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T e i. ies tfk 6 The Cobden area has lost i « 4://'%#/{ yet another of its heritage ’e s ouse e S buildings. © But Cobden‘s Tass is proving to be Dacre‘s ganâ€" . The 113â€"yearâ€"old Shields fr n eW house, built in 1873 at what a spor e o n ; later â€" became known_â€" 25 Shield‘s Crossing, has been dismantled log by 1log and 4 moved to a new locatiOn location near Dacre ing is located about three miles northwest of Cobden j ommomeaecr . on Highway 17 in West " & C ) ?gfi x ..;j & é%% fl%q% ”&g,‘ meath Township. § ~* <h us es “‘ _ nds ol Cut from the towering (5 2 s ies Jz j " _ | timbers that were growi"s . * 4 . Miirer *# * [ there. the home _ was j _ WMie/.p * t *| constructed in the autiMn n L. t . _ aglâ€"of 1873 by Hugh Shields, i. » ioi + 'a""f an early settler in the area. 4 y > u. 7 Ts Shields, _ his _ wife % \ $ J e _» W es Martha â€" (nee _ Donaldson) % # "*"*_f * y e C and theirâ€"eight children , 7 Ctn, i "Co25 #. "r, moved into the log home y / 4 & 4@ %~ e % and spent the first winter i\ 2 C uic # «"5‘% s"’;‘ wit? just (tihe four walls,flthe e Hormak e se .2 T w on k »«*' w &\ â€" roof and . a dirt oor ; Mn ce mm s " * ‘:Ex%g ' : - underfoot. Cl . Spveriry â€" _3 ’* t s * oi 2OE s %‘1& % *ng, “@%»?M&, Hugh _ and _ Martha‘s f .. y es es _ M % _ . . mmman. *4 To i amie‘ | granddaughter, 80â€"yearâ€"old e /z i anp > R se doo n on mt l k w â€"Â¥%) â€"Hazel Smith of Pembroke, l c i o ramis fwees . .. thus, ioanes &” o) _ Ww j says the house became a ;1‘,‘,‘ af :&"‘.’ ~FÂ¥o LN L, e 1 BP oi W 4 focal point of the communâ€" "’gj%;y ing k i t _ e Jee. 1 s af .A ,ni/?’ U ity. Within the four walls C e . 2 a d M w 3 nomiut ie l”"_‘“ _ | there were many births, ul r2yt i~o s at . m e fi‘v o w LR e â€" weddings. deaths and funeâ€" 'ig’c;& 1334‘-%% a m & . y Ts ols ‘ %??" Pz ‘&é*@ rals. She herself was born 3‘«}‘ c 9 C ee o TeR s . t > . 8. "{:\ [ zi there and can remember * s i e rMrl B t m M dn io : caicee ue feé‘q.,f&u‘:;’a * 3~ . Reflad* . 54* [ 0_ e sions taking place in the 428. Hugh and Martha Shields \ had two more children after P moving into the log house. [ _ Hugh Moore Shields (Mrs. Smith‘s father) was born in 1874 and David Alexander This photograph shows what the Shields house looked like while it was being Shields followed two years dismantled. Both photos were provided to the Sun by Mrs. Haze! Smith of l“terl‘j br;.“gh‘.‘;gi thte ttOtaI & & number of children to ten. Pembroke, a granddaughter of Hugh and Martha Shields who built the house. Mrs. Smith says that in