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The Seaforth News, 1937-09-09, Page 7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1937 THE SEAFORTH NEWS P. GE SEVEN isdismanssonommossasammosimmenso ���Il��.t��,�rN��.n--our—e,u.—ew�...�.�.u..�+'r-•-w I 1 I I °■ The Seaforth News Phone 84 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our satnples, Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and 'Index. 1 1 1 1 • I I 1 1 1 1 Id w..ya—ter o. alar i—,n u—o........g,u.....rw,..,....a.....{p S'ma'll Boy—"Boo-hoo, I've lost the lost it?" penny teacher gave to .the best 'boy Small Boy- Because in the class." best boy." Kind Old (Gent "Nevem mind, here's another. Now tell me how you Want and For Sale Ads., I. week, wasn't the 25c. PIOINEER FAMILY MORE THAN A CENTURY IN HURON COUNTY (B 'W. H. Johustou in the London Free (Press.) It is not often that a family and their descendants live in the sabre neighborhood and •rhstrirt for over 100 years, hut such is .the story of the 'Rdbert Bcl•i 'family who came front Scotland in d1i35. The Canada Company tinder the leadership of Dr. iDualop Was making a strong bid for .settlers and Mr. Bell, 'having read the rosy literature issued by the company, iu Scotland, decided to eanie to the Huron Tract with Elgmondvid'le as the particular point at which to settle. 'He had read of settlers who, living in bliss, could walk 'out and pick riches from trees and many :other things erroneously extravagant, 'Imagine his reaction; the cold real- ization of facts, .when he. his wife and .several young children were set down on the east side of what was known then as Silver Creek on a wet, snowy evening in fall. Where was no bridge }bat shelter had to be reached for •the sake of his wife and children. The creek was crossed tend they found a stopping place in irigmond- ville, kfis nest step was to locate a farm for himself. FIe decided in favor of the London 'Road and after con- siderable .searching chose a lot south or (Hensel] on which his grandson, \i'illiain Bell new lives. He left the 'family in Egntondville, and during the nest ,five months chopped a goodly sized clearing,'havv- ing first built a shanty in which to live, Every Saturday evening he walk- ed to !Egmondville, auore than 110 utiles, but on Monday morning he was chopping away an the early spring he moved the fancily •out to the settlers ,but Robert Bell made such a farm and every member learned to success Of them that they soon pass - work as soon as 'he or she was able. ed into his possession and the comp - Twelve children were born some in Scotland and sante here. In a few years a larger house was built and a 'large clearing made. In fact' he was soon known as a prosper- ous Farmer, a leader among the set- tlers. bi • Jones, commissioner for the Canada Land Company, and who fouled it necessary to Make many trips to 'Londoit front his office in Goderich, always lodged in the Bell hone. .A warm friendship sprang •up between the men. At this time the company had a flour mill at 'Kipper but it did not prove to he a success. The roan who ran it did not seam to understand the buildingof i a dant t at d when the spring freshets came there was al- ways trouble, Mr. Jones believed :Mgr. Bell could make a success of it and urged hint ,to ,undertake the task. When the dant was completely wash- ed away \lr. Bell accepted the 'chal- lenge and moved to Ripper, leaving his sons, Robert and 'William, on the Farms south of Hensel'', !He recognized that success or fail- ure.. rested on the building of the dam and he went to work accordingly and built one so broad, deep and high that it lasted as long as the saw'mil'l and gristmill ran, that is into the 20th century, over '50 years. The dant built, he had to have a stiller. Having heard that an old country miller lived on the lchanws Road near 'Farquhar he took a compass and went through the bush to find hoot. This ,man proved to be an excellent miller and it was not Ing until the Kippen mi'l'ls became iurporta nt• During the forties of the last cent- ury, Smith I-Turon was settled rapidly and the farmers 'took their grists to Bell's Mill, sone as Far away as 20 miles. Mills 'had been built by the company for the accommodation of ONTARIO Department of Health of Ontario `<INFANTILE PARALYSIS" (POLIOMYELITIS) The Department of Health has a sufficient supply of Convalescent Serum for present demands. This serum is obtained from persons who have previously suffered from au attack of "infantile paralysis". In anticipation of further requirements the Department now requests that persons who are willing to provide blood for this purpose (donors) register with the medical officer of health in their district. The Department remunerates donors on the basis of Ten Dollars for 100 cubic centimeters; the usual amount withdrawn from one donor is 200 cubic centimeters. This can be readily obtained without discomfort or ill effects to the donor. Children under fourteen years of age are not eiigi.ble. Persons who have suffered an attack of the disease during the present year are also not eligible. Those persons fourteen years of age and over who have suffered an attack within the past twenty -Cave years and who show some definite evidence of resulting paralysis, are requested to provide the medical officer of health with their name and address. ' Those who have already acted as donors need not register again. When a clinic is to be held, donors will be notified through their medical officer of health. MINISTER Of HEALTH H•2 arise nirawrx�+<s.:,,-,�t; ..n... t•,res::,,,,,.M.1.:irrw,sccnw;eu3sx- rM a^t>;v •v-riV any was greatly relieved. 'Large stands of pine were to be found es- pecially in Hay Township. The pine logs with other valuable timber found their way to the sawmill and the large cuts of lumber were turned dnio barns and houses :by the hard working far tree:. It was not long until Robert Bell was the possessor of 3100 acres south of Kippen. With four or five sons to help him the land was soon cleared and the timber drawn to the mil!. His sons grew to be large men and early in lire were so strong that they took a malt's place and did a man's work. .\i r. Pell was A natural mechanic, given contracts for the ibuilding df bridges at Clinton, St. Marys and other places. He supplied the timber and one of his younger sons, John, told me that at 1'1 years of age he drove two yoke of oxen and ,drew the large timbers the 10 miles to Clinton for the bridge. There was im gravel on the roads in those days and the loads slipped along as though they were greased, over the maul roads, The heavy timbers such as he.uu, and supports for the bridge at St. Marys were transported in the same way. With land for sale at $2 ,in acre, cows at 11115 each and a yoke of three-year-old steers ready for work at $35, the man with a few hundred nilars was looked upon as a mil- hdonaire. Families grow up in time and the parents become old. 1t was In. in Robert Hall's home The flour mill was taken over 'by his son -hi -la iv, Mr. Hunt, who trade a great financial success of it. The sawmill continued unikir the old manager for a time and was a 'fine source of revenue. The sons, reared in such an envir- onment and having to toil from an early age• 'became capable hien, hav- ing an experience with and a lore for machinery, felt the urge to get into business for themselves. SCnowitig 'the sawmill business well, three of these sons, John, 'Panto and Dan, located three farms in the third concession of Hay Township, having a small stream running through the three farms. On this stream each man built a sawmill run by water. 'The location was a good one for the 'back country was ripening up rapidly, 'creating a large need For lumber and; .besides, there was the great Hay Swamp, owned ray the Canada Company, and fillecl with an almost atdlimitable stock of the finest timber. Consequently,' these mill yards were almost constantly ,filled to ovettfiowing with saw d$gs, especially- in 'the spring. after a cold winter, cold enough to freeze up the swamp. These men prospered financ- ially-, 'l'his family was fortunate in other ways. When a relative in Scot- land passed away, $310,000 were sent out to swell the band: account of the parents. Mrs. Bell was said to be the heiress to this large stn..One of their sons conducts the business now. All of Robert Bell's sons were large and powerful men. On account of their large stature and great strength they once bnaught victory to Hinson County in the famous Caledonian games that at one time were held an- nually in •Lucknow. One item on the program was a tug-of-war between the Counties of 'Huron and Bruce. Year ',after year Huron was humbled, the second concession boys from ICin- los:s being ton strong for them. John i1'cDonell, a hardware merchant in Hensall, attended the games and he felt put out by Huron's defeat. The trent year he was accompanied by the Bell brothers and the 'Bruce team bit the dust. Though winning it was not an easy victory for Huron. 'Tice com- ment of Fan' Bell. a quiet man, was: "My. (Nut they were strong." Sonne idea of this man's great strength may be gathered from ,story that is told of hint. One day when he and his employees were plac- ing a large water wheeel in a pit he was in the 'bottom of the pit and as the men were lowering it, something went wrong and he had to hold it on his back. A smaller, weaker man e-ouid have been crushed to• death.` He weighed between 3101) and 4100 pounds. Returning to that Bruce tug-of-war team. it is recalled that becoming famous on account of their many vic- tories they were invited to meet the fatuous team from 'Zorra Township, This contest proved a real battle, For 415 minutes neither team could move the other and the Zorra citizens persuaded the judges to call it a draw. 'The greater number of Robert Bells' descendants; now in the third, fourth and fifth generations, are con- nected with the land. 'A quiet people with enough self-confidence to make them capable, they have trade a fine success of farming in the fertile dis- trict of South Huron. 'They, own somewhere between 23)00 and 3,000 acres among them. "So you tax bachelors in ,this state?" "Yes; there's a six -cent tax on grin l Me." u OS ropractor Electro Therapist — Massage Office Commercial Hotel Hours—Moo, and Thurs. after noons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone 227. SCHOOL FAIR DATER Grand Bend 'Tuesday,. Sept. '14 . I-Iensall ... Wednesday, Sept. 1115 Carlow ... Friday, Sept. 117 Belgrave ' Tuesday, Sept. 211 Fordwieh Wednesday, Sept. 22 St. Heleu.s Tuesday. Sept.28 Currie's Corners ..... Wed., Sept 29 ZENDONIAINS DO NEW YORK (Ingersoll "Tribune.) Almost the entire population of the village of Zenda left last week for New York City to attend the world prettier of the. film version of An- thony 11ope's novel. "The Prisoner of /.coda, as gue4t of the producer of the picture, "David O. Selznick of Culver City. California. Holly w ci+d publicity men thumbed world „ azeteers a few weeks ago hunting for the Zenda in which An- thony !Elope plotted the .old story which made rich fare for theatre -go- ers before the 'flickers carte, Zenda, Ont.. it seems, is without a rival 'on this planet. Hence the •decision of the Selznick publicity department to is- sue free airplane trips and all the trimtnings to everyone in this little community. Zenda : is 'believed to be .the only settlement in the world named after a novel. The name was given 'Zenda in 11895, one year after publication of 'Hope's book, although the town was founded .60 years earlier. The story of 'how ,Zenda' got its name is related by one of the villag- ers. About forty years ago, the vil- lagers felt they should have a post office. The .government granted the request, providing a suitable noun could be secured for the community. !The residents 'were asked to select a name. .Same suggestions duplicated other names and were turned down by the post office department. The late Thomas Banbury suggested Zen - da, and Zenda it was. It is supposed he had 'been reading the Prisoner of Zenda about that time, and got the name •frons .Anthony Hope's novel. Till now Zenda has had one claim to fame. There, at the little crass - roads every summer, they 'hold the biggest garden party in Canada, drawing as many as 115,000 it is .claim- ed. "One morning, last week, shortly af- ter seven o'clock, virtually the entire, population of iZenda, including Vern- on 'Few ster 'Reeve of North Nor- wich; 'Donald Howes, cheeseniaker at the iZenda factory and 'Mrs. Howes;. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fewster, An- drew 1Fewster and "Miss 'Olive-iFew- s'ter; Miss Mary Matheson, teacher at 'the Zenda public school; Harry Han- cock, one of the executives of the annual Zenda garden party; -Miss Doris 'Had'cock, Reeve Harry ; A. 1Little of IDerehain IT'ownship, which adjoins ,Zenda; ,George IFewster and C. O. Tatham of Woodstock, left by special chartered 'bus' for Jarvis, on No. 3 'Highway, east of S'intcoe. At Jarvis they boarded a chartered T. W. A. skyliner which transported them through the air to iNew York City at the rate of L220 miles an hour. Upon arrival at New York they were officially welcomed by Mayor IFiorel- la La Guardia, and presented with the keys to the city. The afternoon was spent in sightseeing and the follow- ing day they were the guests of 'hon- or at the 'first showing of "The Pris- oner of Zenda," at the Music Hall, largest theatre in the world. Among the actors •in the ,fibro are • 'Ronald Coleman, !Madeleine Carroll, C.lAteb- rey Smith and Douglas IFairbtutfdh, Jr, It is mainly a British cast. The novel was dramatized for the stage by iEdward (Rose. •Friday, September 31, was another day of •touring 'the sights of New York, and :the Zenda village folk returned to their 'homes via the same special airliner. WoodsdHackett— (The marriage was solemnized quiet- ly at the parsonage, Lucknow, on Saturday afternoon, Rev. S. J. Tuck.. er, officiating, when Lena Isabel, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Reid 'Hackett, of Lucknow, became the bride of Wilson T Woods, of Dundas, son of Mrs. R. J. Woods of St. Helens and the late Mr, 'Woods. Inc bride, who was unattended, wore a smart rust ensemble. The couple` left immediately ,by 1motor on their honeymoon. They will reside in Dun- das. Want and For Sale ads, 3 wks, 50c Want and For Sale Ads., 1 week, 2151c.