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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-10-09, Page 2Fr. ON PI Established 1.860 Ihit Shed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Vance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian [Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, October 9,1953 1UARKETING PROBLEMS Speaking at the semi-annual meet- ing of the Ontario Hog Producers' Association recently, V. S. Milburn, Secretary of the Ontario Federation sof Agriculture, told his audience some truths concerning their mar- keting problems. Recalling that in the main, Cana- dian agricultural products are bring- ing returns as great or greater than that being received by farmers of any other country, Mr. Milburn warned that Canadian farmers can- nlot compete in world markets for agriculture products at the prices those products bring on the home market today. Farmers, he said, often criticize labor for being interested only in more pay and shorter hours "and re- fusing to accept responsibility. But aren't we something like labor? Our method seems to be merely to produce to the maximum without regard to quality or markets. If industry did that it would go broke, as we will go broke unless we change our ways. We must give thought to producing quality and quantity for the known market, and then going after other markets." SCHOOL COSTS Much has and is being said about the extent to which the Province as- sists municipalities with costs of edu- cation. But too frequently no atten- tion is paid to the fact that in terms of total provincial expenditudes, the assistance given by the Province by way of grants is but slightly higher than it was in 1930. It is this fact, coupled with the school building pro- grams being urged by the Province which results in such high school costs at the municipal level. The problem is discussed by the Toronto Star, when it points out: "The B.N.A. Act specifically assigns municipal institutions to the prov- inces. The municipalities are the re- sponsibility of the provinces in which they are located, and not a federal responsibility. This fact the prov- inces are too prone to forget. "Prof. C. A. Curtis of Queen's Uni- versity, and former mayor of King- ston, has been telling the Canadian and U.S. federation of mayors and municipalities, that the aid given by wealthy Ontario to its municipalities has not been as great as it has ap- peared to be. Although grants in- creased from $30,000,000 in 1930 to $192,000,000 in 1951, dollar values and total provincial expenditures also changed materially, with the result that while the grants represented 14.1 per cent of the total in 1930, they still represented only 18.9 per cent in 1951, an increase of only 3.8 per cent. "As Prof. Curtis pointed out, this is not a very substantial increase; certainly not such as would justify the talk there has been about On- tario's kindness to its `creatures,' the municipalities. Prof. Curtis said: `I do have the feeling, particularly for the central provinces such as Ontario, that their fiscal position, with a re- cord of surpluses over the years, Would permit them to do more for the municipalities than, apparently, 1tc .nation will permit.' ``'here is no, doubt where the res• ap i'risibility lies. It is Ontario's." . BEET NAMES Like many Ontario towns Seafort i named me its streets after petE4OPIS i nea in the drstriet in the early $In Street, the name suggests the place of ixn- portance that particular street hQlds in the life of the community. There is an importance to street names in that they provide an histor- ical record of the way in which com- .munities have grown and they attach to themselves many memories and affections. There is no limit to the extent to which the christening of streets can go. If more colorful names are de- sired, one has only to consider some of those in use in Newfoundland. Here are found, for instance: Come by Chance, Coachman's C o v e, Coomb's Cove, Deep Bight, Doating Cove, Heart's Content, Heart's De- sire, Hooping Harbour, Horse Chops, Isle aux Morts, Joe Batts Arm, Lam - aline, La Poile, Leading Tickles, Lushes Bight, Nippers Harbour, Old Port au Choix, Petit Forte, Pouch Cove, Presque, Rattling Brook, St. Jones Within, St. Shotts, etc. Here are names that make pleasant sounds: Old Quebec also abounds in inter- esting names: L'Abord a Plouffe (Plouffe's Landing), St. Jean Port Joli (the lovely port), Les Eboule- ments (the tumble down), Barachois (do you hear the pebbles rolling in the combers?), La Malbaie (evil bay), Cloridorme, Pointe au Pere (father point), Trois Pistoles (three ducats), La Descente des Femmes (the coming down of the women), L'Anse Pleureuse (weeping cove), Le Manche d'Epee (sword handle), Les Petites Bergeronnes (the little shep- herdesses), etc. Then there are the names which incorporate the English title of the County: St. Elie de Cax- ton, Ste. Cecile de Masham and the fantastic Sacre Coeur de Jesus de Blossom Hill Mill. EIGHT FALLACIES Stelco Flashes, the monthly publi- cation of the Steel Company of Can- ada, in a recent issue, indicates eight current fallacies: 1. That peace among nations can be secured by any means other than superior military strength on the part of the peace -loving peoples. 2. That international friendship can be secured through gifts ratter than through genuine common prin- ciples and purposes. 3. That the moral character of a nation as a whole can be better than the moral character of its citizens as individuals. 4. That government can give things to the people without first taking them away from the people. 5. That if we keep experimenting long enough we will find a substitute for an honest day's work. 6. That somewhere and somehow there simply must be a substitute for honest money. 7. That stealing is not stealing when the majority of the voters vote in favor of it. 8. That personal economic secur- ity, guaranteed by government, is. possible without the loss of personal liberty. Umbrellas On Way Out? (Strathroy Age -Dispatch) It is still fashionable to borrow books and keep them; but we often wonder what has taken the place of all the borrowed and kept umbrellas of the past. Umbrellas are becom- ing extinct. Either that, or there are vast numbers of them hidden away in innumerable attics and store cup- boards from here to Halifax. Road Worthiness (Amherstburg Echo) The possibility of requiring "cer- tificates of roadworthiness" for mo- tor vehicles, on the analogy of avia- tion's certificates of airworthiness, is being discussed in Britain in the light - of a report by the Ministry of Trans- port on the extent of mechanical de- fects found on the highways. Last year, the report shows, accidents blamed in whole or in part on defec- tive vehicles involved 1,113 private cars, 739 trucks and (Britain being to a large degree a two -wheeled coun- try) 746 motorcycles and 1,646 pedal cycles. It would be interestingto se e the results', of a similar survey on the roads ,of Ontario—and how many circ +` • trucks would have to be F., n, e..,"banned" ti� dor `ban from the . h highways. THE HIMON EXPOSITOR OCTOBER 9t 1958 SEEN ling COUNTY PAPERS Bought Carload of Cattle Messrs. William and Thomas Kelly attended the sale of cattle on Manitoulin Island last week and purchased a carload of steers. This was their second purchase in as many years. .Others from -the dis- trict also attended,–Blyth Stand- ard. 'Hullett Men in the West Messrs. WSlmer Howatt, J. W. Armstrong, Watson Reid and Geo. Carter are on a trip to Western Canada with an eye to purchasing cattle. These gentlemen buy heav- ily in the West every fall.—Blyth Standard. Child Dies of Polio Three-year-old Kenneth Burr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Burr, died in Victoria Hospital, London, Mon- day of polio. He had been admit- ted to the isolation ward the day before. His death was the sev- enth in London this year as a re- sult of the disease. Another Cen- tralia child, aged two, was taken to the 'hospital on Monday, rbring- ing the number in the ward to 25. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Church Renovated A task that at first looked like pointing up some bricks and stones on the tower that were badly in need of repair on Knox Presbyter- ian Church, and begun early in the summer, turned out to be a sum- mer -long job when workinen more carefully observed the structure. Now it has just about been com- pleted, the major work being the removal of huge rocks, one on each corner of the tower, considered by workmen to weigh in the proximity of three tons apiece, and their re- placement. Sills under the roof of the church were also ,placed where necessary, drips ,put under the win- dows and decayed sills replaced. In addition, the exterior trim has been painted and stone and brick work pointed.—Mitchell Advocate. Three Breaks -ins Friday Night Three break-ins occurred in Mit- chell Friday night. The thieves first broke into Densmore and Full- er's garage, some $15 to $20 •being removed from the till. The lock,on the soft drink cooler was also tam- pered with. The big side window in the lane at the Mitchell Feed Mills was also smashed, but noth- ing was apparently disturbed. But when the culprits visited the Ed- munds and Cook Garage across the street they were in -for a surprise. After finding the side door bolted both top and bottom, they -were able to gain access to the door lock and smashed in the bottom of the door. Immediately the burglar alarm sounded. The man beat a hasty retreat and when seen by a man on the street he took to his heels at a faster pace, reached his car park- ed near Willow Grove Creamery, and made a speedy exit, with no light. Chief of Police Chisholm, try- ing the doors around ,Eizerman's planing mill, seeing the car without lights and hearing the alarm, took chase, but the marauder, or mar- auders, dashed down a sideroad, minus light, in a cloud of dust and he lost track of them. Saturday night he was called to Wingham and identified a car picked up there as the one he saw here. The break- ins may be linked with thefts oc- curring throughout the district.— Mitchell Advocate. To The Editor Toronto, -Sept. 29, 1953. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: Items on your editor- ial page deal in keen fashion with the twin problems of "Old -Fashion- ed Bread" (St. Marys Journal -Ar- gus), and "Farm Income vs. Oper- ating Costs." They are the origin- ating impulse behind this little let- ter from one of your pioneer read- eds. To me, the following,reference to "Modern Bread" credited to Chris- topher Morley, poet ,and United States writer, in the parlance of today "says a mouthful,"" and cer- tainly seems to be linked to the faot that the per capita consump- tion of flour in the 'Land of the Good Neighbor' has moved down from 238 pounds a year in 1910 to just 138 pounds in 1953: "Nothing rouses such contempt in my heart as modern American factory -made bread, wrapped up in wax paper and already sliced by machinery. You can't even have the fun of cute ting through a good stiff crust with a sharp knife. A miserable, moist, soft, sweetish, spongy and unnutri- tious kind of rubbery cellulose. When was there ever such a humili- ation imposed upon a nation as American artificial bread? The dreadful thing is there's a whole new generation grown up who hard- ly ever saw a loaf of bread and take that terrible pulp for granted. Turn, oh turn your minds back to a genuine crusty loaf of home-made bread!" I think that the fact of today's operating costs for Canada's 615,000 farmers—i.e., $1,215,000,000 — takes on added significance when read against the "gross value of agricul- tural production in Canada" in the four years immediately preceding World War II, thus: 1936 $1,065,000,000 1937 1,039,000,009- 1938 1,015,000,000 1939 1,123,000,000 ee LOOKING BACKWARD Huron County Farm News With perfect weather all last week .plowing matches and five fall fairs in the county have been well attended and exhibits 9.t the fairs have been above average in num- bers and quality. The harvesting of white beans has been the order of the day in the south end of the county with still a considerable acreage to be threshed or combined. .Old meadows, new seedlings and pastures are looking exceptionally well for this time of year, with all classes of livestock reported as be- ing in excellent condition. 'Harvesting Potatoes Harvesting of the potato crop is generally regarded as the most laborious and costly process in- volved in the production of the crop, according to N. M. Parks of the Division of Horticulture at the Central Experimental Farm in Ot- tawa. It is also a critical opera- tion, for if great care is not exer- cised in digging, picking and hand- ling potatoes at harvest time, bruis- ing and mechanical damage will re- sult in a lowered value of the crop and direct loss to growers. Late or main crop potatoes should not be harvested until 10 days or two weeks after the tops have rip- ened naturally or have been killed by frost, chemical spray, dust or mechanical means, Mr. Park says. Harvesting before natural matur- ity usually means a substantial re- duction in yield 'because potatoes under normal conditions increase rapidly in size during the later stages of maturity. Immaturity in- variably causes a loss in cooking quality and market value because the tubers have a higher moisture content and skin and bruise more easily in handling than those, from a well -matured crop. 'There is also a greater shrinkage in storage. Ma- turity is known to 'have a profound influence on the cooking quality of potatoes. Mature potatoes have a higher dry Matter and starch con- tent than those harvested when im- mature. Much of the injury to potatoes at harvest time, consisting of skin- ning, bruises, cuts and shattering and eommonly,called mechanical in- jury, is the direct result of impro- per operation and adjustment of digging machines and careless handling. Bruising by the, digger can be appreciably reduced if the grower will have the •apron coated With rubber, attach belting along thet digger sides of he digs r t9 prevent the ,Potatoes- coming in contact with ends of the apron chain, operate the digger at sufficient depth eb M1 that earth will carry back at least two-thirds of length of apron and reduce agitation of the apron by sprockets to absolute minimum re- quirement. When late blight is in a field, it is recommended that harvesting of the crop be delayed to the latest possible date. If the foliage is in- fected with late blight it should be killed down with one of the chemi- cals recommended for this purpose. In killing down the plants blight spores on the foliage will be de- stroyed and prevent contamination of the potatoes at digging time by contact with the blighted foliage. • t Also, the that Ire diseased may be more easily detected and discarded in the field. Mr. Parks emphasizes that early harvesting of a late blight infected crop us- ually means a greater than ordin- ary loss, for sound tubers will be- come infected by contact with the diseased foliage. * * 0: Keep It Lean A considerable number of people in the swine industry, associated with production, grading and mar- keting of Canadian hogs, regard as serious the continued decline in hog quality and the ever-increasing trend toward the production of lard type rather than meat -type ani- mals. These views are not shared by all producers, many. of whom claim that because Canada has lost the British market for bacon the incen- tive has been lost for the produc- tion of bacon -type hogs, formerly processed as "Wiltshire" sides. Those who favor the meat -type hog reply to the foregoing with the statement that no matter where pork markets are found, present or future, domestic, United States or Great Britain, the production of an excess of lard is a wasteful prac- tice for all concerned and brings overall lower returns to the pro- ducer. This controversy is not contain- ed within the limits of the Canadian hog industry. Its counterpart is presently an extremely live topic throughout the .I.Tnited States. A leading publication in the meat packing and allied industries in the united States, "The National Provisioner", in an article appear- ing in the August issue says: "The growing trend toward the meat -type hog has been enhanced principally by two developments. First, the fat situation has caused the cost' of fats to fall far below the ;rice of meat. 'Secondly, the P y, findings of collegesand, experi- mental erC- mental stations indicate that the (Contintted on Page 7) Dirty furnace pipes and flues Add to heating bills. They also add more CO, — The stuff that quietly kir Is. Dept. 01 National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago e1't Review (By 18ABEL,LE CAMPBELL) A Mr. Zimmerman, from Zurich district, who was also a tailor, was the last to have the store before George Miller took it over himself, James Brown came next, and was the last storekeeper here for many years. Both Ira Andrew and Dave McConnell were owners, but did not use it. From 1918 the Farmers Co-operative had supplies here, and John McCullouch for a time gave them out, then other arrangements were made. Dick Quance was ap- pointed manager in 1927. Several others have had the store since. The supplies handled by`tlhe Co- operative have become less as time has gone on. For many years the Post office has been in this store. Occupants: Carpenter Shop—Wil- liam Wilson, Ben Allen, Joe Hog- garth, George Miller; Store—Adam Case (R), James Hyslop (R), Fred Coleman (R), Mr. Zimmerman (It), George Miller, James Brown, Ira Andrew, Dave McConnell (in house, Harry Golding), Farmers Co=opera- tive, Dick Quance (R), Mrs. Diok Quance (R), James M. Scott (R), Ross Houghton (R). From The Huron Expositor October 12, 1928 Mr. Allan Quance, Cromarty, is able to use his hand again. In the handling of a rifle, by some mishap the gun discharged and the ball passed through his hand' and ear. It was a close call for Allan. Mr. W. H. Talbot, north of Drys- dale, and his neighbor, Mr. Robert Dewar, have each sold 10 acres of their farms on the lake front to a number of men from Windsor, who intend opening up a summer resort. The price paid was $250. Mr. Harold Crich, Tuckersmith, who has been employed in the Bank of Hamilton branch at Clin- ton, has been transferred to Forest. Miss Mildred Turnbull, of town, left last week to attend business college in Toronto. Rev. I. B. Keine, Orangeville, has accepted a unanimous call from First Presbyterian Church, Sea - forth, and will be inducted early in November. Mrs. J. W. Free, of town, captur- ed the valuable silver cup donated by Reeve A. C. Baker, Brussels, for the best two loaves of bread shown at Brussels Fall Fair. The new home of Mr. Chris. Erb, on the Bronson Line, Stanley Twp., is nearing completion and is a cred- it to the section. It is of white brick with cottage roof, being com- modious and well constructed. Mr. and Mrs. Erb will have one of the finest homes on that line. A syndicate has been formed to finance the putting down of a test well for oil on the farm of Mr. Ben Charrette, south of St, Joseph, and it is expected- that drilling opera- tions will be started in a week or two. Miss Katie Flannigan, Evelyn Dil- lon and Rose O'Connor, Dublin, are takinga business course at the School of Commerce, Clinton. On Monday. evening a number of friends called' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenny, Dublin, and surprised Mary, a bride-to-be, with a kitchen shower. A. pleasant eve- ning was spent in music, cards and dancing. The closing tournament of the season of the local bowling club was held Wednesday afternoon and evening when 18 rinks of doubles competed in a four -game tourney. From The Huron Expositor October 9, 1903 Misses Marge Robinson and Mag- gie Scott, Leadbury, have gone to Seaforth to learn dressmaking. Mr. Henry Edge, builder and con- tractor, Seaforth, is commencing to wind up a' large season's business. Among other contracts which he has been engaged on is the recon- struction of the large grain eleva- tor and the repairing of the mill building for the Seaforth Milling Co.; a brick residence for Thomas Melady, Hibbert; a brick residence for Mrs. John McLean, Tucker - smith; a brick residence for Mr. W. Chapman; Tucker'smith, also a frame residence for John Little, McKillop, and extensive repairs and additions to the residence of. Mr. R. S. Hays, town. Mr. James A. Cline, Owen Sound; J. O. Rose, Guelph, D. Sproat, Bel - grave, and P. Scott, Brussels, were among those from a distance who were in town Tuesday attending the funeral of the late John Broad - foot. Beattie Bros., grocers of town, shipped this week 109 bushels of cranberries, bought from -farmers in the vicinity of Hillsgreen. Messrs. Ransford took formal pos- session of the Coleman salt works here on Wednesday, Ad will work them at their full capacity. Telephones have recently been placed in the homes of the follow- ing: J. Grieve, V.S., George M. Ches- ney and Mrs. Hargreaves. 'Me sale of dairy stock on James Cowan's farm on Saturday was largely attended and was in every' way successful. Cows, sold at an average price of- over $42. Mr. J. H. Crosby, Hullett, has purchased the J. H. McDougall pro- perty in the north ward of Sea - forth, paying for it $825, and in- tends coming here to reside, Morrow Bros., of town, have add- ed a nice new carryall and a team of grey horses to their very com- plete livery stock. While at the Pair in'DoLonto, Mr. Appleton Eledat purchased from Joseph Featherston, Streetsville, a thoroughbred Yorkshire boar, 'sit months old. 'T'he price paid was a big one. The Seaforthrat Col a. t i regi to tube and Public School *ere Close Ttie'sany afterilbofi 'bn the iCeasibn of the fini'eral tit McY6f''731,0adfoot, Miller Woodwork Shop George Miller built the frame building north of this one in the 80's, and it was used with his woodwork shop. He made in it bureaus, coffins, etc. After the other building was equipped as a store, he did all his woodwork here till Simon Miller took over early in 1896. Dances were held here dur- ing the first years Simon had it. It was also his wagon shop and barber, shop till he was killed in 1933. Jack Robertson bought it in 1935 and he had it torn down. A garage was built on the same site. Ben Allen had the frame house :built north of this building by the time he married in November, 1869. While "Long" Joe Hoggarth lived here, his sisters kept house till he married in 1878. James Hyslop was teaching in No. 6 when he had it for his home, and Alex Morrisons stayed in it a short time after they returned to Hibbert from Mich- igan. Over a period of. years George Miller was in it three times. It was here Simon Miller brought his bride, and he lived here till 1920, but owned it as long as he lived. In the early 1920's, while El- mer Colquhoun had it rented, a chimney fire damaged the house which was not made habitable again till after Jack Robertson bought it at the time he bought the shop° Since then it has been the home of him and his mother, Mrs. Archie Robertson. Mrs. Rob- ertson had the unique experience of being one of five generations till her daughter, Maggie (Mrs. Robert .Chittick), died in May, 1953. Mrs. Robertson . still keeps busy with her housework and quilt -mak- ing at the age of 92. Occupants—Ben Allen, Joe Hog- garth, George Miller, James Hys- lop (R), George Miller, Alex Mor- rison (R), James Gillespie (R), Mrs. James Gillespie (R), Simon A. Miller, Elmer Colquhoun (R), John Robertson. • Wallace in 1949..John Scott's sos,, Wilfred, was killed in action iµ. Italy in 1944. Occupants — Malcolm Lamond, Mrs. John Hoggarth, Donald N. Me - Kellar (R), Billie Etty (R), Jaak Barr (R), John Scott, George Wal- lace. Jamaca Street "Jamaca Street" was a lane or joint roadway laid out between the Lamond and Hoggarth lots, when, these were bought from Sandy Boyle in 1892, to give them easier access to the back of their homes with wood, hay, grain, to. Later, Mrs. Boyle objected and a dispute arose, which ended with a eourt case, with the result the disputed land went back to the Boyle farm. Mrs. Boyle contended in court that the agreement "wasna on paper" and therefore "wasna legal." This strip was Jack MCCullouch's garden for many years after he came to the village in 1899. "Widow" Hoggarth built her frame house south of Jamaca Street in 1892. She lived here till she died in 1904. Her daughter, Lib, a natural born seamstress, con- tinued to live here till she married George Miller, late in life, in 1919. Part time, Pete McLachlans, and later her Uncle Jim Hoggarth, his daughter, Mary Ann, and. Esther Moore lived with her after her mother died. In 1920 she sold to, Simon Miller, and it was still his home at the time he was killed, when part of a dancing platform fell on him in 1933. Ted Storey, since -1951, has used the stable on this lot for a welding and .machine - shop. Occupants—Mrs. John Hoggarth, Elizabeth Hoggarth, Simon Miller,,. Mrs. Simon Miller, J. E. Storey. Wilson Chopping Mill In the early 1930's George Wilson built a frame chopping mill a very short distance north of S. A. Mil- ler's house, which was empty at the time, and which Wilson thought never would be occupied again. Ernest Allen, from the time it op- ened for business till 1946, ran the mill with his own engine. Later that year he and Ted Storey went into partnership, and in 1949 Storey took it over when Allen went into the implement business in Mitchell. Charles Dauphin, from Teeswater, only had it a year when the died suddenly in 1952, During the last few years, in an addition to this building, grain and other feed have been stored for sale. Occupants ---George Wilson, Ern- est Allen, T. E. Storey, Charles Dauphin, Mrs. Charles Dauphin. Weigh Scales The weigh scales, owned by a number of the farmers, were locat- ed on the side of, the road almost opposite where the grist mill now stands, from the 80's till around 1915., At this time the company was reorganized and the scales were moved to their present loca- tion, where Jimmy Miller's log house used to stand. The last house built, and the last at the north of the village, is the modern brick built by Dave Gard- iner on his son's farm, almost in front of where the old. Wilson house stood, shut much nearer the road. Because of the rising cost of labor and materials, this is the most cost- ly building ever. erected in Crom- arty. It was built in 1948 at a cost of over $6,000. The Mountain North from here is the Mountain, which recalls memories of happy gatherings at ,Sunday School ;pic- nics, and memories not so pleasant of the early motoring days, when it was a common occurrence for a car to stall half way up this steep hill. To crank a motor and manipu- late the starting equipment, using stones for emergency brakes, wasn't a 'funny' experience. However, the roads and cars have•changed,'and the scenery, too. The hill is lower; the road is wider, making fast motoring safer. We have learned we can't have everything—scenery, saftey and speed—and speed, in this speedy age, gets the prefer. Mace. At the north end on the east side of 'the Centre Road, Malcolm Lamond built his brick house in 1898. He died here in 1901. •.His daughter, Mrs. Jack Hoggarth, was the next owner till 1912. Several' rented durhi.g this time. Billie Etty batbhed here a few years till 'he married 1VMalcoTm Lamond's daughter, "Tot," and went Wiest He has been bailiff in ttegina, Sask., for many years. Jack Bari's, when. they re h returned tar e n d from the 'W'est, lived in it till they Went' 't to Exeter, , 'iolf= 'eft i eCttighe a lived With John. " 1(Milisorl" ',Stitt after the "death of tuff wife tial'he sold to Gieo'rge. • Reading Store Mrs. Joseph Reading, who was' formerly Hannah Martha Douglas, got the next lot from her half- brother, George Douglas, in Decem .ber, 1868. The next year her hus- band built a frame store and house on it. Tom King, one of the lead- ing merchants in Dublin, and a good friend of Readings, bought it. in February, 1876. For over a year. while King had it, Matthew Wil- liams had charge, then she bought it himself. While James Hyslop own- ed the property, he built, in 1896, a brick house to replace the frame. one. Joseph Reading, Matthew Williams and James Hyslop had'. charge of the post office in this store from 1872 till 1901, Ernest Graham was the last in the old store. Both the store and brick house were burned while he was, there in, 1921. It was Oswald Wal- ker who built the present brick store and house combirl,ed, with a community hall above, several years after the fire. Since then several have occupied the store, and oc- casionally gatherings are held in the community hall above it. No Cromarty storekeeper, at least be- fore the clays of motor cars, ever left with less "siller" than he had' when he came to the village. Occupants — Joseph Reading, Thomas King, Matthew Williams, James Hyslop, Ira Andrew, Dave McConnell, Ernest Graham, Oswald Walker, Albert Cieby (R), Burton O. McDonald (R), Darrell Parker (R), Clendon Christie (R), Otto' Walker (R). Douglas Tavern The large garage built by Ernest Alien comes next. It was built in 194 on the lot which was Jack Stacey's garden. It was also here that Douglas' open shed stood when he had the tavern on the corner. (Next' came the tavern. George Adam Douglas bought one acre- from David Boyle in December, 1867, andbuilt the tavern and open shed north of it the next year on the corner facing the Centre Road. East of this building he also built the tavern stable. From 1870 Wil- liam Speare had it two years. Am- brose Tuffin died a few months af- ter he became the owner in 1873, and after that it was owned and run by his widow. She sold it for $1,000 to Sandy Boyle in the 80's, not long before the Scott Act came into effect in 1882. Molly Tuffin, sometimes called "Mother Cromar- ty," was always able to stand up for her own rights. One day a daily frequenter of the bar, from whom she had bought wood shortly before, that was loosely piled, com- plained of the place not being as warm ds it should be. Said she, without a moment's hesitation, "We're burning the holes today, my man, that you sold us a few days ago!" In October, 1883, Mrs. 'Puf- fin changed her name to Mrs. John •McTaggart, but carried on as be- fore till Sandy Boyle brought' his bride back with him from Dalhousie in 1886. After the Boyles went back to Dalhousie, Jesse Becket and later, Mrs. Tom Page, carried on till the ,building was sold by Boyle to John Stacey in 1903. Stacey remodelled it and made it a two-storey dwelling. This was his home till after his wife died in 1934. He then went to live with his daughter, Pearl (Mrs. Worden Miller). Ernest Allen added a sun Porch and made other improve- ments on it. Cromarty, like other places, for a time after World War 13 felt the effect of the housing shortage. .For a fe1y years Ted Storey lived in an upstair apart- ment here. Frank Allen, Warden of Perth for 1963, is the present owner. Only six others from Hibbert have been Warden since the first Provincial .County Council was set up in 1851. The others were: Thomas Ring, 1872; Alex McLaren, 1888; Thomas Ryan, 189'6; John A. McLaren, 1912; A. A. .Colquhoun, 1922; William J. Kay 1942. In all these Years only ,21 different men We served as lteefie of Hibbert. T)ileing'48512, the meetings Were Still held et tioderfe i. It was not till Jantiat-y °24, 1$58,;;,that the' first Co411ty Gatoil nieetiir g was held t in Stratford, rot tett years -1897- 1906 the County 'Connell business (Cohtinned on Page 7)