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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 21~t, 1934 PAGE THEER DR. HERBERT BRUCE RECALLS HARDSHIPS 0F EARLY SETTLERS (Continued from page 1) as a lever. The bread or cakes thus madle were flot particularly white, but were caten with good appetite and proved wholesome." I imagine any man would have a good appetite atter grinding toil of that kind, and, remembering the biblical injunction ta turn their wea- pans of war into toals and 'instru- ment.s of peacè by beating their swords into plouglishares, I really thlnk the pioneers of this township andi of this county were one better. 'They actually found a new and ori- ginal use for cannon baîls. Instead of dying and being killed by cannon balîs men, women and children were kept alive and ted by cannon balls. Cannon baîls made their bread. And that is flot by any nîeans the most remarkable features of the lives led by the pianeers. I mention it be- cause it will, I hope give you an even deeper insighit into the conditions in which they lived and labored. But the stary of the making of bread by which tliey lived, doesn't end with that. No, they weren't con- tent with sucli rough and ready metliods. So, far away, near King- stan, they called it Cataraqui tlien. the gavernment set up a grist mill. 'fiat was a way back in 1782-more than 150 years aga. For four years there wasn't another milI available ta the inhabitants of this part of Canada, and the pianeers tram the County of Durham, and you may be Sure t ram the very spot on which we are standing and were later, ex- actly 100 years ago, the townshiip of Cartwright was founded-from here, f ram there. tram everywhere these aid settlers used ta travel througli forest, over raugh roads and by boat ta Cataraqui ta grind their corn. A man called Rager Bates, for example, uscd ta go there regularly tram Dar- lington Township-a little trip that took f ive or six weeks by boat, and at nigît le uscd ta, pull the boat on Shore and sleep under it. Those were bard days and niglits you may be Sure. But it's fot good having grain unless you can grînd it for bread. And there was at least anc gaad thing about sudh journeys. There was no charge madle for grinding grain at Cataraqui milI, of course; there was no transportation charge either, smnce they had ta transport tlem- selves as best they cou ld. If you want ta know, by the way, haw strong and liard and tireles these old pioneera were, let me tell yau the story of the ald Scotch set- tIen who once carried on bis back 100 lbs. of flaur for 14 miles and then when somebody asked him liow le felt atter it ail, lie replied that he wasn't tired, "but she'll be a little pit scre apoot the back." I'm not at ahl sunpised that le was a little pit sore apoot the back, but 1 know that when I tell you of sudh men, this historie occasion will have for us a new meaning and we shahl understand even more clearly what manner of men these pioneera were and, perhaps, reorganized witli a more prpfound admiration their splendid qlialities of enthusiasm, hardihood and endurance. I shouid add, bet ore passing on ta, another aspect of the ives they led, that by the middle of the last cen- tury, even when Cartwright was al- ready a township and conditions of lite had impraved-even then those who lived in Durham County uscd ta, carry their grists 80 miles or mare ta the milI at Guelph. And 80 miles over sudh roads as they then had was a great deal mare than 80, miles in this day and age. It was after ail, the spirit of co- apenation and mutual helpfulness that macle lite in those days bear- able. Indeed it was prabably the one great thing that made lite possiblei at all amid sudh difficulties, sur- rounded as they were by a country that affered none ot the amenities oft civilized lite sudh as, thanks ta their carly labors, we are able ta enjay. Let me give you an exaxuple of their generosity to a cdi ther, tbeir beief that they should bear anc another's burdens. In 1831. the home o! a cer- tain Mr. Hart was destroyed by tire. ht was buihi of cedar logs. There was of course no such thing as insur- ance in those days. Sa what happ- ened? Was Mr. Hart ta be allowed te bear ail the bass and start the battle for lite in a comparative wil- derness al aver again. Neyer. Here is an item tram the littIe newspaper that reports the tire. "The loss of Mr. Hart, including upwards of $60 in cash, must at least aniaunt ta $150. We cannot express in too strong language the praise warthy llberallty that lias been displayed by the inhabitants of aur village an this occasion. A subacription already amounting ta upwards of $70 lias been raiscd. and we have no doubt that the entire bs of Mr. Hart will be made up te hlm." Sa lite in those days wasn't 50 terrible atter ahl. Indeed lite any- where wauld be a Jayous experience if the same splendid ubicordo- Thé to a: Ent 00.o will send Statesman any addreas in Canada to d el1934 Send subscriptions direct to The Canadian Statesnan flowmanvllle, Ont. or te car Cartwright represeitative MISS NORM 110EV R. RL 3, Burketon DISTINGUSHED VISITORS AT UNVEILING A Scene at Cartwright Centenary Celebration His Hanor the Lieutenant Gaver- ncwly unveiled monument ta île W. Bawen, M.P., Maxwell Bruce, son non o! Ontanio is seen in île above pioneens. Aniong those who will be 0f His Honar, Mrs. Bruce, the Lieut. picture with many of the dignitanies recognized in tle picture are W. J. Governor. Mr. James Hall. Mrs. Hall, at tle Cartwright Centennial Celc- Bragg, M.P.P., Rcv. H. T. Ferguson, William Hall wlio unveiled the bration ai Blackstock on Saturday. J. H. Devitt, Ex-M.P.P.. Rev. R. J. monument, and Mrs. Hall. and ather They arc seen standing ie! are the Fallis, Rev. Walter Creighton, Fred' members af île Hall family. île only Roman Catholic sether in Cavan took sick at barvesi time. it was the Blazers o! ail people, wbo came secretly and prcvcnted boss by larvesfing lis crap for him. j Sa, today, standing bctorc thisi beautfiul monument and xecalllng the lives a! thc hardy pioneers in whose memory it was erected and is now unveiled, it is of sudh men that!1 we tliink. For a few moments I have' lifted thc veil that hides the pasi t ram us. We have had anly finie ta sec a very litile 0f that past but it is sufficient ta make us proud of these men, île pioneers. aur fore- fathers; and h t illa me witl pleasure ta be presenitaday wlien soifting a tnibute la being paid ta île lives tiey led with sud tenrtitude and in, suci a noble, self sacificing spirit o! generosity and co-operation ini the building up, not alone of Ca rt-j wright, now celebrating its centen-' ary, but of ibis great Dominion as a part of tic Enipire. Let me now read you tic names o! tle men wio were residents o! Carni- wright freim 1837 ta 1845. i is an honar roll and I wauld like ta sug-j gest that ail stand whule I read' these namnes. His Honor tben rcad the names o! île pioncera. tic full liai of wham appcared in The Staiesman two weeks ago. Continuing Dr. Bruce said 'When we think of sudh men as these and o! a hast 0f othera fao numerous to mention wc are consciaus that while words will suffice as an expression 0f aur admiration for t1cm. and while,1 too, sudh a monument is a tangible manifestation a! île higli esteeni in whidli we hold ilieur memory; yet it remains for us by aur deeds furiher ta, enridli île Icritage they have lef t us. I amn confident that thc tordh tlcy have landed on will not be permitted ta grow dim. in île bands o! this and succeeding generations. I congratulate île corporation0 h Township of Cartwright an this, uder Centennial-tie celebration of flic lOt year since thein toundat- ion. I iake pnide in my f amily's as- sociation witl tic story af Cari- wright and île county a! Duram- a story of whicl we are ail justlyj proud. I webcome the opportunity ilai bas been mine ta tel! you somne- tling, but very litile, of this splen- did stary of île past, and I wsl you all, and tirougli you ail, those cammunities wio f uif i11 tîle pumpose o! ticir lives within tic bordera of your township, sudh pros- peiy and happiness and success as will be warthy consummation of the bcroic efforts of ahI fliose noble men and brave women ta whosc bonor and in whosc name wc are gafhemed bere today. I BLACKSTOCK Mrs. W. Crawford is under the doctor's cane Misa Eva Parr visited ber mother, 1Mrs. B. Parr. Miss Helen Holmes, Oshawa, with Misa Lula Wright. Miss Aileen Dcvitt witl ber sister, Misa Evelyn Devitt. Mrs. G. Jowl, Toronto, witl Mn. and Mrs. S. Jcffrcy Mn. and Mrs. R. Hcaslip, Toronto, ai Mn. Wallace Marlow's. Mn. Lewis Graham visited Mn. F. Gardiner of Mt. Pleasant. Mm. and Mrs. Arthur Wright, Osh- awa. ai Mn. Jabez Wrighi's. Mn. Stewart Hooey, Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Herbent Hoocy. Mr. and Mns. Joc Taylor, Hamil- ton, visited Mrs. John Trewin. Mn. and Mrs. James Paul, Mill- brook, wtl Mrs. James Glnn. Mn. ani Mrs. E. Taylor, Saina, with lis sister, Mrs. E. Larmer Mn. and Mrs. Wm. Hamilton, Mill- brook, with Mm. Robi. Hamilton Mrs. T. Stinsan and faniliy, Lind- say, wiil Mn. and Mrs. Fred Willan. Mn. ani Mrs. Harry Vincent, Ton- onto, wenc gucats of Mrs. P. Mahood. Mr. and Mrs. G. Latimer, Miss Eva Parr, Taranto, witl Miss F. Parr. Mn. and Mrs. Harold Werry, Ton- onto, with Mn. and Mrs. Abert Werry. Col. and Mrs. Pency Jobb and f arally. Oshawa, with Mrs. D. Gai- braih. Miss Alleen Mounijoy and Miss Muriel Mountjoy with Miss Mihdred Hooper. Mn. Cliff ord Hyland, Tonante, witi lis parents, Mn. and Mns. FYed Hyland. Mn. and Mms. D. Hcaslp, Janet- ville. witl lis sister, Mrs. Wallace Marlow. Mm. and Mrs. Bert MeMullen, Jan- efilîle, wemc guesis of Mr. and Mms. P. Bailey. Mm. Lamne Bradburn, Toronto, wih bis parents, Mm. and Mrs. W. Bradburn. Mn. and Mrs. T. Frank Wright, St. Catharines, wth Mr. and Mms. John Larmer. Rev. W. Creighton, Lakefleld, toak service in tic Anglican Churcli on Sunday mornnng. Mrs. Frank Stinson la sifil In the Strathcona Hospital lI Taranto, but is gamninl nccly. MISS NORMA HOOEY TO RLEPRESENT STATESMAN IN CARTWRIGHT DIST. Owing te the increasing de-. mand by our growxng list of Cartwright subscribers for a more fufly covered News and Sutscription service xi that Township, we bave pleasure li announcing the appoiitmexit of Miss Norma Hooey, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Hooey, as The Statesman re- preseatative in Cartwright. We bespeak for Miss Hooey the co-operation cf Cartwright citizens in her search for news. Miss Hooey wiil be glad te, re- ceive any aews that citizens care te phone her from any part cf the Township, a.nd will take care of any subscriptions paid te bher for new or renewai subseriptions te The States- manl. Miss Hooey's phone xium- ber is Port Perry, 193r3, or post office address R. R. 3, Burketon. FIRST SETTLERS' GRANDSON RELATES FAMILY HISTORY (Continued tram page 1) cently surveyed Township of Cart- wright, Sa named atter.. As far as we know only one of those young men decided that this fair township was the place where lie would make lis home. Hischoice was the East half of Lot 23, Con. 5. He then returned ta Cavan, the home of his future lite partner, where, we can readily imagine, earn- est discussion about the new town- slip toak place. Plans tor the fut- ure were made and tinally he madle an initial payment of £12 - 10 - 0 on the land of bis choice. Ini the fail ot 1833 lie returned and underbrushed a couple of acres and built a shanty. The winter was spent in Cobourg, where lie had been working, and the neef spring, on May 20th, 1834, there was a wedding and the honeymoon of George Hall and Jane Hamnil was spent in their new shanty home. The tirst white settlers in the Towniship of Cart- wright. The same year others came and soon a t.hrivîng and happy commun- ity was busy making homes for themselves and their loved ones. Anxong these we ftind the names of Caeser. Muirhead, AxwortJiy. Mar- lowe, Braden, Brown, Devitt, Ma- hood. Edgerton, Fallis, McKee. That they were true patriots and loyal subjects of the British Crown is evidenced by their response ta, the cal! ta quel! the rebellion of 1837. The men and women who lived here in the early daym whose mem- ory we revere, wcre in truth a sturdy people. Who of us in tis present generation would carry on lis back io Bowmanville, a bag of wheat, ta be graund inta flour and ihen carry the f loun home again? Yet ibis was tic only way that tley coubd Slip- ply bread for their f anilhies. We o! this generation would hesitate ta walk that tam even without a Ioad. Thcy did not have tic conven- iences ihat we of ibis day consider as necessities. These were thceclays before seeding and barvesting miach- inery, whcn fie cropa were sown by banc! (broadcast) and ianvested wil fie sickle and the crache, be- fore île days et ailways and tele graplis. A tew of them may have lived long enough ta know o! île telepbone and thie elecfnic ligit, but I venture ta say that none of them ever hearci of an automobile, an aeroplane, radio, and many ailier wonderful ihings ibaf are aur cvery- day servants. Tmuly wc live in île mosi wondcrful age in tic bistory of the wold. Itislano wonder ilien that flic de- scendants oethe cpioncera a! ibis township are today a praud and happy people wien tlcy cansider tlai their forbears not anly made twa blades a! grass grow wlere only anc gmew before but thaitbey trans- formed a wiidernses it a garden sudh as fie Township of Catwight is ta-day. htislatîcref are, with pride, yet witli humblcness o! heant and grati- tude ta God. tie giver o! all good things, fiat I unveil ibis memorial ta the meme ry 0f île Pioncers of île Township o! Cartwright. CADMUS Those in fie village f or île Cen- tennial Celebration as week-end guesis were: Mn. and Mrs. Gordon Bmown, Tor- onto, with Mm. and Mrs. R. Brown. Mrs. Clarence jeffrcy, Mibtort, Sask., with Mm. and Mms. L. McGil. Rev. R. J. Fais, Tarante, Dr. Chas. Fallas, Tomante, witl Mr. E. L. Fallis. Mn. and Mrs. E. Smith Ferguson and Colette, Bowmanville, with Mn. and Mrs. A. McGill. Rev. F. W. Ncwell will preadli lis fareweli sermon on Sunday, June 24, prion ta lis departure for Hastings, whene he wili be stationed. Mrs. Jas. Ncsbiit prescnted île United Clumdl efthiis village with île installation and electmic f ixtures wbich are gneatiy appreciated. The electric lighis werc tirai used Sun- day, June ltI, île occasion o! aur anniversary. Miss Launa H. HambIey delivered a most interesiing address ta île congregation of Cadmus United Clumdl on Sunday mornlng, June 17t1. Hem adcount of île mission work in China in which she la ac- tivcIy engagcd, was mucl apprcc- iated and was a source of inspiration t0 ail. Music for the Ceniennial service was provided by the chunci choir. Mr. and Mrs. George Hall Above is repreduccd frein île oniy came te Cartwrightinlx 1834 as bride eniargement exiani. a fine picture and groom, aller Mn Hall lad dlean- o! fie tirai acthens in Camwgit cd away some of tie femesi tle prev- Townshilp, Mr. and Mrs. Oco. Hall. bous year. Their gnandson, William Tbis picture la now île properfy o! Hall o! Llndsay, unvelled fie menu- Mrs. B. Mlddleton o! Coldwater who ment te îlhe pioncersata Blackatock grcafiy prlzoit. Mn. and Mms. Hall on Saturday. Cartwright Honors its Pioneer Settiers (Cantmnued tram page 1) thrang and then called upan Wil- liam Hall of Lindsay, ta unveil tle granite monument as ibis generat- ion's tribute ta Cartwrlght's tirsi generatian A resume of Mr. HaUl's interesting addre-ss is given else- where in this issue. At its conclusion Mr. Hall wlth- drew the large Union Jack tram fie monument displaying the following legend: 1834 - 1934 In Grateful Remembrance of aur Forefathers The Pioncers a! Cartwright This Meniorial is Erected by the Municipality June l6th, 1934. Immcdiately following the unveil- ing. thc Part Perry Band lead the chorus of sdîcol dhildren in singing "0O Canada." The monument is a rugged sbaft o! fine granite and la a splendid sample of île work of Bounsall'si Monument Works at Bowmanville. The monumient's ruggedness serves te remind thase who view it of the rugged cbaracteristics and hardy perseverance of the township's pia- neer setilers. Reeve Norman Green then relieved the anxiety of the chiîdren present by announcing the winncrs in the parade, the cash prizes beixig a- warded ta: lat-No. 5 Scîcol, Miss Fowler teadlier; 2nd-No. 7 School, Miss Fallis, teaclier; 3rd-No. 2 School. Mr. Eckel, feacher. The jud- ges were, Major A. H. Bounsal. Ma- jor E. Smith Ferguson, Bowmanvillc. The dliairman then introduoed the principal -speaker of the suter- noon, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. .Lieut. Governor Speaks Coi. Bruce deiivcred a splendid address on pioncer lit e, which la re- produced in its entirety in anoiher colunin. As His Hanor rase te speak and as le concluded lis addrcss lie was greeted with liearty rounds of cntlusiastic applause. li recognit- ion of bis rank, as representative cf His Majesty the King in fhe Pro- vince o! Ontario, the National An- tliem was played as Dr. Bruce took bis seat. At ibis time Mrs. William Bea- dock, wite of the Tawnsh.ip ClerI. presented Mrs. Bruce with a lhaLnh- same bouquet 0f summer flowers. Greetinga Tendered One by onc several prominent men on thie terrace then briefly addressed the gathering Alil were reminiscent in their addresses, and ail were loud in their praise of th.e township's first settlens. Former minlaters, na- tive sons and proninentI Durham County men joined in their tribute ta the township and its pioneers. Amang tliese speakers were: Rev. R. J. Falla., Rev. Walter Creighton, Rev. H. T. Ferguson. F. W. Bowen, M. P., W. J. Bragg, M. P. P,, m. J. Ellicif, and anather short address by wil- liam Hall who exhibited the aawbefl brougît ta the town.ship by bis grandfatlier and theref are tle f irst cawbell in tic township. The singing of tlic National Antlcm brought the unveilmng ceremonies ta a close. During the atternoon a progrsni o! sports was run off in tle Agri- cultural Park. In the girls, bail tour- nanient Port Perry clef eated Black- stock, Honcydale defeated Green- bank and in the finals Part Ferry defeLted Honcydale. Sid Little ef Bowmanville iiandicd the games. The winners in tle prograni of races which wcre under tle super- vision of Rupert Byers were: Boys under 7--James Marlow, Murray Wcrry, Arnold Taylor; Girls under 7-Dorothy Wright, Patricia Marlow, 1Audrey Mountjoy; Girls under 12- Mary Hood, Grace Hood, Gwynneth Marlow; Boys under 12-aordon Hood, Geo. Kersey, Ernest Swaln; Girls under 1-Madeline Marlow, Mary Wilson, Dorathy Brown; Boys under 16-John Nesbit, John Me- ,Donald, Fred Stinson; Ladies' race -Mrs. G. Hood, Miss Florence Pal- lis, Miss Guyton; Men's Rae- 1Lamne Bradburn, Norman McNaily, Harold Beacock. A fine supper scrved by Nestieton Women's Institute, of which mis Jennie Gordon la President, snd a concert in the Commninty Hanl brought Saturday's praceedlngs te a close. Sunday's Program Special services li île curches of île taWnShlp were the feature cf Centenary Sunday. Miss Laura H. Hanibley was the speaker at Cadmus on Sunday morning; Rev. Clarence Ferguson at thc Presbyterlan li the mornlng and Nesibeton ln the a!- ternoon; Rev. Il. T. Fenguson at Blackstock li tle evening; aud Rev. Walter Creigbton of Lake!ield at boil morn.lng and evenlng services in St. John's Anglican Clurch. Large congregations attended these services when speclal tibute was pald to île pioneers. Moxda.y's Events A teemlng ralnstorm spolled thc cess of île undertaking. Not only la thc spiri which prompted thc hon- orlng a! thc pioneers weil woth while but the manner ln which thc entire pnogram vas carried out wau a credit to Reeve Norman Green, Township Clerk William Beacock, and the entire memberabip of the sub-committees. Smart Styles For Ail Occasions EXQUISITE AFTERNOON STYLES CASUAL SPORT Pastels Here's the most exciting oppor- tunity of the season to round out your wardrobe with just the frocks you have been needing sumamemate ri lxi yl. at aer modet e rice. inyoh styles that kaow how te give those coveted slenderizlng Uines. Sheers, silk crepes, ini a f ascnat- ing varlety of patterns and col- ors. Siues 14 to, 20. 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JEWELL mt201,Sto"e hom U0 BW=nMyle oe PAGE THRM THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 2làt, 1934