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on“! _ ~ Y John King spent most of his 87 years in this house 44" ‘ * . ,. 7 Margery Calms pham Link with Valley’s past dies DEEP RIVER (Special) One of the Ottawa Valley‘s colorful links With the past died last week. John King, whose 500mm him had been in the family for lhrce generations, was 87. King spent most of his life in the squarcdimhered larmA house built by his grandfather He used lo cut his crops with a scythe, use a horseâ€"drawn wooden plow and collect his firewood with a horse-drawn sleigh. The beautiful group of barns and farmhouse, virtually unchanged since the 19m century. is on Hwy. 17 just our side of town. II was purchased in 1968 by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and King moved to a new home built for him on the property. Atomic Energy has muinlained and preserved the old buildings. The picturesque Silt) attracts many arlisls Lind photographers. A spokesman said that so far no decision has been taken as 10 [he use that will be made of lhe property. Local rer sidents speculate it might be used as a museum. though at the time of purchase AECL described it as an investment in case the town needed to expand. 'Uninsrkon r914 why Harry Hinchley go 1914, milk for Union Star Cheese Factory came in by team and wagon} Each shipper had one more 250 pound factory cans for his milk. They- ere taken to the factory and brought back the: e day. If the patron wished, he could get “ turned in the same cans. . 5 a cheese industry, the day began early. Thaarhilk-hauler had to bé on the road by 6.00 in .. morning and the farmer had to be up and ehis cows miiked before that. He had to have ' in the cans ready to be picked up when , gon came. _e factory, the cheese maker had to have ufind be ready for the milk as soon as it In. He was always in a rush to get it empâ€" _ nd heating in the vets in good time. He had ' and he u‘oarly start. pound cheeses. These were 5hr, png out lr} Height and the patrons had to take 'm‘irs iiQ'Jing the cheese to the station on shipping day Much of the cheese used to go to Montreal and then on to England where Canadian cheddar wm‘ always tin good demand. 'l‘odayI this is chan edz. Much of the cheese“ .w made at Union Star actory is now sold at retail direct to consumers. Over the years a gnodo’ver- the-counter trade has developed and my: people come from far and near to pick up their requirements at the factory. Perhaps, this is the reason Union Star has been able to stay in business when most of the other cheese factories in Eastern Ontario have had to close. it was extablished in 1893 so is one of Renfrew County's oldest businesses. Fur- . thermorefit is nournot only the oldest but also the only cheese factory stfll opera ' in the whole Upfiu Ottawa Valley. ' ' r g