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small medium large 6foot circular colourful durable plastic see our complete selection of rugs in both solid and tweed pattern sized from scat ter rugs to 9 x 12 economically priced vmstrtris woolworths layaway plan r worth completely aircondiiioned w recalled fey native resident geo cober when i first came to this i place the farmers did their own i started farming m 1907 on j road work i v nev forget lot 31 concession 5 markham near almira i purchased the farm from simeon wideman for s4000 as well as the 12i acres west of the fifth owned by the widemans all farms were worked by horses as there were no tractors neither were there automobiles or telephones i would like to give you the names of my neighbours within a 24 mile radius of my farm starting at walter scotts sr allan mckinnon ernest casley isaac brumwell wm mustard and later john woods and geo hunt from the school william mackay nelson mustard fran- cy brothers later nelson street herbert jarvis and jacob smith the mennonite church then robert agar adam wideman 50 acres will mcnair wm burk- holder randal chapman jesse cober next 50 nehemiah gay- man edwin jewett next farm elias degeer art summerville alexander crosslev christian wideman robert mead robert bruce bruce brothers will al exander duncan james dun can coming back to almira sideroad arthur spofford wil liam levenstone the blacksmith shop then samuel b lehman the mill and almira store then chris gayman and my own farm simeon wideman ed ward meyers alfred stover samuel wideman thomas do ner and francy brothers out of all these people there are only mrs jacob smith sr mrs wm mackay mrs willis leh man miss nettie bruce and my wife and myself who are still living i would like to mention some of the people with whom i did business and their characteris tics rev christian gayman was one of the biggest men in the neighbourhood he was an outstanding man at barn rais ings and also did a lot of butch ering for the neighbours he was a very sociable man and visited the sick regularly rev samuel wideman also spent much time visiting his church members he raised a family of five boys and one daughter and they all became farmers rev thomas doner minister of the tunker church at heise hill now owned by dave empring- ham who later moved to clar ence centre was one of the last descendants of elder christian stickley who came from pa usa elder stickley was the first minister of the church in 1808 when it was organized in markham district francy bro thers were good farmers wil liam was a hard working man he was a beekeeper and took a deep interest in his neigh bours farms robert also did a lot of hard work he would team hay to toronto sometimes three times a week the 25 mile drive home on a hay rack over rough roads was not too pleasant the highest price he ever received for his hay was 900 a ton he did however accumulate con siderable wealth and donated the parsonage of melville church another brother james was a school teacher let your old water heater retire gracefully if your water heater can not cope with todays heavier demands we will be glad to install a mod ern automatic electric water heater just right for your familys needs installation service re placement of heater and cost of electricity are all covered by one attractive monthly charge our staff will be glad to tell you all about this all- inclusive hot water service for information call ontario hydro markham area office phone markham 91 or ax 33331 box 170 when christian wideman was path master and the gravel was procurtj from francys pit ev eryone helped and a consider able amount of gravel was placed on the roads in the win ter when he roads were blocked with snow mr wideman would take his fat horses and drive through the snow banks that is after we had shovelled the top off the banks mr wideman was a good farmer and liked to accomplish a lot especially on threshing days i recall one time he wanted to have the barn cleaned out in a day so lewis stoutenberger started at 630 am after dinner at 1230 and worked until 6 oclock making 11 hours threshing time which was the longest days work i had seen done mr wideman was noted for being a good horseman robert agar was a good n ghbour he successfully grew alsike and went to all the barn raisings tobias wideman was also among the best men at that time mr agar and his neigh bour christian wideman were always at sawing bees and were wonderful in organizing bees for anyone building a house or a barn i certainly appreciated their help at this time robert mead started as a hir ed man and was a good farmer he was careful and died a very wealthy man alexander dun can lived on the isaac brumwell farm he was a road commis sioner for number of years and the township used to have a stone crusher and mr duncan put the crusher in my field which i sold to fred hisey and j took 70 yards of crushed stone off the front of the field mr duncan was a wonderful man for the job and kept the roads in good order for many years another alexander duncan resided in the neighbourhood he raised a large family and his brother james occupied the north farm they were both successful farmers their fa ther came from scotland ap proximately the same time as the bruce family were devout workers in the presbyterian church robert bruce worked 200 acres of some of the best land in the township his father robert bruce sr built the large barn and d w heise was the carpenter it being his first barn mr bruce spoke before they chose sides warning everyone to be careful so no one would be hurt mr a d bruce ran the mill which had been in bruce brothers name since 1842 it was purchased from casper shark they used to chop grain for 4 cents par 100 lbs they made lour and did a big busi ness they used to have to keep the long lane open in the win ter and gravelled at their own expense i always liked a d bruces way of doing business he was a well informed man in every way and a good historian robert francy was also noted for his historic facts about the neighbourhood and i used to like to visit him he was also one of the best businessmen of his day the mennonite church was built in 1s60 the ministers who attended were adam wide- man jacob wideman samuel wideman bishop christian roesor manuel hoover alto- na christian burkholder chris tian gayman levi grove tho mas reesor john hoover sam uel hoover leonard hoover l j burkholder and aaron grove the deacons were christian l hoover m r fretz isaiah hoo ver jacob wideman now liv ing at bethesda tilman ree sor john b reesor jacob g reesor and his brother samuel at the present time the church is under the reesor group bi shop abraham smith and fred nighswander minister and carl roesor deacon the church was remodelled a few years ago my nearest neighbour jacob smith raised a large family of ten children all of which joined the mennonite church in may of 1911 his barn was struck by lightning during the night ho lost everything including horses and cattle and had no insur ance in less than a week there were four cows donated his neighbours and church asso ciates soon had everything clear ed away and a better barn built this showed a lot of charity from his brethren coming down to samuel leh mans the miil was built by a man called bowman they did a big business in the woollen mill they would buy wool and make blanket- and knit stock ings they made flour and chop ped grain for 4 cents a bag of course some farmers took ad vantage of them and brought bran sacks and the largest grain bags they had however i never heard them complain i always admired their honest way of doing business and was sorry when the mill burnt down har mon used to look after the chop ping and flour and willis was in charge of the woollen mill speaking of willis lehman he with herb spofford percy spofford and william mackay played with the locust hill clippers football team and won the ontario championship the storekeepers were george baker mr buck and herb spof ford who remodelled the store the last blacksmith i can re member was william mustard i used to feel sorry for the blacksmiths i recall one day when it was very icy i went to william hunts shop at bethes da i was so relieved to got there mr hunt did all the work alone and it was certainly en ough for two men i did not get home until dark the long hours mr hunt worked proved lie was a good man to stand it the threshers were albert hunt for the first year he then purchased a farm his brother james and lewis stoutenber- ger when we had to fill the tank twice a day then ernest hunt john cober and rolph baker threshed with gasolins all were good threshers but i have not known any to get weal thy as the upkeep was expens ive i want to mention robson jewett who worked out by the day and worked hard for the farmers he had his own tools and was efficient at any job and he never overcharged i for one appreciated his work in later years i valued mr james painter who used to help me out during the time our children went to school jean scott and her brother walter were the teachers their father was a prosperous farmer and his chil dren all became teachers and held high positions in various places miss mcderment alien meyer miss best and miss kate reesor were some of the teach ers the trustees who worked with me were walter scott sr wm mackay george hunt and herb jarvis someone i dont want to miss mentioning is ernest ratcliff who sawed wood for our neigh bourhood he had a big team of horses on his bob sleigh a gaso line engine and a real sharp circular saw it was his delight to cut as much wood as he could and he always satisfied the far mers and his charge was not high appreciation was also given to our good veterinarians name ly george kelly later his son george and dr storey of stouft- ville who so ably looked after our sick horses and cattle ev eryone used to keep a number of horses and they were work ed hard through zero weather and snowbanks this we wont forget the same can be said of our medical doctors of stoufiville namely dr alexander sgngstar his brother walter dr ball dr dales dr freel as well as dr mackay of unionville who all practised during this period of time they did their very best and the year of the ilu they were going day and night in those days the doctors mixed their own medicine and at a very reasonable cost they had to face stormy weather and bad roads in those days with cither a buggy or sleigh it is so much easier todav with an automo bile later in my life i sold all the land i ever owned to allan d wideman and walter and ar thur ucns who are so nobly looking after everything and have made improvements it is certainly a pleasure for mp when i drive by it is certainly an asset to them and the com munity also i dont want to forget fred hisey who purch ased 13 acres that i bought off the fred johnson farm and who gardened it for a number of years an 1 also was success ful i also sold 12g acres across the fifth to roy wideman who i thought should rightfully have it giving him 100 acres of land he is also looking after it well in conclusion i would like to mention some points that mr a d bruce related to me about his father robert bruce sr when he purchased the mill from casper sherk in 1s12 at that time nearly the whole com munity was pennsylvania dutch and a number could not speak english very well which made it difficult to do business with them christian wideman sr a grandson of casper sherk washis right hand man and he would interpret in english and by meeting these people he soon was able to understand the german language the braces and the widemans were very close friends their fami lies grew up together mr bruce told me his father held rev pet er baker and elder samuel ba ker preachers in the markham tunker church near gormley in high esteem they were both good farmers the same was said of william francy sr who attended that church in his last days all these people i have mentioned and a lot more i have 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