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_ Ft,, if , - , _ -; _ = A , 7 -- IB' 2. I? . , , i THE HISTORY OF THE BRUCE COUNTY TARTAN ', COMMITTEE OF COUNTY COUNCIL "H! _ Bruce County has its own tartan. We . 4k, believe it to be one of only five Canadian BY-LAR NO. 1769 7 . IQ: territorial tartans duly registered at Her ' 'Ast. MajestY'S Registry House in Edinburgh, ' A BY-LAR TO ESTABLISH ,1: Scotland, making it a real authentic tartan, l, It." not just merely a plaid, and as such it may , A BRUCE COUNTY TARTAN COMMITTEE . be worn by the people of Bruce County with r M" pride and.pleasure. The tartan is also ' Tlil' patented in Canada. HOW did it come about ' The Council of the Corporation of the County i)ilE that we in "the Bruce" should have this of Bruce enacts as follows - THAT the follow- . J" distinction? ing shall constitute the Bruce County Tartan C 't. ' Committee, for the purpose of estat1iyl1iyr.a . Many early settlers in Bruce County were distinctive Bruce County Tartan and obtaining ( Scottish immigrants and the love and loyalty certification and registration of same. ui _ _ g to Scotland has been handed down through the . l generations. So it comes as no surprise that , Chairman - Dr. J. Frank Morton, of 'r, - : the people of "the Bruce" should desire their Southampton 3 own authentic tartan and what better time to v, Secretary - Mrs. Mary Gateman, of . _ . seek it than in the centennial year of the Southampton , County and our Country. Thus it came about , Members - Mrs. J.E. Rowe, Kincardine, Ont.; ', and the history is as follows. Mrs. Kathleen Jacklin, Brant . . Township; Mrs. Olive Hepburn, The Bruce County Tartan is derived from 1 Hope Bay; Mrs. Dorothy ' ' the family colours of James Bruce, Earl of , Wimperley, Southampton; Mr. _ Elgin and Governor-General of Canada at the . Norman McLeod, of Toronto, and ;} time the Queen's Bush was surveyed in 1867. . the County Warden. il, The same Bruce County antidates the con- r i federation of Canada toy exactly six months. ' This Committee shall be a special committee and . . _ g The County's centennial date is_January the shall act during the pleasure of the Council. ~ 't 1st, 1967. It was out of compliment to James . . Bruce and his family that the name Bruce was PASSED-in open Council at Walkerton this ~ A bestowed on the new County. , 31st day of October, 1963. ' The suggestion for a tartan was first . _ _ - made by Dr. J.F. Morton of Southampton, Ont- W.S. Forrester H.T. Palmateer , _ T ario, a former Warden of the County. The . 'County Clerk Warden . i Bruce County Women's Institute Rally held in _ . - I " ' _ Park Head in October 1962 sponsored the , ' ' - ' " . undertaking as a centennial project. In ' , "__ iugirlltlil Mb' __-_ a January 1963 they reported to council and at ' I NC) in). Il8 ill! (at) I ' their fall session in October, County Council 7... " at s. . _ e ' F _ V passed a By-law to establish a Bruce County » ,f'i 1 - ' , Tartan Committee. , ' , {ft ' kN 3 ' - _ a 7' - U 7 t 7 I J r s M." Lua" ,, L r . ',' '__' s.-' , ltilIllillrl t "l " . g a e a , _,,.," I » Mglllllt .. .. iN . v PS a v '4 g l . ' 3% - ll 1ltiE:;?isst'i',iir"'rAiiilr (dr . _ 'MII, l ' "ll Ran-P0 :2" 7 _ . 'llllililirtsifsiii)'r'r tg ",/ " - Ill, - l illllBl%, 2YfS,aargdi'lirhl f r', _ ' it; 1 3 itll/i,?),"';':")":')':)';"" Irr: Ir. , ' - l IlltllllilllllllllliilliiltiiiMiiillllBllll, " 3 3 l w}... . , . .» _ J gt C , y The Lord Lyon before registering the ' (ll' . 'A . b 'i-hiv').',,?,,)):,)')),":':,':,):); "." C , Bruce County Tartan, Tttt1ucL.zatg. that the County _ or V / _-. llltlfiaits)jr;i_ ' have a recorded coat of arms (Armorial _ . _ " Illllt'itisy _". Bearings) the date and circumstances when the _ _ '1' ' Ill.'rr,s , County came into being, to be recorded at Her * F _ _ g; ' :3." , Madesty's Registry in Edinburgh. The County '-", . uit' ! I ' crest was not acceptable as a coat of arms. p. '-c...3il ' (l, ' Our Ar-msg-itil-je-ir-us-s, was designed by the Lord - le, ( Lyon and so it was that our colourful coat of T -., if" . ' ' arms came into being. The Motto is "The Power . ., _ . ,5; m l r is in God - But The People Administer". ' . .' . j arrive, itil i . -"------'--"-'---"-------.-'-c=c . _ . / . T " Il l . , . r" {if _ i . a! . ' ", 7 r riii, t Dr, J.F. Morton 1