Ilderton Villager May 2022

Ilderton Villager May 2022

Ilderton Villager and area

May 2022 Issue 15

Ilderton Villager Issue #15 May 2022 www.villagerpublications.com Publisher: Barb Botten P.O. Box 134, Lambeth Station Ontario N6P 1P9 [email protected] 519-282-7262 Managing Editor and Advertising: Tami Martin: 519-851-0961 or [email protected] Contributors Cathy Wood: Graphic Artist Rick Young: Writer

Back in the Day J.W. Siddall sits in a horse drawn buggy in front of the Denfield General Store / Post Office in 1903. Photo compliments Fanshawe Pioneer Village.

Flower Power Peony Painting by Fran Roelands. See more on page 13.

The Optimist Club of Ilderton Easter Egg Hunt

The Optimist Club of Bryanston-Birr Essay Contest

by Michele Ivanouski, Scholarship Program Chair We ran our annual essay contest again this year. Students 19 years and under were invited to write about, “How Does an Optimistic Mindset Change My Tomorrow?” Each essay writer was invited to read at our meeting. Unique viewpoints made them so interesting to hear. Some highlights were, “Failure is the mother of success. To succeed you must set goals for yourself and then have faith that they can be achieved” and “In the face of adversity and difficulties in the present, staying positive and optimistic is a push against the dark tide”. At our club level, all writers received cash for participating. The top three were awarded prize money, and the top essay, written by Holly Pedlow of Medway High School, has been submitted to the Midwestern Ontario district contest for the chance to win a $2500 scholarship. All of us in Bryanston-Birr wish Holly luck in the district contest!

Saturday April 16th was a beautiful fun day for the kids! All the generous donations for the Food Bank were appreciated too!

Sana Thind, Taehyun Im, Holly Pedlow and Michele Ivanouski - Scholarship Program Chair, Optimist Club of Bryanston-Birr. All students are from Medway High School. Photo taken March 23, 2022.

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Denfield General Store and Post Office by Fanshawe Pioneer Village J.T. Dinsmore built the Denfield General Store in a community originally known as “Brecon.” The name of the village was later changed to “Denfield” as a town with a similar name already existed. Dinsmore built his store using a more modern balloon frame construction method and covered it with standardized pre-cut boards. The shop features large windows to provide light and to showcase merchandise. An overhanging balcony was built to shelter goods as they were transferred to and from wagons on the street. After the Second World War, competition from London stores put the merchandising side of Denfield out of business; however, the post office remained until 1952. Sam Freeborn was the proprietor of the Denfield General Store and Post Office for nearly forty years (1913-1952). In his early years as owner, he struck a deal with a travelling merchant for a carload of coal. Unfortunately, it turned out to be filled only partially with coal and almost completely with slate. When the loss was tallied, Sam decided to make the best of the situation and offered the slate for paving the streets of Denfield. Pieces of it could still be found on Denfield streets well into the 1970s and likely still exist today for those who know where to look. General stores were the lifeblood of rural Canadian communities, and the Denfield General Store was no exception. Here, customers could purchase or order much-needed supplies. In addition to selling clothing, food, household goods, and personal items that could not be locally sourced, general stores often housed a coal yard. With increased competition from mail-order catalogues and urban businesses, such as London’s Kingsmill’s

Denfield General Store in 1903. Originally built in 1877, it was relocated to the Fanshawe Pioneer Village in 1997.

The Denfield General Store at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in 1999.

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(1865-2014) and Smallman and Ingram (1877-1944) department stores, shopkeepers looked for ways to stay relevant. In the 1900s modern conveniences such as electricity, telephones, and even gas pumps were added. Many provided financial services or credit if a bank was not locally available, and acted as the village’s communications hub, where customers shared news, collected their mail or used the store’s telephone. The season starts at Fanshawe Pioneer Village May 21 (until Thanksgiving Monday). Visit to explore 19th century homes and buildings, watch demonstrations, and see history brought to life! The facility is also available for weddings, group tours, community and other event rentals. Learn more at www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca and follow Fanshawe Pioneer Village on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Poplar Hill Picnic – Part 1 by John Caverhill Each year at the beginning of June would come a day when the teacher would tell us to wait outside when the bell rang at the end of noon hour. She would rank us in a line from the tallest to the smallest. We were drilled daily in marching, in both double and single file, down the gravel road about a half-mile and then back. This was done in preparation for Poplar Hill Picnic, held the second-last Wednesday in June each year. This picnic was held for all the Lobo Township schools. Individual school sections were numbered consecutively, and each school was named after a town, an early settler or a geographical feature. Our school was S.S. #7, Lobo, Bear Creek. Other schools, I remember, were Komoka, Gold Creek, Poplar Hill, Coldstream, Dewars, Fern Hill and Shipley. Each school marched in the parade which officially opened the picnic each year. And each school was given a nominal sum – I think five dollars for attending and marching. Trying to get a bunch of kids ranging in age from 6 to 14 to step in unison was a daunting task, even for the most optimistic of teachers. In marching order, each school presented much the same appearance. The front half of the column consisting of the tallest and oldest kids was more or less in step. Their pace usually consisted of two giant (for them) strides that nearly unhinged their legs from their bodies, followed by a rapid quickstep of three or four paces to catch up. Usually, they settled down to taking twice as many steps as the big kids. We kids looked forward to the picnic with an excitement second only to Christmas. As the picnic didn’t start until 12 noon, you waited all morning for what seemed like a week, running into the house to check with Mom every 15 minutes to see if it was time to get ready. Around 10:30 a.m., Mom would call me in – call is not really the word, as I would be just outside the door. Dad

To advertise here, please contact [email protected] The races, open to all school kids, were some of the most important events of the day. They were broken up the usual way into age groups. There was a 50-yard dash, the three-legged All the schools would be lined up in the order of their school section numbers at the north end of the park. Band music played over loudspeakers supplied the marching beat. We would march around the perimeter of the park in front of a huge (to us) crowd of probably 200 parents and friends. Most of the farmers, like Dad, worked through the day and came for the evening show. The parade concluded at the south end of the park where a flagpole and an bandstand stood under the trees. There we stood for a few minutes while the local M.P. declared the picnic officially open. Then all the kids would race over to where their parents were situated at one of the many picnic tables scattered around the park. We kids didn’t eat much – the races were starting, and a couple of food booths were waiting for us. would be busy – if the weather was good, then haying might be underway – so he would come in later. Now came the moment for which I had been waiting. I would put on the school marching uniform. When I started attending Bear Creek, the uniform consisted of white trousers with a black stripe on each leg, a black and white top with broad Vees on the front, and a black and white forage cap. The girls wore a white skirt with a black stripe on each side and the same style top and cap as the boys. The black and white Vees on the shirt fronts presented a somewhat skeletal appearance, and big brother Ron always referred to this outfit as the “skull and crossbones outfit,” in the disparaging way that older brothers often employ. This irritated me intensely. To me it was ‘the uniform’ and I could hardly wait to put it on. The uniforms were stored in a couple of large boxes and kept at one of the parent’s houses. A few weeks prior to the picnic, the boxes were brought to school. Amidst great excitement, each pupil picked one of suitable size and brought it home. They would have been washed the previous June before being stored, they were washed and ironed again to freshen them up. We wore the uniforms for the first two years of my school career, and they were starting to show their age. Ron had worn them during his eight years at Bear Creek, so they were at least 10 years old. They were replaced by dark sailor suits with S.S. #7, Lobo embroidered on the caps. Dad would take Mom and me to Poplar Hill, arriving around 11:30 a.m. Usually haying was underway so Dad would leave after the marching, and then he and Ron would return around 5:30 p.m. after the chores were done. 2015.0011-V.27-017 S.S. 7 School at School Picnic 1915 with Award Banner

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race, run in pairs with one leg tied to your partner’s, the sack race, the booty and shoe scramble, the obstacle race and the wheelbarrow race. I was fast enough to place around third in the dash, but never first. My specialty was the obstacle race. The obstacles consisted of a row of car tires resting flat on the ground, then a long ladder that stretched across the race course from one side to the other. This was held on its side at each end, so the rungs were vertical. A second row of tires made the final obstacle. Runners had to tip the tire upright, crawl through, race to the ladder, crawl between the ladder rungs, crawl through the second row of tires and finally sprint to the finish line. The key was to tip the tire upright and not let it flop and pin you down, and to turn your shoulders, so they went corner to opposite corner between the ladder rungs. Probably because I was so skinny, I won this race every year. Mom quoted a bystander one year as saying I looked like “a piece of paper blowing through the obstacle.” The comparison didn’t seem very heroic – I didn’t win because I had blazing speed or supernatural strength. On the contrary, my performance resembled that of a windblown scrap of paper – hardly the stuff associated with a hero. Prizes were as follows: First, 50 cents; second, 40 cents; third, 30 cents; fourth, 20 cents; and fifth, 10 cents. I usually made at least a dollar and a half, and Mom and Dad would give me 50 cents so I had wealth I could only dream of the rest of the year. Back then, a single (large) scoop ice cream cone cost five cents and a double scoop cost 10 cents. Chocolate bars also cost five and 10 cents and soda pop was 10 cents a bottle. Hot dogs were also 10 cents, so even just 50 cents could purchase a considerable amount. There were also lollipops, and that durable molasses concoction called the all-day sucker.

Black licorice pipes, two cents each, were popular with the boys. We always bought a pipe (I didn’t care for the flavour then and I still don’t now) but to have a pipe in your mouth like the men did – it was a feeling mere words can’t describe. The pipes even had a small red candy centered in the pipe bowl just like a glowing coal, so they were pretty hot stuff. When a 10-year-old boy stuck one of those pipes in his mouth and shoved his hands into his pockets he immediately became a foot taller and 12 years older. You could almost feel the whiskers sprouting on your chin. Photos page 4 and 5 courtesy of Middlesex Centre Archives Heritage of Lobo Collection. 2015.0011-V.11-034 School at possibly Poplar Hill Picnic in Uniform 1950s

John Caverhill is the younger son of the late Ernest Caverhill and Susie Boyd of Lobo Township. John’s writings often reflect his experiences and observations of growing up on the family farm, attending the one room school, S. S. No. 7 Lobo (Bear Creek School), and Vanneck United Church. John’s sense of humour and story-telling skills are legendary. His keen observation skills have augmented his repertoire .

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The Ilderton Farmer’s Market opens June 11!

The Ilderton village is surrounded by agricultural land, yet just minutes north of the city of London. This makes the Ilderton Farmers Market the ideal setting for the meeting of urban with rural. It’s a place where local farmers set up tents on Saturday mornings to sell their fruits, vegetables, meats and cheese, and patrons chat over pastries and coffees while enjoying some live music. With the growing awareness of the benefits of locally grown food and its charm as a social venue where friends and neighbours gather, the market has become the heart of the village each Saturday morning! Hosted by the Ilderton Area Business Association, the market opens this year on June 11 in the Municipal parking lot on Main Street, 13230 Ilderton Rd., (County Rd. 16) Ilderton. 2022 Vendors include: Ataboy Garlic Farms, Black Sombrero, Crest Support Services Bakeshop, The Dough Joe Bakery, Earth + Honeybee, G’nG Fresh Market, Greystead Gardens, The Herb Filled Homestead, Hobby Acres Stained Glass, House of Fortune, I Love Crepes, La Noisette Bakery, London Brewing Company, Petals & Paws, Refined Brewing Company, Stonetown Cheese, Scott Riddall Woodshop, Sunshine Cake Studio, The Sweet Shop, URLife Foods, Uncle Dad’s Pizza, plus many more occasional vendors. Visit www.ildertonfarmersmarket.com and follow the Ilderton Farmer’s Market on Facebook for updates.

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Hello everyone, It always makes me smile to see the days get longer and the landscapes turning greener! Middlesex Centre is a signatory to the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, joining hundreds of communities across North America in taking action to help save the monarch butterfly. The efforts of local gardening groups and others are critical in protect this iconic species, whose populations have declined by 90% in recent years. The Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team was started a number of years ago by Komoka residents who are interested in protecting monarch butterflies and other pollinators by creating habitats and providing education on native plants and species. They started by planning, planting and caring for native plant beds at the Wellness Centre and from there have expanded to other areas including projects at the municipal office and Komoka Community Park. This is a ‘labour of love’ for the volunteers who are largely self-funded. Please support their annual Compost Day which is coming up on Saturday, May 21st and stop by their booth at the Komoka Community Market to pick up seeds or pots of trees so you too can include native species in your home gardens. Advice is free! The Ilderton Gardeners is a new group that aims to support and motivate residents to make positive horticultural choices in their own yards that will have a collective community impact. For their first project, the “Ilderton Garden Challenge,” the Steering Committee created a list of action items that homeowners can take to make positive changes on their property and strengthen the local ecosystem. Examples include planting a native shrub, tree or pollinator garden, growing your own food for the first time, or getting a composter. For more information and details on the “Challenge” email [email protected] and get in the running for great prizes including Heeman’s gift cards! I’m looking forward to opportunities to see more of you in person, Aina

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Interesting and Famous by Carol Small, Chair Middlesex Centre Archives Did you ever sit and wonder who were ‘interesting and famous people’ from our municipality? Who left his or her mark on history? There have been many. Check the names Wesley Glen Campbell, Captain George Barclay, Agnes Knox Black, Al Barnes, Amos and Wilfrid Jury, Scott Moir, Col. Bart Robson, Alex Wilkin, W.E. Saunders, Dr. WilliamDow, Walter Scott, John Allen and Ebenezer Allen. Some names you will readily recognize but others may be completely unknown to you. Let’s change that and learn more about one of Middlesex Centre’s unknown names. Many bear the very common name of Duncan McKellar – just check Google. However, there was only one Duncan Alexander McKellar who was born in 1865 to Alexander McKellar (1834- 1906) and Nancy Sinclair (1837-1868). The pioneer McKellar families settled on Concession 6 Lot 1 Lobo and are listed in the 1825 Assessment Roll. Duncan A. McKellar attended high school in Strathroy with another student, Peter McArthur. The two were friends and were close associates in the literary world. After graduating from Strathroy High School, McKellar went to work for the Toronto News . In 1887, he joined Saturday Night , a weekly Toronto broadsheet founded that year, as Literary Editor, Drama Critic, and Illustrator. He also wrote several stories. Several Canadian poets, including Pauline Johnson, had their poetry accepted by McKellar for publication in Saturday Night .

In 1891, McKeller left Saturday Night for New York to study at the Arts Students’ League of New York, then situated on East Twenty- Third Street. McKellar and his high school friend, Peter McArthur shared an apartment on Cranberry Street that Bliss Carman had just vacated. McKellar wrote articles and drew illustrations for the city editors. By 1893, he had gained a reputation for his work. Nick Mount stated in his book, When Canadian Literature Moved to New York , that Canadian Sophie Almon Hensley reported “that in spite of his limited time, Mr. McKellar manages to keep up his literary tastes besides contributing with pen and pencil to all the leading comic papers; he writes in both prose and verse for many of the well-known city publications.” (Page 56). As an artist, McKellar contributed works to New York Life, Truth, Harper’s Publications and Century Magazine . According to Heritage of Lobo 1820-1990 , many of McKellar’s works were found hidden in files of old newspapers and magazines. One of his short poems – An Indian Lullaby – was published and set to music and used as a test piece in competitions in Canada, England, and Australia. Duncan A. McKellar died on June 6, 1899, in Simcoe, Ontario from heart failure. He is interred McLean Cemetery in Caradoc Township. As an aspiring writer and artist, whose great works are largely unknown in his home area, McKellar was setting a high standard for the literary world. Equally troubling is that no photo of him has been found. None of his works, nor a picture of him, are located in the Middlesex Centre Archives. If you have a photo of Duncan McKellar or copies of any of his works, please share them with the Middlesex Centre Archives. We welcome information on “interesting and famous” Middlesex Centre residents, both those who stayed and those who left.

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AdamHiggs and Melissa Ozaruk “We bee keeping” by Rick Young What started out as a hobby with two beehives in 2017 eventually evolved into a fulltime business for Ilderton residents, Adam Higgs and Melissa Ozaruk. Since 2019, the husband-and-wife team has operated Earth + Honeybee, a full-service, one-stop apiary. “We wanted to have a hobby we could do together. Once we got our first two hives we were hooked and began growing our apiary to the size it is today,” says Adam. “The name Earth + Honeybee is the meaning of our names turned business name. Adam means ‘red earth’ and Melissa means ‘Honeybee.’ The plus sign in themiddle is a little nod to when we first started dating and we would write A + M on each other’s papers at school,” says Melissa. “When we decided to open our beekeeping business we couldn’t have come up with a better name.” Earth + Honeybee sells a wide range of products and services related to beekeeping, including raw honey and natural candles. “We complete both processes from beginning to end. We will never add or adulter our honey or beeswax in any way, as we honor the natural products that come with taking care of the bees,” says Melissa.

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Starter Kits and Workshops are available. “We offer a beginning beekeeping course that offers information like pests and diseases, hive management and what to expect in the first year of beekeeping,” says Adam. “In the past, we have also offered a Hive Split/Queen Rearing course teaching the basics to splitting a hive and how to create queens for future colonies, and an End of Season Management course that talked about what to do with the hives before winter’s arrival and how you can care for the bees during the winter months. These courses may open back up as the season progresses.” The couple have been selling their products at the Ilderton Farmers Market since 2019 and at Suni’s Convenience and London’s Artisan Bakery. At present they do not have a store- front location but are looking for more opportunities to have their honey, candles, and other products in more locations. “We would like to expand to other farm store locations, health food stores and grocery stores,” says Melissa. “We love the Ilderton area,” say Adam and Melissa. “We were welcomed into the community through the Ilderton Farmers Market. Everyone has been supportive, and kind and we enjoy interacting and talking bees with everyone we meet or welcome back.” For more information about Earth + Honeybee and its products and services, visit: www.earthandhoneybee.com and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

The apiary caters to hobbyist and professional beekeepers – in short, anyone who wants to take the time and dedication it takes to care for their bees. The couple caution would-be beekeepers that “it is a lot of work and isn’t for the person who wants to set it up and forget it. That harms the bees and any surrounding beekeepers.”

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ARTISTS ALLEY Fran Roelands

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At a young age, Fran Roelands adored the little drawings and sketches in her father’s construction manuals. “He passed away when I was four and I always felt a deep connection to him through my creative outlet, art,” says Fran, a visual storyteller who works in acrylics. An elementary school art teacher inspired Fran to appreciate the art in architecture – the textures in the brickwork of stately old buildings, the shapes of the rows of upper windows and the colours in the crumbling chimneys – which was followed by learning the principles and elements of design at the 1000 Islands School for the Arts in Brockville, Ontario. “Tirelessly, I focused on practicing these design elements until my compositions greatly improved,” recalls Fran. “I feel that the most rewarding part of my work is creating a deeply meaningful painting, that tells my emotional story clearly and then having it be appreciated by others. Having a thrilling contemporary edge while paying homage to the past is a style that I have developed over time,” says Fran. “Painting is a spiritual experience for me.” “Ailsa Craig is a small village bursting with wonderful community spirit! Home of the quilt festival, the people here have an eye for the arts,” says Fran who enjoys interacting with other art lovers. Fran’s paintings can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Ontario and in many countries around the globe as

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gifts from Canada. Her painting Daybreak won Best in Show at the Paint Ontario Art Exhibit in Grand Bend. Original paintings and limited edition archival prints may be purchased at the Creamery Road Art Gallery on Creamery Road in Ailsa Craig. Fran welcomes visitors to her solo show A New Perspective which runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (1pm – 3pm) until Saturday April 23 at the Ailsa Craig Arts Centre. She will also be offering interactive classes on composition and design. Not only for artists, students learn how to apply these design elements to home interior, landscape and flower gardens, as well how to achieve a great looking co-ordinated outfit to wear! Learn more at ailsacraigartscentre. wildapricot.org

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Cultural Cooking Olive Oil Cake with Lemon by Tracie Aarts at Arva Mill House Bakery Ingredients 3 eggs 1 lemon zested and juiced 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier (optional) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil ½ cup whole milk 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon cornstarch (optional but gives cake a lighter texture) 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt Powdered sugar for dusting Instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray the bottom and sides of a 9” cake pan with pan spray and line the bottom with parchment paper. Set aside. 2. Place eggs, lemon zest, juice, liqueur if using, vanilla and sugar in a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed for three to five minutes until thick and smooth. 3. With the mixer on low speed add in olive oil and continue mixing until combined. Beat in milk until combined and set aside. 4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

5. Gently fold flour mixture into liquid until batter is just combined. 6. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake cake at 350°F 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake 30 minutes in pan on a wire cooling rack then invert onto the rack and let cool completely. 7. Just before serving, dust the cake with powdered sugar. Slice into wedges and enjoy! Visit Arva Mill House Bakery at arvamillhousebakery.ca Melt the butter and combine all ingredients together. Whisk/mix until smooth. Add additional lemon juice until it’s the consistency desired. Optional Lemon Glaze 1 cup icing sugar • 1 lemon zested and juiced • 1 tsp of butter

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