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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-08-07, Page 2OOSITOR Ali Qf Canadian ieekly Newspapers -AsSaciation. PHONE 41 Azad) as. Second Glass Mail PlOSIt Mee Department Ottawa AFORTH, Friday, August 7, 1953 ;Wide As You Like—But Vote The Canadian Chamber of Com- merce, and in this di-Arict the Junior Chamber of Commerce, is carrying ion a campaign to ensure that Cana - • ns get out and vote next Monday. It is a campaign that should receive the heartiest endorsation of every citizen. The right to vote is a privi- lege which many in countries other than Canada would give much to have the opportunity of exercising. Yet here we are prone to take the vote as a matter of course and use the privilege only if it causes us no inconvenience. Under the heading "Vote As You Like—But Vote," the. summer News Letter of the Chamber of Commerce has this to say: "It has been said that democracy is government of the people, by the peo- ple and for the people. If we accept this concept then we must recognize the responsibility of the individual to know something about government and to play an active part in its oper- ation. The opportunity to accept this responsibility will be offered on August 10, 1953, to all Canadian citi- zens or British subjects, men and women, who have attained the age of 21 years and who have been ordin- arily resident in Canada for twelve months at that time. In 1949 there were 7,893,629 Canadian voters on the list. Less than 75 per cent of these voters exercised their fran- chise. In other words, close to two 3nihion Canadian voters refused or were unable to demonstrate their ac- ceptance of their responsibility .as citizens of democracy. Democracy cannot long survive this kind of in- difference. "In June of this year 93.7 per cent of the electorate cast their ballots in Italy's national elections. Despite this remarkably high percentage of voters democracy won by a perilous- ly close margin over chaos. Had there not been such a fine turnout of elec- tors a decision might well have gone - to totalitarianism. "The charge is frequently levelled at modern civilization that the power of the individual is disappearing, that the individual has become, part of a mass. If that be true, then the world bis, 'ikn, a very sorry state indeed. If the individual is pi -pared to accept the judgment that his must be a passive and obedient role and that self-styled experts must be the real rulers, then all of man's dignity as a human be- ing has been lost. In the free world we still have the power to choose those who will act as our representa- tives in the seats of government. If we fail to exercise that power then it AU wither awgy and die. z' "The dignity of man survives so long as he demonstrates his willing- ness to exercise the rights and dis- charge the responsibilities of citizen- ship. In times such as these it is nec- essary for us to demonstrate to the whole world that we are proud of our way of life and are willing to accept the challenges which it offers. "Every Canadian has ample oppor- tunity to learn solnet4ing of the men and women who are standing for of - ice. We are capable of judging be- tween the claims, assertions and promises of the candidates. No great physical effort is required to cast our -ballot. Let us see to it that on ;A.ugust 10th the clear voice of an in- torined and intelligent electorate is Award strongly throughout the land." t at Other Papers Say: Looking Past August 10th Herald and Weekly Star) ...'�:lection talk this year "will 11 bear eriixtiny by rural voters with res� agriculture.101lt kre. The future Oa aria looks consider- 1sk�ni `"it did.'�ll d • now rile'%anada's. borders. a ase; i5''t"�Y1lY y,. are be* more alxi more restricted, If aggrei .e is, ;to Surmount its di- cultze;., GO ern cut will be a very considerable, factor in the- struggle. If we look ahead past the elections it is hard to decide which party would help most. There are two things, in the main, that the agricultural party of the country wants. The first is 1 -atter markets. The second is increased and more efficient production. The (mar- kets must comefirst, however, if pro- duction is to have any real meaning. One of the surest ways to earn votes would seem to be to promise improv- . ed outlets for farm produce, and one of the planks in Mr. Drew's Conserv- ative platform is a promise to restere and expand world markets. He has, however, neglected to say how it is to be done. Election campaigns inevitably fea- ture assertions of good intentions by all parties, and statements of such intentions are argued about with as great a vigor and seriousness as if they were already realities. Such statements have only a limited rela- tion to reality, however. They are like the statements given out by a boxer before he enters the ring. He may say. what he likes, but once the bell has gone he must shape his plans to suit the situation as he finds it, if he is to win. What Mr. Drew said about world markets is undoubtedly what he would like to do. It is also undoubtedly what Mr. St. Laurent would like to do., The plain truth is that these things do not depend -on the Government of Canada, primar- ily. They depend on policies and con- ditions in the other countries, and on the exchange situation as it exists. Canada can oiler, and make repres- entations, and bargain, and there she has to stop. Canada would have no difficulty selling to Britain if the trade balance was more in Britain's favor and the currency difficulties did not exist. Re- strictions on Canadian agricultural products moving to the United States would not have reached such grave proportions if the U.S. had not insti- tuted an excessively open-handed system of price supports. No Cana- diangovernment, of whatever party, could safely do much to alter these matters. If the 'Conservative party has had an answer to these problems it should, as Mr. St. Laurent remark- ed, have presented that answer long ago in Parliament. Support of farm prices i'n the Unit- ed States has led to the choking off of Canadian agricultural exports to that country, and has also provided a useful example of the folly. of making such support too generous in degree and application. The Government of the United States has wooed its farm- ers too ardently and won itself a dilemma;. There seems to be some sim- ilar intent in the way Mr. Drew promises a national Agricultural Board to establish fair floor prices related to farm production costs. As a campaign promise, it would not have been worth making if he had not intended to infer that his idea of .. a board to decide the level for sup- port prices would be more generous than the present Agricultural Prices Support Board, Temporarily, such expedient generosity might be wel- comed by the average farmer, but the' ultimate result—now so evident south of the border—would be repeated here. Price supports, if kept at a mini- mum—and of a temporary nature— are necessary to relieve distress while the .• farmer plans and carries out ad- justments to the changing market situation. - Increased beyond that point they burden unnaturally high, destroy an industry's capability to sell abroad. At the same fimeb import restrictions must be introduced at home if the market is to be protected , there against products available from outside at lower prices. Responsible -farm leaders feel that Canada can- not afford to move in that direction more than she already has. In a World of rapidly changing conditions, it would seem desirable to have, a Government prepared to change to meet them. The manner of conducting a campaign may not be much on which to judge a party, but it is worth considering that Mr. St. Laurent has not pinned hir aself down bya platform,g p referrin to rel p _on : inftiativo experience, and thea ,.ab li t "tolnlan balance on the balls df his feeand trade a tr de lsurlches. 1 Cuts Foot 'Cutting an artery ,in her foot while at the beagii. at the harbor, Eleanor Led,dy, of Goderich, suffer- ed considerable lass, of (blood. She was taken to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital for treatment.— Goderich Signal -Star, Fractures Heel In Fall Mr. W. E. Middleton was. the vic- tim of an unfortunate accident at his place of business last week. While standing on an oil barrel to peach a high shelf, the barrel tip- ped. In falling Mr. Middleton frac- tured the main bone in his heel and will be wearing a cast for two months.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Newlyweds Feted At Londesboro A reception was held in Londes- boro Community Hall recently for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Millar. The ear- ly part of the evening was • spent in playing progressive euchre. Fol- lowing lunch the young couple was called to the platform where Glen Carter read an address and Gordon McGregor presented them with a purse of money. The rest of the evening was spent in dancing.— •Clinton News -Record. Banded Bird's Leg Found The sharp eyes of Tjeerd deHaan of East Wawanosh found all that remains, apparently, of some mem- ber of the bird family, while walk- ing in the 'fields one day. Tjeerd brought the leg bone to the Stand- ard office and still loosely sur- rounding the bone, and preserved perfectly, was a band on which was inscribed: "Ont. 804757." From the size of the bone, the bird might have been a pigeon, although of course this is only a guess on our part.—Blyth Standard. Injured on Jigger Wilmer Harcourt, C.N.R. section employee, of Wingham, was taken to Listowel Mem'ori'al Hospital last week with leg injuries, after a piece of metal was reported to have flown back from the railway jigger on which he was travelling and struck him in the leg. The accident occur- red, on the railway between Ethel and Atwood. After treatment in the Listowel Hospital, Mr. Harcourt was released and is confined to his home. It is expected that he will be off work for a week—Wingham Advance -Times. Travel Pioneer Style Exeter had a pleasant reminder of saddleback days when two young ladies, one from Galt and the other from Kitchener, passed through town Tuesday morning on horseback on their way to Grand Bend. They left their homes Sun- day, and Monday night they lodg- ed in the Thames Road schoolhouse completing the ride to Grand Bend Tuesday morning. The horses were stabled at Little's riding school, and after caring for the horses the ladies sought refreshment in an af- ternoon nap, They plan to return home the latter part of the week. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Resigns Post At Hospital Mrs. D D. Mooney has tendered her resignation as business man- ager of Alexandra Hospital, which position -she has held since the be- ginning of the year. A special meet- ing of the hospital board was call- ed for last Thursday night to dis- cuss the resignation and other hos- pital business, Mrs. Mooney plans to remain on until an appointment is made, although she 'has made ar- rangements to move to Toronto by September 1 and has rented her home on North St. to Mr. Ewing, the new organist and choir leader at North. Street hotted Chore , who is replacing Mr. H. A. Clark in •September. — Goderich Signal - Star. Hold Reunion A very happy reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Melick, of town, recently, when the former -'s children and niemberi', o their families were present and 'had a nice visit at their thotrie here Those 'present were: Mr. and Mrs., Lennis Calfas, Kitchener; Mr, and Mrs. Edward Geiger and daughter, Janette, and son, Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Geiger, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Geiger, all from Pigeon, Mich.; Mr, and Mrs. Morris Neil and daughter, Nancy, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Clare Melick, Dashwood; Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin Melick and family, Goderich. All spent the weekend at the Melick home and took in the Neil-Cutt wedding. at Goderich on Saturday. Zurich Herald. Canners Sign New Contract Officials c4 •the local canners' un-' ion and Canadian Canners Ltd. signed a contract last Friday to set- tle a +three -month-old wage dispute. The new agreement is practically the same as last year's except that the clause for time- and•a half pay for over 60 hours' a week during pack season will be withdrawn. However, overtime •pay will be al- lowed for work over 45 hours a week outside of the packing sea- son. Bob Turnbull, Louis Kirk and Bill Haley signed the .contract en behalf of the union. Harry Pen - hale, manager of the local branch, Norman Long, •personnel 'manager, and Wally Vick, district superin- tendent, signed for the company, The old contract expired May 12, and the union refused to sign a new one when the company de- manded that the overtime clause in the contract be withdrawn. No peas, 'beans or corn have been can- ned by the factory this year, but a larger sauerkraut pack will start the first of September. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Presents Town With Waste Cans George Rumball, president of the Kinsmen Club of 'Clinton, in a short ceremony in front of the Town Hall, made presentation to Mayor W. J. Miller, for the town, six new waste containers, In mak- ing the presentation, Mr, Rumball made clear the fact that the place- ment of the 'containers' was at the discretion of the town officials. He explained that each year the Kins- men planned to do something for the town. In 1952 they had present- ed the Clinton Public Hospital with a 'fracture frame, and this year their project had been the waste containers for the town streets. Mayor Miller accepted the contain- ers and expressed the appreciation of them. He wished the kinsmen all sorts of success in their frolic on Labor Day, and expressed hope that they would make some profit in that venture. The mayor also expressed• interest in the work of the Kinsmen at their park just south of town. Reeve Nediger also thanked the Kin president' for the fine containers, stating that it Was something he had wanted to see done for the town for some time. "Certainly they will be a great as- set to the town if peaple are edu- cated to use them" These cans' are quite large, painted a dark green, aitd.have the words, "Keep Clinton Clean,"_ in white on the front. Mr. Rumball stated that it was the intention of the club at some time in the future to provide more con- tainers, as the six were hardly suf- ficient to handle the need.—Clinton News -Record. Farm News of Huron Harvesting is in full swing throughout the county and weather conditions have been ideal for the harvest. Reports for yields have been very favorable and on the av- erage the fall wheat crop is very good, Some farmers report, howev- er, that the wheat sample is small - @r than anticipated and lacking sbmee/hat in •uniformity. Oats and barley are now being cut very rap- idly throughout the county, and it is expected that next week thresh- ing will be the order of the day. Although some pastures are dry- ing Op, pasture supply is very good for this time of year. 'Corn is show- ing excellent growth the past week, as well as soybeans and other cash crops. * a: Operation of An Elevator Potato Digger' Practically all serious' bruising or mechanical injury caused by potato diggeilt during harvest can be pre- vented by careful operation and ad- justment of the digger. It ',almost important to have a soil cushion on the elevator chain so that the tub- ers do not come in direct contact with the elevator chain. This can be done by several adjustments. The agitation and speed of the ele- vator chain as well as the depth of operation of the digger point• ,have an influence on the seil cush- ion, says A. I. Magee, Divlsipn of Field Husbandry, Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa. Agitation of the chain shakes the soil through the elevator, but if too severe, a'11ovs the potatoes, to bounce on the steel rods causing in- jury. The agitation should be suf- ficient only toprevent the tubers being buried behind the digger: The depth of operation of the digger blade should 'be -only low euottgh to pt!e's en1 setting the potataed and preVide enough Soil on the elee for +ehidin: oto •eu'ahion. the :potatoes, h'e Ar• !i( speed of the elevator chain con- trols the amount of soil carried by i.t. The chain should travel about one and one-quarter times as fast as the forward travel oR the digger. For example, when the diggef mov- es ahead 100 feet the chain should travel 125 feet. With faster speeds than this, there is less soil on the chain, which, combined with, the higher speed of the chain increase the amount of bruising. To reduce mechanical injury dur- ing the harvesting of potatoes, the following rules should be observ- ed: (a) Have digger •point deep en- .ough to supply sufficient soil to cushion the potatoes. (b) Have the ratio.of elevator speed to ground speed at l'g :l to maintain the soil cushion. (c) Use agitators or kickers on- ly when essential to prevent btiry- ing the tubers: Freeing Canada's Herds of T.B. Canada is moving steadily toward the day when her cattle population can be declared free from any ser- ious menace of tuberculosis. This is clearly shown in the latest report on "Bovine Tuberculosis" prepared by Dr. T. 'Childs, Veterinary Direc- tor General, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Figures given in the report show over half of the cattle in the eosin - try are now In accredited areas. That is, in areas in which not more than one-half of one per cent of the cattle Were found to be affect- ed with tuberculosis at the Last T. B. teat. Slightly over half. -of the remaining cattle are in (tested areas which 'have not yet reached ac- credited Status or areas Where the necreditation has expired. Slnoe the syntenm of testing cattle for tuberculosis Under die 1te8'tric'b .'d Ate& Area Wan intradiked'in d 2. there have; lbifeit iieptri t (Contit4teo!: on Page 7) Try a canoe? 6y all means do. 84 just one warning grim. Nocanoe.•..and this means YOU! Ufa i I you've learned fo swim. 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 July 10, 1928' Miss Mary McKaig, Hensall, las taken a position as clerk in the Hensall Bake Shop, We notice that Miss Elda Gin- gerich, of S.S. No. 6, Hay, is the winner of a scholarship awarded by Hay Council. She also obtained the highest marks in Zurich cen- tre in the entrance examinations. Much credit is due to Miss G,nger- ich and her teacher, Miss Grace Pepper. Mrs. Joseph Grummett and Miss Jean Scott, Harpurhey, were hos- tesses at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Gladys Holland, whose marriage to . Ross Savauge takes place the middle of August. Vocal solos were sung by Mrs, M. edi- ger, Clinton, and Miss Lillian Waun- kei, and a piano eolo by Miss Mar- ian Scarlett. Miss Helen Dickson • left this week for the Old Country, where she will spend a year teaching. Mr. James Sleeth. Detroit, was a week -end guest of Mr. and. Mrs, W. M. 'Stewart. On Sunday morning Mr. Sleeth delighted the large con- gregation of First Presbyterian Church when he sang a solo. Mr. Ross Savauge has purohased the residence of Mrs. Verson. Mr. George W. Israel, of town., sang "0 Song Divine," and Miss F. Beattie and James A. Stewart sang a duet at the weekly"band concert held Sunday evening in Victoria Park. .During a heavy rain and wind- storm which passed over Zurich last Saturday, considerable damage was done to farm buildings about a mile south of the Zurich Road. Mise Hazel Reid, of town, left this week on a trip up the Great Lakes. The new steel barn on Mr. Wal- ter Miller's farm, Tuckersmith, which Was under construction, was wrecked in a windstorm and a number of workmen narrowly es- caped injury. Barns on the farms occupied by Messrs. Elmer Willert, W. H. Haugh aid J. Haugh were also damaged, and the sheds on E. Willert's farm were blown down. • From The Huron Expositor August 7, 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Arnold, Hen - salt, left there last week for To- ronto, where we learn Mr. Arnold has received a position in the Sov- ereign Bank, Mr. William IfcLeod, of town, has been appointed leader of the Clin- ton Band. MT: McLeod is a clever musician and the Clinton people are fortunate in securing his services. At the recent entrance examina- tions, Delbert Constable carried off the scholarship,- having obtained 832 marks. Mira Ada R. McKinley, B.A., Sea - forth, has' been appointed to the position of modern language teach- er in Mount Forest High School. .Messrs. Robert Wilson, John Bell and Thomas Pinkney are in Buffalo this week attending the horse rac- es. Misses Belle Smith and Hazel Winter, Seaforth, are spending their holidays with friends in To- ronto. . On Tuesday Mr. William Mur- doch., of the 2nd concession of Stanley, shipped a carload of ex- port cattle from Kippen station for the Liverpool market. Mrs. David Hill, Staffa, who is a successful grower of flowers, has two beautiful geraniums in her pos- session. One is a double pink con- taining 121 bunches of flowers and 75 bunches of buds; also a double scarlet with 66 bunches in bloom and 53 'bunches of buds. The following were ticketed out this week by Wm. 'Somerville: James McKinley, 13.A., to Port Sandfield, Muskoka; William Bark- er, arker, to Sudbury; Ella Cnrnochan, Tuckersmith, to Boston; Mrs. Thompson, Miss Jessie Thompson and Mrs. 1Coiinter to Detroit; Doug- las' Campbell to Cleveland, Ohio. The ele'trator of the Seaforth Mill- ing Company is fast nearing com- pletion. Mr. W. W. Thomson, London, for- mer manager of the Seaforth Oat- meal Mill, was in to -On this week on .busbies9. There was considerable e�toite- meat oft Main Street Friday eve-, ning, just after the bank' ;coonert. A lady and gentleiiian *'eI'e drlV Ing up Froin the' park When , tete. horse 'began to Wit 'and kept it up Until it got in front of , .Aildrowi 'lt''niing's shop, When It a 1L ,For: tllnateLy 116 .V. Ppon'. Was hurt, Lot 19 James MacTavish, brother of John, came to Lot 19 in the early 00's. Some years after he moved to John McLaren's farm on Conces- sion 13. John 'MacTavish, Sr., and his wife, formerly Margaret Forbes, lived in an extra house on this farm when both of them died. Their house was moved later to Lot 18 by John Stacey. The Sauble river, which;un.s through the farm from back to front, .passed quite near James MacTavish's log house, which was still used by Edgar Al- len till 1914. At this time Andrew Bruce's house frorp Lot 14, Conces- sion 18, was moved here and re- modelled. It was in the early 1900's while Aliens were still in the log house that their little son, Wilson, was drowned in the river near the house, when he was just old en- ough to play around with his pet Collie dog. Occupants — James MacTavish, John MacTavish, John Henry, Thos. Stacey, George Stacey (R),' An- thony Allen, Edgar Allen. Lot 20 Johp. McGregor came to Lot 20 in the 1850's and later moved back to live near Stratford. Others in this settlement, besides him, who originally came from Perthshire, Scotland, but came to Hibbert from North and 'South Easthope Town- ships, near Stratford, were John Stewart, Duncan Stewart, Gilbert Robertson,, the Mac'Tavishs, John McLaren and Peter McNaughton. Peter McNaughton owned this farm after the McGregors. His wife was Janet Stewart. In their family of six were two teachers, Peter and John, who taught in several of the Hibbert schools. - The other four children were Daniel, Kate (Mrs. Robert Purdon), Jessie (Mrs. Henry Passmore) and Kirsty (Mrs, Alex Stewart). They also raised Annie Stewart, a niece of Mrs. McNaugh- ton, who later married a Mr. Jar- dine. Mr. Jardine's sister was the wife of Robert W. ,Service, the writer. After William Dinnen bought this farm he and his son, Ernest, specialized in the building of schools over a wide area. His son, William, who married Ella Stone- man, worked, the farm and later owned it. Six of their seven chil- dren are teachers; the other after graduating took up other work. Occupants—John McGregor, Peter McNaughton, Daniel McNaughton, Alex Morrison, William Dinnen, Sr., William Dinnen, Jr., Bert Riley: Lot 21 John Stewart, a native of Perth- shire, Scotland, who came to Hib- bert from North Easthope, owned Lot 21 from the 50's till he died in 1895. His wife was Annie Hay, and they had five children -=Margar- et died in infancy, Nancy (Mrs. Maudson), Maggie (Mrs. James Westlake), and Kate, who 'was a teacher, then married Alfred Young. Alex was a bachelor. (He had an accident in 1898 which injur- ed his spine and left him slightly deformed. Shortly after Alex's mother died in 1915, he rented the farm and later went to Exeter. In 1949 the farm was sold by Arnold Westlake to a Polish displaced per- son. Occupants—John Stewart, Alex Stewart, Charles Treffry (R), El- mer Colquhoun (R), Dick Robbins (R), Howard Wright (R), Arnold Westlake, 'Garnet Taylor (R), John Norris (R), Percy Tebbutt (R), Jim Howe (R), Zankowski Stanistay. Lot22 John 'Stewart was the first who owned Lot 22, but Duncan Stewart, a brother of Jahn's, was on it by 1860, and died there in 1892. He married Sophia Stewart. There were twins in their family and one of these was the boy whom Hugh Ross, the teacher, put into the box shove for punishment at the old West School. This boy died when young. The buildings on this farm, especially the barn, are 'built`near the concession at the foot of the large hill, Which was known as Blooming Hill many years ago. Occupants—John Stewart, Dun- can Stewart, John Melville (R), James Westlake, Arnold S. West- lake. estlake. Lot 23 Carlisle Humeston was the first owner of Lot 23. He owned it till 1865, when his son, John, took over the East 50, except two aures. While George Parker was the own- er he kept part of his bees on this lot. On the two acres on the south- west corner reserved by /Carlisle Humeston, he built a shouse in which he lived till he died in 1882. This was always a beauty spot, hav- ing flowers and lime -washed stones around it, His son, Allen, lived here after he married. Wille here he made fly -nets for horses and, also from around 1875 till 1881, drew the mall twice weekly from Cromarty to Chiselhurst. Another son, Sam, who threshed, also lived here. He was followed by Billie Hall and' the Staley brothers, Tobias and George, who did some threshing in the district. For a time before it was torn down, Billie Hall used it ass. chopping mill. Occupants (East 50) — Carlisle Humeston, John Humeston,. :Sam Humeston, John Nichols (R), Wil- liam Wren, George W. Wren, Geo. Parker, William Parker, Percy Teb- butt, Oarliale Humeston said the West 50 to Robert Dalrymple in the early 60's and,,'Henry C. Merrill bought from him In 1869. Merrill lived, there till he died in 1908. His daughters Annie and Mary, rented the Earn for pasture and left short- ly after. ''1'y the 1920's both were so badly :'rippled with arthritis ,that they were taken to the Memorial Hospital, run lir Mr. Mid Mrs. Aloe 'Id Leman, iii Seafdrth, but they ke-e* gradually Worse. Mary' die' lit, 1986 in Clinton and Annie Tit , Parkwood Hospital, Lbndan, Yn 04 Auer £ ry"a .�, .,,. � rt Mr;; 'ween; bou ht t'kle �•the. aril M ktnu was tole down, • Occupants (West 50) -- Carlisle Humeston, Robert Dalrymple, , lien ry C, 'Merrill, Mary and Annieer- rill, Weliie Crawford (R), 'Charles '7`reffry (R), :13ob Idoggarth (R), Stewart McQueen. Lot 24 Jacob Hand bought the East 58 of Lot 24 in 1851. Fronk where ?ae came, or to. where he went, no one knows. William Wren,'' kin of Thomas Wren, Sr., bought it In 1853. His brother, David, only ;had it two years when William got It back. David moved to Aoton, Ont.,. whsle the twins, Agnes and Annie, later Mrs.'. Archie M•acTavishi and Mrs. Sandy Park, were only six weeks old. It was William Wren who was the owner of the West 50 from the early 50'a. In October, 1 75, John Latta, owner of the C iselhurst blacksmith shop,-yent- ed the farm for five years, while Wren took over the sjbop. At • the • end of that time Wren returned to the farm. The Lattas, after titling i# Tuckersmith for a time, went West. John Latta's wife was Eliza Burrell, from London. They had seven children—Charlie, Harry, Ed- win, Eliza (Mrs. Jim Newell), Liz- zie Mrs. Jack Taylor), Ralph and Sam, who was a Member of Parlia- ment in Saskatchewan in later years. The farm since the middle 30's has been used only for pas- ture. The old house has been torn down, and in 1948 Roy Kerslake, the present owner, moved the barn to his other farm on Concession O. In the 70's and later, there was a gravel pit on this 'lot. Occupants (East 50) — Jacob. Hand, William Wren, David Wren, William Wren, George W. Wren. Others were the same as the West 50. West 50—William Wren, John Latta (R.), William Wren, George W. Wren, Camo Moyert (R), Tont Austin (R), Garfield, Latta ('R), George W. Wren, Earl Dick (R), William Kay, Frank Allen and Rol, Kerslake. Lot 25 Gilbert Thomson, a brother of George Thomson, in Hay Township,. was the first owner of Lot 25. He, had three wives. The last time he- . married, when in 'Stanley Township, he was over 80 years of age. He died out West. His son, George,. owned the farm from 1867 till 1872 - and while there he threshed. It. was with him the Peart brothers, George and Tom, did their first. threshing: 'Occupants — Gilbert Thomson;.. George Thomson, Henry Maudeon,., Edmund J. Short (R), Thomas Smale, John McDougall, Jim Mo -- Dougall. Lot 26 4,a► p ya; John Brintnell from the 1850's Iiv- ed on Lot 26. He was a carpenter and built many barns, etc., in Hib- bert, with Mart McTaggart as his- assistant. Brintnell married Ads line Latta, and. in .their family were: Trueman, Maggie (Mrs. Bill Boa);, Ellen (Mrs. Paul • Boa) and Dan: During the years there have 'been several houses on the East 50. Johns first lived across from the school.. On the southeast corner Joe Mit chell had' a blacksmith shop and a«. house quite near it. Not far from these was another used as a lodge lodge room, where a Nourishing Orange Lodge held ,meetings for a number of years., This was - later added as a kitchen to Trueman'g house—the one which is still in use. In 1379 one of these extra.. houses was sold to George Latta: and •moved to Chiselhurst, In the - 1920's Trueman rented for a time, came back again, but before he died. in 1935 he was Iiving in Exeter. Earl Dick, . the present owner, is also a cement contractor—not Ed- win on Concession 10 as was men- tioned before, Edwin •farms. Phil- ip Ryckman had the West 50 after John Brintnell. If he lived on it he had moved to Usborne Township by 1861. Nelson McTaggart owned and lived there till he went to the Chiselhurat store in December, 1876. For many years it has been a pasture farm. Occupants (East 50)—John' D. Brintnell, Trueman Brintnell,, Mer vin Douglas (R), Trueman Brint- eell, Percy Tebbutt and Charles- ' Green (R), Earl Dick. West 50—Jahn D. Brintnell, Phil- ip Ryckman, Nelson McTaggart, Walter .Shillinglaw, John Alexan- der, Donald McNaughton (R), 'Chas. Alexander, George W. Wren, Thos. Slavin. Lot 27 Orron McTaggart, who came from near Belleville, Ont.. was the own- er of Lot 27 in the Ws. He mar- ried ,Ruth 'Grimoldby and they had, eleven sons and one daughter, Lenora. They moved to Walton,. Ont., when they sold to John Swan, - of Perthshire, 'Scotland, in 1858. Swan's son in-law, Wattle Schilling- law, lived here from' the 60's till; he died in 1916, He and his ,wife,,. Janet Swan, had two children; Letitia (Mrs. Ben Allen) and Tom,., who taught 'School for many years • in S.S. No. 9, Tuckersmith, across from the Red Tavern. Albert Ryek-• man rented a few years, :but Shit- • lingiaw still lived on the farm, Be' bought and shipped cattle. Only a • few apple trees are left to mark . where the ,buildings stood. Such is' the -case on many of the farms to' • day. Occupants —• Orron McTaggart;,. John Swan, WalterShillinglaw,-•,A.1--• here Ityckman (R), .Thomas ShillinglaW, ;Stanley Jackson, Percy Passmore, P. Passmore Estate. t Lot 28 Isaac Buchanan, of whom little is•+ known, owned Lot 28 from the 50's, till he sold -.to Thomas Wren in 1862. His son, George, who married Ann ,Stewart, lived here many years. They bad four ohildren-•Ann (Mre. Norman Brandon), David, George T. and john, Da;1,id rehired from the active ministry in the United 'Church in 14.45. .)lohn• was a teach enc. «eorge T, still lives' • on the ( fifth flied y'oit Page . 7) , • • J