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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-05-15, Page 21,1 h, Ontario, ev- oon by McLean '4 McLean, ubseriPtiOn rates, $2.50 a year in ce; foreign $3.50 ayear. Single 5 cents each. ember of Canadian Meekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa ;SEAFORTH, Friday, May 15, 1953 Citizenship Day Friday of this week will be observ- ed across Canada as Citizenship Day. The day has been set aside, Prime Minister St. Laurent said as he made the announcement, for the observ- ance of the people of Canada, "and particularly younger Canadians." The day does provide the opportun- ity for every Canadian, be he old or young, to reflect on the benefits whichhe enjoys as a Canadian Citi- ,z en. It permits each of us, too, to reflect on what must be our duty to the end that the%enefits of our citi- zenship can be protected, not only in so far as we ourselves are concern- ed, but aiso for those generations who will follow. The advantages of Canadian citi- zenship are not s mething that can be taken , ' : , or at can be tak- en f s anted. tizenship is a careful balance be- tween rights and duties. As far the individual citizen is' concerne the balance between rights and du- , ties which exists in Canadian citizen- ship is as favorable as any in the world This balance is our liberty, ourfreedom throughout history, and even today in many countries of the world, is a .highly abnormal condi- tion. The=fact that our citizenship., does provide us with a way of life, the cornerstone of which is freedom, makes more important than ever the responsibility and duty that devolves on each of us to conduct ourselves in such a manner that we can meet any challenge that threatens It. Bug Business Erom time to time we see signs which indicate people are in the fish - worm business, and 'other people of whom we have heard are' in the earthworm business, raising them and selling them to those who want their gardens -stirred up. Nowwe hear of another business involving worms or bugs. Mr. George Quick, of Phoenix, Arizonag is in the ladybug business. He buys these pretty little insects from certain sup- pliers, and sells them by the gallon all over the continent. The ladybug is peculiar in that it eats harmful insects and doesn't touch plants. So farmers who are troubled with aphids or some similar pest turn ladybugs loose on them. The ladybugs are collected in cer- tain resting places where they cling to buslles by the thousands and are easily shaken off and bottled. They anust be handled quickly and care- fully. The rate of application is a gallon for one to six acres of lapid, depend- ing on the crop and the speed desir- ed. The cost is $8 to $10 per gallon. The ladybugs multiply rapidly and soon have the situation under con- trol. Mr. Quick is soured on crop dust- ing for insect control, because he says it kills the good as well as the bad insects. He says nature's bal- ance between the good and the bad has been destroyed and he's working to restore it. What Other Papers Never Trust a Bull (Owen .Soun+ dun -Times) : The old saying you can never trust i11'ras bowie bit again in the case district farmer who was severe - this. week by an animal he .1 to p:astnre , along With The animal,. for 110 , cause whatsoever, turned on the naaa;, b ;! .h lt.bf olre•,h virafa• � able to gain a zx ensure a safety be- hind a barn doer. • - Authorities 'in the matter of ani- mal husbandry col ntly ' issue warning against trusting bulls. While they may appear to be perfectly sub- dued, even pets, there seems to be something inherent in their nature which may send them into a rage without notice and without provoca- tion. To play safe, they should be kept securely penned and, when being moved from place to glace, held se- curely with a ring in their nose. A Waste of Trees (Farmer's Advocate) Even a casual glance at any siz- able log pile in old Ontario will con- vince anyone that timber trees are allowed to stand too long before cut- ting. A goodly percentage of the logs in any pile have badly discolored heart- wood and far too often decay has set in, making it necessy to butt off anywhere from two to five feet in the bush ;and the evidence of decay does not reach the stock pile or the mill - yard. Altogether, therefore, is undoubt-_ edly a tremendous waste of valuable timber due to neglect, or in some - cases due to too much fondness for the trees themselves. We will take second place to no one and to no interests in the advo- cacy of reforestation, the preserva- tion of woodlots and the re-establish- ment of wooded greats. However, the approach and the program must be based on sound forestry practice which is often violated by a fanatical adoration of trees. Town Planning Necessary (Woodstok Sentinel Review) Town planning was little more than a pleasant theory comparative- ly few years ago. Indeed, in the rap- id industrial and residential expan- sion of Ontario, at is a necessity. Some, cities and towns have been alert to the `need for regulated growth, while others have allowed their -expansion to proceed along• haphazard lines. The former - are pleasant, progressive communities; the latter are full of headaches for' themselves and everybody else. Every town, regardless of its size, has a 'pattern which is the result of the . social, economic and physical forces which first molded it. ,and are acting upon it. Some of these forces are obvious and measurable. Others may still need study. A town plan cannot change the ,t natural forces, but it can guide theta, control• the rate of change and smooth out diffi- • culties. The character of a town is determ- ined to a large extent by the princi- pal resources which led to its -devel- opment. A mining town is different to a market town. A summer resort may spread along a shore line, while a town whose industry is directly concerned with imports and exports clings to the harbor area which itself set the original pattern in settleinent and industrial growth. The pattern of a town is also a re- sult of its site. Geological situation, hills, rivers,, coastlines govern its shape and the uses of its land resources. Land subject to floods or incapableof being well drained may be developed into park areas; flat dry stretches invite industry; hillier land may . become a fine residential area. In this way a town is divided by geography into area. 'The manner in which the areas ,are developed should be the result of careful study arid regulation, if the town is to be something more than a haphazard, badly organized collec- tion of houses and factory buildings. Tin plannirig; therefoire; is tsirliply a realistic " attempt to study the growth of cities, towns and villages, and to prevent unhealthy and ineffici- ent development. Its aim is to pro- vide better living conditions within a community., Revived After 2 3OO. (41t S Ock While workirlg �ca.SlMroats.' the yard near Seafertherebentay; Nnr.. man Morey of the Mittekiela Rural H:E.P.•C. office, sustained an eleo- trac$ , Week, On a yr;l ct vglt„ power line. The, men working With him, trained in first aid, soon revived him and he was taken to Scott Me3nRrial.Afienital, .Seafortie, where he remained for the night. He re- turned home Friday.—Mitchell Ad- vocate. Little Fellow Gets Big Fish The fishing season opened with good luck for Master Brian Sweit- zer. While visiting for a day with his grandparents` 'Mr. and• Mrs. William ,Sweitzer, at "Knotty Pine Hills," he caught a fish measuring nine inches and, two smaller ones. He had no 'fancy rod, just a branch off a tree, but the dish didn't know the difference. .Brian, who is five years old, expects to oaten some real big ones when he grows up.— Exeter Times -Advocate. To Proceed With New Highway The provincial engineer, who supervised work done by the Gaff- ney Construction Co. in the inter- ests of the new Main St. bridge, was in town with officials of that company recently, discussing plans for proceeding with their road pro- ject. It is understood that they aim to do :preparatory work right away and that they anticipate starting the hard surfacing. by May 20. The new 'highway will extend from the bridge to St. Davids Mitchell Advocate, Twenty Stitches Needed Twenty, stitches were required to close a gaping wound w -ben two- year-old Gerald Ball fell out of a' moving car on the outskirts of Goderich Sunday night. He was rushed to Alexandra Hospital and his condition was reported quite favorable later. Mrs. Ball, of Owen Sound, was driving' to Goderich with her infant son to visit with the child's father, employed on the Forestdale which came into Gode- rich harbor Sunday afternoon from the head of the lakes. — Goderich Signal•„Star. Postmaster To Retire Announcement was trade this week that Milton W.Pfaff, Exeter's postmaster since November, 1921, will retire as soon as a successor is appointed. Before enlisting in the army in World War I, Mr. Pfaff was employed at Cole's drug store. He returned from overseas in 1919 and was hospitalized for more than a year. Before return- ing to Exeter he worked for a short time in Windsor. In addition to .being Exeter postmaster, Mr. -Pfaff has held the position of supervisor of postmasters of the South Huron district.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Had Birthday Party A lovely gathering of sisters, brothers, . relatives, and' friends, numbering about 38, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kipfer, Zurich, in honor of the for- mer's sister, Miss Edith Kipfer, to celebrate her birthday. Edith was taken by great surprise ♦then she was presented. with' gifts and replied with many thanks for their kindness. A delicious supper was enjoyed, the table being centred with a two -layer birthday cake, decorated in ' white anti pink. Friends were present from • Sea - forth, 'Hensall, Grand Bend and Zurich. We wish her `many more birthday occasions and best wish- es.—Zurich Herald. 4 .t1 Forced -Down, Finer •.iJn(uart A flight cadet from R C A P. Sta- tion, Centralia, crash-landed, his' training plane into a soggy field' near Woodstock. The pilot, Floyd' Carson, 23, was not injured., Re•• turning ..to his base after an hour and a half of practice manoeuvres, Carson's ,plane bleched smoke at 5;000 feet. The cadet engaged a fireextinguisher attached to the engine and brought the plane to e smooth belly landing. Only appar- ent damage was a bent prop. The plane plowed a furrow for 34 yards across the field. Oil from the en- gine sprayed the evindshield, limit- ing the pilot's visibility. — Exeter Times -Advocate. 1 Has 92nd Birthday The first white girl to be born in Wingham, Mrs. Peter G. Fisher, celebrated her 92nd birthday in Paisley -last week. Mrs. Fisher moved to Paisley with her parents as a child and lived for many years in Regina, Sask., before moving to Toronto. On the death of her hus- band, Peter Fisher, she made her home with her sister, Miss Cora Fisher, and they have resided in Paisley for the past five years. Mrs. Fisher, whose maiden name was Margaret Fisher, was born in. the house now occupied by Allan Walker, on top of the hill across the Lower Town bridge. It was there that her father, one of the first immigrants in this area, set- tled. The house was not far from the original house of Ed. Farley, first settler in the Wingham d'is- trict.—Wingham Advance -Times. Lands 19 -Inch Brown Trout The trout season opened ,Friday and we're mighty thankful that • Conservation Officer Gerald R. Har- ris, of Mitcbell, dropped in to the office on Monday, otherwise. The Standard would have come mighty short for a report on the week -end fishing, as none of our local nim - rods apparently caught anything on opening day but a badcl ld—the re- sult of being improperly clothed for the damp day. We can still re- member when Gerald was in busi- ness here; how he was the envy of fishermen when he came home with the big ones. He's still doing it. Saturday he landed a 19 -inch brown, beauty, weighing 3 pounds 5 ounces, and when in the -shop Monday he still had it at home in the refrigerator. For the general„in- formation of fishermen, the trout was caught in Huron County.— Blyth Standard. Judge in Essay Contest Miss I. Dorothy Westbrook of the Unemployment Insurance Com- mission office, Goderich, has been chosen as one of three judges in an international essay contest.' Of the oth.er two on, the board :of judges of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security, one is from Toronto and the other from Ottawa. AllOntario judges have been selected this year since the contest is this year sponsored by the Ontario region of the Un- employment Insurance Commission. The subject of the essay contest is "My •Job and Why I Like It," and entries will come in from all parts of Canada and the United States. The selection of Miss Westbrook as one of the judges is a signal honor for her and the Unemploy- ment Insurance Office, Goderich, where she is employed.—Goderich Signal -Star. Horizontal Silos A horizontal silo is an ecQnomi- cal way of storing silage:'' It is cheaper to build, easier to fill and if the silage is stored under proper opnditions, it .produces- as satisfac- tory a product as other methods, of storage. In addition, the horizon- tal silo provides a means of self- feeding foi• cattle. D. J. Cooper, of• the Division of Field Husbandry, .Soils and Agricul- tural Engineering, Central Experi- mental Farm at Ottawa, advises the location chosen for the build- ing of a horizontal silo should be well drained to avoid bog holes caused by seepage and ,spring run- off The size of the silo should be de- termined by the amount of mater- ial to be stored One cubic foot of silage weighs between 40,50 pounds so that a silo 48 x 12 x 6 feet would hold approximately 115 tons. The silo should be at least 12 feet wide in order to provide width for trac- tor packing. • . The side falls of the silo should be sloped and ' made with 2 -inch lumber, tightly fitted to avoid spoil- age. The boarding may be either vertical or horizontal with support- ing posts four to six feet apart. Sidewalls should be banked half- way -up with earth. 'There are several• ways of filling a silo. The loads of chopped ma- terial can be unloaded by hand dF can be pulled of by rope slings or a self'unloading wagon may be us- ed. However, as each load is put in the silo it should be levelled off. Packing .trust be carried out while the silo is being filled. ,'llhe amount of packing will be govern- ed.by the moisture content and maturity of the ma serial. Darty cut--grass-silage 1t-h-high-molstth'e- will not require as much packing as more `nature material with a lower moisture content, The long- er the cut of•the material the maze packing will be required. The peal- ing of the silo ,ber tractor should oanthere for souse time after the Silo ''hag been filled, When, the .pttclting is completed the. Silage slip1tld be covered With, li 'Vitamin D from any source - Is needed each day as a matter of course. � No regular diet contains enough Of this essential child foodstuff. Dept. of National Iteahh end Welfare .l0tettliants-ThoMaa;;;Edlii'ilinleer Welke' Sltillinglaw (R)., •,Tohnt Pelt *elate William' T. Fellow (R),. Chris• topheF Pellew (IR), Jamee'Bell (R); William Worden (R.), Joseph 'Ram- bly, Barry Temle}nan, yrs. Harry Templeman, wearier Tuffin (R), Archie Luxton, Rev. A. H. Daynard. Others in the frame house in'use at present. were Joseph Worden; William Chubb, Mr. Vandervliet. Others in the 'first S'hillinglaw house near the Centre Read on the Hotham hill were: 'John Sadler, Christopher fellow, . ' Dugald Mc- Millan and Joe H,oggarth, known as "Big Joel or "Fighting Joe."• Fhere is still "Sweet Mary" growing near where this house stood in the early days. • Lot 16 A Mr. Fox was the first who live ed on Lot 16, but Richard Hotham, a•native of Yorkshire, England, was the first owner,' He came to Hib- bert from Newcastle, Ont., in the early 1850's. His wife was Susan- nah Hill. They had a family of elevsn—Martha (Mrs. Jas. Hutchi- sen), Mary (Mrs. Harry Stoneman), Will, Dick, Fred, Johnnie, Sarah, Arthur, Wesley, Edith (Mrs. George Dalton) and Ida. These last, two were twins. Ida was a music teach- er, and Arthur taught school in the community, but later graduated as .a veterinary • and practiced out West. Hotham's ,planted an orch- ard at an early date and had good Northern Spy apples before any of their neighbors had apples of any hind. The first Staffa fair was held on the southwest corner of this farm. A year or two later land was bought for a fairground farther back on the farm, near where Robert Nelson and George Hunt each had a home. It is not definite- ly known what George Hunt did. One thought he was possibly the first teacher in the old log No. 3 School, and another said he was a laborer. Mrs. Fred Bickell built the frame house to replace'Helson's• log one, and John Carmichael built, on the lot north, the house which is now occupied by -Fred Harburn. The hill on the Centre Road, about' 60 rods from Concession 8, has al- ways)been known as Hotham's hill. While Mark Drake owned the farm, Albert Cameron, who 'had a black- smith shop on the corner where the township hall now stands, lived in the brick house. Chubb's• house and blacksmith shop were =just north of Cameron's shop. It was when ,of were taking the roof off the old Hotham log house, are - paring to take it down, that Sam Spea.re was killed in 010, Occupants = tMr. 'Vox, Richard Hotham, Mark Drake, Fred -Kers- lake, John Leary, Robert G. Hog- garth, Gordon 'Hoggarth. Lot 17 Daniel Weese, a squatter, lived and made potash on the west side of Lae 17 from an early data. Joseph Moffatt, who later moved to Paw Paw, Ill., ,was the first owner. On .the southeast corner 'was an- other house, where Daniel Weese's son, George, lived. I•t was in George's learn that the first church services • were held from 1855 or earlier, till 1861. This building is now part of Russell Worden's barn. Near' George Weese's house, a Bible Christian Church was built in 1860, and, that fall, the Saturday before it was to be opened on Sunday. it was burned. In 1910 Joe Worden bought the agricultural root house and crystal palace on the old fair grounds, and had the latter move'd to his farm, where it stood at the east end of the barn till it was torn down in the spring of 1950. Occupants -Daniel Weese, Joseph Moffatt, Williatn Worden, Joseph Worden, Russell Worden. Iii extra house —. George„ Weese, Thomas Brook. Lot 18 Hon, James Gordon took up Lots 18 and 19, no doubt for speculation. John Wlorden, d native of Devon- shire, England, and a brother of William Worden, Sr., lived on Lot 18 from sometime after 12854 till he took over his brother William's farm on Concession 12. Gorden sold to Joseph Mo lat, Sr., of Whit- by Township East, in 1861. William Worden became the owner after the death of Moffatt, who was his father-in-law. He was drowned. on his way back to Scotland on a visit in June, 1861, when his boat, "The Canadian," went.down on Belle Isle Strait. Moffatt never lived' on this farm. William Wordep's wife was Elizabeth Moffatt. They had a fam- ily of ten—John, Aggie (Mrs. Robt. Barr), Ann, Joseph Polly, William, Lizzie (Mrs, John. 2l. Miller), Wil- liam, Tom and Robert. The 'first William and Ij.obert died in infancy. Many of the descendants of this family still reside in the commun- ity. Occupants—Hon. James Gordon, John Weirden (It), Joseph Moffatt, Worden, Mrs. William Warden, Joe Worden (R:)', (Jack McDonald. lived in house), William Worden, Jr,, John Barbour, Dan Kline, Clifford H. Dow, .Anson Coleman, Clifton MilIer, Lot 19 Nueemaisowesesillmftrommewommiplemomeoftoner Years Agon Interesting items Picked Frdm. The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty.•flve and Fifty ' Years Ago eareanowerreneesee From The Huron Expositor May 18, 1928 On Saturday Peter Nigh, six-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs, Luke Nigh, Huron Road East, was driving Mr. Leo Fortune's horse in front of a herd of cattle,. when the horse,'Us- uaily quiet enough, ran away.'The little fellow managed to keep the• hprse on' the roads until he fell at his own gate. No• one was hurt. Mr. Wm. Deitz, of the London Road, suffered a severe loss Mon- day, when his home was complete- ly destroyed by fire. The Hensall fire brigade was called but nothing could be done. Theyrprotected the large barn and other surrounding buildings. The famous minstrel show of Sea - forth gave a splendid concert with a cast of 40 voices, accompanied by a ten -piece orchestra, in Hen. salt Town Hall Monday evening. There were several quartettes by the well-known Paramount Quart- ette composed of Stewart,' Beattie, Rennie and Reid. Mr..Frank Sills, as interlocutor, added greatly to the fun and spice of the concert. On Friday evening of°last week Mrs. J. B. Thompson met With 'a serious accident, She wan leaving the residence of Mrs. James Beat- tie when she slipped on the ver- anda steps and fell face downward to the pavement. In the fall she fractured her right arm and' also another bone in the same was dis- located. Miss Ena Holmes was honored Thursday evening at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Wylie, 'George St., with several articles necessary for her long trip to Seattle, where she will. sail to Alaska to reside with her uncle and aunt, and where she will enter college. The gifts in- cluded a pearl and amber set of toiler, articles, a teethe?, hat •box, a Neely, bath robe and several indi- vidual gifts from friends, We learn that the following sales of Chrysler cars,have been recently made by John Passmore, the ener- getic agent in Hensall, to John Bell, 'Hay Township; Emmerson Kyle, near Kippen; John Parke, south of Hensall; Thomas Kay, of Tuckersmith; Robert Allen, near Cromarty; Charles Wasman, near Kippen; Percy Passmore, of the Thames Road, and M. S. French. Kippen. from six to 12' inches of shavings. Then, to lessen the risk of freezing, just before freeze-up the top and sides Should be"covered, with a lay- er of loose hay or .straw. Controlling Chick Vices Along about the fourth week af- ter hatching, some strains of chicks stop being agreeable little charac- ters • and develop a fancy for each others toes and tails. Sometimes' the inclination leade to consider- able trouble and loss. At the Experimental •Station at Harrow, Ont., it has 'been found that quick .action at the start means mach in controlling 'chick vices. First of all, ,the raw parts should be given a ;dressing of pine tar or some commercial anti -pick prepara- tion. The possibilities of overheat- ing, overcrowding, too much light and too little ventilation should. al- so be looked into. Feeding and drinking space would be provided in proper•proportions as the chicks grow. Chicks have an inquesitive nature and any contrast made by one bit of color against another calls for investigation apparently to see if the object is good to eat. Such a condition occurs at the time when the first feathers are not quite fully formed and the new quill shows up a.gainat the pink skin. Starting with 'a speck of blood, the injury becomes progressively • worse with the attention ,it attracts, In eases where picking appears to be get- ting out of hand it can often be checked by tacking red tissue pa- ter over the windows. The reddish glow vo'lthin the building neutraliz- es other red color and the contrast made by blood or Wounds against feathers is greatly reduced. News- -papers. over-'tlie windows and' -"red'. electric bulbs produce the same ref - feet After a 'few days of this treatment ordinary light may be gradually admitted. . An important point in the con- trol ei picking among chicles is a reitdineete • to , apply remedies It Is ago ev :prbnt�i�ty, t , L ((Antlfltied on ote Page 'it) river Cetle`inii Miller,' was fixed to live oft it. Tinge aria eleild;zew' were born here. They were Meg. gie (Mrs. Joe Worden), Mary (Mrs. William Fawcett), 'Kate, Nettie' OfFniaNctilne nary(. tch$ll'), Ada (Wee Herbert Thempsan), ands Albert. .Albert took over when he'Inelried in 1908. For some' time before' he left, as well as working the farm, he did a good deal of car repair- ing. Occupants --James Norris,_ Sr., Joseph Norris, Albert Norrie, 'Car- ter Kerslake. From The Huron Expositor May 15, 1903 The passenger train going north on' bhe London, Huron and Bruce met with a serious accident at Kip - pen Wednesday- forenoon. The train was running on time and when_ i approached the switch, at the south side of Kippen station, the engine left the track and becoming deeply' imbedded in the roadbed; came to a standstill almost on the brine of the embankment. The two cars were turned angular on the tracks but the passenger car remained 'on the rails. Fortunately no Berson was in the least injured, It was caused by a partly open switch but how 'it came to be in that posi tion no one knows. . Master Jaines Bonthron, son o James - Bonthron of Hay, is learn ing railroading and telegraphy a the Hensall station. - Mr. Charles Aberhart, of town has•purchased a soda fountain for his drug store and eeill be able to furnish his patrons with ice coo drinks. Shortly before 12 o'clock Mon day night, what turned out to be the worst fire in the history of the town since the big fire which de- stroyed a large portion of Maim St, was discovered in the elevator in connection with the Seaforth M'll'1 ing Company, A break in the hose caused a delay in getting a full sup- ply of water and so rapidly die the flames, spread that in an incredibly short time the large building, whie'h was frame, was a seething mas's of flamed. There were about 20;000 bushels of grain and a 'l'9rge quan- tity of flour stored in the building,' while the machinery was, badly damaged. The members of the com- pany, Andrew and George Stewart and D. •J..Mocallumm are••unerble to Say what they will to in the matter of rebuilding. • The fttrnitur factory tory bf this town, ship(ved eut_ii ituure to the value of $10,500• .in. the matenth .of Mareh, and a. fe'w days ago they received aii order from the North- west for 10 caraoade. Oliver Geiger, who has .been 'Ixi the Molsons Bank in Hensall ler the past tem' years, has been l'ro- naoted•;to a position in the Mblsokis Batik at london and left' Motidtty tb engage to his duties, Lot 21. Of the first two who owned the east 50 of Lot 21, Bennett Frank- lin and James Rankin, nothing is known. It is possible it was James Rankin who lived on the concession - where a few flowers still mark the place where the house stood. He sold to William Sm.ale in March, 1864. At the same time, Timothy, Sheehy also sold the south.25 acres of the west 50 to :Smale. William: Smale and all who came after him then owned 75 acres of this lot. In 1951 •sometime after William Small. , Jr.'s, house on the sideroad was torn down, Cliff Miller had a house moved to the lot and also enlarged and made improvements on the barn. Occupants — Bennett Franklin (E 50), James Rankih (E.50), Wil liana 'Smale, Sr. (75), William Smale, Jr., .Mrs. William Smale, Jr., John M. Miller, Mrs. John M. Mil- ler, Clifton Miller. John Sidney Smith was the first - owner of the west 5q. Tim eS'heeky, a typical Irishman, Nought from Smith in March, 1864, 'and Sheeky at once sold 25, acres to William. Sm.ale, reserving the northwest 25 - acres for himself. He had at least. one son and two daughters—Tim, Bridget and Annie. When the4• Sheeky's left here they lived on Concession n for a time, then they moved to Sudbury, Ont. Occupants—John Sidney .Smith (50), Timothy Sheeky (50, kept25), John Coyne (25), Michael Coyne, John M. Miller, '.Mrs. John M. Mil- ler, Clifton Miller. Duncan Mciteillan, a native of Argyliish4re, Scotland, who carne to Hibbert from Markham, Ont., was the first owner who lived on Lot 19. James Norris bought it ifs 1870 and lived here till he diedi suddenly while cutting oats on his' farm far- ther. went in 1853. There was. one thing unusual about• his death, namely: the body Bever got cold like others did., yet the doctor was quite satisfied, he was dead aid not in a trance as was heard of occa- sionally. No embalming was done at thattn' "Little' ti e. 1 to JohnnieMil ani - ler bought the farm a few years later from -the llorrierfainely ean'd art- waa here, he and . his wife, Lizzie Worden, raised their faintly of 13. Occupants --Hon. James. Gordon, Duncan .McMillan, James Norfis, Throes Norris family, Jolin M: Mil• ler, Clifton Miller. • Lot '20 riot 20 'vas ovtlned by th4,Norrie for iYiL4tilj" y'e0:ts: �osepli., tylia tl'r Lot 22 • As Lot 22 was very swampy it. was left on the hands of � the Can- ada Company till after a ditch .was dug through this section in 1873 - Ted Drake, a year or two after, took up the west 50, and several years later the east 50. Another part was added to his'house when his mother, Mrs. John Drake, came to live here in 1890. In those days on many farms an extra few rooms were added or a small house .built . on the farm for .a parent or par- ents. John Drake took over.. his father's farm in 1903. His eon, William R. Drake, ' lost his life int:• 'service with the R.C.A:F, in 1943. Occupants — Ted Drake, John Drake, John M. Miller, Will Miller, Lloyd Miller. i Lot 23 { The Canada Company was still the owner of Lot 23 as late as • 1888. No one has ever lived on IL The swamp in this section. covered, several lots. Those living east of` it, when going up west, always spoke of "going across the swamp." Occupants—East 50, John W. S'male, Albert S.mate; west 50, Thomas Fell, John Fell, Bert Fell- , Lot 24 Hon. John Cameron was the first w,ho owned Lot 24. John Graham, who married Mary Patrick, came to this lot from Downie Township around 1866. At that time he,gave his father-in-law, Andrew Patrick, Sr., one acre on the southwest cor- ner with a house on it. Andrew lived here till he died, and his wife • for some time after; then Graham's. were in it themselves till they went to Logan Township. There were al- ways beautiful flowers on both sides of the path leading up to thio house. Andrew 'Patrick's first wife was Janet Dick and his second was • Elizabefh Watson, Andrew was the only one in the first family,. and in the second family there ' were four—Jimmie, Peter, Mary (Mrs, John Graham) and Elizabeth. (Mrs. James Drake, later Mrs. William Bickell). In the early 80's James- Norris bought the farm. Norris )had just finished cutting 14) acres of oats when he fell off the reaper. When some one reached him, he was dead. t This was in.. 1883. After supper that night neighbors and others in the com- munity gathered and, before dark, the ten acres was bound and stook - ed. It was John Fell who built the white brick house on the hill f just west of where Graham's old= log house had stood. His wife was Maggie -Graham, daughter of John. and Mary ,Patrick Graham. Occupants—Hon. John Cameron; John Graham, James Norris, Thos. Fell, John Fell, Bert Fell. Lot 25 Thomas Fell, a native of Eng- land, lived on Lot 25 from • 1850 tiln he died in 1890. HiS>wlfe, who was - formerly Janet Clark, died younge and left him with; a large family' of small children, which he cared: for well. -It was said he did even, the knitting for them himself. They children were Elizabeth (Mrs. JOBni Smale), Janet (Mr9. Fred Kers lake), Mdrgaret (Mrs. Fred Vip-• ond), Nellie ' (Mrs. George Hall),. Bella (Mrs. Ralph Stevenson), John and William.' The house on this �.- farm was a very attractive one int its day. In recent years• part wase moved away? • and the remaining part has been remodelled. The following public document; concerned with this lot, abAws Stow?- imports t questions. were disposed". of in. a old days, This .facsimile • of sit a _r .�_-- d-.. o i'_..the-_.fen cev-iewer--s- _. .• reads as foilotys: i. 1' a hibbert, Oct. 6... "Award of fence viewers "On 645f$ite of thamae fell and tvilliatn salary lot 25 in the 8th and 9th dancession 01 hibbeet in ,regards •, 'iif '6611611111g dii'tile" g xfcl lot„ (Goritintied on Ono 7) +ft { 1, V ,e f ) th