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GROUP PICTURE of the Cantelon family taken in Boisse-
vain, Man., in 1895. Front: Kate, Ruth, Peter Cantelon
(1829-1913); Mary Jane and Peter Joseph (1857-1948)
who was Bluevale's first baby boy. They were four of
Peter Cantelon's eleven children. Their spouses stand
behind them, Jim Patterson, John Holmes, Dick McIntosh
and Elizabeth Musgrove.
Third generation on Dane farm
STYLES KEEP CHANGING...
and we keep changing with them!
That might be one reason why we've been around for
so long. As styles in Footwear change, we've
tried to bring them to Wingham, while
they're still in style, and talking about
style, make sure you appear your
best for the rest of
CANADA'S
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATIONS
CALLAN
SHOES
PHONE 357-1840 WINGHAM
CHARLES, JOHN AND JAMES MARTIN, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Martin came from Bowmanville in 1854.
They took up 400 acres of crown land, of which 250 acres
is still in the Martin name. Charles is the only survivor
of a family of eight.
Remember how good the
old fashioned kitchen felt
on a cold
morning?
Back in the days of grandma's old fashion kitchen,
a farmers' club was formed at Belgrave, and
later, in 1914, a Farmers' Co-operative was
formed with Robert Coultes as first
president.
From this humble beginning developed a prosperous
business which now does almost half a
million dollars in volume a year.
We thank Canada and Canadians for giving us the
opportunity to grow.
A If ENTE I I.
EL6 i E CO-OPER TIVE
AYE, ONT®
WINGHAM 357-2711 BRUSSELS 388W10
SERVI
SIN
INGHAM
1891
The Wingham Electric System was started in 1891 by Walter Green and
the first generating plant was located where Fry & Blackhall are now located.
A few open arc lamps were all the lights then in use.
A few years later Mr. Green moved the lighting plant to the site of the
present plant with a combined steam and water-wheel installation.
In 1903' the System was sold to the Town of Wingham and the entire
System was remodelled and new equipment installed.
In 1912 the Wingham Electric System was placed under a Commission
and twenty-four hour service was started. During the First World War, fuel
costs soared and the community pressed to have Hydro power, a goal realized
in 1920.
From this modest beginning, the Wingham Public Utilities has grown to
its present day operation.
The Commission is proud to have served Wingham for almost seventy
years and will strive to bring the community the best possible service In the
years to come. Our Commission, along with those in towns and villages
across the country, has helped make Canada the great nation it is today.
WINGHAM
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
WHITECHURCH looking north from No. 86
Highway. The chopping mill owned by E.
S. Watt has been improved since this pic-
ture was taken; the house with verandah
is now Tom Jamieson's; then Tom Magof-
fin's residence, Kay Adams' and the roof
in the distance is the United Church. On
the right a store which is now vacant
Walter Moore's house and the peak of
Russel Ritchie's home today.
WHITECHURCH in the early days, on „
way 86 looking toward Wingham. On the
left, H, D. Henderson's store, now Russell
Chapnian's. On the right, De, Jarnieson i t,
now Morrison's but the front has been
taken off the building; the building with
the verandah was a hotel, now the BP
Service Station; then Sam Hutchison's
Blacksmith Shop, nothing there now; and
Carrick's Woodworking Shop which has
also disappeared.
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While the parcel of land,
Lot 4, Con. 14 Howick, now
owned by Edgar Dane, is not a
century farm it is owned today
by a third generation of the
same name.
John Dane was one of a fam-
ily of six sons and one daugh-
ter, the family of George Dane,
the first township clerk of How-
ick. John and his wife Ellen
Tremble came to this farm in
the early 1870's. Little is
known of this farm before they
came to it except that it had
been owned in 1883 by John
Swift and was sold to John and
Selina Reid who then sold to
John Dane for $900.00. The
deed gives the date as October
27, 1888.
John and Ellen had a family:
Matthew died at '7 years and
George A. Dane who lived on
Con. 12 and later in Gorrie.
These children were born be-
fore they came to Lot 4 to
make their home. Born on this
farm were Barbara, Mrs. John
Harper, who died in 1919; John
Elliott died at 5 years when ice
and snow slid from the top of a
strawstack smothering the child;
William Henry born September
21, 1878 who resided here un-
til he retired to Gorrie in 1949
4 (his death is recorded as Sep-
tember 21, 1963, his 85th
birthday) and Catherine Eliza-
beth who married R. A. Tay-
lor.
The barn on this farm was
built in 1892 with an addition
put up in 1958. The red brick
house was erected in 1897. Wil-
liam H. married Sillinda Bush
of Glenfarrow on Dec. 21,
1910. The parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Dane and Catherine
(or Cassie as she was better
known) and William H. and his
wife all resided on the farm un-
til the death of Ellen in October
1921 and John passed away in
January 1922 only three months
later. Cassie married in 1923.
William H. and his wife
had a family of three: Elva
Mae, Mrs. Lloyd Jacques of
Howick; Mary Mildred, Mrs.
T. V. Edgar of St. Thomas and
John Edgar Dane who still -re-
sides on the farm.
Modernization came to this
farm the same as all others with
tractors and hydro, etc. The
first tractor was bought in 1948
but the horses were still there
for a few years more.
In 1949 Edgar married Elea-
nor Jean Taylor of East Wawan-
osh and Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Dane retired to Gorrie. Mrs.
Dane passed away September
26, 1956,
Edgar and Eleanor have a
family of five children; Barry
Edgar born Dec. 16, 1952;
Ivan Taylor born May 18, 1955;
Myra Jean born July 19, 1957;
Laurel Eleanor Sillinda born
February 16, 1962; Shauna
Marie born March 31, 1967.
Cantelon early
Bluevale settler
The first settler in Bluevale
in late 1853 or early 1854 was
„Jacob Cantelon. The lots on
the east side of the village were
surveyed off his farm.
Jacob's cousin, Peter Cante-
ion, his wife, the former Bliza-
beth Richardson and their daugh-
ter Eliza Jane moved to Blue-
vale in 1855. Peter, a carpen-
ter and contractor, helped the
Leech brothers build a combin-
ed grist and sawmill on the
south side of the river and con-
struct the dam across the river
at that point. In 1858 they
bought a farm 11 miles north-
east of the village on the B
Line of Turnberry Township.
Mrs. Cantelon was buried in
Bluevale Cemetery in 7.873 and
Mr. Cantelon was buried in
Brussels in 1913. Their eldest
son, Peter Joseph, was the first
baby born in Bluevale, June 28,
1857.
Their son, Robert John(1863-
1921), and five of his brothers
and sisters were born and raised
on the Bluevale farm. Robert
John was the father of Leon
Cantelon of Wingham. He mar-
tied Sarah Jane Casemore in
1888 who was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Casemore,
Lot 35 and 36, Con. 1, B Line..
So Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Cante-
lon were born on neighboring
farms and their children, Leon,
Roy, Mae and Gertie were born
on the same farm as their moth-
er.
Leon Cantelon's great-grand-
parents, Peter Cantelon and
Anne Legere, were pioneers of
Morris Township, settling on
Lot 9, Con. 6 in 1854, the year
before their son came to Turn-
berry. He was buried in Sun-
shine Cemetery.
EARLY SETTLERS of East Wawanosh were Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Leishman, parents of Henry Leishman of Huron-
view, Clinton. Mr. Leishman, a native of Scotland, came
to Canada in 1852. This photo was taken about 1888
by Mr. Brockenshire, whose studio was in the Beaver Blk.
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Turnberry Castle was
seat of Scottish lords
Bruce line. Dr. Dunlop came
from Greenock in Scotland.
Frank Roy Frapries, in his
book "Castles and Keeps of
Scotland", written in 1907 tells
about Turnberry Castle. It is
one of the oldest in Scotland
and possesses great historic in-
terest. It was the seat of the
Lords of Galloway and later it
became the seat of the Earls'of
Carrick.
In 1274 Margaret Countess
of Carrick was married to Ro-
bert Bruce of Annandale. The
castle later became the proper-
ty of King Robert the Bruce.
On September 20th, 1286,
there was held in Turnberry Cas-
tle the first recorded associa-
tion or assembly of the notables
of Scotland, the object of
which was to lay plans to sup-
port the claims of Robert Bruce
to the throne of Scotland.
In 1306 the castle was held
for the English by Earl Percy,
while King Robert Bruce lay in
exile on the Isle of Arran.
Robert Bruce was to get a
signal from his friends at the
proper moment, to return to at-
tack the English. The sign was
to be through fire, and an acci-
dental fire called him back be-
fore the proper time. Bruce
stormed the castle and drove the
English to retire to Ayr on. the
West coast. This incident gave
Bruce the determination to
keep up the struggle and proved
the turning point of his fortunes,
Never afterwards was the castle
inhabited. Its owner has passed
to greater things,
At the village of Bannock-
burn on the Scottish border on
June 21st, 1314, the armies of
Bruce and Edward the second
met, Bruce stormed Stirling
Castle. Edward had 100, Q00
men to relieve Stirling. They
were forced to fight in a narrow
marshy field near the River
Forth, Many soldiers were
drowned or trapped in the
marshes and Bruce compelled
the surrender of Stirling Castle,
According to Cosmo Innes in
"Scotland in the middle ages"
Turnberry Castle is mentioned
as having been in existence
since the 13th century.
TURNBERRY CASTLE 1902
This famous fortress situated
at the end of a promontory six
miles north of Girvan and south
of Prestwick in Ayr, is reduced
to a few magnificent fragments,
It stands high on the banks of
the Forth of Clyde.
Sir Walter Scott in his" Lord
of the Isles" describes the acci-
dental blaze that brought Ro-
bert Bruce back prematurely.
There was a golf links at
Turnberry before 1939. Then it
became an air field and a
large hotel was built for use in
war work. --Printed in the Ad-
vance-Times, March 6, 195'7
and written by Miss R. Duff.
Post office was
established in
Belmore in 1857
The earliest description we
have been able to find of the
Village of Belmore is taken
from a business directory pub-
lished in 1863:
The post office was estab-
lished in 1857 with F. W. Irwin
postmaster. Mr. Irwin still held
that position in 1863. Mails
were received Tuesdays, Thurs-
days and Saturdays from Sea-
forth at 11 a.m. and despatch-
ed 12 o'clock noon from Rivers-
dale on Saturday. John Moffatt
was the assistant postmaster.
There was one church, the
Belmore Wesley Methodist,
built in 1861 with Rev. J.
Please Turn to Page Nine
Ladies, have your gerMePt5
made, by Miss hi, Johnston,
Gregory Block, opposite the
Queens Hotel, -- Wingham
Times 1893,
Messrs Button & FOSS4nt Of
the chair factory are buying
saw logs At Myth and -Londes,
bow, -.—Wingliam Times 1893,
Dr. William Dunlop, de-
signer of the town of Goderich,
named Turnberry Township. In
1307 Robert Bruce landed on
the Carrick coast of Scotland
and captured his own castle of
Turnberry from the English.
The Dunlops sprang from the