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15 YEARS AGO
Loss estimated at $18,000 was
suffered by Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Bragg of RR 5, Inge, soli,
Wilea the farm home was gnt-
Ed i1y fil, .1 Z
To Erect F1aque' Designating Site
he Wre Big Cheese Made In 1866
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Factory where the big cheese of England and the United States. Itl
866 was made largest to that became so famous that odes weree, will be commemorated by a .written of it.
laque put up by the Archaeologic -Other members of the party visit-'
l and Historical Sites Board, ing the site were Mayor Winn,red
Yesterday D. E. e boar , irkedWilliams, Ingersoll, Byron Jenvey,'
secretary, of the board picked noted local historian, Mrs, Berna-
�` `the site where the plaque will Bette Smith, curator of Oxford..
�? 'stand. It is on a farm approxi-
i, Museum and W. W. Budd, Deputy
few steps „ a mile from Ingersoll a Reeve, of West Oxford.
'few steps from Highway 19. '
The plaque willbe unveiled on Mrs. Smith said two other sites.
July 10. Officiating will be Reeve in the Woodstock area are under
J. A. Hargreaves, of West Oxford I consideration. She said one likelyl
j., Township. I prospect is old St. Paul's Church,'
§ �g "Big Cheese" which the plaque[Dundas street which was built
1l y'will commemorate weighed 7,300Iby Captain AndrewDrewon land
I,pounds. It was later shown in both he bought in 1833.
MAY. TO MARK SITE WHERE `°BIGGEST WAS MADE
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I' rsonages shown pointing are
four-
6,gHEESE"
knew at that time, 1W, was
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partment of Travel and Public-
ity, Byron Jenvey, Ingersoll, lam?
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n looking. for birds or
f clovers, though they did not
made on this spot. From the
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left: D. E. McOuat, executive
eal historical exPeex Mayor Win-
nifred warns, Ingersoll, and
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born, but are picking out e
for a plaque telling people
secretary, of the Archaeological
West Oxford Township. Reeve, .i.
(Staff Photo).
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that the biggest cheese the world
and Historical Sites Board, De-
A. Hargreaves.
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