Brownsville WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 2, p. 91

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germiwunnggg) still in use. ($267.59). In 1949 the house Was remodelled . The old wood frame house (26 X l7) with 2 complete stories, with 9' ceilings. The ceilings were lowered and an addition of 2 rooms added to the front, with roof being lowered, so house is now 1% stories. It was completely insulated and newly plastered. A cement floor put in the basement, water system installed also a bathroom. An oil furnace was in- stalled. The outside received insul brick siding. ’ttrrigfm tll! i. "yt. , - //7 tip. Illlut ~' ' 1lllllllll5,,'allllll rd , i f). v _ e it I . _ J a} ' ' I'! at? 'riiirG'aaa-i'.c2.T2c'L"r, l l I 1 , ---'i-- i- Man-e, Clara, 0920 F4 Bas-bar-t Pep/ss/fee We did general farming , milked 12 cows, had three work horses and a Ford- . son Tractor. In the year 1948--dr9--_cj(D, grew about 4 acres of tobacco (burley), which is sold in Chatham, along with the general farming. In 1956 and the foll- owing 7 years , grew 10 acres of tomatoes for Campbell Soup Company. We bought the plants the first year then built a green house and grew our own plants. We sold the horses and CONS in 1957, and the young cattle as they became matured and increased the pig; herd. We grew cucumbers for the Bick's Pickles in 1S)e/?-G5-ar--e/j. We tile layed in lgéland more in 1965 and the tiling was completed in 1967, for the whole farm. In 1966 the barn was remodelled and a stable cleaner was in- stalled . In 1966 the Bell Telephone laid a cable along the road. In 1975 we I sold all the pigs. _ lout {Jaaéul In October 1972 Gerrit (Ceo) Janssen bought allhthe north east corner 0 f? the lot and on it is situated the buildings. Mr. Janssen still does general farm- ing on the land. The building known as the horse and pig barn was used for air '4. curing tobacco, and was later torn down, I On June l, 1976 Doug. and Brenda Hughes purchased this property from The DeViSChers. Doug and Brenda have two children, The DeVischers moved to Ti11sonburergo Oscar and I have two children, Clara who attended Brownsville public and con- tinuation school. She married Harold Dennis, of Tillsonburg, in 1954. They have C) girls and now live in Straffordville. Barbara was born in i947: and attended Brownsville Public school and Glendale High School in Tillsonburg and Guelph Univ- erslty, taking home economics Course, she graduated in lVVBand became dounty home C mconomist for Bruce County with office in Nalherton, where she is still employed. Jfrarr:s1,rr)rrarird by iir. and.1%rse Crirccrr'r)eyicsc]ri.irr,ro --'r/; ,4 L).:. -g. : 539 {Plumb {2’93"

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