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• Rusiell T. Bolton, RR 1, Sea -
forth, was elected chairman of
the Ontario Wheat Producers'
Market'ng Board at the board's
inaugural meeting held in To-
ronto l'riday.
The newly elected chairman,
who farms about 200 acres in
Huron County and who has
been a dre, tor of 'the market-
ing hsaris since its establish-
ment 'n le58, succeeds A. R.
RUSSELL T. BOLTON
Coulter, of RR 3, Campbellville,
Mr. Coulter held the position
for the past two years and con-
tinues as past chairman on the
board's five -man executive com-
mittee. -
Also elected to the executive
committee were Peter MacKin-
non, RR 2, Bath, who moves up
to the position of first vice-
chairman, and James O'Shea,
RR 3, Granten, newly, elected as
second vice-chairman, the posi-
tion previously held by Mr.
MacKinnon,
M, R. McDougall, RR 2, Blen-
heim, was re-elected as the
fifth member of the, board's ex-
ecutive committee.
Affiliation appointments made
at the meeting resulted in the
following: '
Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture --A. R. Coulter.
Winter Wheat Improvement
Committee -M. R. McDougall
and K. A. Standing; secretary -
manager of the board.
In a position of purchase and
sales report also announced by
the board, it was revealed that
to date the board has •bought
3,127,865 bushels of surplus
•uoan
ea
wheat since harvest -,time last
fall.
Of the total wheat ,booght,
2,340,584 buahels have been
sold on the 'export market by.
the board.
Of the balance of about 700,-
000 bushels, which is located at
Sarnia, Toronto, Kingston and
Mentreal, all but 100,000 bush-
els have been sold for export
for shipment in the near fu-
ture. Stocks outside, of Mont-
real are being moved into term-
inals there as navigation gets
underway. s
The board did not release
statistics on prices and over-
seas markets which have re-
cently purchased wheat, but
did sate that there has been
considerable interest overseas
in recent weeks.
The board's 1963 crop pur-
chases are nearing the record
volume of 3,592,000 ' bushels
handled by' the board in 1958,
the first year of its operation.
By districts, the following di-
rector represent Ontario's 26,-
000 wheat producers on -the 12 -
man board:
District 1: Ralph Davison, R
R 2, Maidstone; District 2: M.
R. McDougall, RR 2, Blenheim,
R. J. Myers, 23 Centre St., Chat-
ham; District 3: John Ander-
son, OilSprings; District 4: E.
M. Carroll, RR 3, Iona Station,
James O'Shea, RR 3, Granton;
District 5. Murray Moore, RR 3,
Ayr; District '6: A. R. Coulter,
RR 3, Campbellville; District 7:
R. T. Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth;
District 8: Harry,' Ferguson, R
R 1, Keswick; District 9: Peter
MacKinnon, RR 2, Bath, R. R.
Stewart, Morrow Park, Peter-
borough.
THE WASTE. OF DAYLIGHT
"Do we turn the clock back-
ward or forward, one hour?"
This often perplexing query,
which faces millions of people
twice a year is, of course, re-
lated to the Daylight Saving
Time system. Blame it all on
William Willett, an Englishman,
who published in 1907 "The
Waste of Daylight," a book aim-
ed at securing more daylight
leisure for recreatioa and less-
ening the work performed by
artificial light during the sum-
mer loofahs.
By Gordon Lindsay Smith
(JtsrknowHow__Not Luck
his business about green
thumbs,:mysterious ability and
luck is overdue. Anyone can be-
come a good gardener and grow
anything that will.grow in Can-
ada if he takes a little care.
Gardening should not' be hard
work and a lot of m-uscle is not
required. 'The real secret of
succesS, of, having marvelous
flowers and tender, crisp vege-
tables, of getting rid of weeds,
bugs and disease, is remarkab-
ly simple, It can be summed up
in one short sentence: give
yeer garden a little regular
attention and at the right time.
The last part is the most im-
portant.
There is no trouble in .con-
trolling weeds if they are re-
moved when they are small.
The worst bug or disease can
be defeated in minutes if we
spray or dust at the first sign
of trouble. There should be lit-
tle difficulty with drought if we
do a little cultivating early and
if we water well and shade.
when transplanting. The "main
thing is to give attention at the
right tirrie, to water ,when it is
needed, not after it is too late,
to cultivate before the ground
starts to bake, to thin before
the plants become crowded, to
give some support before a
storm comes along and smash-
es the tall flowers. The man
who advised "a stitch in time
,saves nine" must have peen a
gardener and a good one.
Flower Layouts
There are many rules and
regulations in this modern
world that one hesitates to add
more. Particularly does this
apply to growing flowers, which
should be largely an individual
proposition with one choosing
and growing what one likes best
and in any way that is pleas-
ing. However, beginners do ask
some guidance and goodness
knows they will find plenty of
amateurs more than anxious to
oblige.
The main thing, professionals
say, is to keep the layout sim-
ple and above all. informal.
Straight rows, oval, circular
and even square beds are for
formal gardens only and for
the most expert -In an averaged
sized' backyard, straight lines
a flowers are out of plade and
look peculiar, rather like a
rooky bunch of soldiers on their
first parade. If space is very
•
limited, say only a yard or twci,
then a solid bed of one color
and not too tall will make the
best showing.' Inany case," it
is best to plant in clumps of
one color and variety with the
low things like alyssum, portu-
laca, forget-me-not at the front',
medium sorts 'such as petunias,
zinnias, marigold and so on ,a
little farther back and the real-
ly tall annuals (two to three
feet) at the back along the
fence. Or if the bed is in or
near the centre of the lawn
and we approach from all sides,
then the taller sorts go in the
centre with medium in, front
leading down to the tiny edg-
ing plants right at the front.
But even here it is well to mix
up a little just to break formal
lines.
Of course where there are
fences, corners, steps, walls and
so on in the layout, then we
can use special screening ma-
terial either to hide or break
the lines. Here, depending on
the size of the total layout we
have a wealth of things at our
disposal, sweet peas, climbing
nasturtiums, morning glories,
cosmos, helianthus, kochia, tag-
etes and so on.
And speaking of si5'ecial
flowers for .special purposes,
there is the problem of the
shaded garden or the bed in a
part of the garden that is in
shade. Here also there are an-
nual flowers that will fit in
such as clarkia, celosia, cleome,
coreopsis, godeti a, nicotine,
phlox verbena and viola, only
to mention a few. For the per-
son who claims to know noth-
ing at all about flowers; of
where they will fit in, there are'
two ways to go ahead for satis-
faction. The first and best
course is to -get a good Cana-
dian seed catalogue and a gov-
ernment bulletin or two and
make a little study of varieties,
heights and colorings. It is not
necessary to memorize a lot of
unfamiliar names, but it will
help to note height, time of
blooming, color and what sort
of a general location it likes,
rich or poor soil, plenty of stir'
or partial shade, etc. Armed
with this knowledge one can
plan a garden that will give far
more satisfaction than if. the
seed is just raked s in and for-
gotten. The second course is to
go to a good seedsman .and ask
his advice on varieties for one's
particular location and tastes.
ONTARIO, 'mugs
Vice -President
Of UCO Presents
CIA Statement
Robert S. McKercher, RR 1,
Dublin, presented the financial
statement of CIA -Co-operators
Insurance Association -at CIA's
annual meeting held in Toron-
to. Saturday.
Mr. McKercher is one of four
representatives of United Co-
operatives of Ontario 6n the
CIA board. He, is second vice-
president of UCO.
The financial report showed
that CIA managed to show a
net profit for 1963 in spite of a
sharp increase in automobile
claims costs, resulting in an
automobile underwriting boss
for the year. The automobile
underwriting loss, however, was
partially offset by a favorable
loss ratio in the other lines of
insurance provided by the as-
sociation.
News Of Kippen
Cooper
Family Is
Honored
S.S. No. 9, Tuckersmith, was
the scene of a farewell party
for Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Cooper
and sons, who just recently
moved to Kippen.
Several games of euchre were
in play, .prizes going to: ladies,
first, Mrs. William Broadfoot;
low, Mrs. Ivan Forsyth; men's
first, Bob Upshall; low, Orville
Cooper; travelling lone hands,
James Chalmers.
Mr. Ivan Forsyth read an ad-
dress to the family and the
presentation of two table lamps
was made to Mr. and Mrs. Coop-
er, and a jack-knife to each of
the four 'boys by Cecil Pullman,
Jack Consitt and° Lloyd Cooper.
A tasty lunch was served by
the neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Moffatt,
who celebrated their 40th wed-
ding anniversary on April 9th,
were pleasantly surprised when
a number of friends and neigh-
bors gathered at their home on
Thursday evening to honor
them.
They were guests of Mr. an&
Mrs. Orville. Workman for din-
ner, at Zurich before' the so-
cial evening. Following an eve-
ning of playing cards and a
mock wedding in which Mrs.
Dave Treibner, Mrs. George
Clifton, Mrs.- Frank Wright and
Mr. Elgin Thompson participat-
ed, they were presented with a
lovely gift from ,all those pres-
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Moffatt
and Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Moffat
entertained at the former's
home in honor of 'Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Moffatns 40% wedding an-
niversary on Saturday ,evening.
Gifts were presented to them
by relatives attending from,
London, Pontiac, Mich., Lam-
beth and Varna.
Present Badges
At Henson
Hensel' Girl Guides met Tues-
day evening when badges were
presented to: Skaters, Cheryl
MoUsseau, Brenda Noakes, Ar-
lene Chipchase, Betty Cameron;
cooks, Jane Pyette; child's care,
Jane Pyette, Carolyn Cook.
Girl Guides have as their pro-
ject the repair of dolls and
toys, to send to the Children's
Aid Society, Goderich. If anY-
APRIL -16,1904 ok9,, ,lo,„ B4004
of ,4ge.4.414;10r;5O xeidefl
whin010c1C4:0,tegtOter at.
a public meeting 441 the Village:'
44- Friday •Oening.
Village trustees have decids,
-ed to petition the Ontario Muni-
cipal Board tp have the police,
village incorporated and eXs'
pect a meeting, with the • OMB
about the end sof June. Under
OMB rules a village needs 500
permanent residents in order
to incorporate. Hayfield -has a
permanent population of 400
which increases' to about 1,100
during the summer. • •
The municipality has been a
police village since 1926.
At Friday might's meeting
residents also voted on forma -
JAN WESTCOTT, Grade 8 student from General, Crerar Public School in Scarb-orough,
is seen accompanied by the Honourable William Davis, Minister. of 'Education, chatting
with Prefer Roberts. A son of Mr. and Mrs, Clare Westcott, formerly of Seaforth, Jan is
one of 14 boys 'Chosen by the Speaker to act as a Page on the floor of the Legislature
Chamber during the sitting of the 27th Parliament. Out of school for three months, the
boys attend special ,classes 'held each day in the Parliament Buildings. To qualify each
boys must meet a number of requirements, including honor standing, and be recommended
by his principal. Mr. and Mrs. Clare Westeott now reside at 19 Hollingworth Drive, Scar-
borough.
H ibbert Council Plans
N ew Four Bay. Garage
Hibbert Township will have a
new four -bay garage to accom-
modate township road equip-
ment if plans prepared are ap-
proved by the 'Departruent of
Highways.
Council at' the April meeting
reviewed the' plans for the
building. Approval is expected
shortly, Reeve Earl Dick said,
.The 76 -foot by.46-foot cement
block structure will be erected
at Saffa on property purchased
last year, part lot 16, con. 8.
Huron MOH
Will Chair
Conference
The Ontario Hospital at Gode-
rich will accommodate for a
first time the Public Health
Conference of Area No. 4 at
its. 10th -annual" meeting, to be
held April 21-22. A wide range
of subjects of interest to public
health staffs is scheduled for
discussion at the two-day ses-
sion, and the speaker at dinner
Tuesday evening, at Maitjend
Country Club, will be Prof: R.
W. Dent, of the extension de-
partment at .Ontario Agricul-
tural College.
Dr. R. M.. Aldis, Goderich,
M.O.H. for Huron, is chairman
of the conference. Dr. G. L.
Anderson, directOr of Lambton
Health Unit, is vice-chairrnan,
and Dr. T. R. Melady, Goderich,
secretary, Huron Health Unit is
host this year, and Lambton
Uriit will be host for the 1965
conference in Sarnia. Area No.
4 encompasses London, Sarnia,
Windsor, Cha•tharn, St. 'Thomas,
Woodstock, Stratford and ad-
joining counties.
one has any toys. to donate,
please get in touch with any of
the Girl Guides of- Hensall. At
the close of the meeting, Cap-
tain Mrs. Jim Hyde received
the salute.
Increased road maintenance in notified to have their 1964 re -
recent years has made neces- quisitions to the Clerk by May
sary more equipment, and as a 1, 1964. S. W. Archibald, P.
result storage facilities in the Eng., London, was requested to
township have become over prepare a report for improve -
taxed, Need for additional ac- merit on the Branch of the
commodation has been recog- Scott Drain. Road accounts for
nized for some years. $1,834.22 and general accounts
for $2,558.68 were ordered paid.
Council acted to control sal -
Nage. Shops and second-hand op-
eratioos. A by-law was passed
to license, regulate and govern
salvage shops, salvage yards,
second-hand goods shops and
'dealers in second-hand goods.
The bylaw appears on Page 10
of this issue.
The tender for the Dow
Drainage Works of Robert
Nicholson & Son, for the sum
of $2,995.00, was accepted,
with the work to be completed
-6-any-in, August. General 'and
road .liability insurance was re-
newed with F. Adair Campbell
• Son, of Mitchell.
The auditor's report, receiv-
ed from. Monteith, Monteith &
Co., was adopted, showing a
surplus of $5,747.72 at the end
of 1963. School boards will be
M. R. BOLTON, Associ-
ate Agricultural Represent-
ative in Grey County, has
been transfetred to York
County in the same capac-
ity effective May 1. A son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Bol-
ton of McKillop, he has
served in Grey County since
1958.
Logan Council
Work Projects
Advances Drain
Logan Council held the April
meeting with Al members pres-
ent and Reeve Dudolph Bauer
presiding. The 'bylaws of the
Reaney-Shavv, Melville, Hille-
brecht and Shea Drains were
given first and 'second readings,
the reports timing been read
and provisionally adopted at a
special meeting March 16. The
auditors' report, as prepared by
Monteith & Monteith & Co., wag
accepted by council, showing a
surplus for the year of $1,427.18
and an accumulated surplus of
$24,468.46.
A petition signed by, the ma-
jority of ratepayers on the Ad-
am Eisler Award was received
and the' Clerk . instructed to
notify Janies A. Howes,
to survey same and report back
to council. F. Adair Campbell
and Frank Campbell were pres-
ent and explained the insurance
held bys. their agency, and all
policies were renewed: Fred
Herbert- was 'appointed warble
fly inspectorlor 1964.
Road accounts totalling $3,-
577.54 and general accounts
amounting to $2,214.64 were or-
dered paid.
Smile of the Week
"Are you going to let that
cheap. blonde steal your boy
friend?"
"I'll dye first."
Recall Early qf Walton
By LEON CANTELON 63. In 1863 N. M. Livingstone
in the London Free Press had a general store there.
The village of Walton is sit- In 1861 some of the Moles-
uated at the southwest corner worth district settlers were: On
of Grey Township, on lot 1 concession 1: Alex Alexander,
and concession 18. It is on the William &Hord,' Henry Ben -
"Gravel Road," a Huron Coun- nett, Richard Boys, Mrs. Alli-
ty primary road running be- son Brown, John C. Colter, Ro-
tween Seaforth and Wroxeter, bert Cathers, John Dobson,
which fore the townline road John S. Eastman, Robert' El -
between Grey and McKillop liott, James Graham, George
townships. Though in three and William Mitchell, Jellies
townships, the major part is Montgomery, Alex Scott, Wil -
in Grey, and it is located on Ilam Stephens, David Stewart
Silver Creek. and William Storey; on conces_
It was first settled in 1858 sion 2: James Boyanton, John-• Jamestown village, r ham -
and its post • office was first On the 17th concessiort : Broadfoot, James Buchanan, let, is situated on the wn-line
established in 1862 vyith George John, Thomas and William Mc' Morgan Gainer, Timothy Hellas- between Grey and Mor is town -
Biggar the postmaster. In 1862 Fadzean, Hugh McPhail, James sey, Alex -Donald and John Mc- ships, where it crosses the Lit -
it had one general store -Ann Ramsay, James Smiley and Don- Donald, James Moore, James tle Maitland River. It is partly
More; one shoe shop -Richard ald McMartin; and on the 18th Robertson, Alfred Stark and in each township, being on lot
Robinson; one blacksmith _Shop concession: George and Nesbitt James Wakefield; and on the 1, concession 2, in Grey. It was
--James Fulton; one- wagon Biggar, John Blair, Robert -Den- 3rd concession: James Burgess, only a post village until the
shop -Richard Lawrason; one ison, Gibson Leach, Hugh Mc- John Crombey, .Hugh McCart- late 1870's, when it had a gen-
carpenter shop -David Knight; Donald, Kenneth McLeod, Dun- net, Francis Miller, Robert Per- eral store, hotel, blacksmith
one saw mill and one grist mill can McPhail, Donald Scott and ry, John and Thomas Savage, shop, etc,
-Thomas Knox; mill fireman- John. Thompson. and William Sugden. In 1861 some of the nearby
Levi Pettite; and one stove and Molesworth village is situat- Morris Bank hamlet is situ- settlers in Grey were: On con -
tin shop. There were two ho- ed on lots 52-54, concession 1, ated on lots 1-2, concession 1, cession 2: John McCutcheon,
tels: The Rob Roy House -Ken- on the north boundary of Grey Grey Township, on the boun- Mary McDonald, and William
neth McLeod; and the Walton Township, and • it is partly in dary at the northwest' corner McEwen; on the 3rd concession:
Hotel -John P. Swallow. Also Wallace Township, Perth Coun- of the township. It is partly Joseph Freyer, William and
there were three church organ-. ty. It is on a creek which flows in concession 1, Turnberry Peter Bats, John and John' West
izations and a school. into the Little Maitland • River. Township, and on the so-called Hogg, John Jackson, Alex Dou-
In 1861, some of the Grey John Mitebell, the second set- 'Gravel Rbed," which forms,the gall and Thontas Strechan; on
Township district settlers were: tier in the 'township, located' town -line between Grey and the 4th concession: David
On the 14th cdecession, Wil- on lot 53-54, concession 1, • in Morris townships. At one time Droan, Donald Forsyth, Dennis
Ham Alcock, William Blithe, June, 1852. He was deputy it had a hotel, post office and a Haggerty, Daniel, , John and
Robert Bargees, Andrew His- reeve of the township in 1862- few houses. In 1862 the post- PatricksHallassey, Matthew Her -
lop, Edward Lamb, James Scott,
Isaiah Erskine, John McDonald,
A. G. McDougall (druggist a
Harpurhey) and Donald Stew-
art; on the 15th concession,
James and Thomas Hislop, Peter
McDonald, John Siliers. Hugh
Ste war t, Thomas Dochorty,
Thomas Kent and ,Andrew
Turnbull; on the 16th conces-
sion: Thomas Blackie, Thomas
Broadfoot, Charles Broadfoot,
Robert and Smart Douglas, Jas.
McDonald, Duncan McMartin,
Henry F. Pall; James Clark and
Thomas Johnston.
Grant Chesney.
Receives Safe
Driver Award
Safe Driver Awards were
presented to eight district em-
ployees of the Bell Telephone
Co, of Canada at a banquet
held in London, recently. The
awards are sponsored by the
Ontario Safety League and re-
present one or more years ,of
accident free driving.
The recipients were: G.
Dalgliesh, Clinton, 10 -year
award; D. McArthur, Goderich,
10 -year award; D. McIver, pxe-
ter, 8 -year award; B. Broadfoot,
Clinton, 8 -year award; R. 'Pat-
erson, Clinton, 7 -year award; R.
McFalls, Exeter, 7 -year award;
G. Chesney, Seaforth, 5 -year
award; it. Johnston, Clinton, 1 -
year award,
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of Detroit; s6.1Ian AYleSWerth.
of London;' Frank Peters, off,'"'
Stratford; Miss'Ruth HeYln'ans
Adato. Flowers and. Martin
Merner, of Bayfield.
Brigadier Clift said if incor-
poration is approved it would
not take effect until January 1,
1965, The village would remain
under Stanley Township 'until •
then.
A three-man fact-finding com-
mittee, appointed last Febru-
ary to investigate possible in-
corporation,. reported at Fri-
day's meeting. Three impcir-
tent discoveries by the commit-
tee were that if incorporation
is passed the village will not
have to form its own public
utilities commission;. h yd r o
rates will remain unchanged,
and the,yillage will not be re-
quired to conduct a survey of
the village.
Named to the committee were -
Fred Watson, Harold Ormond'
and Brigadier Clift. They told'
persons ,at the meeting there
were great financial, advantages;
in incorporating the municipals
ity, and gave as an example
government grants and rebates,
THIS WEEK AND NEXT
Medicare Is the Issue
By RAY ARGYLE
Next week's general ,election
in Saskatchewan is of national
'importance because of the ef-
fect it will have on government
medical care insurance through-
out Canada..
The
N
D eTmo c raew
tic
Party, • which
still prefers to
use the old
CCF label in
Saskatchewan,
believes it has
made a suc-
cess of medi-
care and that
it will com-
Ray Argyle fortably w i n
re-election in
the April 22nd voting.
As every other provincial
s..
government has been returned
to power in the past eighteen
m o n t‘h S, Premier Woodrow
Lloyd is banking that the coun-
try's general prosperity will
prove a big assist to his regime,
too.
In a brief swing I made
through Saskatchewan at the
start of the campaign, I saw
little sign -of the bitterness that
enveloped the province when
the CCF - NDP government
launched its medicare program
in the summer of 1961,
The medical profession re-
mains divided. But even such e22,05 per beneficiary, • This
an astute politician as former I was less than expected, and as
Federal Agriculture Minister a result premiums have beers .
Alvin Hamilton predicts re- cut its half. About two-thirds of'
election of the Lloyd govern- the population actually receiv-
ment.
!ed medical care under the plan,
* * and doctors' incomes rose to a
The CCF - NDP will benefit record level.
from • a split opposition, with -These are factsswhich m'edi-
Liberals running a full slate of care opponents are having great
59 candidates and the Conserv- difficulty. overcoming in the
atives almost as many. There present Saskatchewan cam -
is no Liberal Conservative "saw- paign.
off;" as some anti-government
sources had hoped for. There
also is -a sprinkling of Social
Credit candidates.
The fight is between the CCF -
NDP and Liberals. The gov-
ernment had 34 supporters in
the old 55 -seat legislature fac-
ing- a line-up of 21 Liberals.
The legislature has been ex-
panded to 59 .seats, with new
seats in Regina and Saskatoon.
If Saskatchewan voters return
the government to a sixth term
in office -and the odds sewn,
to favor this -there is no doubt
that Saskatchewan's - lead . in
medicare will, be followed by
other provinces.
Such a result also .would has-
ten the arrival of a national
medicare program operated
from Ottawa in co-operation
with the provinces. This has
been the story of government-
sponsored hospital insurance -
also pioneered • by Saskatche-
wan.
In fact, if the federal Liber-
als are able to get the Canada
Pension Plan in operation by,
the next federal election, medi-
care will probably be a main
plank in the platforms of all
Parties.
What is the record of medi-
care in Saskatchewan?
In 1963, more than 95 .per
cent of the population was cov-
ered, at an average cost of
and District
master was Benjamin Draper
and mail was , received daily
from Brussels and Wroxeter
and tri -weekly from Bluevale.
. In 1861 some of the nearby
settlers on concession 1, Grey
Township, were: Joseph Combs,
Benjamin Draper (postmaster),
James Forsyth. John Hillier,
Dougal and Robert McDonald,
David Mollison, Thomas Nott,
Edward Pands, Samuel Pollock,
A. M. Rea, Peter Sim, Andrew
and James Simpson, Christian
Troyer and George Young.
bertson. James McCartney, Alex 1854, three years beforethe
McDonald, Rlo h,e r t Pearson government surveyed the site
(uncle of Writer's father),
Thomas Smithand Alex Stra- for a town plot. He bunt and
chan: and nn the 8th conces a
. operated the first' hotel in the
sion. G. C. ('ran ford. John and place. A store and post etEce
w
William Daney, Alex Forsyth,as opened in 1855 by William
'Tanner. In 1879 it had three
Donald Grant, William G. King-
ston. John Lowe., William sMc- stores, two 'hotels and several
Intosh and Alex McLauchlin, shops,
' 1861 some (1f 01^ district
Cranbrook rillaee is on the '
Middle Maitland River,.
misses_ , settlers were: On the 9th' con-
sion 11. and lots 11•15. Its first cessien: James Butterbas-k John
post. office was established in Hill, William McGrecor, Them -
1855, In 1862 it had one gen-las Robertson, Henry add Thom-
(generalas Roe, John Seikssand Robert
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eral store -.John Leckie,' J.P.
(general dealer in dry goods,
groceries, crockery, hardware,
etc.), tin shop -Thomas John-
ston, who also was the post-
master, blacksmith and wagon
shop - Ambrose John Engler;
wagon shop -James Armstrong;
shoe shop -Charles Lushet; tin-
smith -Charles McIntyre; cab-
inet shop -William Shaw; pot-
ash manufacturer -Moses Ed-
wards; stone mason - Robert
Gordon; framer -Francis Hun- and William Tanner; and on
ter; brick maker -William Paw- the 12th concession: William-
son; and a shoemaker - Henry Penwick, Obadiah Gager, Isaiah
Warwick. There was one ho- Hall, George Hanstock, Thdmas
tel, the Montreal House, own- Innis, Archibald and Hector
Smiley; on the 10th concession:
John Jones.. John Leckie, Thom-
as Moore and. John Vincent; on
the llth concession: George
Dark, Duncan Every, Andrew
Gouenlock, William McLauch-
lan, Henry Makins, Michael Ray -
man, William Squires, Henry
Varnacle and Henry White.
Also nearby, on the 12th con-
cession: Thomas Johnston, Wil-
liam Kaise, Thomas Leadbeat-
er, Samuel Sleman and Walter
ed by a Mr. Lutt, and the Cran-
brook saw mill, Robert McIn-
tyre. proprietor,
James Tusk was the first set-
tler in Cranbrook in August,
McNeil, James Mitchell, Wil-
liam Newsome, David an &
James Ramsay, John Roberton,
Johns Rodgers, William Steph-
enson and John WaTker.