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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-08-20, Page 7• tau; AtU V,SZ 20, 1 154 • DRAIN TILE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Drop in or call. J. A. Rydall, Brick & Tile Yard ELGINFIELD - ONTARIO Phone I(nean 25 r 31 YON .CAN WIN BICYCLEIABoy'sorGirl' • • • 1 • • • • FRET i • • • Eider i lE ria New 1STBOTTLE TOP • CONTEST Tdcy. oil County Pioneer Days in Hur (iii Arthur R. Ford, in The Ilondon'Wree Pres*) (BAYFPE It is now some 126 year& since the Etat white settlers located • in Heron County. The peo- pie of the county are becoming more and more historically con- scious. onscious. They are becoming more and more interested in the pioneers who made this county and in the early history of the district. There has been set up in Gode- rich the county town around which so much of the early hitory re- volved, a, pioneer museum. Recent- 'l'y the County Council commission- ed James' Scott to write a hill fledged history of the county. Mr. Scott, who - was- born on a farm near ,Seaforth, was formerly liter- ary editor of The Toronto Tele- gram. He has returned to his old home to devote' himself to writing. With his Huron County back- ground his history, which will take a lot of meticulous research, will be eagerly awaited. In the nneantime the Huron County historical committee has issued a booklet by Mr. Scott en Buchanan Cleaners Mount Forest successors to TONE - CLEANERS We Pick Up and Deliver Monday and Thursday Phone 230 - Seaforth ANDY CALDER AGENT Ladies' and Gents' 2 -piece Salta, $1; Plain Dresses, $1; Plain Skirts, 500; Gents' Trousers, 50c Quality Plus Service is Our Motto S. BUCHANAN - Proprietor "4:',zrf.? 4 . i'r'J;i.:. ^r. i.a'L.?i�-';a::',�.'i. �vt7•', i '3 ,f' titled "Huron County in Pioneer Times," which, touches the high spots of the early history of the county. This is a fitting place to read and review Mr. Scott's inter- esting booklet. As Hayfield, nest to ,Goderich, is the oldest place in the county, it ranks•only as it po- lice village today. If some one could collect all the stories of :Bayfieldfrom the days when Baron De Tuyle, with the blessing of the Oanada Company, laid out plans for a coming city they would make in themselves a rare and delightful book. We hope that when Mr. Scott gets around to his larger volume that there will be a chapter de- voted to Bayfield. The story de- serves telling of the days when Bayfield was the chief shipping port of Huron County, when it bad 15 to 20 hotels, when curling was indulged in on the river with -home- made wooden stones and cricket was played on Park Clan Macgre- gor. • There was the time after the Canada Temperance Act, better known as the Scott. Act, was first put into effect in the county, that Bayfield defied' with .guns the rev- enue officers. 'Isolated by the com- ing of the railroad, which passed Hayfield. by, it was a forgotten fish- ing village until some one discov- ered its glory as a summer resort. Mr. Scott is of the opinion that the first white man to see Huron County was that daring young ad- venturer and scoundrel, Etienne Brule, who came to New France with Champlain in 1608. Huron Tract, exeept for a few stray In- dians, was uninhabited for nearly 160 years after the massacre of the Jesuits and the extermination of the Huron Indians by the Iroquois. It was not until the 'twenties of the last century that settlement of Put your soil to work through the "Off Seasrn" TRAVEL RELAXED AND CAREFREE i111 �4,1{ ' /'/ 1 1i1'14 Iill`i�iil,i With the season of cropping now finished, you have depleted your soil of a great amount of minerals and plant food. Your soil organisms can restore this loss in the "off season" if you provide the necessary organic matter for conversion to plant food. btz- z REGISTRATION NO.3493 PCP al ANALYSIS t NITROGEN -2L `•� 00 tx�ya,e, .....- _..- "RIB AHER rieliD,mmrai►f . Plow under method Six tons of hay or straw per acre "turned in" with AERO Cyanamid adds organic matter equal to 20 tons of average manure. Your field trash is extremely valuable in building soil -put it to work now with AERO Cyanamid topromote rapid decomposition and plow under for soil organisms to work on through the off season. Orchards Now is the time to build up a nitrogen supply for your fruit trees. Nitrogen, the major requirement in orchards, can be supplied by slow acting AERO Cyanamid either broadcast or turned in with green manure or trash. Heavy cropping deletes nitrogen and now is the time to return it to the root systems to boost early Spring growth. Get AERO Cyanamid at your local farm supply DEALER sow CI -1 EXHIBITION EXHIBITION AUGUST 27 TO SEPTEMBER 11 FARE AND ONE-HALF FOR THE ROUND TRIP Good going Thurs., August 26 to Saturday, September 11, inclusive. Return limit -September 15 Full Information From any agent tf "a ; 41 n Saving money ... ancl. writing cheques A bank offers you two types of deposit account, Savings and Current. If your main purpose is to save, to accumulate funds, it's good to have a Savings. account. �Kaza�o� �.�; :, "�'q :,��'�� ')'.� i!%."�.�Y' `.N'Ah+iir a•�;i'i��:h1S�'°�'.a i'' �.%%"'..~i,'w.''��.n�'>SS' :.v�YY.`.Y'%',#:�:p/.:eRN%�if• .. :21`:.»,ffs ,».i. .r�,Ci.:<'n.;':k<X2'.�a"9;. ... � �' .. The money you leave in a Savings account earns interest, and your bank book gives you an up-to-date, continuing record of your financial progress. If your funds are active, with frequent deposits and withdrawals, a Current account provides a special service; a monthly statement, together with your cancelled cheques -useful as receipts ° and a ready reference for bud 'ng, bookkeeping and other p • •ses. . If you write cheques frequently, you will like the Mary advantages of a Current account. • THE BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY Wei t, ern Ontario started in earn- est It was in 1826 that the first house was built In what is now London. It was in this same year that the Canada Company bought front the British Government a mil- lion acres of land In the Huron Traet. John Galt, a Scottish nov- elist, author, poet and essayist, with a keen sympathy for the plight of dispossessd Scottish crofters, organized the Canada Company to open up settlements in the New World. John Galt was made commission- er of the new company and headed directly for Canada and his new reale i. He collected around him a group of rather remarkable men, including the famous Dr. William Dunlop, who had seen service in Canada in the War of 1812 and built the first road to Penetangui- shene, and Col. Anthony Van Eg- mond, a Dutch adventurer. Com- ing to Canada, 'Galt prepared to build a road through the new em- pire, which was blazed -by Dunlop and. constructed by Van E'gmon'd. Mr. .Scott tells briefly in his book- let the story of the troubles of Galt with the directors back in London, who knew nothing of the problems of pioneer settlements and of his final recall; the quar- rels between the company officials and the settlers; and the early stormy elections in Huron County. it- is difficult today to realize the hardships of the early settlers and their struggles to clear the bush and to market their produce. Roads through the virgin forests were the first necessity and until the coming of the railways most of the grain was shipped to market via the ports of Bayfield and Gode- rich. All through the'early troubled years the life of the county large- ly revolved around, Goderich. It was the headquarters of the Can- ada Company and Goderich early had a rather gay social life, It was not until the late sixties and the coming of the railways that new towns of importance sprang up. Mr. Scott reviews briefly the histories of Seaforth, Clinton, Exe- ter and Wingham and of the var- ious villages. Shortly after Confederation the railways of today were all built; the pioneer stage was ended and the pattern of the Huron County of today was set. The automobile and modern highways have again changed th picture. Even the mod- ern airplane had its place in Huron County with the Centralia Airport and the Clinton Radar School. What an amazing change in the past 125 years. It is a story of romance and progress. Howick Council August Meeting Howick Council met in the Clerk's office according to adjourn- ment, with Reeve H, Gowdy in the chair. and all members present. The minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read and on motion of McMichael and Kaufman were adopted as read. 'Moved by -Haskins and Gibson: That By --Law No. 8 of the Town- ship of Howick for the year 11954, as read the third time, be finally passed and that the- court of revi- sion be held on August 20, at 9 p.m. at the Clerk's office, Gorrie. Moved by McMichael and Kauf- man: That we accept the tender of G. A. Gibson & Sons for the old Boehler bridge for the sum of $165. Moved by Gibson and Kaufman: That the road accounts as approv- ed be paid. Accounts Passed Moved by McMichael and Has- kins: That the following accounts he paid: The Hanover I'ost. ad re dumping by --law, 89,60; Eakins & MacDonald, auditing Gorrie police village books, $20; auditing Wroxe- ter police village books, 820; audit- ing Fordwich police village books, $20: Finlay Radio & Electric, tube and starter, clerk's office, $1.60; R. W. N, Wade_legal liability policy, $$7.3 it Lewis Flowers, urns for cenotaph. $12; R. J. Lovell Co, Ltd. office supplies, $21.75; William D. Colby, survey. plan. report, etc., 1'. Vittie drain, $102.00; E. Mc- Michael, labor, re T. Vittie Drain. Fair Dates Listed Arthur Sept. 28, 29 Blyth Sept. 21, 22 Brussels Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Clifford Oct. 8, 9 Drayton Sept. 18 & 20 Dungannon Sept. 21 Elmira Sept. 3, 4 & 6 Exeter Sept. 22, 23 Fergus Sept. 10, 11 Fordwich- Oct. 1, 2 Hanover Sept. 15, 16 Ilderton Sept. 29 Kincardine Sept. 16, 17 Kirkton Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Listowel Sept. 27, 28 Lucknow Sept. 28, 29 Markdale Sept. 13, 14 Mildmay Sept. 13, 14 Milverton Sept. 24, 26 Mitchell Sept. 28, 29 Mt. Brydges Oct. 5 Mt. Forest Sept. 11-13 New Hamburg Sept. 17, 18 Paisley Sept. 20. 21 Palmerston Oct. 4, 5 Parkhill Sept. 24 Port Elgin Sept. 9, 10 Ripley Sept. 24. 25 Rodney Sept. 3 - 6 St. Marys Oct. 5, 6 SEAFORTH Sept. 22, 23, 24 Stratford Sept. 20-22 Strathroy Sept. 10, 11 Tara Sept. 29, 30 Tavistock Sept 10, 11 Teeswater Oct. 5, 6 Thedford Sept. 80, dot. 1 Tiverton Sept. 18, 14 Walkerton Nov. 8, '4 Marton Sept. 16, 17 Woodstock Aug. 26- 28 Zurich Sept. 27, 28 Internationl Plowing Match, Slap teirloo Co., Breslau ....dot. 12-15 Mrs. Chas. W. Parker, Bayfield, Observed Her 96th Birthday Congratulations go to Nra. Obs. W. Parker; Hayfield's Cxrand Old Lady, who on Friday, August 13, was $6 years young. Although grown frail with the years, Mrs. Parker still retains the dignity and regal carriage of ladies of her generation. And when call- ers drop in, she is still the perfect hostess. Formerly Catherine Johnston, youngest daughter of the late Christopher Johnston and Cather- ine Ervine, she was born and rais- ed on the farm on the Sauble Line, now owned by Sam Hohner. There was a great deal of bush in those days. Mrs. Parker, having rived here all her life, has witnessed the clearing and the pioneer methods change to this highly mechanized age. And as is natural, she recalls now to members of her family her young days, and talks of the neigh- boring families of Wild, Woods and Heard. 'Mrs. Parker's daughter, Marg- aret, and son-in-law, R, Larson, reside with her1 and with the ex- ception of her teldest son, Percy, she is fortunate in haVing all the members of her family ,reside in this district, or close enough to visit her on a Sunday. Percy Par- ker and his wife, Nekoma, N.D., visited his mother earlier in the summer. Due to her advanced year, no special celebration was planned this year, but there were those to whom she is "Mother", "Grand- ma", "Great Grandma" and "Aunt Kate" who dropped in to express loving felicitations on this occa- sion, and we join them 'in very best wishes. WINCHELSEA spealdi ' come hole and Mae. Breolf. ,Mr. and 'Mrs Bob 'Gardiner Anyone Wishing 0 TIMOTHY or ALS1. Contact SEAFORTH FARMERS COOP' WIN BIE': MONEY ON Mrs. Harold Pym, of Wingdram, visited Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Wib. 'Batten. 'Mrs. E. Walters, of London, spent th.e.„.past w•eelc with her -son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Denham, of Sarnia, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wib. Batten and at- tended the Batten reunion held at Seaforth Sunday afternoon. Mjss Wilma Walters and friend. spent the past week at Chesley Lake, Miss Patsy Dobbs, of Glen Cairn, $7; A. Gibson, labor, re T. Vittie drain. $7; Ivan Haskins, labor, re T. Vittie drain, $7; T. Vittie, labor, re T. Vittie Drain, $7; W. Under- wood, labor, re T. Vittie drain, $7; P. Durst, bylaws $50, clerk's fees $50, Wills Drain No. 2, part salary, $95, express, $1.95. Total, $496.27. Moved by Kaufman and McMich- ael: That we do now adjourn to meet again on September 8, or at the call of the Reeve. USBORNE & HIBBEICI MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE - EXETER, ONT President, William A. Hamilton Cromarty; Vice -President, Martis Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin. DIRECTORS -Harry Coates, Cen tralia; E. Clayton Colquhoun, R.R 1, Science Hill; Milton McCurdy R.R. 1, Mitchell; Alex J. Rhode R.R. 2, Mitchell. AGENTS -Thos. G. Ballantyne R.R. 1, Woodham; Clayton Harris R.R. 1, Mitchell; E..Ross Hough '.on, Cromarty. SOLICITOR -w. G.' Cochrane, Exeter. SECRETARY -TREASURER - Arthro "reser, Exeter. Did you know that,,, ALL EXISTING ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE SPEED RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN 1902 WHEN TRAVELLED A MILE IN 63' SECONDS IN THIS LOW - RIGGED MACHINE. A.L.RIKER Q HOLIDAY TRIP I5 NO FUN WHEN IT'S MARRED BY TIRE TROUBLE. WHY NOT DROR IN TODAY AND LET US REPLACE YOUR PRESENT WORN TIRES WITH LONG -MILEAGE, GUARANTEED GOODYEAR TIRES -THE BEST VALUE IN TOWN! SEE US SOON. LOOK FOR THIS "HIGH SIGN" OF QUALITY 1-60 R •v; PHONE: 452 'YOUR SHE,11. SERVICE S'ATION daily 2-3 p.m. CFPL RADIO BIG TOP BONUS FREE: TCA TRIP FOR TWO NEAR DETAILS DAILY ON THE SHOW SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS OPEN DAILY -. PHONE 3634 T. PRYDE & SON ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Enquiries are in¢iited. Exeter Phone 41.-J Clinton Phone 102 Your Business Directory LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc Phones: Office 173, Residence' 781 SEAFORTH ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors,Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chiropractic - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL Monday, Thursday - 1 to 8 p.m. • OPTOMETRIST JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist Eyes Examined. Glasses Fitted. Phone 791 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH Office Hours: Daily, except Mon- day, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to,9 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CLINTON-Monday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (McLaren's Studio). INSURANCE FOR ACCIDENT and SICKNESS INSURANCE LOW COST PROTECTION LIFE INSURANCE and RETIREMENT PLANS Phone, Write or Wire E. C. (Ned) BOSWELL JOHN ST. - SEAFORTH, ONT. Special Representative: The Occidental Life Insairance Co. of California. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, dot OFFICERS: President - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Vice -Pres. - J. H. McEwing, Blyth Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Wlhtt- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leoiltatdt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea - forth; John H. McEwing, Blyth: William 8. Alexander, Walton; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. l4. Pepper, Byueelield. AGB1NT8: William Leiper, Sr., Landeeberel; Y. le', Pinter. I3rodhegen; t ei* * Bake, llittanUti; iCtto M forth. anns,Gulp x�. MEDICAL DR. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone 90 : Seaforth If no answer, call 59 JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon - Phone 110 Henaali JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W; • Res. 5-3 Seaforth SEAFORTH CLINIC Telephone 26 E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. internest Telephone 27 P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Telephone 55 C. ELLIOTT, M.D. Telephone 26 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made., VETERINARY D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeon HENSALL, ONT. - PHONE 99 TURNBULL & BRYANS VETERINARY CLINIC J. O. Turnbull, D.V.M. W. R. Bryans, E.V.M. Phone 105 Seaforth ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant CLINTON ONTARIO Office: Phones: Royal Bank Office 561, Res. 485 A. M. HARPER Chartered Accountant 66 South St. Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. AUCTIONEERS JOSEPH L. RYAN Specialist in farm stock and iter' elements and, household effect•. Satisfaction guaranteed. Licenced in Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN„ R. R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r L Dublin. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondende promptly anewer. ed. Immediate arrangements CAS be made tor sale dates by phot 4664, Clinton. Chargee marls*, and ea;tistactton guaranteed. • PERCY C. WRIGHT Licensed A(idtlattballt . mei, Livestselt Mid Farm Sates a Bpaeea(ty for as better itilteteoil * ta. WEINU ;T Atteteon . � sa11, 00 r f!. se •