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_________________________________________________________ AIFJ.ZL A E I.J B rWEAwwTT .T.WWTW n 1 I~ew Tyrone Miii ProDrietor Realizes His Life's Ambitions Engineer and Operator of Midi Any one of you who have talked with John Thornbeck, the new owner of the more than century old miii at Tyrone, know that he is keenly interested inl pioneer history. And with good reason. The Thornbeck family was in the Scarborough area as early as 1828. A receipt dated 1828 for some dry goods purchased is among the family papers. It was printed by "Mackenzie the Printer" who led the Rebellion of 1837 at York. These great-grandparents of John Thornbeck came from Westmoreland County, England. were horse lot-ers and contin- ued to drive a horse instead of a motor car until 1930. In 1922, the horse John Thornbeck Sr. was driving on a democrat at Highland Creek became friglht- ened and boited. He was thrown out and, died from concussion., Job On Lakes When John Thornbeek Jr. was old enough to earn his liv- ing, there was litie work to be had. These were the depression days of the '30's. He managed ~la d .100mas a ue- . an o The present Thornbeck farm carniages, wagons and sleighs. poassenger and freight boats or wbich was expnopriated recent- In one end of the building wa ly for a housing development a bake oven and this is thouglat to have been the cause of fire was in the same district as the which burncd it down about first farm. The hundIred acre 1880. tract was purchascd* by Mr. The log cabin in which the! Thonnbeck's grandfathcr in 1841 familv lived in eanly days was 1 from part of the Clergy Re- stili i existence when John î serves. '"I am told this land was Thornbeck was a lad and he lisually soid in 50 acre lots per wouid have iiked to preserve! persan. but my grandfather gat the old building, for even as a! twýo', Mr. Thornbeck relates. vouth he had a feeling for the WagonShophistoric. However, the cabin Wagn Sopwas tomn down before he wa-, Hcre the grandfather set up 1 old enough ta have much to say shop in a log building, making' in the matter. Log Cabin 100 acres, sold off ail but 21/2 Th1950 ta satisfy the longing acres. oar a pioneeer cabin, he pur- Folding Rocker fhased one on a nearby fanm Here Mr. Thornbeck's. father uýilt in 1830, about the same turned his hand b ail sorts ofý i me as bhe Tbornbeck cabin. woodworking, including neck I -1.e had it moved and set up on yokes and wagon tongues. H1e .:,s own pnoperty. The pine logs bad an inventive mmnd, how-DrvsLcmte ere in perfect condition and ever, and apart from the everyDrvsLcmte ' uti-ful dovetailed. After day necessities, he let his ima- After he lefb the boats, Mn. ,Je>rnizing the interior some- gination noamn. About 1895 he Thornbeck got a job in Septein- Nliîat, \he iived there himseif for had pabented a folding rockîngr ber, 1941 in the shops of the year then rpnted it. chair which was a most ingen- Canadian Pacific Railways 'n Gain' back ta the fam.ily saga, ious invention and very mod- Toronto whene he worked to Ln 185! thene was a terrible ern for the times. He couldn't April, 1942. Then he becamne epidem k of cholera and Mr. compete with furnibure factor- a fireman on'the big engines, Thornbe- 's grandfather and ies in manufacturing it, and travelling all over Ontario. Fi- wo of the sons died within a sold the patent finally ta a nally, in the summer of 19-49, veek. Mr. Thornbeck's fathen, furniture company in Guclph. he achieved Ambition Number als Ton was left to carry on, This chair was displayed at the Onc--he became an engineer. but wven he was 19 he became Canadian National Exhibition. H1e had to pass examinations amt tt rough an accident, and Mr. Thornbeck has a perfect on the rules of the road as weli not h'ýirJ.-{ able to manage the] scale model made by his father. as be thoroughly versed in the mechanical complexities of an "» ' 'engine and everything connect- 's ed wîth a train. About 19,53 a new uniform code of ruIes came out for aIl railway com-n panies, and the oid-birners like Mr. Thornbeck had to iearn al over again. He is picbured here with one of the engines he druve. As a 'New Type Windmill. The ilost interesting inven- tion oi Mr. Thornbeck Sr. xas perhaps a tyýpe of windmill Nvhiicli had variable pitch biades, similar to that of an airpiane propelier. An engineer who ex- aminied it a fe\v years ago said that its inventor had been 50) years ahead of his time. MNr. Thornbeck Sr. made al his own patterns for the 1jrts and had themn cast at 3»,rk- haîn. The windmnill was set up - w.cl worked beautifully, per- forming the task of customn rA FENS E---4ouâ'Y MÎL »1&8hNGE »0 w a BUYS Mill In file spring of 1957. the gri îdîng an 1ihe Thornbeck. Thai nbecks drove by the Tv- farm. Teue veul is 24 feed in none milI. Thev inqiiired the diameter and the windwill still particiîlars from Harve 'v Part- stands on the praperb.y-until lier, a former owner who bad il fails prey ta the devastabion sold ilta oMr. R. Bell of Ta. of the bulldozers which xiii nanto. In Ma, Mm. Thornheck eventualY take aver this ',on- Iefb the ailwav and moved on setled area with its pioneer ta bis second ambition. H1e homes. Fortunatel 'v, John Thorn- bought TYrone milin lu Jnc, beck Jr. bas a scale model af 1957. thc miii, about five feet bigh, Al bhe rnachinerv had been made by his fabher. Ib is coin- , noved and il took hlmi monthF plebe in cvery detail and is scbetat install new mnachinery and Up in the Tynone mili. get thie millî reacîv ta go again. Tragcdy again laid ils mark H e had expectcd ta have the on the Thomnbeck family. They heip of an old ime miller, Martin Maxwell of Scarborougb whose father hefore bîm had nan a iiii there. ShorlIx' afler bie moved to T vrone with the Thornbecks, hE 'vas inlured in X Ia motor accident and lias ual X 1 been able ta get back ta work _________________Gains Helper This was quite a blow for Mr. Thonnbeck, but lie was forban- 3' -,582 abe ena ugli ta gel Don Ellis of Bowmanville who had been with the Cream of Bariey Mill- bere and milis around Casblc- ton.' He came ta instail the cie- if TA X I vtr nteTrn il n dug Srie last for the officiai opening and is now running along with a E»8 INBRED good trade. Mn. Thornbcck plans ta pub in' machinrery for woodworking and pianing afler Nowmauwfll. a while. In the meantime be and his ---------wife, son John. 15. and daugh- iter Grace, 9, are happy in Ty- the Great Lakes and was! wheelsman on an Imperial Oul tanker. He traveiled from Forti William to Halifax, and it was a raugh life. "But at every port were lines of jobless men, and I was thankful to have work," Mr. Thornbeck recalîs. He had aiways had two am_- bitions and it looked for a while as if he would neyer realize them. Now, however, they have both come true. One was to be an engineer on a lo- comotive, the other was to own a water powered mil. fireman be often went through B owmanville on bbc C.P.R.' midnigbb passenger train to Montreal. He lite tbought then that he would some day make bis home a few miles norbh of bbis town. The hankering of 35 years to run a waber powered miii stili remained, and on wcckcnds be and bis famiiy wouId drive, looking for a mill for sale that suibed him. "We must have dniven 4,000 miles after 1 be- gan looking in carncsb, about 1953. If was then that negotia- fions for aur land in Scarbor- .ugh were started and I felt if we had ta mave, I wanted ta mnove right away somewhere and buy a miii." The land deal hung fire until 1957, stnenuous obJections ta expropriation belI inga made by many of bbc own- ers.1 ron e, running tbe aid Mill bujît in 1847 by James McFebers who hecarne the first mayor of Bowmanville. HAMPTON rI v. J 1l .UULa Major operations i Minor operations - --- 201 We are glad to learn that Emergency treatments ---- il Mrs. Pearl Neals is making sa- tisfactory progress sirâce hcr Visibing hours 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. return from hospital. She is and 7 bo 8:30 p.m. now staying with her son Ber- niard. Mrs. Grace Burke is home again after spending ia month S r e in a rest home at Glenarm. s p d Miss Estella Penwardcn bas A I rented a home owncd by Mr. Afr\(Jjfl Norton Chambers of Torontoor y and bas moved into our village. Onoftecicsmlvld Mr. W. Fritz, student minis- Ont o the ealgribcimetvle ter, delivered a fine sermon ,eat o felacrnet at- Sunday morning. He was vefy c n fofc abJn a pleased with the choir wh .ol thal, ta a considerable degree, rendered gr'eab assistance in the 1 at least anc of ils iministers had Servie of ong.i apprapriated for bîmseif aulh- I recently bad correspond- oiyta ylwrsswt ence from friends enjoying the Board of Transport Com- warmer climabes. Mr. Elgin missioners. Ib appears that' the Budd writes that he is enjay- aecrbcsmcudebought ing a holiday in Phoenix, Ariz- agimnt.tepeetfdrlgv ona. Another former resident, enet Mr. Don Strathdee of Toronto, Ini onc of hlis early campaign is in Cleanwater, Florida. speeches Prime Minister Die- This village will be welcom- fenhaker bas stabed that bis ing back Mr. and Mrs. Aif Mit- Cabinet will not permit tbe 3.6 chell and daughters of Ajax in pcr cent increase in railway the near future. freighb rates recommended by Messrs. Bernard Neals, Clif f the Transport Board, "The in- Curtis, Cliff Fallis and Lloyd crease could not be justifiably Brown, motorcd to Peterboro brongbt imb existence because Wednesday nighbt and atbended of the national situation," he is the wrcstling match. The >v en- quated as having told an elec- joycd bbc very fine card of lion meeting in Saskatoon. wrestling and report a real To a good many Canadians 1 good evening's fun. lb may seemn that, even in an Mr. and Mns. Ray Waite, Ca- electian year, the national in- bourg, Mr. and Mrs. William terest is not being weil served Seymour and famîly, Picker- by an execuitive ruling that ar- ing Beach, and Mr. and Mrs. bilrarily reverses a decision Ed Kozma and family, Woýst taken bv the Transport Board Hill, were Sunday visitons witb only afber searcbing investiga- Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Payne. Ition into a compiex and signîfi- There just have to be more sehoo'ls Right now, over 3 million chiidren are registered at element.ar and secondary schooisi Canada. During the next 10 yearu enroilment wiil grow to at least 4 million. Accordingly, many new sehools will have to be buit. The financing of new schools is undertaken by school boards and municipalities with Provincial Goverrnment assistance, and they usually issue debentures in order to spread the cout over a period of years. Life Insurance Companies have supplied a large part of these funds and today they hold 25% of ail outstanding muni- cipal bonds in Canada. Thus, part of the money paid by you in Life Insurance premiums may return ta your comniunity to help build schools for your children. Such investments contribute ta Canada's growth and pro. gress, important ta everyone THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA L-MS7 B I, BOLD B .AITI TJL*0*anicllowv-pric e ci., Youre looking aI another delighted Dodge famiy .. . this iine beaming over their stunning new Mayfair 4-door sedan Feature lor feature..,.you get (Inlended for last wcek) Mr.and Mrs. Lloyd Krsey, more f'or your money. 98iUl, Toronto; Miss Grace Kersey, 1 5 fffÀ Oshawa, ere bbc ha hine of Kersey an Sunday. Nowhere in Canada la there 80 teaches the raughest roads new in at your nearcst Dodge dealcr'a Mrs. Gardon Martin and muoh car on one $et of Smooth- riding manners. today? You'1l soon discover why cbildren, Richmond Hill, witb rldlng wheeIs for such a modest, Nodutauti!Tsbgol dy'garuosDdehs Mm arnM. and Mrs. B Ranonad mTae a oo ng look at whatE and beautiful new Dodge puts 'cem ail looking twice ... ifrst at Mr. nd Ms. F Braton nd Tke agoodlonglookat w a utstanding new meaningin "More the car ... then at its low price! daughter, Kingston: Miss Helen today 's Dodge pnice can park in for you.r moncy". So why not drop CHRYSIER CORPORATION 0F CANADA, LIMITE@ jBurrows and girl friend, Toron- your dniveway! A low, wide and to, were Sanida.,, visitors wibhliîandsome beauty, styled ta make Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Burrows. Dodge the talk of the fown. And l\'r. and Mrs. G. Adcock vis- advanced features that other QAIYWRMNHP..FO BACKBONE ited Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison, low-priced cars cant offer y'0u. QUALITV-CAR BUY 0F THE YEAR! Porý Perry an Saturday.U Mm. and Mrs. Martin Devibt, Plush-hutton fuily automnatie Fmom the moment your rugged new Dodge chasai Q AL Fenelon Falls, visited Mr. and tasiso o n hc is mounted on wheels till your finished car rols off otehgs taar t Mrs. A. W. Prescotb. puts sprightly new V-8 or newly the assembiy line, each quaiity-constructed comn- automotive craftemanship Misses Ruth and Marie Fres- improvcd "Big Six" power at the panent is caieefuIly checked for workmanship. 'l'ie cott attended the Rotary Club command of your finger tip. '58 attention fa details means your car is worth more« pla.v on Friday evening and on Torsion-AIRE Ride is another! when you buy it-more wben you trade it. Saburday afternoon atended htshe odexcuiett ~TeBroken Jug" at the ThtRoheydg ecusv ja ai Alexander Theatre", Toron- ta. A namber of others from YOU'RE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD IN CARS 0F THE FORWARD LOOK here aiso attended bbc Rotary, Club plav.S utm a Sypa'ý i xtndd o rýSutmedService Centre Newtonville Garag Bannes in bbc sudden passing lof their father, Mr. Victar .Far- row of Starkvillc. Ha pto Newtonville to Mrs. Harold Quarry in the death of hem moîher. Mrs. M SIE CLIMAX-SH.OWER OF STARS EVERY TrHuRSoDAy NIGHT ON TrV-CHZCK YOUR LOCAL PROGRAMME LISTINGS FOR TIME AND CHANNjý.mM Muilen. She had many friencia Il 'j, 4..,. ~L-. -~ "luL PhonE STEV t, i i t~. here who regret here passing. Friends will be glad to know that Miss Marilyn Farrow who bas had an attack of pneu- monia is now improving after three weeks' illness. The home baking sale and atternoon tea held on Friday was quite successful. The Bible Society meeting held in the Sunday School room on Sunday night was faîrly well attended, and was in charge of the president, Rev. F. J. Reed who conducted a short worship period after which Rev. C. R. Rudd of To- ronto, gave a very informative taik on the great work this So- ciety is doing in translating the Bible into the many different languages and dialects. H1e spoke of the distribution in vanious countries, the airn be- ing the Bible for every man in his own tangue. He presented the sound film "The Bniar and the Myrtle". This was only the second time it had been shown in Canada, it being an Australian produc- tion. He was assisted by Mrs. Rudd. He stressed the fact that t .ogh .hee have heen manv setbacks and difficulties the work is growing. OBITUARY MRS. JOSEPH R. RUDDEL The death occurred at Me- morial Hospital, Bowmanville, February 16, of Emily M. S. Shafn after a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late Joseph R. Ruddell, iormerly of Leskard. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shain, she was born at Erindale 84 years ago. Shed is survived by two sons, Charles. Oshawa, and William, Bowmanvilie, and one daughter, Mrs. E. Shantz (Clara), Tyrone; also two grandchiidren and four great-grandchiidren. The service côhducted by Rev. M. C. Fisher of Newcastle, was held at the Lang Memorial Chapel, Feb. 18th with tempor- ary interment in the Lang Vault. Memorial Hospital Weekly Report For the week of March 3 - Admissions ----- ----. ---_ 58 Births-5 maie, 3 female- 8. qwr reAmAlNtàle ý TH1J1RDA, MM.I 3t,-1958-- cant economic question. ies. international bridges ,agd Ra;iwa-- charges have been tunnels. inand shipping and. subject tb overnment super- laty, pipelines.1 No doubt there are legitimate ivision since 1888,, whien they points of criticismn of the Trans- were put under control of a port Board's powers a.nd activi- railway committee of the Privy tics. But the Board exista. lIn Councl. In 1903 the aut.horit-y the national interest it bas beers to eguate intr-povicia assigned certain specific func- railway wvas transferred 10: tions and certain specifie au- transport commission control. thorities. For the Prime ?,inis- Over the years the scope of the ter casuaiiy to over-rule a regulation has been broadencd Board recommendation puts la ta include almost ail aspects3 question not only the judgment . of the railway industry's activi-i and integnity of e Board'& ties, including corporate organ-i members but also 4âL entire ization, the location and build- structure by whîchl .,.wren ing of rail lines and the opera-. ment oversees itt', tiois tion of trains. In addition thle and communications. Board's powers have been ex-_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ tended ta the regulation of ex- press companies, teiegraph Only a heart without a stala companies, telephone compan- knows perfect ease.--Goethe..