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pi okobcmcvowv hekalo wadoeaday evening feb 3rd 1054 page t speyside has ghosts of palmier days nora gilbert in the hamilton spectator while town planning may no be new one esymetimc wonders if it will yver te spermancnt consider ing what has happened to many ontario village durny the pst century in thse diet clianges were mostly brought about by the replacement of vehicular tcujfic with that by rail- the question also arises what will fceoome of soie of the prwent day planning should air route supplant railways end planned industrial and commerxial areas become mere roads of un aruer prosperity not too much vrry should te given to this w- iulluy because it is not likely that either reader or writer will live to that day preapereas past these thoughts were prompted by a visit to speyaidas a former pros perous village situated st the in tersection of no 25 highway and a county aide road in esquesing twp county of hallon it is five mile- from acton seven miles north of hilton and six miles from ctur getown on a hasty glance it consists of a corner store the ruins of an old log cabin a burial ground for stray dogs a poultry farm where hens re fuse to tie footed by wire nests a place where turkeys live on open vrognd a heme for 33o00 broilers pleasant pastures for sheep and cat tle and un extremely beautiful- view from the top of he hol onno 25 htghvlay on the way to acton what it was yemterdsy history re- torxhytejl together with rich mel- erles of sprite of the old it residents speyside is still shown un tile road maps of ontario bolds a more imposing spot in the atlas of hal- ton comity and in tact is uu in the atlas of canada us havingahadj 21 inhabitants in 1001 map knows trsets a registered map nibllfhed in 1877 shows a planned layout of streets but where sre they today nut the sheep which graze on the pleasant slopes on the edge of a wood lot nor the cattle which feed on uir sllugr of thr rich farming land nor the turkeys gees and chickens which are raised amid pleasant surroundings could tell you not even the people who live there albeit they are more than ladies here is the best dress buy in many years our entire stock of 300 fine winter dresses go on sale at halfprice its genuine its authentic its a real saving our regular atoclc of fine dresses from canada s fore most makers s nshed to half price mrllnlr lkrrppl r norrtinna arc at their best silvers where good clothe cost less tii mill km i i i this lti lull biaaa3aabpatpamaaoabp iw for tv service on all makes call ernies radio tr 72701 roxy theatre bldg insurance travel real estate wolfe t evans co 3 y triangle 72512 mill street ready to give what information they have about the place and are symbolic of hospitality itself no unless one is looking for it spey- sid could be passed by without a thought but that was not always tiur cave we wonder if there are any livlog today who woujd rem ember cruickahapk st ashbury mill and water streets first sec ond apd third streeta and for that fnatur spry st rot t ontario sttett is mone likely looe in tile recol- letion as bolnj the road between two and thw these uro ail rcg- lttenxl op the neap mentioned ab ove postmaster cealdnt ftrad spit y aide as a small village was uamrd after uie river spoy ut scot land at one lime lhrc wui a post ojllce and the firjt postmaster was hubert miphrmon the story is told uuit he couttl neither read nor writt but depended on the school children to tell him the names on use letters sometimes wt told him right and sometimes we told him wrong one of them now an octugensrtan cnuckled lie rv ailed that tiie postmaster did nh under stand the abbreviation j no for john mid insisted a certain irttrr was for u man named jonah among the early settler wire ute crulckshmiks who had sawmill the sayers the moores and others tin re were twq hotels two genejal stores a small tannery a blacksmith shop u vll- lugc hall a shingle mill a lime kiln a church and several buslncs sm to makl it a thrivlnfl place then was om mall u wnk when thi lt office was flirt ihtahltshed tin n twice a weik it wuit carried from alton and knatihbull tho original building li now used as h utility shed on tht f trin of john mwut u iiitlvi win philip ilroin mini 1 r tn thi uiwh r lit wis m irishinm vith j11 tin eoh f it t nni in i ldri rsmlllm or t of hit oldt t faiiuli ltlng at speyside 1 that f jin moon who lii thi trow 11 in i f lint mi n his r null itlu r h ph 1 iim moon was his f itlu t ii 1 liuun di biuri tht dit ih4h a h ml ol hmj uir iitil hn tht sijj- i itiut of sir ctorkt arthur 1 it ul nuriitr of thr 1 mm 11 of ulth r c mull hvutain rw iiaiili wn in imstuue thin f his n 11 i uf llu c ri oittnit hit woid i q 11 iu is of liull in orlyin nu in inj ihe itihi of tin i ill pints it v i st tiled tboul ih10 b imopl nu ll from uir llritlth ult i vvhlu thi fcum of u w 4s urli n illy paid for thi moort f inn toil rett nt sales of klmilur jiopt rti 1 lj km die r hac broukht s hhi ml ho mm john moort fath r r ph riiini wm ol txjrn on the horm stettd the 1mu bcln c oldist in the district 1 un it a framtr who mule the tongues and grooves by haul j oil 11 moore said he is 77 mr moore remtinb red a umt kiln had b en nt the foot or the hill and the hole is still thire tht beavers had blocked the road nt tho town line at one time miss charlotte lottie moor 1 sister carried on thi sunday school stnr- ttd by mr mcpherson from 1014 to 1925 although the moort verc expecting the threshers tht ntxt day they were not too busy to offer a cup of tea to the vlnitora heme ror stray dogs another interesting spot on spey side i vernon park farm compris niwi1 inn hems ow by pr ii a dentty of toronto a brother of the late sir edward llcatty pre sident of ho cpr dr ueotty now up in years was head of the tori onto humane society and a medical adviser to the cpu his connections with the humant soc- itty und his own love of dugs led him to establish at his farm a home for struy dogs who also found their happy hunting ground thtrtj a comttery mark tht ravts of many of these animals nelson and mrs turner have chirric of the placi dr beatty pays only infrequent vufu due to ill health b across the roadhugo olaen into of sweden has a farm of 2100 hens there arc no roosts on this tfarm and the hens seem to like it thot way but when mr olson tried to introduce them to modern lay ing methods with wire nests they would have none of it max key has just come out from holland to work on this poultry farm there are also hybrid ffcese a cross of wyandotte find new hampshire wields wicked axe t oldeatjpcbiden of the d la bolieved to betw j u hnrnp ghlre former sheriff of halton county and a one time reeve of es- quealng township at 81 mr homp shire wields a wicked axe when u comes to cutting fire wood through him is traced a unit with tho out- tidc world in the focuthat general mcntmghton is or the same familyv jls greatgrandfnthor malco mc- naughton settled heron 1b13 earning from the unitod statos john alex and finduy were u ona klf grandfather john mc- naujthton watr the unit reeve of xtqueajn and ksr et uncle i alex jdaneughtwv waa n tfte flrt iaj twjyiaiwiv not only lhapnearancet in t vegetable is ready to use free from disease the old saying stone maorr kept a store john of growing up over ght uk a beenfe also had store and was mushroom does not run quite to succeeded by james marllru there form mr reed says it requires was a family by the name of dunn about five days from the time oi donald stewart iast a hotel and the pin up until the vegetable tad a brother charles 3tiere were alert intelligenca it was with brisk step that he took up his red flag to cross the highway to bring in the cows presumably the red flag was to stop traffic and allow his cattle to cross in safely he and his sister lived in the big grty stone house on the west side pi no 25 highway t the gbvornmtnt of he gore dis trtct contlnjied in bsquespng unlit the establishment of municipal in stitutions by the muuicpal act of ium a hie first municipal council under utat act had joiui mcnaugh- ton us rwvi he was again rtve fruiu 190 w ltflo inclusive iuffcjla kchaaj ttu lulferin sthool s i though not strlttly in speyside is thr one at tended by the children of the dis trict it was named after lord duffer in at lh lime he was oover nor oenerul it is said the story of peyide would not be complete wttlaout referefice to ihe general store formerly operated by william iouglas until has death last april now his wife mrs nelson douglas carries on st the corner her son crawford doug las u supervisor of music in 91 schools in lsfiueslng he spends 4s minutes u week in each school man hlsed hobby fiauthi r point uf interest just thli tide of stcyside is the brolw r liouse owrvd operated on a 100 acre iarm by t ii spruit of hamilton this is a min sited hubby csrry 11 li as it does j3 ooo brolltrs 400 turkiys und j7 head of latth mr sprutt ulso hai ijoo brolu rs in u iioum- at bronte oiu of tht mobt important pla its in the dltitct and im on whuh uu pieurtin dint r dt pi rid is tht mushroom plant 1 11 t j it ripi y i- urn n uvmiki si mi aximist t 1 i h itou rt itud ho tmiugtit it tin 11 from his 1 n loyt r at 111 it turn john 1rint mr itti d v ho ll 1 li ul fivi or mx uii in muahrimmu mwunjjim u ikl t thi pi hit h 1 tin tu m onh ir in 1 o 1 riilk itiout tlm jt i wht 1 i pit ill iw rb u un 1 ktill own i li j tin trum in i tu- son unai him tin n tin 40 hm j iri fri i of muslirimjin the methods employed in culture mtjkes the products practically fool proof and people buying mushroom are assured of saie and delectable eating if they buy the commercial ly grown plant miuiirocms will also grow in dif fused light but if there isradark building uiere u better control of humidky uid air circulation mr heixt imports his mushroom spawn from the united hults jj pj not grown in canada the kind hb hss as the population grows it u x- pictcd the industry will nubjuv room in growth luo lb fsrt the prenotion of iuniulring a taste for the product la atruady beginning u till on the output on no u lllgttwsy jlens y on no 25 highway is now a put farm but the mushrotun plarrt ltt in vbiist is known as the spoy vall y through which runs u trtek calltj stuncy lrek till according to tht turllcst rt collet tion of w j 1 ltjmsliire across the ruud and hi sliould know huv ing spent the grtsler purl of his life in the place amonjj oiim r uld tjmtrs of spey side w4rt two lumillts or map don aids dunian wus former governor of thr jill st ilnicebrldge ales msidoiiuld was u isptuln in the salvation army another alt mtttdonuld lurritil mulls from ac ton james cotiley was xtstmaster after mcpherson john kennedy a the families of thomas william and james mlchje three fafttltlee df mcarthur sandy peter and jo- ph all these names were sup plied through the rich store of memory of mr hampshire to whom with alf others this writer is deep ly lndubted were there longer time one might delve even furtb r into the history of the plsce cal led spsysidte f adviit to the travellers r t if you get weary by the wayside ju l stoptind take a lookf a spey side tttfc w a svtto wn mrs walter lawson crjkbrats birthday congratulations to mrs walter la a m sr who celebrstes her birthday next munday rebrusry 8 tti hebruary meet log of fcrues- ing w i will be lujd av- mrs uw- st n home wiadneaday evening 1truury 1th tle topic health hoi i lull un emergency hint the junior w a meeting wss held last week lillian iuwaon clmu hit hymn and conducted the workh p m rv ice ttie hymn was holy luly holy the wednea- jaaj4tll t wus st tnkes lfos lltron palertlne scrap books were made in the busy period t x tllll 1 ill v ihkl 1 o md of 1 tu only li id tin iiishro hid luut jih now k of nunji 11 but not ill l mushrottins liml tht 11 vv iv l t ible in thi tliti nmpui of 1 v tt ik i in rt iri lit mpl its on tit pint md leitntly tt r unit trrnch tm rvm ut frutii tin old iountr ul lliltun to lu ivkn 1 ill d w ith mr kit 1 n jiil hairy lit ri nterii r 1 n tin r in i iw of mr hit 1 is in h id thin trlrky iluslnrs tin rowing of tmistiroorm re quires ixaiting conditions 111 cord ing u mr itethi usu illy a tempt r iturt of 60 degrees is in tinuiined whuh is not tlu optimum but which keeps the growth relatively thii llo w j l hampshire 81 former halton sheriff speyside general stororownedtby mrs william douglas i r r