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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-08-03, Page 7GORRIE WROXETER ing, of London. Mr. Lochart Dane and sister, Mrs. Stephens, of Niagara, Mrs. Annie Dane and son, Will, of Ethel, called at the same home on Sunday. owner Cecil Elliot of Woodstock. It costs $30,000 before the first crop is taken off a new 100-acre farm, Mr. Elliot revealed, but.this may gross $50,000 in one year. will gradually strip great fields. Al­ most lost in the far-reaching rows of tobacco, RIGHT, Manager Taylor Barnes of a farm near Princeton, points out this year’s fine crop to Co­ Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Brant counties. Then boss pick­ ers, like the man at the DEFT, will guide squads of men who, picking first the leaves at the bottom of each plant Gleaming green in the sun, 77,000 acres of multi-leaved tobacco plants are slowly ripening for^ the August harvest in a great belt that now spreads through Kent, Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Ed, Ross and son, Al win, of Woodstock, were Sunday* vis­ itors at the home of Misses E, and B, •Potter. , Mrs, Charles Lambkin and children, Lome and llean, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bolton, llean is remaining for a time. Clare Bolton, who is holidaying at the home -of his aunt, Mrs. Lamkin, spent Sun- ■day at his home here, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Marshall and Laby son, were Sunday visitors at the •home of Mr, and Mrs. Jermyn, near Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Wright, Lake- let, spent Saturday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S'. Ferguson. Bob Curie, of Belmore, is spending .a few days with his sister, Mrs. Alex. Marshall and Mr, Marshall, Mrs. R. M. Coddingtbn, Mr. E. T. ’Taylor and son, Vincent, of Jackson, Mich., were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Day. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Earngey and ■son, Dean, of Brussels, spent Thurs­ day last with the former’s aunt, Miss Kate Earngey. Miss Olive Lawrence, of Toronto, Is spending her vacation with her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence. Miss Blythe Underwood, Miss Mina Brown, Mr. Jack Musgrove, ,Mr. Ken Nnderwood and Mr. Archie Irwin •spent Sunday with friends in Water­ loo. Mr. and Mrs. Charles King ,return­ ed to Toronto on Saturday with their son, Mr. John King, who had spent some time at their home. Miss Lois Caldwell, of Guelph, is holidaying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Ashton. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Ellis, Miss Mary and Ed., iMr. and Mrs. Scott •Cunningham and two daughters, Shir­ ley and Dorothy, all of Drayton, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shera. Mrs. W. C. King is spending a few days this week with friends in Ham­ ilton. Thursday, August 3rd, 1939 MONTH TO GO BEFORE RIPENING TOBACCO CROPS READY FOR CURING jgi if Girls’ Association Held Quilting The regular meeting of the Girls’ "W. A. was held at the home of the Ritchie girls on Wednesday last for the purpose of quilting their quilt for the Christmas bale. The only item of business was the planning of a tea to t>e held on the Rectory lawn late in August. At the close of the meeting a delightful supper was served by the hostesses. Decoration and Memorial Service Will be held at Gorrie on Sunday, 5Aug. 6th, at 3.15 o’clock, under the auspices of Howick District L.O.L. and L.O.B.A. Members will assemble at the Orange Hall and parade to the ■cemetery, where the service will be held. Bro. Robert Shaw, of Bluevale, will give the address. Every member of Howick District is expected to be present. Visiting Ornagemen and the public are invited, seating accommo­ dation is being provided and a wel­ come awaits all. Mr. and Mrs. M. Nay, Mr,’ and Mrs. C. Cooke and their families spent Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, Clif­ ford. 1 Little Helen and Gwen Jefferson are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster after a two- weeks holiday with friends at Wasaga Beach. Tuesday last. Mrs. Ewald, of St., Catharines, who had spent a month, with her sister,. Mrs. R. G. Dane, returned home last week. ■ Miss iMargatet Foster, R.N>, of Ow­ en Sound General Hospital, spent.the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster. Bower Farrish, of Kinlough, is vis­ iting friends in the village this week. Mrs. John Wylie and daughter, Bessie, visited last week with Rev. G. Wylie, of Oakdale. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pletch and little daughter, of Chicago, Were guests last week of Mr, and Mrs. C. Black. Miss Marjory Hockridge is spend­ ing this week with friends in Port El­ gin. Mr. and Mrs. Short, (Miss Myrtle Short, visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. H. Henning, of Wroxeter. Little Bobbie Edgar is spending his holidays with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright at Jamestown. Mr. H. Hopper, of Wingham, oc­ cupied the pulpit of the United Church here last Sunday. On Sunday, Aug. 6th, the service will be conducted by Rev. George Wylie of Oakdale. * Earle King is visiting at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, of Molesworth. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Ball and Kath­ arine Marie, are spending a two weeks vacation in Toronto and Jamestown, N.Y. • ... Gracie Edgar, of Molesworth, visit­ ed last week with her friend, Erlatid Gregg. Wilma Edgar spent the last week-end at the same home. Sunday School and Church servic­ es of St. Stepliens Anglican Church have -been cancelled for Sunday, Aug. 6th. On Sunday, Aug. 15th, the Rev. J. L. Ball will conduct services as us­ ual. ' . * ' Mr. Albert Heibein and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Far­ rish, of KinloUgh, Wilma Heibein, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Campbell and son, Harris, of Morris1 Twp., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mc­ Michael one day recently. Mrs; Alex. Sanderson and children, of Owen Sound, returned home one day last week after visiting her moth­ er, Mrs. Sandy McDougall. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White spent a couple of’days in London the guests of Mrs.’ Ed:, Rann. Misses Henderson, of Guelph, are spending their holidays with Misses Yvonne and Pauline White. Mrs. Fred Kitchen left for Toronto Saturday afternoon to visit friends be­ fore leaving for Cape Cod, accompan­ ied by her daughter, Mrs. Berkinshaw. Mrs. Tony .^feahen and daughter, Mary, spent the week-end with friends in*. Toronto. BELMORE First 'Clearing of the Queen’s Bush In Tumberry (By Miss Minnie Jeffray, Belmore) While looking over old records and papers, we came across some valuable information. The patience and sacri­ fices of our pioneer fathers well miglft put to shame our youth of to-day. An accident occurred on the ninth i,wbo ^iac^ sPen* a week at the same » <• *r*r • « Art HHrnnl-C n 11 rfhome, returned with her parents and Jean remained for a week. Mi\ and Mrs; J. T. Shera and dau­ ghter, Shirley, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Nirs. Jack Fitch, Bel­ more. Mr. and MrS; Ira Neil and Mrs. Jno. McCreary, of Salem, spent Sunday at concession of Howick, near Gorrie, on Saturday night last when two cars col­ lided when attempting to pass on a narrow bridge. The drive of one car was Mr. John Strong of the same con­ cession, who had OUc passenger in his car. The driver of the other car who was alone was Mr. H. V. Skelding of. Sebringville. Both cars were rather( the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Ca- badly damaged but fortunately no one (thers. was injured. Mr. Harold Watson, Mrs'. Shaw and children, also Mr. Atcheson, all of Elora, were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. M. WatsQn. Mr. Keith Wat­ son, of Fergus, spent part of his Vaca­ tion. with his parents, last week. Mr. and, Mrs. W. Whitfield were surprised by a visit from an old friend, Mrs. Adams, of London, Eng., on They came into the Settlement, Way back in ’83, Before a man had entered there Or cut a single tree. The only neighbours that*they had Were wolves and prowling bears,* Which in their stock of calves lambs Full willingly took shares. God bless the old man Coining down the lane, His form though bent with toil care, Is free from every pain. He looks across his acres With their glory and their gain While his heart hath dreams heaven As he comes down the lane. ■ at\cl and home on the tenth also. Those old pioneers worked together in harmony, logging and so forth, batching in their shanty. In those days there was what they called “squatters", people who came in, cleared ten acres, built their shanty and remained on the land. To look at the humorous side, this was something that was never done away with, this and to learn a baby calf to drink from a pail. We wish to instil- into the minds of our youth of to-day that the pioneers were no squatters, paying dear for their landj% A mystery to us is how they raised the money, all bills were paid in full. The lack of education was quite evi­ dent, also their honesty and integrity. Belmore 4th, 1880 ' Received from Benjamin Jeffray the sum of $3, being the account in full I hold against him to this date after a final settlement between him and me up to this date. This man’s son is a prominent busi­ ness-man in Wingham. Belmore, January, 1857 Received from William B. Jeffray, the sum of 20 pounds and 10 shillings, the first instalment for chopping and clearing 10 acres on Lot 2 and 3, 12th Concession of Turnberry, county of Huron. Made on the 5th day of Dec., 1956. William McBeath. In 1862 he married Nellie Lund, eldest daughter of Richard Lund, Magistrate of Port Perry. The follow­ ing year, with their baby daughter, they, set out for their home in the for­ est, coming all the way in. the sleigh. To this union were born eleven child­ ren, only five remaining. In 1866 diphtheria swept over the land, carry­ ing off many of the little children, leaving broken hearted parents. Anti­ toxin and serums were unknown. Their first purchases were made at John Ferguson’^, Wroxeter, including a trace chain, rake, spad,e, hoe, scythe, horse comb, not forgetting a whip lash, tea $1.25 a lb., bar soap 25c, coal oil can, coal oil 60c a gab, candles, lamp, lamp glass, wick. Now they will have a light and we are happy tea. In buying a term of the worked split a to think they had their cup of 1869 Benjamin going into the of stock, leased the farm for of 5 years to Pearson Ross village. This la-ad was to be in a husband-like manner, thousand rails and put them up , Some of these are quite intact. * Rent, $150 a year, the taxes in 1864 were $7.85 while today they are over $100. We will again go with the story. There is nothing left to live on. Benjamin purchased a sulky and old gray horse and scoured the country for mules, buying from Govenlock of Seaforth and Carnegie of Wroxeter. An amusing tale is told how he lived in such a hurry. After marking his lambs with red paint, he bobbed up .the old gray’s tail, hence the horse was gray and its tail red. We still have some of this paint in our pos­ session, which resembles somewhat the rouge used by our young ladies of this modern age. In 1878 the erection of, the Presby­ terian Church was started. Building Committee: Peter Terriff, James Fleming, James Darling, David Wil­ son, James Lettico, Win. Jeffray (sec. treas.). The land was purchased from Francis Irwin for $30. Contractor, George Millen] plasterer, John Fry- fo'gle; cost of church and. furnishings $1653.00. Subscription list in aid of the Presbyterian Church, Belmore: James Fleming $150, Dr. J. P. Kay $150, A. C. Stewart $150, Jamies Lil- lico $100, David Wilson $50, John Em- bree $50, Peter Terriff $50, Wm. Jeff­ ray $50, John Culliton $50, Wm. John­ son $10, John Connell $10, James Cannell $10, Andrew Connell $10, W. Connell $10, William Sutherland $10, William French $10, William Hark­ ness $10, R. E. Berry $10, John Ab­ ram $10;' McIntosh assistance: Thos. Inglis $10, Adam Darling $10. In'lSSO the mortgage was lifted by the following payment, Sandhill, Feb., 1880 and kindness would accomplish more. I asked him what he would take for the beast. He gave his price, and by lowering it twenty dollars Lazy Mea- dowti acquired a new horse. Up and down the line throughout the township‘went the word like wild­ fire that Phil Osifer had bought a bad actor of a horse. Mrs. Phil regarded, the deal as a bad bargain, but some­ thing seemed to tell me that no horse could be as bad as that one was paint­ ed. ' . 1 With Mrs. Phil’s words of cautiui* still ringing in my ears I hitched up the horse which by some quirk was called Joshua. 'He took quite well to his mate, a docile little mare and he didn’t seem to mind the disc as we clattered out to the summer fallow. After a half hour of steady work T was convinced that Joshua was a real find at the ridiculously low price at which he was acquired. Then he stopped stock still. In horses we have ever had at Lazy Mea­ dows. My methods may seem strange but I’ve always found that a little: kindness whether it be with horses or humans works in the same way. In the case of Joshua I never abused hint but gave him his fill of whatever an­ tic he decided on. Too many ill-con­ sidered whippings had made him stub­ born. ! But it’s surprising how much hard- i headedness can be softened and wash­ ed away with a little kindness. A pat I of the hand at the right time is worth all the black-shake whips you can pile in a ten-acre field . . . and that’s at. mighty lot of whips. • -! i" Hitler to Strike — Eden Warning that Hitler will strike at Poland as he did at Czechoslovakiat- — and that the blow will fall some time this year — was sounded in the British House of Commons by Anth­ ony Eden, former foreign secretary, r immediately after Prime Dear Sir: Received $472.00 being the amount of the enclosed note which I now for­ ward to you. Matthew Stewart. MONUMENTS at first coat Raving our factory equipped with the modern machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you to see the largest display of month hny retail factory in Ontario. All finished by sand bUsf machines. We inipdrl all our granites froth the Odd Country quarries direct, ill the ro«gh. YoJ1 save all local deal­ ers * agetits and middleman profits by seeing as, E. X Skelton & Son at West End Bridge—WALKERTON I Mrs. W, C. King is spending a few days this week with friend iri Hamil­ ton. Mr. Albert Vanstone and Mrs, C, Ritchie, of London, visited at the home of Mr, ahd Mrs, Anson Gal­ braith and other friends on Sunday. Miss Edith Vanstone and Miss Lor­ raine Hale who had been holidaying for the past two weeks returned home with them, Mr, and Mrs. David Haugh, Wing­ ham, visited with Mr, and Mrs. O, Gallaway on Sunday. Miss Reita Gal­ laway, who had^ spent a week at the Haugh home, returned with them. . Mrs. Willis, Miss Gerry and Miss Pattison, hi Wingham, visited on Wednesday of last week with Dr. J. and Mrs. Armstrong. Recent visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. R. G. Dane were; Mrs. Ald­ erson, of Detroit, Mrs. A, Spotton and daughter, of Toronto, also Rev. S. W. Muxworthy, Mr. and Mrs, R. Mann- A pioneer is one who pushes out in­ to new regions with a courage and faith in God. In 1856 Wiliam Benjamin Jeffray and Mr. Thomas Stokes, of the town­ ship of King, County of York, pur­ chased from the Crown Lands De­ partment, Quebec, certain parcels of land, paid for til instalments of'which WO will now'take a rough estimate. Crown Lands Department, 1853 Received * from Francis Irwin the sum of 50 pounds purchase money on Lot 2 and 3, 12th concession of Turn­ berry, purchased by William Jeffray, 1859, $262; 1868, $27.26; 1861, $66.80; 1862, $59.30; 1860, $60. Somewhere in the neighbourhood of $800 for 200 acres. iMr. Stokes came all the way from King with the ox team, wishing to be neighbourly, backed lot 2 and 3 bfi the tenth concession. Mr. James Weif, a native of Scotland, mapped out his PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “JOSHUA" ARE AGENTS fov COUNTER CHECK BOOKS PRINTED GUMMED TAPE MADE BY (fypfcftyid pAPtR.P"00^rS Stylos tor every bu-.irir$<, Va£bus colors ?nd dosians Samples suqqestions and prices without obligations The Advance-Times Phone 34. Leaning oyer the barnyard fence at noon today, I started thinking about horses. Just then old Joshua, our third horse here at Lazy Meadows, came tratting Over from the water trough to nicker for a little petting and at­ tention. Joshua is today the best be­ haved horse at Lazy Meadows but, ’twas not always so. Driving into the village one after­ noon a few* years ago, I met a man from the Twelfth Concession. He was belabouring a rather attractive look­ ing horse with a very Ugly black­ snake whip, and as far as I could see was accomplishing nothing except the ruination of the horse. I didn’t inter­ fere. To say anything to a man when he’s in such a frothy temper is invit­ ing trouble. When he stopped and proceeded to tell me all the bad points of the horse, I was sorely tempted to tell him that a little common sense place of venting wrath on his head, I ' Sneakinn i ‘ ~ , . , ... ■ -’Peaxing lumiuuiaicij aner rnntc.et the hues go slack and, pulling out . Minister Chamberlain in a dav devot- my pipe proceeded to enjoy a smoke. I ed t0 the Hsi { I let it be quite evident that I was in I no ways anxious to proceed with the j discing. In about ten minutes he look- • ed back over his shoulder at me, but; I paid absolutely no attention. After I another ten minutes when I picked up ’ the lines the team went on discing. The fun was not all over however! I Joshua stopped again! After about ten minutes of waiting he was quite ready to proceed. At ten-thirty ho took ae notion to back up. That was just the opportunity I had been look- i ing for. Letting the discs down as far ■ as they would go, I backed that team i war horrors was sinking into the all around the field. After a short pause Joshua was given lu's chance to go ahead or backwards and he chose the forward direction, and* so ended the first morning’s work. With surprise Mrs. Phil saw me wihtout any broken bones. There re­ mained the afternoon! It too had its share of thrills. For instance when Joshua decided to “lie down and rest." He cringed and cowered when I start­ ed working over him, expecting the whip, but all I did was to tie him se­ curely so that it would be impossible to change his mind. His docile com­ panion I unhitched and let forage for a little grass along the fence. Poor Joshua! How tired lie must have been of that uncomfortable position. Ev­ ery so often, to add insult to injury, I would pet him as if he were doing the very thing I wanted him to, it worked quite successfully and the day was finished without any serious mishaps. But during the week there were other strang episodes. Of course I was using the best set of harness and when he decided to tun away I just let him run, wagon, chop, team­ mate and all. After a mile the pace was too hard so he slackened up and finally came back to a walk, Joshua became one of the best g international crisis, Eden said the situation today was “difficult, anxious and menacing.” “No doubt we shall be lulled, soothed, threatened and provoked, but in es­ sence the Nazi purpose remains tlie­ same —• to impose upon Poland this year the fate which she imposed on Czecho-Slovakia last year. Chamberlain Shows Anxiety Prime Minister Chamebrlain paint­ ed a gloomy picture of the world sit­ uation but said he believed the vision minds of rulers and people alike and. for this reason he hoped “we may yet find a way to escape from this night­ mare." Presenting the most compre­ hensive statment he had made on in­ ternational questions in two months, the prime minister asserted: “One. must admit that the situation in which the accumulation of weapons of war is going on, on so many sides, and at such a pace, is one which can not but be regarded with anxiety. It is diffi­ cult to see what the solution of this problem can be unless it is to be re­ solved by war itself." A clean not affect ■■<1 aluminum coffeet pot can- the flavor of the coffee. YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific. Examin­ ation enables us to give you Clear, Comfortable Vision F. F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118. Harriston