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SEAFORTH, Friday, September 4
Bicycle Nonsense
One of the problems which plague
not only motorists but pedestrians,
is the ribald way cyclists ride at ran-
dom about the roads and sidewalks.
Even were it a practice which did
little else than cause a few more grey
Hairs, it would be bad enough. But
in fact the attitude of too many of
today's cyclists is one that is but an
invitation to an accident.
The matter has been bothering the
Ridgetown Dominion, the editor of
which comments thus: s .,
"Bicycles, like a lot of other things,
are A fine when used properly and in
fir proper places. Too many
bicyclists on the highways fail to fol-
low even a reasonably straight course
and the motorist meeting or passing
one has no idea whatever what the
bike rider will take into his head to
do. Flipping the bike from side to
aside so as to wobble over a half of
the width of the road is to shake
Bands with death, yet many riders do
that ahead of an overtaking car, ap-
parently out of sheer deviltry."
Exports Continue High
During the past few months there
was a tendency on the part of some
of the populous to suggest that Can-
ada was loosing its export markets.
;Whose speakers referring to what
they called "the Toss of Canada's for-
eign markets," cited figures to show
that exports had fallen •off some-
what in the first months of the fiscal
year.
But the returns now available for
June and July indicate that in June
an absolutely new high record was
established in exports. July figures
were not far behind, and both months
were well above the 1952 record.
Here are the figures in round millions
of dollars:
1952
June $378,800,000
July 374,400,000
What Other Papers Say:
Hay Fever Time
(Markdale Standard)
If you chance to "see some people
with their eyes and nose running,
don't think they are feeling sorry
that the good old summertime is
nearing an end. They're probably
hoping for it to come soon and bring
with it a sharp frost. This is hay-
fever time, and it stays around until
after the first good. frost. It's the
time, too, when folks who suffer with
hay fever wish there was a law that
would make it compulsory to cut the
weeds, especially the ragweed, before
they send pollen out into the air.
Financing Higher Education
(Kingsville Reporter)
The best road, we suggest, is to
teach public school for a few years
to save for higher education. Some
public schools take teachers direct
from high school, or with one sum-
mer teaching . training course. It
seems that very few public . school
teachers have taken more than one
year at Normal School, which we un-
derstand can still be financed for $500
or slightly more. Minimum salaries
seem to start at $2,000 a year, with
the summer free for earning extra
money. In two or three years a per-
son can save enough to finance his
higher education.
1953
$416,000,000
398,300,000 ,
The latest figure—that for July --
shows exports of $393,100,000 in do-
mestic products. and $5,200,000 in
non-domestic products or re-export
of a previous import, the two togeth-
er making up the above figure of
X398,300,000.
Niagara Falls
As though there was nothing more
to it than turning off a tap, a joint
Canadian -American commission re-
cently announced a plan to slow
down the flow of Niagara at night,
when the visitors aren't watching it
anyhow. The water that flows over
the falls, it seems, has washed away
some nine hundred feet of the crest
since 1678, and ,,,unless things are
slowed down, the erosion will some
day ruin the falls as a scenic attrac-
tion. So the falls will be made to
fall more slowly.
The cost of the Niagara slowdown,
finalapproval for which must still be
obtained, is put at $17,500,000. With a
few more dollars, the engineers prob-
ably' could stop the falls altogether,
or turn them red, white and blue, or
wake' them flow uphill.
And coinments the New York Her-
ld- ribune: "It's -all a great tribute
the power of the tourist, for whose
elle :t th:ese`rnighty changes are be-
ought The Mutat) race just
600 e1 know its own strength. One's
hope IS that whoever is put in
ar e of the -Niagara operation will
e son; of:' ound character and
i b a MaD who won't
of
frailtyt10�1
.e to time, who
it ;rtnniigy
Successful In Passing Exams . the business in'preparetion far neat
n of 'Mr, and:1Vire. Year's reunion which is to be held
Ross Pearce, so
I. R. Pearce, town, .received typed in Detroit. .Entertainment was pro-
test week that he had been. success-
ful in passing his 'Canadian Life
Underwriters' examinations, con:
eluding a three-year extension
course from the University of To-
ronto. He is now district manager
in Guelph for a well known insur-
ance •company.—Mitchell Advocate.
Noise
(Winnipeg Free Press)
Even the thought of horn -tooting
motorists is enough to raise the blood
pressure of Magistrate Charles Solo-
mon. The other day, in his New York
Traffic Court, Magistrate Solomon
almost lost his judicial calm in his
search for a phrase which would apt-
ly describe these impatient drivers.
The phrase he finally hit upon was
worth the effort: they are, he decid-
ed, "anti -social nuisances."
There may be times when a horn,
like an emergency brake, is a life sav-
er. But there are drivers, in Winni-
peg, as welt as in New York, who
seem to live-in a constant state of
emergency. The toot of a horn is,
theoretically, a warning; but these
drivers have at their finger-tips a
button with which they can curdle• a
pedestrian's blood, freeze him in' his
tracks and make him a standing tar-
get for .the casualty list.
Hurt in Bicycle -Truck' Collision
Arthur Hallam, 12-yearold son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hallam, Base
Line, Auburn, is in Victoria hos-
pital, London, suffering from sev-
ere injuries received Monday, when
a bicycle he was riding, collided
with a bake truck, owned by Bart-
liff Bros., Clinton. The accident oc-
curred at the Hallam rad gate,
which faces the Base Line.—Blyth
Standard.
Charivari For Newlywed Couple
vided by a group of young people
from Zurich: Games were enjoyed
by young and old, After the .eve:
ning meal •had been served, the
members of the reunion departed
for their homes, having spent an
enjoyable afternoon. together. The
officers for 1954 are: honorary pres-
idents, Adolph Kalbileisch and Al-
bert Kalbfleisch; 'president, Earl
Schilbe; vice-presidents, Eugene
Kalbileisch, Fred E. Haberer and
Ivan Kalbfleisch; secretary, Jack
Haberer; treasurer; H. Whitney
Brokenshire.—Zurich Herald.
A charivari, which is not as pop-
ular as it was years ago, was stag-
ed in the west ward last ,Saturday
evening. The newlynveds, Mr. and
Mrs. George Walker, were surpris-
ed when a noisy gang circled the
house. Some had tin whistles, bells'
of different types, horns and one
man even had a moldboard off a
plow. All of the gang went into
the house and were treated; then
they, along with the bride and
groom, paraded over to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hanna, where a
presentation took place, followed by
a lunch and sociable hour, every-
one there wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Walker years of health and ha.ppi-
hess.—! jtchell. Advocate. ,
Showed For Bride -Elect
John Dungey Honored
About 25 intimate friends of John
Dungey, proprietor of the Collison
House, Mitchell, gathered there on
Saturday evening to join with him
in observing his 80th birthday. The
night was spent at cards and other
amusement. Mr. Dungey was born
in Logan township and has spent
all his life in this neighborhood,
When a young lad he attended
school at what was then known as
"Jones' schoolhouse" on 23 High-
way, about two miles north of Mit-
chell, and as far as is known he is
the only surviving person here-
abouts who attended that school
when the late. Dr. Gordon, after-
wards to .become widely known. as
a gifted writer under the name of
Ralph Connor, was the teacher
there. Richard Leppard, whose
birthday came on the same date
was one of the guests and both
were made recipients of suitable
gifts. There were 11 children in
the Dungey family, and John is the
only living member left—Mitchell
Advocate.
About 50 friends and neighbors of
Miss Elizabeth Cousins, 'bride -elect
of September 7th, gathered at the
home of Mrs. James Bryans on
Monday night to present her wire
a handsome occasional chair and
several pieces of aluminum kitchen
ware. The hostess read an address
and the gifts were presented by
Mrs. Max Oldfield and Mrs. James
S. Armstrong, Miss Cousins ex-
pressedher appreciation of her
gifts and the good wishes of the
group and the evening was spent
playing bingo with a variety of
small prizes. A jumbled -letter con-
test, "The Bride's Trousseau,"
proved interesting. Other ladies
assisting in planning the shower
and serving lunch .were Mrs. Wm.
Spence, Mrs. D. A. Hann, Mrs. T.
L. McDonald and Mrs. Wesley
Kerr.—Brussels Post.
'Hold Reunion
One hundred and fifteen of the
Kalbfleisch family .gathered at Ced
arbrook Camp, Zurich, on Sunday,
recently, for their annual reunion.
Following a delicious lunch, the
members of the reunion transacted
The Job Well Done
(Ottawa Journal)
Arthur Meighen, Canada's great
elder statesman, still hard at work
as he approaches 80, gave some good
philosophy and advice to the gradu-
ating class of Selwyn House School,
Montreal. It was that nothing worth
while in life, neither achievement,
nor fame, nor joy, nor security, can
come from other than work.
Young men starting out in life ask-
ed of their employers, "What is your
pension scheme?" Meighen's answer
was that no pension plan, ,no insur-
ance policy, no trust fund, could bring
the reward of work well done.
This is the answer of allhistory of
all experience, with not a whit of sub-
traction from it by the conditions of
our day. Under all circumstances,•
to the last syllable of time, there will
never be a substitute for work, no re-
ward as great as the joy of work well
done.
"Making and doing, whether it be
mental and physical or both, is the
only way to be fully alive.
The Journal has quoted before a
remark by the famous Jesuit Father
Vaughan, "If I were a street cleaner
in London," he said, "I would sweep
so clean that people would says 'come
and see Vaughan's corner'."
Concluded Meighen:
"The formula is simple. Find the
job that interests you; learn at, every
opportunity, to do it as well as you
can; then Work at it. It will always
be interesting, or there will always' be
new things about it to learn ... This
is the greatest reward, but no one
else can guarantee it or will it to us.
Each one h Oo earn it for himself."
Well iff tb lie wise words, coming
i
the
shiningintellects of
frotri Dile of
our time, c'oill1d be pinned up in every
is r� the laid.
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Quick Action Saves Barn
Quick action averted a serious
fire at the farm of Albert Nesbitt,
Morris township, Thursday morning
of last week. A load of grain was
on the 'barn floor, in the process of
being unloaded, when Mr. Nesbitt
noticed smoke coming from one
corner of the load. He immedi-
ately called fire, and Mr. John Hag-
gitt, who was on the load, backed
the horses and the load out of the
barn. Mr. Nesbitt applied water to
a fire that had started on the barn
floor and successfuly, extinguished
it. He and Mr. Haggitt and Mr.
and Mrs. George Nesbitt, who were
also assisting, turned their atten-
tion to the loaded wagon and' at the
same time a call was sent for the
Blyth Fire Brigade. When the
brigade arrived the load was envel-
oped in flames but the firemen were
able to quickly extinguish them,
thus savingthe grain and the wag-
on. The fire was caused by sparks
from a pulley which was part of
the equipment being used for un-
loading purposes.—Blyth Standard.
Plerty cfsun may beJust tine,
And iheIan may look superb,
But you may end up intrauble
If the exposure you don't Curb.
Dope. of National .Health and Welfare
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago
Lot 27
James Morrison -had Lot 27 from
an early date. Peter's son, Alex,
lived in the house on it for a time
after he married in January, 1889.
This farm was rented many years.
Tem Welsh, from Hensall, in 1948,
bought it and that same year sold
to William Brietne but reserved
the tinnber for hofs own use.
Occupants—James Morrison; Pet-
er Morrison, •Frank O'Brien (R),
Charles Treffry (R), Mrs. Sandy
Swan, William Drover (R), Lorne
McNaughton (R), William H. Coop-
er (R), Peter McNaughton (R),
Bert Riley ,(R), Mae McNaughton,
Lorne McNaughton (R), , Clarence
McNaughton R), Thomas Welsh,
William Brintnell, Jack Brintnell.
From The Huron Expositor
September 7, 1928
In a horseshoe tournament held
at Listowel recently, Paul Boa and
Roy Smale, Hensall, won first prize
in the event.
Miss Gertrude Higgins, Hensall,
has accepted a position with Ross
& Taylor, Exeter, starting . work
there this week.
Last Friday ,Seaforth was visited
by a circus for the first time in
many years, when Barnett Bros.
pitched their tents on the recrea-
tion grounds and drew a bumper
crowd at both afternoon and even-
ing performances.
the Estate, .to John Latta in 1872..
Other owners or renters of the shop,
were William Wren, Toni Giigan,.
Win. 'Moore, Wm. Ganley, Wil
liam Kerslake, John Sinclair, Dun-
can Robertson;.yiriliiaan Jae21t;:
Angus McKaig, Mrs. Angus 'Mc-
Kaig, George Parker. Jack Henry
and George Latta did the shop work
for Ween, Gi'igan- and Moore till
Henry went West with his par-
ents in 1878. In 187.8 because of a
flet these two made, a set of 'har-
rows were made in a record time
and offered to do it again if some
one would put up the money; Sam
Horton was assistant to William -
Kerslake. John Sinclair, a big burley
fellow, who had been a •policeman
in Scotland, did hiss own work. He
married a niece of the Robertson
bachelors—Donald and Duncan, An-
gus McKaig was the last to do
blacksmith work here and he had
the shop longer than any of the
others. In 1950 George Parker' sold
this old landmark to his nephew,
Darrell Parker, and it was torn
down. Those who owned the shop
from John Latta also owned the
house east of it. After 1920 it.
was sold to Roy McDonald on Con-
cession 11. Another arouse was
built just east of this one, and
Stock Sanderson was the first to
live in it. Others who owned it
were Tom Hicks, Mrs. Tom Hicks,
Sam McLean, George Psalter and
Elizabeth Parker.,„„It was sold and'
moved to 'Hensall in 1946. No build-
ings are left now on the corner of
this lot, except a small stable,
Lot 28
Thomas Wren came to Lot 28
around 1850 and died there in 1877.
His wife was Janet Love. They
had seven of a family—Elizabeth
(Mrs. William Pengelly), Tom,
George, William, Alex, David and
Lavinia (Mrs. William Van Horne
and later Mrs, Walter S'hillinglaw).
The barn on this lot was burned on
November 10, 1952, from an un-
known cause. In the early days
there were two extra houses on this
farm. Elizabeth Wren (Mrs. Pen-
gelly) lived in one, and Dan Brint-
nell was also in it when'he was
first married. Mrs. William Van
Horne and her family lived in the
other after her husband died in Es-
sex County. 'Gordon Bolton bought
one and had it moved to his farm,
and Mrs. Van Horne's was moved
to Chiselhurst.
Occupants—Thomas Wren, Thos.
C. Wren, Mrs. Thos. C. Wren, iGor
don Wren (R), Thos. D. Wren.
Mr. Alvin Sillery has taken a posi-
tion on the office •staff of Lawson &
Jones, London.
The people of Seaforth and vi-
cinity had the privilege last Friday
evening of hearing an address by
Rev, H. H. Savage, Pontiac, Mich.
He is a powerful, fluent and witty
orator and his address will be of
lasting benefit to the large audi-
ence that heard him. Rev. T. H.
Brown acted as chairman, and the
Paramount male quartette, J. A.
Stewart, J. Beattie, M. R. Rennie
and D. L. Reid, gave an excellent
number. Mis Florence Beattie also
gave an excellent solo. Mrs. M. R.
Rennie was organist.
Huron County Farms Notes
Last week four bus load (150 peo-
ple) of Huron County Soil and
Crop Improvement members and
their wives made a tour of the
Niagara. Peninsula.
At this time most of the thresh-
ing in the county is completed and
reports of high yields are quite
common.
Corn is making excellent growth
throughout the 'county, and some
very, excellent quality second -cut
hay is being put into the barn due
to rapid early growth and ideal
curing weather.
Those who have started their
fall plowing are finding a lack of
moisture is making the work very
difficult.
ing cycle. Steam, gas, oil and elec-
tricity are all satisfactorily used as
sources of heat for brooding chick-
ens today.
Many changes' have also been
noted in the housing of the laying
flock. The flock alas moved out of
the dark and dingy corner of the
cow barn into clean, airy, well -light-
ed houses, designed as permanent
quarters for the laying flock. De-
sign of laying houses has been a
major concern of the Experimental
Farms Poultry Division, A gradual
change in design has taken place
over the years, from small, nar-
row, one -storey houses, to the large
hotel -like structures found on many
poultry farms today. 'It is no long-
er considered necessary to have
outside yards for laying hens, so
that two, three and four storey
houses have become quite common.
The whole poultry scene has
changed over the past 75 years from
one of small Rock's, hatched• and
brooded by hens, and housed in
small quarters, to an industry
where the technique of mass pro-
duction is successfully applied ev-
en on small farms.
At a ,congregational meeting held
in First Presbyterian Church, Sea -
forth, Monday evening, an unani-
mous call was extended by the con-
gregation to Rev. Irving B. Keine,
Orangeville.
Our Changing Poultry Scene
The passing years have witnessed
changes in all phases of poultry
husbandry says T. M. Macintyre,
of the Experimental Farm, Nappan
Egg production has increased from
about 70 eggs per bird in 1887 to
nearly 200 eggs per bird today. At
the same time the backyard flock
of these early years,Which supplied
the family with eggs only during
the long days of spring and sum-
mer, has now changed into a real
money earner for the farmer.
Incubation has changed from the
setting hen with 14 eggs, to the
mammoth incubator of today, and
hatchability has increased from
about 30 per cent when the first
artificial incubation work was done
at Ottawa in 1895, to about 80 per
cent of all eggs set today. Improv-
ed incubators and hatching tech-
nique, determined by experimenta-
tion, have been a major factor in
this great increase in hatchability.
Progress in artificial 'brooding has
followed progress in artificial ineu-
bation. Early bulletins put out by
the Poultry Department for, the
guidance of poultrymen, shows the
proper type of coop for the 15rii"ody
hen and her small brood. Thai Was.
followed by small brooders heated
by kerosene lamps designed to sim-
ulate the conditions of the mother
hen. As flocks, grew larger, the
need for •changes in brooding ,prae-
tices became apparent and larger
units were designed.
The movable colony house with
one coal or wood burning brooder,
designed to house from 200 to 500
chickens, was introduced early in
the present century, and still is re-
garded by many as the best meth-
od of rearing chickens. However,
many large 'poultry farmers prefer
permanent brooder houses from
which chicks, are moved at eight
to 10 weeks of age into small range
shelters oil a .good grass' range,
while others .prefer to raise their
chickens' In oonfineineiit In •the
same hduae from the time they are
day-oldltftit'il they cbrnpiete`the:,lay:
Lot 29
It was Smith Pearsoll who first
owned Lot 29. His son, Derlon
Pearsoll who married 'Margaret
Sills, owned it from 1860 till after
the middle 60's. Matt Pendergast
was there one year. Both Pearsoll
and Pendergast moved to Mersea
Township, in Essex County, as a
few others in the community did at
that time. John Parish was the
next owner. Two of his sons, Jus-
tice and Louis, were local preach-
ers.
HenEy McCool was the first who
lived on the West 50. His eldest
daughter, Martha, was born here
in 1854. In 1856 he went to Illinois
but later returned and owned this
fifty from November, 1860. The Mc
Cools and Pearsolls came to Hib-
bert from Gilbert Mills in Prince
Edward County, south of Belleville,
Ont., but originally came from the
States. They called themselves
Long Island• Yankees. Henry Mc
Cool's wife was Laura Pearsoll, a
sister of Derlon. Derlon is aa famil-
iar Pearsoll family name. In George
Washington's time a French officer
came to America and with him was
his daughter. The name of the of-
ficer was Derlon. In the fighting
of the Revolution, this soldier dis-
appeared and never came back to
claim his daughter, who was left
with the Pearsolls on Long Island.
One of the Pearsoll family ,eventual-
ly married her, and in nearly every,.
family related to them there is a
Derlon, or Durlon, as it is some-
times spelled. The McCools, Sills
and Pearsolls were all United Em-
pire Loyalists. Around 1864 Mc-
Cool sold to John Drover and he
also went to Mersea Township•
"Mac" McLeod, father-in-law oof
John Drover, lived in an extra
house at the west side of this fifty
in the 70's and was there till his
wife died. Be then went to live
with another daughter, Mrs. Jake
Latta.
Occupants—East 50: Smith Pear -
soli, Derlon Pearsoll, Matthew
Prendergast (R), Angus McDonald
(R), John Parish, Justice Parish,
Cearian Hedgden, John Drover,
Tom Drover. West 50: ,Smith
Pearsoll,' Henry McCool, John
Drover, Tom Drover.
Mr. P. Smith, Hensall, who as -
sista his brother, Mr. Alfred Smith,
in the baking business, had the mis-
fortune to be run into on Tuesday,
wrecking his car beyond repair. He
had just finished delivering broad
at Mr. Bowey's store when he was
struck by a large truck belon'giug
to John Schoenhals, Clinton. Mr.
Smith was somewhat cut and bruis-
ed about the head.
Mr. S. E. McArthur has just about
completed his fine new residence
which he built on his farm a mile
west of Hensall.
Along 50 miles of the Huron Road
westward to Goderich, there were
unveiled on Monday, Labor Day, six
cairns, commemorative of the pio-
neers who opened up the Huron
Tract, and a century completed cut-
ting of the first road through the
Canada Company's lands to Lake
Huron.
Effect of Vitamin B12 For Swine
In the fall of 1952 experiments
were started at the Experimental
Station, Melfort, .Sack., to determine
the effect on rate of growth, feed
efficiency, and carcass quality of
Yorkshire swine when a ration com-
posed of feeds common to Western
Canada was supplemented with var-
ious 'kinds' and levels of antibiotic
vitamin B12 feed supplements.
Each trial comprised' two or more
lots with a total of 56 weanling pigs
being used in the three trials.
These were divided as evenly as
possible on the basis of sex, weight,
litter and type among the lots with-
in each trial. All animals were
housed indoors, away from sunlight
or soil. - Feed and water were avail-
able separately at all. times, The
basal rations were made up of oats,
barley, meat meal, linseed oil meal, -
alfalfa meal, limestone and iodized
salt. During the growing period
pilohard1ne oil also was fed.
Antibiotics Ailed were terramycin,
fed at 15 lags. and 71/, mgs. per
pound of ration respectively, pro-
caine penicillin, fed at the rate of
3 mgs. per porind of ration, and
aureomyicin, .fed at the rate of 9
mgs, per pound of ration.
The following eaperi•mental re-
sults seem worthy of note, reports
S. E. .Beacom, Animal Husband-
man at the .Station:
During the growing period the
addition o1 antibiotics increased av-
erage daily gaiiie from 14 to 30 per
cent. For the finishing period anti-
biotids gave more variable effect<
Average daily gains ranged from
no increase to 25 ,ger" •cera 'increase
over the controls. Pot the overall
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From The Huron Expositor
September 4, 1903
Mr. R. H. Knox has sold the
north half of lot 9, concession 12,
H'ullett, containing 50 acres, to his
brother, Mr. William Knox, for
$2,600. There are no buidings on
the place, and the land is very
good.
One of the finest fields of corn
which we have seen this year is
on the farm of Henry Bennewies,
Lead,bury. He is one of the lead-
ing farme in that district.
e Barr, daughter of
arr, 'Seaforth, thee been
Miss J
Rev. Mr.
appointee' teacher on the staff of
the North Bay high school.
Master Garnet Cadmore, son of
Roland •Cudmore, Hensall, who had
the misfortune about two months
ago to get his leg ',broken, had the
second misfortune Friday evening
to slip, while usingg his crutches in
crossing a room, and in falling
broke his leg again in the same
place.
Mr. Bernardi Thomson, Hensall,
has been in town for a week fixing
up some of the buildings about the
flax mill, and Is able to take a hand
in almost anything from shingling
a roof to running an election.
The following were ticketed out
this week by W. Somerville: Miss
Wood to Boston; James McConnell,
ibbert, to Marquette, Mich.; Miss
Niggle Kehoe to Toledo; Mise
Richardson to Brockville; Harry
Stewart to St. Paul; Mr. and -Mrs.
Henry Martin to Chicago; Mies
Minnie Donovan to Saginaw; 1Mra.
Phillip Carling and daughter to De-
troit; John Brawn, MoKiliop, to
New stork.
Last Sunday large congregations
greeted liaeangelists iCrossl'ey and
Hunter at night, the Methodist
Church being crowded to the doors.
M. Contin has purchased the
electric light plant from Mr. W.
Jowett, Bayfield', ani is having it
removed to St. Joseph, '
Mr. D. W. Stewart, inspector of
' i nsa11
theSoverignBank,was; nHe
this week looking over the bustitess
of that agency, and expressed Irian-
self tiA v 1'i pleased with the beet -
neat being done and the future
pro -
SOWS .of ttgettey.
Ur, J P. welisr itiet Kant tailor
in TIeliaall,1's Whig
'uip cbiit ines5
there and laWittg to M[ittheli.,
THAMES ROAD SURVEY
The Lots 27 to 22 at the east end'
of Concessions 13 and 14 in the.
Thames Road Survey, on North
Thames Road, do not all contain
100 acres. These lots face on whht
was the Thames Road, but is now-
known
owknown as No. 83 Highway.
Lot 27
Lot 27 contains 74 acres. At the
point it opens on both Thames Road]
and Concession 13. William Wit -
hams, who came to Hibbert from(
the United States, was the first
owner. He took up this lot and
the East 50, of Lot 26 in 1855, and
died here in 1861. His wife was
Nancy Williams, and in their fan:
ily were three sons—John, SamneE
and William T. They were born int
New York City. William T. follow-
ed his father, and Sam Crawford,.
who came out from England', .bought.
it in 1873. Crawford in 1874 sold'.
to James Hackney. George T.
Anley, teacher at No. 5 School, liv-
ed in the house over a year after-
Hackney owned land and lived ore
the Usborne side on South Thames.
Road. He married Margaret Mil-
lar. In 'their family were John,.
David, James, 'Charles, George, Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Mrs. Alex;
Turnbull). George was a minister
and William a doctor. It was Jim
T. Scott who remodelled the old.
Williams' ,frame house on Lot 27
and made it into a two-storey red,
brick. Percy Sperling bought from
Scott and sold all the timber 6fr
the farm. His daughter, Olive, .is,
since January, 1952, secretary for -
Children's Work and Vacation_
Schools in the United Church of
Canada.
Occupants — William Williams,.
William T. Williams, Sam Craw-
ford', James Hackney, David Hack-
ney, Thomas Scott, James T. Scott,. -
Percy Sparling,David Christie, An-
drew Christie, 'Calvin Christie. The
same people, with the exception of
Sam Crawford, have had the East
50 of Let 26.
Lot 25
John Hackney, Sr., who had been:.
a teacher when he lived in Scot-
land, took up Lot 25 and the West
50 of Lot 26 in the early 50's. This•
was the Hackney homestead. His.
wife, Jane Gibson, died here in.
1855, shortly after they came to
this lot from near Galt in Waterloo..
County: John lived for some time.
after this. Their four sons—John,
James, William and Alex—all own-
ed farms in Hibbert. 'George lived
in Usborne and later went West.
It was John and James, the two..
oldest sons, who. came from Galt
and chose the farms for the family
a year before the others came.
Alex Hackney, while he was the,
youngest, was the first to •marry -
He married Ann Millar. They had
seven children: John, Alex, Louise,.
Maggie (Mrs. Dave Gardiner), An+
nie (Mrs. Ben Wdlson), Maly (Mrs.
William Gilfillan), and David.
Occupants—John Hackney, Sr.,
Alex Hackney, John' Hackney,Lloyd'.
Hackney.
Lot 24
Lot 30
George McCool was the first
owner of Lot 30. He took it . up
in March, 1852, and lived thele till
November, 1855, when Dan Sills
bought it. McCool went to Illln-
ois. By 1857 Henry David: Blythe
was the owner. It was later known
as the 'Blythe Estate. From the
Blythes got it till 1951, the farm
was rented. In the early 60!s, or
possibly earlier, it was known as
the "Aubrey" farm One says this
Aubrey was a "bee hunter" and
another, that he was the one who
had charge of the •business connect
ed with the farm. Around 1863
George McCool returned from Il-
linois and lived in the log house in
which Aubrey had lived near the
back of the farm. In 1865 .McCool
went again to Decatur, Illinois, His
,first wife was Maria Hazelton, and
his second was Elizabeth Swain.
Henry McCool belonged to the first
family, and in the second family
there were eight children. Descend-
ants of these are still living in •Il-
linois and Kansas. John Fitzgerald
had the use of the farm for 15 or
20 years in the 84's by building a
frame house and barn on it. This
house was burned. The brick house
on the hill was then built, and it
was sold and torn down in the
1940Ss. Little grows on the large
barren hill on this lot. When
George Parker ploughed it for Fitz-
gerald in the 8'0's, instead of going
up and over it, he went round and
round it. Recently a gravel pit has
been opened here. -
Occupants—George McCool, Dan
Sills, Heart 'David Blythe, later
Blythe Estate, John Pendergast
(R), James Davey (R); Malcolm La=,
mont (It), John Fitzgerald (R),
Frank Fitzgerald (R), William Ven-
ner (11), Wesley, Vefiner,
It is &tide •that the first grave-
yard was on the northwest corner
of this farm. All bodida!, but two
were lifted when MtTaggart's 'Cern-
stere was opened., A blacksblith
Wan ib
shop wauilt here' by 1868, Oar -
haat] b' 'the Matinee, as Peeitey, the
fl- t, to accup + it never Waited, it,.
1 late' . eii e . fhe - , . .
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Colin Campbell, a native of Islay,.
Argyleshire, .Scotland, owned Lot.
24 from the 1850's In 1862 she sold
the East 50 to Alex Hackney, the..
owner of Lot 25, and Hackney's•
have owned it since that time. Col-
in Cannpbell's wife was Jean Fran-
cis. From here they went to Palm-
erston, Ont. When • he sold the'
West 50 in 1869 to Tom 'McCurdy,.
a bachelor, son of Archibald Mc-
Curdy, Tom was sick here fqy au
long time and died in 1878. alert.
Russell lived in the Alex Hackney
home for a time after the farm was
sold to Leslie and Alex Hackney
by Mrs Alex Hackney, after her son,
Wilfred, was killed in a car acct
dent in 1949.. In the 70's a strip
,of land was taken off this lot when -
a narrow forced road was opened
between this lot and: Lot 23, from,
,the Thames Road to. Coneession 18,
Wattle Burl' lived in an extra house
on this farm near this sideroad from
the late 60's till the early 80's. Ile
went out cradling and 'his wife knit
socks, etc., and sold them.
Occupants--,ast 50'; Colin ainp-
bell, Alex Hackney, John W. Hack-
ney, Lloyd Backney'; west 50: Col-
in 'Campbell, Tom McCurdy, Samuel
McCurdy, 'Charles McCurdy (R),
Darn 4eC4ird'y, Alert Hackney, Mere.
Alex 1techri:ey, Leslie and• Alex
1 acltney.
Lot 23
Archibald McCurdy, a riatir of"
Archibald e
3'
,
Antrim, trolandt. who owned land"
anis Lived in trabor'ne 'Neenshili,.
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