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page 9 w v- 4 j malay wevr tills of orisiiu indl early r of distri riling in the guelph mercury under date of august 2th findlay weaver gives tome interesting hls- torieal data which will be read rwlth interest by dlitrlet residents the article deal with name origins and family hulorlei andlt as fol lows t fthbeveriey township which frta- ge the southern boundary of wei llngton cunty dates its origin to 1788 the region contained the historic beverley swamp which about a century and a half ago was such a difficult region for the pis- 8 of the immigrants from penh- aylvanle fbir the settling of wator- vloo county the west beverley was named- after the pttee of that name in yorkshire e upper add lower lake beverley in- on tarios leeds county however are named after chief justice john beverley robinson a veteran of th war of 181j to him a some what lefthanded compliment is made in o h armstrongs place names in canada in the passage robinson was man bf fine char acter fearless in loyalty and a member of the historic and tyran nical family compact in common with the georgian bay the georgian strait separating vancouver island from the british columbian mainland and geortflna township in york county george town in halton county traces its name to the labored efforts of auth orities to honour the memory of britains king george m as recor ded in place names in canada laird history laird family history as pertain ing to the branch represented by mac laird of guelph viceprinci pal of gcvi came noticeably to the front in his vacation experien ces in vermont early this month in company with mrs laird v their daughter catherine th lat ter bears a historic laird family christian name this being met al most as frequently in the annals of the family as peter mac had the privilege of going through extensive records in the registry office at ifontpeller vermont where hit grandfather peter laird was bora to 1807 v he was a bunding contractor there and for a time had been asso ciated with his father who had migrated from auehtererder perthshire scotland settling at portland maine where he became shipbuilder a branch of the laird family were united kmplre loyalists who settled near norval where macs tather was born in 1857 thus from ihe 1807 birth of his grandfather to the present time three genera- ttons have covered a period of 143 years which it to unusual that an official at the montpeller registry office wondered whether one gen- oration had not been missed in the family annals an explanatory piece of evidence is the tact that peter laird was so years of age when his son mac lairds father was born the macnabbs the norval lairds were close associates of macnabbs who were pioneers of the community in the war of 1812 james mcnabb was ueutenantcolonel with the york banjers in the battle of queenston heights for years following the coming of the macnabbs from vermont the village now norval was macnabb- yille the macnabbs had a large beep run on the surrounding heights which they called the grampian hills in 1840 it was at the suggestion of alex mcnabb last of the tarn uy that the name of the village was changed to norval the names grampian and norval each the georgeldwtt herald wedrjmcuy ttpl 134 1ff n sal kv 4 32 jtep miss wjs mm n nb otok cars 1 sgs m v x j 163 chevrolet oldsmobile f chevrolet trucks chevrolet -trucks- ch evr olet trucks arthur scott motors ltd telephone 161 queen and guelph street appeared in john homes book cal led douglas as evidenced by this poetical excerpt my name is norval on the gram- plan hills my father feeds his flocks a frugal swain whose constant cares were to increase hit store and keep his only son myself at home an 1u7 rebellion incident t macs father was a stout old re former end he used to tell of excit ing times in the days of the 37 rebellion including the time when william lyon mackenzie was chas ed by x kings men attar the montgomery tavern debacle his course of escape including a peel furnace work and eayestroughing good wwkraanahip untuonaisu pgiew don houston aaa phone 547w liaaaaaaaaabaaaaaaabaaaabkaaairbaaaaabaait county hotel where he was actual ly cornered but macs father with some others took him upstairs and from a designated point on the ver andah which surrounded the whole house mackenzie jumped to a waiting horse so making his es cape this years vacation journeying of the guelph lairds included vis- its to several of the new york state lakes including lake placid at a historical point near which lies john browns body still moul dering in the grave newspapermen visit patawawa army camp continued from page 8 chutes are green in colour for ei ler identification without delay the men began to advance on their objective in leapfrog formations some groups maintaining a covering of fire from the brant and rlfl while other moved forward at a fast dip within a matter of min utes they had cov a mile of ter ritory and were forming ranks be hind our observation post they are as keen and tit a grodp of man aa one could wish to see after the paratroops had cleared the field the demonstration of wea pons commenced first rifles and maertlns guns laying down tb fields of fire which- would be required to hold any given position then the two inch and 34 inch mortars plat antl tank guns 8 lb antitank can non 25 pound field artillery tiring from two and a half miles away rapid fire bofors antiaircraft wea pons used for infantry support on ground targets in this case and the medium 55 inch artillery in the midst of the operation three flame throwers sped into the foreground and spat out their deadly jets of livid tire the flames shot forward 12s yards and then roared upward in a boiling mass the smoke cloud they created tow erlng upwards to a thousand feet the whole effect of the throwers la much like the pictures you have seen of an atomic explosion though of course in smaller scale with all weapons in action the field be fore was aolldly covered by a veil of death tracer ammunition out lined the course of each weapons coverage and made the sight breath takingly spectacular throughout the demonstration light auster aircraft flown by what is termed an air observation post pilot circled and turned above the area reporting targets and results of fire to the gunners who were out of sight of the battle seen nave you renewed your subscription yet herald kinderaartjen of the air the cbcs dauy program for chil dren between the ages of two and six is responsible for the smiles dis played above by mrs dorothy adair and her pupils of glvens street public school in toronto atonragh ren who huddle around tit to hear songs and stories by datv othy jane gouldlng and ruth son the program is also with the youngest groups the- program start ha fourth season of broadoaatlsa9ga designed for the preschool child- ber 8th on station of trantcailfda georgetown fair this saturday