The Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-04-21, Page 7WEDNE
• 'LETTER TO THE -EDITOR.,
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
PAGE SEVEN
rites Of Early History
'o �1mule Archive
106 'The Milroy.,
320'. - 5th Avenue N„
Saskatoon ,• Sask
January 28th, 19,74,
Mr. Ddn Thompson-,
Editor
"The. Lucknow Sentinel',
Lunknow , Ontario.
Pear Don;;
Recently, .my cousin, Rennie
Graham and I spent some time in
the Ontario Archives, Toronto,,.
We .were anxiousto discover addi -
tional information about the early
settlernent of•Kinloss, and Huron
Townships.. .
•-V e kne-w-thatLRennie'S-grand+
mother,. Margaret Nicholson Mc-.
Murchy , as •a baby, went with her'
parents = my'grandparents . North
an'and Anr• Nicholson, to the
, homestead in 1852. We ,knew
that she had been. born at
Onandag where her parents had
,spent the winter . when. a number of
the young Scottish immigrants had.
worked in a sawmill. The most
direct way to the homestead was
by 'boat through•.La ke Erie , .'Take :St.
Clair and up Lake. Huron to Port;.
Albert;' . ne a' , eara
party,, there were two women who
could speak. Eri:glish,but no Gaelic
and, two Who could.speak Gaelic, .•
:<o but, no English.. . One of Rennie's '
great grandmothers could.speak
. English `but no.Gaelic:,,,and.the,oth'
er great grandmother could, speak
tiaelic•bu:t very'little English:
• There were .:two .MacKeniie's with
their wives, Martin Maclnnis and
Norman' Nicholson with .their wives.
Norman Nicholson and Martin Me=
G.innis settled:on Lot's• 7 and;.8 ,,
Colcession• 2,. Kinloss;Township,,
Their. first 'log,. shanty jointly built
was; on the boundary betWeeri the..
'two farms•so that they could start
to ;qualify for their homestead:
title immeediately,
However, 'it was not unttl'Jan,
uary .• 31st , 1855 m
,, that y grand.
father' paid 3 poulids•,, .15, shillings
to quali.fy'•for the eventual Owner-
ship of::100, ae+r-es Qn April 8th ,'
1867•, title was issued,, after neigh
'hors'had certified that 20 acres
had been cleared and a log house
18' by 24' had been constructed.
•
We noted that Jessie. MacKay's
father, Hugh, on May.31st, 1862,
agreed to purchase the north half
of Lots 65 and 66, from James
Henderson for $1,200.000.' Two`
years later in. 1864, title :was.
issued• after it was certified that
there was a house 18' by 24' , and
a barn 48' by 36'.. Hugh MacKay
was Lucknow's first blacksmith.
Jessie has told me how proud:her
father was that he was able•to be-
come a landowner after a relative
ly short period in the new world.
Had he spent his: lifetime in Scot-
land' , he ,could never ha've been a,,
farnier.
•
;When I was talking to. Jessie in
May , 1970 , she rememberedthe
nanrie:s:of.the oxen;; the cows and.
Atte horses thatthey took to the.
farm on, the hill. N,early,'ahund=
and..the Alexander MacKenzie
farm, Lot 18.; Concession 3'; were
of speciar interest to,us Pictures ,
of these houses in 1971 would prove
that they were exceptionally well
built several years prior td. 1880;
This letter is written in the' hope
that more Sentinel readers will
visit the archives at 14 Queen's
Park, right across the circle from
the .Legislative, i uildings' in Toron.
to and, record.rriore of the history
of the area.. Should,' any Sentinel
readers have eopieso•f the Canada.
Atlas for this pe.riod.;-,'t am sure the
Editor'of the Sentinel would
appreciate,hav•ing the loan'of the
Material. if available, there
would be notes which would be of
special interest to descendants of
the early settlers regardless of
where they might be living at the
present time.
'Sincerely' yours,..
A .”Sandy" Nicholson.
red ,years had .elapsed since ttiis
rtint e-v-ent:-,, but:,, it4was-ail- --
exped:ition that Jessie never: forgot.
We also, saw'•photo-copies of
the Dominion of Canada atlas,,`
1886,, and .we.re. especially'interest•:
ed in the , Huron : and Bruce. •County
names and pictures; For a `fee
.-;',6(4,r name , address , the location
of your land , its approximate
value•.we.re'publish.e'd• in the atlas.
1f Yon -tad a set of buildings that /
were a credit to the .cortimunity,
they were sketched and printed'.
for an additional fee. • The •pictur
es of the` stone houses'on the Rod--
e:rick Go.11an'farm , North: half of
Lot 58•, Concession 1; the Charles.
Milne farrn , Lot 13 Concession 2
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BY MURRAY _GAUNT
•M.P.P.. HURON. -BRUCE;'
::Studer'•un.ernployment this
surnmer:is obviously going' to be
higher than nor : Many young
people :i -re -going' to go bac-k to
University without having had any
summer 'employment
in' or:d'er to ease ,the situation ;
the Provincial Government announr
ced this .week•that it has allocated
$90:0,•000.to.assist cultural, athlet,�
and'social'service :activities
for ybung people this sumrner.
This prograrrune: is in addition
to the announced, intention of the'
Government.to•hire'14,000 stud
ents this' summer; 3:,900
than last:year. •
■Ilwllworitli■p III■III■I11p11 illi,I:ttiowiii miffiowit impitl 11 i
How or you, want your
Premier Davis in announcing..
the new prograrrlme said the activ-
ities will include working` in hos.=
pitals and social service, agencies
for; nominal .pay as well a's ,partic
,ipa in'g in local theatre groups,
rtiusic programmes,: arts,and :
crafts centres and. athletic; prog
rarurnes'.,
. Expansion ;of .Department' of
Lands and ,Forests activities•will
invol\e•1,,.000'•students`in cledn
ing up parks and planting trees.;.,
Another 1,00:0 jobs .will •come •
from ernploymentin the.' 37
Conservation Authorities th'r:oti 7•h-
_out the rovince` l tnp1gyment
in this;•pt'dgra.inme, is;lim•ited to '
students. over 18.
• .T le -=over nient:'niOtii n-dtli
ing..with. concern: over the unci-
ploy me nt„situation . took .two
-dais of debate th-is-week;
During thedebate, Tradc.and
Developn'i;ent Minister Allan '
Grosshian said that: nolo' isnot
the ri. ht time to encoura. e,Treat•
er• Canadian cont-r`ol of the e•con-
stil,..
• "To d'iscourage foreign invest-
-li=e ir.„,t �=sai."isfyitti _cjttatLonal. pri_de'-µ
"When there'.are 700, 000 'Canal
Taps out of 'work, some; 200,;00:0
of thcni in Ontario surely would
he most unwise” said Mr.•.Gross-
nran
The Minister pointed Out -that '
such a policy .Must be carried
out over a period of time.
Several speakers:, including
Lib1 Leader Robert Nixon
pointed out that the high '
uneiriploy.nient has increased wei.
fare payments by as Itthe'h as60°I4
Ile called for the Province to out'.
taxes as 'one• way CO' spur the econ,
only, with.specific reference to
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Trustee Feels Two
�chools' Ignored
Allan Debi of Tiverton has,
criticized .fellow Bruce• education
oar ' mem.ers or a ive-year
priorityprogram that allows noth-
P Y P g.,:.� .. •
'lag for expansion. of Tiverton-Kin-
�axtif
public schools.
lie said a major expansion
slated for Port. Elgin school and
a thew public school is. planned
--fe
tied for'the two schools
area , which -has the greatest pupil
growth.
• r ..
• .He,desetibed over1paded condi-
:tions• at the schools and,
understaffing by teachers, a'nd
urged a ,revision.of priorities so
they could receive ,early. consider-
bet who': was not on the board 'at.
:the time pr:i'orities were approved.
A new .school planned for• the
south of Kincardine will take the
pressire-off''theTiverton-Kincar
dine Sad -CIL; J. L. Bowers, lir=
ector`of edtication .said. Attempts
are slow being ma'd.e to buy the
new site.at Kincardine
.The bOald was aded to diseuss
,w
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,priorities for the next two.
years. John. Ki•effer of Formosa
said he sees a. need for . expansion ..
f the count •s vocation l.fac.'1it-
o y a
-ie--sw•-•---The-r-n-tried-a-te=pr--or�i;t}J ;o.f....�
the board should be:.purc.ha'se o'
land. for, aP g n ex andin education,:..
}ys.CePihe=sa.id`1.
Secondary school programs,
particularly
at Kincardine Port
'Elgar. nd=Ripley-ahouWf be
updated with Port Elgin getting. `.
the'priorit,y';said' Mrs. Donald'
Milne of Kincardine. The econ-
omic andeducational feasibility
o retaining secon• ary e •'ucation
at the'_Ripley school should be
Studied shy' said;: .
A 'policy.on .drug and sex ed11
tion and'an''upgrad•ing program for
teachers are needed ,,,she said,
A Major step in upgrading educa
tion '.was Made , said Mrs. Percy .
board- engaged a supervisor of spec
ial,education. 'Ronall Clark of
Mildmay public sohool, formerly
of Fo''r'est Heights' collegiate, KCit
chener:; will get- the positicirt ,-
Some concern was expressed
that teachers,rriight apply for and:
receive Insurance benefits 'for their
terP-week tumbler vacation. period
id unemployment.