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The ifirst known white settler was 'a man by the name of Beauchamp who lived at the pres-- ent lotation. of Henfryn. The exact date 'of settlement is unknown. 'However, it was considerably be-- fore. the year 1850, as by that date several.other settlers had lo-- cated in the township. 2 CR S ootiaimn Mr. Beauchanip later moved to a location, 'wesb of Granbrook at which time he was the only. set-- In 1852 John Mitchell located at the present site of the Village of Molesworth, He later became deputy reeve of the township and prominent in public affairs. ues About the same. year--1862-- several families moved into the| Brussels area, among them John and Duncan Ferguson, Robert and type-- of soil, 9 types. predomit was considered by the early is been «drained. & extremely prodt tler in the ' 'By Mrs. D. WartR® In size, Grey Township is the third largest township im, Huron County, consluflni of nearly 65,-- 000 'acres. In the byes of its resi-- dents, however it stands second to none! Grey Grey . Tewnstoty County, recenty «colebr centenniat. Jn the article Are. D: Word tines. some of the eart of the townshipe ) ) _( _ OwEN SOUND, Ont. -- NGS .-- A memorial to Nellie McCluvllel, noted feminist and author, be unveiled June 8 0n the farm near here where she was bomn in 1873, The memorial has been erected by the Women's Institute of Grey County. + 1 en oi \Ing. To Be Unveiled Today en's suffrage and m ZOAKNIDBMTSL against the liquor traffic, Mrs. McClung wove herself into. the pattern. of life in the Canadian \West for 80-- of her T7 years, She idied in 1951. Nellie MeClung Memoria! ] WIProject in Chatsworth N ol l Hex journalist granddaughter, Nellie Lillian McClung of Edmon-- ton, will officiate at the unvell-- Irish Descent 1 Youngest -- of . 8ix children: of Trish--born -- John Mooney and his} Scottish wife, she was born in a fog house at Chatsforth,-- . The family moved to Western Can« ada~when she was seven, BAE GER C re ie o EAERAARE 00 Tt was at Manitou, Man, that she became interested in fi'e suf-- frage question. and after her mar-- riage to Robert McClung moved to Winnipeg where she helped to form -- the -- Political Equality soil map shows' almost"every Mn m Te cvay .. E. A leader in the fight for wom-- * 5 plodaed w . uEd ind veral Tw ~the following rs, D. Wordiad |out-- of the early history nships ceA s rs. D. Wardlaw rey Township is th : township in. Hurot Ont. -- (CP)|| Nellie McChing, d author, will 8 on the famm) ownship Celebrates Huron County attler Ronald MceNaughton, Peter Mc-- Donald, Hyslop family, Thomas Blackie, William .. Douglas . and family, JJ J. Ford, Sellers family, Me®adzean: brothers, John Stews art, John.Blair, Donald Allen and three fatnilies of Lamonts, The Writer's maternal . grand-- father, John Jones, had settled on lot 9, con. 10, and by 1859, five children 'had been. born, His father, 'George. Bateman, . was horn. on lot 18, con T in August, 1855, and. the family. by that time had considerable Jand\ cleared. Pearson Family It was a ut this time that the Pears:;f%y'éame in from Goderich to their location on the fourth concession. At the present time, John Rearson' is the 'only descendant %afi family still living on theworiginal grant. The township was organized as a separate municipality, with the first council meeting being held on lot 10, concession 11, . January. 21, 1856, The council elected was Peter| McDonald\ as reeve, . John Stewart, township clerk;-- Peter Fergusony» Robert Leckie, _ John 'Robertson and.ThomasStrachan. (By the year 1862 the township became entitled to a deputy reeve }and John Mitchell, whom we have mentioned before, was the first to be elected to that office. It would appear that the progress of settlement.was quite rapid atithis time, as by 1878, 27,814 acres were cleared. The population was given las 3,042, and the animal popula: tion was 1,484 horses, 4,660 cattle, {&163 sheep and 1,536 hogs. _ to the Dominion War Cou ' 1918 and she represented dian Methodism at the Ec * cal Conference in London.. As a mother of five cl i Mrs. McClung was a leader in (the campaign. for prohibition, one \of the issues that brought about (the defeat of Sir Rodmond Rob-- Ain's Conservative Government in Manitoba in 1914. Two years later 'Hon. T. C. Nortis' Liberal Gov-- Yernment granted Manitoba. wom~ Nen. the yote, four years before passage of the Dominion Fran-- ichise Act establishing uniform suffrage in Federal elections for 'men and wWomen. -- \.Newspapers frequently referred i in en i PCH P0 Uenoess Newspapers frequently referred to Mrs. McClung as "Mrs. West-- ern Canada." At the height of her fight against liquor. the old Win-- nipeg Telegram. dubbed her "Ca-- lamity NelL" _ , TIn 1921, Mrs. McClung . was elected to the Alberta Legislature o« a Liberal and held. the seat -- Ets CCC Mrs. McClung became the first woman to be named to the CBC Board of Governors and was Can-- ada's only woman representative 20000000 waitabe wuntil 1926. Her name was among those 04 five women inscribed on a plaque at the entrance to -- the Senate Chamber in Ottawa, unveiled in 1938 by the late Prime Minister Mackenzie King in honor of wom-- en who had fought for women's suffrage. to the I;:'ague of Nations Sir Robert Borden appoi PEAtRRARUCCC ~d Amportant Posts Aoen oi in London in 1921. of five children, appointed her. far Council in esented Cana-- the Ecumeni-- in 1938.! Debentures Issued Tt is also interesting to note that_ $35,000 . debentures .. were issued as a bonus to the railroad for having two stations, Ethel and Henfryn in the township; n Tt is also noteworthy that Wwhen the survey was made, Cranbrook was expected to he a town, Ethel 'a village of from 00. to. 1,000 'population and Hzfifflb& village: What changes the rural popula-- tion decline have brought! The villages of the township have declined rather. than ad-- vanced with the possible excep-- tion of Molesworth which is situ-- ated on the north boundary and partly in Wallace Township. ( At one time there were also several "post villages" . in _ the township, a post office being established in Cranbrook in. 1856 William Spence was first post-- master \in Ethel, «commencing about 1858. Only the post office at. Ethel survives. with George Dunbar as postmaster, Rural mail routes which now service the township were started about 1913. 'dew Crankbrook at one time boasted of the only 'public house" in the township. _guill: by James Tuck. At a 1;%]7@11{:3 there were three from Bthel to Brussels "Gravel Road" on the 7th and 8th con-- cession, . -- 'The total assessed value was given as $142,300, Official reports show taxes collected for that year !as §127740. Total receipts from all sources $18113 and/ total expendi-- tures $17,806. she declared "woman's duty: lies not only in rearing children but it also lies in ' the -- world. into which these children must some-- day enter." 'The memorial to be unveiled by her granddaughter is made of native stone. Its bronze plaque is! the gift of the Canadian Govern--| ment through the Historic Sites| and Monuments Board. It bears the inscription . '"Nellie Mooney 'McClung -- lecturer, teacher and/ writer--ardent. advocate. of wom-- en's rights in Canada. -- author of Sowing Seeds in Danny and other works -- born at Chats-- worth 20th 'October; 1873 -- died in Victoris, B.C,. 1st September, }1951. l Its 100th Birthday A startling commentary on the decline of rural industry is shown by the following businesses which once flourished but now are gone from Ethel village -- saw mill, flour mill, carriage plant, operated by Coberi& Sons; carpet weaving by Sam>Chambers; a pottery, operat'eti by William Spence; also the mantfacture of brooms, "The 'present United Church, Fthel, descended from the Wes-- leyan Methodist and Presbyterian churches, The first meeting was held in a log building on the present school grounds which served both as school and church, A large frame building was erected later on the farm of Tawrence Dobson, at the western end of the village, beside which the township hall was later erected, and on the site of which _ 'There is now neither a resident 'doctor, wclergyman, or practicing veterinary, although Dr, Ward-- law, who came to Eithel in 1999, has 'practiced continuously, until forced"by. ill health about a yorr ago todiscontinue active duty.~" Two blacksmith shops have dla-' appeared, one being torn down and the other turning to the re~§ pair of farm machines and motor 'vehicles. f Religious Organizations OIn 1878 & warrant was Issued for the formation of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 631 in the country of Huron North. This organization, while it has suffered the same decline as the churches is still in active opera~ tion. ' 'Prominent 'Baptist preacher, Revy. Caleb Harris, died on Friday at diis home in Toronto, of a coronary 'thrombosis, Aged 70 years, he was retired. from active pastorate work, 'but had kept preaching on a supply Mr. Harris was born in Elderslie 'Township,. and 'after. receiving. his early. education in the home school section and Port Elgin high. school, attended McMaster University. . He was ordained as a Baptist minister 44 years ago, later serving church-- es at Goodwood, Uxbridge, Dundas, Hanover, Haimliton, and finally Ind-- ian Road Church, Toronto, REV. CALEB HARRIS Mr, Harris was a member of the directors, of the. Christian Social Council of Canada, the executive of the Ontario Tempérance Federation! and the executive of the Lord's Day! tAiliance, . He was also secrefary ot| the Board of Social Service and! Evangelism for the Baptist Conyen tion of Ontarip and Quebec, He was at present a member.of St. Clair Avenue Baptist Church and the hos-- pital visiting chaplain for the Bap-- i 'tist Churches of Toronto, I He is survived by this wite, one daughter and two sons. There are also. two sisters, Mrs,.S. Handy and Mrs. J. S. Marshall of Poronto; and dhree brothers, _ James, Toronto; Ebenezersand. William, Chesley. the township garage noW stands. Tn 1915 a fire in the main part of the village made the!(present site available and the . church was moved bodily down. the street on. rollers, Extensive addi= tons were made including the bricking of the structure, which was again opened for service in November, 1017. Present minister is" the Rev. Andrew. Lane, who is resident minister in Brussels. Presbyterian Church In Septémber, 1875, a plot of ground was 'purchased from. John. Gober at tl;p'*eut end -- of 'the RMevemme dmen d onl village . upon which a / frame church was erected by the Prées-- byterians, By 1926 this church was. also in Meed of repairs and the / present . brick structure erected with. the official.. re-- opening held December 18, 1927. 'This 'church (is . also ministered toby & non--resident.. minister, Rev, C, L Thompson, who comes from Granbrook each Sunday. In passing We note, with re-- gret, the Joss of another custom ---- that of having "local preach-- ers." Robert McKay and George Bateman served in that capacity for many years, Mr. Bateman was almost drowned in crossing the swollen Maitland. River on horseback during the summer flood of 1881 while on his.way to preach at/ a church «on the 6th Other Churches Other churches in the township are the Anglican Church, at Hen-- fryn; Union United: Church, on the --12th concession; . United Church, Monerieff; Presbyterian |Chutch, Granbrook, and -- United 'Church, Walton. " Among those that have vanished are a church called Union on the ieth concession; (the Methodist ;Ch\mch, atCranbrook, and: Rois United Church, on the 4th. con= concession. cession.