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' SNGERSOLI A step toward I The ]anti embraces 20 acres VNe
'development of land for resider- as the 'first subdivision regist- The death of Mr,
tial dwellings was taken in the ered under the Land Titles Act Charles McCue, at the advanc-
�aat year in Ingersoll with the in Oxford. An important aspect ed age of 113 years, 10 months,
,continued growth of Princess in Princess Park is the absence 21 days , He was buried on
:lark subdivision. Several other of overhead wires because all Saturday afternoon with Masonic
subdivisions in early developing wires for telephone, and electric honors, his remains being follow -
stages have faced adverse services were installed under- ed to the. grave by a large rum-
;veather and Princess Park has ground. o tier of he, rave en, many of
+continued to go forward as the The subdivision is being de y
una or real estate development veloped in two phases with whom were from a distance and
„ot the past year. houses on Princess Park Drive. by a large concourse of other
'Wait r healer; one of the as the first phase. Later devel-.. friends, headed by the Ingersoll
,� .u-ee ortgma usinessmcn who opntent is to proceed on Forgo.:. grass Band playing a dead march'
dhought the farm of the late J. W. son Avenue, named in memo[ On May 5, 1870 The Inger-
rorguson for the housing subdi- of the original owner of the land' sell Chronicle and Oxford County
.wsion, says there are now 12 Mr. Leaper says plans ar�
Houses compieted or under con- Inte111gencer, predecessor of
tls�xuctioau Six families at present going ahead for ,the streets to bE: The Sentinel -Review, carried
,are making their home m the t paved and curbs put in by early the news that Charles McCue,
naew area. Ithis summer. ea 19a4 _•a native of the North of Ireland,
who came to Canada in 1837,
had died
_- He had enjoyed excellent
health until a short tbne before
his death and his slight figure
was a familiar one on the streets
of town or standing in the local -
` Anglican Church, his hand cupp-
ed ge his ear, the better to hear
the words being spoken ,
Cg°9 ® Yesterday, afternoon there
�,6od- � +s , ovdim z was no brass band playing a
dead match and no mourning
6 The total water punrpagc for creased to 53. Ou streets wheat "I following climbed the west hill
the -last year was 332,365,000 replacement w�aterrmanrs are of the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery
allons = wfiich is at increase constructed, all new services to grave of Charles McGuc
of 4,300,000 .gallons over the. are connected as services are where his bones have lain for
previous year.. The avorageltransfervcd. Whero possible, all almost a hundred years beneath
daily; consumption is 910.600 gal- water . services are replaced the white granite stone carved
Ions and the peak day was June where other construction re- .
16, 1967, when 1,554,000 gallons, quires that the roadway be exaa-
were. pumped.. - - voted.
Watermain construction con- The debenture debt in the
tinues with 3,000 feet of water- water department is $116 U00 w '
main installed during the year. Rates were not changed in 1967.'
The main installation was 700The cost of operating the water
feet of 10-inch pipe land0111 departnnont is $90 300. The caps-
Pemberton Street across the tal construction was $31,000
� CNR.and CPR railways to 1{mgl
Hiram Street. This provided a °i
fourth connection btween they gy� 1y EEw�aa s
north and south sections of thcr -Y i8S75G Meets
tot m.
She number of new uatcilA&M,
services installed in 19fi7 in 4+b E,y1 a. ' -
d aT
LIVELY IIEIGN I'
INGERSOLL — -
Item i5 one of only a I nren In, It was a short but lively
-'R
]Ingersoll whose firm has been and mterestili reign for Cen-
'
'under continuous personal In an- tennial Princess Alexandra
-
!agenne_t for 36 years. Mr. Fill. R tins "Slue tool. part in a -
if � f�4'
ton took over his feed and coal most every Centennial event
it`Id,B��.,
business on King Street West Ingersoll. i,.,, /Os,� y
i
in1932 from DI A. Scott., fi
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It was dun_ e period when
die depression its t �
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at
was awui s,'
and it took considerable opts
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"iN 61;RSOLI, — The Public
mism and shrewd business Mt Fulton finds that the n mai'
s ales , ;sense
to launch a business in change in the business over the;
(hat year. Frank Fulton had years has been the trend to sci-
Y
water oa Poll
the, electric, water and pollution
electric,
ile, el
cortr of systems in the town lhet
been raised on a farm, however, le_Lf c farming This has result I
Commission chairman is„dRuss� �i
-Pewster,
and he lead wade krotvleage of � �ed in farmers becoming more t
farnning needs. t conscious of the advantages of I
who, with Commission- ��,
�ei"'J-''W. Mayor G. r,
.The feed business was simpler balanced rations' A major part
Douglas and
1B_y enry,,make up the tTit e- 11
in those days but what it lacked of the Fulton business now is is
t,mani SoeTd:
in complexity, it made till m the supplying feed concentrates to
the farmer's feed
The PUC office', and service'
]iced for persovercuce w h e n', mix with own
centre are located. on Bell Street`
few farmers had money tograms..
spare. The business developed A wider stock than, Duel is
and the operations of the utility
and it was not long after. thaf cashed and utilizes the services
are carried out by a staff of 25. r
Mt Palau added lumber atock� of seven enrployces.
The basic program of opera-
h> further serve his custouers.-
tnon during the past Year was to I.
t�
The three -sided supply of feud
coal and lumber has contimird
install fundamental tacilihes mI -
corder to meet all the future de- I
successfrdly to the present 'the
volume of bu ,mess has greatly
mands for service. lit- IsL9 I' !
expanded and customers ale
- `
drawn from at lest a YO nice
-
radius around Iu„orsoll.
on the face with a Masonic apron
and insignia .-
RELATIVES ATTEND
But the relatives were there
and his Masonic brethren, They
converged across the green
sod from sleek automobiles, the
ladies' dresses colorful and brief
comparedwiththe sombre gather
ing of a century ago, Yet the
men , apart from;tgic absence of
flowing beards, might well have
stepped out of that Masonic Pic -
cession of the past .
They gathered around a field
stone cairn on the east side of
'which is now embedded the ori-
ginal stone from Charles McCue':
grave and on the north side a
plaque stating tlrat the monurnen
has been erected by ltis descen-
dants and the St. John's Lodge
No, 68 A. F. and A. M. of Inger-
soll .
Thus Ingersoll honored the
memory of one of the pioneers
of Oxford County and paused in
remembrance of a man who was
known in 1870 to be the oldest
Mason in this country and is:
known today as having been the
oldest Mason in the world,
Huph J. Gordon. Master of
the local lodge, spoke again the
eulogy of long ago describing
Charles McCue as a man who,
in his long lifetime,' served his,,.
n
!pt-
Queen and country and who rain(
to Canada in 1837 with his sons
and daughters to settle in Dere-
ham townsrup .
It) Dereham he built the first
school to educate the children
of his own and his neighbor's
families .
According to the Ingersoll
Chronicle account,.
Mr,._MeCue_.was born in the
town of McGibbery, Parish of
Macluemesk, County Antrim,
Ireland, and was christened in
the Church of England in Lod -
gerstown by the Rev.. Philip
Fletcher. -
He joined the Yeomanry in
1793 and served in the rebellion
of 1798 , Thence to Canada in
1837 to Dereham and then to
Ingersoll .
The Chronicle states that
McCue retained all his faculties
although his sight became some
what impaired during his final
years. His last words which he
uttered a few moments before
he died were "Lord Jesus, receiv
my spirit. "
WIFE IDIED AT 99
His wife died in April of
1867, also at the advanced age
of 99. The couple left a large'
family of sons and daughters,
grandchildren and great grand-
children ,
The cairn was unveiled by
the eldest and youngest descen-
dants, a great granddaughter
Mrs; J. G. Poole of Toronto and
a great=grea[-glean-great-grca:
granddaughter Barbara Nanccki-
vr ll, daughter of Mr. & Mrs,
Earl Nanc4�jyIIll of Ingersoll .
The cairn was dedicated by
Rev. R. R. Sadleir, rector of
St, James' Anglican Church
Ingersoll, and the address was
given by a great grandson, Louis
D, Barrett of Salford .
Also in attendance was ame
Dean of. Ingersoll who, several
years ago, heard of the existenc
of the Masonic grave stone in
the local cemetery and did muo:
to salvage it from the spot wb^,
it lay half -buried in the grour.
Mr. Dean did a. great dealof
research both into the history of
Charles McCue and in scarcltfng
for his descendants.
Mr. Dealt has been the mov-
ing force which brought the for-
gotten grave of a pioneer and
Mason to remembrance and
culminated yesterday when his
untiring efforts resulted in the
gathering of the descentdlants
and lodge brothers and the dcdi-
eation of the memorial cairn.
Among
those attending the unveiling of a cairn in memory of Charles McCue worlds oldest Mas-
on fraternal member 1775-1870 were Louis Barrett right a descendant Huh Gordalu 1(. M.,_Rev. R. R,
a leir who d
g
S .d conducted dedication, Mayor '!-hos, L-Morrison , Gordon W. Pittoclt M. P. P. and, Oxford '
County Warden Vern Cuthbert . In frout.Mrs, l,.C.-.,Poole, Toronto great great grandaughter of the.
late Charles McCue and Barbara Naneekivell 3 a 5th gcocration granddaughter who assisted in the
unveiling ceremony . - -
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