The Seaforth News, 1949-06-23, Page 5THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1949
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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
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SHREDDED WHEAT 2 PKGS. 27c
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Take Notice that all persons who have attached mail _
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to do so on or before such date will be prosecuted
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More frequent service on most lines
The Western Ontario Motorways Limited
Kitchener Ontario
New Machines
#3Q,.Tractor —44 Tractor
M. H. Washing Machines
83/2' spring -tooth Cultivator, tractor bitch, power lift. •
Pony Tractor and Row Crop Cultivator
2 Horse Spreaders
All Crop Hayloaders
Power Mower 2 Hand Scufflers
2 -Furrow Tractor Plow 1-8' tandem Harrow
7' & 6' Binder
4%' & 6' One Way Disc
12' self-propelled Combines
Gas Engine. 101/2" Grain Grinder
Water Pressure System
Hay Cars - Track - Hay Forks - Rope
15 and 13 run Fertilizer Drill, P.L. & tractor hitch
10 cub. ft. deep freeze Box 16 cu. ft. Freezer
Thor Washers & hollers
USED MACHINES
102 Sr. r.c. Tractor
3 F. Tractor Plow
3 furrow Disc Plow
6' clipper combine with motor
6' Clipper with P.T.O.
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SEAFORTH
Radiator Clogged ?
The Brady Cleaner will
restore its efficiency
.Distributor Faulty?
The Ford Stroboscope will
discover the. cause
:Steering Difficult?
Wheel balancing will cor-
rect it
Daly Motors
Ford Monarch
Dealer
Tel.. 102 Seaforth
EVENT OF THE YEAR
Waterloo Band Festival, Saturday,
June 25th. Largest musical event on
the continent. Over 50 bands; Bugle
and Trumpet Bands; Piano Accord-
ion Bands; Soloists; great evening
performance including brilliant ,fire-
woriis display. Beautiful picnic
grounds. Come early and stay all
day and evening. Entertainment
from 8:00 am.. to midnight. Ample
parking in grounds. Waterloo Park,
Waterloo, Ont,
DANCINGat
ONTARIO'S MOST
BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM
Stratford Casino
EVERY WEDNESDAY,
SATURDAY AND HOLIDAYS
Change of Band Each Night
Admission 50c - 10,000 sq. ft.
Dance Floor
TOWN TOPICS
Mr. and Mrs, Albert Harrison and
Mr. and Mrs, Bill Hodgert spent Sun-
day with the former's son and \laugli-
ter-in-law Mr. and Mrs,. Kenneth Har-
rison, at Brantford.
Mrs, T. Phillips left Wednesday tit
spend two weeks with her sister in
New Jersey:
Mies Mary Boswell, left Tuesday to
spend the 'summer months at Brace -
bridge.
Miss Terry McIver, B.A., Petrone,
spent the week end at the home of
her parents 'Mr, and Mrs. Peter
McIver.
Miss June Shaw, Windsor, spent
the • week end at her home here.
Mrs. Earl Bell and Miss. Fergus
Bell, Toronto, were week end visitors
in town.
Dr. and Mrs, Paul Brady are en-
joying a vacation in Muskoka.,
Mr. Ken Eaton, Toronto, spent the,
week end with his parents :Mr. and
Mrs• George Eaton.
Mr. Edward Devereaux, Toronto,
spent the week end with his mother
Mrs. Margaret Devereaux.
Mr. Joseph Sills has returned bonie
to Baltimore after holidaying at the
home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. b. P. Sills.
Mrs. Angus More has sold her
farm on the North Road, McKillop, to
Mr. Orville Storey,. who has been
renting the -farm the past threq years.
Miss Ria Hills, Toronto, spent the
week end with her Mother Mrs.
James Hill.
Mrs. Gladys, Ferguson entertained
at a very. delightful birthday party
for a few -friends of Master Peter
McArthur on Thursday afternoon,
prior to his leaving for his new
home in Trenton. She was assisted
in entertaining the young guests by
Miss Evelyn Cardio and Mrs. S. W.
Carter.
Nlr. and Mrs, John Hotham Jr. and
Mr. and .Mrs. John Hothant Sr. spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Duncan
Cooper, Kippen '
Miss Mary Duncan, London, was a
visitor at the home of her parents
Mr. anti Mrs, W. J. Duncan. over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. William.-Diiggan, De-
troit. are guests at the home of Mr.
and 51i'e. Leopard Bolton.
Mr. Carl A. Stoddard, '\Viunipeg.
spent the week enol with his brother
Mr. .W. Stoddart, and Mrs, Stoddart.
Miss Phyllis Kunkle, 'Woodstock.
visited with Mrs, Edythe Wallace
over the week end.
Mrs, Charles Petrie, Buffalo, N.Y.,
and her mother Mrs. Clef, Fort Erie,
formerly of Seaforth, are visiting Mrs,
Edythe Wallace and Mrs: Eleanor
Ritchie.
Mrs. R. B. Clarke is visiting with
her grandchildren at the home of
Dr. Brady.
Mr. and Mrs, John Ruston and Clar-
ence attended the McCarty and Rus-
ton wedding at hnkora Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stokes of God-
erich spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Herald Lawrence. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Herald Lawrence were
In Michigan last week attending the
funeral of a relative.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Coleman and
sons Bruce and Kenneth left on a
motor trip Tuesday morning for Ot-
tawa and Quebec. While in Quebec
they will be the guests of Dr. and
Mrs. Fraser Oliver, on the campps of
MacDonald College, Quebec Province
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Williams are
spending the week end in Buffalo and
Pittsburg.
Miss Agnes Lynch, R.N., returned
to Detroit last week after a month's
visit with her brother and !sisters in
Beechwood.
Mrs. Wm. Gray and daughter Miss
Alta, of Detroit, were week end visit-
ors with Mrs, Reid' and Miss Gal-
braith, Goderich street.
Mrs: C. C. Keine attended the 40th
anniversary of the W.M.S. on the
Brownsville circuit. Her late husband
was pastor of this charge when the
W.M.S. was organized.
BORN
SCARROW—In Sarnia General Hospital on
. 'June ' 21, 1540, to. Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Scarrow .(Dorothy Agar), a son—James
Carman
O'LEARY — At Scott Memorial Hospital, on
June 16, to Mr. and Mra. Audrey.-
O'Leary,
ndresO'Leary, Seaforth, a son.
WHITMORE — At Scott Memorial Hospital.
on. June 18th, to Mr, and Mrs. Warren
Whitmore, Seaforth Rr.1, a son
Maim/LAR—At Stott Memorial .Hospital. cr,
June 21, to -Mr, and tics. Fergus Mc-
hellar, Cromarty, a son
HUMPHRIES—At Scott Nfemor^:al Hn-.Di;ah
on June 22, to Mr. and Mrs. (Stewart.
Humphries, Walton, a daughter
REMEMBERS EARLY
DAYS IN THE WEST
Mrs. Henry Lefebvre finished 'Mi-
lne' the dinner dishes here the day
after her 93rd' birthday, and when
her granddaughter asked her to sit
down to rest for a. moment, she
replied: "Well, I don't want to sit
down" and went walking about the
house, defying her 93 years and ex-
periences as a homesteader in the
early west.
Mrs. Lefebvre was born Sarah
Potter, June 18, 1856, at Sandolph,
Mass. Her parents moved to Bury,
Quebec, when she was two months
old, and there, on New Year's Day,
1880, she married Henry Lefebvre.
In 1881 their son, Al'len, was born,
and in 1883, their daughter, Alma.
She has outlived her entire family.
In 1904, satisfying a long -harbor-
ed desire to see life in the west, Mr.
and Mrs. Lefebvre sold their farm
in Bury and struck out for a home-
stead in Southern Saskatchewan.
Mrs. Lefebvre tells of her exper-
ience, moves and life, tacking " the
whole thread down neatly and accur-
ately "with dates, times and • places
from a clear memory. Her daughter,
Alma, married in 1908, and Allen, in
1910. And in 1913 her daughter
made her a grandmother.
In 1910 her husband, Henry, died
suddenly, and in 1924 her daughter
died. Mrs. Lefbvre looked after her
11 -year-old grandson "and did for
him until he was 19." "Then he went
out on his own." And now her grand-
son is ".doing for her." for that is
where she is staying. Then in 1940
'Allen, her son, died, leaving a soft
and a daughter.
In 1941, Mrs. .Lefebvre began
spending the winters with her grand-
son and his wife, who lived in St,
Thomas then, and with nieces and
nephews in Quebec. In 1947 she .left
Saskatchewan for the last time, and
sold the farm. She went to Q'hebec,
then to her grandson in St. Thomas,
and recently moved with theme, to
Seaforth. I3er Grandson and his Wife
are Mr. and, Mrs, Dinwoodie.
Mrs, Lefebvre tells a colorful tale
of -her ,arrival and life in the West.
They even started in rough weather
-
"a terrible thunderstorin, May 26,
1904. Allen, .who had gone out
ahead, met them in Regina on a Sun-
day morning and the whole family
went to church together. From Re-
gina they went to Lumsden, where
awaiting them, was their cart, two
horses, , settlers' effects and a dog,
and off they went again by the only
possible means of conveyance—hor-
ses and wagon.
"It was the last night in May,
clear, . cool and lively in the moon-
light" Mrs. Lefebvre remembered.
OAfter travelling 15 miles we de-
cided to wrap ourselves in blankets
and crawl under the wagon for a
sleep."
On June 1, only six days after
they started, they reached their des-
tination,
estination, "Last Mountain Valley,"
better described as a row of hills,
and in bitter cold and high winds
they set up the camp stove and built
a fire from driftwood. That was the
beginning of her homestead life.
Mrs. Lefebvre said. They lived three
weeks in a tent, until the roof and
floor was in their new home, and
then they moved in.
M. Lefebvre, a carpenter by
trade, found his profession handy
as he built the house, and by the
time it was finished, Mrs. Lefebvre
had a garden. the pantry filled with
home -baked bread, and supplies, and
iiraided rugs in the floor. Comfort
reigned on the range.
Miles from'any doctor then, Mrs.
Lefebvre remarked, "thank God we
were well during homesteading.
days."
They were 50 miles from a rail-
road at first, and when it came to
within 12 miles, Allen used to go
every Saturday for the mail. The
retail bag would come first to the Le-
febvre home, they would pick out
their mail, and the next farmer
would pick it up on -Sunday. Thus.
dorm the line, went the mail. "And
to my knowledge," she said, "not a
letter was lost."
Mrs. Lefebvre attributes her long
and happy life to "faith in God."
BRUCEFIELD
Mr. Jack McDonald has secured a
position in Ottawa as civil engineer.
Mr. McDonald will be greatly missed
in the community .as he- was one of
the young men who took a great in-
terest in the work of the church.
Mrs. Stevens, who spent the wint-
er with her daughter, Mrs. McEwen,
has returned to her own house in the
village.
.Mr.,..and .Mrs. Ben Kaiser of De-
troit spent last week with Mrs.
Kaiser's mother, Mrs. Zapfe.
Mrs. Stanway of Cape Breton is
visiting at themanse with her son
and family Rev. and Mrs. E. Stan-
way.,
Mrs. F. Crookes and little daugh-
ter of London and Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Mustard of Winnipeg, visited
with their mother Mrs. Alex Must-
ard Sr., and other relatives recently.
Mrs. Seacord Norman of Kincard-
ine has
incard-ine'has been engaged as' teacher for.
S.S. No. 3 Tuckersmith.
Friends are pleased to know Mrs.
1. McDonald is improving nicely in
Lakeview Casino
Grand Bend
Summer Opening
SATURDAY - JUNE 25th
Ontario's Foremost Dance Orchestra
:VEIL McKAY
MONICA TURNER
NEIL McKKAY
Known
Coast to Coast on CBC Radio Programmes
Featuring
MONICA TURNER
Vocalist
and
FRANK MONAGHAN
Well-known Radio Pianist
DANCING EVERY NIGHT
MIDNIGHT DANCE - JULY 4th
1_.0 A.M.
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Lakeview Casino le„r,as to announce that the Picnic Mill, wl,j,•it has
been used withoai charge fur 3e years, hes tier. been ctenrd. wit is the
ext'eptiou of tho.,, piperic.s which have already mad'' resel•vatiolts.
Tlie building is to I,'. tt.t•t1 for sturage and supplies needed in the
operation of the Casino.
Clinton Hospital.
Miss Marlene Haugh of Toronto is
visiting with her grandparents Mr.
and Mrs, C. Haugh.
MANLEY
Miss Mary McLaughlin spent Sun-
day at Midland.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lattner, Kitch-
ener, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. 'Wm. Manley and other
relatives.
The pupils of S.S. No. 8 and their
teacher Miss Brown, spent a day re-
cently at Niagara Falls.
GARDEN PARTY
To be held on the lawn of, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Reid, 2 miles
west of Varna, auspices of
W.A. of Varna United Church
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
Supper. served from 6 to 8
GOOD PROGRAM
COAL
D L & W Iue Coal
Available in All Sizes
For June and July
• delivery
B.C. Shingles on hand
Also American Cement
Roe Feeds and Gyproc
Mustard Lumber &
. Coal Co.
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ALUMINUM & ENAMEL
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POT COVERS
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