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OD THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturday, June 24, 1967 MASSEYS STARTED IN NEWCASTLE IN 1847 One of Canada's largest man- ufacturing companies, Massey- Ferguson Limited, which has plants in many sections of the United States and whose prod- ucts are sold in many foreign countries is well and favorably known wherever agriculture is carried on. What may not be so well known is that one branch of the firm had its origin in the village of Newcastle. Daniel Massey, the grand- father of the Hon. Vincent Mas- sey and actor Raymond Mas- sey, acquired a small two- storey building in Newcastle in 1847 and set up a repair shop, He made maple syrup kettles but soon branched out into the making of farm tools and ma- chinery. The plant known as the Newcastle Agricultural Works was destroyed by fire in 1864. Alanson Harris was the man who founded the Harris branch of the Massey-Harris Co. He and his father, Rey. John Har- vis, started a sawmill in Beamsville in 1841. After de- veloping a revolving rake, the firm opened a small foundry in 1857. By 1890 the two firms had in- vented a number of farm im- plements and were competing against each other not only in Canada but on foreign markets. In 1891 they amalgamated their forces under the name of Mas- sey-Harris Co. In 1947, at a dinner in To- ronto, marking the 100th anni- versary of the founding of the business, L. W. Brockington, QC, traced the history of the company from 1847 saying it had grown with Canada "from the cradle to the combine and from farm slavery to the pres- ent high standard of living on the farm." Three Oshawa district men served as directors of Massey- Harris -- the late William H. Moore of Dunbarton, the late George W. McLaughlin of Osh- awa and H. J. Carmichael, a former general manager of General Motors of Canada Lim- ited. Donated by members of the Massey family, the beautiful community hall in Newcastle stands as a memorial to the late Daniel Massey whose first endeavors in the manufactur- ing field began in the village. It is also significant that the Hon. Vincent Massey, a former Governor General. of Canada, now makes his home on an estate in Durham County, north of Port Hope. wenn CA] The erectio the log cabi Conant, the f area, will be | ject of Dar residents. Th bute to the p trict. The cabin, | as a museum in the Darl Park near t Mr. Conant, Vermont, buil he settled in i ET Cnn ac cn Un nc enn iN TO « of the Wome A charter was obtained in|dent of the company which had|bormaster for many years, was the township 1857 and the name was chang-| Messrs. Mcintosh, Lovekin, Wel-| secretary of the company which the task of g ed from Bond Head to Port|lington, Foster and Thomas|was capitalized at $22,000. Mr. display in the Newcastle. John J. Robson suc-| Tamblyn as directors.. Francis| Farncombe was collector of cus- Lovekin Came From Cork To Open The first resident of the New- castle area was Richard Love- kin, formerly of County Cork, freland, who settled at the mouth of Baldwin's Creek (now Wilmot's Creek) in 1796. He immediately commenced to e- rect a frame shanty and com- |menced to clear land and cut lumber for the erection of a more commodious dwelling. Mr. Lovekin brought his fam- ily to the area the following year and drew a crown grant and became a permanent citi- zen in 1801. He later took the | oath of allegiance and was ap- pointed a magistrate for the} Home District. During the war) jof 1812 he administered the) oath of allegiance to the men! who took up arms. Aside from carrying his agricultural pur- suits, Mr. Lovekin did trapping} and on more than one occas- ion carried a pack of furs to Port Hope. | Another early resident of the area was Samuel §. Wilmot} who came from New York State. He carried out the sur-| vey of the main road from York} four rods wide and was almost} impassable, particularly follow-| ing the summer rains. Mr. Wil-| mot moved to the Newcastle! area in 1816 and purchased 400) acres of land. Following the completion o (| the survey of Clarke Township in 1797 the first grantees 'of! NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY CENTRE e « - Contributed By Massey Family Newcastle Area ceeded Mr. Boulton as presi-| Nicholson, who acted as har-|toms at the harbor. lands, south of what is now| The Reddick family sett!ed| Highway 2, were John Soper,jnorth of Orono in the 1820's; | Roger Bates, Capt. Cozens, Lt.| while John Tucker, who settled | Cowell, W. D. Powell, Alexjon the 5th concession was post-| Shaw, John McGill, Robert | master at Orono for some time. Baldwin and William Lovekin.|Eldad Johns, a wealthy resi-| Early residents of the second|dent of Orono built the first and third concessions were the| sawmill there in the 1830's. Macdonnells, Price, Odel, Jar-| The first school house was vis, Cruikshank, Levi Barnaby,| built by public subscription at Lachlin McIntosh, William Rick-| Newcastle in 1825. A log build- ard, Richard Lake, Ausuystis|ing, it was used also as a Hatt, Robert Wilkins, Elisha|church by different denomina- Beaman, John Beverley Robin-| tions until it was pulled down son and Jesse Price families.|in 1867 and a lock - up was Residents of the 4th Conces-| built on the site. sion included .the Henry Red-| The Avery family, at one ner, John Brynes, Richard| time, owned all the land at Smith, Henry Miller, Cornelius|Bond Head, which later be- VanWaters, Samuel and August} came known as Port Newcastle. Hatt, Robert Nicholson, Alex|John Avery, the head of the McKay, William Baker, Andrew family, was a member of an Brant and C. Wardell families.|}old English family. His son, By 1842 the district had 2,| Richard, sold 480 acres to Char- 832 residents; while in 1861 there les Clarke in 1838. Clarke spent were 6,575 residents. | £25,000 to build a wharf and Asa Wallbridge, who came construct a harbor on the lake- from Duchess County, New/|front. He also erected a grist York, settled in the area, in and sawmills on the creek run- 1819 and brought 600 acres of| ning into the lake. land at $2 per acre. He lived! Mr. Clarke had G. S. Boul- in the homestead at Newcastle|ton and Mr. Manvers as part- until his death in 1860. Quite/ners in the harbor venture a portion of the land which now | which prospered for some years. makes up the village formerly|Mr. Clarke subsequently sold belonged to the family. his' interests to W. B. Robin- The first building in New\son and John B. Robinson, of! castle was erected by George| Toronto, who carried on the. Jacobs, who was actively en-|mill business for a short time gaged in farming and the mer-| before selling to William MclIn-| cantile trade. tosh. : @ TRUCK BODIES @ SHEARING @ MIG WELDING PK Welding and Fabricators Ltd. 747 BLOOR ST. W. Fy WELDING and FABRICATORS LID. Designers ® Fabricators @ STEEL @ STAINLESS STEEL @ ALUMINUM @ SHEET METAL @ GAS @ ARC e@ TIG 725-8031 1867 U 1967 @ CATERING TRUCKS @ FACTORY EQUIPMENT @ FORMING 4" x 10' @ STEEL SUPPLY OSHAWA Scott Township Surveyed By Major Wilmot In 1817 } The Township of Scott was|seas shipment during the rveyed by Major Wilmott in|Crimean War as well as hav- {e07 and records show it was|ing it turned into flour for their famed after Chief Justice|own use. Scott, of Peterborough. In 1821; Prior to the first township 4 session of the legislature of|meeting, Joseph Gould of Ux- Upper Canada attached it with|bridge represented Scott and Reach, Brock, Thorah, Mara,|Uxbridge in the Home District ama and Georgina to the east|Council. In 1843 the first town- ding of York County. |ship meeting was held at the 'The first settler was Evan a Hood in Janu- Jones, a Welshman, who set-|27¥> 153%. : fled on Lot 17, Concession 6, in Before the township hall was 4830. The first school house was|DUllt at Goodwood in 1860, built on this lot. and the first|founcl! meetings were held. in school teacher was William saat ue tuted aati sesreatc: Morrow. Mr. Jones was follow- éd shortly after by the Weldon, Vernon, Peart, Phillips, Urqu- hart, Clark, Mustard, Blan- hard, Leask, Hood, Leitch, ain and Harmon families: The township, in the memo- rial temple erected on Lot 7, Concession 7, by the late Thom- as Foster, a former mayor of Toronto, possesses an attrac- tion which draws visitors The first white child in the township was a daughter of Thomas Hood who lived on Lot 3; Concession 6. The second white child born was Alexan- der Urquhart who later resided from a wide area of the prov- ince. Two other memorials -- a community park and hall at Zephyr honor the late William Horner who was well known for his benevolence. | at Udora. The first doctor was Dr. John Hardy. Early settiers teamed grain to the port at Whitby for over- Among the picturesque ham- \lets in the township are Zephyr, Sandford, Udora and| lLeaskdale. Lake Scugog Vast Swamp In 1816, Island Isolated The Township of Scugog at|mainland. New roads and con- one time was divided between|cession lines were surveyed and the Townships of Reach andja start made on their construc- Cartwright. It became a sep- tion. arate municipality in 1856. | The problem of the "bridge" During the early days in the|became a hardy annual for area there was no Lake Scugog|some years. The earliest bridge, as it is today. What is now lake a floating structure, cost a was a vast area of swamp and/great-deal to maintain and ef- gtassy spots with only a nar-|forts were made so it would not row navigable channel. To pro-|be seriously damaged by ice vide milling facilities the gov-;and high water in the spring; ernment granted 400 acres of but it was not until 1880 that land to William and H. Purdy|county council made arrange- in 1832. To erect mills and pro-;ments for a more permanent} vide water power, the Scugog;structure which resulted in the River was dammed at Lindsay present causeway. and the water level raised four! 'The first school on the island| feet. As a result the tamaraciwas a missionary school to the| forest at the south end of the! Indians. It is reported the same lake was flooded. missionary also served the| © In the early days the island received little attention from settlers due to transportation difficulties, which was mainly by raft. The island was survey- ed in 1816 by Major Wilmot and the first white settler took up land in 1834. By 1847, 100 white settlers were in the area. One of these is said to have walked to Bowmanville to pay a 50 cent tax Mill. Indians from Balsam Lake first settled on the island in 1843 and in 1850 the first steam- boat made its appearance on the lake, In the following year regular trips were made to Lindsay with cargoes of lum- ber. There were holiday excur- sions in the summer to Wash- burn Island which had been transferred into a_ picnic ground. About 1860 an attempt was made to have a canal construct- ed'from Lake Scugog to Lake Ontario but the idea was given up when the Trent River sys- tem of canals was approved. One of the first acts of the newly incorporated council was! to appropriate $125 for the con-| struction of a bridge from the) |the 1860's a second school was built and in 1869 the township was considered well served with schools. The early schools} : also served as churches but church buildings soon followed. These were the days of the "'cir- jarea, riding a horse or walking |\from community to community |' in an area approximately the | |size of the whole county. Initially Scugog was served in 1893 a request for the build- ing of a parsonage was made by a mission church whose min- ister resided in Port Perry; but and this was followed by a church. The first church for! white residents was known as the Head Church which was built by the Methodist Episco- | |pal Church. The church and its) shed cost $677. Two other churches were built within: a few years. | One of the early settlers was | Mr. Rodman who arrived from England after a journey of eight to 10 weeks. He first settled at Bradford but took up! on in Scugog Township in} white residents. Sometime in| -- jeuit rider" who served a wide}! ... to our centennial Industrial Minerals of Canada Limited hes been established for 31 years. The company Ontario, and is the world's largest producer. Industrial Minerals' Silica deposit is located in St. Jerome Quebee, mines and processes Lekefield Nepheline Syenite at Neph aes Warehousing and distribution is handled by the compony's plont in Whitby. + 4 Laketield Nepheline Syenite and Silice ore used in you use every dey -- glassware, china, paint, pl e of meny p builds 4 end oP mii Pion Hec BOWMANVILLE over 3,000. In this Centenn! manville has gr¢ lowly. It's interesting the years of 1852 Evillage of Bow The village of was incorporated , 1853 and _ its ncluded J. Burk, . McFeeters, T.. David Fisher as WF airbairn was apy irst clerk. The first by-la ' to pre cattle and at. lar Discord reignec illage's first y ugust 20, 1853 isher resigned romptly appointe fas Reeve only to. in the meeting th had sent his lette tion to Council. I Hunt was elected In April of 1! lage Council decid @ld town hall to th tees and took st the 'construction | building and the t ' Town Hall and 1 * ing was construct a cost of $18,000. was L shaped, the L included thre King St. from whi municipality deriv enue. A_ consid along Temperanc comprised of "Sta known as Market FIRE FIGHTING In 1863 when t ville Fire Compe ready nine years measures were ti serve the fire fis ment in the young The clerk was notify all persons ders or other im longing to the Hoo Company _ that them at once anc future no one coul ladders and equip first getting an or Mayor. : Mutual aid in began early in the munity and in 1 awa Fire Comp: through the nigh Bowmanville firefi tinguishing a_fire as the Fire Disas Cran Pione Centrally located ty, Reach Towns 13 miles from no and nine miles | west. It contains and has a populat of 2,800. The are main, rural in many of its resid in Oshawa and ot ing communities. 'he Crandells, from New' York St Edward County it the first white s settled on the sout road from Ma Prince Albert in 1 white child born ship was the daus ben Crandell. The next sett commenced by J Lot 11 of Concessi In the same y Wade settled near In the following Heard and Reuber tled on the site Albert which for was known as D ners. John Ensig the Epsom area in 1831 a Scotch se started between and Utica. In. 1833 and 183: Baird, Patterson, Adams families, 4 took up land in tt area. About 1836 settlement was sta present site of Shi