widen' the cuts through the drifts. No
roads. are openedoeth Or south of Sea -
forte. 'No. 4 Highway was opened as
far south as Kippen late Thursday.
but an R.C.A,F. plow assisting in
clearing the highway was in the -ditch.
there ,and was delaying fuither work.
The *storm led to innumerable
Convenienceee on the part or the trav-
elling . Commissioner -Ken
Campbell, of ,the Seaforth P.E.C., en
route to the Ontario Municipal Elec-
tric- Association convention in.Toron-
to, left on the last train out of See
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forth late Mendste • afternoon. but got
only as fat' as Stratford. He hitch-
hike/1 back to Seaforth Thursday at -4
ternoon ou the first vehicle through
the •aewly-opened roadie • • •
Seven Seaforth men, Dr. E. A. Mc'
Master.G. A,. Jackson, F. Sills, 3:
Keatinge E. C. 'Boswell. H. G. Mee.
and A. I. eleLeanyin Goderich Mon-
day for the sitting of the Supreme
Court. . round . themselves stranded
there tne. Thurs•day. They arrived
back in town late. Thurkday night af-
ter Frank .1dling went. to the restent.
with his station -wagon.
Goderich youth, Bill Dissett.
straeadtel. in Sea forth Monday.e walked
hrene 'Weeresday. The worst part of
the trip -was frons Holmesville to God -
pride, he seise Dr, Pater Brady, Sea-
Ineh, wes forenil to resortto skits w
attatel the 17 -months -old son • Of • Mr.
anti Warren Whitmore. 2nd. con-
cession orTuckersmith, when the in -
'rein was suffering.from,pneumo•nia on
Tuesday.
The At:elm forced the Postponement
of local, hockey games scheduled der-
ins,- the Week. Seaforth Beavers will
noweneet Clinton Colts in Clinton on
Saturday, withthe return game in
Seaforth Tuesday.
Air travel came into its own since
na.es and railway lines imee beets
blocked. Qn Thursday afternoon MI
Elizabeth Tobin was fiown,to Ha
ton by 'Lou Lane, formerly of Tucker -
smith. but now or Goderich, in order
that she might,catch ,e train to take
her to New York in time, to sail for
England aboard the. Queen Elizabeth..
Keite Hopkinson. of Sky Harbor Air
Beettices, Goderich, flew 100 pints of
milk. in .paper coetainers, to Bayfield.
Tee. milk was specifically asked. for
off by sto
suppliesteeads.were 'cut
babies,
DUBLIN •
Mr, Edwin Crozier, of Detroit, spent
a few days with Rev.
'Schools are closed en account of
the ,bad esnowstorm, which has block-
ed all roads, • se
On Tuesfiay evening, February 25.
a* farewell' paste wtis held • for Mrs,
Elmer Tuffin se the home of Mr. and
Mrs': James Elliott.. The evening was
spent in playing bingo, prizes being
won by Mrs. William Smith while the
lucky chair prize was won by Mrs,
Walter Carpenter. The- afidress was
react by Mrs, Hubert O'Reilly, Mrs.
Tuffin was presented, with a pair 94
bath towels and a table lamp by.elee.
'Elliott. She replied very -fittingly.
Lunch was, serVed by the ,h0ai ea% ansa
her assistants,
tor the Red Cross at St. Columban,,
SEA FoRTH - 0. A. Whitney; Cote.
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iticKILLOP,— Highway Met:A.
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O'Lenry; 2nd and, 3rd Copeessions,
West. J. M. Eckert; 4th, 5th and 6th
West n Robert McClure. ,
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REEVE DAIA PASSES
Reeve John F. Daly, -elected by
acclamation in January, died
early Friday morning after an ill-
ness of two months. He had serv-
ed Seaforth in various capacities
since 1908, and was Mayor in
1931 and 1932.
SEAFORTH REEVE,
J.T. DALY, PASSES
IN HIS 75th YEAR
Activt in Municipal Life
Since 1908, Death Fol-
lows.2 lyfonthe
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John Francis Dal-. Reeve .of Sea-
jOrth. .one of Huron Couiaty's Most
prOminent business and public men,
died at his residence; Victoria Street,
on Friday morning, March 7, in his
75th year.
Mr. Daly had. been in failing health
only . for.. the past two aionthe, but
previous to that bet enjoyed a -long
active career in the business and pub-
lic. life of this town and distr.
He wa5 a son of the late Thoteake
Daly, one of the pioneer business men
of. this county; els& was born in Eg-
wondviile en September 19. 1S72, He
received hi early education at the
Egmondville and Seaforth public
schools, and later at Seaforth Col-
legiate lirstitute.
Mr. Daly had been in business on
Seaforth Main .Street for 57 years,
first . in ,the -jewellery' huSitiess, 'and
then its...Ferti dealer. He had handled
the Ford Meter Company'g. products
for et longer period than any other
Fo'rd dealer in Canada. and was wide-
ly. knowie. thronghout Westert: On-
tario.
..1/1 municipal 'polifirs•*Me. Daly hal
been active for 40 years, arel hied t.tc-
cupieci every municipal and educationpoSicion in the gift of the people.
He started his menieipal career "ill
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• Snowdrops.
While the entire province Wee
• in the midst of the evolve' stolen
in thirty years, Snowdrops eine-,
ware of the blizzard teeing at the:
time, were blooming in the snow•
at the residence, of Meet
Scott, John Street. The -floisretes
were located by Walter Scott -
Wednesday morning.
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MR., MRS. IVIURRAY
MARK ANNIVERSARY
Neighbors Honor St.,Colurn-'
ban Couple Married
25 Years. •
• Mr. and Mrs. Leo Murray 'celebrate .
ed their Sievert wedding on Friday,
February 14, at their home. tin St.
Columbare, Mrs. Murray was he for
mer Lily Staples, daughter of the late.
Mr: and M -s. WiUiani Staples, of Mc-
Killop Township.
They 'farmed -in Hibbert Townsh-1P'
for 16 years,' and nine years ago they
Moved to Se Celumbano where nee
now reside. They have a family of et
tweedaghtersanne Latexes/dare; of. _dee_
Galt: Doreen, at home, and Joseph,"of
Btratford,
In the evening about '5 neighbored ..
and friends joined with them ireceld- t" '
brating this auspicious occasion.. The •
rooms were beatetifullyeleconated with
pink and: white •atreernere .centered •.• .
with large white bells. At 8'.o'cloc:k
theguests began. to arrive, -being-. •ret •
ceived by their two daughters... By lo
o'clock' allhad gathered and dancing
cainmeneed, •music .being 'supplied' lty
the • McQuaid -Delaney ereheetra, as-
sisted by Mrs. Murray's three sistere,
• Mrs. James Hogg, Mrs. Ern. Tall end .
Mrs. John Pekoe. George McNeil" orf
Myth. acted As floor manager and
Master . of ceremonies, assisted by •
John Stathee, brother of Mrs,.. Mur-
rny.
• At twelve o'cloc'k all were Called, to
the specifies, livingroom where Mr.
and Mes. 'Murray were seated in 'two
lovely occasional chairs, giet of the
family. A delicious hunch was serv-
ed, it beteg tastily arrangecl and con-
ducted. by Mrs: Friezley, Men Mpehtii.
and erre Staples,. of Mettle followed
by:he anniversary cake served bet
Mr. and Mrs. Murray.
after lunch, manybeautiful. giatte..,
were presented to Mr,. and 'Mrs. Mar- td • .
eay. A toast was given by Mr. Me -
Nall and a fitting reply given by Mr,
"efurrae. Daucing continued until .the•
wee small hours of the morning when:
all. joined in singing "Auld Leen
Syne" 'and -They're Jolly Good Fel-
lows," with all, wishing Mr. stiaddeIrs.,
Mune ay many more years of happy
married life.
Two ediseneuiehed ,teueste. present- .
were Mr. Murray's mother, and his
envie, Met Free! Eeke.rt. .
Seaforth Women's Institute
Records Pioneer History
(The Seaforth Women's Institute;
thi-ough. its Historical • Committee.
headed by Mrs. Paul Doig, during re-
cent months has recorded the history,
of pioteer farms 'and institutions of
the area. The stories are being pre-
pared in such a manner that they can
be preserved enci 'thus add in no small
measure' to the historical data of the
county. It may be that certain hie-
torical infermation, through lack of
knowledge of the project, has not
beenem.ade available to the Institute.
1f this should be the case, interested
parties may obtain full information by
contacting Mrs: Doig, R.R., 4, Seaforth,
The following article, taken from
the Institute collection. is the fifth
in' a series, which will appear in The
Hunan Exposktor). • •
THE EGMONDVILLE TANNERY
The history of the Eg-nibnchelle
Tannery is realty the- biography of
dearge E. Jackson, Although the .first
tannery was owned by John Knechtel,
and the peesent one was bunt by
Wittiest) Murk -ins, and then taken ov-
er by Christotiber Watson. But 'ft was
only when it came under.the owner-
ship of George and Henry 'Jackson
that it became the thriving anti inn
p.ortnnt industry itt the life tof• F.g-
mondville that it was to be for many
yearin 1
Genre E., Jackson was born at
Phoenix Park, Dublin: in 1834, and
sailed melt his parents for Canada 10
yCa,'s ater, settfing. at Bee -field, on
.Lake Huron, where hist father bought
land andfounded a felinity that was'
destinell to leave its mark. on Huron
County.
As a young man, George E.' Jackson
carried the mail on foot twice a wee.k
from Bayfield, to, Sarnia, over roads
that Vieille „strike terror to the heart
of any present-day motorist. This took
a bit, of doing, but. George was heist
'there to do It.
All his life, he was of a studious
nature, his active mind- coVering the
whole range of human interests and
natural phenomena, He was the fay-,
nine pttpil of Rev. Mr. :Creswell, an
Anglican clergyman of Huron Celle
zy, who, interested in the tbotes splen
die 'mind. did aI.1 iu his power to 'fos
ter hl ambition. and sided the range.
of his Ithouledge and interesta.
He eventually became • a . school
teacher, teething in. the Village ef
Plymouth until he. entered the 'field
or business as' a tanner 10 ttif Village
of Fettmcdville; one Italie, south of
Seaforth.. He and his. 'brother, Henry,
,operated, the- tannery for many years.
and lilt used by Georgette eon5. tot
eantePry warehouse. •
George E. Jackson. married Eliza-
beth. Waugh, and One daughter and.
six sons w,-.5in born to them.; Margar-
et,. George,. Rebert, Harry," Tfiemes.
John and Frank..
This was one of the -first tanneries;
in Western-. Ontario ane. was a busy
place during the closiag years of the
last century, Leatheretoves was one
of the -principle items- of manufacture
at the' Egmondville tannery, local wo-
men- beingc employed la their own
homes to do the .stitching.
Among his multiple activities he
carried on et general store, was.
lege postmaster and agent for the
G.N.W. Telegraph. He aisle had a
drug department in his zeneral store
and vele himself a quaiified theiggist.
He ,)'viied a whoIPPa.le :liquor store
and cider mile where he manufactur-
ed wines and vinegar,
But all these business activities
were not enough for thin versatile
peril -malt -tee On top of all. this. 'he.•
waetone of the foremost chess play -
ens of his day, .He took on all comets,
et -en playing a ganie by telegraph
vith a man In Montreal, which Wok
three weelte. He went to • Montreat
and defeated the Visiting „Arne -rice -Z/4
chess players so thoreughly that be
was sent by the Chess, Club t� Greta.
Britain ands Ireland, where 'be met
and defeated Old Country Chess pier
ers, 'and champions froin "'different
European ctientries, These gateess
created tionsiderable stir aniOng chete
players of the dey and were fttllift
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