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Serving Tavistock and area since 1895 VOLUME 119 • NUMBER 16
TAVISTOCK, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
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A QUICK LOOK AT OUR TOWN!
THIS ‘N’ THAT
A record low temperature of -24°C was set last week on January 12th - milder weather this past weekend with above 0 temperatures - more constant temperatures and snow accumulation called for this week . . . did you know: it is now the law in Ontario to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in your home if you have a fuelburning appliance or if you have an attached garage - now required near all sleeping areas in residential homes - be smart - be safe!
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Beckett Francois is 4 years old today January 21st; Isabella McKay is 5; Emily Lupton, 10 . . . on January 22nd Thomas Ropp is 7 … Leighton Lichti is 6 January 23rd; Josie Walker, 8; Christopher Wagler, 16 . . . on January 24th Brayden Zehr is 2; Nathan Wilker, 8; Carter McKay, 12; Mary Loggan, 20; Hannah McLaren, 20; birthdays also for Scott Zehr; Bryn Gladding; Betty Stere; an 8th wedding anniversary for Steve and Beth Baechler . . . Ashlin Christie is 2 years old January 25th; Ashley Giroux is 15; Carson Hammer, 18 . . . on January 26th Alexander Francis is 17 . . . birthdays on January 27th for Carl Weitzel; and Ann Skubowius of Shakespeare.
SUBMIT A BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Announce your “New Arrival” in the Tavistock Gazette with a birth announcement of your son or daughter. Photo and write-up for just $30.00 + HST - a lasting and searchable record for future generations. Each year following, we will list that birthday in our “Birthdays and Anniversaries” column. Email or call us today at tavistockgazette@rogers. com or 519-655-2341.
BILL GLADDING / TAVISTOCK GAZETTE
Harold Lange poses with a family photo compilation printed after the death of his father and brother in a farm accident in 1941.
The 1930 immigration In September of 2014, Harold Lange received news of a cairn being dedicated to his ancestors in Poltimore, Quebec. The Cemetery Island Monument lists the names of 96 men, women and children of the German Settlement of High Falls, whose graves were swallowed by the rising waters of the Lievre River in Quebec in 1930 when the James MacLaren Co. Ltd. built a hydroelectric dam and created Bowman Lake. In the early 1860’s the then Dominion of Canada government directed 18 German families to the shores of High Falls on the banks of the Lievre River, to clear the land and build their homesteads. Among them were the Lange, Dyck, Mallon, Scholz, and Cheslock families. The area was flooded during the erection of the McLaren power dam in 1930 and all residents had to relocate. Some chose to stay in neighbouring communities, but these families made their way to Tavistock. They chose Tavistock because the Reverend John Woelfle, who was a minister in High Falls some years before, was born and raised in Tavistock. He had served
in Port Arthur, Fort William, Delhi, Mitchell, and Duff, Saskatchewan, and had been in High Falls at the time of the flooding and encouraged these families to come to Tavistock. Max Arthur Bruno Lange was born in High Falls on May 23, 1896. He and friend
They left High Falls on August 26, 1930 and arrived in Tavistock about five days later. With Bruno and his wife, Christine, were their five small children, and with the Scholz's travelled their son William. After arriving in South Easthope, the Langes added three
“My mother was baptized, went to school, and was married at the Lutheran church in High Falls.” - Harold Lange, Tavistock
William Scholz had come to Tavistock earlier in 1930 to look for a suitable farm. They had first travelled to the States to look at some land in Michigan where another High Falls family, the Nitschke's, had settled in the 1880's. When they arrived in Tavistock, the Reverend Woelfle introduced the two gentlemen, Lange and Scholz, to an auctioneer, Mr. Milton Roth of Chesterfield, who showed them two farms they then purchased. They both paid $10,000 each for 100 acre farms. The two families, the Lange's and Scholz's, moved to Tavistock in the Scholz's "Maxwell" car.
more children to their family. While still in High Falls, Bruno had taken a blacksmithing course in Ottawa and did black-smithing as a sideline. Settling in South Easthope Township, Bruno and his wife, Christine (Brunke) and their eight children had successfully taken over operation of 150 acres of prime Perth County land. However, 11 years later, disaster struck when Bruno and his eldest son, Edmund, were killed in a farm accident. From a Tavistock Gazette newspaper report of September 17, 1941 we read: “On Wednesday morning, September 10,
1941, Bruno, 42, and his eldest son, Edmund, 21, died in an accident on the farm in South Easthope, six miles south of Stratford. Mr. Lange was killed and his son suffered serious injuries and died two days later in Stratford Hospital. A beam used as part of the equipment with which they were constructing a silo, broke and plunged into the excavation. A neighbour, Lorenz Metz, who was assisting the Lange's at the time escaped from injury and was the only eye-witness to the fatality. Both father and son were attended by Dr. J. K. Fisher and Dr. H. M. Taylor. Another son, Ellard, age 15, had been helping his father and older brother but had gone to the house a few minutes before to get a drink of water. On the morning of the accident, Bruno had driven his son, Harold, to school, as it was the first school day for the 6-year-old lad.” Bruno and his wife Christine (Brunke) had eight children - Edmund, Adolf, Viola (Mrs. Alvin Metz), Ilona (Mrs. Howard Steinacker), Ellard, Clarence, Franklin, and Harold. (continued on page 4)
A major discussion at the Wednesday, January 21, 2015 East Zorra-Tavistock Council meeting will centre around the OPP policing contract. Council has been presented with the option between the current contract arrangement and a non-contract agreement. Kevin Hummel (OPP) will address Council at 8:00 p.m. regarding OPP billing. Inspector Tim Clark, OPP Detachment Commander, Oxford County will also be in attendance. At the January 7th, 2015 Council meeting, the following items were addressed and/or clarified by Inspector Clark for the differences between the two options. “Under a Section 5.1 policing arrangement, the current facility in Tavistock used by the OPP would become a ‘non-reporting’ office. However, Inspector Clark expressed that he would like to see, at minimum, that the office be maintained as an “Extended Services Office” (ESO), for use by OPP personnel. The key differences between a Section 5.1 and a Section 10 policing arrangement, in essence, are that under a Section 10 arrangement, a Police Service Board is required (providing civilian oversight, as well as other associated responsibilities under the Police Services Act), as well as the availability of grants. The $30,000 a year Community Policing Patrnership (CPP) grant would not be available. As well, the approximate $75,000 a year RIDE grant would also be unavailable. Section 5.1, in essence, is a “call for service” arrangement only. If the Township wishes to retain the current “Community Resource Officer” (CRO) role, this would become an ‘enhanced’ position, and would be over and above the costs currently billed.” Should the Township wish to pursue a Section 10 policing arrangement at this meeting, the contract documents would be made available shortly for final consideration.