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The Huron Expositor, 1960-07-07, Page 6RUR ,+IC' rr(,?l_q, sup.: `ORTH, ONT., 417,Y? 7, 1940 TEA L : E5, 'JUVENILES WIN AND LOSE IN HARD BALL CON,‘„ AEEEATS, SE ORTH Cllttton: debated Seaforth 13-4 at Parttgrii Monday flight in a Western Athletic ASsOCiatjOil Hien Wee base- ,, . ase- ,. 300 001— 4 3 6 C+l.nt4fl , ...., 206,.32x--13 12 6 ><'EE 'WEES TAKE EXETER ¢n'Thursday* evening the Sea- •#orth Pee -Ween won a close 8-7 de - Ciao, over, the , Exeter nine in a Scheduled WOAA baseball game. xeter took the lead in. the sec- ond frame when they scored two runs. They added one more in the thi>d frame. Seaforth garnered one in the first and three in the third, to take the lead. The locals added one in the fifth and one in the sixth, to make the score 6-3. Exe- ter came•:baek'in the seventh with four runs to lead 7-6. Seaforth in their half of the ninth shoved two runs across,,the plate, to win the game 8-7. Exeter 021 000 4-7 Seaferth 103 011.2-8 EXETER—Cockwell, 1 b; Bay - nam, lf; Burns, c; Cornish, p; Wil. lert, 3b; Armstrong, rf; Shroedet, sf; McDonald, ss; Lander, 2b; Broderich and Dobson in the 7th. SEAFORTH—Chuck Haney, ss; Billy Boshart, c; Garry Finnigan; 2b; Doug Stewart, 3b; Brian Stew- art, cf; Chris Coombs, If; John Mc- Lean, p; David Britton, rf, SEAFORTH JUVENILES LOSE Seaforth Juveniles lost to the Sebringville nine on Monday night by the lopsided score of 14-4, in a scheduled WOAA fixture. The, visitors hammered out five hits in the first frame of Patterson and scored seven runs, Seaforth counted' three in their half and collected the fourth run in the fourth stanza. Sebringville had an- other large inning when they scor- ed -four more runs •.in the seventh frame. ,Selsringville 710 100 41-14 Seaforth 300 100 00— 4 JUVENILES WIN Seaforth Juveniles came from be- hind to defeat the Listowel nine by a 1211 count in a'‘,scheduled WOAA baseball game at Seaforth on Fri- day afternoon.. In the opening stanza Listowel went into the lead with four runs on two errors and two hits. They added two more in the' second frame, one in the third and fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh. Seaforth counted one in the fourth stanza, three in the seventh and scored seven runs in the eighth frame to tie the game. The winning run for Seaforth came when the Listowel pitcher allowed a hit, fol- lowed by three walks to force the run to end the' game. B. Jones, J. Lavelle and L. Cogh- lin, for Listowel, collected two -base hits. D. Rowchffe had a two -base bit for the locals. RHE Listowel 421 121 000-11 11 2 Seatorth ... 000 100 371-12 11 8 Umpires'—K. Powell and K. Peth- ick. LISTOWEL—E. Hollinger, G. g 3b; Hymers, p; C. Hymers, ss; B. Jones, lf; J, Lavelle, c; L. Coghlin, ef; L. Inglis, lb; J. Wihelm 2b; B. Gray, rf; D. Yeo, If. in 6th; C. Mock, ib in 6th; J. Bender, rf. in 6th. SEAFORTH—B. Dale, If; R. El- liott, rf; D. Rowcliffe, cf; E. Bell, 2b; B. Holtom, ss; T. ,Ford, 3b; R. Drager, lb; J. Patterson, c; R. Reith, p; P. Rowat, If in 7th; L. Pethick, 3b in 7th. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIl1111111111111111 1111111111111111 in OBITUARIES IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIlltllll MRS. COLIN KENNEDY The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy; widow of the late.. Colin Kennedy, occurred Saturday even- ing in Scott Memorial Hospital. Mrs, Kennedy took suddenly ill Saturday afternoon and was re- movedto the hospital by ambq- lance. She was•in her 84th year,. She was the former Elizabeth" Lamb, daughter of the late Steph- en Lamb and Catherine McQuaid, of McKillop Township. Following her education in Seaforth she mar- ried Colin` Kennedy, and in 1915 they 'moved to the West, residing in Portage La Prairie, later , re- moving to Fort William. In f950 they retired. to live in Seaforth. Mr. Kennedy predeceased her in 1056. •A son, Stephen, predeceased them in 1941. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. James Reynolds and Mrs. Theresa Ray, both of Seaforth, . The late Mrs. Kennedy was a member of St. James' Roman Catholic Church, a member of the Catholic Women's League, Altar Society, League of the Sacred - Heart• and Society for the Propoga- tion of the Faith. The remains rested at the W. J. Cleary funeral home, Seaforth. Re- quiem High Mass was sung by Rev. Thoma McQuaid on Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.•in St. James' Church. Intenment followed in St. James' cemetery. Pallbearers were James Kelly, Frank Sills, Joe Johnson, James McQuaid, Wilfred McQuaid and Gordon Maloney. Pushing Our Boundary North When the first French colonists came to this country in the 1600's they must have been very dubious about any success with a garden. In fact many of them never did plant a seed, but simply took to the woods and traded with the In- dians for virtually all of their fopd. Even later when settlers from the British Isles and the revolting New England States moved in they probably thought there was no chance of any real garden in our rugged cliniate. Whatna change since then! Last year Canadian agricultural scientists ,,. actually produced a thriving vegetable and flower gar- den away "down" north at Akia- vik, 127 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and practically on the • shores of the Arctic Ocean. Sev-• eral years of persistent summer cultivation drove the permafrost from 13 inches to nearly two yards below the surface during the grpw- ing months of June, July. and Aug- ust and big crops of potatoes, tur- nips, carrots and cauliflower were grown, as were also many flowers, We can thank the plant breeders for moving the garden belt north. By producing earlier and hardier varieties not to mention better too, they have enabled Canadians to garden almost anywhere. With new and improved' varieties we can now grow corn, tomatoes, mel- ons, pettmiaa, gladiolus and a host of other flowers and vegetables in areas where only a few of the hardiest pl'aiits would thrive a few generations""agog Barriers Some perennials won't stay put. iowE1rrs GROVE. Bayfield Beautiful Picnic Grounds Covered Tables Swings Good Water — `Ball Park Ponies , Swimming REFRESHMENT BOOTH DANCING every Friday night from 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. STEW and His ' COLLEGIANS =- .moor Prhe 1 Rall Available for Becepttion,S and Private Parties. - I A tiny patch of mint, placed, by the dooryard, soon takes over the whole corner and it is but one of the aggressive perennials • that spreads by underground stolons. If 'left untamed, they can ruin a nice planting plan. Metal grass barriers, designed to keep the lawn in' line, halt !these crawling perennials. Square off the area in which the plant is to be confined, and then insert the barriers „ac- cording to directions. If sunken to ground level, it will stop the stolons. Every few years the con- fined perennials, can be divided to prevent overcrowding within al- lotted space. DUBLIN_ ;Misses I, eau .X{1[auskopt;. dela Ducharriie, Mary McLaughlin and Kenneth Feeney are attending sum- mer school at Toronto.. Mrs. Ann Murray, Galt, with Mrs. Catherine Krauskopf. Mr. and Mrs. W. Smyth and Mrs: Hanley, Sr., Toronto, were visitors here last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan, To- ronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Jor- dan and Joe Jordan. Miss Monica Byrne and Mr. Robert Byrne, of Hamilton, in Rochester, Michigan, with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stanley , .and Mrs. Peter Dill. Mr. and Mrs. John Wells spent the weekend in Eastern United States. Mrs. James Krauskopf, of Lon- don, with Mr. and Mrs. James P. Krauskopf. Mr. Neil Stapleton, Montreal, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stapleton, Mr, and Mrs. James Morrison in Toronto with Jim Morrison, ' Mr. and Mrs. Pat Woods and Children, of Georgetown, with Mr, and Mrs. Fergus Horan. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McDougall and children, London, with Mr, and Mrs. Joe Jordan. Mrs. John Frappier, of Mont- real, with Mr. and Mrs. George Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ryan, To- ronto, and Mrs. Robert Allison, Mt. Clements, - with Mrs. A. M. Looby. Mr. and Mrs. John Costella and son, Jack, South Porcupine, • and Rev. Father Leslie Costella, of Kirkland Lake, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costella. Mrs. Louis Dillon and Dorothy in St, Thomas for two weeks with Mr. and Mrs..Maurice Dillon. Miss Ilene Whetham is on a motor trip to Banff and British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hollinan and Terry, of Detroit, with ,Mrs. Elizabeth Cronin and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Newcombe, Port . Credit, with Mr. and Mrs. William 'Stapleton. Mr. and Mrs. William Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Len Steinbach and Rita, London, with Mrs, Kathleen Feen- ey. Mrs. Andrew .Whetham in Ed- monton for two weeks, where she is taking an advanced course in home econoniics. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Friend and family, Mrs. Elsie Jordison and Miss Lydia Jordison, of Toronto, at Lion's Head,. Mr. Billie Feeney;, has, secured employment at Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan, of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McDougall, London, with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jerdan. Mr. and Mrs. John Moylan and son, Gordon; Mrs. Maurice Dal- ton, Mrs. Jean Fortune, Mrs. Jack Case, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moylan, Waterloo, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Jordan on the July 3rd weekend in Detroit. While there they attended the first Solemn High Mass of Rev. James Jordan, at the Church of the Pre- cious Blood. The newly -ordained priest is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jordan, of Detroit, and grandson of Mr, and Mrs.. James Jordan, formerly of Dublin. He is also the nephew of Mr. John Ken- ny and Mrs. Jean Fortune. He is one of 18 Basilians who were or- dained by His Eminence James Cardinal McGuigan at St. Basil's Church, Toronto, on Julie 29. Mr. John Weber, Toronto, visit- ed with friends in town. HURON FARM NEWS Haying is progressing favorably but ik difficult to cure properly. Corn is making excellent progress as is other late sown crops. Grain is heading rapidly. Winter barley is beginning to turn' color. YOUR FOOD. VALUE xEaoounrttEws Specials for Thurs., Fri., Sat. July 7, 8, 9 Beaver CHARCOAL 5 -Ib. Bag 390 Maxwell House INSTANT COFFEE 6 -oz. Jar 89¢ Assorted Robin Hood CAKE MIXES 2 15 -oz. Pkgs. 49C Hein TOMATO JUICE' 2 20 -oz. Tins 290 Heinz SPAGHETTI 2 15 -oz: Tins 290 Green Giant CORN NIBLETS 2 14 -oz. Tins 330 Champion DOG FOOD 2 15 -oz. This 230 SEE LONDON FREE PRESS T1 URSDAY FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIALS Smith's SUPERIOR :C. D HAPVt7'.. Phone 12 FR' DELIVERY By A. M. GRANT in the London Free Press When John Galt, as secretary of the Canada Land Company, arriv- ed in Toronto in December, 1826, it was with the assigned task of preparing the 1,100,000 acres for the unemployed and surplus popu- lation of the British Isles. His alert' brain was' busy with schemes for the future successf the Huron uron Tract. He was accompanied by the vig- orous Dr. William Dunlop. Having decided that the first projest should be a trunk road through ,the cen- tre of the dense forest to connect the provincial capital and Lake On- tario with Lake Huron's shore, he discussed the project with the doc- tor whom he knew 'as the success- ful director of he Lake Sinicoe to Penetang road. He appointed him Warden of the Forest and, director of the new road. Speed River Junction In April of the following • year both men with surveyor and axe - men set out and travelled about 60 miles to the neighborhood of the junction of the two branches of the Speed River. Mr. Galt writing from Guelph during the same sum- mer gives a vivid account of their actions: "The site chosen was on a 'name- less stream's untrodden banks', in- to the forest 18 miles from Gott— a great future city founded by a friend of mine with a handsome bridge over the Grand River, and of which I have never heard until it had a post office. Early in the morning of St. George's Day I pro- ceeded on foot toward the spot, having sentforward a band of woodsmen with axes on their shoul- ders to prepare a shanty for the night -a shed -made of boo'ghs" and bark with a great fire at the door. "I was.,- accompanied by my friends Dunlop, a large fat faceti- ous fellow of infinite jest and ec- centricity, but he forgot his com- pass and we lost, our way in the forest. After wandering up and down like the babes in the wood without even' a blackberry to con- sole us—the rain running in jubilee —we came to the hut .ef a Dutch settler.....in which no English was to be attained. However after much jabber and looking at one another with mouth, eyes and nostrils in addition to ears, Mynheer gave tongue that he could speak French, which he did no doubt perfectly,• as in telling us he had cleared a farm in the States which he ex- changed for the present habitation. He expressly said, `Je swape'. We hired him for our guide." "It was almost sunset when we arrived at our rendezvous. My companion being wet to the skin, unclothed and undressed himself in two blankets --one in Celtic, the other in Roman fashion, the kilt and the toga. The latter was fasten- ed on the breast with a spear of timber that might have served for the main mast to, some great ad- miral. I kept my state of dripping drapery. We then with surveyors and axemen (Yankee choppers) proceeded to a superb maple tree. I had the honor and the glory of laying the axe to the foot thereof and soon it fell beneath our sturdy strokes with the noise of an ava- lanche. It was the genius of the forest unfurling•his wings and de- parting forever. Being the King's name ' day, I called the town Guelph. My friend drawing a bot- tle of whisky from his bosom, we drank prosperity to the unbuilt metropolitan of the new world," After this historic event and some progress made on the sur- veying and clearing on the site, the two men parted company. Mr. Galt set out to Penetang ,where a gunboat was waiting 'to take him round the Bruce Peninsula to Gode- rich Dr. Dunlop, with the survey- ors and the axemen, led the way westward toward the lake. The surveyor Was assisted by a man who understood the methods of an engineer and carried his instru- ments. Two others carried the provisions. Other axemen cut con- tinuously down the surveyed line _through the wood in which a flying level was taken. The two months of strenuous toil penetrating the Huron forest in- volved the .hewing of giant trees. Some cherry trees measured 50 feet from the ground to the lowest branch with a girth of 10 feet 7 inches at the height of a man's reach. Wood from such trees when dressed took a polish equal to ma- hogany. Still greater to' be hewn was the beverly• oak 80 feet high and a girth of• 33 feet. Such ex- pellent material of virgin growth and• incalculable value, was used for the humble cabin, fence rails, bridges, firewood and even cordu- roy roads. For days the fatiguing work went on with occasional de- tours by one or more to gather in- formation in the seemingly inac- cessable forest. It was groping for clues, a course to be discovered. Fish, -.Pork Toasted As, night came on two men went on -ahead to prepare a comfortable camp. A shanty was built near a swampy spot to get water con- veniently, hemlock boughs for beds and plenty of dry cedar to make a blazing fire against a maple log by which to make porridge. Fish and -pork was toasted by- wooden prings and for the kettle to sing. on, for the savoury odor of tea from dried leaves. Every man roasted for himself and served himself with pork sand- wiches and tea. Then followed an evening of good fellowship and grog. Stretched out with feet to the fire like spoons these Huron road makers soon dropped..•off to, sleep until the first to awake cried "Spoon" at which each turned over and up. Although the forest growth became denser, the• men's strong constitutions and the extensive knowledge and' the experience of the Warden of the Forest stood them in good stead as they travers- ed the thousands of acres and wan- dered finally out of the region nearling perishing from want of relaxation. ' ' ,Lake Huron Sighted After two months of slashing through 90 miles of such forest the gang was glad to see the blue wa- ters of Laker Huron on May 27, 1827, at the site• to be established and called Goderich. It. was the first radical operation on the prim- eval forest and not a very clean cut at that. Behind them lay the miles of a 12 -foot avenue with knolls and hollows, with stumps and logs. The levelling •and sur- facing, the ditching and culvert building was left for a •morecon- venient season. It was a road only in name to be travelled as best 'bne could. But the traveller of those days had to be tough. When the Rev. William Fraser had to make an urgent trip from Hensall to his London home and unable to secure a horse on a very rainy day in May, 1935, it took him from daybreak to dusk to cover the 38 miles of tough road. 'To Lake some of the toughness out of travel for the incoming set- tlers, the Canada Company offer- ed a bonus to the first three set- tlers—R.40, 40 and 260, respec- tively, to •maintain for six months an overnight resting place, called a tavern, in a company •log house, at certain points designated by the company. The first to accept the offer was Sebastian Fryfogle living in Waterloo County in 1828 without a neighbor for miles on either side. The next tavern was at the north west corner of South Easthope and thus near Stratford. It was taken over by Andrew Helmer (Helmer's Tavern), a former employee of the Canada Company. He became tav- ern keeper in 1829.The third tav- ern was at Seebac�r's Hill, about seven miles west of Stratford. Oth- er taverns along the road were Van Egmond's, Vanderburg near Clinton, and Hick's Tavern at Holmesville. Another convenience for travel- lers was the placing of mile posts on the road. An effort was then made by the company to make the trail into a roadway by entering into a contract with Col. Van Eg- mond who, however, for want of Company cash, paid the men with his own money and accepted acre- age. With the opening of the main trail others followed, but not too swiftly. The Proof Line bisecting London Township became an im- portant artery for traffic and set- tlers arriving at Port Stanley seek- ing farms in Huron. Slowly it inch- ed its way toward Goderich. Its first terminus was the 16th con- cession where stood McConnell's Tavern, now Elginfield; then to the Black Settlement, then to Dev- on (Barkwell's Tavern) at the inJ terseotion - of the Crediton- Road, and finally to Clinton, In 1849, because of the poor con- dition of the Proof Line, Freeman Talbot, as the Middlesex County engineer, successfully interested some local business men in •form- ing the Proof Line Joint Stock Company to improve the trail. Peo- ple invested for that time the large amount of $3,200. The road was improved from London to Elgin - field with toll gates throughout the 131/2 miles to meet the cost and upkeep. The scheme was a finan- cial success. But after some years of tolls, people wearied and claim- ed the . tolls : were detrimental to business. They sought to abolish the system -by purchase but in vain, Finally, by common con- sent, the toll gates were assembled and disposed of by fire in 1907. Mill Road Opened Among other roads opened were the Mill Road from the budding village of, Brucefield through Eg- mondville to the Huron Road in 1637. Prior to that date travellers from Bayfield seeking to reach London were compelled to follow the torturous trail to Goderich in ,order to go south, until a trail was slashed through Varna to Bruce - field. The . latter was not cut through and continued to Brews- ter's Mill until 1860. In the mid - 1830's a road was cut from Brews- ter through Freiburg (Dashwood) to the London Road and called the Port Frank Road in an early Can- ada Almanac map. In a restaurant one day, the pa- tron said to the waiter: "Holy smoke, here's a chupk of rubber tire in my hash." ' "Oh, that just goes to show you," said the waiter, "that the automo- bile is taking the place of the horse." FLYERS play it. safe! Bites are fan, but remember these important rules —they apply to all airborne toys on a string. Never Sy a bite near hydro lines. 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TRY OUR "SUMMER -FILL" PLAN Another Co-op fuel service that is becoming increasingly popular with our members is the new 'summer -fill -plan. This 'plan keeps your burner in year-long work- ing order, by keeping the tank, pipes and burner parts free from rust and scale. When your tank is full during the idle <summer tnonths, there is less. chance of damaging condensation in the tank and fuel system. Bst of 'all, when you have your tank filled in the sumer, there is no need to pay until fall when the heating season starts. You can also if you wish, open a Co-op Equal Payment Budget Plan to take the sting out of the expensive heavy heat- ing eating months. Your Co-op will be happy to discuss this with'you. SEAFORTH FARMERS Phone 9 - Seciforth i' -64 •}t• •