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WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP'S NEW BUILDING —Getting tired of
the council and township officials
at the council meeting held on
Frying to make themselves heard over the bin of traffic on No. 21
Monday. From the left are: L. B. Curry-, clerk and treasurer; Coun-
Highway passing their township council chamber in Beachville and
lof
cillors E. Wiseman and W. Budd Reeve
Thomas Pellow; C. A. Wil-
hugging the stove in winter for warmth, the council of West Ox-
liams, road superintendent; Councillors
C. B. Heeney and John Har-
rd decided to move. The municipality needed a new machinery
greaves. The lower photo shows the
front of the new building with
building so a municipal office was incorporated into the structure
the council standing outside the office
door. —(Staff Photos).
which was built at Foldens. The upper photo shows members of
Beachville References in
"Got the wicker flask full of,_
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all kinds of vegetables of the,
brandy from Mr. Elliott at
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By 3L E. Cropp y rYLOctober 21, 1933, Capt. Gra-
finest.. quality, also abuandgnoe
Beachville."
On August 10, 1835:
An early description of each- ha writes in his diary:
of
of cherries. We saw many wild
fowl some. Returned to
"Got of Mr.. Elliott one gallon
ville is found in the diary of 'fWalked to the Village
Beachville, about 1% miles from
and shot
dinner at 5.30 bringing with us
port; one ,gallon. Madeira, two
Captain Philip Graham, retired
Light's, and five miles from
sundry letters from Beachville,
pounds of coffee, two .loaves of
officer of the Royal Navy, who Hatch's. (Hatch's mill was on
and five quarts of good Brant-
white sugar, two nutmegs, one y /
rf,/LL
took up land in the Township Cedar Creek at the west end of
ford 'whisky in a covered tin
flask of sweet oil, one bottle of
of North .Orford, on the north Woodstock). Here are grist and
kettle, being the only capable
cayenne pepper ... sent gig to be
. side of §1-River Thames, on saw mills and two whisky dis-
. vessel we could Procure."
altered to Lieut. ith by Alex
is a lime kiln, one of those which once
us in the area, and described in a recent
s page. Charles S. Buck, writer of the article,
i early visitor of the area who descr 4 gd the
e kiln fires as "beacons to Fight us an our!
way.,,
out f-T4— , .
,,,, YX. £,,.✓- sera, -v�6 dds.,-.e�I ram.
1141
Ce C•N, /2 �+- s/�...e- dw:Ca,..ed red-
--:, CC. vR,) .
Lots 28, 2 d 3o, west of Wood- ,
tilleries, with a small tavern, and
Capt Graham apparently ,tired
(his'son) fox at
a/Gii.Y.Y►s'uM�
stock. He''arrived in October,
good stores. The road from the
of keeping so he gave his
August
III
1833. He spent the winter in the
bridge at Cedar Creek rogtt l
book to . - lht, who made
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partly finished house of his
to the west; Colonel
principally along and near to th0x'�J!
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many ent
On July '. 5, he writes:
"Alex got the flask of whisky
r
neighbor
Alexander Whaley Light, settled
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south bank of the Thames and is
,
W r •
at Elliott's, Beachville."
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-"" a famous English
i837 the
on lAts 25, 28 and 27, part of
one of the best roads I have seen
"Alex. Light went to the Fords
September 1on)
"William (his son) went to
traveller and writer, Anne. Jamie -
which property is now owned by
in the province, along which an
Mills to pay for 50 pounds weight
Beachville to get the horses
son, drove through Beachville.
Joseph Montgomery. The location
English carriage may be driven
of flour. Gave him one dollar and
shod."
She wrote:
of this house may be seen west of
Mseph Montgomery's barn,.part-
with safety, (iThis is now High-
a quarter." (Fordo Mille stood
Sep September 29, 1835:
"I also passel} Beachville; a
�
round
but bsoil
lyTeled by a ring of ancient
way No. 2, between Woodstock
on the site of the present Beach-
mill owned by Walter
"We got a quarter pound,
small
very
soil is very fine and
which is
a is trees.
and Beachville), The country all
ville grist
Whilew. Mills are known to have
black pepper and two ounces salt
peter from Mr. Elliott's, Beach-
.the
f •'4 number of most respect-
,.
almg:.,ithe way from Hamilton to
p ,here ever since 183ll
ville."
a A ttlers have recently bo
w';
this part abounds in apples and
Ap�in, on July 28, 1835;
land any erected houses herel
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