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Each year a day was spent mouldingS potatoes. A well was dug anda windlass constructed. Rolling 9 oats and breaking are often mentionedin his diary. Oxen were used for this chore but he had horsestoo. In '88 he lost alot of them withglanders lO • Seed was broadcastuntil 1890 when he bought a drill.Construction of buildings took much time. By 1890 threebarns had been built. The first one burned in a prairie fire inSeptember '86. It had been built of material from an old barn inVirden. Livestock was sheltered temporarily in an implement shedand a log barn shelter covered with straw. In '90 contractors werehired to build a proper bam. The carpenters, Barton and Burge,earned $2.12 each per day and Gilles, the mason, mixed mortarhimself for $2.85 a day. Twenty-five men came to the barn raisingbee on July 23. Materials fetched from Virden included lumber,rafters and 20,000 shingles.A cellar for a house was dug in October of '84. Constructionprogressed the following month and by December 20 he waspapering it. Records show the purchase of a quantity of brownpaper and tar paper - that's papering! Christmas Day he put up abook shelf, then went to Holmes' and stayed the night. Eighthomesteaders got together for Christmas!Imagine threshing in January! They did in '85 and the yieldwas 538 bushels of wheat. Thirty-seven bushels were sold inVirden at 55¢ a bushel and Mr. Ivens paid his taxes. Ten years laterwith increased acreage broken, he harvested 1,513 bushels sellingat 40¢. Threshing from a stack was common practice. In '87 hehired a wood-burning thresher from Buckingham, threshing thelast days of December and into the new year until March. This timehe loaded a car of wheat in Virden. By the next year he purchased aSawyer thresher on shares with Jeffrey.The year of '85 was really a big one in Charles' life. Hebought a binder in May from Harris Son and Co., hauled it home,and Pineo set it up in July. In August he started cutting wheat anddid the neighbors' crops as well. His father, another Charles, wasout from England and left for home October 26. (He also visited in'90 and '91.)That same day Charles bought a buffalo coat. On November20 he brought chairs and a stove from Virden. Eight days later hebuilt a table. Four days later he married Isabella Jeffrey. (Healways called her 'Tib'). That year Christmas Day was spent with21
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Page 9 and 10: © Copyright Empire Publishing Comp
Page 11 and 12: Chapter IV - Talk About Stories ...
Page 13: Margaret Ann Townson . . . . . . .
Page 16 and 17: MessageFrom.The MayorThe Town of Vi
Page 18 and 19: CHAPTER IRequirements ForHom.estead
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Page 22 and 23: anywhere by sinking wells to a mode
Page 24 and 25: pass, to get married to a neighbour
Page 26 and 27: mind that there is no difficulty in
Page 28 and 29: oatmeal, bread, molasses, cheese, t
Page 30 and 31: Farm Home of C. E. Ivens, Virden, M
Page 36: the Jeffreys, a practice that was r
Page 39 and 40: I only got back from Birtle today (
Page 41 and 42: lettuce and onions. I don't think a
Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER IIISpeaking of BuildingsA P
Page 45 and 46: 1974 when the stone house on the Cl
Page 47 and 48: W. T. Manser Sr. was awarded the co
Page 49 and 50: Picture of the CPR Station built in
Page 51 and 52: A View of the CPR Station, Passenge
Page 53 and 54: month of orientation at Medicine Ha
Page 55 and 56: its fieldstone cairn marking the lo
Page 57 and 58: Landmark DemolishedDecember 16,1981
Page 59 and 60: The population of Virden Junior Hig
Page 61 and 62: View of Mary Montgomery School show
Page 63 and 64: Volunteer Work + Grant= Drop-in Cen
Page 65 and 66: A steering committee was formed in
Page 67 and 68: provided the house and an operating
Page 69 and 70: This modem home replaced the First
Page 71 and 72: Water Treatment Plant by the CPR tr
Page 73 and 74: Finding natural gas was of consider
Page 75 and 76: eturned it had been stolen. There m
Page 77 and 78: Tragedy seemed to dog his footsteps
Page 79 and 80: At a Sunday service, shortly after
Page 81 and 82: their cars, they once again travell
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Ed Palmer delivered ice to the cafe
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possible, and the former Mayor Chal
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O'Neils' farm while they were away,
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Santa Claus - a bright red sleigh.
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CHAPTER VSpeaking of Weatherand Hea
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He lit the fire in the stove and wa
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Sandbagging on Queen Street.Remembe
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The Virden Ambulance StoryThe story
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CHAPTER VITalk About TravelLanded I
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trying to pull ourselves off, havin
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time for hitching the horses to sle
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Scenes in the Lions Tourist Park.Ja
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~;CHAPTER VIIFire levelled Megaffin
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only by its colorful past. Another
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said one of the witnesses, 'that th
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had broken camp and in the darkness
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almost immediately, probably becaus
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Speaking About People"Reader's Dige
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and publishing. This takes him all
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Virden artist Terry McLean is one o
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CHAPTER IXVirden Fair provided ente
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A teacher could be forgiven many th
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The Great Memorea wove a fascinatin
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natural." "That's it, we're "The Na
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- the music store clerk would play
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Hargrave Baseball Team 1912-1913. B
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Swimming PoolPresent day scene at V
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A building was purchased and moved
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Local hockey enthusiasts really pro
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.,Opportunity to learn the game or
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CHAPTER XICentenariansFollowing are
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later, as so many young couples wit
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Mr. Leach was born at Smiths Falls.
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After his hospitalization in 1979 h
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come very close. That fall he harve
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CHAPTER XIICentury FannsPollock Fam
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The Joseph Younge home which burned
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In June, 1882, William and a son, J
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the produce was carted to Virden. W
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Rev. Finlay C. J. McLeod who homest
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John Robinson, who homesteaded the
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Jack married Lulu Etsell in 1929 an
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Binder and four-horse team.Self pro
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Steam engine and plough.Case tracto
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Bosshill Farm, circa 1885, on the c
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Virden Manufacturing Co. Ltd., corn
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Residence of H. C. Simpson at Ninth
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Presbyterian Church Virden, M[Lll.C
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The Union Bank Building, 1888, serv
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The CNR station closed in 1976 and
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Fur fashions circa 1916. Hattie (Mc
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The armoury was headquarters for th
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View of Seventh Avenue looking nort
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A view of Nelson street looking eas
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,.Team of oldtime curlers: Joe Brig
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Central Hotel on Sixth Avenue oppos
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Andrew Agencies at the corner of Se
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The Royal Bank opened a branch in t
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Miss Myrtle Lane turning the first
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Update1970-19811970The New Year's b
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largest in Canada) on January 6. Tw
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Donald Ross Finlay received the Gov
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katchewan, were top winners at the
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Critchlow won the Grand Aggregate a
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Mr. and Mrs. John Weber celebrated
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ard Ltd., was transferred to Edmont
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Miss Annie Cooper celebrated her 93
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Developments Virden Limited, had be
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Albert Cullen, Manitoba Pool Elevat
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R. E. Borland received an appreciat
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Andrew Agencies officially opened t
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Susan Kent received the Girl Guide
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"Mr. Chips" restaurant on King Stre
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Rev. Trevor Rutley became the new m
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1980Robert M. B. Toews of the law f
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arship to the summer camp at the In
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A fire on October 19 completely des
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Kit Rowson celebrated his 93rd birt
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Mr. and Mrs. Les Hodgins celebrated
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.. 000foot structure, with the use
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Secretary-TreasurerMayorDeputy Mayo
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H & H Oilfield ConstructionHartley
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