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rra u w- r terfacotfamanj 96 n in early west thomas ilansfield who lives with his soninlaw and daugh ter mr and mrs william doole at terra cotta has a tremen dous store of knowledge about early days in the canadian west this one of two partsof his story as it appeared recently in the brampton times and con servator where mr doole is publisher sed a grand slice of canadian cr she applied for a f the grand champion bull s the oioroetown herald history he was born in druniraond township carlcton county his parents james mansfield and caroline dickson farmed for a time near perth when tom was ent school for the next term the petite hiss oliver was born in 1878 in ingersoll ont and lived during her girlhood in portage la prairie man the junior champion glenaf ton i w jlfc jbocket future shown johrtly by t oct- mofrtt jctaude f picket and james w page 16 carney georgetown the resaf- ve grand championship went to the senior champion rom- heifer- first junior yearling hci- halton county hobteln bree- well was reserve senior and tolmtu p 8irt perman- ders hd a decreas in numb- reserve grind champion jiwate first pruebu 8roup thornlm xta su the senior yearling hoife cau marquis appello t h mcgee nerval had miunn 5 cob j jumor a a tall sharp dairy calf who was the winningheifer calc artoi mm 5jirf upvene jani0r ch howard tanwel the first prize nellie pfmej howard tanwell at the recent nr0 nf h pair from last crsat their black and white show held sept 27 at righteen exhibitors brought out plumbroke 76 head compared to 28 exhl- shown by h c reid standing ibitors and 106 head in 1968 first as junior champion the canadan nattonal exhibition progeny of dam a romandale honey maple c m bottema of bridge- reserve was besview mark sue claude picket had the win- years grand champion maplej 10 his father and he set out a- west to quell the louis riel re- 1 irntimvii w zt v t t lb i ana unampion mapje- head of the family to drive the belhon and remembered the k by stewart horn nn th p dor perseus maisy won the inter- herd to a new farm home on the indian scare at winnipeg uter jfsjf by ridcau river at manotick it j when her parents crossed the show and both the rxllml year old heifer first 3 year old breed best udder class mtlntitf of olstinctiofj statkmknts letterheads envelopes wedding invitations georgetown heraldl 22 main slnrt south georyatown 773201 took three days on foot for a plains to settle at nelson- bc i lad it was a long journey and j she remained in manitoba teach thomas drumuiund mans- n the last night he clung slee- j ing oh the suggestion of a field 96 on september 23rd jpily to a cows tail to help friend she went to pincher recalls sir john a macdonald s guide him through the dark creek as a fillin teacher j election posters flanked by on- the farm meadowbank re- miss oliver lived with two ion jacks with the rallying slo- maincd in the family untiltfmr other school inarms- their gan get behind the old man mansfields younger brother residence had always been a po the old flag lee sold it to real estate rte- pular call for homesteaders out mr mansfield whose fore- velopors a few years ago with their buggies to round up bears the mansfields and the the beautiful old stone farm- the neighbor girls for a dance dicfcsons floated squared pine house still stands and to can j one homesteader tom mans- timbers down the ottawa river remember sundays of long ago field enjoyed dancing so much to montreal in the days before j when his fastidious mother in- that not even floods could keep j r booth and the bronson fa- sisted on highly polished harn- him away and on one occasion mily in the heyday of ottawas ess and carriage for the trips to he had to cling to the saddle lumbering years has witnesj church lorsand rinijsidc were well plea- jsed with his fast efficient work they appreciated his helpful i comments on the classes for the- first time clajjde picket georgetown was pipnr i ier exhibitor and h c rpid milton premier breeder althis show h c reid and howard tarzwell georgetown tied for second place as premier exhib itor and gordon sinclair sons burlington second for i premier breeder the first prize aged cow oak ridges texal peg shown by while bis hors pulled him acjclaude picket was senior and ross a ramoagins stream he be i grand champion she has won gan to call regularly on miss manv snows jn u past few years the first prize four year oliver and the two were mar ried in nelson in dec 1913 to be continued i old cow romandale sylvia hon- tey bea shown by howard tarz- half on first to experiment with schooling y earround the first experiment with it will he the first attempt at year round schooling will take introducing the trimester sys place in halton county when the new lord elgin high school is opened in burlington in september 1970 halton school trustees last week accepted a report which outlined a program of schooling on a 12 month basis at lord elgin construction on the school i has started but has been delayed by strikes the trimester system pro posed by wayne burns princi paldesignate of the new lord elgin school in burlington div ided the year into sessions from september to january from to june and a third for july and augut rjanuary division tem in halton schools and one of the first such experiments to be carried out at the secondary school level in ontario the plan will allow students to com- plete four years in three or in i three years plus one semester the student could then pro ceed uith grade 13 start work or try to get early admittance to university we want the third semester in july and aug ust to remain flexible students could pick up one subject such as home economics shop thei aire arts or physical education in a month by taking it all day during the thirtl semester burns said jp tar wash successful event for ventures thomas drummond mansfield caroline dickson mansfield one of tne first ottawa valley women to graduate from col lege met her husbandtobe as the result of a friendship be- t vn the bride and grooms fa thcrs en logging jaunts tr mon treal tne wedding gown was a work of art and ft may be sn today on permanent dis clay modelled by mankind at upper canada village tom took hie short course at cuhph agricultural colkgr and then in 1902 headed for the far urst to exploit thn muchtalked aliout opportuni ties of the frontier j by coloniit coach he and a riend irn dorr who now lives in krlowna tra fourth tcorgrlon venturer company held therr first car wash saturday a very success ful project at delrex sunoco station at the corner of cuelph st and sinclair avenue jim rea lorn smarda brine succee mike warman bob hamilton ont morden had lyons jim colter and rick sold his cattle the previous grue washed 58 cars between year but when the fall round 10 am and four pm up came in three head with his venturers are boy scouts be tween the ages of 14 and 17 brand were spotted and he sent tom and another cowboy down to cut them out critic grazed the open range in the summer and the big ranchers sent a man each to the fall round up the big cat tie drives ere over then and mi mansfield recalls that only 30o head ere brought up in 1902 in the winter the cattle turned out selves and too hard they generally surviv ed some ranchers put nut hay for their cattle and if the in veiled in a colonist coach where tcr wasnt too hard they gener years dan crawford is their advisor venturing helps a boy make full use of community res ources reach for maturity thro activities as being at adult le vel participate in a variety of cultural and social activities have fun and coed activities venturers gain recognition through adult skills driving li to rustle for them- cnses ham radio licenses hun- if the winter wasnt er safety awards etc were hallon kduratinn director james singleton said as7far as i know this will be the first time it has been tried in ont arm although there arc experi nients in all kinds of semester ing throughout canada winners announced in 4h club contests i halton 4h fitld crop club corn 1st john nurse 2nd ken austin 3rd joe anderson 4th philip agnew 5th john alderson the above mentioned 4h members are eligible to exhibit their corn samples at erin fair halton 4h shmp club showmanship 1st keith ait ken 2nd david mckinnon 3rd doug gardhouse breeding ewe class 1st jan et hunter 2nd doug gardhouse 3rd keith aitken market lamb class 1st dav id mckinnon 2nd keith mc kinnon 3rd susan currie canada savings bonds can make good things happen to you now and in the future million of canadians know this last year they bought more than three billion dollars worth their reasons for buying simple canada savings bonds are easy to buy for cash or on instalments where you work bank or invest canada savings bonds are cold hard cash instantly they can be redeemed anytime art their full face value plus earned interest they are safe backed by all the resources of canada a very spmml security and this year canada savings bonds give you the best return ever i new canada savings bonds now yield an average of 800 a year when held to maturity each 100 bond begins with 700 interest for the first year pays 800 interest for each of the next two years and then pays 9825 interest for each of the last six years on top of this you can earn interest on your interest double your money in nine years i buy yours today and make good things happen to you i they bedded down and cooked their meals on a boxstove at the back nf the car tom mansfield remembers the deep buffalo grass of the unbroken prairie the fall cattle roundups and working as a logger in the winter for a sum mer grubstake he met the first white woman horn in the pincher creek area of alberta a few miles north of montana almost in the shadows of the rockies he voted for alherti to enter confederation in 1905 he and dore hnmestcaded adjacent quarter sections of lnd and each purchased an extra quartersection to add tn his government grant the nea rest town pincher reek was 12 miles away dorc a carpenter built a house near the adjoining pro- erty line later mansfield bought his half section beconi ing the owner of a square mile it took a six horse tram har nessed in a sulky plow to break the prairie sod cow town pinrhej- creek until the rom homesteaders had town in the fall or 1902 mr mansfield was working for a cattleman named morden the vorden family had coverwagoned to alhcrta ronv pinrhej- cr ing of tiy been a t ally survived some ranchers put out hay for their cattle oth ers like kettles the store keeper at pincher creek kept a cowpoke riding among their herds tn rut out and bring in any that were getting thin at that time the cattle buy erscame out to huv and the cattle were loaded into rail cars at brocket siding six miles from the mansfield homestead which was called halifax ranch later rattle auctions at pinch er creek became the establish- cl way of doing business barbed wire ranching was driven hack into rough country as more homesteaders arrived to string barbed wire around their quar ter section grants to protect their grain crops from straying herds the spring nf 1903 when mansfield and a plasterer were finishing a house for dore six miles from frank they heard and felt a loud rumble which they identified as thunder two days later when ihcy finished the job and rode back lo pinch er creek i bey learned the rumble had been the famous frank slide which buried the entire community when kdna oliver come to pincher creek as a fillin leach- draper dome co ltd members the toronto stock exchange stock and bond brokers your naarait branch offic queen square building brampton phona brampton or malton arid toronto 4s9532j 1 1 677 3757 wi daal in bonds all ytar avary yaar and with canada savings bonds r specialists application dtlivarad lo your horn or uilnaas david r chppl wm e baahy during month of october buy a 1970 chev or oldsmobile chevelle chevy ii camaro epic or chevrolet truck and you could win a 3day holiday for 2 in either 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