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j the ballinafad story history of blacksmith shop ferguson family entwined lllu beatrice hilts again recalls early days in baluoatad with this article which dips into memories as tar back as 1686 when she began to attend blue mountain school miss hilts promises to send in more remlnlscenses to the free press of the good old days by miss h hilts in earlier writing i have given some past history of the west corner rjf bellina- fki such as the log school lr26thb earee tery the methodisi cburch 1m2 the old hall and grange halt then on thenarth earner theotbre andinall carriers on the east comer a hotel which burned laugust 1912 this land was idle until jtrnklrkwood bought the property in 1931 and built the chapping mill 1 also gave an account of the presbyter- ian church built in 1b18 since june 1925 this has been the united thurch this time i will describe the south cor ner as i remember it in 18b6 when i began going to blue mountain school down the seventh urte on the south corner of the fadthere was a frame blacksmith shop a few rods in from the seventh line but touching the erin and gsquesing townllne also a barn a bit to the west a few yards south of the shop stood a frame house with an upstairs in front of the house was a good well with a pump where the occupants got water for their own use it was also used by a few others this property was owned by ur and urs peter ferguson members of their family were duncan joann peter addle a classmate of mine at school and lottie in earlier years there was a hotel on this piece of land mr ferguson was a good blacksmith his son duncan helping as soon as he was big enough they were kept very busy putting shoes on horses setting waggon tires tilt ing farm implements etc it was hard work also dirty and hot as a curtain amount of heat was required for several years a horse and light wag gon were kept ltthe1larn tcbrlngtnatarlat from georgetown tojcarry on their woijk cars vibre notjti ue until many years j peter jhrj bought a small ruck and duncan a car v the old shop was taken down in tj01 and a newbrjek oneerectedinlessthana week the bricklayers were messrs puckortntj and mouhson of hlluhurgh a young man by the name ww t string er was a helper hut did riot lay the bricks hit home was near uflounuiru he li still living or was a short time ago twas from him i received this information other contractors dldthe carpenter work the sarin bricklayers built the school at brisbane which was taken doom a fewyears ago duncan ferguson and brnel near were married in december 1911 they lived for a few years with his father then moved with their son fred taa lot with a house and barn one quarter mile west of tho fad c the grin side of the town line when ur ferguson became unable to continue with the work peter junior and his wife returned from toronto to help hi brother duncan ur ferguson senior passod away in march 1920 at the age of 82 oars his wife predeceased him by 10 years peter junior and wife lived for some years in the old house then had it taken down and lived in a one room cabin while a new brick house was being built in 1938 or 34 duncan was noted for the good work he did when putting shoes on horses to be shown at fall fairs the brothers continued working together until octolr 20 1953 when alter a short a lhness duncan passed away at his hoie a short time after this peter took a stroke and was lnguulph general hospital tor a few weeksi he then stayed with jilrs duiican ferguson until he took woise and parsed away only six months after his brother his wife tiadiiassejl away a few years befjorn in lbs4 urs ix ferguson ifccicfadtosoll tuir property in august she solifaorneof her household goods because of some de- lay in the business the place was not bold until 1955 when trnie mcrilm bought it he and his wife moved in in april that yoar mrs ferguson having moved to an apart j ment in georgetown where she still llves- in march 1968 peters house remained unoccupied tor a year or more when the household goods were auctioned off in 19s7 the property was put up for salo archie lawrs who had been living in a house just east of the mill bought it and with jean and peter moved in in 1958 they got rid of the old iron cleaned up the grounds and built a good porch over the back door there was a furnace in the house hit they added new cupboards and a bathroom ur lawrs is a handyman and gets many odd lobs to do beside his regular work the shop is now a workshop also keeps his car in there ho took tho old barn down in 1964 to be continued osprinoe david bryden in cyprus with united nations forces by mrs d g hotwrtson mr and mrs george mitchell have sold their farm on the 3rd line and are moving the end af the month to georgetown whure they have purchased a new home mr- and urs david uowertf of torenfo werv week end guests with mr and ms it auld mr and mrs george dixon of brampton visited wittj ur and urs ii r howard i lois shirley mob and krwt- mcdonald cfsholburnu were hol iday visitors with their unete and aunt mfandmrsrilphsinclair ur aoii urs w faulkner and family and ur norman clarke rututnedhomedurlngthu week end following two weeks vacation in florldi heather arid greg mllsorf giwlph spent a few days of their holidays with urs m jacksun urs freeman was in toronto recently taking her daughter deeiuu luck to the crippled childrens hospital for furtliur treatment d g and urs robertson vis ited on tuesday with the formers aunt urs rose robertson pres ton we welcome ur and urs george cordona and family from toronto to our community thoy have bought the houso and barn and 27 acres of the former rus sell smith farm is sideroad at the 1 st line ur and urs david bryden 3rd lino were in trenton on sunday to bid goodbye to their son david who is with iho can adian services united nations who left for cyprus urs gordon altkan was hos tess for the monthly meeting of tho ladles aid urs e fisher presided and urs h pankrati read the mlhites andorrespondence 1 plans wure made for a lunch booth at mr robert strfadholts sale the study book aqd devotional wyre reviowedby urs k kinder mrs tiyron bruc sang an irish number accdinpanlod by urs gordon aukep uissurenda urucu gave her speech on sd that she had given in competition and won awards fan a shamrock contest was won by urs s fuller and urs g jackson the hostess assisted by urs byron bruce and urs george grundy served a dainty lunch and a social chat was enjoyed wo stock and onto mccall butterick simplicity patterns hintons 5c t100 store mwimwiwwwwk ballinafad b6 trle aclon free press wednesday march 27 1969 c d o loccltg missing boy centennial medal meetings anniversary in district news by urs r shortlll we are glad to know us phldela snow is progressing nicely after recovering from surgery many ballinafad people called to congratulate mr and urs david russel on the occasion of their sixtieth wedddlng anniver sary all of us here extends our best wishes to them we are saddened to hear of the tragic death of brian car rier brian had been a blue ul school pupil the afternoon unit of the u cw met at the home of urs healey on tuesday last urs uarshal taking the devotion and ulss hilts the topic on japan a social time over the tea cups closed the meeting lunch served by urs uarshal and the hostess the evening unit met at the borne of urs harry shortlll urs reg french had the de votion and urs elwood snow the topic on japan on christian profiles lunch was served by urs lawr and ur jamleson as sisted by the hostess ur and urs mi saner moved on friday to their new home on highway 24 they had been renting rooms with f w shortills congratulations to ur and urs drysdale on the arrival of their baby daughter ulss jessie mckay has been very ill after surgery but latest reports are that she is much better jessie lives in toronto but was a ballinafad girl who has had a very successful toachlng career ballinafad boys gave a good account of them selves on fri day night in a gamo of hockey at acton arena ur and urs reg french visited in london on sunday with ur and urs dan campbell wayne kathy and debblo re turning home with them after spending the holidays there with their grandparents master blake french spent a few days last week with his uncle and aunt and cousin ur and urs delmar french and klmherly at georgetown the intermediate girls choir sang an anthem at church on sunday kathryn sinclair at the organ ulss helen aldtt a wellknown and outstanding erin township teacher was recently awarded a centennial medal by the federal government one in the 25 teachers across canada to re ceive the same ulss aldtt has taught primary grades in hills- burg school for thirtyeight years holds a primary methods certificate and a supervisors certificate in primary ed ucation we congratulate helen who is familiar to ballinafad friends and close relatives here and in acton ur and urs john pearson and boys of tara visited their parents ur and urs jessie ucenery last weok ur and urs harry shortlll visited ur john proace at bran son hospital north york on sunday -f- tho scout uothors sponsored a dance in tho community cunt re on friday night 4h girls mot in the hall on saturday winter jewels come out this rare wintor day trees all in crystal array strung by jack frost come quickly those jewels to see diamonds that dock every tree soon to be lost milton qpp report 37goner- al occurrences during tho past week including one break and onler and theft investigation two thefts and one other criminal code offence being investigated one minor assault one fraud in vestigation one missing youth from nassagaweya township lo cated in kingston two liquor control act investigations re sulting in one person being charged one premlsos found in secure at night soveral other occurrences wore of a minor nature jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete mick cinder blocks clay ruck sand stone livestock and pertiuzer earm service and supplies dump trucks for hire wig and fashion 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