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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-04-13, Page 9entennual Histo • • • • • e • r • • w G000. SERVICE AT LOW LOW C. � g. 1966 CLASSIC SEDAN 1965 CHEV. BISCAYNE-6 Cylinder 1964.RAMBLER CLASSIC 1964 FORD GALAXIE 1964 MORRIS OXFORD 1963 CLASSIC. SEDAN. 1962 FORD WAGON 1962 AMBASSADOR 1961 BUICK SEDAN 1961 AMBASSADOR 1960. VALIANT Come and See the NEW 1967 MODELS MILLER• .MOTORS Phone 527-1410 : •Sealforth Amerietcn Motors Dealer When you -save: the you get Life Insurance too!.: /Assured savings plan Choose a five year savings goal. It could be as little as $600, or as much as $5,000. (Your convenient monthlydeposit can range from $10 to $83.33.) Whatever ' savings goal you set for yourself, that's the amount of Life Insurance protection you have, for five years, from the minute you make your first deposit. This is in addition to a{♦ deposits made, plus the bonus your savings have earned. Whether you're saving for your children's education, for the down payment on a new home, for a retirement nest egg ... or even if you don't have a special objective in mind, a'sk your ' Toronto=Dominion Manager about the Go -Ahead, way of saving ..:Toronto -Dominion's' Assured Savings Plan. No medical is required. Great Go -Ahead idea'Frot ' TORONTO-D0M N CN The Bank where people make the difference.. • • W. D. STEPHENSON, Manager Seaforth (This is one in a series of ar- ticles dealing with the, history of Grey Township and is pre- pare by the 'Grey. Centennial Conimittee.) 'Grey Township,, Centennial sketch of Walton. ' "The Queen's Bush" was the term used todesignate that por- tion of Ontario now .known as Huron County when it was un- broken forest. To' that section of Huron County of which Walton now ,forms the centre, there -Was -a great influx of settlers during the years 1$.52 to 1856. These settlers were •English, Irish and Scotch, but mostly Scotch. The first settlers came on foot along the Huron Road. There was no Seaforth then ,and no direct read from Seaforth to Walton. These' immigrants eros- sed.the stream. at places called Harpurhey and Rokborough. It was, some time after 1854 that this road was "undiermrush- e�eki oitt" to the vicinity of GY'feve's bridge by John-McFad= zean, his son Thomas and Mr. Masher. John McFadZean with two sons, and Mr. Masher came in 1854 to "take up" land. They lighted a fire and spent the night on the knoll where Ross Bennett's orchard was located. It was not long before nearly all the land in the community was taken up. Mr. Smillie, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Blair, Mr. McLeod and many others came during the 50's. ' Walton is situated at the south west corner ,of Grey Township. At one time known as the "Gravel Road", a road runs between' Seaforth and Wroxeter which forms the township line between Grey, Morris and McKillop townships. During 1963 this road was wid- ened, rebuilt and regraded and surfaced and is now known, as highway, 12. This gives. Walton two primary county routes com- parable to some of the province's busiest highways. Walton derived its.riame from Walton, England and was nam- ed by Mr. J. Hewitt who owned land in the village. Mr. Gordon McGavin visited Walton, Eng- land several years ago, while on a business trip and describ- ed -it as -a divan -glace similar to Walton, Ontario. The first Post office was es - BUR S CLEANER NO SMOKE, NOODOUR • HEATING OIL Walden $ ' Broadfoot Phone 527-1224 •- Seaforth WHE BEA NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR SEED SANALAC • SEAWAY • MICHELITE 62 BEAN CONTRACTS AVA1LABLE EPTAM PROVEN WEED CONTROL FOR WHITE BEANS SEED GRAIN - OATS and BARLEY FULL LINE OF CLOVER and ,GRASS SEEDS At 'Popular Prices Bulk and Bags W. G. Thompson & Son LIMITED HENSALL 262-2527 tablished In '1862 with George 'Bigger; as postmaster. Ober postmasters included Mr. pat- terson, Mr. Blatchford, Mr. Pol- lard, Mr, William G, Neal, Ber- nie and McLeod, Mr." W. C. Bennett, Mr. Barry Marshall and the postmaster at present is Stewart Humphries. The telegraph ran through first it was the type that put the message on paper in the form of a .code. Later a ticker type was used. The telephone came in 1908. .. In 1862 it bad, a general store, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, wa- gon shop, carpenter' shop, saw mill, cheese factory, grist mill, stove and iron shop, two hotels, three churches and a school. •The... CPR Railway was built. •in 1907 from 'Goderich to. Guelph. Froni 1907 to 1930, four passenger trains ran a reg• ular schedule from Hamilt ` to Goderich but a'diesel engin was put"on in• 1930 and only a round trip a day made. LAW. a mixed) train was operated. In January of this year, 1967, six- ty years later, the 'station which had been built by the late Harry Edge • of Seaforth, was sold to Alex Gulutzen, who dismantled it and moved the frieght shed to his farm on the 17th con- cession of Grey. During the 'summer of 1924 a hydro line was extended from Seaforth-- to Walton. A progres- sive merchant of Walton, the late Wm. G. Neal, • upon his death; made a bequest for the purpose of installing street lights. His wishes were carried out .in 1930: The first account of any school house built •on the south east -corner of lot 5, con- cession 15, Grey Township. This property is now .owned by Arie Peters. This was replaced by a frame school on • the south- east corner of lot 30, concession 9, 'Morris. Later another school was built to the east of this frame school and joined to it by a hallway. In 1907 a red brick school was built. to take the place of these two. buildings. The buildings at one time held classes in both the class rooms and the basement. On account of overcrowding another school was built in '1920. This school stood a few yards to the north ,on the same property. This was built for the jurfior classes. It was a frame building covered with red agphalt shingles, This school was closed in 1932 and the pupils returned to the red brick school. A new school known as Grey Township School Area ,No. 2 was officially open- ed • December 12, 1962. The red brickPschool was pur- chased by. Gordon.MoGavin . and is known as McGavin's Farm Equipment. Depot. A 1600 foot machine shop has been added to the school. In the early '1900's, Walton was a very busy place with the saw mill providing employment for many. The first owner was Mr. Knox, ,next . Mr. Adams and. later Louis McDonald who was followed by his son John Mc- Donald. Iii the summer of 19t1 this mill was destroyed by' fire but was rebuilt. At the time of closing it -was owned by the late Duncanohnston. Other businesses in the vil- lage included - three general. stores, '12 blacksmith shops, im- plement shop, dress making shop, confectionery and butch- er shop, two hotels, flax mill, harness shop,• jewellery store, BINGO WINNERS Following are the winners at the bingo held in the Legion Hall, Friday evening. Special games: Eileen Plante, Seaforth; .Mrs.. Gordon -Lawson, Clinton; Frank Skinner, Mit- chell; Mrs. Daisy McLean, Brus- sels. Door prizes were won' by Mrs. Joe Steep, Clinton and.Bob Miller, Clinton. Regular games: Mrs. Walker, Listowel; Bev Lee,. Clinton and Mrs. Schane, Mitchell; Mrs. Jim Watson, Seaforth; Sandy Gibson, Clinton] Mrs. Jim Watson, Sea - forth; Hazel Dillon, Seaforth; Isabel Rau, Seaforth; Mrs. Gibbs, Clinton; Bill Austin, Seaforth; Mr. Powell, Clinton; Jim Wat- son, Seaforth; Hazel Dillon, Sea - forth. • For Complete • INSURANCE on your HOME, BUSINESS, FARM, CAR, ACCIDENT, LIABILITY OR LIFE , SEE JOHN A. CARDNO Insurance Agency Phone 527-0490 s Seaforth Office (meaty Opposite Seaforth Motors bank, livery stable, doetor, vet- er'inary, three churches, garage, barber shop, Orange, Hall, work men's hall which was later 're- placed by a Community Hall, public library, which has rec- ently joined the Huron County Library System with Mrs, Tor- rance `Dundas as librarian. At the . present time Walton has two general stores, Humphries and Co. and the P. Minis store, .Marks and Sons garage, Post Office with Stewart Humphries as postmaster, cold storage and egg grading station, .Bon'ald Bennett, McGavin's Fain Equip. ment, Gordon Me Grin and son Neil, Feed Mill, Herbert Traviss, pool room and barber shop, Wil- liam Thamer and -son John, beauty salon, Mrs. Alexander Gulutzen and one church. ..�.. In 1883 a meeting was called to discuss the erection of a church. This little Presbyterian 'Church server) its time and lat- er a new chuich was built which served the congregation until the present church was er- ected in 1912. The United Pres- byterian Church, of North Am- erica joined with the Presby- terian Church of Canada and in 1925, the Methodists Church in Canada joined making it the United Church of Canada. ' On Sunday, September 9, 1965, the congregation observed the 100th year of the founding of the con- gregation with Rev. Arthur Higginbotham as minister. In 1962 twelve families from ,Beth- el United. Church,•McKillop, joined with the church. Anglican Church services were held in the village in July, 1872 in the school house. In 1873 in the Orange Hall: The present church was built . in 1880 on John Hewitt's farms -He donated -the . land en condition that he and his .wife and im- mediate family would be buried there on the church property. This promise was fulfilled 'and their graves are to be seen on the property today." This church has been closed for a number of years with the members join- ing with St. John's Anglican Church Brussels. 'Families of the Boman Cath- olic ' faith attend St. Ambrose rman Catholic Church, Bras:: sels. • K d Child Lives W.hy 4a some kids grow up. to: a 'tvelludjustedi adults,, while others go wrong' ;here la on 'simple answer to this question,. but .most . psychologists agree that children are inclined to follow the example set py their' Parents. With this thought' in mind, perhaps, an unknown writer created this list of cause- effect observations: If a child lives with hostility, he learn to fight. If a chil"d lives with critism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with fear,. he learns to be apprehensive. If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to hate. If a child lives. with self-pity, he learns to be sorry for himself. If a child) lives with .encourage- ment, he learns self-confi- dence. a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative. If a child) lives with acceptance, he learns to love. • If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself. tf a child) lives with fairness, he learns justice. If a child lives with honestly, he learns what truth is. If a child lives with friendliness, he learns that tile world is a nice place in which to live. 1$ —Anonymous Remember! It takes but ,a moment to place an Expositor Want Ad and be money pocket. To advertise, just Dial' Seaforth 527-0240. 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