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Enters Ninety-seventh Year-- 7 Met in Brockville on Jan. 1st; 1830. The Orange Sentinel reviews as follows the events leading to the or- * "ganization of the Grand Orange Lodge of British America at Brock- ville on January 1st, 1830: The origin of the agder in Canada is deeply veiled. It gecms certain to have originated in the early days of the 19th . century, as processions . : were contemplated (n 1826, and ' . Y from the fai tht, according o the : With the dawn of the New Year, another moment GUE Drists Tose us Seis dn ous chapter in the annals of Canadian industry starts Sot Juld tn Broskvilie 8 Jai. iat : « its unfolding as the Ford Motor Company of 26 district lodges, 103 primary Li . . CS a pam ore : jmited, takes over possession of the new $12,000,000 ttl ants all | i 1 = Pt Sit ts a Fy plant at Ford, Ontario, eastern portion of the province, and | ? . . n Pol mon 1nd. iio one ~ Only a few thousand people will wimess the first. es, Sug 38 tha tows ot York, vow . turning of the wheels and see the awakening of this centre and still has a lodge in exist- , A oh x : : > : . Sakis No.5 Yh i ; : : great industrial giant; but the influence of that awaken- on A ; , while the ' : M : : m clty Was Rll caliod Tork Engiieh | ng wil be felt in every city, town and village in Canada and in the far corners of the earth, for the { and Irish warracts were brought to | Canada by many of the masters who | N / 8 : JM I'l) 2 Ford industry is wide as the British Empire, migrated, and who in the early days | Jigen were the Sustonians | . : A ie ne \ NY In Canada, the Ford industry is a very intimate part | | of the national life. It provides a livelihood for some in Montreal an Irishman named Ogle R. Gowan, native of County \ : : J 30,000, Ford workers and their dependents, It gives Wexford, who had, 'while a very young wan. Daved a Sanspleuous ; J . SLE I ' total or partial employment to an equal number of 1 e ! . > / : $ * . . . Leral Orage Tstittion, (he lati 5 / workers in Canadian fact6ries supplying it with goods. B= Bain is J / It brought leet year over $17,000,000 to Canada in through he 'ee 1 of whe we / export trade and it paid over $4,000,000 into the |! / national treasury in the form of revenue. known as the Algerine Act. Ogle X: Sayin Jaen becuse a Jrominent i ! ' 71 . gure in Canadian Orangeism an i ! 7 Fr qe ' . leading. member of the Login CARNAL EL | ol I) | : The 'total Canadian Ford Investment is now over du gely to his ] s relive ality. her ac. Coane : HH / $26,000,000--a huge investment based on an abidi Adocistion wes vreanizes thto a QU Ll [7 / : * faith in Canada's loyalty to Canadian industry About the year 1825, an intelli- 1 | di 1} hi 77 y A ay ; 1 : Built to serve the transportation needs of Canada and powerful body in 1830. , gent young man by the name of Ar- thur McClean, from Belturbet, : ' ] 3 County of Cavan, Ireland, péttled in \ i v5) ' 2s : Brockville, then called a v 1 1h) ) / the British possessions overseas. - | B town. He was a staunch Orangs- 3 : N/A 1 man, and besides building up a large ' g 3 f : mercantile business he edited and 4 \ { // yi / printed a paper called "The Sen- \ ) $i re f . tinel."" A few years later Ogle R. ' E i WW , / F ORD MOTOR COMP ANY of Canada Limited Gowan came and settled in Brock- : hf / ville algo. It was natural that these two men should become intimately acruainted, both being enthusiastic - Orangemen and both of them jour- nalists ss well, as Ogle R. Gowan ' had been editor of the Dublin Ad- "#4 vocate before coming to Canada. fF Gowan bought out McClean's news- paper business and started to pub- , lish "The 'Antidote' These two men, who had so much in common, | Were behind or closely associated i with every Orange movement in Canada for many years. 3 When Ogle R. Gowan set about to 3 i. . unite the Orange forces in Canada % he had some difficulties, but in a . few months he succeeded in or- pgapizing the Grand Lodge of Brit- h ish America, which - held its first Li session in the town of Brockville on k Jan. 1st, 1830. The Duke of Cum- berland was chosen Grand Master and Ogle R, Gowan Dep. Grand Master; Lt.-Col. J. K. Hartwell, Grand Secretary; Captain George | Crawford, Grand Treasurer, and Rev. R. Elms, Grand Chaplain. The following was the number of : A 2 deman in the various counties 1830; Dundas, 103; Grenville, 993; Leeds, 2,047; Carleton, 1,011; , Lanark, 1,200; rontenae, 801; Lennox and Addington, 84; Prince Bdward, 111; Northapmberland, 627; Durham, 1,950; York, 1,000; | Simcoe, 601; and Halton, 1.117. ¥ Under Lieut.-Col. Ogle R. Gowan, : M.P, the order grew rapidly and | lodges were formed all over On- | tario., Nos. 4, 136, 187, 140, 212, 276, 301, 375, 387, in Toronto and stil going strong were organised before 1840. The fir warrants issued by the Grand Lodge of Rritish America ; Were for the organization of two primary lodges in Brockville. - Old No. One which was formed about the same time asthe Grand Lodge, {i end is still doing business, started y with Bro. Arthur McClean as W. 2 Master and twenty-two members, x Old No. 1 held a celefiration of its {i own on July 12th, 1831. On July 4th, 1831, Lodge No. 2 was Institut- ed in Brockville, and Bro. Arthur Ed The Ontario government by order ; Nm WILLRaR I in council on Monday aeppointad YY il JHE 3 rei : ibe 4 Thern T. Barnes, of Sault Ste, Marie, Adolphustown Ne Chaimers; Joseph Garvin len's. Joba Foxwell is working at =~ Tr E Ott 5 5. 4 ten Mack | : Miss K.| Morton. A few men are working Thomas dof examiners > change er | Roblin has r : { at the 'quarry. 'Grace Donaldson, g Leslie Johnston and Lois Wilson have returned to Kings after spending the holidays 'at their homes. = 1t3 or Bl 1 i i 3 5 Ee 3 i; Burglars Abandon Loot. Kemptvilie, Jan. 8.--Two burglar: Langstaff's broke into Anderson & ; 5 Especially Prepared fo Infants and Cire of Al Ags 1 id i 3f sdf i ir 2{ Year's at her uncle's, James Mul- |