100 Years Ago in Chapple – 1924
The year is 1924 and council for this year includes Reeve George Hughes and councilors Malcolm Gillies, Cornett Shannon, Joseph Elviage and George Lindsell.
GEORGE AND BERTHA DAVIS:
A newspaper article of May of this year says that George and Bertha Davis are moving from Barwick. They had been extremely active residents of Chapple since arriving here in 1899. Bertha was an active member of the Barwick Women’s Institute, Sunday school and operated a local millinery shop. As well she and husband George were owners of the ‘Bazar’
George was a maker of grave monuments and also a leader of the Barwick Brass Band. There are many of George’s monuments in the Chapple Cemetery. While many of them are the tall pillar ones as on top right, he had other ones as well and his name and Barwick appear on the back on or near the base of them.
There are many of George’s monuments in the Chapple Cemetery. While many of them are the tall pillar ones as on top right, he had other ones as well and his name and Barwick appear on the back on or near the base of them.
Cases of typhoid and small pox appeared in Chapple in early 1924.
Men from Chapple headed for the harvest fields in the west in the fall of 1924. One article says Ernest Christian drove four men to the harvest fields in Reston, MB. They were Rex Smart, Ben Hadley, Ross Gillies and Bill Both. “He made the return trip between 7 p.m. on Tuesday, was in Reston by 3 p.m. on Wednesday and back home by Sunday evening – a record time. He made $60, charging the men the same as the CNR would have.”
Among Chapple weddings in 1924 was the one of Alma Horley and Chester Rudd. Her wedding reception was held in the former Sturgeon Creek Cheese& Butter Company, which building had been moved to the Horley farm from its earlier location on the Jackson farm, just west on what is now Woolsey Road. The Cheese Factory had been built sometime around 1909 and about 35 shares were sold at a cost of $10 each. The company never opened, possibly because there was not enough milk produced in this area to make the factory operation viable. The building was at times used for dances and then Mr. Horley purchased the building and moved it with horses and in order to avoid going up the Sturgeon hill, it was taken across William Smart’s field (now owned by Dwayne Schram). It was moved up the east side road and from there across the Horley farm. It ended up its days on the Horley farm as a granary, garage, workshop and storage area. This property is now owned by the Peter Krahn family.
CHAPPLE NOTES 1924:
May 16 – A motion picture machine was installed in the Barwick Consolidated School.
May 16 – Black Brothers secured agency of Overland and have three cars on exhibit here.
April 10 – A bus came through from Fort Frances to Rainy River for the first time, a benefit to local travelers.