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The Huron Expositor, 1967-07-20, Page 5f M A • a ,a • 1i 4 b T. as Former Resident 90 , • 704. ) A. AT: ffilustrong of Tara; Minnie K7 M. W. Miller, of Tetonte and One on, Maldoian Armstrong• of Tara. One son, 13rtace, died an 1058, There are six grandchildren: end 15 greategeeedciuldren, Mrs. Arriistrong is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, here and bras active in W1VIS work in the church. Dinner was prepared by Mrs, Makcolm Arznstrong. - The ladies of the 'Church sent. a corsage and Mrs: Armstrong received many giftss cards and messages frpm friends and relatives. At 90, Mrs. Armstrong still enjoys reed -ding and hotting. Tare eele4sretedI,•her.-.9Qth 'birth: day at Beane, 4 414 i with'' her in nediete family, The former Florence tartan- Jamieson, she' is the last surviving .member of the family of the .nate Janes B. and Jessie Bain Jamieson. Two brother,. -and six sisters are de- -ceased. Mrs. Armstrong yeas born in Seaforth and, carne to Tara ablaut 60 yearn ago. In July, 1890 in Brucefield 'She married Dr. Armstrong who died in 1918. She has a family of two daugh- ters, Lorna, -Mrs. G. Purdy, of 474 1r * qub$ uOri s rvic andj - lruecudo n ©f orders 'Call JamesA. Lumsden aur Registered Representative' . in. •. STRATFORD Stratford -27144611, 4 BUSINESS SCHOOL OFFICIAL TO -BE HERE FRIDAY ,.4 s Carlton. C. Wells, B.A., Registrar Carlton C. Well of Wells Academy, London will visit SEAFORTH on FRIDAY; JULY 21 from 10:30 to 11:30. Mr. Wells will be located in the Town Hall and will be glad to discuss business 'training with men and women from the Seaforth area who are interested in a career 'as a Secre- tary, an Accountant, a Business :Machine Operator or in Data . Processing' work. Mr. Wells represents the •largest business training organization in Western Ontario with schools in London, Woodstock, Hamilton; Stratford, Kitch- ener ,and Sarnia. All young people desirous of obtaining a nusiness education are invited to visit him and discuss their requirements. Better still, if you want advance- infgrma- tion or en appointment in the London school write to Wells Academy, 306 King Street,- London, Ontario or telephone collect 432.3481: London. If. you desire to,. you may CUP the. coupon with this advertisement and mail it for information. SEND INFORMATION T0: Name Address Phone • WESTINGHOUSE WRINGER WASHER WITH NEW IMPROVED, ' Cushioned! Action • Washes a .full 9 -pound load - thoroughly and safely. Rigid construc- tion. Polypropylene' gy- rator. Lovell wringer. ',.New non clog pump em- pties tub in just seconds. Million dollar transmis- sion. . -- b' year Darts warranty. ' Plus Trade Phone 527w06$0 Varma. 04 the 15t; :a1a4 b Concesaiolis of Grey TeYen 4411. $''Donk# McDonald It seems that in the spring of 1$52 the first settlers #noved. onto the laitti and 1dthi., tenee§,. sions of 'Grey Township: By 1861 some of the early settlers on the' 15th concession were James and Thomas Hislop, Pet;ei McDonald, John• Sellers, Hugh Stewart, • Thomas Dougherty, Thomas Kent .and, Andrew Tura. bull. On the '16th Thomas Blackie, Thomas• • Broadfoot, Charles Brpdie, .Robert and Smart Douglas, Jaynes McDon- ald, Duncan. McMartin, Henry F: Fall, Jaines Clark and Thom- as Johnston. Also some familiar names on the 1?th concession are John -Moines and William McFadzean, .lough McPhail, Jetties Ramsay, James Smiley and Donald McMartin. Grey Township was formed into a separate ° muxiipipality in 1856 and the first cotincil con- sisted of•Peter MsDonald; Peter Ferguson, Robert Leckie, John Robertson and Thomas Straehan, Peter. McDonald was elected. chairman Mid 'Duncan Ferguson was appointed secretary of the meeting. -Teter McDonald was appointed reeve, a position which he held for nine years, 1856.1864, 'The- Council /appoint- ed John Stewart the first Town- ship Clerk. Peter McDonald (the first reeve of the township) ,was my great grandfather "so I was asked to write a short history of the 112cDon•ald• family, . Peter McDonald chose. Lot 1, Con. 15, Grey Township, to settle in the spring of 1&52. Ther hada family of four sons' and three girls., Their names were Peter, Don, James, John, Jean Bella and Margaret. Three, of the boys, Peter, Don and John, moved to the state of Michigan and settled in the Deckervitle area to farm: John returned to the Brussels area before he died. Jean married • Duncan Campbell. and lived on Lot 7, Con. 16, Grey,' and then moved to Egmondville. Bella mafried a News of Constance Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcll wain and Mary visited on , Wed- esday with Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Kingswell of Goderich. • Mrs. Bob Woods, Debbie and Michele returned to their home in Gananoque on the. weekend after spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan and• family visited..en Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.•;}George Hart of ,Brussels. - • Mrs. Patti McMaster, Carol and Mark returned to their home in London, after spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs. George Hoggart and fam- ily. Mrs. Sadie Riley spent the past week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Riley, Kim and Greg of Ajax. Mr. and Mrs. John.Je itt and family, Mrs. Ella Jewitt and boys visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dowson and family of Varna. • Mrs. Irene Grimoldby is spen- ding this week -visiting with Mrs, Minnie Barnett of Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Medd and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnston and Bruce of Grand Valley. Mrs. Annie Medd returned home with them after 'spending the past. two weeks in Grand Valley. Mr. Jack 'Crozier, Brian, Paul, Kevin of Listowel, Mr. and Mrs. George McElwain and Lynn of Seaforth, were Sunday visit- ors with Mr, and Mrs. George Mcllwain and Mary. Mr. David Medd has been em- ployed by the CIVR at Port El gin, starting last Monday. , A farewell party was held on JIM Drone,, They Toovg4 Q De - 004. M rgaraet •roinained single and lived, itt a small hoarse which stood in the comer .field Juni. McDonaltra 'Present -fem. James, the Ather.:•:San, stayed in this area to farm, He Married Mary Telfor and . settl- ed on Let 1, Con -10, Ora, which he took out of hush, FIe had a family of four boys and four girls. Their names were Peter, who farmed in the Cran- brook . area for awhile and then moved to Brock, Saskatche- wan, where he farmed, got mar- ried, raised' one girl, chary, who is married to Jim- Speir, formerly of $russels. Thomas, also went west to Saskatchewan, settled in. the Zealandia area, married and raised a family of three girls. John married Ger- trude Campbell and boug-lit the Telfor farm on Lot 6, Con. 16, of Grey Township. Later he ac- quired the Stewart and .O'Con- nor farms. His family consisted of Alvin, at home and raised one girl, Jean Isabelle who, mar- ried William Kreuter and lived at Ethel, they had a family of three boys and ttvo girls. Ed. of New York, Russell of 'Listowel, Albert of Torrizito, Grace of Tor- onto and Mary (Mrs. Everett Errington) of Goderieh. Bessie married William McFadtean and lived in the Walton area: They had one sen, Thomas, who mar- ried Edith MaeTavish of Brus- sels. They now reside in Toron- to. Grace married Atigus •• Mc - aro for aw1< 0,' tateu . tziovv4 Seafgrth-,w,iero she- sow :}'esxt sc, They, had one daggliter, Mar-; jorrc, who asp byes a$ $0a-, forth. Agnes married fete+ Ritchie andi they ')roved west to the Zaalsrt is area of Saska- tchewart. They hada family Of two, Mary'and Charles. James, the youngest, chose to remain at home•. and farm his dad's farm, He married the former Edna Knight and raised a family of three, Mary, who is married to Murray linether and lives ° in Brussels. Kenneth who lives in Morris. Township on the former Knight farm and Donald who fgrms Lots 1 and 2 Concession • 15, Grey. The :original fa�sn that Peter McDonald settled (Lot 1, Con. 15) was sold to Adam Shoul- dice and I purchased it from his grandson, Wallace Shliuldice, in 1951. Also back in the early years there was situated on the comer of, the 16th, a hotel, and a number of houses,.whitth;have long since been- demolished. I can remember as a boy finding an old English penny dated 1854 and some old dishes and crokery up there. This has been a brief history - of the family and descendants of Peter 111eDonald emigrant of Scotland, who with the help of his sons took.'Lot 1, ton. '15,' and 44..1, Con, 16, 'out of the bush:"owever, only one farm' qualifies to be a centennial farm and it ' is ' now owned by. Cuaig and lived in the Walton his grandson James *Donald. Grey Council', Re Drains were the topic of dis- cussi$n when Grey. Township Council held its .July meeting. Council passed by-law No. 8, on the' West McTaggart 'drain: The contract for the drain - was awarded to Hanna and. Hamil- top Construction of Listowel for $5,000. Conunissioner for ' the drain is Melville Lamont. . Council gave final approval to by-law No, 10, authorizing work on the fifth concession drain. The contract was award- ed to Hanna -and Hamilton • of L•istowel,• for $8,250. Kenneth Bray will be commissioner. By=law No. 7, ,, covering the Uhler drain *as finally .passed and Clifford Dunbar was ap .pointed commissioner. Requests for repair, were re- ceived oh the Close and Schade drains. Lawson Ward and CHI - ford. Dunbar were appointed commissioners for those drains. Applications for loans of $700 and $3,000 were made under the Tile Drainage Act, A grant of $300 was given to the Brussels. Agricultural So- ciety and $100„was given to the Brussels' Legion Branch 218, for moving the Cenotaph. 4' The following accounts were paid: Huron County Road Sup- erintendents' Association, mem- bership fee, $10.00; Brussels Legion Branch 218, grant, 100; tile drainage loan, 2,955; Mel- vin Carnochan, tile drainage in- spector, 15; E. M. Cardiff, fees, tile drainage loan, 24; Clifford R. Dunbar, Lawson Ward, I'4el- • d Thursday evening in the C0F Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott who are now residing in Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Earlan Osborn, Melody and• Leona visited on Sunday •with Mrs.' Murray Mach- an, Colleen end Valerie of Monk - ton. Mrs. Ben Riley, Sandra and Lorna, Miss Marilyn Riley of Clinton, are visiting with Mr, and Mrs• Gerald Riehl and fam- ily of .Labrador City, Newfound- land. Mr. and Mrs. Earlan Osborn, Leona -and Melody visited on Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin 'McDonald and Kim of Mitchell. ports Meeting ville L. Lamont, court of re- vision, 15; Kenneth Bray, court of revision, 10; Towpship of Morris court of revision, fifth concession drain, 25; E..M. Car- diff, by-laws, fifth concession drain, 100,e Stratford Beacon - Herald, advertise drain tenders; 21.12; Melvin. Carnochan, repair Hoy draM, 12.75; Melvin Carno- than, repair Clark drain, 12.75s John A. Perrie, lamb killed;'25;• Jim Dobson, garbage collect* Ethel village, 20; Ont. Hydro, lVfolesworth street lights, 23,13; Lothar Weber, welfare account, 172.05; rent for welfare, ,30; wel- fare, 57.67; Tewn of Lietowell May nursing home' account, 18.- 45; Dr. R. W. Street, medica- Lawson, welfare account, 7.00; Robt. L. Cunninghain, furnace oil, 29,64; Lothar Weber,: office supplies, 1.81; ,Clifford R. Dun- bar, license for flee truck, 2.00; roads and bridges;• `19,289.49, Total, $23,009.86. News of Kippen A successful chicken barbe- cue was held Wednesday eve- ning at • St. Andrew's United Church, sponsored by the UCW with about 450 in attendance The board of Stewards assisted the ladies and Mrs. Robert Mc- Gregor was convener. Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Lawrence mond of Moose Jaw, Saskatche- wan attended the Robinson re- union last week. The former two are spending .three weeks with their son-in-law and ,daughier, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robinson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pries - tap of near Mitchell, visited Sunday evening with the latter's father, Mr. Robert Thomson. On July 3rd the Robinson re- union. was held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ted Robinson, RR I kinpen with 86 of the family and seven guests attend- ing from Toronto, Sarnia, Chat- hain, London and Woodstock. Mr. and -Mrs. Grant Love of Cairo, Mich.; spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mc. Bride and attended the 'family reunion at Riverview Park Ex- eter, on Sunday. 1,001$ KNIAAND SPlemnized Y ROY* P; In the 4contoul* 1 zoom. of ru* Itaiibyterian, 02'00, Seaforth, uniting tnniarriage 144 ^Velma 0...Kellandi anti NI.. Arvatimv, July oth. The attendants' Wero Sheila Flood, daughters of, the .brhie and groom, The Wedding dinner was held n, Mitchell' at the hilmo of the fertner'S daugh- ter end eon-in-law,s:Mr. and Mrs. William Hube. The couple lat er left on a wedding trip to the Thousand Island's sand Points east. e couple will reside on East St, Seaferth- Hai Picnic. The annual 'picnic of SS 4 Hibbert' was held recently with a large crowd in attendanCe. Atfer a bounteous picnic sup- per, games and relays were held under the- direction of Brenda Kerslake, Carol planville, Allan Butson, Rennie Armstrong arid Darla Jeffery. During the evenipg a presen- tation Was made to Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDonald who are moving from the cormnunity. Brenda Kerslake read an , ad- dress and Bill Jeffery and anne lVfiller presented them ,each with" gifts: Mrs. James McNaughton is LOGAN COUNCIL At the recent meeting of Lo- gan Township COuncil in Born- holm the 1967 budget was pre- sented and the mill rate set. Residential and farm mill rates for the year will be 27.f4 mills, The commercial rate is 25.14 mills. Other mill rates are County 14.86, Elma &tool Area, 13.25 and 14.57, Logan School'Area 11.77 and 13, Dub- lin Separate School, 18 and 20, Kinkora Separate School, 21.83, Dublin Continuation School, 16 and 11.6 and Mitchell District High* Sch'ool, 12.45 and 13.7: Contract for the 6th conces- sion draM was awarded to John Water for $1,200.00. Notice was - given that the Van Morsel draie is out of repair and it is to be in6ected by James A:' -Howes. A donation' of $100.00 was given for fireworks for the Mit- chell Centennial celebrations on August 7, A prize of $25 is to be awarded'to Logan Township residents competing in the Perth County Plowing Match. Road Account§ of $10,463.68 and general accounts of $4,- 850.88 were ordered paid. Remember! it takes but a moment to place an Expositor Want Ad and be moneY in pocket. , To advertise, jusl Dial Seaforth 527-0240. 41.110111, ,Friday, July SEAFORTH CONIMuNITY. CENTRE: Speasored by S,eaforth Centennial Labor Pay Parade Committee Annual lifid-summer EARANCE SALE continues with 1 % to 20% off on Wearing Apparel at LARONE S Seaforth's 5c to $1..00 Store Cars at Tremendous Discounts Our S L Co tinues 1966 AMBASSADOR "8" 1966 CHEV. "8" SEDAN A.T. Lic. E89473 1964 PONTIAC SEDAN 196-1 CHEV. SEDAN A.T. Lk. E90231 196-1 1500 VOLKSWAGEN 1964 FORD GALAXIE Hardtop — Lic. E92809 A.T. Lic. E90173 1963 MORRIS 1100 SEDAN Low Milegege, Lic. E90733 1962 PONTIAC SEDAN 1962 OLDS SEDAN 1962 CHEAT. SEDAN 062 FORD GALAXIE SEDAN 1962 .CHEV. SEDAN E90288 Money Saving Opportunitids to. obtain needed items for Farm and }Tome. Act now since some supplies are limited. Clearance .of Lawn Mowers, various makes - and sizes.in stock. Clearing at %off SUMMER SALE ENDS SATURDAY:i1JULY 29th SEAFORTH .RMERS- FURNITURE • • Seaforth CONTINUES 50% scount eafor h Phone 5274/50 Sealoth - LOT .OPEN-EYEN NGS TO 9:00