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-'.BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
Putting a history book
together :son one's com-
lnunityis just like doing a
jigsaw puzzle, says.Mrs.
Marion Zinn -of R.R. 2
Lucknow. It takes a lot of
- time` and work but
eventually the pieces all
fit together.
Three years ago Mrs.
Zinn worked on a history
book called Frontier _
Ways to Modern Days. It
was a project of the
Trinity U.C.W., Ashfield
Township and dealt With
the northeast part of that
township. A lot of leg
work, 325 pages and 200
pictures later, the group.
completed its com-
prehensive paperback
history • and sold almost
1,000 copies in the name
of posterity.
• "We started right from
scratch," expla'1ns Mis•
Zinn who•says each farm
in the coverage area wase
researched from thetime
the crown deed was taken
out right up to'the present
day owners, listing all the
owners in between.
With . one history book
under her belt, Mrs: Zinn
is now working with a
committee of the
Dungannon Women's
Institute on another one.
In conjunction with
Dungannon's 125th bir-
thday which will be
celebrated.._ on _ thecivic
holiday weekend this
a•.
year, the WI committee is
producirjg a book ori the
lilstory .of the south part
of Ashfield Township,
farm by farm, from
Concessions 1 to 7 in-
--elusive. The ' °book will
also include 'history on
the " south part- of- West
Wawanosh Township, the
village of Dungannon
itself and even Port
Albert which marks its
140th birthday this year.
"We're .trying to cover
the whole south end,
going as far as our.
Institute members have
lived," explains Mrs.
Zinn.
She admits that this
book, so far, is not as
difficult to research as
the first one she worked
on. For information on
the .history of. the village
of Dungannon, all the
committee- has to do. is
refer to the Dungannon
Women's Institute
Tweedsmuir History
Book. Each Won'rn's
' Institute is required to
produce a Tweedsmuir
History Book. on its
coinmunity. • - The
Dungannon WI started its
book in. the 1950s and it -
includes the ' history of
Dungannon from, as-
tounding to present day.
So, •with mostof the
history of Dungannon
already researched for
them, the women on the.
history book committee
just had the concessions
and Port Albert left to
research themselves.
The women on the
committee;- besides Mrs.
Zinn, include Mrs. Elmer
Black, tMrs. Cecil Blake,,,
Mrs.. George Errington
(Dungannon WI -
president), • Mrs. Merle
Gunby and- Mrs. Robert.
Irvin.
Mrs. Zinn,- Mrs. Gunby
and Mrs. Black are each
in charge of researching
several concessions,
farm by farm. •-
The women started on
their history book project
more than a year ago.
Their first stop was the
Huron County Registry
Office,4in .Goderich where
they were able to obtain a
list of all the farms'in the
book's coverage area.
In the registry office,
the women had, to use a
magnifying glass to read
photographs tor the book
are needed by the end of
January --no later.
The committee is
planning on having 1,000
copies of the book printed
in paperback form and it
is taking orders now. The
- books will also be for sale
at Dungannon's birthday
celebrations in . early
August. The price to be
charged is not known yet
'but the committee figures
` 'the book will contain
more than 300 pages plus
about 200 pictures. It will
include a map of the area
with all the present land
owners' names on it.
Frontier Ways to"
Modern Days included
interesting facts from the
minute books of, Ahfield
Township from 1842 to
some of the handwriting 1976. These will not be
in the entry books. Even ',;repeated in this latest
•then they. were not sure of
some of the -spellings of
names and they apologize
for any inaccuracies.
' "Being • completely
accurate is one of the
•most difficult 'things to do
when writing a history
book, explains Mrs.
Zinn.
After "finding out the
original owners of each
farm, the' women then
tried to list all the family
members ever horn and
raised on those farms and
any interesting anecdotes
to go along with them.•
Some -family lists will
naturally be incomplete...,,
,For . information • the
- wrrntt haYvltad-to rely- Davidson -on -the Ashfielri-
on the registry office,
microfilm of old
newspapers at the library'
and. word of. mouth:, The
latter, -they consider by
the...midst__.im_--._..was--.laid. out-.-.It_.is_said ..
• rpartant and . they are that' this was dont •
bpok but in the sectionon
municipal government,
the last ' three years'
important minutes, from
-1976 to 1979, will ,be • ad-
ded.
Besides the farm
history, the ..book will
include history on
,churches-, .organizations,..
sports teams, families
and homes, stores and
other businesses in the
village.
There have been four
different surveys of the
village of - Dungannon.
Each of the four corners•
of the village was once
owned by a different
settler--Mallough ; and
putting several names•in
a hat. The first one drawn
was Dungannon, the
name of the city in
Ireland- from which
Mallough had emigrated.
Mgs,t of the . original
settlers in • Dungannon
were from Ireland and
many of their -relatives
still remaiif'in the area.
In fact,' says': Mrs. Zinn,
the first male baby born
in West Wawanosh
Township was named
John . Wawanosh Jack-
man and his grand-
daughter -in-law, is a
member'" of the
Dungannon Worat's
Institute now working on
the history book.
Dungannon was once
quite - a thriving .com-
munity. The women on
the history book com-
mittee can rhyme off all
sorts of former industries
and businesses including
a sawmill, a carding mill,
a creamery, a. churn
manufacturing shop, a
dressmaking shop, a shoe
and boot making shpp, a
harness making shop, a
grist mill and an apple
evaporator, to name just
a few. The village even
had its own newspaper
from 1908 to 1916. Mrs.
Blake has a copy of it.
There have been three
major fires in Dungan-
non. One occurred as
early as 1914 when the
Mallough Hotel burned
down and another oc-
curred' as late as 1975
_w_hen- Bob-tothers'
garage burned. But
perhaps the most tragic
fire occurred in 1937 when
three stores; three houses
anda.garage•on the' west
.side - of the, village. s main
street all. burned to the
ground. This fire oc-
curred on - April Fools
Day and when the fire
• .bell 'was sounded, the
villagers simply figured
it was a prank to soil the
occass ion.
Although Daungannon'is
•.: now. only a tiny' com-
munity'with a population
of a few hundred, it can
still boast of several
grocery stores, -a bakery,
a hardware -store, a post
office, two churches and
beauty parlor. By.
gpring, there will be. a
new garage in the village
too. There are also
several new houses and
mobiles as more young
people.• choose to' move to
the area and commute to
work.
Port Albert, once also a
thriving community
whose life later tapered
off, is now growing again
too, even faster .. than
side and McMath. and
Berry, on • the West
'Wawano'sh side. The
village was apparently
mimed in 1854 when it
History
book.
committee
In conjunction with Dungannon's 125th birthday
which will be celebrated this year, this committee
of the. Dungannon Women's Institute is producing a
history book on th south part of Ashfield Township,
the south part of West Wawanosh Township, the
village of Dungannon and Port Albert which is now
140 years old. Looking over some old pictures and
written history are,. back row, left to right, Mrs.
Elmer Black and Mrs. George Errington. In front
are Mrs. Cecil Blake and Mrs. Warren Zinn. Absent
for phoio are Nfrs. Merle Gunby and Mrs. Robert
Irvin. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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thorough check
year thereafter.
By spotting
-up
each
asking for help in /his, °
department.'
If you have any in-
forma'tion that you think
might be of, importance
for the hook, please call
Mrs...Zinn ° at 529-7350,
.Mrs. Blake at 529-7965 or
Ms_Black at 529-7264.
Old photographs of past
councils, ,`sch`ools,
chur-ches,, stores and°
families would also he
appreciated, They can be
'returned.
- And if. anyone wants to
write the history, ,of his
Own' farm or add to it, the
committee .says . he is
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this to.
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Mrs. Zinn, a trustee on
the 'Huron County Board
of Education, whose
husband is the' Reeve of
Ashfield Township, says
the history book the
committee is working on
is not a money making
project for the Women's
Institute. It is` simply
being done for the
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- birthday present if• you
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