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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 28th, 1952 FOLK SCHOOL TOURS ONT. COUNTY 'A one-day Bus tour of points of historic and scenic interest, within the County of Ontario, was enjoy- ed this week by Folk School parti- ¢ipants and their friends. You could take a similar trip in your family car. Far away fields may look green, but did you ever} take a look at your own County which stretches about eighty miles from the Severn River and Simcoe County on the north, downto the! shores of Lake Ontario. i Pickering Township Our first stop, early in the mor- | ago (March 11, 1852), has numer- ous points of interest. The new County Home for the Aged "Fair- view Lodge," opened in December 11951, is one of the modern butld- ings. The county buildings-- Court House, County Jail, etc.-- were principally erected in 1858 and their style of architecture is in keeping with the purpose for which they were built. The Ontario Ladies' College was established in .1874 in Trafalgar Castle, the former residence of Sheriff Reynolds. Two very ex- tensive additions -- Ryerson Hall and the Frances Massey wing-- have since been built. On No. 2 Highway at "Moore's ning, was one mile east of Clare-, Hill" (just east of Oshawa's City mont at the charming stone farm |imits) there is a cairn to the me- home which was the birthplace of mory of Rev. Dr. Robert N. Thorn- "Tom Thomson" one of the most i ton who in 1833 became the first - the old with the new we next noted famous of Canadian painters. Copies of his "The West Wind" | and "The Jack Pines" hang in many homes and schoolrooms,! Ontario County folk may well be proud that Tom Thomson was born ! on a pioneer farm-in our County. Next time you drive through Claremont pause at the intersec- tion of the Brock Road and the ! 9th Concession to look at the stone building on the south-west corner. When there was no Claremont it already stood there--it was erect- ed in 1847. The brick store on the south-east of the "Four Cor- ners" is also one of Claremont's oldest buildings. At Pickering Village we viewed the new Pickering District High School which, although only open- ed last September is already re- quiring an extention. Contrasting the Masonic Hall which was form- erly the 'Friends' Meeting House'. This Large brick building, erect- ed in 1867, was repaired after be- ing struck by lightning tn 1908. Whitby Whitby, which was created County Town one hundred years Presbyterian minister between Port Hope and Toronto. He did extensive - missionary work {in Pickering and Reach Townships as well as in the area nearer his residence in the locality still known as "Thornton's Corners." Oshawa and Travelling North The first settler in the County was a UE.L, Benjamin Wilson, who settled in 1794 east of Oshawa Harbour. William and Mary Streets were named after members of the family of John Kerr, the first settler in the north-east sec- tion of Oshawa in 1816. The ham- let known as '"Shea's Corners"-- named for the merchant whose store was on the south-east angle of the "Four Corners" -- became the village of Oshawa in 1850. It was in 1877 that Robert McLaugh- lin moved his carriage factory from Enniskillen to Oshawa. In 1879 Oshawa became a Town, and in 1924 a City, Columbus was known as "Eng- lish Corners" in the old days and the church built there in 1836 was the first Episcopal Church in the County. It was a well-established 'Start Them Young - form club work Is Fondoring & cal service to Canadian agriculture. The ton and its leadership train : poopie in the ond economics, best farm practices which lead to "'self- help and community betterment". The Cenadien Bank of Commerce has pleasure in sponsoring this new booklet, in recognition of the: valuable work being done by the Junior farm clube across Canada. You can help to widen the usefulness of this organization by taking an interest in its work, and giving it your support and -- * [he (Canadian SF nl parish while Oshawa and 'Whitby | __In the waterfront Park at Port Perry there is a bust to the mem- 'ory of David Palmer, % native son; who won. fame as a Chiropractor. It is interesting to note, as you drive along, that No. 12 Highway follows the 'old "Plank Road" which went from Perry's Corners (Whitby) through Winchester (Brooklin), Well's Corners (Myr- tle) and Fitchett's Corners (Man- chester). Another road joined it at this point and continued north through Smithtown (Greenbank) to. Jones' Corners (Sunderland) and Milton (Beaverton). Thora and Mara A place of historic interest in Thorah is the "Old Stone Church" which was built in 1840-43 on 100 acres of land which was granted by His Majesty King William IV to the Presbyterians of Thorah in 1835. This Church has a winding stair leading up to the high pulpit. Below the pulpit is the precentor's box and the choir sits facing the minister, The book boards of the first four seats can be raised on a level with the back of the seats and on Communion Sunday, cover- ed with snowy linen, they become communion tables. Mara was probably the first Township in Ontario County to be visited by white men when in Aug- ust 886 years ago (1615) Champ- lain, the French explorer and Gov- ernor of Quebec, came down the Severn, through Lake Couchiching -and the Narrows. Today you can | travel on "The, Portage Road" built on the same ground Champ- | lain traversed when he portaged from Lake Simcoe to Balsam Lake. The T Canal goes through Ma- ra, following much the same route ag Champlain down to Lake Ont- ario. ' Scott When driving down the 7th Con- cession of Scott Township, we paused to note the white brick were merely missionary outposts. | sides sharing in her husband's work and raising two sons, she "found time to write some of her "well-known books while a resident [ fof Ontario County. The "Thomas Foster Memorial Temple", south of Leaskdale, is a building of outstanding beauty. It was erected by Thomas Foster, ex- mayor of Toronto, to enshrine the ; memory of his family and to pro- vide a mortuary chapel for the community in which he spent his boyhood. It was inspirited by the beautiful "Taj Mahal" in India. The floors are of marble mosaics in symbolic designs. The sixteen columns are of vari-coloured Ital- ian marble with carved stone capi- tals. The altar and pulpit are of marble with inlay of gold mosaic. Craftsmen from Italy did the work on the great arches under the dome which are in glass mosaics in conventional floral and geomet- ric designs. Sumptuous in form but chastely modern in detail, the structure is an expression of the beauty and permanence of the Christian Faith, Uxbridge The meeting house, built in 1809 by the Friends' denomination in- dicates the site of the early Quak- er settlement west of the present town. The history of the town itself is closely connected with the energy, perseverence and good judgement of Joseph Gould and his sons. They established many industries in Uxbridge, and the building and endowment of the| | Public Library is a lasting monu- ment to their interest in the Town where the founder's life was spent. Those outlined here are but a few of the points of historic and scenic interest within Ontario County. The Folk School bus 'tour under the leadership of Clare viding the historical commentary. 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