The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-04-11, Page 8Page 8 -- Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, April 11, 1963
Remember Early Days in Howick Twp.
11227-64 Street
Edmonton
The Wingham Advance -Times,
I was born on a farm, 1882,
April 26, close to four corners
consisting of a school house,
Methodist church and Orange
Hall. The church and Orange
Hall have disappeared and it
looks as if the school will also
be done away with, as we no-
tice in your paper they are
going to build a central school,
two miles east of Gorrie on
Highway No. 87, otherwise 9th
concession.
The teacher at Orangehill
was Tom Shearer. He married
Ellen Montgomery. They had
three of a family, Tom and
Beatrice on a farm on the high-
way between Wroxeter and
Wingham, also Andrew, teach-
ing school at Sault Ste. Marie.
When going to school you
had to work. You didn't tarn
around and make faces or cast
sheep's eyes at the girls. You
knew better. Some of his
pupils wrote their public school
leaving at 10 and 11 years.
The average teacher wages were
were $250.00 to $300.00 per
year and you had to be good to
receive $400.00.
Of my old school mates
those left are Bella Young, now
Mrs. Greaves; Mary Ann Mont-
gomery, now Mrs. Fred Taylor;
the Misses Emma and Mable Ir-
win, Gorrie; Grace Howard
now Mrs. Geo. Galbraith of
Wroxeter.
Orangehill is 3-3/4 miles
from Fordwich, about 4 miles
from Gorrie. Our first rural
telephone from Fordwich to
Orangehill was erected in
1910. We were so anxious to
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have a telephone that we dug
the post holes at night by
moonlight. It was a party line
with phone exchange in Herb
Roger's store.
The merchants and business
men in Fordwich were John
Donahey followed by Geo. Mc-
Kee and Joe Wade; Ben Cook,
real estate and insurance; Geo.
Mapletoft, the town barber and
Adam Hutcheson, village black-
smith.
lacksmith. Billie Waters taught
school, then retired, bought
out the Fordwich record and
was editor until he died.
Our post office was Gorrie.
Bellie and Chester McLaughlin
ran a general store and later
sold out to Charlie Andrews.
Next door, on the corner, was
a drug store operated by Nelson
McLaughlin. Across the street
Tom Edgar ran a hardware
store and later sold out to Dick
Carson. In the same block W.
J. Greer ran a boot and shoe
store, with Dave Waters, shoe-
maker and repairman.
There were two hotels. The
old Albion, frame, was burned
down. Now in its place is a
funeral home. Farther north,
a block away, was a brick
hotel run by Bob White. Dr.
Ruck was the town and country
doctor and had an office on
Front St. He kept three driving
horses. Bill Ardell looked after
the office and stables. If he
had a 6 mile call and on his
return to the office had another
call waiting he would change
horses for the next call. He
sold out to Dr. Whitley in 1902
and moved to Toronto. Dr.
Whitley was the town and
country doctor for 53 years and
died in April 1957.
The Methodist minister had
a two point charge in Gorrie;
morning and night service in
town, and service at 2:30 p.m.
at Orangehill. Ministers in
my time were Rev. Aires, Rev.
Torrance, Rev. Green, Fisher
and Garbut. I remember Rev.
Torrance. He was all fire and
brimstone on communion Sun-
day. You were not allowed to
wear jewellery if you went up
to the altar.
I remember Tom Nash when
he was editor of the Gorrie Vi-
dette and later Bill Sharpin.
Isaac Sanderson and Jim
Walker were the village black-
smiths. Later Jim Shearer. I
also remember the floods from
the Maitland River in the spring,
when the dam gave way and
swept the bridge down stream
and we had to walk across the
river on a temporary foot
bridge.
The little park below and
west of the dam along the river
bank to the bridge and Main
Street, is quite attractive and
a credit to a prosperous town.
It has memories for me as well
as the land of my birth.
Yours Sincerely,
W. G. Ferguson
DIPLOMAT OUT -SMARTED
WORLD CONQUEROR
With no other weapon than
his tongue, Austrian statesman
Prince Metternich for years
struggled against the power of
Napoleon in his heyday. So
clever was Metternich that he
not only saw to the enlarge-
ment of his own country and
set up alliances against Bona-
parte, but he even planned and
brought off the French conquer-
or's marriage to Mary Louise.
In the end, the diplomat not
only out -survived Napoleon but
pretty well ran Europe for 15
years after Waterloo.
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CHAIR IS A SWIVEL AND ROCKER WITH
FOAM CUSHION
SOFA BED HAS A LAYER OF FOAM RUBBER
OVER COIL SPRINGS
BOTH PIECES IN NYLON COVER
YOUR CHOICE OF COLOURS
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WALKER
HOME FURNISHINGS
• Josephine Street. WINGHAM 357-1430
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TYPICAL SCOUT CAMPSITE was shown to fathers .at
the annual banquet last Wednesday when they joined
their Scout and Cub sons. Here one of the Scouts in-
structs Cubs in knot-tying.—Photo by Connell.
$100 Grant to S.A. For Building Fund
The monthly meeting of
Turnberry Township Council
was held in the community
hall, Bluevale, on Saturday,
April 6th at 1:30' p.m. , with
all members present the reeve,
A.D. Smith presiding. The
minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and adopted
on motion by Harry Mulvey
and David Eadie.
Communications were re-
ceived from the Department of
Highways, Department of Agri-
culture,
griculture, Association of Assess-
ing Officers of Ontario, On-
tario Good Roads Association,
Saugeen Valley Conservation
Authority and Rehabilitation
Foundation.
Walker -Mulvey: That we
give a grant of $100.00 to
the Salvation Army of Wing -
ham for the building fund.
Mulvey -Walker: That we
accept the tender of Joe Kerr
for crushing and hauling and
spreading approximately 8000
cu. yds. of gravel at 69-3/4
cents per cu. yd., subject to
the approval of the district
engineer.
Dettman-Eadie: That the
general and road accounts be
passed and paid as presented.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Brookhaven Nursing Home,
$252.75; Callander Nursing
Home, $84.25; relief, $88,00;
Wingham Advance -Times,
acct., $48.67; Town of Wing -
ham, rural fires, $654.16;
Hodgins and McDonald, mater-
ial for vault, $82.29; Saugeen
Valley Conservation Authority,
$92.12; Frank Cowan, Insur-
ance Co., $39.10; John V.
Fischer, pt. salary, $45.00,
telephone tolls, $7.20, $52.20;
C. B. Hoffman, stove oil, $L25;
Montieth and Montieth, audi-
tors, $500.00; Receiver General,
unemployment Ins., $8.16.
ROAD ACCOUNTS
George Gallaway, $315.12;
Bruce Montgomery, $5.00;
William Mundell, $166.66;
Burns Moffatt, $1'7.45; Super -
test Petroleum Corp., diesel
oil, $78.80; Ernie Merkley,
diesel oil, solar heat, $192.91;
Ideal Supply, brake fluid,
$18.80; J. D. Adams Co.,
grader repairs, $37.13; Bert
Armstrong, truck repairs, $25.-
23; W. H. Gallaher, snowplow-
ing, $1,081.75; Jas. Wright,
tree cutting, $5.00; Frank
Cowan Co. , insurance, $9.23;
Wingham Advance -Times,
acct., $29.40; Campbells
Garage, $2,72; Mac Eadie,
tree cutting, $2.50.
Eadie-Dettman: That we
do now adjourn to meet on
May 4th at 1:30 p.m.
HOW MARMALADE TREE
GOT ITS ODD NAME
The marmalade tree is a
member of the star -apple
family. It produces a large
egg-shaped drupe tasting like
marmalade. Marmalade -itself
comes in many forms, being
made with oranges, quinces,
lemons, limes, peaches or
apricots, along with parts of
rind and a mixture of sugar and'
spices. 1'
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