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The Huron Expositor, 1948-09-24, Page 7TOR on Con Make' Marney: by, collecting deb Role* for new blan'ktea made frem .' old woollens. grand new,, all were or pure area ,Lee ialooketq in it serous. -DIRECT FROM Milo TO YOU. ekflefAGTiON GUARAiVTEED Also alrtiilnable Without turn in ,at' old woaflewt•. WRITE,FOR CATALOGUE'TODAY MIDLAND WULLS DPT- 50 00100 ,ND, ONL ful' SGE'' MILKERS PA;IFry ,hIAiP Net Wager Heaters w •. J..;B. HIGGINS P 4C NE 9;$B SEAFORTH Autborined Surge. Service Dealer NOW AVAILABLE MED , Sid X` 16 - TIRES• and iftiBES Many with low, ,mileage which have been traded in on new Goodyeaie .Super Cushion Tires... SEAFORTH MOTORS Chevrolet - Oldsmobile PHONE 141 - SEA( ORTH LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers,Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY • Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 173, Seaforth MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Physician DR. P. L BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except Wed- nesday: 1.30- 5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Appointments for consultation may be made in advance. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-3 Seaforth M. W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W - Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moore - field's Eye and Golden Square o Throat Hospital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Seaforth. 53 Waterloo St. South, Stratford. JOHN C>GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon ne 10 - Heneall _ DR- J. A. MacLEAN Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 - HensaIl Elle Bury and Julien Delberque brought their families from Belgium to Huron County to find a new life. Their farm home burned down the third day they owned it. The two families found shelter' with Everett Perdue and his wife; neighbors made a collection, got enough money to buy them another house and move it from an abandoned farm. Shown above are left to right: Elie Bury; Jeannette Moyart, Mrs. Bury with Larry Perdue; Mrs. Delberque with her son, Andre; Julien Delberque. Back row: Mrs. Perdue, Everett Perdue. • Andrew Turnbull and Russell Knight shopped around the coun- tryside, and made the deal for the frame house whicb was moved to the Delberque-Bury farm. Then they pitched in and helped move the house. The first section was put in place last week. IEnglish Journey VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V -S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS (By Walter R. Legge) Article 8 t grace shall never be put out." Oxford, which was our base for i It was interesting to note that a the next week, is' & large city ; notice in front of the Lhurch of known the world over as the cen St. Mary the Virgin showed that tre of learning for the English- silt bishops would be preaching speaking world. Here are 22 col- there between May 2 and June 13. University, dating and they were all from such distant leges, the oldest, from 1249 (although it may be sea-' places as Armidale, Australia; eral hundred years older than Riverina. Australia; Johannesburg, that), and the youngest, Keble,: South Africa, and India. started in 1870. We were very fortunate in hav- Two things immediately strike ing cousins in Oxford to take us the visitor, first the tremendous around to the interesting places. number of bicycles, for the streets 1 I could write much more about are filled with bicyclists, and every! Oxford but must mention other vacant spot seems to be filled with l plThs visited in the vicinity. e Shakespeare Festival being them; and the number and variety of the students, for they come from ;under way at Stratford -on -Avon we all over the world, and an Indian went with a special coach party maiden, who may be the daughter! one evening and saw "The Tam - of a powerful rajah, wearing a dis- I ming of the Shrew," presented at tinctive native sari, or Americans, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Canadians or West Indians, in which was an event I shall always cherish in my memory. These gowns are taken as a matter of coach patties come for these per- formances from a great many plac- es lanes within a radius of twenty-6ve or more miles Our party arrived there in the afternoon giving us a chance to look over this unique town before the performance began. Another day we visited Shifford, the present owner being my cousin, Arthur Carter. It is a very htwtorie spot on the Thames Riv- er, consisting of 400 acres on which is the old home, workmen's cot- tages, an ancient tithe barn 135 feet long by 48 feet high with walls 48 inches thick and thatched roof, dating from 1600, There is also a small family church near which King Alfred held one of the earl- iest English parliaments, and here is the ford across the Thames, the Saxons used. Many relics such as pewter pots, swords, etc., have been dug up here. Arthur Carter is a very progres- sive farmer, now having 45 cows being milked and expansive fields of prize-winning crops. On another day I visited Burford and Taynton where my Father's family originated. Both are an- cient unspoiled communities, Tayn ton being one of the few English hamlets that is not even on any bus route. It is one of the most peaceful spots I have ever seen, with a 700 -year-old church, and thatched cottages and barns, look- ing ooking as if they were just as old. HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction atisfaction guaranteed, For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. All in Community Help Newly Arrived Family; Bring House to Farm course. Some sections of most of the colleges are open to the public at certain hours and every college has a wealth of interesting things, and it would take wdeks to even see them all. In the library of Merton College I saw an original copy of Chan- cers "Canterbury Tales," printed by Caxton at Westminster in 1478; some ancient chained books; a book which belonged to Mary Tu- dor (Bloody Mary) ; original min- utes of a college meeting in 1338; and a hand -lettered books of the ninth century. The Bodleian, how- ever, has. the greatest university library in the world and is one of the oldest, having been founded 600 years ago. This illustrates the treasures owned by these colleges; but one of the greatest collections in the world is the Ashmolean Museum. I spent part of two days there and really saw only a little of it. There are always some students or art- ists making studies- or drawings of various statues or other objects. I was particularly interested in the Egyptian rooms where there are items dating back as far as tbe year 3100 B.C. The High is one of the finest and most famous streets in the world, lined with nearly a dozen colleges and churches, including Magdalen, which they pronounce "Maudlen," Queens, All Souls, Brasenose, All Saints, University and Oriel Colleges, the Examina- tion Schools, the Botanic Gardens and St. Mary's Church. Oxford is a delightful blending of the past and the present, and fine modern stores ane often next to centuries-old buildings. Two inns, Chetluelis inn and the "Gol- den Cross," are at least 500 years old, the latter being a delightful place :hidden behind some most modern stores. In Broad Street is. a tablet in the pavement marking the spot where the three martyrs, Latimer, Ridley and Crammer, were burned at the stake in 1555. It was then that Latimer spoke those imnmortnl wptds: "Be of goad comfort, Mas- ter Ridley, and play the man, for EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answer- ed. Immediate arrangements can be made for sale dates by phoning 202, Clinton, Charges moderate and .satisfaction guaranteed. C.N.R. TI'ME TABLE • GOING EAST (Morn`ng)- Ooderteh (leave) Seaforth' Stratford (arrive) (Afternoon) Goderich (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) GOING WEST (Morning) A.M. 5.40 6.20 7.16 P.M. 3.00 2.46 4.40 Stratford (leave) Beatorth Clederieh (arrive) (Afternoon) A.M. 10,45 11.36 12.30 1j -Ma Stratford (leatte) 9.86 Seaforth 10.21 Coder eb, (arrive) 12.00 • memorials with remarkable spell- ing. A good example is found in. this church and reads•: "Reader— look to thy feet; honest and loyal men are sleeping under them (names) in ye year of our id. 1.646, when loyalty and ye church faint- ed, lay down and dyed. Their lies° Wm his only child who marryed, ' (By Lex Schrag, in The Globe and Mail) The Burys and the Delberques saw their new home come up the road and turn in at the gate of their farm. The feminine members' of the two families wiped a tear or so from their eyes; the fathers first Katherin Cox, deceased. After swallowed hard- None of ahem a 5 yars widdowhood he tooke to wife Martha Mayott, widdow of ye ancient family of Wickhams. He dyed June ye 3, 1677. Reader, pre- pare to follow." Another of my cousins, Leslie Carter, lives at North Hinksey, and he took us to Woodstock, Dor- chester, Stanford -in -the -Vale and other places. Woodstock was the birthplace of the Black Prince, and is a pictur- esque, entirely unspoiled, village. Isere is located Blenheim, the fam- ous palace given by a grateful na- tion to the Duke of Marlborough for his valour in war. The palace is a magnificent show place whicb must be seen to be appreciated. The house itself cov- ers three acres and is set in a park of 2500 acres, the grounds having been laid out by that great artist, Capability Brown,• who is said to have planned the trees and aven- ues to represent a plan of the Bat- tle of Blenheim. The gardeus are some of the finest in England and are visited by thousands, and 60 gardeners were formerly employed to keep them up. The wall around the estate is 20 miles long, had known such kindness as had been shown them' by the people in that corner of Grey Township, Hur- on County, between Walton and Brussels. It was like this': The Burys and Delberques were Belgians. Julien Heiberque served with the under- ground patriots during the war. Elie Bury was nabbed by the Nazis before he coule go underground. He put in three years in Germany at forced labor. After the war, they got together and decided they wanted more space -and peace of mind than wa, to be had in Europe, Both had been grocers' clerks. But Bury had, been put at farm work by the Ger- mans. He thought they might be able to make a living farming. Through the C.P.R. settlement agency', they came to Canada. Three weeks ago they moved to their new Grey Township farm. The place was a bit run down. It had been owned by a bachelor who visited the farm on rare occasions. Madame Bur, and Madame Del- berque rolled up their sleeves. Jeannctte Moyart, daughter of Madame Bury by a previous mar- riage, rolled up her sleeves, too. They scrubbed and washed and wiped. They moved in on a Friday. On Sunday, the house was clean. With some little ceremony, they lighted a fire in the stove. They were go- ing to cook and eat their first hot meal under the roof of their new home. Something was wrong with . the chimney, The housewarming got completely out of hand. The house burned to the ground. With it went all of the Delberque's clothes and $600 in cash. The neighbors, of course, came tearing up in cars to see if any- thing could be saved. Very little was rescured from the flames. The Burris and the Delberques sat and looked at each other, horror-strick- en. In a strange land, unable to speak more than a word of Eng- lish, their home gone! The women wept silently. The neighbors' left after the fire was out. Then they began coming back. This one had an armful of clothing. That one 'had some food. Somebody else came along with a pig. Mrs. Ken Ben- nett, ennett, wife of the storekeeper in Walton, whisked the womenfolk away to her home to bathe and freshen up. "That was tough luck," mused Ken Bennett. His proper initials are W. C. Bennett; he is grocer, postmaster and proprietor of a cold storage plant in Walton. "Whad- daya say," suggested Bennett, who knows a bit about Europe and Eur- opeans, having been wounded at Vimy in the first round with the Hun, "we do something about it?" Around Walton, the Parma are good, substantial ones. The barns are big, the houses are solid. But it's a beef and mixed farming country, mostly, and money doesn't wash about in large waves. In spite of which the farm commun- ity gathered together $1,304. The Burys and the Delberques had moved to the next farm. Everett Perdue, who had five years of service after enlistment with Like most large homes, the gov- ernment made use of much of it during the war and the, Ministry of Works has erected a number of shacks near the palace, which are eyesores. At Dorchester stands the famous Abbey,. an impressive ancient build- ing, in perfect condition, although the walls of the nave were built about 1150. Before that was a Saxon Cathedral built about 650, and long before that a Roman camp stood on the site. The Abbey le a long building ov- er 200 feet in length, filled with interesting old features including a Jesse window, the figures of which are sculptured in stone at each intersection of a mullion. It is one of the most interesting ab- beys in all England to visit. The last place near Oxford which I visited ,was Stanford -in -the -Vale, .vhere an uncle of mine is living. This is another hamlet not touched by any bus route, and nestling al- most under the shadows of the Downs. There is an interesting old church dating from 1586 and many pretty old thatched houses. Here is an example of the vicarages found at many old places in Eng- land. It is bigger than the church and in this case is a building of 30 large rooms set in spacious grounds. The vicar rents more than half of the house to other Families. While here I visited Uf- fington, which is a beautiful vil- lage with a famous old church, and, also Woolstone. The latter was one of the most unique villages I saw in England. Nestling far from any bus or railway route, every thatched house was a perfect pic- ture and there is an inn over 600 years old. The entire village, consisting of inn, 20 cottages, three farms and a large manor house, was recently offered for sale. The price asked for 'the whole thing was £ 85,000, but the best offer was only about £50,000, so it was withdrawn. Burford is noted for its very beautiful old church, which has a wealth of rare old features includ- ing a Jesse Tree, a richly orna- mental 15 century, pulpit, and 144th century font. There is a row of almshouses founded by Richard, Earl of Warwick, in the year 1457. The long main street of Burford mounts a steep hill and on both sides are ancient houses and inns. The boundaries of Berkshire are close to Oxford and just across in Berkshire is the little ancient North Hinksey Church, one of the oldest in the district, It is a Nor- man church and the walls of the tower are four feet thick. '('here is a Ieper window ontsdde 'where lepers could stand to shear the ser- vices, we shall this day light such a can- in almost every ancient church die in England, as I trust by God's May be found qu'aintl1 'worded The Delberque youngsters are getting along well at the district School. Rene, gees ', pointers about softball from Gorgon Lyddiatt. The difference in their` °languages disappe' the good .will of both boys. .. er. errereeett Good neighbors all, the farmers, truckers and storekeepers of the Wotton district-leeiperL.-inove the first section of the house th :y had bought to. the Delberque-Bury farm last' week. Then they propose to see what they can do about getting the two new citizens going as farmers: the Perth Regiment, had been Church on Sunday on the occasion kidded by his neighbors ebout the, of their anniversary services. house he had taken. "Well." grins Personals: (foss Biernes and his. Perdue, '"we darned soon filled 'er mother, of Detroit, with Mr. and up, didn't we?" Mrs. w, C. Bennett; Bill Holman, So Andvew Turnbull and RussellToronto; with his parents, Mr. and Knight talked things over with . Mrs. Percy Holman; Mr. and Mrs. Percale, and explained what they Geo'. Johnston, Blyth. were friends proposed through an interpreter to here; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Haggett, the two Belgian families. The two Auburn, with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff , •shrewd farmers went down seven Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turn - miles into Perth County and bull. Ethel, with Mr. and Mrs. Geo, ' bought an abandoned farmhouse ; Watt;Mrs. Alex Glutzen with i. for WeeThen they drove a bar- friends In Chicago; Mr.' and Mrs. gain with Alex Darling, of Dublin, I Walter Broadfoot have returned ;home after visiting friends in Van- i to move the house to the 'Bury-Del- berque farm. couver; Clifford and George Hoegy George Radford, of Blyth, a gen- are having the hydro instal:ed on eral contractor, brought his bull the boundary east; W. C. Bennett dozer over and dug a cellar for the and Mr. Ross Bierness, of Detroit, house. There won't be any bill for Spent a few day at tbe C.N.E. the job, and George has agreed to Mrs. W. C. Bennett and Miss fill in the excavation again when the foundation has set. Elie and Julien don't just sit on a log and let their neighbors work. There is a rather desperate ex pression on their faces. The 'first thing Bury said, when one of the neighbors brought food after the fire, was: "I work for you for this." They are ready and willing to pay back, in kind, in labor, any way they can, for what they have been given. But nobody expects it of them. A few miles down the road, Mrs. Edna Hackwell, the section school teacher, bas something of a prob- lem on her hands. Josette and Rene Delberque have started to school. They haven't, of course, any English, and Mrs•. Hackwell's French is pretty rusty. But Mrs. Hackweli's problem isn't an un- pleasant one. The school children have seen to that. The girls crowd around Josette and try to teach her English words for things. Rene has already caught on to softball. They'll be teaching their parents English before long. When the fire broke out, the newcomers lost a house. But they gained a home, not merely in the form of boards and nails and shin- gles, but in the affection of their neighbors and their community, which is a more important thing. On our way back to Stanford we stopped at'Kingston Loyal to see a unique relic, he Blowing Stone. This huge rock is honeycombed with holes and by blowing in one of thein, a note Is produced which is said can be beard for Seven ,miles. Legend says it was used by the Druids to summon their fight- ers, ,and that King Alfred sounded it to cail his supporters to repel the invaders. When his followers won the battle the White Horse carved on the Downs by removing the turf and exposing the chalk was Cut to commemorate the vic- tory. Some of this is. referred to in the book, "Tom Brown's School Days," the author of which lived at nearby Uffington. There are many other places of interest in the vicinity for visitors to see, but we had to hurry on to fournennouth. WALTON Shirley left Monday evening for New York City, where they will spend a week. HAY The Council of the Township of. Hay met in the Hay Township Hall at which time the following cor- respondence Was presented: Drain Inspector's report, E. D. Bell, re by-law sub -dividing part of Town- ship Lot No. 26, L.R.W. The following motions were passed: That Bylaw No. 10, Sept. 7, 1948, of the Township of Hay, approves of the sub -dividing of and the placing of restrictions on the sub -division of part of lot 26, L.R. W., as presented by the engineer, S. W. Archibald, O.L.S. That Thos. Laing's account for inspecting the various drains in the east portion of the township be paid. That the Clerk be authorized to notify the county treasurer that all arrears of taxes in St. Joseph, as register- ed against J. N. Cantin up to and inclusive of 1947 taxes, be can- celled as per previous agreement. That tenders be let for the digging and installing of 1,940 feet of 10 - inch tiles as per Tuckey Drain By - Law and 600 feet of 8 -inch tiles; 547 feet of 12 -inch tiles and 966 feet of 6 -inch tiles as per Forrest Drain By -Law, tenders to be in- serted in The Huron Expositor and Stratford Beacon -Herald for one in- sertion nsertion during the week of Sept. 15, all the work to be completed by Nov. 1, 1948. That a grant of $25 be paid to the Exeter Fair Board, and a grant of $75 to the Zurich Agricultural Society. That accounts for Hay Township Roads, Hay Townsbip General Accounts, Relief and Hay Municipal Tele- phone System be paid as per vouch= er: Hay Municipal Telephone Seee- tein—'1'. H. Heffinan, salary, ebtr-s,, summer help, truck and extra help,. etc., $528.83; H. G. Hess, salary, truckand extra help, etc., $668.60; Zurich Hydro 'Electric, $10; Auto - matte Electric, $51.68; 11'. C. Kalb - Duff's United Church held its an- niversary services on Sunday, when the guest speaker was Rev. John Leng, of Toronto, who spoke on behalf of the Home Mission Board. The choir, under the direction of Mrs. Brown, sang an anthem in the morning and again in the evening. The male quartette of Seaforth, consisting of Jas. T. Scott, Fred E. Willis, M. R. Rennie .and D. L. Reid furnished, two numbers in the morning and three in the eve- ning, which were much appreciat- ed by the large congregations pre- sent. The male quartette of Seaforth futniali`ed special music at Mira Mrs. Bury grinds coffee in the mill she brought from Bea gium, while Mrs. Delberque. looks on. the coffee mill was one of the few articles saved from the burning home. fleisch & Son, Ltd., $22; 11. W. Brokenshire, $96.82; - Stromberg Carlson, $22.26; Bell Telephone Co., $1,393.86; WritSiebert, post age, $10, Relief—Mrs. John Suplat, $80.00.; Mrs. Edith Mason, $15; Emma Has,, sow. $8.90; Albert Heideman, $5. Hay Township Roads—Jack )�,it' tle, $40$; H. W. Brokenshire, $•fi0� Win. Gould, $3.75; Oscar Greb, 4 Leonard Merner, $6.05; Leo DtilClt� arme, $2.50; Edmund Wolper, $tw Ed. Erb, $5; Kenneth Elder, $39i(i; Jas. Masse, $101.25; Wm. SlaeiFty postage, $10; Alphonse 111h9et+ r' $53.65; Win. Watson, ald Ducharme, $4.50; : Alvin per, '$4.10; Ed. Kalbftelsch, $x} ( , JoLostel:, Gsepheneral Accounts$23.W—Levis V Ober, ie $54; Pincial T, r-It2; Billy Beckrover, $60; Mreasurerrs. Lizzi& 1 ey, $49.31; Treasurer Exeter A5'rtcul- tural 'Seoiety, $25; 11. 'W. Broken, Shire, $4;75; 'H. G. }less, $6.50 ; Tllpn; Laing, $77; Conrad SieniCin, $140.69; 'l`reasuret• Zurich Agricut-. Lural Society~, $75. That accounts for Hay Town- ship roads; Hap Township generat accounts, .relief and slag Minnie], pal Telephone Skatelh be paid, las" pet voucher.