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BY LUOY 13. WOOP$
Thinking 9f the'recent windstorms one day., irucy was reminded.
of .an account of ,a storm written by Carl's grandfather, Valentine.
Diehl. Ile had wine to North Amerrca from "Stuttgart, Wurtemburg
14 Reverie and, with a group of men, rode:across the United Stateg to
mine gold in California,
Seven years later, ..he ,returned to New York yia Panama. They
went to Philadelphia to cash in their gold dust at the mint and each
went his own way,«
He remarked: I was glad to get ;among civilized people once
more -- where a person .could sleep without having the revolver
under his head and the rifle under his blanket. Now I had four.
b19thers and two sisters in America, but didn't have it single address,
so I made my way to Boston where I knew I would hear something
about 'them.
"1 stopped a few weeks after I found one sister. Her husband,.
Jacob Wolf, was working in a sugar refinery. My brother, John, was
living in Connecticut. He came and saw nte, then I went to
Springfield where my brother, George, was living. Here I learned that
the other three went to Canada. So T went again to Buffalo,
Hamilton and Cobourg where. I found .my brother, Harry, and sister,
Margaret,
"Back again to Hamilton and Galt, then took the stage for
Clinton, County Huron. In those days, travelling had been a sore
business with so many crossed logs. Some had been broken. We had
to get out and take fence rails and lift the wheels out of the mud.
We came to Stratford, in the night and stopped untilthe next day,
then went on to Clinton where we arrived in the afternoon.
"Clinton existed then only in name, almost without any building
or houses. The obliging landlord, William Rattenbury, kept a tavern,
as it was then called, in, a log .house on the comer of the Huron and
London Road where Mr. Combes Drug Store stands. Mr. Rattenbury
got a man with a horse and wagon which took us into Stanley.
"When we got about a quarter -mile in McGregor's sideroad, we
came to .the bush and could get no further, so he unloaded the
trunks and turned- back. Me and my sister, who came with me,
walked .in to my brother.Jacob Diehl's place. He had a big yoke of
oxen and a homemade sleigh. He went and brought the trunks home,
So I came to Stanley about the end of October fifty-three (1853).
"In November, I bought a hundred acres land from James
Whitemann on the north side of my brother's (lots 25 and 26,
concession 5) and a hundred acres from Th. Potter (lot 25, conc. 4)
at ten dollars per acre. If it had been cleared land, I could have made
a little fortune when wheat was selling at a dollar and a half up to
two dollars per bushel. But I had to clear the land which was heavy
timbered.
"The young people at the present do not know what it is to clear
a hundred acres where you have to burn the timber on the ground
and have nothing for it, There were about 25 acres cleared on one
and about five on the other. There was a good log house, log barn
and stable on the first mentioned. The house which was tom down
in the year 1895, seryed for 18 years as a workshop, the timer (rock
elm) being as solid as the day it was put up.
"Now,I went to work with a good will and a strong arm. I hired
Isaac Bower for a year at $160. He had been a good worker, so we
got along well. After I looked through the woods, I found there was
many wild, big cherry trees, white ash and hemlock which would
make saleable lumber, so I went to work and put up a sawmill and
cut those in lumber. Hemlock was selling at nine dollars per M., but
very soon it came down to six. White ash and cherry was selling at
$17 delivered in Clinton.
"In the year 1855, about the 17th of August, about two o'clock
in the morning, I woke up and heard a noise. I got out of bed to the
window, looked out and there were great flashes of lightning and
thunder, . but the thunder sounded a long way off so I went back to
bed again.
"I had not been in bed 10 minutes when •I heard the roof.of the
barn cracking. I jumped out the bed, took my clothes and run for
the 'stairs. ,I:.only got to the second:step, close by the chimney, when
the roof overhead was lifted up and carried away altogether with the
chimney. Some scattered bricks fell on my head and made a few
lumps on it, but not bad. Part of the roof was carried about six rods,
lodged against an elm tree about 16 feet high. The tree was turned
up with the roots and fell in the road.
"The same time I had about 25 acres of woods levelled to the
ground. What did not come out, the root broke off. It was an awful
Mess. I called Isaac Bowers when I went downstairs, but he pulled
the blankets over his head and stopped in bed alright, but not for
long as the rain was coming down in streams, flooded everything in
the house. When daylight came and we looked out we saw an awful
wreckage.
"The roof of the barn and house were off, the fence rails
scattered in all directions, the corn levelled to the ground and all the
cattle in it and helping themselves. Fall and spring wheat had been in
the barn. Oats not cut went'down as if a roller went over. We had to
take the grass sickle to cut it.
"It took us some time to get things in shape again, but good
neighbors helped us along. We had to take a few loads of wheat out
of the barn to dry it, as it had been very wet."
Note: Mr. Diehl wrote the above in 1896.
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COUNCIL NEWS
Reeve McFadden Welcomed
Building Inspector, Russell. Kerr
and' the new village
clerk -treasurer, Gordon Graham,
at the Monday, meeting of
Bayfield Council. Also presented.
at the meeting were Councillors
Oddleifson and :Merrier,
A. .Caron and' his „ lawyer,
Beecher Menzies approached,
council regarding relocation of
an existing road. • Council made
no decision but agreed to discuss
the request,
A letter .on behalf of Pollard
Brothers, asking for assessment
of damage caused to trees and
turf in Clangregor Park when
their Calcium Chloride tanker
turned over recently, was read.
The clerk was instructed to write
to Pollard Brothers' insurance
adjustor, asking him to view the
damage and determine the' cost
of replacing trees and turf. '
Council authorized purchase
of 400 feet .of eight inch the to'
be installed between Main Street
and the catch basin at Delevan:
and Chiniquy:'Streets.
A discussion on septic tanks
in trailer parks, resultedin the
eierk being instructed to bring a
copy 'of the trailer park by-law
to the next council meeting.
Councillor Oddleifson
reported that the Planning
Committee is sending a map of
proposed zoning to the
Department of Municipal Affairs
asking for a recommendation so
that council can present the plan
at an open meeting late in
August. -
It was agreed, to•revert to the
former practice of holding two
council meetings monthly on the
first and third Mondays:.
The new clerk will hold office
hours as follows;
Monday to Thursday' 4:30 to
6:30 p.m., Saturday 9-11 a.m.
VACATIONERS
Vacationing in the Jowett
Cottages are: Mr. and Mrs. J.
MacKenzie and, family of
Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Barlow and family, Detroit; Mrs.
Thomas Allen and -daughter,
Mrs. W. D. White and family,
Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. J. Quick
and son, Andrew, London; Mr.
and Mrs. A. Isaacs arid daughter,
Toronto; Mr: and Mrs ,LaeHiggins
and family, Toronto; and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Denomme and.
'family of Detroit.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Twenty-eight members of the
Senior Citizens Club, and five
guests met on Friday evening fQr
a pot luck supper held in the
Municipal Building and followed
by cards and a social.
The members will meet again
on
September 6 when they will
take a has trip to Niagara Fabs
and area,
WALKATHON TALLY
Mrs. Bob Snell reports that
the " final amounts for the
"Walkathon" have been.
received. The total raised is
$1,019.31.
A4sION C.zUESTs
. Guests at the Albion Hotel
for the weekend and this week.
are: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vann;
Mr, and Mrs, •Gerry Vann .of
Royal Oak, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs,
H. B. Truitt, Austin Kilbourn,
Warren Striate, Grosse Point
Farms, Mich,; Mr. and Mrs.
Geerald. Penee, Rochester, N.Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. N, F. Cooper,
Mount Clemens, Mich.; Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin S. McCombe of
Birmingham; Mrs. David Dewey
'and Susan, Battle Creek; Mrs. M.
L. Bales, Keith and Kelly,
Orchard Lake; Mr. and Mrs. E.
McKenzie of Napoleon, Ohio
and Mr. and Mrs, Russ Bartter of
Toronto,
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. John Keinert
and family spent Friday 'til
Sunday at "Bluebird" cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Stewart of
Toronto, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Myrtle Parker.
Mrs, Elaine Marshall and
daughter, Tracey of London,
were weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs, Fred Weston. A family
party was held on Sunday in
celebration of Tracey's fourth
birthday.
Visitors at the Keith Pruss
cottage last week were: Mr. and
Mrs. H. Wallace, Mrs. A. Pruss,
Sr. of Woodstock, and Glen
Pruss, London.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Higgins
entertained the members of
Trinity Anglican Church choir
and their friends to a "cook
out" on Sunday evening,
Mrs. Higgins, who is the choir
director was presented with a
gift.
Miss Kay Reid of Windsor is
spending two weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Carl E. Diehl at "The
Hut."
Mrs. J. R. R. Wiilock of
Toronto and her daughters,
Cathie,
and Ainslie are spending
tl�'�iit'irm'�Y'at•t1r'giY�cdtt'age"�" •�`"
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Martin and
family of Detroit are vacationing
at their cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Thompson
of ,London, are spending this
week at "Enfield" cottage.
Mrs. H. B. Scudamore is a
guest of Canon and Mrs. F. H.
Paull, Miss Carrie Dixon left for
Brantford on Thursday, but is
expected to rejoin her sister,
Mrs, Paull, this week.
A former rector of Trinity
Anglican Church, the Rey.
Warren. Quterbridge, Mrs,
Outerbridge and their son Peter,
of 1'ranklinviile,
N,Y. called .on
Mrs. R. I'i. F, Gairdner last week.
Mrs. Gairdner's sisters, Mrs. J, W.
Wescott of Evanston, Ill. and
Mrs. W. C, Morse of Forest,
are visiting her this week,
Miss Pat Sparks spent last
week at the C,Y,C, girls camp at
Thamesford, her sister Linda
returned home to Lucknow on
Sunday.
Jeffrey and Roland Sturgeon
visited with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sturgeon and
Mr. and Mrs. .Edgar Rathwell,
from Wednesday until Sunday of
last week,
Plan to attend the annual
Pioneer Park rummage sale, This
fun-packed event will be held
Friday, July 11, at 8 p.m. in the
Community Centre. Rare
antiques, furniture and clothing;
something for everyone will be
found, A refreshment stand and
popcorn available, also a garden
centre. For further details read
the coming events .column of
this paper.
BETTER PORK
The University of Guelph is
hosting a swine evaluation field
day today. Sponsored by the
Ontario Swine Breeders'
Association, the day -long event
is being held in the new Animal
Science -Nutrition Building.
Billed as an "education day,"
the purpose of the event is to
discover methods of providing
better quality pork through
improved breeding stock.
Comprehensive swine evaluation.
employing all available
techniques, including "weigh
and probe" information, as well
as visual appraisal will be the
general theme of the day's
activi ties.
The judging competition will
consist of one breeding class
each of Yorkshires, Landrace,
Lacombe and Hampshires, eight
breeding gilts and barrows. The
latter class will be slaughtered in
the meat laboratory of the
Animal Science -Nutrition
'4 uilding, providing ' an
ribil iilek t6"tee and discuss
the carcasses.
A tour of the University of
Guelph campus is being arranged
for the ladies between 1:15 and
3:15 p.m.
The day's activities are open
to all swine breeders and their
wives, 4-H Swine Club members
and all others interested in
pure-bred swine breeding.
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Clinton News-•Reca.rdR Thursd?y July 1!.1969
IIuiIett rate up 3 mills
. SINE „NEs
Hnllett 'Tpwnship Connell
a
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residential tax rate of 23 mills
and a
b sines_s rate of 25 mills
both increases of three mills.oyer
last year.
One major item added to the
budget this year hi the Post of
replacing the Wallace. Bridge ,on
the llth concession. Owen King
of Walkerton last month
submitted a low bid of $103,000
for the project and was awarded
the contract at a special council
meeting. The bridge is already
under construction,
Local musicians
vie prizes
.lazes
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Three magicians from Clinton
are among 1,500 participants,
armed with guitars and
accordions, who will vie for
more than $10,000 in prizes and
trophies at the 16th annual
Canadian Music League's Music,
Festival being held at the Royal
'York Hotel in Toronto from
July 16-19.
The . • three from Clinton
entered ,. in thisyear's
competition' are Debra
Alexander, Cossar McBride and
Bill Rapson.
Besides competitions, the
music students have a full
schedule of fun ahead of them
during the four-day music
festival.
Competitions are scheduled
between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30
p.m., with breaks for tours of
the Toronto area.
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A bylaw for lieenaing ,trailers
wasd and for
Passed nd
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in. township re
remain oWn more
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than 30 days PO are not located.
in :a. trailer camp. Cost of the
licenses will be $10, per .month
paid in advance quarterly,
except for an initial payment at
the end of the first 3Q days, The
bylaw takes effect retroactive to
duly 1.
Clare Vincent, township
clerk, noted this week that the
Hullett has advertised twice for
tenders on almost 20,00Q feet of
drain installation, but so far has
failed to receive offers.
The council voted this week
to grant $15 for the Huron
County Historical Society and.
declared July 5-13 Conservation
Week in the township.
The next meeting will be
August 4 at 8 p,m.
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