The Brussels Post, 1944-4-5, Page 2Thoughts of Spring and paint -minded people everywhere are
'suddenly.' aware of the familiar Martin-Senour sign (although it's
there all the year round) because Spring,is the usual and accepted
time tg repaint for fresh' beauty and protection!
And this sign is a sure sign of an enduring paint because Martin-
Senour is i00% pure I
Whenever you see the sign of Martin-Senour, there will 6e found the
paint of endurance and longer lasting beauty. It is the sign which in
one breath welcomes. Spring and the chance to beautify as well as
to do the patriotic job of protecting property!
THE BRUSSELS POST
gun mlii.le under concentrated gun-
fire: others left aid fled,
Doctors
Dr. Armstrong carne in 1893 and
built tbo doctor's. bonse. Dr, lrwing
, coarse in 1900, followed by Dr. 1'len-
Sies. Ml Three were married, Dr.
' Robinson lived where Cohn Fingiand
new resides,
Dressmakers '
Isabella Ramsay, Janet Ramsay,
Mary Menadzean, Mary SLntpsen,
Pttrette .Simpson, 'Busy Driscoll, Ida
Drlscoll, Margaret Hamilton, Annie
u„''.1 Mary 'Jackson, Mrs. Robert
Blair, Vin's, Charles; Drager, Eliza-
beth Sm1111e,
Journalists
Janes Smillie, in Australia wrote
under the name of "The Rnrnbler":
financial statement of • New South
Wales; helped to compile the atlas
� of the same province.
Martini Smillie, wrote order Inc
, name "Make Believe Lead'; short
story writer; wrote for magav n•=s
and Free Press; wrote Pel' "Clipped
Wings" in Toronto Globe; mentioned'
in "Who's Who.
Sages
Mre, Scop and Annie played the
glasses; Alice kept bar; Tillie, the
•• eile Sage Girls played the glass
es and travelled with the cbsttatritra
le the TT''ited States.
Some Industries of the Community
'"hese w.as lime kiln at Themes
Aleoeks on the 14th concession of
. Grey Township, It was 'atorlced by
the Alcock brothers. Cranbrook also
bad a lime kiln, owned and operated
by John Graham.
Brick and Tile Yard
The brink and tile yard was just
WAL T ON 'NAS BUSY PLACE IN EARLY DAYS
RECENTLY COMPILED HISTORY SHOWS
(By Clarence Grainger)
'School Inspectors For This. District
Mr. Dewer, Mr. Malloch, Mr, Robb
Dr. J. M. Field, Mr. John. Hartley,
Mr. A. E. Nelson, and Mr. J. H.
Kinkead, our present inspector.
Teachers Who Taught in
These Schools
Log .School — Charles McLehlen,
Daniel McDonald, Alexander Stewar,.,
John Ferguson.
Frame School—aha Shaw, Wil-
liam Shaw, Mr, Best, Robert
Henderson, Kenneth McKenzie,
Daniel Johnston. George McIntosh,
Martha Hiller, Thomas McLaughlin.
William Kearney, Bessie Kelly, Mr.
Giese, Aenie Hislop, Miss Sparks,
Miss McDougal, Miss anhitdeld,
Mary Mitchell, Miss laden, Ana
Gardner, Jennie Kirkby, Mr. T. B.
Hamilton, William Rae. William
Kerr, Annie ,Simpson, Katherine
Telfer, Mebbel O'Connell, Minnie
Kalb'', George 'load, Melvin Dodds,
Bessie McDonald, Mrs. Dora Holmes,
Edith Dedmvon, Pearl Ross, Eliza-
beth. Dickson, Gertie J. Campbell,
J. C. Henderson, C. S. White, Luella
Parrott, Edna Reid, M. E. Clnif,
Harry Hoover, Marjorie Reid.
Eleanor Knight, Mr. Preutcr, C. S.
'Sellers, Mre. M. Holland, Mr, G. C.
Grainger.
The First Arbour Day
Daniel Johnston and 2,Liitlta Hilton
were the first teachers to celebrate
Arbour Day in 1884. Mr. Johnston
had a horse of his own and he bor-
owed one from Mr. Dennison. With
the older boys helping, they levelled
part of the school ground and tilled
in an old well. They secured some
small maples from a near-ey bush
and planted them. Two trees grew
the first year, and several grew the
eetaud year.
The First Steam Boiler
It was purchased at Stratford' and
hauled to Walton by oxen teams. It
was dor use in Mr. Knox's' sawmill.
This was a very tedious task and
took many days to get it as far as
the crossing of the river north of
Seaforth, where it upset. The ranter
came to Walton and secured two ox-
en teams, Thomas McFadzean's and
Robert Dennison's. It was hauled to
Walton in one day. This was a re-
markable -feat. It took skill and ex-
perience to accomplish this in the
face of the difficulties under which
they were forced to work.
Murder
A ratan from 'the north—Wroxetc,
district—drove cattle through Walton
to Seaforth, to be sold. On the way
home, at Walton, he was murdered
for the money he was supposed to
b.ave. The murdered man only had
five cents. He had been hired to':
drive the cattle. The money for the
cattle had been left in Seaforth for
the owner, The murderer confessed
on his deathbed that he killed seven
Hien. and this was the only person
that yielded the least money. His
body was Pound beside the Presby-
terian Church,
Served In the South African War
John Barnhill was in 1914 decorat-
ed by the King for standing by bis
RENEWAL ~!>!'Li MNN, 1'
Xig ci s .z r 'Krill BOO `O :' uS
To ill! Employers:
All Unemployment Insurance Books for the
year ending March 31st, 1944, must be ex-
changed
xchanged for new books.
Kindly communicate immediately with the
nearest I3mployment and Selective Service
Office if you have not already exchanged your
employees' books.
There are severe penalties for
failing to make Unemployment
Insurance Contributions for
your insured employees and
for failure to renew the Insur-
ance Books as required.
se
To /11/ Employees..
If you ate an insured person protect your
benefit rights by seeing that your Insurance
Book has been exchanged.
UNEMPLOIrMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION
WON. IIUin'im gy MITCHELL, LOUIS J. 'I'ROTTIER
Moister o1 Labprir R. J. TALLON ,
ALLAN M. Ml'rcHHLt
Commissioners,
enat of Herold Seller's hon:e, lot 3,
bonoossion 17, Grey Township, John
Wise, and Jake Hanover .started it;
Allen George bought it Pram tlient. in
1989 John Covonloek bought it and
used it for hind years, Dieu moved to
\V'inthrep—just west or the chopping=
mill at Winthrop, where It is at the
present time,
Blacksmith Shops
There used to be a $hop just north
"f Darman ,Tohrstou's fraane house.
Mr, Johnston now uses the shop Por
a stable. Someof. the blackcnitths
were: Jones Fulton, William Mc-
C"bbin, 'Phomas Clark.
Where Mark's Garage now stands
wee formerly the site of a blacksmith
shop Seine of the bleeitsmiths ti,ere
were P"vniel Campbell, 101ijah Mc -
i Russel Marks,
South of Air, john Smillio's proper-
ty, on the east side of the street, was
blacken ith shop. Some of the
blacksmiths were: William Mulhol-
land, Henry J3uiuphi•ies, ,Tack McNeii.
Neil McNeil, Thomas Clark, Arthur
Pullman.
Sawmill
The sawmill was always on the
eamn property es it is now. At first
it came north or the C.P.R. tracks.
T'•^ t'ieet owner 'Was Mr. Taos. and
was later owned by a man named Mr.
Adams, who soil it to Louis and
Charlie McDonald, The present own-
er ie Mr. Duncan TScl)onald, who pur-
chased it from Jahn McDonald, Louis'
son. Some of the logs were cherry,
hieeh. hemlock, pine, maple, beech,
elm, basswood and ash.
. Some of the sawyers were: Jolin
Centmores (Fr.), Mr. Drown, Mr.
Fllammet, Mr. Bossom, Mair. Sage, Mr.
Wednesday, March -291h, 1999
Ike Solitli, Alex \0itcliell, Alex Mit-
chell's Panther, Mark Buchanan, Rob-
ert Reid,
Choose Facto
The cheese factory wasry built on
Jolui Hewbt'e property where the
chopping mill now steals. 11 was
built by the farmers of this commun-
ity, each contributing 't number of
shares, each share costing $15. When
!t iras 110 longer used as, e cheese
factory, it was ecru (Iowa and same
01 the lumber was used hi building
Jelin Belger's house and some• to
build Charlie Mnrray's house.
Some of the eheeeoinakers were;
Mi, McTaggart, Mr. Taylor, Mr,
Leech, George Hill, Mi•. Green, Mr.
Holland, Air. Edgar, Me, Lanny.
Milk Board.
Joeepii Bennett, Duncan Campbell,
George Reid, Robert Illairm, James'
Humphries, Robert Ferguson.
There was a piggery in connection
with the cheese factory.
Salesmen for cheese factory were:
R. H, Ferguson, John Scarlett, Jim
Meiadsean.
Milk Drawers—Md, Penniman, Jos,
Carter, George Kelly, Jimmy Calder,
Mr, Smith, Peter McTaggart, Georges
Calder.
Di'entors -- Thoma; Nteit'adaean,
;Pao. Shortree`tl, James Ryan, Geo.
Jackson, 'Louis McDonald, trees; R.
FT. Ferguson, sec.
Chopping Mill
On the site of the old cheese fac-
tory a chopping mill was built bY'
Henry and George Hoegy. They sold
it to Jack Bnoheainan. Mr. Radford
then purchased it, who sold it to Mr.
Traviss,'the ,present owner. —
••=•••..m. .0
is
Grass Seed
Clovers are Scarce. We have full line of
Red Clover, Alsike, White and Yellow Clover at
also good stock of mixtures at reasonable price.
Start your chicks right with Rose &and Cholcoteria
Feed of E. S. Watt & Sons, Palmerston.
We have a full line of fencing °requirement*, woven
wire, barb wire, etc
Alfalfa,
present
A. J. Pearson
Ethel Phone 52-r-7
Hotels
In the early days clic owner of a
hotel was compelled by law to pro -
Wide a feed stable for horses and an
open shed for daytime shelter. No
pian could be turned away from a
botel. The hotel is now owned bY
Mr, Fred Miller, but was first owned
and built by Mr. Icnox, Later it was
owned by Mr. Blashetl, who sold it
to Mr. Amis Titain'er, Mr, Miller pur-
cllased It from Mr. Timmer.
Where J. S. L. Cumtning's garage
now stands a hotel was built by Sir,
Biggers, It was sold to Mr. Swallow,
who in turn sold It to Mr, ilfeTag_
gart. Other owners were: William
Burns; Mr. McKim, Thomas Jones,
Joe Fisher, Mr. Reihl, Mt'. W.
Timmer and Mr. Cummings
A hotel, named "The White Ox,'
was located an the northwest corner
•of what is now Torose MCDonald'e
dm -m Mr. Stewart aid Mr. Muir
'were owners,
Mr. Hewitt had a hotel in Walton
and he gave this village its name. He
mune from Walton in England,
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TFIEGRAPNS
SINCE TUE CALL
TO ARMS
WITHIN AN HOUR of the opening of hostilities the
Canadian National began what has proved to be
the largest and one of the most exacting war
Jobs in Canada. This Job has continued day and
night without stop for four and a half years.
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FROM SEPTEMBER 10,1939 to March 10, 1944 the Cana-
dian National carried more than 100 minion
passengers and 300 million tons of freight. Since
the beginning of the war the Canadian National
Dining Car Department has served 13,631,387
meals.
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THE RAILWAY not only hauled away the completed
munitions of war, but brought in the raw mate-
rials to make them. Without this two-way ser-
vice, Canada's magnificent job of production
could not have been carried out, The Canadian
National itself builds. mine -sweepers, 12,000 -ton
freighters, naval guns and gun mountings, air-
craft components, and parts for other .gun
factories.
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OF THE 100 MILLION PASSENGERS carried, a high
percentage consisted of members of the armed
forces proceeding to camps for training and to
shipboard for embarkation,
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STEAMSHIPS OF THE COMPANY, though reduced In
numbers by sinkings through enemy action, have
served gallantly in the war as auxiliary armed
cruisers, hospital ships and transports,.
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CANADIAN NATIONAL )express and Telegraph facili-
ties have worked to capacity to meet war de-
mands.
The Canadian National's nine all -year hotels,
situated in cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
have provided service of an essential nature to
those engaged in the war effort. Ali the Com-
pany's resort hotels are closed for the duration.
22% OF THE PERSONNEL in Company's service in 1939
have Joined the armed forces.Invictory Loan catn-
paigds Canadian National men and women have
purchased bonds to the amount of 926,94600.
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TRANS -CANADA AIR LINES, subsidiary of the Canadian
National Railways, has carried 435,000 passengers
during the war, 9,417,000 pounds of air matl.
letters, and 1,476,000 pounds of wartime air
express. Trans -Canada Mr Lines is also flying
the Atlantic regularly with mail to and from the
armed forces.
T NSPORT
Atir a v AT WAR
The Canadian National has been privileged to join with all the citizen$
of our country, including those who are serving in the armed forces, In
the prosecution of the war. It believes that Canadians will be interested
In this outline of some of the System's war activities.
Extraets from Annual Report of the Directors of
the Canadian National System
OIJR OBJECTIVE 111 1943, as in other war years, was to place the full strength of our matt.,
power and facilities behind the war effort of the United Nations. To this end all energies ham,
been directed. The requirements of the armed forces, of industry and agriculture, for transport
and other services, have been met in all of the nine Provinces of the Dominion and In the import e
ant sections of the United States in which we operate.
RECORD TRAFFIC
These demands were greater than ever before,
the traffic moved in 1943 being 17.3% greater.
than in 1942, the previous peak war year,
and 44.7% greater than in 1928, the peak
peace year.
Freight traffic in 1943 was more than double
that of 1939, and passenger traffic four times
that of 1939.
Despite this, the very targe movements of
war materials and personnel reached their
destinations in accordance with schedule ar-
rangements. There was no lowering of the
recognized standards of safety.
MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS
The Company also extended its activities as.
a manufacturer of munitions, shipsand naval
appliances,
EARNING POWER
The 1943 operations demonstrated the great,
earning power of the System, the railway
proving again that it can Handle an immense
volume of business economically as well as
expeditiously.
After providing from revenue for all oper-
ating expenses (including deferred mainte-
nance, depreciation, amortization of defence
projects and reserve for inventories) and, aiso
a reserve for pension coittracts, taxes, interest
on funded debt and Government loans, tip
surplus paid in cash to the Government was
835,639,412.,,
OPERATING EFFICIENCY
The operating ratio for the year was. 73.64%
(an all-time record) as compared with 76.93% in
1942 and 81.99% in the peak peace year of 1928.
It is interesting to note that the vastly
Increased war traffic in 1943 was handled with
16.6% fewer locomotives, 15.4% fewer freight
cars and 5.1% more passenger cars than, was
the traffic of 1917, the fourth year of the last
World War,
SPECIAL. SERVICES PROVIDED
The Company was honoured in being selected
to provide extensive train and other services
for Prime Minister Churchill, President Rouse-
veil and Madam Chiang ICai-shek during
their visits to Canada in 1943.
POST-WAR
Changing conditions will call for new methods
of railway operation and new types of service,
and there must needs be a continuing search
for improvement in all aspects of the railway
industry. In view of this, the Company has
in hand a programme of research. This pro-
gramme, in addition to considering ways and
tneans of improving service and efficiency of
operation, also encompasses the problems of
poet -war reconstruction: and rehabilitation.
THE OFFICERS mg EMPLOYEES in all departments of the System have worked hard and
loyally to cope with increased responsibilities arising out of the war, and the directors record
their appreciation and thanks. The traditional harmonious relations between management and
employees were maintained throughout the year. Appreciation also is expressed to shippers and
the travelling public alike for 'their cooperation in and sympathetic understanding of difficult
operating conditions caused by the war.
Chairman soft PreaideNU •
CANADIAN NATIONAL
the Largest .11Eletilmtsy System in, Amtriieri
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