HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-12-06, Page 3We are in the market for
Shelled Corn.
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BEANS!!
We are wanting White Beans
E. L. Mickle& Son
Phone 103 Hensall
2471 T'4rk Street,.
Lapeer, Michigan,
Irclitor, The Huron Expgsiter:
An old friend, writing from the
larucefield-Hensall area recently•
asked, Jim, do you ",remember
when, for a penny purchase at Mrs.
Baird's store at Brucefield, we
drew a number, and sometimes.
got a prize?"
Yes; indeed I do! I loved it!
And se did all the school kids_ of
that time. But • someone found
fault saying, it •was a form of
gambling; so Mrs. Baird, gentle,
laving,* motherly woman that she
was, -stopped the. practice. She had
three sons, James, George and
Walter.
Mrs. Baird's store 'Ives burned
fb.tite ground. I think it was about
1. a.m., when Uncle Jack McQueen
awakened me, and told me to look
south to the village. "Brucefield
is op fire!" he said. We walked
down the mile. The old -American
House was well gutted by the
flames; soon they licked into the
residence and blacksmith shop of
Dan Campbell, then on to. Jack
was i 11 in 'bed.' I recall„ mels .early-
ing bier 04;4 believe Jar. Swan,
Andrew. Scott,, Jack Snider,, .Jack
Kaiser, Jack McIntosh. and seine
others. I 'recall • that as we
walked back home that morning
about T a,m:; Andrew Dav
Said to Uncle Jack, "Jack, I'llidson.tell
you something, they'll never re-
build the Old American, and Bruce-.
field will never quite be the same
again." Andrew spoke of the days
when it was run by Joe Rotten -
bury, . then Jim Turner, • Reuben
Graham, Jack McKay, Charley
Wilson, finally' the man whose.
name I cannot remember, who
was the owner when it burned. He
had been there only a short time.
Charley Wilson was now over in
the Dixon House; a ready hand-
shaker and back -slapper, and much'
of his old trade at the American
had followed him. The American
was "sinking."
Speaking of Jack McKay, his
tenure in the American was brief
too. He was accidentallyshot by
his own .gun, while, hunting with
Jack Snider, in, I believe it was
Jimmy Aikenhead's bush, off the
Snider's harness and bicycle store, Bayfield Road. I'm not sure, but
then to Mrs. Baird's. Mrs. Baird I believe be fell across a log, or
tripped over a,twig-'–or something
Hxucefjeld' liked Jack McKay.
I rrnumber -so vividly how, on
MY WAY to school mornings, I us-
ed to. see Zack McKay., sweeping
off'the,long front porch, and smok-
ing a long, straight -stem, pipe,
smoke flying as he swept, it seem-
ed to arouse an amazing eurisity
within me— be seemed to enjoy it
so—and I've often wondered if
realy that is the reason I've
smoked several hundred straight -
stem pipes since—well, sinee I was
18 or thereabouts.
In those days, Joe Robinson's
carriage shop was across from
Jack Kaiser's blacksmith shop.
South of Kaiser's was Wm. Scott's
wood warehouse. South of Robin-
son's was Wm, Scott's oil store
(the original Glascow store) that
he first established. Then Mun-
ro's butcher shop., Jim Swan's
Massey -Harris, W. Scott & Co.
general store, Simpson's general
store, "Goody" Mark's store, Mc-
Cartney Bros.' farm implements,
Dr. McIntosh, and I believe, Mr.
Jamieson, long choir leader in the
old Presbyterian Chureh, still con -
.ducted his shoe repair business in
that block. I remember the busy
Ilion Ilouse, and its a'1ways •
ed hotel sheds,, how the spa sous,
village hall 000w:as rent ;orr
dances,, for -the' aiinuaal Farmers':
institute meetings (and at w$01.4
the late M. Y. McLean'so,
many times a le; ding speakeA),,
Yes, an how the Tuckexsmith
ratepayers used to demand of An-.
drew 'SOU, so many years th;
principal of, the nearby Tacker-
smith school, that he take .the of
ternoon off on "Nomination ,Day"
in that•hall. He- was 'ttle only Mali..
who could successfully chairman.
the annual "rip and roar" session
and keep the blue -bloods of.: that
era from fistic encounters while
they nominated a slate of candi-
dates for reeve and for council.
These were days before Local Op-
tion, and I remember too, how
sometimes a few of the veteran
stalwarts of Tuckersmith (and
Stanley .too) would wend their way
homeward, afterwards, happy, very
happy—whatever it was that made
them so happy—well, in those
days of my youth I didn't quite
understand.
' But they were a great band of
men, every one of them. It was
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