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the tribune stouftvule ont thursday december 29 1949 reminiscences of brougham village f above is a photograph of the old commercial hotel at brougham as it was about 70 years ago now remodelled with a new veranda replacing the one shown above it is at present the township hall where the township council meets this is the old bentley home one of the original brick homes built in the village of broug- continued from front page in 1850 the sons of temperance came into being and became a great power for good in this dis trict at first the members were all men mainly heads of families but later women and teenagers were admitted in some cases whole families these young people grewup as total abstainers and had a great influence on public thought when the township had a plebiscite on local option the sons of temperance with time and money persevered through tedious litigation until a favorable verdict was obtained a signal honor was once conferred on two your most cherished wishes -health- contentment have them all in the year to come marion sanderson ham it was built by james and william who settled there in the early 30s of the last building the church the land is now the property of m harlock publio school the public school plays a great part in the history of any com munity and brougham school has a long history the earliest records of the school are those of 18361 several of the earliest teachers were women but the earliest i remember were alvan herrick amos ferrier and hector baxter the latter was a young man of little experience but with a force ful character which made itself felt in the community he was a strong advocate of temperance and his principles made him enemies century it is now occupied by mrs c shepherd a grand daughter of the original bent- leys of the village they went to the united states and their brother-in- law robbie greig came in 1852 and took over in the village tom middaugh has the old stone shop just south of the brown carriage shop where robert brown also made coffins in 1870 william mos- grove bought the brown shop and worked there for 50 years until his death in 1924 when the busi ness ceased a number of broug ham boys learned the trade in mr mosgroves shop another trade of importance was that of the harnessmaking among the earliest to engage in it were s grosse george crowhrust van f50 we greet you with a wish for all of the health happiness and prosperity the new year holds raxlin furniture store irft members cxsmith md tnttfen thret notelslrom buren woodruff w woodruff m stljsniw sharrad when they which he suffered persecution morns in the eighties adam byivanus snaiidiu wucii pj u tv ui i mcdowell who emnlmter ttiref sylvanus fi he made the school grounds into a were elected to office in the s artistically national division of n lower beds arid planted ameiica t7iii trees he inaugurated township hotels in the village schoo picnics these picnics at one time three hotels flour- rema a happy memory ished in the village the old cen- throughout the years with the tral hotel was built and operated women and children all enthused by powel woodruff the com- by them brougham had its eignt mercial was built by charles n01 hitched tandem with matthews and sampson webb charles hubbard at the lines no built a front to his residence as a sc had a square of horses hotel the old central is now mrs tnei were banls p as in woodwards store the com- tne contest brougham was the merical houses the council cham- banner school and was name bers and the webb is now the lodge school clergy- residence of albert grey men politicians and educationists in early days a place of accom- were all pl to oe gues modation was a real necessity speakel and tne pupils had con- when produce and grain had to be tests 0ne of tne prize w for transported from the back town- was emma woodruff ships with horses and wagons to the ate mrs w alia way pick- the lake front for shipment ine ering mr baxter also staged accommodation was very welcome grand entertainments at one of but some tragic events in the whjcn his presence of mind avert history of the village were caused ed a traged a curtain took fire by strong drink i while the township hall was pack- agricultural fair ed with people who jammed the vnother organization that flour- doors which opened inwards for ished from 1850 to 1889 was picker- a time panic ensued but mr ing township agricultural fair baxter crushed the fire with his with the coming to the county of hands and calmly restored order welltodofarmers like the millers for some years male teachers of this district bringing with them were the rule and they were stock imported from the old land almost necessary as in the winter stock breeding grew rapidly in the months the farm boys verrt back towiishlo shows were held in to school either to finish their different places with plowing j education or do a bit of courting matches in connection with themj medical profession these grew in popularity until the most important of all pro- 1850 a fall fair was organized fessions is that of the md and in brougham and greenwood wore this brougham was well served both claimants for having the in the early days mr tucker of annual fair- but in 18g6 four acres duffins creek served the com- of land were bought from james munity but in 1sg2 a newly grad- hubbard for 350 and brougham uated doctor william ferrier took people helped to raise the money up permanent residence in the so that the pickering agricultural village and remained there until fair was established on a perma- 1s32 when he went to claremont nent basis in 18s6 and continued he was followed by dr eugene until 18s9 the first fair ground i freela very popular young doctor was on a lot north of the dean who was followed in turn by dr mairs residence but it is nowbaseson dr fish and dr mc incorporated in the mervin annis kinnon and since the last named farm doctors death brougham has been the new fair ground was sur- served by doctors from other rounded by a fence too high for centres natives of brougham who bovs to climb over and too low became doctors years ago were for them to crawl under pens dr l bentley and dr g lamor- were built for animals and a fine dr b churchill and dr f hall it was a most popular fair king r until in 1887 and 188s pouring rain trades represented made the annual shows impossible one of my purposes in writing and the fair was discontinued this this historical sketch was to show coonerative movement was a great the interdependence of farm and benefit to agriculture the fact of i village in earlier days before the the farmers meeting and working time of the large department together united them in a common stores delivering goods direct to bond of fellowship brougham has the homes formerly almost every one genuine scottish shepherd i trade was represented in the vil- who kent well 1ioo tae lift the lage one of the most important to mcdowell who employed three men followed by messrs hargrave coakwell and jewel until the trade ceased a tannery was operated on the creek behind what is now the m harlock residence this tannery was operated by andrew patterson and son and fell a prey to fire in 1878 the house on the lot was burned years later and rebuilt by mr harlock industries in village several industries used to flourish in the village a sizable creek used to flow through the flats and on it in 1859 a saw mill was built this was burned down in 1867 and rebuilt the same year with the addition of a tub factory the proprietor being- george b stock my earliest recollection of it was a basket factory under the joint management of a fen- nell and w wilkinson employing twelve women and five men the late william barnes bought the school boards can decide for selves the minister of education dana porter says school boards will be able to decide for themselves if they wish to accept the newly announced fourlevel grade system of education at least for the time being under the new system primary and secondary schools will be reorganized into primary junior intermediate and senior but porter said last night that the department will probably not take a firm stand on the matter until september of 1951 when the first experimental year is over he says it may take teachers some time to adapt themselves to the new system quadruplets defeat jail term for mother unborn quadruplets saved a 38- yearold london barmaid from a prison term accused of stealing from taverns at which she was employed she was sentenced nov 23 to a years stone mason james thornton a butcher and james howitt a weaver of woollen goods in those days when wool was spun at home for home use mrs brown was a rag carpetweaver from 1886 to 1914 tailors were miller and pat doyle dressmakers were mrs helen man- and her daughter mrs t thornton elsie smith almira wilson and bell brown jorriam littlepohn was the well digger village men and farm boys without trades became farm helpers but earnings were only 15 to 20 a month for men and 4 to 5 a month for domestic ser vants with no stated hours of work these conditions sent many wouldbe good citizens to seek homes in the west where many became welltodo and occupied important positions in their i adopted communities stores of the village the first store built by the bent- business in 1874 and transferred it leys in 1835 had as storekeepers to green river j the bentleysjames smith james the medicine factory was also operating at that time under the management of n woodruff and logie john burk and moses lin ton mr linton was the owner when it was burned in 1878 des- adjust locks for farmers was that of the black- smith among the earliest were two brothers sandy and jake smith from aberdeen sjt the old sheeps faces exhlbeetion the agricultural hall was used for a time as a skating rink urttil john cowan bought it and used the timbers in j smithy one and a half miles west v bentley employing five or sixtroying his store and dwelling the girls and the manager but it was soon after sold to a toronto firm milbuni bentley and pearson the factory building was sold to the farmers organization known as the grange and was used for meetings and as a farmers co operative store until the erly eighties when with two houses and an implement shop and livery stable on the south side of main street it was destroyed by fire the presbyterian now united church was built on the corner another disastrous fire in the eighties was tnat at the extensive carriage making shops of sampson webb and sons which extended from eastons corner to the then methodist church lot three shops were never rebuilt the shoemaker trade was represented through the years by joseph reeves richard underbill james murdock and w j bedell whose shop was the rendezvous of old retired citizens who met there and discussed and settled to their own satisfaction all problems political economic and moral possibly the untidy shop was a contrast to too much order at home w j bodell who lived his life of over eighty years almost entirely in the village had two wives and a large family which had grown up and scattered left dressmaking and millinery busi ness of elsie smith peter hoyles tailor shop the residence of e wade the house and harness shop of m morris and the sons of temperance hail in 1ss0 a double store brick building was erected on the site and a brick temper ance hall replaced the old one the first storekeeper in the new store- was j douglas and it was occupied in turn by messrs mor ton willis gleason alger phillip annis gannon and knox this store was burned down in 1923 and rebuilt the following year by e annis the stores of these early days were well stocked with everything necessary to supply the needs of a selfsustaining community the storekeepers often having to ex change goods paid for in cash for unsaleable butter and ancient eggs and smile while they did it the only store building of the originals is the store and residence of mrs brown where the public library has been located since 1922 brougham has now once again entered on a period of expansion much building is going on the citizens league and the womens institute look after the social life of the community the united church is binding the people to gether in worship past history is alone he seemed part of the village not so important since worid war and he passed away over twenty no 2 but the staunch and noble years ago j characters of the old generation in the seventies thomas hamil- have descended to the youth of to- ton was the baker employing day to fit them to grapple with three men william smith was a present day problems eversbobfs business is it worth while trying to keep id touch with ail of our friends- indeed it is people are necessary to our success and happiness we depend on them for help under standing companionship and ap preciation so to enjoy life to the full we should make a systematic effort to keep each fire of friend ship aglow this may he done in several ways for instance 1 make a list of all your friends and acquaintances together with addresses keep it up to date 2 phone or write a note to at least one of these people each week even a brief note contain ing just a couple of sentences or a clipping which you think may in terest that person is an effective contactrenewer 3 answer all your mail faith fully 4 ask people for information or get them to help you in other ways theyre glad to be of assis tanceand every contact improves your relations with them 5 be helpful in every possible way to others 6 do your share of entertaining with a plus even if you can only do so on a very modest scale follow this program and see how it adds to your enjoyment of life have you been in touch with your life underwriter lately since you last saw him changes may have occurred in your family situation which call for changes in your life insurance program hell be glzrx to help you bring that program uptodate on mel emmerson imprisonment appearing for diane fletcher before the appeals committee her counsel j f eastwood said that physicians first reported that she would give birth to twins in a matter of weeks after a second examination they said it looked like triplets and now they have increased their prediction to quadruplets a w cochburn presiding official quashed the prison sent ence pigs drowned in r1veb an unfortunate accident occunr- ed on the farm of mr clarence smith 9th concession arran in the walkerton district recently when six three and a half months old pigs were drowned mr smith had driven the pigs out of the barn while be cleaned out the pen they strolled down to the river and out on the thin ice where they broke through into about three feet of water and drifted under the ice mr smith noticed the pigs missing and on investigating found their tracks leading to the hole in the ice the pigs all weighed around 85 pounds each tara leader retired minister dies a missionary in india for 4tt years rev james davldson76 died suddenly at his home in tbr- onto a native of north gwilttni- bury township he was formerly minister of the presbyterian church at stratford he retired in 1943 ssww as a rocket seeks a ceiling to the sky shall our efforts to serve you be unceas ing in the months of the year to come litit p hutton sswssss3sgs4ssssssssss8 8fqnd our own gate posts vkj fifty thousand ontario farmers operate a hundred and forty local cooperatives beyond their own gateposts they are doing jobs in purchasing and marketing which cannot be done on the home farms through these local cooperatives they operate a regional cooperative wholesale for the province thus they do jobs in purchasing and marketing which cannot be done locally this regional organization formerly under the name of united farmers cooperative has com pleted its 36th year of operation total business for the year ended sept 30 1949 was over 45 million dollars net earnings amounted to 322 thousand dollars united cooperatives of ontario with which is affiliated the stouffville coop association