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-7- N u - "l 20H: S'TTT Tr, 3.7. -continued Tour dchlenker said he sold the enterprise hecauso the town had made no progress in its Taster Larbou: plan to draw tourists. fie said another reason for selling the railway was to devote more tine to filling orders for the manufacturing; of locomotive s . Eir. {Schlen'iior said work is just finishing, on a steam railway for lfindsor . Lie said the prospect looks?, good for several more orders from the United States and Zanada. WM" He set an enviable record in a lifetime devoted to his trade, had shod over 330,000 horses. Mr. Stephenson was born in Markham on Sept. 17,185? and came to Bruce County at the age of 6 weeks. His family settled at North Bruce. In 1872 he became an apprentice in the black- smith shop of Dan Baker on Goderich St. South at a salary of $30.00 a year and board. He showed such a skill in shoeing horses,making iron plows and harrows that he left the county for a short time and became a wandering journeyman. ", In 1876 he came to Port Elgin and occupied the shop on Goderich St. South opposite '4 the Curling Club Rink. His great skill as a blacksmith, he claimed was due to great strength, love of horses and the fact that he was able to handle his hammer equally well with both hands. In his lifetime he estimated that he had; shod 330,000 horses completely.His daily average was 20 but he recalled one day, with the assistance of Joe Collard, they handled 135 animals. Statistics estimate that he used a total in excess of 2,6#0,000 shoe nails which if laid end to end would number 84 miles. His shop was the rendezvous for hundreds of visitors each summer who came to have a friend- ly chat with "The Old Village Blacksmith". He was a born teller of tales, possessed an amazing memory and a fund of humour and wit. He was famous for his saying,"Say nothing but saw wood". Until his retirement he spent eight hours a day at his old-fashioned anvil wielding his four-pound hammers. John James o_apgggyi"2'ctegpAits1 C1erk-heasurerl' . . a - ' -lll "ll' . 5 Councillors may come and go but Jack Chapman goes on "Ill-IMI-lt.-',':""':'?'?'?,,,- 'lil" '"' forever. He was Town Clerk from 1923 to 1958. In ll Mil-lil-lil-Fri': tifét-V'WH " that time he never missed a meeting of the Town - . - - A1,". , . p r t " :,ust11tt'lsftia - Council. y - - . y Ill.iiirttiii?yF"rlt?ti, - " Except for 5 years in Toronto (where he married - ' , ' 'rfi.Lr"r.'1ii"t'gB, At' - the former Laura Trelford of Chesley) he resided all . "ll ' ' vi':,'.),')".":";:-');--.)'::".,'):) IMI" ' his life in "The Town of the Maples". " ' > - ' 'i/et/if/fi-at IB, g , The assessment of the municipality was $u50,000 . _ 'll f v . ir"i:'rr'ui1"g8'% 2 ' - in 1923. He has been actively identified with every t " , . tt ,tgfv-"L .;::n progressive movement in his town. He served under 3 go - ~A..'I "ia5' MI . 6 reeves and 2 mayors and was a member of the - ' a ' " IIMtd ttiN-ill" Cemetery Board frommthe time of its inception in ' ti8 , - IllllllillrdllgM!laltrl 1925. He was a charter member and Past President of _ " . 'lr, " alltl BRiri".,lllE..!Mll Port Elgin Rotary Club. - V llllllllillltlltglllii,,rj'ihrd'lliiEl His father was James A. Chapman who took up residence - " 'llllllllllllllilligElEylg'i8gllliill here in 1871, was r'eeve from -1?9.1'-1/l.?f and secretary -. - . " {§§§£:%§3p" 'illiistiiillltllll of Public School Board for-mai/yew'?'. His brother . r - ilMlglllE14iX.?i' 'ltlgE'btial" A.W."Wes" of A,U. Chapman & Son was born in 1877. C . . . lllll 1. llBllllMiiiiltlR'i'iii'iall lllt?vsr)aSlgRll ' Port Elgin Time s F 'Celt. 'tE; Trf " r :rrl?-" 'll, *' BlRIEMlll . , 'rr"ilc'i" 2'_ . c' C' (ts "ca" 'tttt 'il.ialgsiiilt'iMil!ll, \ K,"¢rffiatfliéthi" - V CC', Widest - CHARLES DRUMMOND For many years, hewoperated the Sunoco Service Station on Goderich St. He was also very actively associated with the Rotary Club, The Chamber of Commerce, The Port Elgin Scout movement,The Port Elgin Recreation Committee-assuming sponsorship of the Sunoco Hockey Club when the Keystone Club became defunct.Mr. Drummond also championed the interest of l the Senior Citizens of the town. He served on Council for a number of years in various _ eapaeities. As a councillor from 1958 to 1963, he headed the polls for tr successive years. In 196% he served as Deputy-Reeve and as Reeve until April 1965 when he resigned. He was a Justice of the Peace in Port Elgin for 37 years. He died on November 30,1972. Port Elgin Times Dec.7,l9?2.