wrs J- v t BACK 50 YEARS Recollections On m By Glover Mr Glover who Jives at St Peter borough recalls the little community of on the township line between East Gwillimbury and North as it was years ago He lived at and at Holland Landing moved to Peterborough over years ago- v It Is well over years since I the district I at on the ftrm where my grandfather set tled during the early part of the last century- Grandfather came ixptn Yorkshire England where Ha he had apprenticed to tailor Before the sevenyear term of apprenticeship was over the Glover family decided to emigrate to Canada The ocean voyage took weeks Eventu ally they all arrived in York County and took up farms most them between ami The southern half lot was originally part farm- J Grandfather in addition to faring ana working his acres of land pursued his inter- trade of tailoring sleek seasons on the farm tie went about from house to house clothes for toe He a good tailor tor the times claimed many of the best people as his clients Among these was a Dr Morton whose home was located midway between the- village of and Sharon I started to school at the age of six The school for the sec tion was at that time located on the fourth concession of East at the corner of what we called had about two and a half to walk winter and summer My road took me through boras woods and along the cat taring road to the first south of the town line During the winters this road was nearly always filled level the fence tops with shew- times If the snow wasnt deep a path was broken through but more the far mers were content to take to the fields We youngsters on foot also took to the fields walking Indian fashion boys in the and girls following The heating system in school left much to be desired huge box stove stood at the back and was connected with a the chimney at the fax end by long line of stove pipes Pupils close to the were often fairly roasted out white those at a distance shivered The poor teacher I am afraid suffered most West of the school was a small creek In the summer wo boys went swimming there and in the winter before the snow got too deep we skated Everyone had spring skates the kind that were put on and taken off by a lever A pair of these skates could be bought for as little as cents They were very unreliable and If not strapped on were continu ally coming loose I attended school there for six or seven years In that time had four different teachers The first was Joe Turner Turner was considered an excellent end a good discipline He left at the end of my year to take the school at Sharon My next teacher was a girl named Pros Her father was a minister She taught for years and was followed by a man named a native of Scotland I am told that Mr is still enjoying life and living some where in western Canada My fourth and last teacher was a young girl named Davidson Her in North We left a short while before the turn of the century I was then over 12 years old During the last year or two I have paid more than one visit to the old neighbor hood hasnt chang ed a great deal physically that is Bw two stores except for alternations appear to be the same The one farthest west was in my time owned and op erated by a Mr who also kept the post office His two boys Tom and Jim were my constant companions Near ly always we walked school together The other store had more than one tenant Most of the time was run by a Mr Chas The old hotel is still there or the greater part of it at any rate The sheds are gone two blacksmith shops have vanished with the years The one south of the town line was owned by a genial old gentleman named Mr hobbies tall stories and I mean We boys and a good many delighted to sit me forge and listen to the blacksmiths yarns He usually was the hero of the story He was supposed to be a wonderful shot with a gun One day Jim Hindmarsh and I came across him aiming at a robin He had the gun barrel resting on the fence The robin was sitting on limb of a small tree not more an feet away We waited athlessiy for the shot that would blow the poor bird to bits But when the sound of the died away the robin was veil on his way to the woods apparently unhurt Jim and I gave Mr the merry hehaw After that we couldnt help having a rather poor opinion of his marksman ship Nevertheless we liked him I think everyone did Mrs was equally as love- able as her husband The other blacksmith shop was owned by a man named Draper I never knew much about him I am not quite sure that the church at is the same old building renovated over or an entirely new struc ture In- my time it was paint ed white and clapboarded There was no porch and no base ment The heating system was the same as that of the school The church in those days was served by two ministers who came oh alternate Sundays That is to say we got the senior minister one Sunday and the junior the next The only one that I can defin itely recall was a Mr Large As an explosion it the fire had been caused by propane gas was un founded and la point of er roneous The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association stated that it la in timately concerned with safety and fire hazards involving lique fied petroleum gas and is most anxious to receive full and prompt information on section may have been situations in which propane or caused by a propane gas butane gases are discovered to were refuted in a statement have been a critical factor issued by the Experts familiar with the fuels has a better than any other AsMKlilfM Reports hi Avon fire Statements attributed In press reports to Police Chief Dunham of Aurora to the effect that the fire which swept Auroras Gas Men Safety tnan any painstaking distributl tion of propane National Fire at Aurora said Asjociationi an inter- the restaurant burned wis flefa ther equipped nor supplied pane gas The to an Aurora body which pub- an report- the incidents- and causes of the association stated si befitted his name he was a big man with a pompous manner One bitter cold winter day he nearly froze to death in front of our house The men we had working for us happened to no tice the minister slumped down in the cutter in position He immediately went to investigate and found the man unconscious pad and the hired man got the minister inside and proceeded to thaw him out with ice water Another ten minutes in the cutter and Mr Large sure ly would have perished The common rendezvous for the villagers and farmers for miles around every evening was the post office Mail for was put off the train at Brown Hill and brought to the village by a mail carrier The carrier name was He drove a horse and gig The could carry only one person The mail bag rested between the drivers knees Usually he got to somewhere be tween seven and eight There was of course only one delivery At St Andrews CJwb of encouraging reports from the various within the church high lighted the annual congregational meeting of St Andrews Presby terian church Newmarket last v The meeting was under the chairmanship of the minister Meredhh with Max Stiles serving as secretary With increases in of and effort of the societies he- Sunday school room had been extensive re pairs were made oh the house and the ministers stipend was increased to standard established by the Assembly The newly formed wo mens Guild has made excellent progress in its first ifhe Womens Missionary AuxiliaTy exceeded its allocation and the Womens Association had a successful year- The Sunday school Superintendent Leonard Little and his staff also made its usual fine contribution to the spiritual development of the church The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Feb Pace Our regular general meeting held on January was well at tended The usual display of enthusiasm prevailed in our dis cussions especially so in con nection with our national flag All were in agreement that Can ada should have a distinct flag The following may interest readers deals money ex- over a period of one year grants hospital and ho- team 357 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