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a __ - to stay away from the area. . ceived a setback on Saturday after- Myster DEVIL'S ologram Staff Reporter Abd newcomers to the village pried who commute to work wa, Dine miles away-- have not vot made their mark on the character of the quiet com- 1h The veil of passing time has also been over a seem- ingly sinister chapter in Raglan's past years. It was once known as the Devil's Half Acre. Residents " why, tho! legend persists that pioneer set- tlers whipped up the horses when have a quicksand bottom. To this] day e children are warned N tary Deraisia around the village even after it be boring tool used in barn came known as Raglan. Veterans| construction. o Village oldtimer Charles To some extent the alr of mys-| 1 ke, 72, handlés an ancient like Ab Grose, the oldest -resi- dent, and Charles "Luke, ok aren't sure who was the settler nor Row the name Raglan _Was 8 ' NAME'S ORIGIN OBSCURE It is believed th the village was named after Lord Raglan, Cri- mean War leader, whom gS gives some of the bla wrongly, for the trous "Charge of the Light Brigade." The name may also have beta after the village of Raglan in Monmouthshire, Wales, original home of some of the early set- Exact dite of its start is not certain, but by 1885 the village "Was a busy place. Its population was given as more than 100, roughly equal to the figure today. But it had two flour mills, two general stores, two 'shoe - stores, butcher sho , wagon- maker and blacksmith, and a construction firm. In 1908 the population had shrunk to 75, the mills and the butcher shop were gone: Two general stores and the construc- tion-firm were still operating. A- hotel had been added. known busy times, as well. A match factory struck a bright note in the community for a number -of years and a sawmill Just 40 miles from Toronto. t "kept going until stands of white! pine were depleted, . Forty years ago. the. village! perhaps i this --centary "Raglan ~hay----{ing-in-4 58 a8 In. was famous for 'its fish, ponds operated by a private fishing club which included a member of the Eaton family in its membership. The hatchery which supplied the ponds with big fat trout was run by Joseph Hambley, father of Mrs. Ethel Johnson. E FLOOD WRECKED HATCHERY The venture came to an end when a flash flood took out the dams after a cloudburst one sum- mer afternoon and sent the trout surging down to Lake Ontario at Oshawa, nine miles south. Busy times have come.to Rag- lan during recent .winters,--too, _ when members of the Oshawa Ski Club took to the slopes on the outskirts of the village where a local resident operates a ski tow. likely to be staged again; though villagers remember nostalgically the years when dressed poniey and "beef, vegetables and other farm produce was Plled high in: the community hall and prize horses -were put through their paces for the judges. Now farm production is shrink- dustrial Oshawa- JoiiaRion the picture, and cars of t- ing workers crowd the roads | where once a bet could be made on the outcome of a horse race. IN TUNE WITH TIMES In tune with the times, the village's sole industry is:an auto body shop and a man has -to think before he can remember where there is a blacksmith still in business. Oldtimers aren't perturbed by the, fact their village was not stampeded along the road of modern industrialization. ® They are content to live out their peaceful careers in the calm of present-day Raglan, where the laughter of a nanny goat in a field can still be heard above the -- traffic. ' Newcomers, renting the old homes, will alter the ancient village's status to that of a ety suburb, Y When the day comes for re naming the locality Raglan Park --the last remembrance of the Devil's Half- Acre will vanish-- more's the sorrow. ® Special Meeting Defeats By-Law The construction of a new artificial ice arena to replace the Oshawa Arena destroyed by fire on September 16, re- neon when a by law to submit the "| advertised in- Monday's- issue of The to vote on money by-laws failed to re- ceive the required majority. Realizing that the by-law must be Times-Gazette, in order to be adver- tised in Monday's issue of The Times- tised for the required length of time before the elections, a special meet- ing of council was called on short no- question to the ratepayers qualified tice. _ For the best "coal and ocvite in town Enjoy better val Hi: and araaler ig COMmfort = Reesor Fuel & Lumber Port Perry Ontario. hone 8. . 'bl ve coal DEAL RR I AT TTT ve and service) E rR Air Pervades Haglan HALF WAS THE ORIGINAL N the property of the Dunlop Tire | spearhead in getting cr lanted Rotar Y Club Crop S and Rubber Good Company at the | and harevsted. F aly FORE pan ed lake. It was a rich harvest in| Club got $667.00 and from the peas Netted $3, uy 00 dollars also for 'the total amount | $3,210. . received from both crops was $8, The Whitby Rotary Club during | 777, the sale being made to the | ance the erection of the bathhouse the past summer and fall reaped | Stokely VanCamp Company, whose | in connection with the Cor a fine harvest of peas and corn on | manager, William Forbes, was the Swimming pool. PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 1958 -- 17 The money will be used to fin- unity This project cost the club over $7,000, The Club for some years now has not sold tickets on any draw, preferring to raise money through the crops project, the minstrel show and one or two smaller affairs. * AHUNGRY FOX saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was MORAL: Instead of saying '"'sour than 100 years old. Village's oldest house, once known as the Old Plank Schoolhouse, was Raglan's original school and is more t now is occupied by Mrs. Ethel | Johnson, her son and daughter, until their house is ready next door. Ray McFadden, Telesram trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with savings grapes', when you can't immediately attain your ambitions, build a ladder to success by opening a account with The Canadian Bank of Commerce. 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