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foaree ~ e c -- a moman m ernnmim = asrox S e es ' Eim e 72 5 gs* ee-- eae k# E_ . kess pasens mall A Lifetime sar service ar\'{devotion to his community, his S I.L' . 3 :;f & -- PAISLEY, 0_ TARIO, NOV. 9,'194_?9 : Iellows and 'iy" faioly was intled on Priday s --might.pNovenber 5 P 8 4 1 & = es ons ce 4th, when death" aaf-mwnald "Dan'} McRenzle, of The s 3 e = 5 pomimmnininn ns omraions .. [Advosste~tn "his 87th' yeart > Mthough ~he had beon. in failing s e e > -- "4--% R Y3 * heaith for some months, Be--had 'temained active, and his passing ¢ i 5 : e L came 'quickly and. as a shocl to »those who were closely ac-- . C & "\ 99 § + quainted with him. 5 ; «: o k e : : -- s For 57 years Dan. McKenzie had published: and edited The I t <#-- s Nee _-- 4 Advocate: . Born October 15th,,1863, at Branchton, Ontario, near > 22 35 (' 3 tShege R Galt, a son of Alexander and"Isobel McKenzie, he was the eld-- _ ~~@ ) ® 2+ $ . | est in a family of eleven brothers and sisters. His grandparents, -- 7 4@ "3 +3 $ € ' bornin--Scotland, hadvemigrated to New York State, and came | . E-- ai,,fi%' l _ ie ;gf?ii to Canada with the United Empire Loyalists, settling on farms \_ _ ; 8 ienmasrdes © w " B d 4 , \ ETt $ g2t. 2 [ff asae ts C .. : : H '-'T-'F»:"":-'}i)'.»('.T":-Ll j is t 3 PP 4 Shortly after his birth Mr. MceKenzie's parents moved to_ ; ,'\ [ pncmmmitn» '«?V:E'X e ® P }"/"/ Sombra Township, on the St) Clair River.. (When he was four < 7 ' ' i 5 . < Bnaoph i Ns c years old, the family removed to the 4th concéssion of Eiderslic & , kx '» woous it : *n * 4 Township, and a year later torthe 2nd concession, and he first 'M -- oame. ¢ _V «stt s * . ~ § attended school in 'S.S, No. 2 Elderslic.. In the' fall of 1869 i h MR S s | the family came to Paisley, where the subject of this sketch /.. WR f U | -- S ":,'ix € * »ve S atteaded the 'original brick schoolhouse on Queeh Street -somh,_ d be a ks m k F f 4 f 'and later the four--room school erected in 1872, For years his 'I'!._ Li -- Tas §E Wheie m / "': * father, Alexander McKenzie, . was school caretaker.. The task o .'F, { s3 }:};@5 @" i s 3 f "'% of providing: for the growing family presented. problems. . S0, i t j \{i bet" _ c n fi%fivgx':;&; ~B whert the pub.isher of The Advocate proposed to his parents ... W e dv ¢ "@%«, \". j E6: '&%"« *A that Dan McKenzi-- enter the I)X'il!tills trade, the latter's school 3 ; E 'e'v%&. <>§ P s @;fi'«@@?«s';&x} I days ended and he entered tpon,his lifetime's: work. He started F i i * h 2 s se '%@?';&:'5@@@' 1 his duties as a 'printer's devil at the age of 14, and at.a wage a d CcB k. l h. ie o d , m ol ¢ | of 50 cents a week. (With pride, Dan McKenzie has related how, i j e -- s % A "'3; Nok WoaX % ] when his: iather, mojker and one sister lay seriously.i.l for:weeks 6 1 t A ww ',g."\ *.; with: typhoid. fever. Re was able to provide for the family, -- His p B ~ t --< 9e\ -- en dal | detics in the iittle shop: that housed The Advocate included man~ 3 4 "B a d \1%:( w E Tz ipulating. the rolfer on the hand press and delivering the papers fi' f ,g{l\;{:'*";' j a € to subscribers in town, e s "Wi C A )' C "y,,,wi""( > ; | *~~In. the wintersof. 1880 Dan . McKenzie left Paisley to. take : 7 s "' ' . $ w . , employment at. Ingersoll. -- En route to that.town lie stopped over 3 Ni 0 i fr at Galt. There a former associate in The Advocate offered him i ( 4 hyz | | one dollar a week ntore than he awas.to receive at Ingersoll, and o " a (B he joited the staff of the Galt Reformer. Throughout his life 3 \ 4 ; 6 he recurded this move as a regrettable breach of contract or of, FQ C M \ ' faitn, With his added experiefice in 1882 he moved to Toronto, y ' : 1 * . whcre he. worked in the old Presbyterian publishing house. But B 18 _ 5 the sanitary conditions of.the city in that cra undermined his 4 2 ~" . j health, and he returned to The Advocate. . Then, as a partner § o N "H| . with iRobert Munro, principal 'of«Paisley schools, he purchased . o s _ hes" A 2R I The Waterloo Chronicle, but soun they sold out to take over The i \: 3 ' P < 4 Port Elgin Times. He remained in the lakeshore village for four i e f . a P j 'years, and in 1892 acquired ownership.of The Paisiey Advocate. : ': TW _ , o d pxcaa | 5 Then began a career unique inthe annals of weekly journal-- 3 s 5 We ' _ * AeP fome s A | ism in Canada.. For thefensting 57 years of his fite, Dan Mc-- M : 'i .. ~-- * ,,_ prenbemeceree stoks. io9 gooee { Kenzie unobtrusively exerted upon the community served by. his " ie x: C * " * 2: a 8 , pen and. his newspaper a tremendous influence for good and adt j ul z k. & -- | vancement. If not by the brilliance of his writings, then by the 3 v ,?i' e 35. . "DAN" McK ENZIE t \ clarity of his thought and steadfastness of 'purpose he was able . .' B 0. BE shauk £ y * | to impress his reading public with the virtues and--advantages of i/ * a every worthy cause or institution. Likewise, he felt it his duty j e | to criticise the unworthy. . Unequivocally be opposed: the liquor ! | traffic. -- Editorially, he held to a political independence, catering to > . no party, but supporting legislation he believed to be in* the | people's best interests. ' j Chronicling the events of, the 'community for more than \ half a century, he was very closely in touch with the history of « | J the district and the daily lives of its citizens, and throughout his s i lifetime took a personal interest in the ebb and tide of the surging | stream«of life about him. As a result, he was a reliable author. ity 'on the lore of Bruce County generally, and of the Paisley t % | district in particular. The minor details and the momentous + events alike of local history he knew intimately.. He had retained : interest in and contact with a legion.of former residents who had e ; l removed to distant places, : t t: P | Out of this bond of interest which stretched around the k § continent grew the great Bruce County Old Boys' and Gitls' Re-- ps ; : (Continued on page 4) ; a " ooo en en naraeey L i I : $io5_ 5 # I ' is \ > Caldace z i p sE i