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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-05-01, Page 2'4 or of, Ontario, ev- n oon by McLean l' ,+ `4 McLean, Editor ,' i ption rates, $2.50 a year in �Yt ',a f •fw^ d• fOreign. $3.50 a year. Single 5. cents each. let of Canadian l7 Newspapers Association. -Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa • SEAFORTH, Friday, May 1, 1953 Aid for Underdeveloped Countries Elsewhere on this page appears a letter from a correspondent who com- ments on an editorial reference made e'ome weeks ago with respect to Can- ada's defence program. The writer of the- letter questions whether suf- ficient emphasis is being placed on aid to underveloped countries in the light of our commitments for de- fence. The decision by Canada and the other eqUtries who constitute... the North Alantic Treat Organization -to take posiive defensive steps, arose because it was realized that there was little point in raising the stan- dard of living in a particular under- teveloped country, if, at the same time, there were no means at hand to ensure that it would be possible for that country to continue to enjoy the improved standards that were pro- vided_and not become the victim of aggression. In view of the attitude of the Communstic countries and the obvious distaste on their part for co- operation with the freedom -loving nations, it was evident that some means must be 'developed to protect the security of the free world. After all, one's first responsibility is to one's own country. In the drift of events following the Second. World War, it was apparent that the hopes for a permanent peace based on the good -will of all men everywhere, were but a disillusionment. Out of this, then, rose the necessity of making a realistic assessment, not only of what was felt to be right and desirable, but also of what was feas- ible and what should be done first. While it is true that economic as- sistance could be carried out more quickly were it not for the fact .that defence requirements occupy such a large- -part of our •e -o 1mny, it does not necessarily follow that the assist- ance which is being given is in an amount less than recipient countries .might prefer. A program of econ- onaic'aid is not something the success- ful carrying out of which rests only on the country providing the aid. The success of such a program must depend as well on a desire on the part of a receiving country to improve its standard of living, and to a great extent, on mutual confidence and un- derstanding. , While the rate and scale may be modest, it must be remembered that the program, of necessity, is limited not only by, alternative obligations properly assumed by Canada and other nations, but also by the capac- ity of the less developed countries to absorb aid. The movement of vast quantities of material, of food, or for that matter of money, to underde- veloped countries would, except in very limited cases, be of little prac- tical value for the reason that the countries have. not available either the administrative machinery, nor the distributive system which is nec- essary to ensure that the ordinary citizens of these countries gain the benefits of the gifts. Too frequently, it might only- mean the perpetuating in office of a regime not sympathetic to the philosophy of the free nations Of the world.,, Canada,in keeping with other Countries, is contributing not only to =:-413.ew.C:oiomlaoPlant to which our cor- respondent refers, but also to the. ear - he pnoinicagencies of the United at!otiS', Thele, programs do show dee& that We of the free world �c g'-htlY about the welfare of'the leged areas. They are of 'ire whish reach down to the el>S hi the underprivileged countries and have the effect of 448 41,9, Q �l he tl.eas those co i,a desire to help hells- say"Es,knPwi410 4 the wine time that there is at their 04: thOswe of the democracies who have their interests at heart. No Democracy When people among us rail against democracy, criticize Parliament and bemoan the shortcomings of "po,1i- tics" and parties, we wonder if they ever stop to coritider countries where .there is no Parliament and no par- ties? asks the Ottawa Journal. Such a country is Argentina, and the Journal goes on to say that in na- tural resources Argentina is one of the richest countries on earth; should be a cozy corner of the world. It has climate, soil, potential wealth, every- thing to make it great. ' "Under a Fascist dictatorship, without democracy or a real parlia- ment and real parties, Argentina is becoming impoverished; a country of poverty, cruelty, violence. "Within the past month Argentina has had a 50 per cent increase in its cost of living; there has been rioting and bloodshed; a movement against Peron has been mercilessly suppress- ed; Peron's former private secretary (a brother of Evita Peron) ' was fund dead in his • hotel, room, re- portedly a suicile, but believed to have been murdered by Peron's forc- es because he knew too much (he had handled Evita's funds). "Thus dictatorship, whether Red or Black. "Parliamentary governiiient has its penalties, its checks and balances sometimes seem tiresome,-- its pro- cesses often are cumbersome, and there are times when its theory of `government with the consent of the government' seems all too theoreti- caI. Yet nowhere in the world is there an instance of parliamentary government producing the evil, sor- did ' things? the cruelties, betrayals and tyrannies, which fester under dictatorship." Easy Housekeeping The gadgets that are being invent- ed to make housework easy are com- ing along so quickly and are of such an involved nature that it won't be, long before'the housewife will have to be licensed as an engineer before she can run her own home. Latest in the series was announced recently -by David Sarnoff, chairman of R.C.A., who told about the inven- tion of a new television camera which will enable the lady of the house to keep an eye on any part of the house while seated in •her easy chair. This camera device will throw pic,, tures of 'various parts of the house on the regular television screen, so the housewife can see whether the children are doing their lessons, and whether herhusband is doing that chore she instructed him to do. Dashboard Safety (Kipling, Sask., Citizen) What we can't understand is that car manufacturers will include al- most every accessory that you can think of and paint It `any color you like, but they have not so far install- ed . radar that will quiver When you are properly aimed at your home base. It takes the old horse to do that. Who hasn't heard of the driv- ers who hung the lines over the dash- board and snuggled down for a long safe ride home? Safter too, because you never know whether one-armed driving in a car will land you in for- mal marriage or a funeral carriage. Planning )Needed Now (Clinton News -Record) Town planning now is better than trouble later, says the Aurora,. Ban- ner. "It isn't guesswork to suggest that lack of .planning can cost more, far more, than the operation of plan- ning does. The examples are all too common and too near at hand." In Clinton examples of what hap- pens -when-.-there-is-no_.town planning is just as evident as in any town. Surely it is not too much to expect when we ask that our councillors act swiftly in the matter of forming a planning board. We need active planning now not next year or the year after. if Y� �` MI Af 7 •� •� IN•M k Gifts Total 5 $f • to; 41991#44! Both the 1'(inen eu clbib of ?u ton and the Ladies 4ggrital iliary have math eotantentlibre donations to the 'Clinton Public Iiospltal, it is reported flan Ernest Walton, secretary -treasurer of the hospital. Gifts of B fracture table, a cast cutter, a leg splint, and a patient help,.er, totetikgg }n value,; $345, were presented by the Kins- men, The auxiliary donated ' 'a thermatic drainage pump, ag incu hater, a tray truck, totalling , is value $445.85, — Clinton News -Rte -- cord. Sending Grader to Atgie)rs A 107 -horsepower grader, made by the Dominion Road Machinery Company Limited, Goderich, will this summer' be working on roads in Algeries, North Africa, It is being made now in ,Golierich and will be shipped early in June. A smaller one, a 47-H.P.- grader, was shipped to the same country from Goderich last November. Among recent shipments to foreign coun- tries from this Gocjerich firm has been: a grader to Pakistan in Jan- uary of this year; grader blades. to New Zealand in 1951; a ,Seo Blo to Norway about a year ago.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Presents Jewel • • Twenty-four, members of Wing - ham Masonic Lodge were present at, a Masonic banquet in Kincar- dine recently, when the official presentation of a fifty-year jewel was made to Wor. Bro. A. W. Craw- ford, tyf 'gingham. The presenta- tion was made by' Crrand Waster N. C. Hart. Entertainment at the ban- quet was by the Masonic quartet, cons1stia'g of 4C#ordon Leggatt, Jack Reavis, George Henderson and Bill Conron, with accom,pani- ment by Harold Victor Pym. Grand Master Hart gave a very fine talk on "Quality, Not Quantity," and the Ruling Masters of the district were presented to the Grand Master.— Wingham Advance -Times. Holds binder Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the 'Brussels and District Chamber of Commerce was held at the New American Hotel as a dinner meet- ing with 47 members present. The guest speaker, Mr. Dave Savage, Listowel, gave a very interesting ad -dress entitled, •"Your Job and Mine." It -provided an incentive for a new program of work as com- mittees were named to undertake the season's activities. Keen in- terest was shown in the various prospects and considerable pro- gress is expected within the next few months. Mrs. J. Baker pre- sented the meeting with a large C1fi;i .M� � f• ��•� fA ��1 �yi . -• . ,..E Ml 1, cltee late Eastert9 .wwa►i ye* raffled .off. Mr. rt ,voiniaol4 was the lucky winner. --- ;Brussels, Post, Junior Farmers Elect Officers The Jun49,r b?arute>rs lipid' their annual meeting recently in the Clinton District elellegiate Institute' auditorium. The meeting was brought to order., by the, president, Glen Wise, and the minutes of the last Meeting, were read and adopt- ed° A brief .business period; was followed by the election of the offi- cers, which are as follows; presi- dent, George Tarsier; vice.+-preei- dent, Lloyd Holland;, second vice- president, Neil Campbell; secre- tary, Stewart Broadf'oot; treasurer, Don Andrews; press reporter, Bob McGregor. This' year, instead of having township directors it was decided to divide the. club into four groups, each dreaded by a director. The groups anddirectors are: beef cattle, Jim Snell; dairy cattle, Fred VanEgmond; cash crone, Bob Al- lan; machinery, George Cotciough. Sports committee, Murray Forbes, Fred Gibson and Stewart Broad- foot.—Clinton News -Record. ., Believed Dead, Son Prisoner "Pleased to inform you evidence is available from a repatriate match indicates your son, Private. !Kenneth Herbert Dawe, may be held as a P.O.W.,of the Commun- ist otnmunist forces in North Korea. 'Every effort being made to obtain further detailsand you will .be advised im- mediately they are received." 'This telegram from Canadian Army headqua ,ere Walled the ltgpgs and prophecies of the soldier's father AVChie H. Dawe, of Grand Bend. Mr. Dawe, on the strength of his own experience after being declar- ed dead in World War I, held high hopes the report that his son was missing and believed dead was not true. "I hadn't given up," he said. "I had a kind of feeling he vi ould turn, up alive. I thank God. It made' me a bit shaky when I heard the news and realized it must be true that Kenneth vas alive." Now Mr; Dawe, and members of the family, are excitedly_ awaiting per- gotial tiews freer Kenneth himself. The repatriated Canadian is believ- @d to have letters from all his fel- low„ pifisoners of war. Three broth- ers, Ronald, George and Norman, live in London. A sister, Mrs. Al- vin Stanton, lives in Sarnia. When Kenneth Dawe was reported miss- ing, Mr. Dawe kept his hopes high that he would be found. He had good reason to, too, because he ,himself had been listed as dead during World War I and it took him nine years to prove his iden- tity.—Exeter Times -Advocate. , To The Editor Toronto, Ont., April 25, 1953. The Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: • I feel like .sending along do reader's thanks for that well-documented report of Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner's address to your Lions Club at the recent an- nual Farmers' Night banquet, as reported in your -April 3 issue, , From my viewpoint, the speaker —"a native of 'Hibbert Township" —has done a great job of work fez- rural orrural Canadians. I have always ad- mired his forthright approach to the apparently endless problems associated with ''agriculture." The Rt. Honourable "Jimmy" is recog- nized as a doughty fighter for the nation's mightiest and most essen- tial industry. in the nature of things, an element of 'politics' ea- inescapable in such a basic func- tion—but friend and foe alike (and I feel he has ten .of the former for every one of the latter) would be willing to support the idea that Mr. Gardiner has spent himself in the Iong-range service of the farm- er. In •these dayg',.when the massive achievements of "Industrial Can- ada" are running away with most of the spotlight, I thought that the following assertion . in the above report of Mr. Gardiner's address very timely: "We, could not pos- sibly have had the kind of de'ly'ei- opment we have had in Canada if it were not for the agricultural production from the farms . . ." .It. seems to this reader that if urban C•a.nadians remembered this adequately—and were reminded of the 'stub'born. fact' often. enough, the picture of rural -urban relation- ships and- interdependence would steadily improve. We are 'not only, as the Good Book puts it, 'brethren, one of another' but, also, consumers and. customers. One of the ' financial journals drew this economic • scene into clear focus the other day, by re- minding its sophisticated readers that: "Thirty-seven per cent of the industrial plants across Canada de- pend upon the farms for their basic raw materials," G. J. JOE • . 13 April, 1953. The Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear sir: I wish to comment on your leading article of March 20, which dealt with Canada's defence policy-. It seems that in consider- ing the question of defence spend- ing and what really constitutes 'defence'. you have missed an im- portant point. The reason for our heavy de- fence expenses is. to help to achieve peace. Thus, • any efforts which helps to achieve this goal .can rightly be considered as a part of the `d'efence effort.' I feel that one of tire, -,greatest threats to our western ways of, life, and world peace, lies in the millions of Asians ,and' Africans who are seldom able to escape from the 'fear of starvation, If Russia can gain the confidence of these • people, and persuade them that the only interest the West has in them. is of the old imperialistic sort,, the balance will 1i'e so against us that no amount of armaments will\keep us safe. We must show by deeds, not just words, that we do care about the welfare of these underdeveloped areas. When 'we do, Russia.'s brand of communism will have very little appeal for them, At present we budget only $25 million for aid- to S.E. Asia under the Coloth•bo Plan, while at the same' time spending $1,500 'million on ,defence. Canada ,could take the lead in increasing the emphasis on aid. to underdeveloped areas and in so doing gain the respect and support of all who want peace and 'love humanity. What could• be a more appropriate reply to the new Communist peace offensive? This would be .a. step more than half way. Yours' truly, DONALD STEPHENSON 64 Tenterden Drive, London, N.W. 4; England. Farm News of Huron Seeding was general throughout the County, and already a number of farmers have reported that they have completed the seeding of their spring grains. Heavy rain the end, of the week 'Wiri- e'Utter '.benefrci:a:l; and shouid- promote more growth of hay and pasture fields. Fall wheat is, look Mg particularly good for Mile time of the year, and in practically ev- ery case has come through the win- ter In good condition. 'Moot farmers report ample feed supplies' 111 storage to Maintain livestock in geed condition until pasture . is available. Already enrolment in' 4-H Club work in the County has' exceeded by far the numbers enrolled it this , work at the same time last year.. Import Restrictions Although the Canadian border has- been opened to most livestock and livestock :Products from the United, States, restrictions are still in effect in some cases+ to protect the 'health -of Canadian livestock, For some years, in order to guard against , ho' cholera, hogs (Centintted turf Page 6) /I 111 ,,ao Regularbrushing, timed just right, Will keep your teeth both clean and bright. The time to do It. dentists feel If= immediately afterevery meal. Mot. of National Health and. Welfare Years AgQne ' interesting Items. Picked From The. Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty . Years Ago • From The Huron Expositor May 4, 1928 Mr. Alex Simpson, of the Kipper Road, last week sold hie prize-win- niug gelding to the Dominion Transport Co., Toronto. This colt was raised by Jobil D. Cairns,'Hite heft, and was sired by Mr, Fred Colquhoun's well known horse, "Bonny Glengyre." Mr, L. R. Coles has been appoint- ed manager of the Hensall branch of the Bank of Montreal, to suc- ceed Mr. W. A. Houston. He serv- ed four years With the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Mr. John Murray, the well-known assessor of Tuckersmith, who is also equally well known as a gar- dener, purchased some 4914' pota- toes in the latter part of June in Phillips' store, He cut some up and planted them in seven hills, They all grew to maturity and it is the first time he ever knew that one could grow them from new seed. On Friday- evening a number of friends of Mrs. W. W. Robinson gathered at •her home on Market St., prior to her removal to Lon- don, and presented her with a chesterfield end table. On Tuesday evening a pleasant time was spent at the home of Mrs. Sydney Deem, when a number of her friends took her house by storm and during the evening pre- sented her with a wicker fernery. Mrs. Deem leaves on Monday to join Mr. Deem in Sarnia, where they will make their future home. Mr. A. W. Dunlop, of the Chevro- let Garage, has leased the resi- dence of Mr, J. H. Smith and has. moved his family here. Mr. Joseph Doyle, Detroit. has taken over the management of the pool room of the late Louis' Atkin- son. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle will oc- cupy the residence of Mrs. C. At- kinson, Mr, W. A. Houston, who has been the very efficient manager of the Bank of Montreal at Hensall for the past year or so, left for BeIlevilie to take the managership of a large insurance company. ,Master Leslie Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, Staffa, who underwent an operation for appen- dicitis in Seaforth Memorial Hos= pital, is doing nicely. ' The Trombley Garage at Brod- hagen, which ekes' recently destroy- ed by fire, has -been rebuilt and is ready for occupancy: From. The Huron Expoeltor May 1, 1903 The 371/2 acres at Walton belong- ing to Mrs. Sage, Wllndsor, has been, sold 'by F. S. Scott,. Brussels, to D. McQuaig, for $2,050. It is a niece piece of property. Mr, 'Thomas Dayman left Hensall on Monday for Winnipeg, where he intends working at his trade as a mason and bricklayer during the summer months. The congregation of S . John's Church, Varna, met at be resi- dencd-•of Mr. L. Beatty on Friday evening, to bid goodbye to Mr, and Mrs. James Armstrong and family upon the eve of their departure for the Northwest. The congrega- tion presented them with a hand- some mantel clock. Mr. Howard- Fowler, son of Mr, John Fowler•, Hullett, -has passed his 'final examinations at'the- Royal College of Dentistry, Toronto, and has been admitted a licensiate of dental surgery of Ontario. The gentleman alluded to In the following is a son of Mr: Jas. Hogg, McKit)op, He .is a graduate -of Sea - forth Collegiate and was a member of the teaching staff previous to go- ing to Harvard: "Mr. J. H. Hogg has received marked distinction at Harvard University where he has been a graudate student for the past two years. Mr. Hogg graduat- ed at the, University in Toronto with the class of 1.399, .Obtaining „the medal in physics." William and John Murdoch, of Stanley, shipped 'their Pat cattle to the Old Country this week, They had about seven orloa,de, and Mr. William Murdoch went with them. Dr, F."-3, Burrows left ,Tuesday for Baltimore, where he will spend a couple of months in study. Mr.....wil'liam ....R.inn. near. .Con- stance, was offered a few days ago •$210 for his four-year-old gelding. He refused the offer and expects to get $2-25." :Mr, and Mrs, John Lands,borough left 'Tuesday for Winnipeg where he will engage in the real estate business. They were ticketed by Greig & Stewart, C.P,R. agents, •Nirliile "Forward" should ever be our- watchword, we should also geese occasionally to give some thought to the builders of old. This review (of Hibbert South) recalls t4 mep ory 'those who 'hat wueh to do during the last ,hundred years, with the 'blazing of the trails and the laying of the foundations upon eolith otl ere are building today. Concesslion 8 The lots ati the east end of Con- cessions 8 and 9 were taken up trent the Canada Company at an early date, and were principally owned by Muirs, Lairds, Colqu- houns, Dows and Millers, who were all related through family connec- tions or by marriage. Nearly ev- ery settlement in the pioneer days was made pp of families who were related, or who had been close friends in the old land from which they came. Lot 1 - Thoi#as Muir, Sr., a native of Scotland, who married Elizabeth Horn, took up the east 50 of Lot 1 and all sof Lot 2; on Concession 8, and with his family moved from Lanark to Hibbert In 1851. No one lived on this east 50 till their son, Sandy, married Janet McMann, a colleen from Ireland. He died here in 1867. Later his widow mar- ried James Holden, who was small 'in stature and had been a sailor up . to this time. In 1886 .Timmy. Holden died, and that sane year Thomas Muir, his stepson, aged 23, was killed in a train accident one Sunday near Paris, Ont. At the time of the accident he was a brakeman on the train, Mee, HoI- den-, with, the help of her sons, Bobby and Jimmy Holden, carried on for several years; then she went to live with her daughter, Jessie, Mrs. Frank Kerr, in 'Stratford. From 'then the Heal family owned his 50, and. used it as a pasture farm till Clifford Dow bought it. Occupants East 50 — Thomas Muir, Sr., Sandy Muir, Mrs. Sandy Muir, James Holden, Mrs. James Holden, Sarah Jane Heal (later Mrs. William Balfour), • Robert Heal, Clifford Dow, Clifford Dow Estate. Thomas Muir, Jr., took up the West 50 of Lot 1. 'He farmed here and also did carpenter work when he came to Hibbert till Hugh Mil ler bought the farm in 1886 Thomas Muir's wife was Janet Hamilton, a sister of Jimmy Ham ilton, who was a 'shoemaker in Staffa and later postmaster there It was • Tom and Janet Muir's daughter, Elizabeth,who was bap- tized eta Presbyterian service in .H George amilton's barn in the early :50's. William Colquhoun bought the farm from Hugh Miller but didn't stay long on it at that time. While he was living in Mit chell, he rented it, but by the 'time his invalid daulghter, Cytheria, died in March, 1095, frying he was on it again. In 1599Fthe James Coiqu ftoun family took it over, and from April, 1906, Dows have been the. owners of it. 'Occupants West 50 — Thomas Muir, Jr., Hugh Miller;• William Colquhoun, GeorgeKemp (R),. Ar- thur Colquhoun (R), George Oliver and Joe More (R) jointly, William Colquhoun; Silas Colquhoun, Adam 'McMurray, William Dow, Clifford Dow, Norman' Dow, Edward Harvey lived in a house on the southwest corner of this. 50 from 1859 till he died around 1874. His wife, known as "Granny" Har- vey, was here till she went to live at her sailor son Jimmy Holden's home in the 80's. It was when Jim- my visited his mother here that he met his future wife, Widow Muir. Lot 2 Lot 2 was the Muir homestead. There were nine children in Thomas Muir, Sr.'s family: -Muria (Mrs. William Bell. later Mrs. Bob Kydd), William, Elizabeth (Mrs: Hugh Currie), Sandy, 'Tom, Robert. Johnnie, James and •Mary (Mrs. William (Miller). Jimmy Muir, at an early 'date, lived on the East 25 acres, while the parents tiered on the• west part of the lot. Thomas Muir, Jr., 'bought the 100 acres in 1877, about the time of his mother's death, but the father continued to' live here till the early, 1880's, when he went•to make his home with his son, Jimmy, at Douglas, Manitoba. It was then' that James Colquhoun bought the farm, Occupants—Thomas Muir, Sr., Jimmy- Muir (25), Thomas Mui , Jr. (100), James Colquhoun, WI - liam T. Colquhoun; Percy Adams. Lot 3 Arthur Coiqu,hotin took up Lot 3 and his, brother-in-law, Thomas Laird; who had lived in the Unit- ed States, came to the East 50 shortly after and owned it into the 60's. His wife clied here in De- cember, 1851. He sold to James Colquhoun. No one remembers where Laird went, but when he died in 1859 his remains were brought back to Roy's Cemetery for burial. Occupants — Arthur Colquhoun Thomas Laird, James Colquhoun William T. Colquhoun, Percy Ad ams. Arthur Colquhoun, who married Isabella. Strachan, lived on the west 50 from 1848, and was per haps the first settler in the district. Another brother and three sisters also settled quite near him, 'name- ly, Alexander, who married Eliza- beth Dow, Elizabeth who married James Dow, Agnes who married Thomas Laird,'and Catherine; who m.aa•ried William Muir• Arthur and lsah611a Colqulloun had six chil- dren --John, William, James, Thom- as, Mary_(Mrs. Robert Mille}), and Artliur, Ins son, Tom, married Is- abella iMeConochie, and continuer) to live on the homestead' till he died in 1926. Tom's six children were Duncan, Bella, (Mrs. Aaron Buck), Hugh, Arthur, Kate (Mrs, Roderick Kennedy), and Mary Jane (Mrs. Dave Miller). Tom was the owner' of several imported horses; well ha among them wall "Prince of , Wales.'•:,. Occupants Arthur .Colquhoun, Thomas Colquhoun, Duncan eolqu.' hods' Tom Colquhoun. Lot 4 Edward J. Woods, enkown today,. owned Lot 4 into the sixties; thea'. Jamey 'Colquhoun lived` on..- it for aw few years. He was also, as well es: - his brother Tom, intereeted,w in ini;; ported horses; Tlrooks.' C W houn were owners of 'twee which,' were well known—.pride, of Soot- land and Lord l addp. Tile former - seas es 'feroelous , as the latter was meek and submissive. • The fer- ocious one, ,being feared, .by every one when a new owner got it,, had to .be shot. 1n 1Merch, 1869, Woods sold to James Dow, and from 11884 till 1892 his son, William,was the owner. After William Dow had been on the farm for some time,. he narrowly escaped death when. he was flogged with a stick by Al- bert Staley, a °home' boy, who was. a former hired, hien. Hewas' saved': by. the help he received from chis. wife, and by Joe Mare, forcing his way, into the Dow home just at the - right moment. Seeing- More, the - wouldbe 'murderer matin• a quick getaway from the hones, set fire • to the barn and fled. He was later;• captured in a well on Heral's pas- ture farm on the 'Mitchell road. Her: served a term for this offence. Occupants—E award J. Woods;.. Tames Colquhoun (R)., James Dow, William J. Dow, Thomas Coiqu houn, Arthur Colquhoun. 'Moore Kells, Lot 5 Ezra Siple, whom no one remem- bers, was, the first to own Lot 5, and he had. it into the 60''e. During. part of this time William Muir; who died in 1858, lived here. Henry Maudson, a native of England, and Thomas Kinsman, were the next two to occupy it.. Kinsman's son,. George, was buried from here in, 1874, the day Dan McKellar and' John Miller's Margaret were mar- ried. Ted Drake's eldest daughter, Maggie, was also born that same day. Mrs. George Miller, a neigh- bor of them. all, attended the three events within 16 hours. 'While Tom. Colquhoun owned the farm, William' Brooks, William. Colquhoun and' Mrs. Dan McKellar lived in the - house, which was then on the side -- road. In the 1890's it was moved to the concession and remodelled. From then it was the home of Torn. Colquhoun's son, Hugh. The place where it first stood was often-: spoken of as "Eden." Occupants — Ezra S•iple, Henry:' Maudson, Thomas Kinsman, Thom- • as Colquhoun, Hugh Colquhouii, ^ Mrs, Hugh Colquhoun, Lloyd Colqu-• Noun, 'Fred- Colquhoun° Lot 6 William Muir, son of Thomas Muir, Sr., was the first owner .of: Lot 6, but Francis Olver, a native' .of Devonshire, England, who had' four wives .,and lived.' to be 91, was the .first who lived on it. His third wife, Maggie Haggart, was his, `first love" with whom ,he had kept company more than 20 years ',be- fore ,be -fore in Bathurst District, Lanark County. At that time they .dis- agreed and he' married another. Maggie afterwards upbraided him. for being unfaithful to her. "Nev- er' mind, Maggie," said he, "if L ever need another wife, I'll take. you." By the time he married' a• second, Maggie wa living in Dor- chester, and one day. trey met on London Street. 'This time -she jok- ingly reminded him of his prom- ise. "If ever I want another '111 take you for sure, Maggie!" In 1870 wife two died, and at the '1872, Western Fair these two accidental- ly 'met.'again. After a few, prelim- inaries, Franbis addressed her thus: "Now, Maggie, Pm free again and am ready this time to, keep my promise. What's your an- swer?"/ In December, 1872, they.. were married. Occupants—William Muir, Fran- cis Diver,. George Olver„Jim Olver, John Olver, Thomas Drown, Chas. Fharr�s, George Pullman (R), Clif- ton Miller (R), Alfred Ross. Lot 7 . Donald Ferguson was the first owner of Lot 7, but may not have lived here. Finlay McCormack, a: bachelor who took an active part id municipal affairs, bought in May, 1$55, from Ferguson. Finlay and his sister, Maggie, came from Lan- ark and lived here till he died in ' 1591, She spent the rest of her life at. John Carmichael's at Staffa- The remains of both were taken. back to Dalhousie for burial. While Jack, Mitchell hadthe farm rented, Charlie Hulley and Wiliia.m Frank- pitt lived in the house, Another - bachelor, John Drown, is the pre- sent owner. Occupants — Done.ld Ferguson, Finlay' McCormack, Ira J. Worden, Mr. Perkin, Jack Mitchell (R). John Drown,' • Lot 8 The first to live on Lot 8 was Hugh Currie, who came from North Sherbrooke, Lanark County. He and his mother, Mrs. .lane Currie, lived here till Davey Mitchell came from Lanark and bought the farm in 185.5. Part time Davey butcher- ed, and part time a sister kept house for him till he married In 1:802, He lived here till he died, and MS son, John, carried on till he left for La Rivere, Manitoba, in 1907. Georg Miller's bon, John, who was born here, was killed In Italy in World War 11 in 1944. Occupants—Hugh Currie, David Mitchell, John Mitchell, John 0 - Miller, George Miller, Richard 13-51 t veli, Roy 'BT1TWiil” Lot 9 Lot 9 was first owned •tby Martin Feeney, and later by Hugh Currie, who had lived; on Lot 8. in time he was known as' "Daft" Hugh. However, his affliction was not (•Continued on Page 7) a 8 d 47. a r