1915: County Court

Hepburn vs. Slater: Mr. William G. Slater of Cressy, sold his apples in the fall of 1914 to Mr. Fred Hepburn of Picton at a price agreed upon, and guaranteeing Mr. Hepburn a certain percentage of No. 1 apples, Mr. Slater to pick and pack the apples. The apples were forwarded to Montreal and when offered for sale the barrels inspected were declared by the Government inspectors not up to the standard of the grade as marked on the barrels. Mr. Hepburn claimed that the apples were not of the quality agreed upon. A settlement was affected, Slater paying Hepburn $250 damages and the cost of the Court.

1935: Bicycles to Toronto in Record Time to See Football Game

William Perkins, local young man, is keen on football and last Saturday decided he would go to Toronto to see the touring Scottish team meet a picked Canadian team. How to go? Bill has a racing bike so his means of transportation was solved. He tells us he made the trip to the Queen City in 6 hours and 40 minutes, with time out for one stop at Pickering. On the return trip he stopped at Trenton for a rest, pedaling time from the city to Picton being 6 hours and 45 minutes. The trip involved about 140 miles, an average of over 20 miles per hour. To reward Bill, the Scottish won 6-0. The bike is of the racing type and weighs 28 pounds. Bill has been paced by a car going at 38 miles per hour, he says, and has long been a cyclist.

1965: 104-Year-Old Has Fishing Tip

WESTWOOD, Ontario – John Thompson, who celebrates his 104th birthday today, says the best way to catch fish with a worm is to spit tobacco juice on the worm.

“The juice makes the worm wiggle”, said the former scrap dealer, who did not retire from full time work until the age of 89 and fished regularly until last year.

Mr. Thompson was a sniper with the 49th Battalion from Belleville during the Riel rebellion and witnessed the surrender of 10,000 Indians without a battle at Fishcreek, Sask.