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.7, Continued from Page 1A We never thought oi such a thing as lgolng to Owen Sound. The highlight was to go to Wlarton in a horse and buggy. In the winter. we ‘ went across the Ice In a hor- se and cutter. The men would work on the roads with 3 learn In lieu oi taxes. They had no machinery. They just shovelled the gravel In place. We grew wheat and we took It to the mill ln Wtarton to get ilour ground at the place where the Barley Bin restaurant Is now. You can still smell the ilour In it. Carl Whicher's parents had the store at Colpoys. (The Geographic Board ol Canada decided the name has no apostrophe becaus It was named tor Sir Edward Colpoys. but the local residents. unaware that the terminal "s" is not possessive. use an apostrophe. in tact, Mrs. Gatis. who ran Whicher's store. spent a lifetime put- ting In the missing when it was omitted.) :the democrat, ' anyone who wanted to go, 'drive out to the Cape. We ‘ just loved the meetings. Câ€" zwfl} L‘)’, They would take anything; logs. butter. eggs. anything ior supplies. It was the bar- ter system because there was never much cash around. We always out enough logs to buy enough Ilour. sugar. 3 case oi prunes. raisins. ilgs. (I still love them). and old» fashioned rememdles. Coatoll was used for medicine as well as for lighting. There were no banks around. no gover- nment cheques. in those days. We always had sheep and sold the wool. My father was very musical. He played the violin at all community gatherings. My sisters and I liked to go along with him and sing. He called us "The Deering Sisters" because he sold McCormick Implements to other tar- mers and to the Cape Croker Indians who were good neighbours. The Indians used to hold evangelical meetings at Cape Croker. We would get a team of horses, hitch up gather up There'was lots at singing. the Indians are great singers. and everyone had a good time. We would not get home until midnight. The meetings were sup- posed to make you feel reireshed. give you a dit- Ierent outlook on lite. There was a lot of talk about hell. Nowadays. huge crowds get on buses in Wiarton and go to the Bingo at Cape Croker on Monday nights. I have a lot at respect for the In- dians. They were always our irlends. They still remember me. Sometimes we used to load up the democrat with all the children and drive out to the Cape tor a picnic at Pt. Elgln. The water was shallow there and we could play in it safely. The best wild strawberries were always there too. We would take our lunch of hard- boiied eggs. our home- grown meat and chickens, homemade bread. never any salads, but lots of wild berries and wild iruit. In those days. cattle were all allowed to run wherever they could llnd a pasture. We put a bell around one or two oi them to tell where they were to find them to bring them home to be l‘lS’7 Living on That was my mother's tort tleth birthday. as well as my grandmother‘s birthday, so It was a special occa5ion for us overthe years One winter. my lather and brothers took logs out oi the bush and had lumber made to build a barn A lar- mer who was a man trained to put the timbers together. was hired and, when It was all ready. the neighbours came Irom near and far to help put it up. It was called "a barn raising" The women and children all came and made it a picnic it lasted for several days, They also took logs out oi the bush to sell them. and the tree tops were cut into wood. My lather also built an addition to the house It was used as a kitchen. We were so proud of II By this time my older Sisters were married and away Irom home. We were able to hell: my mother take Care oi all the work around the term My father died Suddenly in March. 1914, and that was such a shock to the whole neighbourhood. My older brothers did not want to stay on the farm with my mother, so she managed along with my other brother and sister tor a couple at years. She finally gave up and went to two will my grandmother who, by then, had sold her store to my sister and her husband, Margaritt and Charles Gilbert. My mother later remarried and went to live in Eimwood. She died in 1930. When someone died. they always kept the body in the house. and the neighbours would come and sit with the corpse until it was buried In the cemetery at Colpoys Bay. They would always bring enough tood with thm to lead everyone. I stayed with my gran- dparents because they needed help, and I took care oi the public school in Purr pie Valley. getting up early in the morning to light the wood lire. sweep the lloors after school was over at night. I used to do the dusting while the school warmed up before the students arrived. This gave me some spending money. Later, i went to help my sister In the general store until I was married in 1920 to Andrew Hepburn who had lust returned from three and abet! vogue in the army dparents Wlil'l us. Al or nlné years. we had a baby girl, and we were so hapdy One and a hall year later. we got Howard So that made a iamily of nine to provtde for This went on lor twentyvmo years. Both parents also if our home I tool: are at them entlrely by myseli We had two funerals in on“: week. We had no money so my son Gordon, his lather and I went to the bush and cut wood to sell to pay lor theirtwo funerals With two children m public school. I was lrprâ€" i; help with the tan-int cos tleit the house Wllh Andy and Go the bush to get some mo’ to do some oi the things are had not been able to do before, such as. burld Vllr Chen cupboards and male bins tor the Hour and Sugar In those days, l made better by hand to sell or train-:â€" ’t’r groceries and -' had hens to have to sell as well I help c neighbours hang wallpaper or paint or rust anything clean their houses or anything they needed Hydro was built up our road in 1936 and that was a he: py day lor all of US Mrs Hepburn s COHltl’quS on the rare. interwew Minnie Hepburn -'- s ol her grandpar illustrates the egalitariar CO'DDGIBIIVE kind at 50th the pioneers had Pe Shared With their n hours, and helped the In trouble This spirit very evident in the are even today It is a sub: llVE SDCiety where ever' is called by his. or her name.a|ways Minnie says I want to tell you about