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BIGGEST FAMILY GATHERING EVER HELD IN KINGSVILLE RELATIVES FROM FAR AND NEAR MONUMENT (*Kingsville Reporter") KWINGSViLLE, Ont., Thurs. Aug 5.-- Friday and Saturday last wwere red- letter days in the history of Kingsville; many hundreds of the Wigle's and their descendants, who helped to make the town what it is today--one of the best and cleanest towns in the province, took the town by storm and spent twe days in a very happy re-union. Early last spring arrangements were gotten under way for the big event, and from the replies received from in- {erested relatives the success of the proposition was at once assured. In- vitations were sent to those at a dist- ance whose names and addresses the 'ommittee were able to ecure and the gathering, given tht publicity in the lccal press throughout the country. The result was most gratifying to the com- mittee, as wel! as to the hundreds of relatives who were enabled to meet and exchange greetings with one another. It was fifty-four years since the last family re-union was held in the sugar bush of thé late Theadore Wigle, Sec- tion Road. (nly about 25 of the Wigle descendants out of the 700 thenpserent are still living, so far as is known. Of this number some eighteen were pres- ent at this re-union, and among these were ex-maycr Darlus Wigle, and Mrs Loraine North of Marshall, Mich., who was before her marriage Miss Loraine Wigle. At the time Darius was 20 years of age and iMss Wigle 18 years and they then sang a very pleasing Pearl God. MeCormick. interspersed throughout. JOIN HANDS ONCE MORE registered were: IS UNVEILED Mr and Mrs O. Latam, Regina, mr is could be justly proud. Col. E. S. V been arranged. of the occasion was the tracing of the great family record when the lineage Ij. Shirley, was established. Toledo, Ohio; Mrs Setterington, formerly Mrs Me- Mich; ters. Mr F. Hall. events as they transpired at the cemet- and large cabinet size, and may be had |latives. the smaller at 10c. larger at $1.00. monument itself, one branches of the family. ing, Mr Alfred Wigle, Windsor; Vocal Community singing was fore unveiling and one after; one of the |led the procession, carrying in front » ; of the entire |large banner, and the Union Jack. The cemetery and one of the eleven girls | party proceeded by front road to the who represented the eleven original|town line east, where it was joined by Parties wish- [the Leamington and Mersea contingent ""artwick, Toronto; Read self in this country, we publish the con- tents of a legal document now in the Solo, Mr Milford Wigle; Reading, Mrs [possession of Mrs Nelson Wigle, Essex. | Mildred Godwin Currie; Vocal Solo, Mr {lt seems that in October, 1772, John Earl B. Wigle; Vocal Duet, Mrs Pearl | Wendel, then a lad of 15 years, becom- Godwin Hartwick, an Mrs Eva Godwin |11& tired of his hum-drum life at home | he decided to strike out for the neww: world, so he hired himself down ot the Among those from a distance wwho}cocks at Rotterdam, quietly, stole a- S. J. Wigle, Spokane, j board the boat and secreted himself, Wash.; R. A. Purvis, Portalnd, Ore.; B. Emerson and family, Houston, Tex.; Sask.; thus becoming a "stowaway." He was not discovered until the boat was well out to sea, and when found there was : Miss Lenora McQueen, Saskatoon, Sask |frouble a-plenty for him. The captain ly in its entirety had a record of which [Mr and Mrs W. S. Moore, Hannibal, i Mo.; Mr and Mrs W. J. Sandison, Bell- § del igle, of Windsor, and ex- |ingham, Wash.; Mrs Mary Bray, Kal-{have to become indentured to him for mayor Darius Wigle, also spoke referr- |amazoo, Mich.; Mr and Mrs H. Calend- three years and six months, and young ing to the excelient record of the Wigle |ar, Ottawa; Mrs Mary A. Thornton, ) family, the influence it had in South |Tottenham, Ont; Mr Milford Wigle, Ilis lot, under those circumstances was Essex and touched upon the Nistory of |Fellsmere, Florida; Mr Chas. Percy, somewhat hard, but he completed his those in whose honor the program hac |Cleaveland, Ohio; Mr and Mrs Charles term and finally reached the land of A prominent feature |Maywood, Albion, Mich.; Mr Eli Wigle. the free. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mr and Mrs O. Mrs P. In this connection |Gauthier and son, Lansing, Mich.; Mr we understand that one of the relatives |and Mrs Gordon McKenney, Watervelit Dr J. McQueen, Waterveliet, Kenny, an artist of some note, is pre- Mich.; Mrs Allen Lake, Troy, Mich.; paring an alegorical painting symbolie Mrs Philip Wright, Freeland Mich.: oi the origin and growth of the Wigle | Anna H. Wigle, London; Mr and Mrs famly, which when completed will be|Fdwin Wigle, Windsor, Col.; Mr and presented to Memorial Hall, Kingsville | Mrs H. McCormick and family, Hamil- as her tribute to the name of her ances- | ton, Ont.; Mrs Currie and children, Lin- Several photographes of the |dsay, Ont.; My and Mrs McLaughlan, various stages of the unveiling have|St. Thomas, Ont.; Mrs P. Hartwick heen taken by our town photo-artist,| Toronto; Mrs Samuel Wigle and family We have seen the sei|Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Chas R. Wigle & and they will make excellent souvenirs | family, Niagara Falls, N.Y., besides a for any or all who wish to keep a|great number from Detroit, Windsor. .angible record in picture form of the Walkerville and surrounding towns. On Saturday, July 30th, the forenoon ery. The pictures are made in post card | was spent by the visitors among re- At 1.30 the cars began to line a piece, and the |up until these was a string nearly a The subjects are one [mile in length, headed for leamington. of the gathering and monument be- | Mr E. P. Wigle, son of Mr E. J. Wigle of the boat decideed that in order to pay for his passage. Wendel would Wigle had to submit to the inevitable. The indenture is as follows: John Windle Wigle in consideration of twenty-five pounds, fourteen shil- lings paid for his passage from Rot terdam by Mathias Hollerpeter, as also for either good cause, he, the said Johnna Windle Wiegle bath bound and put himself and by these presents, doth bind and put himself servant to the said Mathias Holler- peter to serve him, his executors and assigns from the day of the date hereof for and duirng the full term of three years, six months, from thence next ensuing. During all which term the said servant, his master, his executor or assigns, faith fully shall serve, and that honestyl and obediently in all things, as a good and dutiful servant ought to do, AND the said master, his ex- term shall find and provide for the said servant, sufficient meat, drink apparel, washing and lodging at the time expiration of his term to give him two complete suits of apparel, one whereof to be new, and for true THIS INDENTURE witnesseth that. ccutors, and assigns, during the said' duet. hall Mrs North, who by reason of con At the con cert held in the tow |ing these should enclose the price of any single photo or the full set and tinuous exercise of her excellent voice, |send to Mr Hall, Kingsville. rendered three numbers, the last onc Relatives from Halifax, California, heing the ola but ever enjoyable ballad | Colorado, Fiorida, Vancouver, tOtawa, --"Home Sweet Home." This she|the Northwest Provinces, and from headed by the Leamington band. The entire party then proceeded to Leam- ington where the procession passed ur and down several streets, then on to Seacliff parl,, where all enjoyed enter- tainment throughout the afternoon. In performance hereof, both the said parties bind themselves firmly unto each other by these presents. IN WITNESS WHEREOQF they have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals. Dated the twenty- sang softly and with considerable feel- ing, and at its conclusion there were tears in many eyes, that a few mom- ents before had: been sparkling with mirth. Mrs North was the daughter of the late Peter Wigle and June Bert- rand Wigle. = Mrs John Turk of this town is a sister of Mrs North, as was also the late Mrs Owen Harris. The family home was the house occupied by Mrs Jas Thomas, Main Street East. Mr Wigle also built the brick residence on Division Street South, owned and occupied by Mrs Thos Clark. Mrs North and Mrs Turk are the only sur- viving members of the family of seven children. it was a disappointment to many that ex-mayor Darius Wigle did not join with Mrs North in a duet at the concert and much regret was ex- pressed that Mrs North was unable, owing to illness to sing a duet with Mrs Huldah Hurt, at the evening service at the United Church. The latter lady who was Miss Huldah 'Wigle before her marriage some years ago has also passed her 70th year, and still retains an excellent alto voice, as she says, by constant use. On Friday morning the relatives be- gan to arrive, thoe from a distance, by train, and those nearer home in autos, until near tke moon hour the streets were thronged. A line was formed on Division Street with head at United Church. The band was in advance of the procession which was led by Mr L. KE. Wigle, son of Mr E. J. Wigle, third Concession. The long procession mov- ed slowly up Mill Street to Greenhill Cemetery Annex for the unveiling of the beautiful monument erected to the memory of John Wendel Wigle and his wife, Jonna Romerin, grandparents of the several large families of the name. John Weindel and his wife were buried in the old cemetery at Albertville, near the lake bank, together with quite a number of their descendants. The land was sold some time ago, and the re- niains were all taken and re-interred in Greenhill Cemetery in two rows. The monurnient was unveiled by Mr Thos Wigle, Gosfield South, and Mr Lewis Wigle, Leamington. The two oldest descendants on the grounds, the former being 93 years of age last April and the latter 81 years of age. Rev. Eli Wigle, of Mich. read portions from the 11th chapter of Hebrews, and Rev. Hamilton Wigle, of Halifax, N.S., the devotional exercises. Young girls, representing eleven branches of the family, marched be- hind the band and madeanimpressive sight on the way to the cemetery. These girls later had charge of the registration of names at the park. At the conclusion of the ceremony at the cemetery, the party retired to the park where lucheon was served. At 2 pan. a program of addresses and music and other business relating to the record of the family was conducted. It was during this program that Mayor F. Crawford, of Kingsville, in-an ad- dress of welcome, presented Thomas M. Wigle with the key to the freedom of {he town. Mr Wigle. who is still ruddy and active in spite of his advanced age, is the father of Mrs Jack Miner. {it was ail right for Wigles in this dis-- 'trict to spell their name Wigle, but in other sections of the country nine out points in Michigan were present, and [the Leamington Wigle's. ent. Among these was a letter from [able gathering. : Mr J. E. Browa, of Los Angelos, signed by many of the relatives of that city, expressing regret that they could not that these re-unions be present. After che dinner, a number of speak- ers held the platform for perhaps two taken into consideration. hours. They were: ET. S. Wigle, Rev. Hubert Wigle and Mr Thomas Wigle. At the conclusion of the speaking, ily gatherings so far apart. proceeded with. ; of Mayor Crawford and Theodore Wig- such a successful issue. from start to finish, especially the base Wigle, the Seecretarv. ball game between the Harrow and Kingsville teams, which Harrow won 7 to 4. Rev Hamilton Wigle read the letters here and at Leamington. na Sandison, Mrs Cecelia Fife, James cuite an imnosing ove. number of ithe relatives from the State crete base. of California. : Hubert Wigle, in referring to the long lizt of his cousins the Messrs Lewwis and Alfred Wigle, referred to Iif as a youth of 81 and his brother Lewis 91, which of course, was under- stcod by the large audience who cheer- it is as follows: «Irn Memory of Removed from Albertville Cemetery July, 1925. that "blood will tell." Col. E. S. Wigle Windsor, said the Wigle family were connected with the best institutions in the country, represented by Rev. Ham- ilton and Eli Wigle; tehy also had rep- resentatives in political and medical circles, and in all great business enter- prises in the covntry. In tracing the history of the famly it had been found the plot. that the first Wigle was from Germany. The Celenel said if he was a descend- ant from this race he was proud of it, other relations as follows: len, Scratch and Fox. thing more industrious people than the Ger- ty. mans. ever commie to pass. wish of the common people to have war F.U. Loyalists, and were loyal to the} The lengthy empire and to Canada. Rev. Hamilton Wigle, 2nd the changing of the name. He said came to Essex County in 1793. Scratch, Wendel married sf every ten pepole Wiggle. was being complied. alphabetical form so that onyone could George easily trace his family. Fox, {concert, The program which consisted | Prudence Chapman, second wife. of musie, addresses, was given entirely affair throughout. other points in Canada, and from many [the evening a concert was put on by This was dozens of telegrams and letters were |also pleasing from start to finish, and read from others who could not be pres- | brought to a close this most memor- While it is 54 years sinee the last gathering, it has been thought by many should be held every five or ten years at the longest and this arrangement will likely be With our Lewis Wigle, Col. modern methods of fast travel, there is Hamilton Wigle, very little excuse for having these fam- E20 The Jocal committee in which Mr E. the games and sports program was J. Wigle was moving spirit, deserves These were in charge much credit for earrving the project to Considerable le, and were lively and entertaining clerical work devolved on Mr Manroe After matters ot well under way they had the hearty co-operation of most of the relatives The monument erected in Greenhill from the California relatives Mrs Sabi- to the meniorv of the Wigle family is It is of grev E. Brown, also a letter signed by a granite, and mounted on a heavv con- The simple inscription on JOHN WENDLE WERIGRETF His Wife. JULTANNA ROMER, Their Descendants and Others ed him into the echo. He impressed up- Along with John Wendle Weigele and on his hearers evry strongly the fact wife, who ave buried in this new plot, are quite a number of their descend- ants. There are two Wigle branches, a Coatsworth branch, and branches of Sterns, Strong, Curtis, MeClain, Lovelace, Cul-! There are' perhaps thirty or thirty-five members of these various families interred in One of the most interesting curios on the grounds at the park, and some- which practically everybody for having heen in Germany he (the present stopped to view. Wendel Wig- Colonel) knew there were no cleaner, le used when he settled in Essex Coun- 5 The trap was placed on a table Wes sorry the world war had in the pavilion set aside for the regis- It was not the tration of the visitors, and proved an _endless source of interest to all those The speaker said his forefathers were who were familiar with its history. descendency of John British Empire and urged his hearers j Wendel Wigle and his wife is worth to be like their ancestors, loyal to the noting for it goes back 150 years ago {when they were married. John Wendel | discussed the ;Wigle was born in 1753 and in 1776 | publication of the new Wigle history :was married to Julianna Romerin. They | The had 11 children; John married Susana Isabella 'Scratch, Katie married Theadore Mal- | pronounced it lott, Elizabeth married Michael Fox," He described the record as it | Sarah married Soloman Shepley, Maud | It would be in married Jacob Fox, Julianna married Mary married Peter Scratch, Joseph married Euphemie Mil- In the cvering the town hall was ler, Christopher married Mary Wilkin- packed almost to suffocation for the on, Michael married Juanna Tofflemire, Sunday evening, Rev Hamilton Wig- by members of the Wigle family. Ex-ile. who was remaining over with his mayor Darius Wigle was Chairman of cousin, E. J. Wigle, for a few days, the evening. It was a very enjoyable preached in the United Church, basing The program op- his remarks on the text: "The wages ened with community singing, followed of sin is death, but the gift of God is bby the chairman's address. The vori- eternal life." Rewards and punishment second day of October, in the twelfth vear of His Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini, 1772, John Windle Wigle. Mathias Hollerpeter. John Gibson Mayer, Witnes - Now 3 3 is, the voor of today are more richly endowed with worldly goods than the poor of twenty years ago, although the one felt no poorer nor richer than the' other. Many of this age who feel poor would be considered of better than moderate means by their correspond- ing class of two decades past. Picture a boy of poor family in 1905: Home-cut hair, trousers made over from father's and then patched, patch- quilt shirt, sans shoes, stockings and {uinderwear, happy with a penny or a i raarble, lucky to have darned stockings baggy tnderwear and a frayed coat "and cap for winter and compelled to rk his way into the circus or for his ir requent ice cream soada. And the "poor of twenty years ago were content "with such homely fave as beef stew, "potatoes anc rice. Parents then boast- ced of wearing the same suit or dress for ten years--it was ithem their clothes were durable for i they cculd not have purchased new . ones. | And then there are the poor of the (vear 1925 who occupy the same social {position as that family of 1905 just idescribed. The new poor have shoes tall round, on occasion they have the "taiment to dress both decently and comfortably, they have carpets on the floor at home and good furniture, the the probability is a flivver or second- hand car of larger make is parked in the yard nd cakes and pies are mot stragers lc their table. Once the poor resented they could not quit work and still eat; now they complain because they must work to keep up payments on the automoble, radio and mother's fur coat and save enough for next summer's tour. . ¢ There is one difficulty about putting to death weak-minded persons. It might je too many. clud Poverty Then And; Free Publicity Poverty is a relative condition. That fortunate for } The Observer, like other newspaper ithe world over, is repeatedldy the vic- tim of artful attacks in an effort to se- _cure valudbie space for the introduction _of various schemes for private gain or - the mouldirg of public opinion toward "putting over" some sinister plot. i Some buveau or syndicate or manu- facturer or politician will hit upon a happy idea, and some clever fellow will itell him just how he can work the newspapers for all the stuff needed; whereupon the "expert" is engaged or the advice is taken without the aid of the expert. He makes good at getting the stuff out--but publishers are too keen to allow the grafting game to go too far. fo i Invariably, when the scheme is found" out in time, and the matter is refuused, a threat is hurled at the publishers that the "story" will be given to another 'paper. The plot works, occasionally, but act always. . loses out, because never again can the paper be approached in the same way Ly the same schemer. The fact must be considered, also, that unless citizens can be depended puon at all times to furnish their local journal with live stories they cannot expect to get away with spasmodic at- tempts to put over propaganda. The editor is a hard man to fool. A writer suggests 13 ways for a wife to lose her husband, but she might succeed, we suspect, without having to avail herself of all of them. ae The former kaiser says he always had a liking for England. Also for France doubtless, he tried so hard to. go to Paris a few years ago. z As a remedy for divorce a Chicoga judge urges men not to marry until they reach the age of reason. But that would bar so many from marriage al- together. €& (1) Merth Bay's Main Street. to celebrate the attainment im August. largest Town in the Province, wi a population officially estimated 18,011, will become the Baby City City status will be the big attraction for Northern Ontario the first week tures North Bay, to-day the Mr Lewis Wigle, replying to Mayor!ous numbers and the names of the Crawford's adderss of welcome, and performers are as follows: presentation to Mr Thos Wigle of the Piano Duet, Misses Helen and Mary key to the town, humorously outlined : Wigle; Reading, Mrs Mildred Goodwin seme of his early experiences on the, Currie, Lindsay, Ont.; Vocal Solo, Mr old homestead. relating many stories, concerning Lis school davs and earl Loyhood, and then directed his remarks troit, Mich.; Piano Solo, Miss Eleaner When he} Wigle, Detroit, Mich.; related how, because he had disobeyed | Misses Beatrice an Melinda Brown; lago received a call to return and take bis mother when she refused to let: Reading, Miss Vida Wigle; Vocal Solo, 'charge of a United Church in Halifax, him go to school barefooted, he had; Mrs Nina Maxwell, Detroit; Piano Solo [of which he was a former pastor. He to the youngsters present. Milford Wigle, Felsmere, Florida; Voc- tal Solo (a.b.), Mr Earl P. Wigle, De- Vocal Duet, suffered the loss of a toe in running a' Mr Jay Wigle; Duet (Violin & Guitar) race with a horse. He also spoke along Gordon -and Alfred Wigle, Windson; similar. lines when pointing to the Reading, Mrs Pearl Wigle Carruthers, ministry once more. 'or compensation according to ones 'deeds and actions, were discussed from their avrious angles. It was a some- {what unusual presentation of the theme cand wag listened to most attentively 'by the large congregation present. Mr Wigle has been president of Mount Alli 'son Ladies' College at Saskville, N.B. for quite a few years, but some time 'removed from Sackville to Halifax this summer and is now in the regular Ontario on Sunday, August 2nd. For the following six days, it will be cage of "open house" with all the|Cenadians, eve well-known hospitality of the North || Wi Country. @pecial services churches, conducted in or in all the City |North Bay was most cases by former pastors, 'who were identi- 1s] "A pn Old Home Week Celebration [tically rebuilt, two privately owned of | parks have had to be taken over for the year and other large expendi- incurred, but the citizens are behind the celebration movement and th | are determined to make it something at | that wi of history of North Bay is one a wn to all as a 5 by Samuel de Cham was 2 post on the old trail from the fied with the early history of thejOttawa to the Great L in the Town, will inaugurate Old Home |time of the great mich iorer. Week. The following day official-| The first seitiementis here are re- dom takes charge with "Civic Day", when the formal presentation of the City Charter will be made at Memo- corded as in 1882, Ywith the coming of the first train over the Canadian Pacific Railway. North Bay was rfal Park and representatives of the |never iicorporated as a village. Like Federal and Provincial Governments gplendid moral code maintained by the Wigles. stating that none had ever been sent to the penitentary, while the fami- Manitoba; Vocal Solo, Mrs Lorriane Wigle North, Mich.; Showing same of the vicissitudes and Reading, Miss trails throu' which John Wendel Wigle Louise Hendershot; Vocal Solo, Miss i passed in his efforts to establish him- wil ®@:xtend their congratulations the Gateway City of the North. Topsy, it just grew and became offi- to| cially a town in 1891. - Im 1885, the nopuletion was 2,024, in 1905 it was A race track has had to be prac-13,813, sud in 1915 it "was 10,041, and = Canadian Pacific Station, North Bay. : = (3) The Post Office. the last municipal census placed 'it at 13,011, while the rapid growth of the town this year indicated that it will be at least 15,000 when it takes its position as a City next August The Canadian Pacific paved the way for North Bay. The old Grand Trunk followed with its first train in June, 1888. Next was Northern Ontario's own railway, the Temis- 5 | kaming and Northern Ontario, which was built north to the mining areas from North Bay in 19(4, the first 'train being operated out of here on January 12th, 1205. The Canadian Northern was the fourth line to come in hers, their first train arriv- ing on September 14th, 1915. Three and a half tons of gold bul- lien pass through North Bay every month from the Northern Mines, to~ gether with 13 tons of silver bullion, 503 tons of high-grade silver ores, 6,030 tons of pulp and 12,450 tous of paper. © Tt makes a formidable array when checked up. a In the long run, the schemer usually : 5