107Ingersoll's new chief, Alfred Schaefer, above turned Ingersoll Chief
"Takes Command'
t t his first fire as department head. He succeeds
ou o
Fred .Ellis, who has ,resigned through ill -health.
and wealfhy town, Pork was .
d
happy change of diet those
!�I M
:
days; and no Irish landlord
I si
_ e
had. a corner on the fish pools,
jf;^J
l�
da
/'� •
U 1 ve H
and wonderous' great- are .the
stories told by'. Mr: German on
'�I
f/
t i R
the big hauls of fish netted by
ff '
C
M®���
the citizens of Little Falls. Ac-
cording' to. Mr, G., a' catch of
- J �•
500 fish in bne evening was a
5 clipping from the St.
mere nothing to the hauls,
made when the fish came down.
a
e Marys Journal of September 1,
the Thames River,
i
is 1800, gives a little -history on
first Shanty
° the very first formation of. theThe
stone town, in1841, by
.first log shanty; a tav-
.James
Ingersoll, This item intrigued
ern, was erected byt- euben
- Martin. .The first church .
she writer because other his.
the Episcopal ,-was erected'
;`'stories give Thomas Ingersoll,
;,j two years after the settlement
'Sr., as being one of the found-
- .
was effected, and the stone
'
ers of Little Falls, as It was
on Queen street east,
near the railroad bridge, was
I.
known at its inception, The J.
„ the first school house built. Mr.
G. German mentioned in the
German claims 'to"have been
article is without, much doubt
present at the gathering of the
`
t o direct descendantOf James '
people Who had come to pay
Mr. Jones, the agent of the
IlGcrman, one of the first settlers -
f
.Canada Company,for the lands.
,)
to East Nissouri .Township of ;
when St. Marys was 'decided
i
Oxford County. In an advertise-
upon as the future name of
:ment appearing in'The Strath-4
Little. Falls; and `Mrs, a y;1 _
,. roy Age, a J C>>, Gerrgan is
one agreeing to ovate Ila'/
towards the erection of the!
listed as being the resident
I school house if the little hair eti�
i. agent for an insurance company,
; as named "'St M r-
in 1871..The clipping in ques-
quire areas Ingersoll die
!
tlon reads as follows:
few years after Litt a Falls was
settled, but the family name of
'The Gold Old Days of Fifty
' Years Ago;': Forty-nine years l
,Ingersoll has al aya been asso-
t ciated with the �arly history of
,from the 7th day of this month,
St, Marys. -
,,ames Ingersoll was .presented
-
tby the Canada Company with
��'(L�u��-
I$I S'
Ithe village site of Little Falls
n
I
?'and $3000, and he commenced
W
roperations for the erection of a,
iaaw
P �,1:
7YW'�' `
WT
and .. grist mill on the f.
ground where St. Marys stand I
Mr. J. G.
f( ,�- AA.` k`(Ltl mil' tAl
"""'SY-1__„-_
Pnaw German elaimir!
Ito �
have a e�i-lid the first tree a, leanng 'the site.. This' he a,
--
'compllshed..on Tuesday, Se
�'>'�+/t.a.•-4�- p .. _LL- qv
tember 7th; 1811 and lie is ix
all probability the only repre.
Qentatrve of the little band who
`te
[ _ 1 QS-t- 3-00 °^
cold pork and bread for,
u on that memorable i' -
^ *o,,.-^
reaming than that theyil..
r 'wa3
>..-rum..,= .... .: ........._ _..
Chief of the new Ingersoll Municipal Police Force, Lesle Pengelly (second from left)
accepts•keys'to the office and files from former chief Opp Constable H. F. Cartier,
at a'.'taking over' ceremony yesterday. The provincia detachment was replaced by
the new force at 8 a.m. yesterday. Left to right: Ma r Donald Bower; Chief Pen-
gelly, formerly of St. Thomas; Cpl. Cartier; R. J. Ker chaiman of the town police
force and Elmer`Windlow, town clerk.. (Plato by Longfield.)
Jrt+ I rl 5 h" • Ff OYnc'+
wan�s
�R {SSG -Cs K-we 1 5ald ab 'la ised:,
vN l nY< S7aa .19SS I I ?flay o r - sl 'ap
af Ili Ca W n.csl10 Its gal p r lnei,I
x
t alk: t -b lhg tySb- 4nitw SuJ e^
I'
11 +
I d�l
\e4il i' i y A
- e r
,
n"Agra+ e� mends between the coup-
iicil and the apf76intees, who will
!begin their duties June 20, were �o
'signedlast night, Mayor Bower b 4
said.
Fthe
ylaw passed authorized the
of a piece of land owned by ,
iawn of Ingersoll to the In-ll Machine Company Limit-
ed for $400. The land is situated i o
re the south sideofKing street \ 0
west and adjoins the Ingersoll ! \
'I Machine Company property./I
Soo %n .
� J
wd.S 7'C
7`fje �ngersall %�eJ,ce �re
eiT/� offices in %lE Tow�/d
'CG Lt�/fs fOT 7'116� y �B6Y5
7 w
f o/rye ,Jl 6e o<cr/rili
ti '
Y Tower
`, g'arse trots >'"�D,�C.w JM1Nb `f464-"Tp KCo//
an WE6T sale+aft615oR ar£acY-„de_af�aeR
sa-
RUSSEL r_ Ma"
49' of Woodstock, wh
been appointed sui
tendent of the boa
works at Ingersoll eff,
immediately. He
ceeds Fred A. Hanni
who accepted a posit
:j2. f Preston. / 9