Clinton News-Record, 1985-6-26, Page 52Brucefield population has
declined over the years
From page 26
in 1857, 10 years before Confederation, all
accounts are listed in dollars and cents in-
stead off pounds and pence.
All the bills issued by William Scott and
Co. featured the motto "We fear nae foe,"
printed at the top with a scotch thistle.
Mr. Scott has an early picture of the in-
terior of his grandfather's store which
shows a variety of boxes, counters and bar-
rels.
The population of Brucefield was
somewhat larger in William Scott's time
than it is now, according to Ross Scott. A
County of Huron Directory of 1876-77 in Mr.
Scott's possession describes the village as
having three general stores, two blacksmith
shops,one carpenter, two doctors and three
*hotels. Mr. Scott has a picture of one of these
hotels, Dixons, which shows an assortment
of strollers on the street and the open stage
which in the last century, ran from Bayfield
to Seaforth.
Mrs. Ross Scott, the former Alice Ratten-
bury, also has deep family roots in
Brucefield. For 100 continuous years, a
member of her family or of her husband's
family, has been Brucefield's postmaster.
Mr. Scott has a Government of Canada
proclamation, dated in 1868, which appoints
Mrs. Scott's grandfather, Robert Marks, as
village postmaster. Mrs. Scott's uncle was
the next postmaster, followed by her father-
in-law and her husband. Ken Scott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Scott, is the present and
third generation of Scott's to hold the office.
Donald McMillan was the first postmaster
in the village, according to Mr. Scott. He liv-
ed on the Brucefield-Kippen road where
Robert Allan's farm is now.
Mr. Scott has an old book used by early
postmasters to record the amounts due for
letters received from other settlements.
There were no stamps in use in the 1850s and
postage was collected from the person to
whom the letter was addressed. The large
book, which has entries of 1859, records the
receipt of mail from Elginfield, Clinton and
Bayfield.
The Scotts also have a small book, owned
by Robert Marks, which lists all the
postmasters in Upper Canada in 1861.
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Students and staff of Huron Centennial School, Brucefield, held a retirement tea for Edith
Swan recently. Mrs. Swan is retiring from teaching after dedicating 42 years to educating
youth. Saying goodbye is Vanessa Laye. (Heather McIlwraith photo)
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