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535-03 Page 143VILLAGE OF SALFORD HAS COLORFUL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Recorde( % v-o /9Sti. By JESSIE LONGFIELD One of the amazing things about the small villages of Oxford County is the intense civic pride of most of the inhabitants and, in each one, there seems to be some individual) who has taken the trouble to as- semble the history of the village and keep a record of the commun- ity for posterity. Such was the case with Mount Elgin which vas writ- ten up last week and such was the case with the small village of Sal- ford which lies lust a few miles down the road from Mount Elgin) on No. 19 Highway on the way to Ingersoll. , M ron J_enveh is the Salford' historian an Fie has compiled a along with a story of the township an cWlsa a life story of Aimee Semple McPherson, the famous evangelist, who was born and rais- ed in Salford and attended school' with Mr. Jenvey who remembers'' her clearly, a) Nara• �ifraI- Alai Amy i1.IR3" )ford By Loc The village business centre was centered on four corners just to the west of the highway, and where the Baptist Church was built in IW. The Baptist Church still stands on one corner and in the early days of the villages a was a saw -mill on the nor er, a log school house on the s1SCth east and �h M^'hodist Church on the south VUt corner. The history of the village as written by Mr. Jenvey is no dull affair and many interesting stories of the early days are included in it such as the hum- orous and clever escape story of Elisha Hall during the 1837_rebel- lion against the Family Compact Mr. Hall was living in Ingersoll at the time and escaped by disguis- ing himself in his wife's clothing. He hid in a barn at Salford and the farmer aided him by detracting the soldiers with idle talk while the Oman got away into the nearby woods. He was never captured and settled in the United States, re- maining there until the rebellion !was over. ears sauora women s institute are shown in the PHOTO TOP LEFT taken at the recent bazaar which the group sponsored. They are, from left to right, Mrs. Leslie Wheeler, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. Earl Wilson, sewing conven- er; Mrs. Fred Gregg, second vice-president; Mrs. Gordon Ed- wards, vice-president; Mrs. C. W. Wilson, president. T O P I RIGHT is shown the Salford baseball team which won the Rural Championship this year. Back row, Fred Gregg, (coach),. Iyan Baskett, Lawrence Durham, Ronald Gregg, Stan Wilson, Dick lof those sbad permanent little cow. munities which have stood the test of time and from which many of , our leading Canadians have rr. ceived their start in life. Arnott tooaca); front row, Ever. ett Wilson, Bill Ranney, J i in Huntley, John Warren, Tom Way, Chippie Wilson. The photo on the BOTTOM LEFT shows the oldest living residents of the village, Herb Piper, 83, who just return- ed from a week's hunting i n Northern Ontario and his sister and housekeeper, Mrs. William Atkinson, 82. The photo BOTTOM RIGHT was taken at the Mc- Cready garage in the village and shows Pat McCready doing some welding while one of the villag- ers looks on. Mr. McCready is a comparative newcomer to t he , village and has been operating" the garage for the past eight years. The garage is owned by his brother. (Staff Photo) Tillsonburg Stories of the toll gates, t h r floatingFor bridge and the making of rag carpets are all included in this compact little history of the village. PRESENT APPEAAANCE The two charming old people; The Modern-day Salford consists Of in ,the two churches, a school, coon- very obliging reminiscing about the old days in Salford and try store, garage, mill and public Mrs. Atkinson recalled that she be - school. The day the Sentinel -Re- ,longed to the ladies' group that view reported called, the ladies of 'catered for the wedding of the fain. the Women's Institute were con- ous evangelist, Aimee McPherson. ducting their annual bazaar in the She also had pictures of Aimee Baptist Church and reported a very McPherson which she showed along successful sale of the various art- with pictures of the Temple that icles they had in the booths, the was started by the evangelist ih country store booth being the mosf California. Mr. Piper had travelled Popular of the booths. 1 to see her burial place and had, One of the oldest residents of the photos taken that which they p p erFebruary be - will 89 in a d has just obligingly showed along with they returned from a hunting trip iol rest. Northern Ontario. Mr. Piper says) Mr. Piper and his sister are that he does not go back as far members of the family for which into the woods as he did when a I the nerby Piper's Corners w a" sl lyounger man but still manages to' named. Piper's Corners is three go in each day while he is at camp. miles north and two miles east of He did not get a deer himself this the village and was originally set - year but his party brought back fled by their great grandfather. three. He lives with his sister, Salford, its in. William Atkinson, who and still keeps house for her broth- with colorful and tcolorfuleresting history of the past, instill (contributing materially to the life er. �.of Oxford County and provides one carried on, according to a W "ern Ontario traveller In the y 3850. It was a small village ('Iabout 150 inhabitants, situated {.tile midst of hills, with the Ot ((Creek flowing through. Tillsonburg, he said was f merly called Dereham mar E���Allog iron ore, obtained from the adjoining Township of Middleton. The ore, however, "was not of good quality, or the manufacture was not thoroughly understood, which caused the operation to be discontinued." A new plank and gravelled road from Ingersoll to Vienna passed through It. Tho land between Tillsonburg' and Otterville In "Dereham Town- ship was timbered with a mix- ture of pine and hardwood. The clearings on the road were small and thinly scattered.