Morpeth Hall history, continued… According to a newspaper article by Victor Lauriston 1936, the Morpeth Community had pioneered a movement which became province-wide and which was definitely legalized, by the Provincial Government in the Community Hall Acts 1920. Morpeth Hall was some years in advance of the legislation. Many and varied are the events that…
23 McKenzie Ave. May 28, 1940 Dear Folks, — I’ve just come from Marjorie’s. Went over to get some books to study from and stayed too long, so this letter will have to be written in a hurry. Well the fatal day is nearly over. I promised and expected to write 10 exams but fate…
23 McKenzie Ave., May 15, 1940 Dear Folks, — Well, nothing much has happened this week except one word – rain, rain and more rain. It rained every night up till to-day and then it broke down and wept all this afternoon. Well, I had quite a trip on Sunday. I suppose you knew that…
Taken from As the Story is Told. I actually tracked down a copy of Gaff Linkum digitally a few years ago [here] and read about half of it. It was interesting, though I could see why it didn’t become a best seller! I was hoping to find some clues about my own ancestors. While I…
Today I pulled out the stack of old legal documents in my collection and started sorting them by date. I’ve been hoping to find time to look at these for the past year and a half. Simply handling these documents–some from the mid 1800s–gives me chills. What a sense of history! It’s interesting to research…
I found this letter very entertaining – but just recently found it somewhere apart from the rest of the collection. Chronologically, it is set the summer before Helene goes away to Normal School. I unfortunately don’t have the end of the letter, but it’s very interesting. Now that I’ve solved the “Ike” mystery – we…
This week’s excerpt from “As the Story is Told” (1986) is the beginning of a series on historic homes in Morpeth, Ontario. Note, this content is 30 years old and does not reflect the current state of the village. Homes One of the first tasks of the pioneer was to provide shelter for himself…
23 McKenzie Ave. Nov. 22, 1939 Dear Folks, – I was very glad to hear from you on Tuesday – was rather anxious to hear about the week-end’s happenings. Say – you’ve got to look after my Sparky dog better than that. You’d better keep him in and look after him instead of letting him…
Howard Agricultural Society District Fairs From a paper written for Ridgetown District Agricultural Society, 1984. Compiled by Mrs. Wayne Jackson. As white settlement gradually opened up the southern part of Howard Township the same problems were to be met by these pioneers as faced by others all across Ontario. Survival depended on their ability to…
This week’s excerpt from “As the Story is Told” is a poem called The Threshing Machine. ….previous section… The Threshing Machine (Marion Olson) When summer was ended and all down the lane The wheat fields are waving with ripe golden grain, When orchards are heavy with fruit on the bough And barns are o’erflowing with…
