i- -2- IMS A PIONEER SETTLEMENT Dates To Early 1 9th Century is at the intersection of the third concession line of King township two and a half ttiilea north of the King and townline It is the centre of a fine agricultural dis trict dotted with flakes and bathed in the warmth of sunlit It slopes to the south of the River and to the ridges of King on the north The name is believed to have been taken from a small village in England where Charles Kingsley author of Westward Ho wag curate In her descriptive story of the history of Miss Alice Ferguson born in that com munity and an exschool teach er took members of King City I up and down the third cession when she presented i r Wide Range Of Implements Offered To Farm Population V entirely new Major has just been introduced into The New Major Plow Trader jus v iniavi new two new overhead valve engines gasoline and six forward and two reverse speeds a new hydraulic system low overall height new operating ease and driver comfort graphic word picture of the early settlers the industries church and school Her research work will be recorded in the In stitute History Book The beginning of was a store on the northeast corner of the where Mr James Tinline was store keeper and an early school teacher On the southwest cor ner was a blacksmith and on the northwest corner stood a wheelwright shop It diffi cult to picture so much stir and activity in community which hag comparative quiet today The school and the church are centres of interest but smalt has gone social at Eaton Hall and the scene of hunting horses with their riders and dogs at Halt Farm give a different than the popular picnics that countryside joyed in the horse and buggy a robds on of Eversley side there oh wooden Many fine old farm d welling J of brick still by landscaped ThS mill pond on the I farm- harks back- to thriving indus try when the farmers brought to be cut by the and dowri tomorrow that was operated the water from the turned over the big wheel The pond was by the Ferguson family arid served the countryside for miles around r Fergusons pond not Lady Eatons Lake was a favorite fishing spot on the of May cheese factory built by job Wells was famous for its product and was used for dances in wintertime The tavern at Corners J TPhairs place now at King and the third concession has long- since disappeared as has the old black smith shop at the corner Harry place- St Andrews Presbyterian church still stands taken off James Wells farm a memorial to the Godfearing pioneers who built their church and school before they aspired to better homes and farm buildings The old hewn log building was both A wide range of Dearborn farm Implements and the popu lar Ford and Major tractors are available io the farming population through FordMonarch dealers across Canada The Ford tractor mokes for greater simplicity in the use of implements and gives high quality and long service It is designed to operate at full efficiency with the specially en gineered tine of Dearborn imple ments which include four types of plows cultivators middlcbusters and three types of disk harrow as well as bush and bog and springtooth har rows A Dearborn planters and grain drills cultivators rotary mowers and rakes are all designed to Wprk with the Ford tractor for the benefit of the farmer -Companion- line to the Ford tractor arid Dearborn implement line are the big Major tractors for farm and industrial use Available with the Major gasoline or the Perkins P Diesel engine these tractors are also specially de signed for implements Economical farming operations are ensured with the use of such implements as plows cultivators hoes mow- beet lifters and potato dig gers pulled behind the To BUM the old days when a car didnt perform properly it was the custom to suspect the gaso line before delving into matters of ignition and With the improvement in refining methods the picture has changed to a point where nowa days we are apt to forget all about gasoline Major No soil conditions are too tough for this Britishbuilt trac tor that is winning new friends in Canada arid other countries CENTRE Centre a new exclusive feature on all Ford Monarch Mercury and Meteor passenger cars for is good news to the men who man the gasoline pumps in Canadian garages and service stations The gasoline tank filler pipe on the new models is located in dead centre at the rear of the car where it can be reached from either side with equal ease Theres no more stretching of hose lines and so no more risk of marking the car body while f serving the customer If some gas spills over it direct to the pavement a whole fender panel a common cause cus tomer annoyance and station at- embarrassment And tests show a substantial time saving both for the custom er and the operator Up front in the new is also increased Battery oil filler pipe and engine fixtures are conveniently located for quick I generations or more Tha the first settlers include the Wells family which has listjoCdcenidLknts Eliey originated England coming to in the They property and iiyteWIlson the home steads is one of the few descend ants bearing the family name There Was Pearson Wel who became a member of the federal parliament John Wells an early dentist and his wife Jose phine who Was the first woman dentists in Canada Their son Wells became a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada There were the Lloyds of stock the family the wide connection of flie Fer guson and Scott clans the Bp Tinline Fishers Wades and the- family There was the Rodger family- who owned acres the I Dixons and Dr David Rodger who became a prominent dentist at Newmar ket There were Vades and the Ness Not forgotten is the memory of Henry Frost the musician and school teacher who taught his pupils to read music a great achievement Ah any gen eration He is buried in the churchyard cemetery and his tombstone bears a score of church and school until the music across the bottom Rev stone church was built in is buried in this Rev John was the its hallowed memories was preacher from until was also the first school teacher and guided many a young man into fields of higher learning The new and school house has served Thomas Ferguson bought acres in which extended from the 3rd to the 2nd conces sion He was an expert weaver from Scotland and applied his skills weaving for his neighbors Like he famotis New York Holland is this view of an excavated section of the first of the twin mile tunnels now being carved under the city Niagara Falls Ontario Hydro Near here Hydro made the first tunnel breakthrough on October when LieutenantGovernor The Honorable O went down into the murky of the underground to touch off a ton dynamite charge which crumbled a ton rock separating siaaS These are two of five whrclsermei excavated to supply a total of mSfc to the Sip Adam than including attended the breakthrough cerwaonv