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Every - church hes its own awe
ainl any building of faith Which 4101
enduredthrough a century: of titin
tan this young; land of Canada went•
have a, wonderful story to telL
1:F/r,r Canada came into being
in 11, and it was in the two
decedes that followed that settlers
realized the possibilities of the
Peninsula which was one day to
be called Western Ontario. Of the
churches which were built. in ,those
early days few remain, but many
of the congregations are still fol-
leering the inspiration which made
them possible in the wilderness' of
the pioneer bush, so -long ago. One
of these churches Is the United
Church in Egmondville.
118 Veers Oki
It was founded in 1835 in rowel
the same manlier , that other
Churches were founded — through
s desires of the 'settlers them
•
the
who, ' having cleared some
parcel of land and built a cabin,
were ready for a place in which
to thank God for aII His ,blessings.
The church almost invariably came
. before a school.
In the years immediately follow-
ing 1831 there was a rapid Infiva
• settlers to the townships of
Goderich, Stanley and Tucker -
,r
asmibh. •By 1$$ fibs; k , . A]exeuiller
l ctgAnigle' vas pr&h lig iQa ' lie,,
iµrrpquent a :' :4* entlieal4 -
tic gat)iiering'`of. r l'S and Presby-
tertaue. The Meeting ...place was
Barl(woWa taiverrt ;let the TowuaJhip
Of. Stephen.
'Plea For`Minister
On : January' 5, *'1 35, feLleW ig a
meeting for the purpose of or-
ganizing a municipal government,
21 rough and hardy pibneer men
turned their thoughts to matters
of religion and drew up at Bayfield
Mills a document which was sent
to the church administrator in Lon-
don. It read: "We, the undernam-
ed inhabitants of the Townships of
Stanley and Tuckersmith, on the
London Road, Huron Tract, being
desirous of having a preacher of
the Gospel from the Church of
Scotland settled among us, hereby
agree' and bind ourselves to con-
tribute to his support to the best
of our abilities."
.That Is the way a church came
into being.
People in Earnest
est in>anediately the Rev.
illiam Proudfoot came from Loh -
den to investigate the justification
for sending a minister to Stanley
and Tuckersmith. He found the
people in earnest and willing to
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Town o f Se forth
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TAX PRE -PAYMENT RECEIPTS
FOR 1953
The town of Seaforth will pay 4% per annum,
up to August 31, 1953, on all Prepaid Taxes.
Certificates and full particulars may be obtained
at the Town Clerk's Office in the Town Hall.
D. H. WILSON,
Treasurer
SEAFORTH • MONUMENT WORKS
OPEN DAILY PHONE 3839
T. PRYDE & SON
ALL TYPES OF QEMETIRY MEMO
Enquiries are invited,
Exeter
,_ Phone 41-J
Clinton
Phone 103.
Your Business Directory
LEGAL
A. W. SILLERY
Barrister, Solicitor, Etc.
Phones: Office 173, Residence 781
SEAFORTH ONTARIO
McCONNELL & HAYS
Barristers, Solicitors, Etc:'.
PATRICK D. McCONNELL
H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C.
County Crown Attorney
SEAFORTH, ONT.
Telephone 174
ACCOUNTING
RONALD G. McCANN
Public Accountant
CLINTON ONTARIO
Office: Phones:
Royal Bank Office 561, Res. 455
A. M. eleARPER
Chartered Accountant
55 South St. Telephone
dGoderich 343
(licensed Municipal Auditor.
OPTOMETRIST
JOHN E. LONGSTAFF
Optometrist
Eyes Examined. Gasses Fitted.
Phone 791
MAIN ST. : SEAFORTH
Office Hours: Week days, 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to
iw p.m. Closed Wednesday all day.
Thursday evenings by appointment
only.
AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD JACKSON
Specialist in Farm and House -
bold Sales.
Licensed in Huron and Perth
Counties. Prices reasonable; satis-
faction guaranteed.
For infornhation, etc., write or
HAROLD JACKSON, 661 r
14, eaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth.
JOSEPH L. RYAN
Specialist in farm stock and im-
plements and household effects.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed
in Huron and Perth ,Counties. • •
Per particulars" and open dates,
write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN,
U. R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 5,
;pitbUn.
EDWARD W. ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer
Correspondence promptly answer.
Ode Immediate - arrangements can
be made for sale dam"bye"phonal
455-J, Clinton. Charges moderate
and satisfaetion guaranteed.
PERCY C. WRIGHT
Licensed Auctioneer Cromarty
L4,vetatokek and Farre Sales
a Specialty,
P a better auction sale, call the
'T Auctioneer, Phone nen-
mak 590 Tr it ,
tieri
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MEDICAL
DR. M. W. STAPLETON
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 90 Seaforth
JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 110 Hensel!.
JOHN A. GOR.W LL, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phones: Office 5-W; Res. ;5-J
Seaforth -
SEAFORTH CLINIC
E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D.
Internist
P. L. BRADY, M.D.
Surgeon
Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
daily, except Wednesday and Sun-
day.
EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m.
Appointments made in advance
are desirable.
CHIROPRACTIC
D. H. McINNES
Chiropractic - Foot Correction
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Monday, Thursday — 1 to 8 p.m.
VETERINARY
D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M.
Veterinary Surgeon
HENSALL, ONT. — PHONE 99.
TURNBULL & BRYAN'S
Veterinary Clinic
J. 0, Turnbull, D.V.M.
W. R, Bryans, D.V.M.
Phone 105 Seaforth
THE McKILLOP
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE CO'Y.
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont.
OFFICERS:
President - J. L. Malone, Seaforth
Vice•Pres. - J. H. MoEwing, Blyth
Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A.
Reid, Seaforth.
DIRECTORS:
E. 3. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L.
Malone, Seaforth; S. H•' Whit-
more, Seaforth;' 'Chris. Leonhardt,
Bornholm Robert Archibald, Sea -
forth; 76Eg lefeEtwinge Biyt-h,e
Clinton; Wlm. S Alexander, Wal-
ton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich, J. E.
Peppers Brucefleld.
AMN-1S:
Wallets 4Leipei', ire-Londeeboro;
J. P. Priteter, l#rodhe u; S'elefen
Baker, Brussels, Erie Munroe, Sea'
for
belpd'9unp' l Ino3 e}atf" There
Were, at lea fnitbreste fafattel.
}.anvil, afeeordtns itt►> a hltttorY b]s,:Mias,
H. Isabel Graham, Mr. %Broudfoot
[Ode "We .were 'astaniehed to;find
eo many. decent, respectable fan4'i1:-
•iea• concreted in 'too ' bp$b where
three, ¢ears ago there was'•ot, one
•family ..a people who' cannot
live without the gospel, and who
are zealous for it and love it."
The Rev. Alexander ,McKenzie
was establishedin Goderich, Stan-
ley and Tuckers¢nith townsihips and
was to conduct a service in the
morning of every third Sunday at
Egmondville, or Rosa, as it was
then called. In the afternoon there
was to be a service at another
place five miles away on the Lon -
Read;
VanEgmond Home
The meeting place in Ross was
the home of Col, Anthony Van-
Egmond; the most influential' man
of the Huroll Traet, who in fact
had built the Huron Road, who had
descended from .a Dutch noble fam-
ily, fought with Napoleon at Water-
loo, and who was later to die in
prison as a_ result of the Rebellion
of 1837. Mrs. VanEgmond was the
first person to bind a sheaf of
wheat in the tract.
It was hoped that a church would
be built, but although; this did not
occur for some 'years' the congrega^
tion, meeting as it did in private
homes and at taverns, grew under
Mr. McKenzie from 13 to 56 in four
years. This growth resulted in the
townships, of Tuckersmith and Stan-
leyi breaking away from GAderich,
and while Mr. McKenzie continued
in the latter incumbency a call was
sent out to the Rev. William Gra-
ham from Stanley and Tucker -
smith.
29 -Year Ministry
Mr. Graham was inducted in 1845
and remained until 1874. His 29
years at Egmondville was the long-
est occupancy of the pulpit in the
church's long' history. Under •his
guidance" the church congregation
grew. AIthough he received in sal-
ary littld, more than $40 per an-
num, Mr"': Graham gave quality of
service which no amount of money
could have paid for. He observed
in those -early days, when he rode
horseback to the presbytery meet-
ings, in London, that besides him-
self there were only two ministers
of his denomination between Galt
and Tuckersmith. Seaforth was
nothing but, ,bush. Yet in spite of
poor roads and distances, people
journeyed to church with much
more zeal than they later display-
ed when roads got better and times
more prosperous. One woman tear-
ried .her baby all the way' from
Mitchell to be baptized, and money
and clothing were so scarce in
those days that may people walked
barefoot to Sunday service, not
putting•• on..their•.ashoes. and stock-
ings until they were in sight of the
ohurch.
New Church
In 1849 some of the ohurch mem•
bens living near Brucefleid severed
their connection with Egmondville
and formed a church of their own.
About two acres of ground . was
then donated by VanEgmond and
the congregation built a place of
worship on the site now occupied
Eby the cemetery. While overseer
John Hanna and his 'building crew
raised the ratters of bhe church!
other members of the congregation
sang hymns. This church was,
rofi'gh and humble, but it was later
improved by funds donated by
friends in Scotland. The church
was opened July 21, 1850.
.•By 1861 the church had been en-
larged to accommodate 500 people,
and it was, not uncommon to have
people listening outside for want of
seats. As the district developed and
the congregation grew it was divid-
ed and in time Egmoneville had,
furnished material for churches in
Seaforth, Brucefield, McKillop and
Hullett.
1879 Openieg
Succeeding Mr. Graham was John
Bain Scott, who stayed' for two
years, and was in turn succeeded
by Joseph McCoy during whose
term a new church was erected and
opened in 1879. The Rev. George
Needham was pastor from 1890 une.
til his death in 1892. ;Under the
direction of the Rev. Neil Shaw the
membership rose to 245 by 1912.
For ,six years following this- the
church was guided by the Rev.
James. Argo, and then came the
Rev. Samuel McLean during whose
pastorate •the wearing of gowns
was introduced. He was succeeded
in 1922 by the Rev. William D. Mc-
Donald. In 1925 the church enter-
ed the union, and in .1929 Rev.
Charles A. Malcolm, of Port Stan-
ley, was inducted in the Egmond-
ville United Church.
The congregation which held its
first confmunion in a barn, and
which celebrated its centennial in
1935, is now led by the Rev. A. W.
Gardiner.
Death of a Filmt
(Continued from Page 2)
"Oh no! There was quite a fair
amount." '
"I suppose there Is no doubt any-
body could have helped themselves
to the can1, 11 they'd wanted to?"
"Undoubtedly. As a matter of
fact I had, an idea that Mrs. Thorne
did ,have setae, bet I can't be sure."
"Alr, well, that point isn't of any
very great value. My information
is that Mrs. Thorne only took a
small sip and them set her cup on
one -side."
You might almost have' been
-there- Fouhself,. Mr. --.Sharpe That
is quite correct no* you mention
it. I hadl sugared, it ,you
she real-
ly wanted it unsweetened. So ,dis-
turbing, this modern faddiness of-
er figures." 1 -
"Awful nuisanoe. And, thank you
very much for !the" shut."
Next on the .]ist was Mies Pelt.
ham. SIM heal trot even rtotieed
({
gas „la
'thing:a, 1iitt
et 1alu►
"i rely
tklu%pu�ed
""That ><s< ttu: !idly, '1
eve Mre k'ei ey Gib on wail
tet ted, dnait''tTced' d;1 lot ttlr'F'iJ..
eru her..,.
"Who is this Mrs„ (3lbsonr
Mrs. Perniet these if !q>}
lease- She Would nee more': l�autr
o a •e
appearing in 'bile � o
� ppe�! �' pU.,. , vVith,„lit ;;b
hyphen than witlio tt }her'e
Mese Feltham had a' sense of” hi7am-.
br even if he•r ,pnem.ory was bad. "I:
thought everybody knew tier; • 'Her
home, Sates Hall, is one of'trie
cal show places."
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;e.
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•.Inspector Matthews amplified
this when approached on the Sub-
ject. "The lady is quite. a oele-
brltyee he explained. •"Haughty as
they-Pmake 'em, but not a bad soul
at heart, they say."
"You knew she was at the
Church Hall when Rotherson
died?"
"Naturally. We • .have a list of
every person present."
"Could 'she throw any 'light on
the tragedy?"
"My dear Mr. Sharpe, you al-
most shock me."
"M'm!- I'll go . and talk to 'the
lady."
Please yourself. So that bee is
still buzzing around in your bon-
net."
"Livelier than ever. Mind you
don't get stung when I let it
loose?"
"I'll disk it, sir. Up to the pre-
sent I've no reason to feel alarm -
e& The more we ,thrash. things
out the worse implicated Thorne
bomes."
"Anything fresh?"
"Only filling in the cracks. We've
traced the purchase of the choco-
lates, for one thing."
"A single box?"
"Well, Thorne bought some of
that particular' manufacture two
gular 1e to AVOW }fixe
ette4-4e2,to bt if, *+:16•
boo, ki,(444 fiQt jiO* trice
tnhea r i4ltar b:ox,,t "
A11 right, if tliht le bow '''YOU . in-
tend' to wangle WOO."
"Sir!"
egh, you"re honest • •enough le
*Our misguidedaees; But 1 dislike
the way you're being driven by
those up above."
"Major Martinehawe isn't driving
me or the department."
"Liar!" exclaimed Morrison
Sharpe cheerfully, and beat a has-
ty retreat.
Prom the pollee station he went
direct to Sallie Hall, where a ser-
vant thought "Mrs. Fernley -Gibson
may not be at home," so half-heart-
edly that Mr. Sharpe gathered all
unknown callers were considered
on their merits, before being admit-
ted, into the presence.
Apparently he passed muster, for
a message was sent back that the
lay would see biro..
Sallie Hall wee certainly an im-
pressive establi:ment. The room
into which he was eventually ush-
ered was one of the largest Mr.
•Sihaepe had ever beheld in an occu
pied house. Right at the far end,
on a very straight-backed chair,
sat the chatelaine of the establish-
ment. To reach her the visitor had
to cross, a waste of polished1 floor,
set at intervals with oases of rugs
which slithered alarmingly beneath
the feet.
"I have heard of you, Mr.
Sharpe," she said graciously.
"Indeed, madam. That is rather
surprising for one so retiring of
disposition.?'
(C4tinuedt Next Week)
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le -i
,rester;
princ- lea
ed Na'
C.a ia(.i r
formed 1• ' s o I r, a Untver'sity.
of Wes r ; nt io Liter 1 Associa,
tton last •. e:. in London.
While .s,.. ! tet: ' •i of the;
UN—the sere gemi nt "hereby all
countries ma;' 1 ve in '-into, cannot
be secured b- military engage-
ment$, Mr. McLean said, or the re-
duction .bf arms, "the tough middle
road" is the only way peace can
be achiev'ed. And this, the Keleh-
er
peaker reasoned, has made Canadians
and Americans impatient.
Balance Arms Spending .
Mr. McLean agreed there now
was no proper balance ofarms
spending and technical assistance
spending for the "underprivileged"
countries.
"But," he said, "we must view in
a realistic' manner what is feasible
for our countries and what is not,
in balancing defence spending and
assistance."
Even the underdeveloped coun-
tries receiving Western aid, were
putting a disproportionate amount
of their budgets .into defence over
domestic developments.
He said there had been much
criticism of the slow pace at
which UN agencies were aiding the
underdeveloped countries.- This ap-
parent peace, he said, is largely
the only speed at *hide these coun-
tries can absorb aid. Technical aid
is not something that can simply
be handed out. There has to be a
tion
cad .
rt
of veraSfy ,.
!Heed a.,
0,4 Oinad+1aie de'lesatio u toe;
day today job.. •
Suspicion Rntiuce'ti,'
rt
He said the spirit el pat otral
interdependence throw 4101 ion
in UN of problems inPmlving; cIiE
ferent races, religions, and scut..
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d'IIese
WESTERN FAIRGROUND►
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28 --!Entries for Township, County and Oen. Classes t4143, ittito t1
Seere42.ry, Room 21i0, Richmond Building, London,
2 --Exhibits. and ddepiaYs Placed;, 7 p.m., Fair, Open; 8 p,m. Sea:
ling Minstrel and Variety Show.
Mar: 3-2 p.m.: Official', Greetings — Wm. P. Watson,. Toronto,.,;
by W. 11. Porter, London; Glencoe Pipe Rand, 8 p.ap ,
Junior Square Dance; Lambton Glide Choiteleeird4use
Mar. 4-9 a.m.: Seed Judging €ompetitiens';speaker, T Oi Ro
son, London; 2 p.m.: Charles Mcl�nnis,'Toronto; I)o;i. Sn
Iona; I. B. Whale, London; Lawrence Kerr; 'death/an;
J `i
Hart, Woodstock; 8 'pen.: W.O. Open Square Dance;, Fiddlt
Military Band.
Mar. 5-1:34: W. Smith, E. R. Hooey, J, M. Bain. J. J 4ohe}eon,;
S. Carpenter, London; 2:15-#:00' p.m. Anieeleeei$Odete
• p.m.: Women's Programme with Mary Car's$ichael, IIdeict
Mrs. W. R. Walton, Jr., Oakville; Patricia Robinson, Torp
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KITIMAT
malt way
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of the big aberainum
The rust stage404' miles
Kitimat
iti ma proving ahead on
development at
no th of Vancouver --is finished and
north ul Van ulrus4 is uare mile lake
schedule • K>;" Y th350-sq
is rising inrirrr ,
water The ten -mile Niagara
it is creating• sixteen times that of No g
e half
With a drop driven about on
is now mountain toward
'Falls,Way rough the �o in toNv -
letedr`sA` der a
the les. Bock working un
Bock miners, in out
R carving paring
xpi sE mountain, are to
Mile-highavet see city blocks long, pe
a cavern foe the installation of three zo1
the way ene1ators. ;
170 000 11.2. g r• , anced; the fifty
well Kemauo
s u -Z work is f way between d Many of
miles of rias ha. been. cleared an
as ills soul LT> a
and Kitimat h erected.
the 250 towers ie the cleared forest site.
is steadily rising
Target date for the,rst pour of aluminum
O eration Aluminum in
is spring, 1954. p on schedule!
British Columbia is
PERIBO
...nearing
The new °ktrTE completion
district, on the Ps nka Rive pin LE the Saguenay
55,000 i is h. full operation.
peration a SagUena
power p• generator Its Eve
Y
valley. C UTA n s smelters in re °w feer3i
.
valley.
rn from Chute s4 the Saguenay
rapid! ALA du Diable,
down_
of its eneproaching the Diable, is also
tot generators will 27 day when five
�e Saguenay add p all
as' power network t) hp.
sz,e'
MALzcee smelter ad tion S
pi °d actio
n and itsavaila
In 19 'ole for civilianfull capacity is °w in53, Alcan's fouand defense needs,
Province of smelt
1 billion o Queb ere in the
p ands ec will produce
the markets of the freewoof unum ingot f0
rid,
In the fifty-two years since the first Canadian aluminum
plant opened at Shawinigan Falls, Canada's aluminum in-
dustry has grown to be the second largest in the world; and
Canada now exports more aluminum than any other country.
Still' the need grows, both at home and abroad, for this
light; strong, modern metal of many uses. And Aluminum
Company of Canada is putting man -power, and money, and
engineering brains, and imagination into the job of keeping
up with that demand.
Aluminum is "packaged power". The electricity needed
Aluminum
to produce one ton of aluminum would light
the average home for nearly a generation.
By making use of, Canada's abundant, b w -
cost power, this Canadian enterprise has created employment
and income for tens of thousands: for the men who build
and operate the dams and powerhouses, the docks and
smelters and power lines it needs; and for the more than
one thousand independent Canadian companies who turn
aluminum into countless forms important to industry and
otu- own daily living.
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CompangofCanadaitiL.
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Producers and processors of aluminum for Canadian and world markets
Arvida • Isle Maligne • Shipshaw • Peribonka • Port Alfred • Beauharnois • Wakefietd • ;Kingston
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