The Huron Expositor, 1967-06-29, Page 10•
0 HuR*N EXPOS. ITOR, SA4to TH, ONT., duNE 29, 1967
ON WEEKENDS-:,~
The Pool will operate
on adaily basis, com-
mencing next week.
Open — Weather Permitting
1:30 to 5:30 and 7:00 to 9:00
SWIMMING INSTRUCTION
FREE SWIMMING Instruction for school
children by qualified instructors
available each morning.
Two Instruction Periods -- Swimming in-
struction this year will be provided
in two periods:
First Period -July 4 to July 28
Second Period -August 1 to August 25
,Registration for July Classes closes June.23
Registration for. August Classes closes July 25
Classes are being arranged for, July and stu-
dents are asked to report at the times indicated
in a story which will appear in next week's issue
of this paper.
Red Cross Tests 2vill be conducted at the
conclusion of each period, and will be
preceded - by pre -testing carried out by
_ the instruction staff.
ADULT SWIMMING INSTRUCTION
Tuesday and Thursday Evenings
7 to 9 p.m.
Learn to swim with 'qualified instructors. A
minimum of 10 lessons—$3.00 plus admission.
Make application 'n person or phone
the Park — Phone 527-0950
SWIM TEAM
Swimmers interested in competitive swimming -
are asked to register at the Pool.
ADMISSIONS --- •
Children under. High 'School Age:
15 Cents, or $3.00 for 'Season's Ticket
Folzrth and Additional Child's Season's
Ticket in one Family — FREE '
(Note --Season's Ticket good during July and August only)
High School Students:
25 Cents, or $3.00 for Season's Ticket •
-Adults:.
25 Cents, or 34.00 for Season's Ticket
Children of one -family and two adults --$10,
In each case, a checking basket is includ
PICNICS
Arrange to hold your annual picnic amid the
ple'as'ant surroundings of the Lidns Park!
Complete facilities. Admission is FREE. A
•• nominal charge is made for the rental of
tables.
.PHONE 527-0950 FOR OPEN DATES
The Booth in the Park Pavilion carries" a -
complete stock of Ice Cream,
Pop, Hot Water
PICNIC PAVILION
The. Picnic Pavilion is available until .7 7:00 p.m.
each day, without charge, for the use of picnic
groups on a first-come, first -sealed basis. In the
event of bad weather, it will be expected that
groups will co-operate to permit maximum use
being made of the pavilion protection.
The Pavilion may be reserved each
evening af1r 7 o'clock for special
gatherings or meetings.
Reservations. may be 'made at the Park. Rental
fees are related to the nature of the event, and
will be advised on,,request.
• - Por further information
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Call the Seaforth Lions . Park
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Grey. Bo'lds Centenniai. ccieti.tion
Grey • 'Township' Centennial -
celebrations at Ethel at Grey
Township Central School Friday j
and Saturday Was a huge success
in spite of the heavy rain.
E+1 crowd of 2,000. Saturday I
afternoon saw an excellent
parade of over 75 entrees. The
parade commenced at the ball
park and went to the central.
school a distance, of 11h. miles.]
The judges, •Mrs. Anna Mey- i
er, Women's Editor, CKNX,
Murray Gaunt, MPP and Ro-
bert McKinley, MP decided the it
winners as follows:,
Best old time float: first, The
Molesworth Women's Institute, •
Saturday night in Canada 1867.
It was also the best over all
float; second prize: Ethel Un- .
ited Church Women, Aunt Din- �
ah's Quilting Party.
Best, comic float: Moncrieff-
Women's Institute and 'Hall
Board; first prize, Expo's big-
gest problem.
Most colorful float: first,
Cranbrook Community Old
Fashioned; second prize, Brus-
sels Lions Club, a rocket ship,
Oldest car running, 1905 Reo,
H. S. McTavish; . London.
• Best antique, car running,
Model A Ford, ..1928 Roadster,
Charles Hudson, Kurtzville.
Best Horse drawn vehicle, fir-
st, Allison Sleightholme's fam-
ily, Trowbridge; second prize,
Gordon Workman's family, Brus-
sets.
• Best costume, fir$t, #ride,.and
Groom, M. and Mrs, Edwin
Martin, Brussels; second, bicycle
built for two,. Bobby and Hea-
ther Jones of Ethel.
Best clowns, _ Mrs. Allison
Sleightholm and 1110 -Allan Mar-
tin and their dog, from Trow-
bridge.
Best public sehaol'pupil, The
walking birthday cake, Karen
Hemingway, Brussels, The chair-
man of this colorful parade was
Jack Conley with his capable
committee.
Following the parade a var-
iety program was enjoyed in
the school auditorium with Ro-
bert Cunningham master, of cer-
emonies and chairman of the
program committee. The pro-
gram consisted of choruses and
a dance by the school cchildren
under the direction of Mrs.
Stuart Steiss and Mrs. Moffat,
Nancy Brothers, accompanied
by Mrs. Brothers of Toronto,
Sailor's Hornpipe and Baton–
numbers.
atonnumbers.
The official opening by Reeve
Clifford Dunbar was, followed
by brief speeches from Murray
Gaunt, Robert McKinley, War-
den of Huron Donald McKen-
zie and words of welcome from
Charles Thomas, chairman of
the central committee. The
Paul trio, tap dance, Nancy and
Mary Ellen Knight. At the con-
clusion o,t the program the cen-
tral committee was introduced
and led in a sing -song.- Due to
weather conditions- ;the band
numbers to be held outside bad
to be cancelled.
The centennial ball on Fri-
day with almost 400 in 'atten-
dance was much enjoyed. The
prize for the eldest lady pre-
sent went to Mrs. Foss, (mpth-
er of Mrs. Welland Kreuter):
The eldest gentleman was Wm.
Campbell of Ethel, Mr, and
Mrs. Ross Speiran, .Sagina'w,,,
Michigan, won the prize for
coming the farthest, Murray
Hoover and Marjorie Papple re-
ceived the prize as best couple
dancing the French minuet. The
Saturday night dance was also
well attended by almost 400;
The .spot dance prize went to
Mr. and Mrs. Scott McLean,
ladies' best centennial costume,
Mary McWlsinney, youngest
centennial' couple, Brent and
Sheri Livingstone.
• The Friday evening ball
game between Ethel and Wal-
ton began on schedule but was
rained out with Ethel leading.
The balance of the sports pro-
gram arranged -by Max Demery
and his committee was cancel-
led. The decorating committee
of David Brown and Lothar We-
ber had colorful decorationh ar-
ranged. The parking and ground
committee with Frank Smith as
Grey. Continues History
By Melville L. Lamont
In the year 1852, three La-
mont families entered the area
which is now Grey Township in
Huron County. The names of
these - brothers _were'- Donald,
John and Allan.,Donald settled
on Lot 10, Coe'8, I have not
been able to obtain any records
of him having a wife or child-
ren. I understand that he did
not remain in this -locality long,
therefare it is difficult to get
information regarding hill' • or
any possible descendents. John
Lamont• and his wife Catherine
Kennedy and four sons and I
believe two daughters, esta-
blished a home on Lot 13, Con.
7. Allan and his wife Mary Mc-
Dougall, with four sons and
three daughters, settled on Lot
8, Con. 7. Later at the turn of
the century, 'there were about
fifty Lamonts residing on the
7th and 8th of Grey, all of them
being descendents of John or
Allan.
The Lamonts came from Scat -
land by sail boat, spending six
weeks crossing the Atlantic. It
is, impossible, to realize .the hard-
ships that • were endured on
such voyages. Accommodation
was far from luxurious. Sick-
ness ,was common, possible epi-
demics were a constant threat
and the time consumed in cross-
ing was _ determined by the
winds and weather. When they
reached the destination that
was to be their home, they found
nothing but bush, the area hav-
ing only been released.for Set-
tlement two years before.
Before -1850 there had beep
only one white settler in what
is now Grey, a French Cana-
dian named Beauchamp. In 1852,
besides the Lamonts, several
other families tame in., some of
whom were the Mitchells, Mc-
Dougalds, Fergusons, . Mclaugh-
tons, Stewarts, McDonalds and
HysIops" Grey was not incorp=
,.orated as a township until 1856,
Three sons , of John Lamont
farmed on the 7th and 8th. An-
gus, with his wife and his bro-
ther Donald en his father's
homestead, John and his wife
on the next farm east. Another
son, Maleohn, and his wife, lo-
cated in or near Wingham. The
two daughters both- married,
Sarah 'becoming Mrs. Lauchlin
McNeil and Euphe'mia marry-
ing her cousin Archibald, who
was a son of Allan.
Three sons of Allan Lamont
fanned on the 7th and 8th con-
cession. H gh and his wife on
the homeead of his father,
Archibald and his wife on Iot
9, con. 7 and Malcolm and his
wife on lot 15, con. 8.. There 'is
very little history of the re-
maining son, Allan. Stories - ug -
gest that he *as more or less
a drifter. The three daughters.
all married, Euphemia married
Simon Grant, Mary, her • cousin
John Lamont and the third
daughter, whose name I.- can't
recall, became Mrs. John' Me-
Dougald.
The third generation of La-
mnnts- in Grey, wdre , all born
before the Twentieth Century,
being the grandchildren of
John and Allan.
As I mentioned before, John
bad lour sons, Angus, Donald,
John and Malcolm. Angus rais-
ed a family of six, namely John,
who when a young man,was kil-
led in a bush accident. David,
who established an automobile
sales and service , business in
Melita, Manitoba. Alex, who al-
so went to the west, William,
who farmed on lot 11, con. 8,
before owning a feed mill in
Molesworth, later fanning in
Manitoba. Jennie, (Mrs. William
Cook) and Elizabeth (Mrs.`Wil-
liam Hollinger).
Donald never never married and
farmed with, hi& brother Angus.
John bad a family of six.
Their names were :Sohn, who
farmed on lot 16; on. 0, until
his deaah. Norman, who took
over his father's farm,. Dan.
Catherine, (Mrs, Sohn Meiiary).
Isobel, (Mrs; Carter and Mabel
alfra. Thomas 'urnbtill),
Malcolm, 'L- 'believe, bad a
fatally of four. Lu An-
drew If - ,truck) Wiiltam, ffar-
tir' .etid., .
Wt mbar furo to the deaceft4
aadta, bf.Altatt. At yen 1iave tit -
boys' in his family. Malcolm,
Hugh, 4rchibald and Allan. Mal-
colm's family consisted of. -four
sons and seven daughters. They
were Peter, who farmed -on lot
16, Ton: -S. -Allan; -•who -"was• a car–
penter.
arpenter. John, who for some time
conducted a livery stable An
Ethel, later moving ,t� Brant-
ford, where he was employed
by the fire dept. Malcolm, who
was know as Matt. Maude (Mrs.
William Stephenson), • Marion
(Mrs. John Krauter), Jessie,
(Mrs. Oakley), Isobel (Mrs.. Mc-
Kelvy), Annie (Mrs. Ducker),
Ella (Mrs. Malloy) and • Mary
(Mrs. Ducker), • . •
Hugh took over the home-
stead, lot 8, con. 7, and raised
a family of nine., They were An-
drew and Hugh, who farmed
on the 10th con. near Brussels.
Sam and Leslie who became
lawyers. Alex who entered the
teaching profession. Mary and
Allan who, after leaving Grey,
lived in Brussels. Catherine
(Mrs. Ernest. Campbell and Sa-
die (Mrs. Dan McDonald.".
Archibald located- on lei 9,
con. 7, and his family consist-
ed of four sons and two daugh-
ters. Their- names were John,
who farmed on the 15th con,,
then on the 4th con. before go-
ing to Clinton where ''he lived
until his death. Allan, who lived
on lot 9, con. 7, all his life.
Charles, who was my father, re-
sided on lot 10,,,cou. 7. Mary
and -Catherine who were .numar-
ried and Archibald, who spent
several years in the west, rail-
roading and farming, later ' re-
siding in the vicinity df -Sea-
forth. '
As I have already mentioned.,
there were around fifty Lamonts
on the 7th and 8th at, the turn
of the century,,&I might add that
this would be from lot 8 to lot
15, a distance of about one and
a half miles. Only three survive,
being, Maude Lamont (Mrs. Wm.
Stephenson) and Mabel Lamont
(Mrs; Thos. Turnbull), both of
Brussels and Leslie Lamont,
now 'retiring; from practising
law in Kincardine. At the pre-
sent time, only four. Lamonts
are left in -Gre,'. They. are Miss
Grace Lamont,, Miss Mary La-
mont, John C. Lamont and .my-
self. Mrs. Edythe Cardiff and
Ross Stephenson, both living in
Grey, are daughter and son of
Marion Lampnt (Mrs. John Krau-
ter) and Maude Lamont. (Mrs.
Wm. Stephenson) respectively.
I have obtained the informa-
tion for this narrative from
reasonably reliable sources, but
it is difficult to trace family
history back one hundred and
fifteen years; therefore I cannot
vouch for absolute accuracy.
Aeeounts of happenings that
I have heard from past genera-
tions suggest that the Laments,
who helped to pioneer this
township, were firm in their
convictions, proud,of their
Scottish blood andstaunch
Presbyterians. In poili'tics, they
Were ardent Liberals, then
known as Whigs or Grit: They
could see no evil in Sir Wilfred
Laurier, and no good in Sir
-John A. MacDonaId. They were
loyal to their friends, but sel-
dom forgave anyone who anget-
ed them. Many of them had a
fondness for "the wee drapee"
and on some occasions partook
not wisely but. too well.
Two monuments, only a few
feet apart in Brussels cemetery,
mark the graves of two of the
brothers and their wives, • men-
tioned in the first paragraph o£
this history. Allan died on Jan.
22, 1865 at the • age of 72, his
wife Mary, on Sept. 9, 1869, at
the age of 73. John's. death oc-
curred on Dec. 5, 1870,, at the
age of 74, his wife Catherine
having predeceased him on
July 9th of the same year. MoSt
of their sons and daughters and
many of their grandchildren ere
buried in the same cemetery.
I feet, that in this Centefinial.
year, it Is fitting to make men-
tion of not only the Laniofnta,
but of all the pioneers whet dame
into this part of the country'
and hewed and chapped homes
and fauna out of the forest
with' tools that .were primitive'
earhpared ` With what we haVil
,todaq, They had no chain saws'
ox Sulldoo s to clear the'ii td
for Lillie$ p a Lego
ready .read, titerri Were loot opposes,
ing was done with the sickle and
cradle. The reaper,'which I be-
lieve' had not been invented un-
til about 1867, would not have
been _of-_any..use. among the
stumps' that dotted the culti-
vated land. Threshing machine'
were in the elementary stage.
Oxen and horses pulled the til-
lage equipment that was used.
Later, power' was -provided for
threshing through • the use of
the tread mill arid. horse,..power,
Themost of the pioneers ;had
little money and little debt.
They worked hard to clear and
',improve their farms and to
build comfortable houses, some
of which are in use today. They
built schools, roads and chur-
ches. They asked for very 'little
from the Government, they did
not march on the Parliament
Buildings, neither did they ask
,for or expect subsidies. They
wanted only the privilege to
work for themselves and call
what they earned their own. I
doubt that they would have ac-
cepted the bureaucratic power's
and controls that. we have to-
, day. They worked hard, enjoyed
their hours of leisure and usual-
ly
sually found the girl or boy of their
choice within the neighborhood.
'
chairman,. also the flnanee cern
tmttee with R,ae• Houston as
chairman did a big jbb labor
ing under difficult ' in- the rain
and mud. . •
On Sunday. afternoon almost
700 peopleenjoyed the open
air, church service. Ministers in
charge were Bev. Waite, Rev.
Johnson, with Rev. Harold Snell
as guest speaker, who did , a
little reminiscing, but also de-
livered a challenging sermon.
Donald Dunbar and Mrs. -Maur-
ice Williams pianists and choir
leader led a large community
choir.
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