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- .. . " " w . . "w . t . ..m c. . i e V I _ " " " .IMI& ' " 'Bm" - . lie. = ' Friends and family', e p .' l _ . . " E if". _ "'2'; x EIN on; , li t . i ';' ' 3 , - iRI I " pr T l 'M r,$5w;gw I "V I ll / I ,e in ride . . St) George celebrate 90 years, i . , , ' P, l itiiT, l8iEm'i1 v31" ti" f _ . li . . , ' f . _ li "" IA' . I r. {\ffgga 'ill O attive tl lVlng l ' a": . ' it IE0 3""? Ill.], 'ttitil-ii ," I ' byMary Goltm difference in George's life 9nd ly l , , r " " . f1 ' ' ry?Lsl',s1','slfsig) MliiitB,ltt' " Name an agricultural, service or , lives of many in his comyuruty. Pr',, fl ' h " IIB' L, g' 'd, ' "'iiiil lilrltiiill'l'gi _, Eil , church organization, both provincial- r involvement in communlty "3mm? ll e a , . " ' p . " " Bl ' - rig'fllmrw 23w ly and locally, including municipal tions has all been chronicled man, l . ' - 3:. we e~ lil? 3:; IBI _ 8it " Illltli3ig,'MMl government and odds are George l impressive collection oi sfrepb?okt; . l a " IEl g , ' tag: / . , 3 I £33333"? _ I) 'rt, Mannerow of Scone has been a part and photo albums his wife has kept: V ' _ illlgE _ . 33339:" . e , sri): I ISI, a 5 ME"; of it. over the years ._ and in the framed oer; l; . ' m I " - Mali Bih'i'a"it 1Itll . cFis('jj_,!jCirsN, ' Ml-k' It185N'5', [ His years of combined service on tificates of appreciation and plaques .» l a " I as)" e - e . 'll , V v . - cr:,'"-'"',: ',' 'v):;, h" 'iiii5llltl everything from the session at that fall the Mannerow's living room} _ e "33'. ' I , T "7 .____ it))); cr" rir,'re.', r , Geneva Presbyterian Church, the wall. Pictures of the couple's anruveT, :' w' . MIElt Bl V SE ' T " V ' ", , " M board of directors of the Saugeen sary celebrations, five children, 14, _ {MKEW ' ' Il I tft0, Ite , , itll , Valley Conservation Authority and grandchildren and nine great-grand: , ' . @3933? IN . I _ m'r"rr_, icrr,r" _ e V , ' I , . ' the Grey County Soil and Crop children occupy much ofthe remain- _ d '35:; .1. , b? , , I ' - , Improvement Association to the l ing spaceinthe room. " . l, P. Bila' _ , ' j/i-SN. , ' " _ It . Plowrnen's. Association, Hospital George talks with great pride)', (, - " " - I'v . 31% a tit " . , Board and Kinsmen Club totals close _ about his year as Grey County, q _ gg 1ilt . t V _ or" , I ' _ - 'iliM to 200 years . . . quite an achieve- Warden in 1954, the same year his. _ [ " Ei& V , ' 'isit4tF,s:iii, ' :fi" - ment for the well-known Scone resi- good friend in nearby Elderslirt,' ; ,__ " " " _'i?i'tj'gfi'if)ii,i air - It- V I T dent who celebrated his90th birthday Township, W.P. Oswald was Warden", E It ill- i. rt' w; were; illl " , , - , q on August 6th. On Sunday, August 7, of Bruce County. His municipal; ';, .. if ' - ' t" its3riPii, _:,r't, Mt lit " , " _ family members hosted friends and council experience also included set; I e s . ' " ' 'Esate'. ijf a, Ilgiil1l . 99 ' * relatives at a come and go reception eel years as councillor, deputy mew.- l il, ' 'tWifi-i, i: , " V " p in George's honor at the old Scone and later Reeve. l it Bl w, ='i,isr1r ' . school and as expected, hundreds He's equally proud of his accom- _ l; _ tli iMtt ve',' ' ' came out to wish the well-known for- plishments as a plowman - he plowed > n till 'ilk-i' l mer Bentinck Township Reeve and for the first time at an International I: J, v - IIMEi ' Grey County Warden all the best. Plowing Match in 1928; drove a 1912 i' i I k Born in Sullivan Township to Model T Ford, the first family car. at.' ( - Louis and Sophia Mannerow. George age 16 and recalls every detail off i 7 e has been fortunate to enjoy good years in his life he'll never forget rthe T I , 90-year-old George Mannerow of Scone. health - health good enough to enable Great Depression years of,the 1930's,'o it " _ " _ C (Golem photo) him to keep fanning, (including doing Tyse were tough times for farm ll " some plowing) along with his son ers, he says, as he and his wife. b y it _e even when he was in his 80's! Essie, talk about selling'éggs for Bight" l . "I'm pretty good for an old duf- cents a dozen, shea.ring sheep for rt l. ' Rose Archiba Id tu rns 99 I fer," he laughs, 'there's been worse other farmers for 10 dents a head and" I a . guys than me! I've worked hard, but "I once sold a "IOU-pound heifer fora? '/ a i V ., .. _ . Ciprh4 7cH"ph'r'eci', M e, c.y;;"cr,s'n' ' e. ..» "o'5Ki 'gEt JRtieiaN5RNi' 'qB'h'FMtt2te'4 . . hard worknever hurt anyone." V ten cents a pound," Those were ther." ll - 35M BliEt, ' e Rose Archibald, port he's received fronrhis wife ores everything you could to make a few? l 33' - ' _ W 1x ' " B' Chesley and area res years, Essie and the couple's five cents,"Mrs. Mannerow added. 5 s ' ' liRllElllilI l, - - iii' WI Saturday. She " children - Isabelle (Mrs. Ltith Elder George Mannerow's life has been ', V (fir; , I lllltlilllMl ' I Mollart fkr pasmts of Tara): Ken of Elderslie. Lloyd on a most interesting one as guests at his, . l T . . Mliallgill tt t Thomas the home farm in Bentinck. Dianne birthday celebration on Sunday soot; j a . , - 'e li, . l l Archibald moved (Mrs. Ross King of Chesley) and found out. His friends, his relatives: . ' "'3'" " I l i years ago from Shel Reg, an employee with the Saugeen and all whom he has met over the' ' [ " t . Eeirslaiirit , l i where she hadwol'ke Valley Conservation Authority, who years while serving his community,'. l . we; wk', , l . l tory ln Yprkshlre t also lives in Bentinck - has made a wish him the very best on his 90m ' i I greet," ' c sdiaslduringWo6iu-- _ - .e "V "W __-_-- hinhdau ',.'": i . g ' , 3W, Ira, "We . , . l to live with her sister and worked as . i r , " : "keg? 353". _',,iriji?i;,'jijliiffiesN, ' " . I , » , a cook at a nursing home in . , i (if _c:'c,'i'ii'i,r)'j,irgai IB . 3" "'g,r,i):'," "Siu-r-iii?',:-',,':');:;,': (3157:; I , While living in Hesherton she met "s. e. ' (f'rirt'isr,a?i'jfy'/d: "r ci; e Ft 3'3"": 'j/fy, etc? we and went to live on his parents farm A 'i.'11r e _,'i)ii'i,s':i,fr,'cy, '_rCic"i: ":53 lg? 3253'? 73;»? 5:21:5«iiiiyeeyz inBentinck Township. _ '_,r(:i,'ri,"frriii';i5;iil, 'airi, N iii'i:i" (rt; ,5. Y' i.ye we? g 2353" "worked my hard," said _ A 33, i 539-": a"; vj:iili" I f f C,'. Bi "?c8,,5ii'j'-, c,; "cC, e i . (Ll _ ' _ C" f -- i e» ,' "iss", if? h'"S'v, 'h"'"'?",-:'),'-."? fire-€53 e") In 1969 they sold the farm and . ,%Q<" " , J, T 3:" 'r, ff 'C':-,,),':'::"'?:,","': _ 493:") Bl " a move to lst Avenue Ndrth in il; 'j, vrT tifii:')l'ir?'s'li)?i?'-,ijtse,w hy: '.. _c'iistt%?,', _ . 'CTC:, IC-, 'ij:' ll Ilill Chesley. Norman died in November -l ' 'ii,),, $5 'Qfif "eiy'; _ '/'r:'- d--I:Z=ii:é:§:,: e of 1972.They hadno children. l ' , e ii'i""iEit,i , 'ritisiic9:Rk'ci"t " "3 Rose moved into Parkview Mante 1' I I r,t:ii,r:'jf,i',':j,:ij" . Ctr. 'cr-v-ti/tet;',).""";'?,. Er2llii,iiarEtiaiiil ., " inIuly, 1996. l' ' ' , 'iier.iii'r,,i_i'"gi'i' I I %;%,% e, ' M We Archibald said she's lizkedmsg llions ',/ T I - Iit'i'iiiEiglllgtiail ' giftifi _'iis I'" , 'i4"itt::M, " ' naturally. _ ll e , "'/ 'rrt"'i hie" . bil t She's never drank and never r ,", ' ' I , ll' [_/tIIE'-,'?'-,:',))."':';),'!,'!,,)", a" v l smoked, "I lived clean and was l F . I l' . . $336; 5&3??? 3F, , 'E-yi-tri':::",'), " . Ill' happy all the time." _- , . - . 'MtM Imll6'a Pr:r,c5rr: fie 'i'Eirl p, ii "ll Abirthdayteawas held former l . " .I' . "Wfiwc W tlt! l Parkview Manor Saturday afternoon. I l BM. - f ' q IllI . gik 'lr:?; . "i'iy5i'asiati5l . . I 99-year-old Rose Archibald at Parkview Manor where she f " now lives. (Hancock Photo) 1 " ' ll