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Dubli. Fridiy, September
16,.was°Iruly.,a Olay he Will
never.forget,.as tie was one of
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nine mein hQwexe, oirtggd
for 50.y0 of service tokthe
Toroat44t ',kyards.
e,:...H n Honourable Denis
The',;;;41blister
Tieibxel) ;�pfAgrieul-
ture for.:wOnterio'"epo a to
those kin attendance at this
special occasiotnand•Mr. Don
Math soul Chairman of the
OntarioItockyard Board in:
troducqed'and gave a brief
restunle.of the shipping days
of each Of the nine :honoured
guests,.
Mr. G.ainfible, ,president of
the Toronto Stockyards pre-
sented each gentleman with
tiI ked 5iiboase. free. bpyecs, 10110 flraf *Olen I
sit
Lh for $4 to $6 esth 10,1.946,
ehtgraveil striver fra ,.:Iu ( t fpr 130 to
ort 'thHtrt 1rCgaq lat�the,, �'oro6ioStockj'. Jee, sol¢ fat y(4
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k e) �s price
`fit are u � h t Y
tittle w,ped stoves ark w In 1935 Joe recalls b 9 b
the t ,;ye , 1. r, ' ' he only heti wtis from a ,..yt�s in 1960. yy� . 14c r. lb, y!' lewOtli
and
,''Years, gvShe `est• uite a few ship era cram'' '"stockers for 3c•to 4c per lb:, at that :time was considered
wii°614a,, Mr, Shea as p
wafghel9 the ps$ iit►g• oftt►is". i?d iq this ,little, .el.i . t ? And selling th.. fat cattle fot Sc never to be higher heals.
thei Ming the five hilar tide to" to 6c per lb and cows sold for After, the death of his
tory with rival
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chs gCa in the Inn nd oY; Toronto," die says ti 2c to, Ober lb, In comparison uncle,' Jim Shea in 1946, Joe
� . - a,,, b�, o_ aau 1947 to ship and grow'throf the nt ;' et ' In the wilder the cattle for 70c to 7Sc per lb, and cows quite heavily every week and
fo tlI a industry Bac in Were usually brought iin'b' 4 sell for 50c to 55c per lb. has continued to'buy and sell
the 19 0�sjind early 1930 ttea ,hahetes
er s . settln. e, In igh During the Depression Jer- cattle ever since,'
Joe pftetiaccompanied k earl 30's the sey calves sold for 25c each In all the thousands - of
uncle. `Jith hea, who vi as' ashippers began while other calves were sell- cattle Joe has shipped over
cattle drover who.set the
to use trucks to transport
stage for Joe`s; future• their cattle as le was, more
g convenient and tess.costly.Cattle back then wer t
driven on foot formilesto the . When they shipped by rail
train station in Dublin where the cattle gwere loaded on
the were loaded on the train e Toron-
Saturday
Monday's sale.d taken There -
and shipped to Toronto, and if (( foto„ the shipper had to
you shipped a car load of feed and water from
cattle, as an added bonus, the purchase
train would ie you ride in the the stockyard for his cattle.
W ing a ttl 3 t)ie f... a t to today when fat cattle sell began ie J sty
The trucks wouhl load on
Sunday night and be in
Toronto for Monday morning
sale and the buyers preferred
the cattle off the trucks which
had not eaten or drank for the
previous 5 to 6 hours, rather
than the livestock that was
well fed and watered up to
sale time as these cattle
weighed out heavier and cost
the buyer more money.
As times progressed in the
early 30's Joe began to ship
with Tom Purc4411 and then
Joe Matthews Who owned a
small truck which held 6 to 8
Cattle. ,It took them 4'/2 to 5
hours to get to Toronto. Joe
also shipped cattle with Russ
Parsons. At this time the
The steer at left, a 4-yearrept. owned by Jack Drown of livestock were not sold by
Staffa, was the biggest Joe Shba shipped in 50 years. The auction as is done now, but
photo was taken in 1952. were all privately sold to
Hibbert UCW hears
about Exeter home
Correspondent
MRS. JOHN TEMPLEMAN
345-2346
Mrs. Jean Carey hosted the
Cromarty Ladies Aid meeting
Sept. 12.
Mrs. John Templeman had
the devotions. All answered
the roll call by naming their
favorite vegetable.
The upcoming attic, bake
and craft sale on Oct. 15 was
discussed.
The Ladies Aid will host the
ladie of the church at their
Dd'ce,bber meeting. Mrs. El-
don Allen will be in charge of
the devotions and program.
Mrs.Jim Miller and Mrs.
John Templeman, the lunch.
Guest speakers at the Sep-
tember meeting of the Hib-
bert United Church Women
were members of the staff of
Huron Street Residence, Exe-
ter, the newest of Parkhill
Group Homes. This private
charitable organization has
operated within the London -
Parkhill area for 29 years.
This latest .home for the
developmentally handicap-
ped is for children of the
Huron -Perth area.
A staff of 1.5 provides a
home -life environment for
eight resident. vounvste.c U
also offers weekend care for
the similarly helpless young
ofather families, up to two at
a time.
Government funding by
the ministry of community
and social services covers the
bulk of costs but six per cent
of expenses must come from
fees, bake sales, donations
etc.
Following a question per-
iod and courtesy remarks,
Mrs.. Arthur Kemp.and Mrs.
Lorne Fell ,led the group in a
seredee of,W9r3hip•
Busines conducted by
Mrs. Lloydarker, with sec-
retary Mrs. Wm. Mahon and
pianist, Mrs. Robert Mc-
Caughey,.,iiicluded a discus-
sion of up -coming catering,
notice of the regional meeting
at Kirkton on Oct. 19 and the
family dance in the Crystal
Palace, Mitchell on Oct. 7, as
well as mention of recent
Presbyterial executive ga-
thering, and consideration of
problems relating to land-
scaping.
Following th tbenediction,
hostesses Mrs. i-lugh Norris
and Mrs, Murray Christie
served lunch.
Mrs. Hazel Sadler, Sault
Ste. Marie, visited with Mr.
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Joe Shea with the silver tray presented to him by Toronto
Stockyards. The truck in the background is about the size of
those used to ship cattle In the 30a. ' (Photo by White)
the ;Years, he 'i _ „n a
shipped two tEgrs for JticTe
DDrowtiin abou 1952,fine was ,
four yew old and welshed
420 lbs. Id the otier'was
,three years old and weighed
1,640 Ib. The four-year-i6
was the heaviest steer that'he
ever shipped. pp .1413,
Overth • t So ears
has sip a to M. "guild.
(McCur and McCurdy),
Slack Brothe, Cilia; and'
.Pinky) and Newton and Mc
Convey at the Toronto Stock-..
yards He also sold to, Whyte
Packing' Company, 'Scheel -
Acts, .l urns,sez,Packe „
and has' slipped Cattle to
England', in the early ,days,
and in the 50's he shipped
many cattle to Detroit and
Buffalo:
When the foot-and-mouth
diseasebrokeout in the cattle
in thi mid 50's in Alberta, a
quarantine ,vas put on ail,
1 vestock an no cattle could
beshipped to the United
" States until the ban was lifted
and then trade resumed. -At
this time; Joe was buying
stockers here and dealing
with J. W. Masse of Ayr, who
was supplying cattle through-
out. the .country. Joe then
begaq , to ship with Frank
Cronin:..
Great strides were being
madein the hauling of cattle.
Instead of eight cattle, they
could haul 12 cattle in a larger
truck and as time passed and
trucks.:got larger again, they
and Mrs. Clifton Miller and
other relatives in the comr
munity and presided at the \
Hamilton reunion hosted by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott.
and Dean at their home
An enjoyable evening of
music was held in Cromarty
Presbyterian Church on Sun-
` day evening; with a good
crowd in attendance. Rev.
Ken Knight chaired the eve-
ning which was highlighted
with the delightful music of
t4 Bells' of St.' Mary's. Ten
, young ladies under the.direc-
tion of their leader, Mts. Julie
Stevens, presented favourite
sacred music on the bells.
Also much enjoyed by all
present were solos by Mrs.
Hazel Sadler accompanied by
Mrs. Elmer Dow and several
numbers by the Coven Pres-
byterian Church Choir, Exe-
ter, accompanied by Mr. Bob
11clntosh.
Me. and Mrs. George Viv-
ian and family have recently
moved to Mitchell. Neigh-
bours and friends have plan-
ned a farewell party for them
at Staffa Hall on Saturday
evening October I.
Sorry to report that Mr.
Calder McKaig is a patient in
Stratford General Hosnital.
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Joe Shea was at work
1e:
last week with his ever-present cane at O'Rourke Transport.
took 19 fat cattle at a time to
Toronto. This was •pro gss.
but it did not stop there.
Mote cattle were being
shipped and larger equip-
ment was being purchased to
accommodate the growing
business. Frank was joined
,by his brothers Joe and Bob
and they drew cattle for Joe
under the name of Cronin
t
Transport.
In 1962 Joe was shipping 45
to 50 fat cattle at a time on a
Posumbelly, a double -de ker
truck, and it now only k
21/2 hours to go to Toro to.
Joe shipped with the Cro in
brothers forapproximately l0
years. For the past sev'n
years he has been shipping
with O'Rourke Transport out
of their new livestock yards '4
mile north of Dublin.
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Joe has dealt with three
generations of farmers from
Hibbert, McKillop, Logan
and Tuckersmith Townships.
Not only has he shijiped and
sold their livestock, but he
buys stockers from the West,
at the Denfield Sale and at the
Cargill sale to replenish their
herds.
Joe travels to Tor9tito and
watches the cattle he is
shipping for farmers go
through the auction ring and
if he feels that the price is not
high enough, hepasses them
. through the ring and brings
them back later for new
buyers to bid on to get the
best price per Ib. for the man
he represents.
it has been a rewarding and
very interesting 50 years for
him, he says. He has travel-
led many a long mile in good
and bad weather, met and
dealt with people throughbut
the surrounding townships.
He has shared his life and
busy times with his wife
Loretta (Delaney) for the past
47 years and raised a family of
four girls and one son Jim,
who helps on their farm in
McKillop township, with
their beef herd and crops."
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