PAGE 8. WEDNESDAýY, JUNE 6,1979,. WHITBY FREE PRESS In' t r!s LÂJ~ WhitbY Chronicle. This week we follow Mr. Johnston as he made his rounds of friends in Myrtle at the timne the railroad was buiît. One of the friends he visited was Manly Briggs, whose descendents stili live in Myrtle. Mr. Briggs invited Mr, Johnston to stay the night at his house, but Mr. Johnston had to decline because the bouse, was full of railrload men. This situation was quite commiron during the building of a railroad, for the local farmers would provide their homes for accommodation of the railway builders, at a suitable fee paid <by the railway company. Another friend of Mr. 'Johnston visited was Malcolm McTaggart,- a resident of the new community of Myrtle Station, and a local political figure in Whitby Township. His father Duncan McTaggart, who settled on the site of this comnmunity long before the railroad came, was 85 years old at the time of Mr. Johnston's visit. Mr. Johnston next visited Lester Hubbell, whose ancestor& came to Myrtle fromn the United States before the 1 830s Even to this day there is, west of Mrytle, the Hubbell Cemetery, in which the earliest burial is 1842. The cemetery was no longer used after 1900. Mrs. David Hubbell, Lester's mother, was also 85 years old, and told Mr. Johnston that she and .her husband came to Myrtle about 54 years before (1830), an~d were followed by John Hubbell, her husband's brother and his w'ife. She recounted how all around themn was wilderness where deer and bear were plentiful and the howling of the wolf was heard in the distance at the night. The general store on the north-east corner of Highway 12 and the 9th concession was' kept by Brown and Briggs in the 1880s, and had been under the same ownership for about 10 years. The store, as in many small communities, also served as the post office and the centre of rural life for the People of Myrtie. This store was demolished about 1967. Merchants in Myrtie in 1884 included F.L. Pike, a carpenter and wagon maker,' and Reuben Hurlburt, a shoemaker. ,William Parks was the general blacksmith, and Mrs. Fred Scurragh was a carpet weaver with two looms in operation. Other residents of the area were David Briggs, James McBrien, the School Inspector, and D.L. Williams, a former teacher, general agent, farmer and smnall fruit nursery man. Hugh Simpson was the teacher at the Myrtle School which was demolished last year as one of the many victims of the town's minimum stan 'dards bylaw. Nearby was the tê'mperance hall, built in 1872, and demolished also because of the minimum standards bylaw. It is unfortuna.te that these historic structures have to meet such MYRTLE IN 1884 Last week this column was devoted to the development of Myrtle Station in 1884 when the Ontario and Quebec Raflway was built through Whitby Township. Included ini the column was a first-hand account of the railroad work by Ross Jhnston, a traveller for the Whitby Roy MacCauley. [~~jNew Owner. 0f 9aP Q4eéda#,. Invites you to coma' and'see his new select/fins )ININGROOM SUITE êôNÈÎts: Buffet ôtci, destaî.i ble, 4 Side Chairs, & 2 Arm Chairs. SPECIAL PRICES ww on Living Room Tabi«s, Bookcas4mp, Kitchon Suites, .Chestertilide, Mattresses andi Box Springs, Tolevisiona, Etc. I Dunduq Coibome Dunlo GIIbet ~ - M 668-6881 M Midgets defeated Whitby midget- girls Hooker-Chev olds soft bal team* was beaten by the Cobourg Juvenile girls 3-0 in a lakeshore league sche--. duled game. IGOGE BOYB i a sad end, the victims of neglect and political expendiency. The Methodist Episcopal Church was located where Oliver's gas station is now located, and was built in 1857. In 1908 it was moved to Myrtle Station and by 1920 became Cook's gas station. The building, although not in its original location or condition, is still the only frame pioneer church, still standing in Whitby, now that Almonds church is go.ne, another victim of the minimum standards bylaw. 1The Rev. R. Sanderson was the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Myrtle in 1884, and although the church is moved, the graveyard behind it is the resting place even to this day of many of the pioneers, including the Wells family which the community of Myrtle was named af ter when it was founded. Ross Johuston reported t.hat H.S. Derby, a resident of Myrtle had built the first frame barn on the ninth concession 0f Whitby af ter comning to the community fromi Napanee in 1831. He also built the second barn in the Township of Reach. Juniïor Fire Dept. ~applications open Applications are available now for, Whitby's seventh annual Junior Fire Depart- ment, which will be held in July. The Junior Fire Depart- ment is open to boys and girls aged il to 13, and will be held in 2 two-week ses- sions, morning or afternoon, July 3 to13 and July 16 to 27. There are four classes of 40 children each, with a total capacity for 160 Whitby youngsters to take part in the program. Applicat ions are in al Whitby schools and at the' fire hall at the corner of Brock and Coîborne, streets. This year, for the first time, there is a closing date for applications. AIl appli- cations must be submitted to th15 red.rtetbyJn Th1 uno5.r epat TeJunor ieoDgseart- meh npr iy ogsers wiot anr opretuiy tole abouhtire preves, nolire fighting__skills, and fire Funeral Chapel, Toronto. We Cure . About provl'ding good service et competitive prices. About 'your satisfact ion with the products we ssii. About provlding thé icateet availobie équlpm.nt -to service modern engines. About training our staff on a continuing basis. safety, using actual fire fighting equipment. The program has been.a very popular summer event since it was initiated, and those wishing to take part this year are urged to get their applications in as montl as possible. DEATHS MAYE LOWE At the East General Hos- pital, Toronto, Tuesday May 29, 1979, in her 88th year, Maye Lowe (of Toronto), Dear Mother of Art Lowe, loving mother of Dot Thomp- son, Stan Lowe and Eric Lowe. Ever loving and always remembered by al her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. The funeral was held on Friday, June 1 at Griffin-Mack Operati*on Clean s weep... ,MRVLER CHYLERo WHi TBY 200 DUNDAS ST. W., WHITBY n Tender For On. Dump Truck Tenders wili be received by the undersigned until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 26, 1979, for one 36,000 G.V.W. dump truck with snow plow equlpment. Specifications and tender forms are available from the Treasury Department, Town 0f Whitby, 575 Rosslarld Road East, Whitby, Ontario. Telephone 668-5803, extension 37. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. - R.A. 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