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If. HALES CORNERS (FORFAR) The first settler, Richard Hales was born in 18C2 in Ire- land. He immigrated to Forfar when he was a very young man. The govenummt issued him a deed of land on Lot 26, 4th Concess- ion of Bastard, where he built a log house. In 1835 he marr- ied Eliza Graham who was also born in Ireland in 1807. The Grahams lived about two miles from present Forfar. Lot 26 was at the inter- section of the two roads, one leading from Brockville to New- boro, to meet the newly constr- ucted Rideau Canal. The other running from Kingston to Perth. This corner naturally became known as Hales Corners. Richard worked the land with oxen and began to grow crops, mainly wheat. Since the land was new, it worked very easily. They would break the land by dragging an ash tree over it, then scat- ter the seed by hand and then drag the tree over again. Around the turn of the 19th century, the Loyalists brought cattle over with them fromthe United States to areas around the St. Lawrence River. Grad- ually as the settlers penetrated inland, so did the cattle. The cow was important as a means of livelihood. In 1840 Richard Hales built the house which is presently occupied by Herb Hutchings. It is the oldest house in the area still occupied. Richard and Eliza Hales had six children; Eliza Jane, Mary Anne, James, Charlotte, Charles Theophilus and Henrietta. Theo- philus and Henrietta were the youngest and they both inherited the land. They lived there until their deaths. Henrietta died in 1925, she was 73 years old. Theophilus died suddenly the day after Henrietta at the age of 77. Charlottb, who was their sister, married Ransome Young. His father was Myles Young, ’ and his grandfather was William Young who arrived at Brockville about the ssme as the Hales. The Youngs were from Wexford County Ireland and Myles was one of fifteen children, some of whom died of Immigrant Fever. Myles father William died in Elgin in 1826. Charlotte and Ransome lived where Jim Barker preâ€" sently lives. They had seven children but in 1882 they moved to the United States leaving one of their sons Richard with Theophilus. When Richard was 20, he foll- owed his family to the U.S. Henrietta and Theophilus were very respected citizens, staunch conservatives and Methodists. Henrietta boar- ded the school teacher and fed the premier every Sunday when he came to Forfar. Henr- ietta was a well appreciated lady. She not only fed the preacher , and boarded the sch- ool teacher but acted as a midwife. The old house in which the Hales lived was called the Sleepy Hollow. It seems to have been a very happy home from the very first, except when tragedy struck with the death of the baby son James and two daughters in their twenties. Richard Hales had three brothers, one was named Charles. He lived in Kingston where he was a merchant importer. He built a beautiful mansion for his family. The mansion still exists and is now preserved as the national site as the home of the first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald. Charles Hales came upon hard times and was forced to rent the house and finally to sell it. The home is now called Bellevue House. Talmage Stone FORFAR DAIRY LIMITED Manufacturers R-R- 1. Elgin, Ontario a K06 1E0 (613) 359-5292 THE CHEESE That "Made Leeds County F amous" SEE us AT THE FACTORY CENTRAL SOFT BALL LEAGUE The finals are now under way in the softball,with Westport and Crosby playing off for the Rothwell and Perrin Trophy. In the quarterlyâ€"finals Chantr won out over California ‘ 3 games - 0 games and Crosby won out over Newboro 3 games â€" 0 games. In the semiâ€"finals Westport beat Chantry 3 games â€" 1 game. The League voted an All-Star Team who will receive medaillons. League trophies will also go to the MostflValuable"Player and the Most"Sportsman"Player. catcher - Rick Merkley - Westport pitcher - Tom Bevens - California first base â€" John Melville - Westport second base - Doug Baker â€" Crosby short stop - Bill Seed â€" Newboro third base â€" Ray Adams â€" Newboro right field - Bobby Whelch â€" Crosby center field â€" Bill Woods - Sweet Corners left field â€" Nelson Colford - Westport coach - Louis Burtch â€" Newboro Eastwvaluahlemlaxer â€". Tom Bevens, California racist Shertsmamaleier : Ken Bryere, Newboro The baseball Season will close this year with the League Chamâ€" pions and the Allâ€"Star team having an Exhibition Game in Westport, on Sunday Sept. 4, at 2 p.m. 50 cts. Admission will be charged, proceeds to go to the Westport rink. Trophies and Medaillons will be presented at this time.