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Bertha Anil Henderson,
daughter of. Mr. and;MP.
J, Henderson of Wlugherrl, and
David M. McCullough of
noderich, son of Mr and Mrs.
Frank McCullough of
Holmesville, exchanged marriage
vows at the Salvation Army
Citadel, Wingham on Saturday,
January 3, 1970,
Captain. J. Fearnall of the
Wingham corps preformed the
ceremony. Mrs. Mervin Knapp of
Kincardine who was the organist
accompanied Captain Pauline
Banfield of Hanover, who sang
"The Lord's Prayer" and
"Wedding Prayer".
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a white
knitted arnel and cotton suit and
carried red carnations on a' white
Bible.
Her only attendant was her
sister, Mrs. Andrew Rodgers of
Wingham who wore a mint green
nylon crepe dress with lace.
trimmed cape sleeves and carried
a bouquet of yellow carnations.
Keith Henry of Wingham
attended the bridegroom and the
ushers were William K.
Henderson of Winghain and Jim
brother of the
groom, pf Hamilton..
" Gleeats from Hanover,
Kincardine,
11e0 P-il l
Peterborough, 'TOM.* and
Mitchell were received by the
parents of the WO and groom,
Both Mrs. Henderson and Mrs,
McCullough wore their $alvatioll
Army .uniforms.
The wedding dinner, servedin
the Citadel flail was prepared by
Mrs, .Feurnell, Ws, Art, Stoke s
And Mrs. Alvin Bannerman;
Friends of the bride, Misses
Linda Aitchison, Leora McMinn
and' Susan -Gannett served the
ghests.
For the wedding trip, Mrs.
McCullough chose a red arnel
bonded dress with navy
accessories and a red corsage,
The 'young couple will live at
40A West Street, Goderich.
Shortly before Christmas a
miscellaneous shower was held
for the bride,eleet at the home
of Mrs. T. W. Gannett who was
assisted by Mrs. Herb Phillips,
Cheryl Bailey, Susan and
Beverley Gannett.
News of Londesboro
BY MRS. BERT ALLEN
In spite of the inclemency of
the weather the Women's
Institute .,, members met on
Thursday January 8, with 25
present, Minutes and thank cards
were read and roll call was
answered. The motto was
prepared by Mrs. Alice
Buchanan and read by Jessie
Tebbult. Mrs. Pipe gave a New
Year's reading,, Mrs. Buchanan
also gave the topic. The
hostesses served a tasty lunch.
The Berean Unit of the
U,C.W. met at the home of Mrs.
Livingston on Tuesday. The
President conducted the
devotional period, the business
of packing and sending the bale
was discussed. Part of the bale
will be sent to an Indian Reserve
in Parry Sound.
. The program was turned over
to Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Scott gave
two readings, and contributed a
solo accompanied by Mrs. Wood.
Mrs. Allen gave a reading on
"NorldePovertyX:followed by 'a,
hymn and prayer. A social half
hour was enjoyed,
Mr. Mervin Eckmier of
Kincardine, husband of the
former Susie Samson, died
suddenly of a heart attack while
curling on Friday evening. The
funeral was held Monday
Sympathy of the community is
extended to Mrs. Eckmier.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Airdrie
and family of Branford visited
with the Tom Airdrie family on
Friday.
Mrs. Fred Reid of Clinton
spent Sunday afternoon with.
Mrs. Geo. Cowan.
We welcome Mr. and Mrs.
McCluskie to our village.. They
have taken up residence in the
former Alex Wells home. They
operated the general store at
Winthrop for several years,
recently retiring due to ill
health.
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The annual meeting of the
Ladies Guild of Trinity Anglican
Church, Bayfield, was held in
the Parish. Hall on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 1,3 with 11
members present.
Mrs. Vine Parker, vice
president, chaired the meeting ip
the absence of the Presideht,
Mrs. Beulah Smith.
The treasurer, Mrs. Lorna
Merner read the year's report
showing a substantial balance, She
mentioned that carpet had been
laid in the two vestibules, and the
kitchen, also that general'
supplies had been purchased for
the kitchen, and that the Guild
had sponsored the children's
Sunday School party.
Mrs. Parker then vacated the
chair, and the Rector, Rev. E. J,
B. Harrison read the 1970 slate
of officers as provided by the
nominating committee, Mrs.
Margaret Larson, Mrs. Dorothy
Weston and Mrs. Mary Clark.
The new officers are: Mrs.
Beulah Smith, past president;
Mrs. Mary Clark, president; Mrs.
Vine. Parker, first vice-president;
Mrs. Ruby Fitzsimons, second
vice-president; Mrs. Lorna
Merner, treasurer; Mrs. Greta
Scotchmer, secretary; visiting
committee, Mrs. Larson and Mrs.
Scotchmer; flower and card
secretary, Mrs. Ruby Fitzsimons;
birthday box, Mrs. Mary Weston.
The Rector closed the meeting
with 'prayer, followed by lunch
and a social hour.
Ron Knight and daughter
Jacqueline, of Toronto spent the
weekend with Mrs. Gilbert
Knight, and also attended the
funeral of the late Mr. John
Sturgeon Sr. on Saturday Dec.
17.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker,
Toronto, were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weston.
At their village homes for the
weekend were: Mr. and Mrs.
George Cantrick, Birmingham,
Mich.; John Keinert, Pontiac,
Mich; Dr. and Mrs. William
Tillmann, Hugh Gregory, and
William Smith of London.
;Mrs. Myrtle Parker returned
14ine jigefue'Sday after spending
theq past two weeks in London
with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Pruss
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Sturgeon of Orangeville attended
the funeral of theiregrandfather
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the late Mr, John Sturgeon Sr.
on Saturday,
Mrs. R. B. Johnston spent the
past week with Miss Rhee Krulte
at her home in Detroit.
Weekend visitors with Mr. and
Mrs, John Lindsay were their
family George of University of
Waterloo and Mr, and Mrse Jim
Butcher of Plattsville.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Ervine of
Stratford accompanied by Bob
Myers, Milverton spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Spencer Ervine,
The Sacrament of Baptism
Was • atirninisteredi by Rev.
Donald R. Beck, L.Th, in St.
Andrew's United Church on
Sunday. •
Those baptised were: Beverley
and Bradley, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Betties; Sheri Lee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Cornish; Allison, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Ted Dunn; and Julie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cordon Porter,
U.C.W.
A joint meeting of the U.C.W.
of St Andrew's United Church,
Bayfield, was held in the Sunday
school room on Wednesday,
January 14. Twenty-seven
members were present.
• Mrs. John Lindsay, president,
opened the meeting, Mrs.
Kathleen Siertsema read the
Scripture.
The members were led in
prayer by Mrs. Ted Dunn.
Installation of officers for 1970
was conducted by the Rev.
Donald Beck.
The members decided to hold
a pancake supper on February
10, a bazaar in October, and also
the Thankoffering meeting in
that month. It was agreed to
donate a sum of money to the
Board of Stewards towards the
improvement and expenses of
the Church, and also to purchase
new blinds for the Sunday
School room.
Rev. Donald Beck closed the
meeting with prayer, a social
hour followed and refreshments
were served by the group in
charge.
The; monthly meeting
Trinity Church A.C.W, was helde
January 15 at 2.30.p.m.
Rev. Mr. E. J. B. Harrison led
in the Service for the Installation
of Officers.
The Treasurer gave an
excellent annual report.
It was decided to have the
yearly Bridge and Euchre Party
on Shrove Tuesday Feb. 10 at 8
p.m.
The meeting closed with
prayer followed by a delightful
tea.
Jacob Diehl travelled up the canal from New York to Buffalo,
across to Canada and via stage coach to Stanley.
He walked into Henry Bowers, who lived on the present property
on which Tony Verhoeff is building. He had written him that lots 23
and 24, 5th Concession, Stanley, were for sale as their owner,
Absolom Shade, M.P, of Galt, had died.
Jacob Diehl could not, perhaps, have purchased a more beautiful
property, reminiscent of his homeland. The south branch of the
Bayfield river (or Bannockburn river as it was sometimes called)
flowed through the property. Water was important in those days.
There was a log cabin presumably built by Absolom Shade on lot
24 and he found the latter's son-in-law, a man by the name of
Labourgood living there. Mr. Diehl dubbed him "No Good" for with
apparently no good reason, he had slashed down a grove of young
hickory trees of a good nut-bearing species. And as he only had the
property rented, it irked the new owner. However, he purchased
oxen and went to work with a will clearing suitable land, planting
crops, etc. as well as an apple orchard and other fruit.
In 1853, he went to Elora for two weeks to help his brother,
Henry, with some carpentry work. There he met Miss Isabella Rice
and after a whirlwind courtship, married her on March 1, 1853, and
returned with his bride by stage coach to Clinton. They walked in
from there.
Ten children were born to them: Jacob, George, Mary Ann, John,
Charlie, Margaret, Harry, Louis, and twins Michael and Gussie (she
died at 16 months of age.)
Lot 23, fifth Concession was in S.S.No. 6 Stanley (Varna) and lots ,
24 in S.S.No. 1 Stanley (Baird's school) so the children could attend
either school, Most of them went to Varna but some attended
Baird's school.
In 1857 Jacob Dieln built a frame house adjacent to the log one
on the top of the river hill, about 30 rods from the river, and 50 rods
from the roadway.
On July 13, 1866, Jacob Diehl was the only man off the line to
shoulder his gun and walk to Brucefield at the time of the Fenian
Raid scare. The twins were born on October 15, of that year.
Mrs. Diehl died on July 22, 1877 and from that time on Jacob .
Diehl cared for the younger children.
They were a musical family and all possessed fine voices. Margaret
played the organ and with her sister Mary. Ann and brothers Harry
and Louis, they formed a quartet.
In 1883, Jacob Diehl built a brick house beside the frame but it
was not occupied until 1884, •
pee by one the family left until only Michael remained with hiss
failibg,"J Jacob,, bttlie
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MOrii tieVa`rietO6k, up land
CrYPreSs Iiierr6V OW fibril `Wilinirreg';' GCOrge','a carpenter, located'
in Duluth, Minnesota; Mary Ann married Richard Peck, Goshen
Line, Stanley; John became a bank messenger in Edmonton; Charlie,
was an elevator manager and painter at Portage La Prairie; Margaret'
married James McClymont, Parr Line, Stanley; Harry and Louis
served as Anglican clergymen in the Diocese of Huron.
Michael married Miss Agnes Elvina Tindall and took charge of the
farm and his father lived with them.
He had a large sugar bush across the river and built a swing bridge
over the river -in 1889. It was 150 feet long and went out in a spring
flood in 1908, being caught by a large tree carried down in the
turbulent waters. He built a new one 206 feet long, south of the
original site. It was about 25 feet high and was one of the wonders
of the district. It was still in existence in 1951, though damaged by
the limb of a dead elm tree which fell on it.
Mrs. Diehl died January 16, 1905,1eaving two children, Bertha and
Edward.
Bertha was very close to her grandfather and having a keen
memory, she has retained many of the incidents he related to her.
One evening she was reading aloud a poem from the second
reader. Jacob Diehl was reading the newspaper but his ear caught
this verse: "They almost devour me with kisses. Their arms about
me entwine, till I think of the Bishop of Bingen. In his MouSe-Tower
on the Rhine" (The Children's Hour, Longfellow.)
"What's that? What's that?" He interrupted her memory work.
"Read that again." And then he relaxed and told her that as a child
he had often played in that old Mouse-Tower as it was only two
miles from their home in Tiefenbach.
Then he used to tell Ed about the crest on the house "Some day
when you are a man and have a home of your own you can take that
crest and have it on your house" he'd say.
And he taught Bertha thriftiness with the following adage: "A
woman can throw more out the front door with a teaspoon than a
Man can bring in the back with a scoop shovel," lie died December
6, 1906.
The Reverend Louis Diehl was in Europe in 1938 and tried to
lOok up relatives, He found the house where his father, had been
born in Tiefenbach by the crest cut into the stone over the• door.
Two ladies resided there who were probably distant relatives but he
couldn't speak German and they couldn't speak English.
Both Bertha and Ed went to S.S.No. 1, Stanley, to Master Baird,
chiefly because Bertha had the company of Henry Diehl's children
and John's son Percy when she started.
Michael Diehl married his wife's sister, Melinda Tindall, who
predeceased him on October 1, 1939. Michael died March 6, 1941,
Miss Bertha Diehl and her brother carried on the farm until they
retired to Clinton in 1951, Asked if they took the crest with them,
Miss Diehl replied "Yes, but aomehoW or other it got lost in the
moving," But Ed knew it so well that he made another and put it On
the house. The crest bote a Greek erase over a St. Andrews cross,
couped, on a field enclosed by a circle. Edward died September 18,
1968.
One of Jacob 6iehl's great grandsons, Feed Diehl, grandson of
Jacob, is with theC.E.C. Television.
And C. H. Diehl's Wife, Portage 'La Prairie, a noted vocalist, was a
meinaber of the choir Which sang at the coronation of King George Vi
and Queen Elizabeth, When they made their Canadian Tour in 1989
they stopped over Sunday to attend church at Portage La Prairie and
she sang before them.,
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BY '1,UPY R 1VP9PS
Jacol? Diehl, the oldest Of the five sons and two daughters Of
Heinrich Diehl, Whoa emigrated to North America from Daveria, was
the .first to loeate in Stanley Township, They were born, in
Tiefenbach, Jacob on March 8, 1521. (Oply two remained at borne,
Catherine ape a son. Michael who died when young man.)
As Was the custom, the homes were in small villages and the farms
in the hilly valley of the Rhine,
Jacob's father owned 10 acres, five miles From the villaee. It was
considered a good-sized farm, Amongst other things they grew fruit -
apples, pears, mites, etc. - and. made apple butter, Probably they
bad some stock too, as before he left in 1546, Jacob threshed a crop
of alfalfa seed with a flail.
He and his sister, Magdalena, took o steamboat down the Rhine
and then to Liverpool, England, where they embarked on a sailing
vessel. It rode through an egninoxial gale with 6Q foot waves hut
they landed safely in Boston, September 30,184G, and went to see a
brother John.
Jacob Diehl found employment in the waterworks in Boston. The,
same system is in operation today. Miss Bertha Diehl prizes a bible
which the woman with whom he boarded gave her grandfather when
he left in 1850 to come to Canada.
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