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Village Squire, 1977-09, Page 29Like Wroxeter, Gorrie too was depend- ent Maitland River and it adds a good deal of interest to the village today with a nice park at the Gorrie Conservation Area near the river. On the way into the village there's a small craft and antique shop on your left at the rear of a house, called The Roost. Gorrie has its industry to help keep it going in the form of Farmatic, a company manufacturing farm feed milling equip- ment. It's a remarkable village too as you'll see later as you head out of town in that it has a bowling green and a swimming pool, quite an accomplishment for a village of a few hundred people. Before you head out of the village though. take a tour of the back streets and see some of the interesting older buildings. After you've finished head south out of Gorrie on Cty. Rd. 28 past the bowling green and swimming pool and take the first road to your left. It's a gravel road so you'll have to slow down a little and watch for the bumps but it's interesting countryside with gently rolling hills, and attractive farms. The road takes you right into the next village on our tour, Fordwich, another pretty town. Here again there are old shops. now standing vacant that can stir the imagination with all the interesting businesses they could hold. You're going to want to turn right onto the Cty Rd. 30 to leave Fordwich but first tour the back streets and the forked main street. Not only are there interesting old buildings here, but some impressive new houses as well. Likely all three village we've visited so far, will one day have more such houses as people discover what pretty places they are. We head southeast now on the county road and soon travel through Kurtzville. The village had seen a good deal of construction of modern homes yet has maintained a strong community spirit. The road goes on now to Gowanstown at the corner of highway 23. Located as it is between Palmerston and Listowel it's inevitable that this village should have grown a good deal and new subdivisions are everywhere. Turn south (right) onto Highway 23 and head into Listowel. The north end of Listowel shows the strong and steady grown the town has experienced in recent years. Farm service industries, car dealerships, the new shopping plaza and many other businesses have extended the town's outer reaches far to the north. Follow Highway 23 through the town (unless you want to stop for a while to shop at some of the interesting shops including an excellent bookstore and several varieties of restaurants) and stay with it as it heads south again towards Atwood. It's prosperous country along here too with large turkey farms, the Campbell Soup plant, a small airport and many impressive farms. The northern outskirts of Atwood brings one of the favourite attractions of the area: The Atwood cheese factory which has a factory outlet where you can buy many kinds of cheese directly from the plant. Atwood itself is a blend of the old fashioned and the modern including. some good community recreation facilities. Through Atwood it's southward again to a community which is small enough you might not know about it were it not for the highway sign marking Newry. Turn right here on the county road that heads west toward Brussels. It's relatively flat land through the next few miles, excellent for farming. Before you get to Brussels you'll see a sign pointing to fight and the village of Ethel, only a mile away. Turn that way and travell on into the village. There is only one big thing in the village these days and that's the Grey Township Central School on the south edge of town. The school is the local point of the Grey Home and School Association which every spring presents a musical comedy show that draws raves from the thousands of people who see it. At the main corner of the village, turn left and head out of town to the west. is concession road again, unpaved so you'll have to reduce speed but the road's in pretty good condition. After several miles you will come to Huron County Road 12 just north of Brussels and you can turn and go north to Highway 86 at Bluevale and back to Wingham, or cross the country road, take the interesting Morris township road west to Belgrave and Highway 4 where you can turn north to Wingham. Either way. here's hoping you enjoy a pleasant and safe trip. It can be done as quickly as about two hours or linger into the better part of a day. 3 e aiviele e dde Jif Jfio Sebringviile Opp. Post Office Tel. 393-6333 Open daily 'TR 9 p.m. Sundays 12 to 6 p.m. WINTERTIME! 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