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page 3 ‘FOCUS ON SHORT POINT ines by each farmer "where they worked. The last steam engine was drawn by the late Jim Hudson, who owned a nice team of "blacks". The driver would often blow the whistle of the black steam engine which would excite the children. It would take two to four days with ten to twenty men helping to thresh the grain. It kept the ladies busy cooking their meals. Now a few men using combines harvest in a short time. In the winter there were many teams drawing stove wood and pulpâ€" wood across the lake to Delta. Short Point is three and a half miles north of Lyndhurst on Lower Beverly Lake. Opposite Short Point is Fox's Point, formerly known as Warner's Point. If you turn left on the town line a short distance from the lake you will go through Briar Hill Corners to Morton. The early settlers were Moore, Wood, Kendrick, Danby, Godkin, Jacob, Warner, Dawson, Sly, Gamble, Mattice, Middleton, and Halliday. At pre- sent, Omer C. Wood and his wife, formerly Margaret Kendrick, are the only descendants of the older fam- ilies now living on Short point. Pulp wood was used for the Lime Kiln These families were mostly Irish, near theeld B i W railway traCkS- " Scottish, or English descent. I There is the Story that one man Farming was the mainstay of the forgot his warm mitts. When his wife community. Nearly every farmer found them, she called to her husband, raised turkeys and chickens which then gave the mitts t0 thEir POliCe dog were sold at the Annual Turkey Fair who delivered them in his mouth. In at Lyndhurst in December. It was Winter People from LyndhurSt, Morton, always a cold day to sit and await and places west took the short cut the highest bid on your fowl. Milk across the lake by Gutter, SIEighS, cows were the real mainstay for or car. It was necessary to know the income. Every morning there was a lake for safe driving and at night rush to beat the other chap to they would use a bright llght the cheese factory. Some went to Shining in front Of them- .- a wwfl‘mwrm q.w:..g.(.â€"uâ€" Tw,Wâ€"â€"â€"~v‘â€". A Mr. Les Kendrick, who donated the land for the Rear of Leeds and Lans- downe Township Park (Kendrick's Park) In the summer people went by row- Lyndhurst to Bresee's Factory, which was just west of the village; others to the one at Briar Hill. These factories have vanished except for the one at Briar Hill, now a residâ€" ence. Everyone had their driving horse for Sunday and rested the work horses. Now there are no turkeys and only beef cattle on the farms. The first steam engines were drawn by a heavy team of horses, followed by teams hauling the water wagon and grain separator. Then came the self- powered steam engine which would_tra- vel from farm to farm. Wood and boat to Lyndhurst staion or Delta. It is about three miles across the lake and about eight miles to go by road via Lyndhurst. Delta Fair was always a big event. The Halliday brothers from Delta owned a large white motorboat. They would come to Short Point where a crowd of fifteen to twenty people would be waiting to ‘go to "The Fair". They would make two or more trips. The horses and buggies could be left at Kendrick's or Jacob's. At four o'clock sharp they would be at the dock for the return trip. That was a big event in the families have enjoyed Kendrick's Park. The old school was made avail- able as a dressing room. A well was drilled and a canteen has been established. Later the Park Board purchased more land for a ball diamond. The first Short Point School was a log building situated on the southâ€" west corner of the lot. The present building was built about 1890. It was very pleasant to study by looking at the lake during warm weather and to- wards the high snowycovered hills in winter. We were really lucky that we didn't break our necks as we slid down hill on our handsleighs. We would lie lives of the people. , There are many cottages and some ' I permanent homes surrounding the lake which is a pretty sight when the lights are shining at night. At Kendrick's Bay there is a lovely sandy beach which has always been popular. Since it was difficult to find a beach that wasn't private, Jess Kendrick donated the park to the Township of Rear of Leeds and Lans- G downe. For thirty years now many ' these mach- . water were supplled for flat as we went under the rail fences. The teacher eventually put a stop to that. At one time there were thirty to forty students. June 1950 the school elosed and the pupils were taken by bus to Lyndhurst and now to Sweet's Corners School. Some of the teachers who taught at 3.5. 14 Short Point were Susan Jacob, Sadie Berry, Mary Fowler, Ellie Townsend, Bell Morris, Hafold Wiltse, Maud Webster, Kenneth Blancher, Ernie Harvey, Blanche Single- ton, Susan Dollen, Helena Singleton, Luella Wing, Muriel McKay, Ruby Webster, Bessy Foley, Madeline Wing Glover, Hazel Young Harvey, Vera Townsend, Pearl York, Anna Roantree Smith, Geraldine Kelly Cheetham, Lily Wiltse, Luella Freeman, Alma Graham, and Hilda Jeffry. ‘ ,s, "Np-7.5.x» ,‘Wm submitted by Mrs. Margaret Wood Elgin & Distri'c Co-op Nursery School éu‘o‘kss 2A aseaFaA’V 'i 4 562%. 56% 8 so I ’;;%3;Féféab$7 f93f1i£;32,â€" I t +53% lZaA-5 1399-5 l [V1cÂ¥3”\¢J£4>,‘Cfi2RW tofl axfizt/btt/ norm 70m, awash “W5 damsz abated 3’ .,- I907 h” Front Row: Jennie Gamble (Williams), V Mary Danby (Tye), Ralph Warner, ,‘Mable Wood, Mae Wood (Somerville), Maude Gamble (Heaslip). Middle Row: Omer Wood: Back Row: Blanche Carley (Anglin), Maude Webster (teacher), Ernie Dawson, Roy Danby, Jim Middletown, Elmer Wood, Pearl Danby (Reed). i i 1 ! . p...â€"â€"_â€"_ 4.2.6