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x A . ' i'iiiiiti I ct2Glia Jiiii)'iit'i'iii'i E iiiiitMlam [ l. x a? . LL-re 2.1:- [ ii: 1if,iiijhiri2 'E'ci-' ;i, JjjEWi) s is TIE Ell!!!!) E? c? fii2E5, g e i (r ".3. a "was d,?f, t. V7 r g Ill _ sl.R their (t,.'%21 _ , g p. it. 4/ R, _ a, " Iii') (r, We) tCT) i a w I .. I? has?" some)" Cty, '/ , Q" a tD )\§ LLTf ' , WE: "'flb'rifiouormrmuxtwfi'we iiiirfiit iiriDaf) , ll ' - Iiil lil - - ' I THE STORY OF THE TARTAN " " - lil The beautiful Bruce County Tartan is 7 " li, llll derived from the family colors of 'til, - I , James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Gov- _ ' lil - 7 I ' ernor General of Canada at the time MI - ll the "Queen's Bush" was surveyed and - 2; I Y incorporated in l867. Ill " , T . r . Steeped in history, the red, yellow and ' ",r " it 'l "ll' _ greens depict not only the Bruce Clan _ 1" li, ' ' - Tartan but the beautiful foliage of . - , til i; " , millions of trees that cover the area, - ' llll lil the white and deep blue of the glist- I th ' - . lil ening waves washing the 367 miles of Ill gl _ u 'ar" shoreline bordering Lake Huron and , Ill . "A8 _ Georgian Bay as well as the many fresh " Ig , water trout streams that cover the R _ , il _ li area. Ftd R " " ' - I The Bruce County Tartan is registered I , ' T. , " in Edinburgh and patented in Canada ? Ill B - and may not be reproduced without . ill e t n MIB" ' permission. . _ , B, MMI '" it Bruce County virgin wool tartan, ties . t . "it. _ " Ilirlilll , r and souvenir giftware are available in _ T ' lil - - ill I leading stores in Bruce County. I " . L; ' A history of the Bruce County Tartan , - . I "r 1 was written by Mrs. Gordon Hepburn ' ' - Itll - lil ' ' in 197h and put on sale in 1975. Illl I r I , . M i , _ " r . "" "KCC , , r ' l by O. E. HEPBURN ,-.--e--. A - i sd.,. __ ---i-e--- --77 ..» --' In lain, the Bruce County Tartan Connittee decided to sell jewellery items to supplement sales. ' They decided to sell these items themselves. All items are handmade. The salesman, Mr. Weiler _ was not pleased to not have right to sell jewellery and resigned as salesman. His resignation was accepted. He has never ceased to claim the Committee owes him money but legal advice Each day I would make about T In the first 15 months the ' could n ' ot proves him wrong. 10 calls, take orders, 311% the writer sold $13,132.01 of Bruce five t'doditu/1iet,eg,,i, 'gl), the . . . . ' next day I would delivert e or- Count Tartan, Gifts and Sou- a . r.' t not _ . Recently in the Walkerton thi can}: ol t" ""9 selling ot the der from the stock room (of my venirsy which [received $1,674.- 1pm?" "a"'sd1.1e,1stt?, for every Herald-Times, someone wrote up Sruee . oun y Tartan, Gifts and home), which I received no rent 02 commission Take about keep, one iifleGment read, not about the Bruce bounty Tartan. ouvenirs. . for whatsoever. This sure was $800.00 out of this for gas, oil commissiongf Orsouvemr item, Gifts and Souvenirs. "the writ. 0n Jaiciiuary 2311974 the writ. a lot of slugging, for all of the and not counting wear and tear told me in or themselves. He er forgot to mention Pst who er s'igne an agreement to be merchandise sold were mostly on the car or clothing, or noth. to collect f person he would try the promoters were, ot the Tar- elesm.t.n and sales manager of ceramics ,and heavy. . , in for meals I just had to be 00 or me. However, the tan, Gifts and Souvenirs. the selling of the Bruce County C . Jd o t dedicated person in p Ir. guy took real sick and Going back several years, he Tartan, Gifts and Souvenirs. After several months of "slug- B e mg nt to work for so pared away, fore 1973, Anna (McDonald) The agreement was drawn up ging" and promoting", may. of 1"/iu/iu,",',1l 'a"ndl I was until! F or the Life of Me--1 just can Meyer had the rights to sell the and signed by Mrs. D. B. Blue my customers would either C y, , not understand hdw anyone then tartan. Then in 1973 the and Mrs. Earl Busch, and by me, phone me, f"' ask "Non my eall, Then Would You Believe,--- ' -- ' writer was verbally hired to and the agreement waster five where the jewellery items were. [ at/one County Council meeting work as salesman for the Bruce years, an I _ to receive 50% it Jas brought out that the Tar- c, Tartan Committee, five of the net profits of everything UHKPOWD to me, the Tartan tan Committee and L. J. "Spar- County _ . . Committee brou ht out a ewer. T en re resentaives, who now Pld, Tartan, Gifts and Souven- . g J. . k " Weller had sold $17,491.02 wom PP [rs lery item, of many varieties, FY . . . ti / f 7 g f made with a little Bruce County in their first year of opera ion. Things went along quite well Tartan showing. This was made . . ' . (/2 ,. "' and after calling on" about 100 by a friend of ours, who was in.. T 60:11:13; Si?) 2y 011d"; n1d'fi,eje,' . . W411"? places, l created about 50 re- structed by the Committee, not from $17 491 02 and $13,132.00 , _ I " gum customers for the Bruce to supply any other person, or which is 's2 Gi; 02 or a J'Giiiiii (-urvj'-c-ct County Tartan Committee. persons, for they had, the sole t sion of abdut $400 00 which I . :55?"th produce, manufacture , did not receive. The late Bruce , at _ . tcounty Warden, Albert Worrall, hpalqllrz y spec C,rttrttE,