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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-04-06, Page 14E HU ON EXPOSITQ SEAFORTH. ONT., APRIL, 6„ 196i HIktory '-a'bs is elle in a series of G4lrtfe1es. dealing with the his= itory of Grey Tewnship and prepared by the Grey Cen- 'Genn.nal Committee.) Henfryn Two houses and a tile yard all that -remains Of a once u y haei.let .oh the town; line tween Elma and Grey ownships- A,n, historical at - Us records that 1ren tryn a Station on the Wellington, Grey and Bruce railway had X50 inhabitants, and numer- pus business establishments including a tile and brick yard, a general store, hotel, a saw mill, a tailor shop, broom factory, blacksmith shop, and yards for --shipping cattle, . The two churches, Angli- ean and Methodist, were situ- ated on either side of the hotreet, at one time lilted with uses. The Methodist .congre- gation dwindled.. and t he church •wee purchased by the *nglicarys and Used; as a com- munity hall for many years. The lot on which the Angle - can church 'was built was ob- tainedfront- a Welshman, Ed. - Clark Kearns Davies, on arch 1'0, 1882. “Pine from arch • Dairies' sawmill nearby was used for the floor, doors and pews. The bricks came from the yard across the road from .:the mill. David Edgar helped haul sand. Andrew Laililaw of Lot 3, Con. 7,. Elma Township helped haul stone. The tenth concession was' just a trail through the bush at this time. The, church was named af- ter the Welsh Saint David. The Rev. C. J. A. Batstone was the first incumbent. The Ladies' Guild was formed during the pastorate of Rev. ALL TYPES INSURANCE Donald G. Eaton Office in 'Masonic Block -Main Street Phone 527-1610 :. Seaforth B. G. Buley front 1935-38. On June 30, 1957 the 75th Anniversary was celebrated Rev. J. 11. Kerr, assisted by his nephew Rev. R. J. Kerr (former students entering the ministry from St. David's, Henfryn) returned to preach at the services. After the 80th Anniversary services on June 24th, 1962, Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Jennings were preeeti,ted with a 25th wedding gift from the con- gregation. On Sunday, June 26, 1964' at 9:15 a.m. the last regular service was held. On this day Philip Robbie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Edgar was baptized. The tile and brick yard was started over eighty years ago by Mr. Middleholt. The next operator Was Sam Wright followed by Sig. Cole, Thomas Doherty, Ralph Thompson and Homer Hen- derson,. to 1957 Mr. Hender- son purchased 13 acres of land from . Mrs. Charles Butt- ery to build a new plant far- ther from the branch of the Maitland River which contin- ually flooded -the -old plant. The clay in this area has proved more suitable for the the than brick, though there are a number of buildings in the locality made -of Henfryn brick, notably Union Church (now owned by the Qonseeva- tive Mennonite Church of On- tario) and the two remaining houses at Henfryn. Originally the . kilns at the yard were fired with world. Many men were required to cut cord wood in the winter time, and the usual ' wage was $1.50 a cord. Mrs.. Wrn. Baker of Ethel recalls that the• stock for gen- eral stores came mainly on the train from London. There were many commercial trav- ellers who displayed their wares in a "sample" room in the hotel at Ethel, and took orders from the 'neighboring store keepers. Henfryn store was built and operated by J. H. Thompson for many years. Mr, George Michael was the, final proprietor as the store burned down •in; 1939 and the Michael family moved to Cranbrook. MAIN STREET VARIETY 'The Store with Almost Everything" IMPORTED — TEXTILES —• BLANKETS WOOL :— TAPESTRIES -- FLOOR COVERINGS HOLLAND .STYLE GROCERIES and COLD MEATS SEAFORTH, ONTARIO I. Bus. 527-1640 Res. 527-1623 Is Certeinjai Feature Good clothes for men were - made at -)he tailor shop. Work clothing was all made in the home. Dressmakers were plentiful in the community, They made their own patterns and sewed for 35 cents a day. The hotel et lienfiyn situa- ted -strategically about • half- way between Kitchener and Goderich did a tremendous business in meals, lodging and drinks. Now the station is gone a- long with the store, the'shops and St. David's Church which was torn down in 1964, all victims of a decreasing ,rural population. Moncrieff is located on lot 90 and 31, concession i6, Grey and derived the name from a place in Scotland. The CPR was built about 1906 and runs about lee miles to the south. To the bast of our knowledge the firit settlers came in 1860. They were Hartwell and Luke, Speiran and McI' aughts; soon followed by Robert . Machan, William Smith, Browns, Camp- bells, Mcleays, •Robertsons, Har- risons,- Osborne, Livingstone, Sparlings, Fewsters, Kellys, Mc- Taggarts, Pattersons, Olivers, Harbottles,' McLeods. Some of these people were known to have carried two pails of but- ter to Mitchell and Seaforth and return carrying a cwt. of flour. The women knit socks and exchanged them in Mit- chell for food and clothing. For some Cranbrook was their near- est place to shop via a trail through,;rthe, bush. When Mrs. William Smith died her hus- band' made her casket; painted it with lamp black, and the neighbors carried it about six miles to what is now highway 23, from there it was taken by oxen to Mitchell. The children had to walk four miles to school until 1872 when the first log school was completed. The first school board was S. McKay, H. Speir- an and H. Woods. The logs were cut from the woods close at -hand, •giany in the school .yard. In 1892 plans were- made to build a new school en the same sate as the first school. The school board was then John Mc- Naught, Mr. Harbottle and Mr. S. McKay. Mr. McKay being the contractor to build both these` schools. The second school be- ing completed in 1893, had over 60 pupils, and the- teach- er's salary was about $275.00. In 1924 plans were made to build the third school on the same grounds, (S.S. N. 9j: Mr. Dennen, Seaforth, was the' con- • AGRICO 82% NITROGEN 15 THE LOWEST COST SOURCE OF NITROGEN • APPLIED • DIRECTLY AT ROOT ZONE- WHERE ITS NEEDED • EASY TO HANDLENO LIFTING , • APPLY YOURSELF, OR• - • CUSTOM -APPLIED. BY HAUGH BROS. Other Agrico Services: - • SOIL ANALYSIS • PLANT .-ANALYSIS " HIGH ANALYSIS FERTILIZER • BULK OR BAG • BULK SPREADING EQUIPMENT RENTAL ANHYDROUSAMMOIA AND PLICA" ` AT YOW RENTAL tractor who completed it to open on Nov. 10, 1925; with Mise. SadieMcNair as teacher. In December a concert and box social was held, the program provided by the pupils, the' pro- ceeds provided pictures for the school. The school board enter- ed the township school area January, 1947. In 1965; the school was closed and'the pupils transported to the Central School .at Ethel. Music instruc- tions were commenced' in the school in 1937_ The community hall was built in 1926 and served the coin'zpun- ity meth the end of 1965, when the former school was purchas- ed by the community. In 1966 the hall was sold. - Three saw mills were erect- ed on the 16th concessionewith- in 3% miles, also one on the Logan, Grey boundary, kjbwn as Stowe Milt, there was soon a village there called Stoweville, later named Carmmunock. There Was a trail through the bush From the 16th concession to Stoweville. The trail was named Young St. because of people. by the name of Yqung living on the former William Robertson farmer, lot 32 and part lot 33, concession 15. The- first mail was -brought from Cranbrook every two weeks to McTaggart's, later the mail came three times a week via Monkton, Carmrnunock and Moncrieff. The first mail car- rier to bring mail to Moncrieff was Sandy Campbell to be fol- lowed by .Marshall Harrison; Sr. and William Bray, at this time the Post Office- was in George McKay's house. The Post Office was moved from McKay'S in 1897 when the first .store was built by Mrs. Lucas, a widow with two small daughters. This store was owned by John Mc- Kay, George McKay, - Dave Shiells, John Hislop; Jack San- ders, Wili'iam Schnock, John McEwen, Mac Abram; Curt 'Rathwell and was burned while owned by Mr. Rathwell. Rich- ard Pratt built the present -store now owned by Mrs. F._ A. Har- rison and Sons.. McNaught Station on CPR, a short distance from Moncrieff was a thriving shipping station for livestock and baled hay. The people of the community planned excursions by rail to Goderich which was enjoyed immensely. • The ape ling of the first Meth- odist Church, named 'Bethel, took place in 1893,priorto' this the people worshipped in the school and "met in homes for prayer meetings. The school soon became to :mall for the crowd. The community was can- vassed, enough , fundi were promised to commence build. ing the church. Charles Queren- gesser, owner of a saw mill, do- nated most of the lumber. Rev. Watt, minister at Henfryn, (fath- er of the late Mrs, George E. Speiran) supervised the carpen- ter . work. The organ was pur- chased in Listowel for about $65.00. Rev. Watt came every Sunday night to preach, bring-• ing his daughter Mina to play the organ. A stranger (who's name was never known by anyone) passed by while the church was being built, enquired if they had a Bible for the Church. The men answered no and in a few days Rev. Watt received a lovely large Bible in the mail. The Bethel Church* was closed for a while 'because of six ap- pointments on the charge, ,the farthest one being Roe's Chrtirch on, concession four. The Presby- terians then purchased the church and wee' on 'the Crap - brook charge with Rev. 1D, B.- McCrae :McCrae preaching every other Sunday. In 1910 the Bethel con- gregation made .application to Presbytery to have a service every Sunday. Rev. D. Perrie, Wingham, Rev. A. C. Wishart, Brussels and Rev. 11. A. Lundy, Walton, represented the congre- gation at Maitland Presbytery. This was grantedethe name was changed to Knox and Rev. Lun- dy was the first minister of this church. The building was replaced by the present church which was officially opened in February, 1912, in 1925 it be- came a United Church. There was a Blacksmith shop built by . a Mr. Munn,- other blacksmiths were Mr. ' Arm- strong, Leander . Gale, Henry Feltz. The house 'belonging to the shop • was• burned during Henry Feltz's time in . 1948. There is a storage shed for fer- tilizer on this property • now owned by Mrs. F. A. Harrison CO-RSITU ER Bras, q Girdles, Corsets and Support Garments TO FIT ALL FIGURES At Reasonable Prices Mrs. J. Hoelscher George St. — One Block East • SEAFORTH of Library 4 and'ns. Th'Soe chapPing'tn'II .and house built by Mr. J'gsep ,Riehl s'tiil serves, the eommunity. Where the elevator now ' stands was once a tile yard that manufac- tured, several hundred tile a day of various sizes. Thefirst cars came ta the community about 19,14, soon to be followed by tractors - and radios. , The telephone'. came- about 1910. The party 116e on canoes- sion 16 was 3% miles long' with about eight subscribers on it. For entertainment Duncan McTaggart was often requested to sing over the telephone, During the two world wars, several 'from the ceremunity- served for our country, some did not • return. The hydro cams. about 1937. The library board committee . was appointed at a farm forum meeting held at Harold Keys' in November, 1947. The lib- rary was an associate of Huron County Library. The store pro - The vides accommodation for . this se>viee.._ The Women's Institute was formed in October, 1951.. It has been active in the community in 4R Clubs, renovating the community halts, etc. Through the past years, there have been many ball teams, football, and softball, enjoyed in the community park. Look for more Grey Town- ship items next week in con- nection onnection with the - Centennial celebration, Remember! It takes but a moment to place an 'Expositor Want Ad and be, money in pocket. To advertise, just Dia' Seaforth 527-0240. rncilt Stl i nbbsen GROUP 4. LErE . ACc DEIV+ ihnd. •IcKNESS • MAJOR MEDICAL ' : I ENS1ON$• • A 1NUITIES ' liepresadtlpg , SOLire Assurance Company of Canada 117OD G ENRICH ST« EAST SEAFORTH TELEPHONE 527-0410 .Seaforth Monument Works All Types of Cemetery Memorials OPEN DAILY T. PRYDE & SON Inquiries- are invited -- Telephone Numbers: EXETER 225-0620 4 CLINTON 4$2.9421 SEAFORTH: Contact, Willis Dundas USE EXPOSITOR CLASSIFIED . 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