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I M ISS Teen Canada has Wiarton ll a connections Heather Hiscox returned With her faml y ' home to Owen Sound to officials. Special 'Jdd1/'t2 streets," She 3akl. "We want- . . receive a hearty welcome from reception were her fellow ed 10'see what was going on in " ner 'letirzeil." students and fellow contestants in the Miss Geor town. ' "-L __-_--,. g ' '. lan Ba . " Cwmn'n.9 the Miss Teen gar Jt,uytlf. which Heat Both Madge and Jean be- t _ anada title as well as the, Wiarton can . came teachers. Madge teach- I . academic make more than Contl d Pa 93A First prize speech at the Bruce Peninsula School Area . award, Heather at 16 a little claim n H nus on g . . has . o eather as her . . Publit Speaking Contest by Martha McLay, Grade 5. Jlt'"l""ri', brains and beauty. maternal great grandparents ing here for 32 years and Mrs. . V Hall rdlt"te',t,"",1 at. the City were residents here. Winskill (Jean) teaching five _ _ y __ j. _ same from the 'rteceived pre- . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane years in Wiarton and 16 in AGREAT PIONEER . 1 Robert Rutherfozrldy Jie, IIT: gved on the east, side of, Owen Sound. . e Have you ever wondered what life. was like for the _ key to the city saying, "I? "Airbags: uggtaatdihe gates:, "ciiidii,"i/frerfdceonnepi'la'i . pioneers on the Bruce Peninsula? Well, I would like to tell won't save you any taxes, but Heather's Jrrruld'Jt'r" Jef, book with her contemporaries t you of one of those pioneers. --.---' ere» l we want you to know we are and great aunts Mad 9 d Mad e Patterson and Meta , Ninety years ago, allttle baby girl was born at Tobermory. ' proud of you. You have made Winnifred and reat 2, Jll M '91 h I {This child was named Edith Hodge. Her father was a stone gamer:i Sound known across went through ghe Jflfild air; ')/1,tfli'hr,s grandmother L giason ISandl on Ithis day some of this work still stands on the a a." . . . , _ ruce en nsu a. Wearing her new fur coat, hit)gfthoj'dntt"'rtu, e. u . 21;: 11nosi'd" PT/etc',' he: ' 'At the time of her childhood, the Bruce Peninsula was a _ one of the prizes and riding' in going to the hi h 80% Jet/l", t ht fhepGoods the Wrights lot different than we find it today. There were no roads - just a mini-convertible, Heather used to walk (1(an thgohill int: ti? 'si/iii/iii'," Principal foot paths through the dense forests. Big trees and little was partaded to the arena to Wiarton and then up the hill to Murtha's children and many tgg/tttreg'.'"' land which is new cleared and used or ; Sign au ographs, then to the the school instead of going th 3 others as well as your own x . _ ' ' ... . t tt When old enou h to start school the only way to get an Holiday inn for a reccpnon short way through the Lt,tlif :grsosid Wyonch, she told the education was to git/elk many miles through the bush to the .' nearest little log schoolhouse. WiEalrt'oor: te,rar,hstd.2ti1) J,', At the age of seventeen, this young woman met William . a teacher in grade five and Sadler, who had settled at Miller Lake, and married him. She , b her as "a really moved twenty miles away from her family and friends to _ T remgm er: " help her husband clear the land for farming and make a i, '"",f,st.T'/2ri"; is mild of her home for themselves and the big family of seven girls and randdau hter Hgather She one boy they would have. Clearing land took many years and evatched Ill' Miss Teen Canada this job was not easy or without accident. When their oldest a sent on T V and said it daughter was two years old she fell hands first into a stump a"; dramatic at the end when fire and was badly burned. She was taken by boat from two contestants were left in the Dyer's Bay to Owen Sound and on to Toronto by land. There, running "lt was an exciting doctors used all their knowledge to give her. back the use of moment it she said her rhands. To this day, she has never regained the full use _ , . . o t em. j r2250 g,tg,ootfd/,'adh/'sr. Snag Cooking years ago was a difficult matter. There were /P \g/Vinskglgii of Oiiphant' and all I trips to the grocery store every few days. The food which the residents of Red Bay where was placed on the table was home grown vegetables, freshly the family has owned a made bread and game hunted from the forest nea.r the summer place for many many house. An old wood cook stove was her only companion to ' years: ' :ake the meals,v\at:id it aisle served as dh: hggnte'swtot'ac: I . eating sys em. en supp ies were nee e , i ou sis't"et',tr"iLtha'ls Trett7"l'lnedr take the horse and buggy or cutter to one of the nearest talented as she stores at Stokes Bay, Dyer's Bay, or Lion 5 Head. Congratulations and best One stormy winter day, returning. from a shopping. trip at wishes for the coming year go Stokes Bay, Nel, Edith's horse, hit a big snow drift, and ', to Heather from everyone on threw her out of the cutter. Being pregnant with her second _ the Bruce child, she was badly hurt. The neighbour people who lived ' ' . E , nearby took her into their home, and there her only son was i, . ' born premature, but grew up to be a healthy man. ' Through the spring and summer they would both work on g I their farm, but when winter came, William would go out on I _ , the coldest nights to hunt wolves and fox, for the bounty of a few dollars. Edith would knit mitts, socks and other clothing for sale for a little extra money which was needed so badly. . The family's clothes were all hand made and handed down to child to child as many times as possible. Her children went 1 barefoot all summer. Then, once a year, in the fall, there i' was the excitement of getting a new pair of shoes or boots. F Yes there were hard times, Edith lived through two F depressions, but there were good times too. There were the ' barn ralsings and threshings when all the men got together and helped each other, while the women cooked big meals and talked. Neighbour people were very important. Whenever Edith was about to have a baby, the neighbour woman would come over and act as a mid-wife and stay until , _ certain that mother and child were fine. i By the way, have you had the flu yet? At this time 1978, there is an epedemic of the flu going around. in the early 1900's there is an epedemic of scarlet fever which attacked Edith and William's family. Very long nights Edith and William sat up caring for deathly ill children. When William had a sun stroke and needed a lot of rest, Edith and her children worked hard to keep things going on the small farm. , Even after her husband passed away, and her children grew up and moved away, she kept on knitting and Crocheting for her 8 children, 25 grandchildren, their husbands and wives, and the 30 great grandchildren. She would start early in January to have' a'warm pair'ot mittens" _ or socks ready for each of her large family for Christmas and all their birthdays. She had a good memory and never forgot . a birthday. T ' She knit every day except Sunday. This was the day she would relax, read her Bible, and hope someone would drop- in for tea, and have a lunch of cheese, crackers, cookies, Jam, and other goodies she so proudly placed on the table. The happltsst day of the year for her was her birthday. . _ This was the day her large family came home and enjoyed a ' reunion and a pot luck supper. The house and yard would be overflowing with the people she loved so much. This grand old lady enjoyed a long full life. She passed away when l was only 5 years old but I will never forget her mg hugs and kisses nor the stories she told me of the ' I pioneer days on the Bruce Peninsula. . This wonderful person was my great grandmother. l --nirr-g-l-lrlrtIl-t-tlil-t.lrtl.lrl8- ' .r " ,