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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-06-05, Page 2• TIE T1 ExP0SITOlt ct Feta' x ' t'bltsh ,at Sea r't ,Ontario, ev- r�e�yr Tiursday afternoon by McLean Bros. A.T. McLean, Editor ftbstription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian ;Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE it Authorized. as Second Class Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa SEAFORTH; Friday, June 5, 1953 A Queen is Crowned Canadians on Tuesday marked the crowning of their Queen. Homage was paid to one described by the royal style and title as "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of Oe he United Kingdom, Canada and bcr other Realms and Territories ;Overseas, Head of the Common- wealth, Defender of the Faith." As head of'the Commonwealth the Queen is the tie that holds together the far-flung states and countries and territories of which it is composed. In this world today, troubled as it is with- so many problems, so many challenges to peace, the Common- wealth plays a, prime role in the ceaseless fight to preserve the demo- cratic way of life. We in Canada are a North Ameri- can people, closely associated with 'others on this continent. At the same time we remain deeply attach- ed to the Col4monwealth because we are convinced it has a major contri- bution to make to the establishment of an enduring peace and to the strength and 'stability of the free word. The strength. of the Common- wealth lies in the almost informal as- sociation of member states and on the fact that each citizen of each member state owes a personal alleg- iance to our new and youthful Queen Fil abeth II. As subjects of a queen we are members of a family. We are all equal before the Crown. Over many years the Crown has surrendered its political power. But what was lost in this connection has been more than made -up by the prestige and influence it gained, and by the fact that the Sovereign has become a living symbol of all those attributes of justice, honor, equality and tolerance that we hold so dear. She who has been crowned as our Queen will command the allegiance of her millions of subjects_ through- out the Commonwealth—not through force or fear, but because of our loy- alty and our love. As Canadians, we rejoice with Her Majesty's sub- jects throughout the world on the occasion of her crowning. We hope and pray that her reign will be one of -peace and good will in the world. Long may she reign! Learning To Spell Through the years countless thou- sands of boys and girls have been told they would never amount to any- thing unless they learned to spell. Some of them probably took the' ad-' vice and did learn to spell, but whe- ther they made their mark • in the world is not known. We are reminded by the Philadel- phia Bulletin that there was lone stu- dent who never did learn to spell, but who certainly was a success. "Henry Ford," the Bulletin says, "derided history as 'more or less the bunk,' bit he was a miser in collect- ing and keeping it. An enormous mass of historical material, number- ing not less than 5,000,000. documents and 25,000 photographs, accumulated in his 55 -room house in Dearborn, Mich., and scholars will spend years evaluating them as a record of Iife in the first half of the twentieth cen- tti r. ' 'Among them, are many papers re- vealing the man, rather than the 1 which 1 rnes in w ch e lived. The ra e it v 1 � ,i l n'g othef things, that Henry-Pord ate er bothered to take. spelling ser- iiSly,Ile wrote that his earliest en - built. at, the age of 10, did not tch' (power, and that its col :: l 'using World War reSSed his' `piety' for War - Many : `i bbrevi do s ' it` •n might drive a conscientious proof- reader crazy, ' That rte y Ford could r v said _perhaps he iu gay it that he cottkl hire good spellers for less than he paid his factory workers." iy 1/ What Other Papers Say: Banana (Winnipeg Free Press) Perhaps the rarest of Mr. Adlai E.' Stevenson's many gifts ishis uner- ring instinct for the story which makes the point he has in mind. Everyone is aware of the tendency of politicians to make long speeches. Everyone is aware of the virtue of brevity. If there are exceptions to these generalities, the present pro- vincial and the impending Federal general election, ,.campaign will at- tend to them. Mr. Stevenson's speeches in the re- cent presidential campaign have just been published. In one of these speeches, Mr. Stevenson registered these truths in the following anec- dote. concerning his great-grand- father, ("The one who did not run for vice-president. I don't think - L've mentioned him before. Perhaps its time for a change".) and Abraham Lincoln. "Do you remember, Mr. President," my great-grandfather asked, "what the little girl answered when they asked her whether she could spell banana?" "Yes, I do," Mr. Lincoln replied with a chuckle. "She said: `I know how to spell banana, but I never know when to stop." Then after a moment, Mr. Lincoln added: "I trust you do,.however." Family Picnics (Wingham Advance -Times) One of the things that seems to have got lost in the shuffle of radio, television, movies and all the modern ways of amusing oneself, is the old institution, the family picnic. Time was when the head of the household would pack a picnic hamper, some blankets and the children into the family jalopy and hie off to some se- cluded spot in the country almost ev- ery weekend. The kids would swim, father would try to fish, mother would catch up with the family mending, and a good time would be had by all. Modern living seems to have changed all that, and the rites of summer, if practised at all, seems to have degenerated into a once -a - season affair. Of course everybody enjoys it while it's on, and everybody inquires as to why they don't do this more often, but somehow they never do. Farm Prices (Ridgetown Dominion) Recently we had something to say about the difficulty in finding mark- ets abroad for our high-priced sur- plus products in countries where the price level is generally quite a lot lower. Point is given to this problem by comparative figures given by Hon. J. G. Gardiner in a ree'ent address to the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture. Comparative prices in Canada and Great Britain in cents per pound were given by Mr. Gardiner as fol- lows: Beef carcass, Canada 44.0, Bri- tain 16.6; bacon, 42.0, 3.15; butter, 58.5, 36.7; cheese 28.5, 21.3; eggs, 61.0, 46.4. In the light of such a dizzy .spread in prices between the markets in the two countries it is not easy to see how Canada can hope to market in the United Kingdom or any other country where the people do not have "that kind of money." Guard the Heart (London Free Press) Heart diseases of one kind and an- other caused the death of 1,294 peo- ple,in Ontario in December. Cancer caused 493, vascular lesions 460, and accidents 300. The rising figures for cardiac con- ditions reflect the times in which we live and our inability to live safely within them. Perhaps we try to do too much; possibly"we go too fast; it May -be-that we worry too greatly. Whatever the cause, the strain is tell- ing. Statistical records do not tell the whole story. They do an that few- er people are dying rom other dis- eases. Unless we find the answer we can eppeet this unnecessary mortal- ity rate to rise. tal Teacher Gain To Whitby Omer Edgeley, _ who hale headed the English Department at Mitchell District High School fqr several years, has accepted a similar posi- tion on the staff of Whitby Colleg- iate. His position will be taken here by Mrs. Dorothy Roberts of Waterford.—Mitchell Advocate. Receives M.A. Degree Donald A. Traquair, of Exeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tra- quair, has been awarded' his Mae - ter of Arts degree in economics by the University of Western Ontario, it was announced Satur- day. He. was one of four to re- ceive an M.A. degree. It was pre- sented at Convocation on Satur- day, May 30.—Exeter TimesAdvo- cate. Marked 75th Birthday Mr. George Cowan, Sr., celebrat- ed his 75th birthday on Saturday, May 23, with members of his fam- ily being with him. Ken of Mid- land and George of Bradford were unable to be home, although they had visited him recently. The fain- ily presented him with a chair and purse of money. He also received gifts from his grandchildren. His sister, Mrs. L. L. Walter, Goderich, and Mrs. Robert .Wightman, Blyth, were also guests.—Blyth Standard. Prepare Plans For Centennial" Auburn will hold a centennial celebration in 1954, it was decided at a meeting of citizens held Mon- day in the Forester's Hall, W. L, Craig Was appointed president and Mrs. D. Fowler was named secre- tary. After some discussion it was decided to ascertain the feeling of people in the district on a celebra- tion Trustees of the village and school section were appointed' to a committee to make a general sur- vey and report back at a meeting to be •held Monday, June 8.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Sergeant J. E. J. Richard, Port neud, Quebec, and Corporal J. P. A. Renault, Quebec City. WO.1 Brown has been living in Clinton, while the other two have been liv- ing at R.C.A.F. Station, Clinton. They are at present stationed at Pirbright Away Camp just outside of London, England, where they are putting in some intensive train ing for the important day. Miss Dorothy Marquis, of the staff of Clinton Public Hospital, also plans to attend the Coronation.—Clinton News -Record. Fractures Both Legs Hugh Hill, well-known Benmiller farmer, suffered compoundfrac- tures of both Iegs, in an. accident on his farm Tuesday afternoon of last week. He was rushed to Alex- andra Hospital -Dr. N. C. Jackson stated Mr. Hill would be laid up for from eight to 10 months. Mr. Hill was fixing a wheel on his truck tractor and used a sledge hammer to get the tire rim into position. When he struck the rim ft flew off with tremendous force and hit both his legs. He suffered two compound fractures of the left leg and a fracture in the right leg also.—Goderich Signal -Star. New Pump Installed A new rotary pump was install- ed last week by a 'firm from To- ronto. It was a hustle job as the water supply in a large measure depends on this well just west of the Town, Hall. „ By the next fore- noon, Thursday, they turned on the power and soon a steady stream of water was rolling out of the pipe. The capacity of the pump is 65 gallons per minute as com- pared to around 20 gallons with the former pump. The new equipment runs very smooth—no belt; or gears to wear out no jerk rods to get out of order—just a steady stream of good clear water. Truly we think this equipment is plenty large enough to supply the entire town for many years to com.e.— Zurich Herald. In Coronation Party Three men from R.C.A.F. Sta- tion, will take part in the parade in London, England, at the Coro- nation of Her Majesty Queen Eliz- abeth II. They are WO.1 G. A. B. (Rusty) Brown, Ottawa; Flight Resound Chord Brings Back Hydro "Music hath charms . . ." the saying goes. And music seemed to have the charm to bring back the lights at the Public School a'udi= torium during last Thursday night's music festival session after a hydro failure. as a result of the big storm left the town in semi -darkness for about two hours. Rosemary Clark and Isabel Morris, of Goderich, were playing a piano duet about midway through the festival pro- gram reading the music by the pale light of a coal oil lamp. Then the light of the lamp started to dim. One of the festival 'attendants rushed to the stage with a battery light. But she was a few seconds too late. Just as the two players hit a resounding chord to end their song the auditorium was flooded with light as the hydro power was resumed.—Goderich Signal -Star. Truck Plunges Off Bridge Roy McVittie, 29 -year-old Blyth truck driver, narrowly escaped death on Saturday night when the heavy semi -tractor trailer transport truck 'he was driving jackknifed at the intersection of the Centre sideroad and Fifth Line of Morris Townshipand plunged 20 feet in- to the marshy,. bank of the Mait- land. River. Breaking the wind- shield In the overturned truck, Me- Vittie managed to crawl out of the wreckage and walk to the home of Jack Clark to notify'' the police. The driver was in a . dazed condition and was drenched in oil when the vehicle overturned. Posts 'and cables along the road were torn up by the tvansport, which struck - a concrete abutment of the bridge before plunging to the ground be- low: The truck landed upside down with all wheels in the air and the front wheels of the tractor com- pletely wrenched off. The lights of the truck were still shining in the 'air when Gordon Wilkinson, a nearby farmer, rushed to the scene. —Wingham Advance -Times. Pour Floor in 19 Hours The trap rock floor for Exeter Memorial Arena "was laid Tuesday in a' maze of activity which lasted from 8 o'clock in the morning un- til 3 a.m. Wednesday morning. Thirty-five men worked on the floor continuously for 19 hours. Over 1200 bags of cement were used to lay the four -inch, slab in the 170' x 70' surface. The work was done by the Dafoe Metalcrete 'Company of Toronto, and the Stuart Con- struction Company, Port Dover. Be- fore the floor was laid, a sand cush- ionwas provided and levelled off at a distance of one and one half inches below the bottom of the artificial ice pipes. The puck board around the surface was removed to allow for the pouring of the con- crete. The concrete slab was pour- ed continuously until completed. While the lase slab was still in a plastic condition, a rock aggregate was forced into the cement• with heavy rollers. This rock surface is about three-eighths of an inch thick. Grinders were used' on the floor to _smooth off the rock finish. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Finishing Two -Year -Old Steers Without Grain Two-year-old steers can be finish- ed to high market grade on grass without any grain. This has been shown in a two-year experiment conducted by the Animal Husban- dry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, in which an after- math pasture was compared with a permanent pasture plus grain for finishing two-year-old steers. louring two summers, 24 two- year-old steers were grazed on a permanent pasture until the end of August. At that time they were divided into two uniform groups. One group was placed on an after- math of timothy, Kentucky blue grass, wild vetch, alsike and white clover; the other group remained on the permanent pa , a2� iut was fed six pounds - of 'v ain 'r head per day to supple, -nt it. The ani- mals were in goo, fleshing condi- tion. Had they , slaughtered at that time, re, , rts' E. Sylvestre, about half of the,.. would have graded "B,', t' em'. inder 'CC." The test lasted. 50 day., following w'-hich all steers were ' eighed and slaughtered. Over the two ye •s, the steers on the aftermath ., ade an average daily gain of 2.17 pounds compar- ed to 2.16 pounds for those grain - fed on the permanent pasture. The steers from the aftermath group produced 24 "A" and 2 "B" car- casses. In the otherou there gr' P. were 22 "A." and 4 "1r carcasses. Based oil carcase quality and at the prevailing price at the time, the average value of the steers from the aftermath was $301.86 per head compared to $396.44 for the group on permanent pasture. The steers pounds latter consumed 3 ed 07 p nds of grain per head at a cost of $11.20, This 'extra expense and file slightly lower value of the grain - fed ,,teem Was respontible for the difl!+ reticle of $25.'44. in return •per WANT TO FEEL YOU'RE WALKING ON AIR? THEN GIVE YOUR FEET - THEIR DAILY CARE. BATHE THEM, DRY THEM, POWDER. THEM TOO AND 8E SURE TO WEAR A WELL FITTED SHOE. Dept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From - The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago • From The Huron Expositor June 8, 1928 Tuckersmith Township Council have purchased a new stone crush- er, and the new machine will be put in the Alexander pit. The olt crusher, purchased 20 years ago, is still in operation, but its output is too limited for present-day require- ments. Mr. Frank Bean, Usborne Twp.; 11/4 miles south of Hensall, has sold his farm, to Mr. Rowcliffe, whose farm adjoins. About 25 of the neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Barbour, Staffa, gathered at their home and gave them a pleasant surprise. Cameron Vivian and Bert Peart presented. Mr. and Mrs. Barbour with a hand- some wicker chair and fern stand. All wished Mr. and Mrs. Barbour many years of happy wedd+ed life. Congratulations are extended to the following former students of Seaforth Collegiate, who 'ha,e suc- cessfully "passed their university and hospital exams: J. W. A. Greig, final .year in medicine; Carl Aber - hart, first-class honors, second year in medicine; Carman Haugh and sister, Anna Haugh, second year in medicine; Arthur R. G. Ament, honor graduate in mathematics and physics; John 0. Archibald, honor graduate in mathematics and phys- ics; Leslie Kerr, M.A. degree, To- ronto University; Evelyn Cudmore, graduate nurse, Wellesley Hospi- tal, Toronto; Isabel Archibald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Archibald, Tuckersmith, First ,Sir Wm. Mulock Scholarship for .gen- eral proficiency, junior year, Well- esley Hospital; Annie - Cameron, graduate nurse, Grace Hospital, Toronto. Mr. J. E. Tom, who has been public school inspector of West Huron for upwards of 40 years, has resigned his position and will re- tire at the end of the school term. Mrs. Andrew Krauskopf, of Mc- Killop, brought into The Expositor office two of the oddest shaped eggs we have ever seen. They were laid by a Barred Rock pullet and one was 2ee inches long, 1% inch- es at the bottom and very narrow in the centre. The other was 214 inches long, one inch round at the top and 4fe inches at the bottom, and was shaped exactly like a pea- nut. • head in favor of the aftermath group. With the recent decline in beef cattle prices, its is, important that production costs be kept as low as possible without lowering the'qual- ity of the animals,. From the above it appears that a good pasture dur- ing the summer and an aftermath for the finishing period' will help to reduce the cost of production. AIJibbert, (By I8A'BELLE,CAMPRE,14I') -• Lot 23 George, Robert, Frank, 1VZaggie• (Mrs. 'John .Simpson, later Mrs. ' Currie,, Lena (Mrs. John Elgie)I and Harry. Frank graduated as a doctor. :Occupantsr-George B'aile, liam • Norris, Charles Eberhart, Robert Eberhart, Hugh Norris, Al- fred Ross.. Robert Armstrong was the first owner of Lot 23. No one today knows anything about him. While William Smola owned this lot his daughter, Mrs. Charles Fox and Mrs. Tom Hammond lived in the house for a few years. Mrs. Fox was in bed all this time, and Mrs. Hammond cared for her. Occupants — Robert Armstrong, William Smale, John W. Smale, Al- bert Smale. Lot 24 William Wallis was the first owner of Lot 24 and he sold to Michael Minogue. In the early days two laborers, Donneyhill and Ar- buckle, also.' lived on this lot. No one knows anything about these people. Davey -Davis and his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, Montgomery Davis, and their granddaughter, Annie Doherty, came to this farm in 1868. The Davis' were natives of Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mrs. Montgomery Davis was blind dur- ing the last years of her life. An- nie Doherty, the granddaughter, married George Miller and they al- so lived with Davis a few years. Some time after his parents died Davey returned to Scotland. When he left his one and• only purpose was to visit his old home end his old friends, but somewhere along the way these plans were changed and he brought back with him a bride. He and Margaret Weir had a family of five—Montgomery, Bob, Dave, Kate and Annie (Mrs. Thorpe Rivers). Their son, Bob, graduated for a doctor in 1910 and it was he who in 1919 opened a private hos- pital in Mindemoya. This was the first hospital on Manitoulin Island. Occupants—WillianiWailis, Mich- ael Minogue, Patrick Minogue, Dav- id Davis, Montgomery Davis. Horizontal Silos Satisfactory A. "horizontal silo" for the stor- age of grass -legume silage has giv- en satisfactory results during the past two years in experiments con- dupted by the Field Husbandry nivision, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. The horizontal silo is constructed above ground with wooden aide walls, and filled in the same manner as the trench silo. It overcomes the •problem .of poor ,drainage, often' encountered in, trench silos,. 'Compared with, the standard. type of tower silo, the horizontal silo is cheaper to construct and easier to fill. A further advantage is that livestock may be fed- directly from the horizontal silo, by means of movable feed racks at one or both ends. Losses of silage in the hori- zontal silo have been about the same as occurs In tower silos, at the 'Central Experimental Farm. On a farm near Ottawa all the dry cows and young stock were self -fed this past winter from a -horizontal -silo-Mose -to their -loaf- ing barn. Dry hay, in feed racks, was fed in addition to the grass silage and the' Mock came through the winter in excellent condition." This year a second horizontal silo, 50 feet by 100" feet, Is planned, to be located beside the barn housing. the milking .herd, The cows. wail be self -fed from eadh end of the Silo, With dry hay 'fed' in racks in '(eoitti>tued on, Pate (i) • From The Huron Expositor June 5, 1903 ' Mr. William Hugill, Constance, is turning out a lot of first-class buggies this season, for which he receives ready sale. A good article is never a drug on the market. The first home game in the W. FA, Senior series was, played at the recreation grounds Friday be- tween the old rivals, Galt and Sea - forth. The game ended 4 to 2 for Galt. Ie was a clear case of the best team winning. Mr. WM: Ament has purchased the Bartliffe residence on. John St. It is a nice_ comfortable home. Messrs. Colin Kennedy and F. Kling have returned from the Old Country. They had a pleasant trip and look well. Mr. T. W. 'Fother•ingham, son of Mr. W. Fotheringh'am, Brucefleld, who has just passed his final ex- amination as a druggist, left this week for Dakota, where he has pur- chased a drug busityess. Mr. Joseph Burke, Chicago, who was badly hurt by falling off a been at a raising in Hibbert, is fast recovering. The following were ticketed by W. Somerville, G.T.R. agent, 011 the homemakers' excursion to the Wiest on Thursday: Mrs. Jag: Clark and Miss Amanda Clark, Hullett, to Killarney, Man.; Miss Lizzie Deitz, Seaforth, and Wm. Westcott, bricklayer, to Winnipeg; Miss Belle Sproat, Belgrave, and Miss Lottie Thompson, Constance, to McGre- gor; John Scarlett, Leadbury, to 'Calgary. Other travellers were: Mrs. 'Sinclair, Tuckersmith, to Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. `E. Stark, of Sault Ste.' Marie, to New York; Norman Campbell to Peterboro; B. F. Stevens to Orillia; Thomas W. Fothe ingha m +to Fargo, N D. Th following_ e ig.- -were tickQted.._lly- iyreig &. ewart, .C.P R agents, on the homeseekers° excursion: Wm. Fell, Staffa, to Calgary; Mrs. Swan and Miss J. Bell, Brueefleld, to Moose Jaw; Mrs. J.. Ross to Moose Jaw; A. Ross, S+eaforth, to Edmon- ton' John Armstr ong, Bru cefl ell, to Pilot Mound; Miss FolVler, Sea. forth, to 1v1oosomin; Mrs. Charles Boole, Seaforth, to Caiman, Man.; John MeGregor .and John, •Meare- gor, Jr., I€tpp'eni, .to . Qaigary. ,l'ii.h.. Lot 30 William Morrison, 'whose wife was Isabella McFarlain, a native of Ireland, was the first owner of (Lot 30. He lived here till he died the early 60's, when still a Young man. William Leitch married his widow and worked s'h'e farm till the early 80's, when the two Mor- rison boys became of age. Willie -- then got the 'East 50 and Jimmy the West 50. In 1948 Charlie Falk- ner, who had the East 50 at that time, left to attend Bible College - in preparation for the ministry. He sold in 1950 to the prese owner, Bruce Armstrong. + Occupants — East 50: William Morrison, William Leitch, William Morrison, Jr., Robert Lavery; Mil- ton Lavery, Charles Feltner, Bruce Armstrong. West 50—'William Morrison, Wil- liam Leitch, James Morrison, Ivan Forsyth, Worden ,Miller, Alex Mil- ler. - CONCESSION 10 Lot 25 William Sillery, a native of Meath, .Ireland, came to Lot 25 in 1856, .:and died there in 1896. He married Charlotte Hopkins. In their family there were eleven— Ann Jane (Mrs. David Hill), Char- lotte (Mrs. John Livingston), Mar- garet (Mrs. Fred Bickel], later Mrs. Walter Whyte), Emma (Mrs. Geo. Kydd); Minnie (Mrs. William Sad- ler), Nellie (Mrs. Robert Hog- garth), Richard, William, Becky (Mrs. Robert Sadler), Robert, Lav- inia (Mrs. Dave Bruce). Occupants—William Sillery, Rich- ard Sillery, Wilbur Glanville. Lot 1 John Dow, a native of Scotland, and a brother of James, William and Elizabeth (Mrs. Sandy 'Coiqu- houn), took up Lot 1 in 1850 and lived here till he died in 1900. He was married twice; His first, wife was Mary Boyle and his second, Margaret Erskine. Ile had six sons. and two daughters—James, David; - John, William, Campbell, Alex, Jane (Mrs. Matthew Miller), and Annie (Mrs. Robert D. Roy). His son, Campbell Dow, spent all of his life-1861-1949—on this farm. Camp- bell's son Erle, is the present own- er. This is one of the„, few farms • that has had only three owners' - an•d all were direct descendants•= father, son and grandson. ' Occupants—John Dow, Campbell. Dow Erle C. Dow.. Lot 2 Lot 26 William McAdam, who was a bachelor and a relative of the _Sil- 1'erys, was the owner of Lot 26. from the early 50's. He was always epokefi of by them as "Uncle Mc- Adam." He died at the home of William Sillery. Occupants. — William McAdam, Alex Semple (R); John 'McCurdy, William Stewart (R), George Kers- lake, ,Shelston Kerslake, Gus Switz- er (R), Osbert Kerslake, Roy Kers- lake. Lot 27 .._ Alex Henry, who was born in Ireland, took up Lot 27. It is thought that .his ' wife, Jane Laird, died in Ireland•. In the family were Thomas, Ann Jane (Mrs. William Moore), Matilda (Mrs. Samuel Humeston), Alex and William. In 1866 Henry sold the east 50 to An- drew Patrick, who started the clearing of it_ with an axe bought with borrowed' money. Andrew Patrick married Mrs. Harvey Doh- erty, 'a young widow with one daughter, Annie, Who later married George Miller. Mrs. Doherty was the former Annie Davis. Patrick's had six children — Montgomery, Janet (Mrs. Robert Lavery), Mag- gie (Mrs. Robert Coleman), An- drew, Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaac Moore) and William. Occupants—East 50: Alex Hen- ry, Andrew Patrick," William Pat- rick, Leslie Butson, John Butson. Alex Henry's son, William, had harge of the West 50 and h 's two sisters stayed with him while he lived here.. The Henry family moved to Fullarton when Alex Henry sold to William Bick- ell in 1868. William Bickell's wife, Eliza Ouddlipp, died here. Bickell's was the Hibbert model farm for 1878. His fall wheat that year av- eraged 40 bushels per acre; spring wheat, 25 bushels; Western corn grew to a height of 16 feet. The milk was given to the factory and averaged $30 per cow. Oc'cupants—West 50: Alex Hen- ry, William Henry (R), William Bickell, Andrew 'Patrick, Andrew Patrick, Jr., Leslie Butson. Lot 28 George Sillery, who came from Meath, Ireland, settled on Lot 28 in the 1850's. He died here in 1883. His wife was Elizabeth Dynes, and their four children were Liza (Mrs. William Morrison), Sarah (Mrs. Robert Webb), William and George. Baby-sitting was different in the early days. "Mrs. Sillery and Mrs. John McConnell, a friend, who liv- ed on 'Concession 7, had an agree- ment that on certain Sunday morn- ings they leave their homes' at an appointed time to meet in what is now Harold Coleman's bush. Here the McConnell baby was transfer- red to Mrs. Sillery, and, at. once Mrs, McCot;linell started on ,her way to Maass at 'Irishtown Church five mites away. Dinner over, the two started out again at a set time to return the baby to its. mother. The trail travelled was through bush, and Shank's pony was their only means of transportation. Oecu ants Ge or ge Sills r Y, Mrs. George. Silleiareqeorgei e ry, 1 s. George Sillery, Jr., George Butson, Edgar Butson. Lot 29 George Haile, who marrie1 + Mar- garet Sillery, a •sister of George Sillery, was on Lot 29 by 1856. By this date he was a trustee in School Section No. 4. Balls was a intere- of South Ireland, Their daughter, Mary Ann, married Charles Eber- hart. They had six children— Archie McLean was the first owner of Lot 2. He married ,Mar- garet Miller, a daughter of Matthew' Miller, Sr. Archie was an 'active' worker in the Sunday School. iu the first church in the' community where Roy's Cemetery ik'todaj'. Hs lived on this farm till he moved to. Minnesota in the. middle 60's. Occupants — Archie McLean,i Archie Graham, Robert Graham Sterling Graham. • Lot3 John Butler owned Lot 3 in the 50's. Later William Hocking, who married Mrs. Elizabeth Kent .Ker- geir1viile, came to this lot. After: the Hockings had lived here for a. time, William Hocking revisited hige home in Cornwall, England, and„ shortly after he returned, the fam- ily was strickeh with smalipox...It.' was thought tfie disease' was, Car- ried to them irl'• craning which he - brought back with him. Tlone.died.; but at least one son was left bad- ly pox marked. A Mr. Gilbert 'had' the farm rented ..for a time in thee 7.O's. The present owner, Stanley' Hocking, in 1950, while cutting and baling hay on the farm of Fred' Johns, a neighbor, had his arm. caught in: the baler, making it nec- essary to amputate it at 'the shoul- der. Shortly after this Hockings moved to Mitchell. Occupants—John Butler, John Williams, William Hocking, Mr. Gilbert (R), William -E. Hocking, Stanley Hocking, Calvin Christie. (R). Lot 4 Lot 4 was one of several taken. up 'by Alex Brenner. Andrew Park. and his young brother, Malcolm, were the first of the Park family' to come from Dalhousie to Hibbert. The parents came to Concession if the next year -1850. Andrew Park got Lot 4 in 1849, and in 1856 her married -Mary McDougall. They' had 'seven children --Sandy, John, Donald, Duncan, Andrew, Ellen .ands Jima Andre* and Ellen were twins - In; 1878 Andrew sold to Isaac Bris- tow, who came here from Monkton, .Ont., but only stayed one year; They were English and his wife. did not like the Scotch settlement. Andrew Park and family, after liv- ing on Concession 4 a short time,. moved tcs Dakota where they again pioneered near Cooperstown. In North Dakota. 'Occupants—Alex Brenner, •An- drew Park, Isaac Bristow, William. Dow, John Dow, Stanley Dow. Lot 5 John 'Barr came from Dalhousie, Lanark County, and took up Lot 5' in 1851 and died on the same farm in 1911. His wife was Mary Hama ikon. They had a family; of eleven; namely: Robert, Janet (Mrs. John Worden), Agnes, Frank, John G., Christina (Mrs. I. W. Stienlhoff), Will, George 11., James, Mary and Peter Scott. Mrs. Francis Hamil- ton, Sr., lived in a small house ad- joining the Barr home from 1866 till she died in 1874. Occupants—John Barr, P. Scott Barr, John G. Scott, Walter Mar- shall, Howard Shier, DQnald Mc-- Kinnon. 1 Lot6 Robert Miller got Lot 6 in' 1854 and in 1858 sold to Alex Clark, of Fullerton James Clark, + • a son - mar- riage, -of-Alex's--by-his--first -fia-s t m ivy riage, oev'ned,• in -the 60's,• 49 acres' of the East 50: Bob 4foley had one acre and lived in a house on the cornerrnf this 50. In the late 60's both Alex and James 'Clark sold to James Watson. 'occupants—Robert Miller, Alex Clark, James Clark (49), Tames Watson (100), Hugh Norris, James Norris, William Norris, "Wi'lliam - M'cPhers'on. .• (Opntintred on page' 7) • 5 r