The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-04-17, Page 8T$ Witogitorm Advanee-TimeS, IlVedineSday, Aprii 17, 1951
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In Office of Advance:flutes
i , n' the window Of. The Advance-
Ilea office Is a photo copy of
Very interesting snap Q,,.f Iduron
!ClOtinty in 002, The origmal Map,
Os described below by Miss Mary
Puff, of Bilievale, has been a
P 066esSiOn of the Duff fandlY for
SOMe tXxd,e, And ls. at Present
hanging in our office,
The formation of Huron has
changed somewhat sinee that
time. with the townships. McGill-
ivray and 13iddulph now being in
Middlesex County.
A•al) OF HURON
By Miss Mary Duff
Tills mop, too young for Turn-
berry Centennial, is getting up, in
years, It was soldd by subscription
and this copy was the property of
Mr. Jos, Leech, who came to
Eluevale around 1856 accompan-
ied by' his brother, William.
Henry, and previously having
Started flour and saw mills at
,Gorrie, did the same big service
for Binevale. There were ten
Leech 'brothers, three of them
Nfetishdist ministers,
It Is entitled, "New Map of the
County of Huron, Canada West",
compiled and drawn from original
plans and actual surveys by R,
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W. I-ferniest, Prov, Land Surveyor,
published.by.' E, Martin and Lewis
Bolton, 1662, Mayne Post Offiee,
Wallaee ToWnshiP, It, Is 66 by 04,
Inches; scale 80, chains to one
Inch.
Flvery farm in the county has
the name of the owner in script
type .se small as to reqUire sharp
sight to make It out,
Several advertisements appear
at the top, all but one from God-
erich. Cleghozn and Kay, Potilin
and Prior, R. Runeirnan and Son
manufactured- grist and flour
mills, threshing machine; stoves,
"plowes", Brass castings, tin, cop-
per and sheet iron wares. Several
dealers in ' drYgoods, groceries,
boots and shoes, shelf l and heavy
hardware, advertised whiskey.
There ate cuts of the old Court
House, Central School and the
Presbyterian Church, There are
only two hotels pictured, Liver-
pool House, Goderich, and Day's
Hotel, Wroxeter.• The latter was
the site .of the only .Turnberry
murder, The map carries' the
hotel actvertisement; "Globe
Hotel, W'roxeter„ Charles Day,
propiletor; Turnberry Township
at the terminus of the Gravel
Road leading from Seaforth to
Southampton, % of a mile above
the finger board pointing- to
Wroxeter",
Teamsters who came from
Southampton often left their
grain In the hotel or tavern over
night, proceeding . to. Sea,forth
next day.'Sometimes:the' spilled
grain was ankle deep in, the hall,
There are several versions of the
murder, the following one as
good as any: The villain waylaid
a teamster coming from. Seaforth
and killed him for his money. The
horses returned to the tavern at
night without the driver. A, rumor
persists that the murderer' escap-
ed before going to the' gallows.
children begged fathers to tell
them the story of •the murder, ••
which indeed was much milder
than the children's stories about
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FAIRYLAND
April showers bring May flowers and also the
jubilant voices of spring throughout the land-,
and to Vairyiand, spring has already brought
gay :finery for the very young crowd, that will
match their merry faces and set their feet a-
dancing in the Easter parade.
VAIRYLAND gaALITY will keep them step-
T ing smartly throughout spring and summer-
-f
tim e.
At FAIRYLAND you can see Fairy Hats for
dainty little_ Misses, tight and airy, with trimming
of flowers• and nylon net.' Also there are more
substantial hats. of felt With roller brims in Red,
Navy and Beige.
LITTLE NUGGET COATS are there too, confidently awaiting
proud wearers, Farther in you see Dresses in a variety of
colour and material, front smart durable types to those that are
transparent -visions.
Trim Blazers; 'Chic Sweaters, Carriage Sets and
wo-piece Linen Suits add to thei-Cene at
and, Wingharn's Infants' and Children's., Wear,
Shop. •
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Too Many
People Die
of 'Cancer
Needlessly
Because they don't
know the FACT S.
Make it your business
to learn the. TRUTH
about cancer,
For free literature write
AIRS. JAMES CURRIE
Winiham, Ont.
ecretary of Wingham and din
triet lbrarieh of Canadian
Cancer Society
NI 't. IN 1924, PUPILS "OP
Fro* Grocery
Phone: Our Prices Are Lower Free
590 We Keep Down the Upkeep Delivery
Always Fresh
Nabob Instant
COFFEE
$1.15
sthiada
TEA BAGS , 73c
ItOlogg's rirz ilk:
Special XC Cereal 29c
Otantalated
SUGAR S lbs. 59c
Ohltoirini *
REESE 33e
Maple SYRUP' $3,2S
TREESWEET JUICES
Unsweetened
Orange, 48 oz.., 37c
Blended, 48 oz. 35c
Grapefruit, 48 oz. 31c
32 Oa,
JAVEX „ 2Se
(Sc OFF). Giant
DETERGENT . 73C.
$Itciketert Vane* 0'00041$
CORN .. — 31c
tip, top Choice' 20 Os
'PEAS , 2 tot 39c
-01inh•-00006. AllaOrt
Nitwit OVI'TElt 42c
idosatir 1.
Head Lettuce 2 / 33c
Ilk I 'ObblitiO • iii' ilia.
POTATOES 316
slows.%
:III ovi -- .
free! Marie' reaseii hew
recipas,,.Vkito today, DApitle PA0Mitiltil OF CANADA
OD Huron. moist totem&
S S. 11 Tu nberry, taken when Jack McLeod was teacher. Back row: George Brooks, Jack Fexton, Jack
McDougal, Bill Stapleton, Reg. McDotigal, Irene Glo usher, Loretta Reich. Second row: Hazel Cameron,
Irene Glousher, tenel;'e Adams, Annie Stapleton, 'Wilma Reich, Joyce Brooks, Shirley MeDougal, Dorothy
,McDougal, Front row; Harry McDougal, Bill Orvis, Wade Stapleton, Sam McArthur, Glenn FoxtoN,,
Lower Town,School
At top is Seen the Lower Town SCIM01 as it appeared many yoars. ago,
The building, originally a Baptist chapel`, was purchased by the school
SectiOrii In later years the hasenient Was eXcavated, and brick "veneer
Added, as: *ceri in the picture beloW,
his report stated that Miss Mg.,
gins is doing excellent Work.
*
(The home 3101ffif avf4r1W .and 'MA's, age,
Higgins was the scene of a loy-
QUA event on Monday evening, it
being the 26th anniversary of
their wedding;
Miss Lyle Lennox and Lilly
McLaughlin Visited „Mr, Harris
of791: on a fond i4
Mrs Maggie
Of WIDOW visited at the home
of Douglas. Fraser on Friday.
' Miss M. F. Higgins ha% gone or,
two week's trip to 140.0efield,
Hayfield, Exeter, LOndon and
other places,
Mrs. Jones, of Goderich, -is the
guest of her sister, Mrs, Bolt,
Mrs. Fleming and son Francis
of London are at present Visiting
on the 6th.
Miss Malile Epplett of Michi-
gan and Miss McLeod of London
were visitors here last week.
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Turnberry
Ezra, B, Homuth and Pearl
Wynn, pupils of Miss - Higgins,
teacher of Zetland School, were
successful, candidates at the re-
cent entrance examination, Dzra
being the only pupil from a rural
school who wrote in Wingharn,
who obtained 'honors.
The reeve reported letting a
job of gravelling 120,, rods
West Gravel Road to '
Patton. at 40c. per :rod, two yards
gravel to rod and' township to
pay for grave], Mr, Copeland re-
ported having let a job of•gravel-
ling 67 rods on East Gravel Road
to Henry Merkley 'at 34e per rod,
William Hayes to inspect. •the
spread gravel at $1,25 per day. .A
job hi gravelling 65 rods to John
Marshall at 27e, pee rod; 52 rods
to James Weir at 30e per rod,
Miss Teany. McKay of. White-
church was a guest of Miss M.
Gray last week.
Frani The Winglogn 1999
Bellmore
Mrs. ,Robert Mulvey of Win*
peg', Is visiting her brother-la-law,
Mr. .larnes Mulvey,
Miss Ruby Critter has been
renewing old .acquaintances in
and around the village during
the past week.
George Edwards. of London
Wa$ visiting under the parental
Mot last week,
Miss Florence Bremner has .
gone on a visit to her sister
Michigan.
Miss Eliza .Clegg of Listowel,
Is visiting her cousin, Miss Hooey
this week,
. The Misses Chittielt- entertain-
ed' 'a few friends on Tuesday
evening,
Mn' J. ' T9, Campbell, who has
taught in our school for the past
four and a half yearn has resign-
ed, . • * *
Bluevale
While Will Haney and some
others were looking at a mare
and her colt at Robert IVIaguire's
on Wednesday, the mare, think-
ing they would meddle with the
colt, ran at them, seized Will
Haney and tore the flesh frota
his shoulder.
John Rolserston of, Wroxeter
was visiting• his daughter, Mrs,
Robert Black last week.
Mr. and. Mrs, Ira Barclay •of
Ypsilanti, Mich., visited at
Measer's a couple 'of days last'
week,
Mrs, Ira Etcher returned
week from a visit to her mother,.
in Clinton.
Misses Mary and Olive Scott*
and their brother„,Malcolm, visit-
ed in 13lyth on Sunday. •
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ZETLAND •
Mr, and Mrs. Robret Burchill
visited on the 6th" of Turnberry
on Monday last.
Mrs. Tees is spending this week
in Wingharn.
inspector Robb paid our school
an official, visit on the afternoon
of October 10,, Two- of the trus-
tees were, present, Mr, Robb in
the Babes in the Woods and Blue-
beard, cruel enough to hurt, them
all their lives. However, the tear-
ful floods of one reading of •those
bad books condemned them to the
flames. •
There is a vertical row •of holes
piercing Harpurhey and other
places in the old map which look
as though they have been •burned
by sparks from a pipe. It was
said Mr, Leech did ,not smoke.
Neither did his wife smoke, for
IVErt Leech 'Svaa a bachelor.
Mrs. Greig Urges
Forum Support, at
Clinton Meeting
'' By Carl. Hemingway
Huron. County Federation of
Agriculture held its monthly
directors' Meeting" on Thursday
in Clanton with a very good at-
tendance from township and af-
filiated organizations, The secre-
tary reported on the annual
meetings of the Wheat and Poul-
try Producers organizations held
in Toronto.
The meeting instructed the sec-
retary to extend an invitation, to '
the Ontario director;. of Reid, ser-,
vices to attend county. directors"
meetings. It was also decided to
make the county fieldman avail-
able to township meetings when-
ever possible.
After discussion it was agreed
that the Federation hold a county
field day and picnic sometime in
June, The executive was to de-
cide place and date, also to ob-
tain a suitable speaker.
The seeretary was also in-
structed, in view of the serious
losses being suffered- by. farmers
in the Clinton and Chatham areas
because of grain dealers going
bankrupt,, to draft, a. restitution to
be forwarded to the Ontario
Federation, to the effect that
grain dealers be required to es-
tablish some sort, of fine:Lela]
responsibility for groin held by
them for storage or for sale.
Mrs, Gordon Greig, Vice-chair-
man of the Ontario Farm Forum,
reported on the annual meeting
in Tbronto, In this she urged
stronger support to the Farm
Forum organization, She also ad-
vised farmers to visit the United
CosOperativeS new plant.in Tor-
onto. The directors would like to
congratulate Mrs. Greig on being
chosen as delegate toAhe Domin-
ion Farm. Forum meeting in 'the
Maritimes,
We will have an early start
this spring,: Today, the first of
March we tapped, using the new
ash troughs we 'chopped out last
winter and also the new spiles
we were able to make as we now
have an atger. As our neighbot
lent us his .cauldron kettles we
should make at least 50 lbs. of
maple syrup this season. Sugar
season marks the, start of the
spring work on this farm:Likely
by the first of April or soon after
the ground Will be_fit to till. At
least it will he possible to hitch
the oxen to the plough, as •the
frost will be by then suffic-
iently deep enough: We will likely;
have the ground ready for a seed
bed by the first of May, when we
will be able to use our new
wooden "A"•shaml harrow made
by the crotch of `a„ sapling with
pegs inserted in auger holes as
teeth: • " ' •
',Although it •• was-IstermY last
winter we mOde• good use of the
time we were confined to the
house, We have a new lip to sew
the seed from.--Broadcasting the
seed fforn this box, suspended by
a rope slung around our necks,
we will, by this,method of using
both hands be 'able to sow the
seed, more evenly than we could
from the bag formerly used, It
be only, necessary'tb drag or
harrow the ground after the seed
is broadcasted. We intend to put
in quite a, bit of corn this year
but wen `will let that ground re-
.main since it was not plowed last
fall. AS nearly as possible to the
24th of May We will: plant the
garden patch. •
We should get• quite a bit of
clearing done between now and
then. It is a welcome sound to -
heat the; axe tinging all around
us; When first came the only
,sbund We heard all 'clay when we
Were chopping -Was the echo of
:our own b,Xes. Now ,we hear sett-
lers On every side chopping as
we are, Yesterday we felled a
huge oak, It took us all morning
to, chop it down, Our 'neighbor
walked through the woods to ask
bs to' return his cauldron kettles.
He said his wife wanted them
for malting soap. He also carried
an Invitation from his neighbor
for us to lend a hand at a bee
to raise a frame barn ',Phis
Marks the first frame •barn to ho
. built 10 this neighbourhood, We
are all• to go, He suggested the
women take quite a few loaves of
bread and a hani, It will be a
change to get away, although we
can ill spare the time at this
busy season, However we will he
able to see the new Inoteboatd
PERSONALS
—Mr. Tony Langridge of-Ham-
ilton. who has been spending tile•
past week with his parents, 'Mr,
and Mrs, D, 'I,4angridge, of near
Beigrave, was a, visitor at the
home of his brother, Mr, and
Mrs, John Langridge, during. the
Week,
and Mrs. l'aines E. Sut-
'ton of New Lisiteard spctit
Thursday and Friday ( of ' last
Week With Mr. and Nis.
Fielding, ' •
--Mrs, W. Henry, Mrs. N, T.
•McLaughlin, Mrs, H, Bnrrell,
Mr's. N. Keating and Mrs, T,
Bower of the Wingham Women's
Institute attended the district
executive• meeting of • the West.
Huron W. at CarlOW eft Mon-
da afteroth.
Generations. of
,(Continued from page seven)
40 foot square building•with a-90—
foot ceiling, 'Only .one stove' was
used with two king stretches of
'pipe, .OceAsionally the .stovepipes
were. • klotked 110*11. , when the
cbildren wers playing around in
tAhe -
look
-o pi3Olinttrora.
to watch for the teadlier!s return
from hcn..9,eid weal ,ii.i n 1926
-Attendance has dwindled to, a
mere' 59' IiiUPITS'"::During• the reign
t6e16- 110llitiaeir)g
/-,ewer. Wingliam School, 160
etheofthtiirlde
Pupils were enrolled with an ay:-
erage attendance of 95, Me. Walk-
er would conduct two classes at/a
time on the floor, with an older
pupil taking charge of a iclass of
younger children hi the hall. The
enrollment of 1.60 pupils at that
time is remarkable,, since there
WaS alSo a, schobl. "ROwdy,
Hilt", the forkrunner of the pres-
ent Wingliarn. Fubild School,
There is -gale resemblance to-
day
in
tstoir4ttlieeriosreho7tro1 x'iitterl,0817,5a, peii)telaierr.
once. It was remodelled in 1926,
When a basement was excavated
to' aeconunodate a furnace room
and. childreres WaShrOorris, It was
Veneered With brick and flew
dows were added.
Gordon Dickisen, of Teeswater,
principal oijhe school, is now in
his third term: Mrs. Mail, Me-
1<intiey teaches the junior grades,
The school has lbeen in the Turn.
berry Town;ship 'School Area since
•, its formation ,several years ago.
.Turnberry Flash bAcks
um•it
vtrrlittt—T ri Turnberry o
Itgy 20, the Wife of Robert Him-
ter, Of a daughter.,
1111,EdittNitIDGE,4n ,,,
*berry on Lily 25, the wife 'of
eplii grecitenridge of a daughter.
OANTELONle-04 Stine 28, the
wife of It Ciantelon ) n line,
Vuthberry, Of al5Oh.
Tumberry Flashbacks I l a.
Extracts from an 010.•.,Waity.:
Written in the Year1849.
The above picture Of pupils at. Lower Town School.7Was "taken.in 1924,
when Robert McLean of I-Cippen was, the:teacher.children were
enrolled 'at that time, Back row, left ti)"
Hart, Charlie DeYell, Neill Potter, Edith ^ Melilwen, •
Mildred Moore, Lillian lVfbEwen, Margaret Pullen 'Beattlec Baker
Second row: Jim Cruisksiulnits, Harry; Newell, Hazei 'Wilson, 'Mary
Pullen, Lilly 'Groves, Iva Crulekshanyk:V.erojli\nlex, Orvis,
Henry Finley, Alvin Potter, Third row; Bill' Ci•Uilts bank, Harry
Groves, Doris I-IolloWay, Gladys Welsh, Bernice Wright, Georgina
plough being Dsed over on that
line, and I will be able to carry
back a bag of seed potatoes.
Our neighbour also talked
about the sheep situation as ,he'
has to keep his sheep ,- shut up.
He, like ourselves, is getting low
in feed, The WolVes' can he heard
every night. From the Indians
who are working in the black ash
swamp cutting ash for baskets,
we hear that several packs of
wolves and odd• foxes are out
every night: The. Indians tell us
that a plague wiped Out the rab-
bits last year: Both the wolves
and foxes are out looking for
food,
Two surveyors went tthrough
the other day blazing the trees
- for the concession that runs in
front of the house. They left in-
structions that we must not cut
the trees that they had blazed,
There is talk of a new law being
passed that will compel us to do
Na certain amount of statute la-
bour. This means cutting the
trees on the roadway and im-
proving the turn pike where it
has already been stumped; Some
Say it will not be long before they
will put gravel on the high places.
`But I think they will be ,much
Wiser to continue corduroying the
low lands that always gives us so
natteh difficulty. I was informed
that in' York they are building
bridges across some of the small-
er streams. Bridges here seem to
be a long waroff even over our
main rivers."
(to be continued)
—Submitted • by MissDuff
Pullen, Velma Orvis, Arnold Dennis, Eldon. -Welsh, Lillian. Groves,
Gertracla T5eYell;pya Dickson, Howard' Baker„ Garfield:'Finley, Arthur
'AifeEvven Second front row: Maclyn GroVeS, Thelma Phlppen; Gladys
Newell, Phippen, Beth Holloway, Reginald 'Wilson; Alvin Hart,
,Mary Orvis, Maude :Kerr, 'Susan Groves, Agnes NewellAnnie Dennis,
Anston' Thompson, Front roW: Ted .Holloway, i3van
Wilson, Gertrude Hicks,. Pearl Finley, Ross OrVis, Jiiri Netterfield,
t - Mildred Phippen, Bill Thompson, Lillian Groves..