The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-01-13, Page 4The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1954
Through Town
Tracing the Family Tree
Ever wonder who your ancestors
were in the dim and distant past?
Ever wonder if there’s royal blood in
your veins, or if any of your fore
bears were hanged for stealing shebp.
Tracing your family tree can be a lot
- of fun, but it’s -also a lot of work,
says Leon Cantelon, of Leopold Street.
And he ought to know, for with the
help of his cousin he has traced his
ancestors back as far as 912 A.D,
Mr, Cantelon, a disabled veteran
from World War I, got started in the
work about three years ago, after he
had received a letter of inquiry from
his cousin/ Harold Cantelon, of Tor
onto, In his university days Harold
had come across some of the works
of Richard Cantillon, 1680-1734, a
multimillionaire Paris banker and
political economist of note. Wondering
whether this gentleman might be re
lated to him, in spite of the difference
in spelling, Harold did some research
into Cantillon's life and came across
some startling bits of family history.
He got in touch with better known
members of the Cantelons, such as
Ralph Cantelon, publisher of the Star-
Phoenix, in Saskatoon, and Henry
Cantelon, O.B.E., prominent industri
alist in Windsor, and finally contacted
jLeon suggesting that the two of them
should collaborate on a family history J of the Cantelon family. Since then
! both Harold and Leon have given ajl
their spare time to the project,
The result of their work so far has
been a manuscript covering the life
story of Richard Cantillon, political
economist, and the history of the
family on the European continent "and
in Great Britain, They have 600 pages
of manuscript, and expect to have
many more before the complete his
tory of the family, including the Am
erican and Canadian branches has
been completed. Already they have re
cords on file for over 1,000 Canadian
and American descendants of the
four brothers who came to Canada
early in the nineteenth century.
Delving into the history of the Eur
opean branch of the family has
brought to light some very interesting
facts. Mr. Cantelon has found, for in
stances that members of the family
using the surname Cantelon became
established in Southern France and
near Naples, Italy, around 1030, and
that the town of Cantalupe, Italy, was
named after them, as was the fruit
canteioupe. An early member of the
family, Sir Henry de Cantelu, ac
companied William the Conqueror to
England and was wounded at the
Battle of Hastings. Another ancestor,-
Roger Cantillon, 6th Baron of Bally-
early
them
They
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T Commercial League
On Tuesday night the Commercial
League commenced tlieir third round,
result as. follows;
Bluebirds, 5 points; Oriol.es, 5; Can
aries, 4; Bluejays, 3; Cardinals, 2;
Wrpns 2.
High scores for the night were;
j Ladies’ High single, Mrs, W. Chal-
,mers, 235; Men’s high single, H. Tay*
lor, 252; Ladies’ high triple, Mfrs. W.
Brown, 633; Men’s high triple, H. Tay
lor, 609; high team score, Orioles, 2572,
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"OLD STYLE” FIGHT
AT DRAYTON RINK
A Listowel fan who attended the
Palmerston *• Drayton Inter County
rural hockey game at prayton, °u
Tuesday night reports that the riot
that broke out in the last minute of
the game was a forcible reminder of
bygone days when rinks were seldom
without spatterings of blood orf the
ice,
A severe boarding in the last minute
of the game put two players down on
the ice. Fisticuffs’broke opt and the
fans surged onto, the ice to do battle
with each other. Blood! flowed copious*
ly before order was restored. No ser
ious injuries were reported
"Puts you in mind of the “Cyclone
Taylor days,” the Listowel fan com
mented.—Listowel Banner,
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Saturday, January 16th
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heigue, married Elizabeth Stuart, of
the royal house of Stuart, in 1556. Still
another, a son of the 2nd. Baron de
Cantelupe, became Bishop of Here-
ford and eventually Saint Thomas de
Cantelupe, the last saint to be canon
ized in England before the change, in
the state religion.
One of the Cantillons became in
volved in the civil war between Char
les I and Cromwell, and was forced to
flee to Flanders after the Royalists
were defeated. He took up residence
in Bavaria, becoming a Protestant,
and since that time his branch of the
family has been of that faith. The ex
ile’s son accompanied William of
Orange and fought at the battle of
the Boyne, while the Catholic mem
bers of the family fought on the side
of James H. >
Four members of the Cantelon
family came to Canada in the
1800’s, and at one time all of
were located in Huron County,
had large families, and at one
they were said to be 23 Cantelon
ilies in Clinton alone. Since then the
family was scattered far and wide
and now Mr. Cantelon, when he con
tacts members of the American
branch of the family, receives replies
from coast to coast and from South
ern California to the Alaska highway.
Naturally the collecting of all this
information has been* a tremendous
task. Information about the family in
Europe has come from such diversi
fied sources as the Mayor of Chantel-
oup, Normandy (France); the Prefect
of Police, Paris; the Office of Heral
dry, publin Castle, Dublin; and his
torical works" and documents. The
Cantelon. cousins have contacted lit
erally hundreds of- sources in Amer
ican and Europe for data; consulted
hundreds of volumes, histories, bio
graphies, periodicals, county records,
state papers, articles and stories and
even Irish Fairy Tales in connection
with the history of the Cantillon
family.
Tracing down each clue for further
information is like putting together
a jig-saw puzzle, and a lot more in
teresting. Sometimes photostatic cop
ies of documents must be procured to
follow an important lead. One clue
leads to another as the whole struc
ture of the family tree is built up.
It's like a snowball rolling down hill,
and gaining enormously in size as it
gathers momentum.
Asked if he thought all this effort
and research was really worth while,
Mr. Cantelon admitted he would hesi
tate before undertaking such a project
again. “We are all descended from
Adam and Noah, anyway”, he said,
“and that should suffice for ancestors
unless you are really willing to pay
the price in tim^ and effort.
“There is no doubt, however, that
research St this type has a lure all of
its own that makes it well worth
while.”
OKNX League v
A total of 32 CKNX bowlers visited
the alleys this week, with the follow
ing results.
Ladies, high single, Molly Brent,
205; high triple, Molly Brent, 537,
Most strikes, Mary Carbert and Eliza
beth Ditpner, 9. Grand Average stand
ing to date, Audrey Swatridge, 158;
Molly Brent, 156; June Roxborough,
156.
Men, high single, Bud Cruickshank,
235; high triple, Johnny Brent, 584;
Most strikes, John Cruickshank, 11.
Grand Average standing to date,
Johnny Brent, 188; Hap Swatridge,
170; Gord Symons, 166
Teams, night bowling, John Cruick
shank, total, 2460; average 164; Strik
es, 38; Gord Symons, 2332, 155, 33;
John Strong, 2314, 154, 30; Bob Car
bert, 2284, 152, 32; Jack Gorbutt, 2133,
142, 30.
Team standing on points system to
date: John Cruickshank,
Strong, 31; Jack Gorbutt, 31;
Symons, 29; Bob Carbert; 27.
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Town and Country Club
Spitfires, 2442, 55; Flying Saucers,
2230, 45; Fearless Six, 2102, 13; High
Flyers, 2064, 37; Sharpshooters, 2054,
13; Hot Shots, 1997, 26.
Ladles high triple, 507, Mrs. Lloyd
Smith; ladies* single, 271, Mrs. Ronald
Coultes; Men’s high triple, 547, Ruth
erford Reavie; men's single, 221, Ruth
erford Reavie.
Town League
Aces, Kinsmen and Mad Hatters
were the winning teams in the Town
League last week, with 7, 7 and 5
points respectively. Aces beat the
Chiefs by -default, Kinsmen rocked
the 88’s for seven points, and Mad
Hatters edged the Clippers 5-2.
High triples were garnered by Ted
English, 732; Frank Burke, 661; and
Cal Burke, 619. Ted English got the
high single with’279.
High average to date is Ted English
with 237. Runner-ups are Jim Mc-
Gleish 211 and Matt Boyd, 202.
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YOUR FUTURE depends on them
Don’t be hindered in your work by tha
"nerves”, headaches and gastric disturbances
resulting from defective vision. The only
safe plan is to have your eyes examined at
least once a year. It’s the smallest Invest"
ment you can make—and the soundest. Do
it now.
W. R. HAMILTON, OPTOMETRIST
“A Complete Visual Analysis”
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Creamery League
Office, total score, 2345; points, 7;
standing, 35 points; Creamery, 2039;
2, 51; Trucks, 2077, 1, 27.
Ladies’ high single, Bertha Griffith,
222; Ladies’ high triple, Bertha Grif
fith, 466; Men’s high single, Charles
Perrott, 251; Men's high triple, Char
les Perrott, 582.
Twenty-three per cent or nearly one-quarter of Canada’s present an-j
nual production income is being
"ploughed back” into creation of (
capital assets which will go to in
creasing'future production.
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Ladies Thursday League
The ladies Thursday bowling started
on a new series again.
Mrs. W. Chalmers’ team had a high
of 1431, Miss Y. McPherson’s team
had 1372; Mrs. H. Spry, 1297; Mrs. J.
Kerr, 1279; Mrs. C. W. Lloyd, 1163 and
Mrs. R. E. McKinney, 1110.
Mrs. F. Sturdy had the high score of
the day with 253.
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The next meeting of the Huron County Council will
be held in the Council Chambers, Court House,
Goderich, commencing Tuesday, January 19, 1954
at 2.00 p.m,
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the hands of the County Cleric not later than
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W.M.S. Auxiliary
Met on Tuesday
The regular meeting of St. Andrew’s
Auxiliary*of the Women's Missionary
Society was held on Tuesday after
noon with a good attendance. The
president, Mrs. Horace Aitchison, op
ened the meeting with a call to wor
ship for the New Year and the pro
gram, with a New Year’s theme, was
prepared by Mrs. R. H. Lloyd and
Mrs. W. Ringrose.
The secretary, Mrs. Wm. .Keith, read
the minutes of, the previous meeting
and the treasurer, Mrs. N. L. Fry,
read her report. ■
The Scripture and meditation on
Psalm 19 were read by Mrs. N. L. Fry
and the offertory prayer by Mrs. W.
Ringrose. Mrs. Robert Mowbray gave
a reading entitled “The Land of Be
ginning Again”. The topic, “A Mes
sage for the New Year", was given by
Mrs. W. J. Henderson. Mrs. R. H.
Lloyd led in prayer.
The president asked all present to
join the Auxiliary for 1954 and re
minded them of the Presbyterial
meeting to be held in the church on
Tuesday, January 12, morning and
afternoon The closing ( prayer was
given by Mrs. H. C. MacLean.
SA VE MONEY
by PREP A YING
WINGHAM
Town ot Wingham
1954 Taxes
Taxpayers may make payments on account
1954 taxes up to 80 per cent of 1953 taxes.
Interest at the rate of Four per cent, per annum
will be allowed on such prepayments.
Prepayments of taxes must be made at the
Town Treasurer's Office, Town Hall.
W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer,
Town of Wingham
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FORUM DISCUSSES
FARM ORGANIZATIONS
The members of the Westfield Farm
Forum met on Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. J. L^ McDowell, The
topic for discussion was** “What’s the
ideal farm organization?"
They decided that the system fol
lowed in our township with regard to
financing a farm organization at the
local provincial and national levels, is
proving very satisfactory. That is by
collecting the fees by tax levy in our
township taxes. The Idea of* a grant
by the township or county council
would be the next alternative. In this
way it would be compulsory for every
one to pay a share,
On the question “Should the produc
ers association be part of the farm
Organization as they are in the Fed
eration of Agriculture, or should there
be .Committies for Commodity Pur
poses as they are in the National far
mers Union in England and in the
American Farm Bureau,” the forum
believe, that all producers associa
tes should bo affiliated with the Fed
eration of Agriculture and the Feder
ation of Agriculture should be the Of
ficial spokesman for all groups.
The social activities were in charge
of Gordon McDowell. The next meet
ing of the forum will be on January
11th at the homo of Mrs, Fred Cook,
with Jim Biichanan in charge of the
social activities. Lunch was served,
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