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CONT'D HISTORY OF LOT 11, CONC. l, ARRAN TOWNSHIP Bis wife, Mary (Nay) Temple, was a native ' w. '---_----------- of Amabel Township but had spent almost her . ' entire life on Lot 10, Cone. 1, Arran. _ "i).) ll b', C' Et'? a ' , , Joseph Palmer drilled a well and erected a jiri, I, fall Ill ' ' windmill in 1912. A rural system of tele- I, " ill A - a, "d _ Phone was installed in 1913. In 1916 a g 1'.rk", a"? E = " 3 wooden silo, 12' x 30', was erected on the t .' . 1r8' tt . i northeast corner of the barn. _ 1' i" ' ', , 1 "a Some years later a hen house, 20' x ko', _ " ll l was built to the west of the barn. At the LI , - 1,3,3, 5 Present time this is used as a pig house. gated-IL, ttSl "g' ' Joseph Palmer raised a family of five _ ' - , daughters and one son. Heecontinued to I s." farm on Lot 11 until 191.1, when he rented """""""""" --". trt/Iris/du'--', his farm to his son-in-law, Kenneth Mrs. Kenneth McLennan, McLennan. During whose tenancy tractor Thomas (Tommy) , Ray and Kenneth McLennan. having served with the Brockville Rifles in I ' _ . Jamaica. gt' k " In 191+6 the taxes on a ' p the property were $76.12 - . and the assessment " . ' $3,h00.00. In 1960 the i C: taxes had risen to -11- > v a N $215.75 and the assess-. L' " ' " C? ment was 451,500.00. _ *0 'C ' UH . . t) f, ' I , Hydro was installed in tl , 1" l " all the buildings in L, , = ' " 'u' kn 1950. As tractor power " , _r3., , , had by now made the io > _ 'ee' keeping of horses un- " . " t , I _ . 'sph" necessary the last ' V I, - IN horses on this farm were "N A , , " sold in 195lr. . I ips 5 k" 'd . Bl ' I . In August 1962 Fred 1 - ' , 2 1tr,"a'1Pl'lrl ' Smiths moved to Lot 7, , t, 'ik! " "d ' I 'all-iii!. Conc. 5, Arran, and ! , - - 2"" their son, Howard, " ru' 'MES" " bought the farm. In Family of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Palmer 1960 Howard married Miss Mary Jean Brown of Arran Back row, L to R: Alice, Edna, Elmer and Jennie. and they have a family C Front, L. to R: .Joseph Palmer, Gladys, Ida and Mrs. Palmer. of two, a son and a I daughter. p" J.' . . ' power was used for the first time. In 1914.6 r dau hter and son were born to he sold the fyt tooghgov. L. A. on July 27, 'ttht,hiUh"y1'f In 1970, Howard and Mary for the sum 0 tr,5 . . Smith moved to Lot 30, Con 5 Arran Joseph Palmir passed away Sgptembesr 2, 1957, Township. and Mrs. Pa mer on anuary 7, 19 1. A daughter, Jennie, died November 30, 1955. 38%,??? gig? LOT 13, CONC 1 In 19b6 Fred Smith, a native of Widdifield, district of Nipissing, purchased the farm from the V. L. A. His wife, Elda Janke, was a native of Grey County. They have a family of three sons and two daughters. Written by - - Fred Smith was a Veteran of' World War 11, Roy M. Palmer, March 28, 1966. d