The Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-01-06, Page 7Thursday, January 6 th, 1938
SOME INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT HOWICK
The following' interesting account
■pf Howick of the older days appear
ed in The Fordwich Record about 30
.years Rgo„ We are indebted to Miss
JEarngey, of Gorrie, ,fpr the clipping.
Howick is the most north easterly
•of the1 sixteen townships comprising
tfrhe County of Huron. Tt contains by
•superficial measurement 67,510 acres,
of which 45,345 acres are cleared, Its
,-population is 3,659.
The late, John Carter, of Fordwich,
'who settled on Lpt 11, Con. 8, in Au-
;gust, 1851,, was the’ first settler of this
prosperous township, comprising sev
eral thriving villages and scenes of
rural prosperity, happiness and plen
ty. Mr, Carter came in via the’pres
sent village of M°iesworth stopping
at the house Of Andrew Mitchell on
the Grey and Wallace townline. He
was. obliged to brush a road into his
location, a distance of about ten
miles. For over two years Mitchell’s
was the nearest human habitation.
Henry Zimmerman is now proprietor
of this farm. ” . /
The second settler, Jacob Cook, fa
ther of. our esteemed townsman, B.
;S. Cook, settled on Lots .15, Con, 3.
He’ did not move his family till Feb
ruary, 1854. As there was no passable
road beyond. Mitchell’s at Molesworth
( Mr. Cook and family were obliged to
portage their effects from Molesworth
on’their backs. He died at Fordwich,
■universally regretted in 1876. Mr.
Carter the original settler, was also
,a‘ respected citizen of Fordwich and
lived to a ripe old age. (Mr. Fred
Gedk’e is now the owner of
Mr. Cook settled on.
The spring and summer
was marked by the arrival
<erous additions to the inhabitants.
Among these were Henry Smith who
settled on Lot 6 Con. 4; John Don
ley, Lot 4, Con. 5; Allen Ireland, Lot
38, Con. B; the Greer brothers on the
lots now. covered by the village of
Gorrie; and early' in 1854, the Soth-
erans, Joel Rogers, W. G. Walker,
and Artbur Mitchell at or near* Ford
wich; and’Geo. Dane and the Strong
brother near Gorrie; and Wm. Spence
near Newbridge, he being the first
settler in that, portion of the town
ship. About the same time as these
latter or 'probably a little before,
Hugh- Hollinghead settled on Lot 3,
•Con. 3, and built a sawmill there Soon
after, the first in the township.
The first' frame house-- in the town
ship is said to have "been.erected by
Joel Rogers. at Fordwich; Henry
Smith kept the first store, and Arthur
Mitchell .opened *the first- store in
Fordwich and had a post-office estab
lished here in 1855, of which he was
the first postmaster. There was , a
weekly mail and Mr. Mitchell was
.obliged to go .to Wallace village,, a
-distance of 18 miles, to meet the . reg
ular mail carrier, often wading1
’.through swamps and beaver mead
bows. ' ",
J The first religious services 'ever
Jheld in the township were conducted
by a Wesleyaji Methodist minister,
•named Clark, in the house of old Mrs.
■Greer. The first quarterly meeting
was presided over by Rev. Armstrong
dn the house of Henry . Smith. The
first Sunday School was organized by
Jas. Leech in the Leech Br(ps.’ shan
ty, where Gorrie now stands. James
Leech was leader of the first Meth-
.odist class for many years and for a
long time tliis class consisted of Only
himself and Mr. ahd Mrs. Besanson,
who will be remembered as the post
master in Gorrie fnany ye&rs ago.
In 1856 Howick was organized as a
■separate municipality, being united to
■the Township of Grey the year previ
ous* Henry* Smith became the first
Reeve and Messrs. Mitchell, Gough,
Bolton and Hollinghead the first
Councillors, John Dane was, appoint
ed Clerk ahd Treasurer; John Wood,
assessor, and Wm. Wade, collector.
The Council met alternately at Hotels
in Fordwich and Gorrie* About 20
years agp a substantial Towhship hall
was erected in Gorrie, but the Coun
cil still continue to hold their meet
ings alternately, in Gorrie and Ford
wich. The presiding officers of the
the
of
of
L
farm
1854
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GAY DANCE FROCKS FOR YOUNG MODERNS The trend of bacon and ham ex-
ports to the United Kingdom contw
ued to rise and for the twelve months
ending September 1937, Canadian
ports totalled 195,000,000 pounds as
compared With 133,000,000 pounds in
the previous twelte-month period,
and only 11,000,000 pounds in th?
calendar year 1931. The rapid prog
ress made by Canada towards filling
its quota’of 280,000,000 pounds grant
ed by the United Kingdom in 1932 is
quite apparent and every effort should
be made to prevent any falling-off in
exports ‘to this market.
Shipments of western feeder cattle
to Ontario reached an all-time record
this year, with the total number 75%.
greater than last fall. More than the
usual percentage of these were • of
quite light weights' and will not be
ready for "marketing until next sum
mer off the grass, and quite a num
ber will be carried over a second win
ter. The heavy inflow this season is
an indication of the abundant sup
plies of coarse feed available in the
province.
to know she is in Wingham Hospital
at present. (Mrs. Walter Woods is
taking her place on the staff.
Mr. Wm. Knox suffered a paralytic
stroke and is ill at his home. His
many friends wish him a .speedy re
covery.
. For^the whirl of pleasure which
comes with the New Year, evening
clothes will play a very important
part. If you are going out of town
to a winter sports resort, the ensemb
les shown in (1) will be very handy.
At the left a plaid Silk taffeta jacket
with a flaring peplum tops a sweep
ing skirt the color of wine dregs. The
skirt has. a wide facing of the plaid
taffeta which shades from wine to
white. The other young woman wears
black broadcloth slacks with silk
braid dowm the sides. The double-
breasted mess jacket of white silk
duvetyne is fastened with star-shaped
enamel buttons. The new bustle ef
fect is created by Dormoy in this sev
erely sculptured gown of cerise and
silver lame shown in (2). Crystal but-
4
ton's fasten it in front from a point
below the waist up to the throat. Soft
draping defines the waist and hip lin
es. (3) A thousand bows in pastel
double-faced satin ribbon flutter
gaily on this dance dress. It is of
champagne colored silk net in many
layers and stiffened at the hem. line.
The bow idea is repeated in the drap
ery of the bodice.
former being
Plot of How-
“Howick Vil-
Lakelet and
Council since 1879 are John Kaine,"
B. S. Cook, S. Ferguson, A. C. Soth-
eran, J. J. Gregg; Jas. A. Strong and
W. T. McKee. , -
Within the limits of the township
we have two thriving villages, Ford
wich and Gorrie/ the
laid out as the “Town
ick” and the latter as
lage" and Newbridge,
Belmore, three small villages.
Altogether Howick may fairly be
called a very prosperous township and
occupies a well merited place in the
front rank" of Huron County munici
palities. Its farm* buildings and pri
vate improvements throughout will
compare favorably with those of any
other township. This township is
well supplied with schools, and the
intelligence' of its people furnish am
ple proof that they have been put to
good use.
The people of Howick are princi
pally tillers of the soij and possess
their full share of industry, prudence
and respectability. In conclusinon we
may say that Howick is one of the
fairest sections of the fairest prov
ince of the First Empire in the world.
and Mr. Frank and iMiss’ Isobel Earls
of near Wroxeter.
Mrs. C. Hamilton spent last week
with her sons in Toronto.
Mr. J. ,.H. King, of Toronto, spent
a few days during, the past week with
his parents/ Mr. and Mrs.* Charles
King and other relatives.
Mr. Jno. Kaine has returned to
New Liskeard after spending the,
Christmas vacation at his home here.
Miss Jamieson, of Sprucedale, who
was also a guest at‘the same home,
returned last week.
Mr. Adam Fletcher, Miss Doris al
so Miss Alma Clements, of Stratford,
were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Bolton. '•
Mr.. Thos. Taylor of-Preston vis
ited his sisters over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bolton and
children spent New Year’s with Mrs.
Wm. Albright at Fordwich.
To Hold Annual At Home
The Gorrie Women’s Institute
holding their annual At Home in
Orange Hall on Tuesday evening
next, Jan. 11th. The executive arc in
charge of the program which will be
one of interest to all present.
are
the
GORRIE
have
screen. The children were then all
treated with an orange, and the en
joyable evening closed with the
tional
ft
Anthem.,
Na-
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WROXETER
Harvey Bryans, of Walton,
a few days last week with
YOUR EYES NEED
ATTENTION
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ation enables us to give you
& • Clear, Comfortable Villon
, F. F. HOMUTH
” Optometrist
Phone lit* Harrietts
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Misses Inez andt Alta Finlay
returned to Wingham after spending
their vacation at their home here.
Miss Evelyn Stephens visited with
friends in Toronto last week.
. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Greet, Wing
ham, were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. V. Hplnies.
Miss Doris Sample, of’ Glenannan,
is Spending a few days with her aunt,
Mrs. Armstrong, and Ur. Armstrong.
Miss Maude Higgins, of Wingham,
spent the Xmas holidays with her sis
ter, Mrs. W. J. Gallaher.
Mr. Muir Anderson, of Guelph,
spent New Year’s Day at the home
of Mr/ and Mrs. R. F. Edgar,, and
also- spent a few days with other
friends,
Mr, and Mrs. John Anger and fam
ily, of Listowel, spent last week with
the former’s brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. George Anger.
Earle Ring spent a few days last
week with his uncle and aunt, Mr, and
Mrs, T. J, MacDonald, near Moles-
worth.
Mrs, Ira McLean and children,
• Marilyn and Donna, of Brussels, were
, guests of the former’s sister, Mrs, W-
J C, King a few days last week. Other
j guests oh New Year’s Day,, Included
Mr, I. McLean, of Brussels, Mr. and
Mrs, T. J, MacDonald, Molesworth,
UNITED CHURCH
ANNUAL CONCERT
her mother, Mrs. N.
•Morley* McMichael
Turnberry, and Mr.
Fine Program Presented
The annual Christinas Concert of
the United Church was held on Wed
nesday night last week in the school
rooms of the Church when quite a
large miipber attended. However, due
to an unusual number of pupils indis
posed by colds, the program was not
as full as in* former years. Mr. Har
vey Sparling, Sunday School Super-
Supt., acted as chairman, and the pro
gram consisted of recitations’ by
Bower Farrish, Grace Harper, Brad
ley Galbraith, Mildred Farrish, ’Mary
Thornton, Emerson Ruttan, Lloyd
Ruttan and Doris Galbraith; solos by
Misses Bernice Day, Helen ’Strong,
and Norman Carson; piano solos by
Jean Hcibein and Elea’norc Carsotr;
duet by 'Lois Montgomery and Mar
garet Ruttan, and a
Emerson and Lloyd
chorus by S. S. No.
dialogues were also
were staged by Miss
miller’s class. An acrobatic ..was also
staged, by eight girls. Following this
pari of the program, Mr. H. Nell was
on hand to give the children and
adults as well a real laugh with his
comic picture he showed on the
trio by Atison,
Ruttan, with a
4 School; two
enjoyed, these
Dorothy Hein-
Mr.
spent
friends here.
Miss Elva Stocks visited last week
With friends in London.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Moffat and fam
ily spent New Year’s‘•with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hastie near Gorrie.
(Miss Evelyn Gamble, of Stella,
Amherst Island, visited at the home
of Mrs. Edgar on Tuesday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Edgar and
family, of Fordwich, were New Year’s
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Verne
Denny and family.
Mrs. Edgar and son, Ken, spent
New Year’s with Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Lyrin, oft Howick.
Mrs. Alex. Pleasauce of Port Elgin
is visiting with
White.
Mr. and Mrs
and family, of
and Mrs. HarvC;
ily spent .New Year’s with'their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. McMichael.
At the annual school meeting held
last Week Mr. Jeff. Musgrove was re
elected to the office of trustee.
iMiss Jean Sangster returned to re
sume her duties in Toronto after
Spending the Xmas vacation at her
home here.
. Miss Beatrice Shearer is spending
a short holiday in Sault Ste. Marie,,
the guest of her brother, Mr. Andrew
Shearer and Mrs. Shearer.
Miss Marjorie Ross, of Toronto,
was a guest last week of her cousin,
Mrs. J. J. Alien and Mr. Allen.
Mr. and Mrsi Russel. Rae were re
cent guests of Mr, and (Mrs. Edgar
Wightman, Belgrave. „
.. The Watch- .Night Service which
was to have hdeti held In the United
Church on New Year’s/Eve, was call
ed off owing to bad weather condi
tions.’ ,
, U. Faulkner, Toronto, Mr,
and Mrs. McCabe, blew York, Mrs.
E. Rann and sons, of London, spent
thg Kmas holiday week with their fa
ther, Mr, John Hermeberg and Mr,
and Mrs, C. White, .
Miss Marguerite Henning, Gtli con,,
Turnberry, spent a few -days last
week with Wroxeter friends.
The friend* of Miss E. Gilkinsftti
of the local'(school staff will regret
12th LINE HOWICK
(Intended for Last Week')
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Underwood
and family spent Xmas with the for
mer’s parents in Gorrie.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Steurnol of Har
riston were Xmas visitors with the
former’s brother, Mr. Nelson Steurn
ol here.
Mr. Henry Finlay spent Sunday
with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Cathers.. '
Messrs. Wm. and Johnston Hayes
spent Xmas at the home of Mr. Rob
ert Hayes.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Stewart and son,
Eddie, and Mrs. E. Rever and family
and Mrs. Miller were Xmas guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Rever.
Xmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Dane were their two daughters and
sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lome
Walker and little son of Gorrie, and
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Taylor and fam-,
ily, of Tory Corners.
Mr. James King and son, Walter,
also Mr. Richard Clegg, spent Xmas
day with Mr. Delbert Clegg.
Mr. Elliot and son, of Harriston,
. _ were Xmas visitors at the home of
nesday of last week in the church Robert,
schoolroom, when our local leaders,
Mrs. MacDonald and Miss Lily Wall- ,jy a]so Mr. Thomas Vittie, Miss Lily
er, presented their demonstration on Vittie, Messrs. Vittie, also Messrs,
the project work undertaken bj’ East
Huron Institute Branches under the
direction of Miss Edith Collins, from
the Dept. Flow to judge fabrics, to
get
our
are
and
Sunday School Social
very enjoyable social <
spent on Wednesday
when members of the
evening
of last
Sunday
parents
A
was
week
School, teachers, officers and
gathered for their annual social. The
school room was tastefully decorated
a lovely Xmas tree being the high
light. At 7.30 games were played.
Shortly after 8 a programme was giv
en with Rev., A. M. Grant as chair
man. The children excelled in songs,
recitations, pantomine and instru
mental music. The Superintendent,
Mr. R. Stocks, gave a short address.
Lunch was served with the -Bible class
in charge and treats were giveh S. S.
members. The National Anthem clos
ed the evening.
Women’s Institute
“Buymanship” was the theme of
the December meeting held on Wed-
best value for money spent, how
■woollen, cotton and. silk materials
made to create different patterns
weaves, and many other phases
which came under the project work,
were given by Mrs. MacDonald and
Miss Waller. The President, Mrs. N.
McLaughlin, presided. During the
business session a letter was read
from Fort Stewart, in appreciation of
the bale of clothing sent by the W.
I. early in December. The Roll Call,
A Christmas Thought, brought an in
teresting response. Christmas Carols
with ,Mrs. J* N. Allen as accompanist
were enjoyed. The National Anthem
brought an interesting meeting
close.
OBITUARY
to a
John Gibson
John Gibson died suddenly at his
home, Maple Bray farm, Wroxeter,
from pneumonia, oft Saturday. Born
in Wroxeter on January 11, 1870, lie
Spent his early life as a flour miller
in Wroxeter and in Wheatley. He
was twice married, his first wife be
ing Josephine Cowan, In 1902 he
married Rachel Willis and several
years later took up farming on" the
home place. Fottr years ago lie pur
chased' the Wroxeter Dairy from Mr.
Frank W. Green. He is survived by
Itis wife, six sons, Shiriff, of Detroit';
Robert, John, Anderson, Arthur and
William, all of Wroxeter; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Wilfred Meilis, Kippen;
Mrs. I.ornc Seifert, Fordwich; Mrs.
Thqftias Burke, Wroxeter, and Mrs,
John Barnard, London; three broth
ers, Alex,, Fordwich; Robert, Calgary,
William, Wroxeter, and one sister,
Mrs. (Rev.) H. L. Mahood, New
York. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon from the home. Service
was conducted by Rev. A, M. Grunt
of Wroxeter United Church, with iti-
torment in Wroxeter Cemetery.
iMr. and Mrs. John Hill and fam-
James and Roy Pritchard spent Xmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
south of Gorrie.
Vittie,
News and Information
For the Busy Farmer
Care of Farm Woodlot Brings Good
Results
Grazing by live stock and burning1
1 probably create more damage to the
farm woodlot than any other agencies
and, therefore, foresters recommend ’
fencing off the woodlot from cattle
and taking particular care to see that
fire does not burn over the woods.
By following certain simple rule^J,,..
farmers can get good result out of .
the care of the woodlot. These rules,
are: 1, Keep the live stock out of the
woods; 2, confine cannual cutting to
a definite area in the lot; 3, make “
no large openings in the woods; 4„
favour the thriftiest best-formed crop^
trees; 5, remove some of the larger I,
crop trees where crowding exists; 6,^
cut inferior trees for wood; and 7t
protect the woods against fire.
The reason why live stock should
be kept out of the woodlot is that
their presence tends to have the lit
ter trampled. under the^ trees and
packs the soil so that the jjvater run
off and consequent erosion of soil are
encouraged. Further, the admission
of live stock to the woodlot prevents
the proper growth of the new crop
of trees which comes up under nor
mal conditions to replace the trees '
that are harvested. The actual growth
of the standing trees also is reduced
through the abnormal conditions thus
set up. By keeping live stock out of
the woodlot, normal conditions pre
vail and with proper thinning of the
stands by culling the inferior trees,
the timber crop will be improved.
It is estimated that farm woodlots,
especially hardwoods, will produce at
least 50 per cent more lumber if the
lots are protected from fire and heavy
pasturing avoided, the increase in pro
duction being realized by the greater
number of standing trees and by the
less defect in the lumber that is
grown. Another essential in the pro
duction of full lumber crops is the
employment of methods of cutting
trees which favour continuous growth.
Although farm woodlats do not re
quire the same attention as orchards,
at the same time, to obtain profitable
returns, some attention must be giv-yA
en to the conditions of growth.
Annual. Conventions
Ontario Vegetable Growers—Jan.
11 and 12, King Edward Hotel, Tor
onto.
Ontario Fruit Growers’ Association
—Jan. 19th, 20th and 21st, Royal
Connauglit Hotel, Hamilton.
Poultry Sold on Grade
The major portion of Christmas
poultry was bought and sold on .grade
this year, thanks to the newspaper
advertising campaign by the Domin
ion Department of Agriculture which
received every assistance of the On
tario Department pf Agriculture in
the matter.
Retailers report the public is being
pleased with the idea of graded poul
try as it takes the “guess’ out of buy-jwitb blue and thrown" up boldly by*
ing the Christmas turkey. In other I shadow. The design will be placed
words, housewife pays for what she'on the port and starboard sides of.
gels. A Grade “A” red tag tells the f the plane’s nose/forward of the pil-
buycr that the bird, whether turkey, ot’s cabin. Miniatures will be stamp
pilots’ buttons and embroider-
their caps.
Flying Maple Leaf
Formally approved by the directors
the insignia of the Trans-Canada Air
lines is ready to be fixed by the dec-
alcomania process to planes now is
operation. It consists of a maple leaf
within a circle 20
The circle is of
blue. Imposed on
autumn colors, is
bird in flight—something like the de
vice of the Imperial Airways — and
the letters TCA in gold, bordered.
inches in diameter,
gold, rinimed with
the leaf, which is m
a conventionalized
chicken, goose or duck,, is well-flesh-1 ec{
ed and especially fattened for tender- 1 ^d
ness. A Grade “B” or blue tag shows
that the bird is-a good one, but not
as well-fleshed, while a Grade “C” or
yellow tag tells the world that Mr.
Turkey is not quite Us good in qual
ity and therefore not worth.so much
of the householder’s mopey. ' •
Livestock Situation
Exports, of live cattle to the United
States record a substantial increase
during the past year, but shipments
to the ‘United Kingdom were neglig
ible. With the severe decline in cat
tle prices in ths United States in re
cent weeks, the market is now def
initely below an export basis, but the
recent reduction in Canadian markets
has placed Ontario cattle ift a posi
tion for export to the United King
dom.
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on
Date Bars
stoned dates
nut meats
powdered sugar
1
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1
2
1
2
4
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Rut dates and nuts through
chopper. Add sugar and: beaten
and mix well, Add melted butter
lemon' juice, flour and salt and mix
thoroughly. Spread evenly in a grey
ed shallow pan, having mixture W*
fourth inch tlqep. Bake in a modwtfe
oven, 825 .d^rees F, about- W 'Mln*
utes. Gut jjft strips- and rollftt
dferei sugar ‘ / ■ ■’ "•
Cup
cup
Ctlp
feggs
tablespoon incited butter
tablespoons ietnOft juice
tablespoons flour
teaspoon salt
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food