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SKIPNCSS Ntz--tI W.H. Chambers -- Py A Sawyer for Sixty Years William James Chambers of Skipness saw timber e ',: felled and burned to clear the land. He was born near wl _ M t M Hanover in 1867 and his parents, the late James and A | <© oo Sarah Jane Roe Chambers, moved to Amabel when TT 44 William was six months old, so his earliest memories are 4 . of his Township home. d *% g They settled on a farm near Mud Lake--later known r as Marysville Lake. There, the family cleared the land. i a Most of this work was completed before he was old enough to help. But he could remember the fine timber , being burned because that was the easiest way to get rid of e o the giant trees and clear the land for farming purposes. walke . | When Mr. Chambers was eighteen years of age, he began his life's work as a sawyer, starting to saw for h mmpian, g&s David Porter who operated a mill at Mud Lake. After ef _ _0 fls several years wi'th Mr. Porter, Mr. Cha'mber's acc'epted Margaret Reid-- s ed0@wic« employment with Charles Bowman in his mill at . Southampton, remaining there for a number of years. Margaret Reid is the dalgghlterlc;f6§lohn a;]nd Jessn; | f eid of Lot 18, Concession 6. In , at the age o fiis next employer was Mr. e en e Not iventeen she was an Ontario Scholar, obtaining ninety-- whom he worked at Slabtown near Elsinore, and at ' A de Thirteen subjects at Owen Tamarack. Island, Stokes Bay, on the Bruce Peninsula. one per cent in fen Grade s 2 a fls * t cus d Vocational Institute. She was Then his trade took him back to the district where he was Sound Collegiate an . awarded an entrance scholarship to McMaster born and he was employed for a number of years at s tae} f . Hanover by Mr. John Burrell. University in Hamilton. h 1. average o up an eight er cent av Returning to Amabel, he worked for about adecadeé throx;:)%;r%terk;i%th scphool cartg;er.y Sge was awarded a for Mr. Robert Walker of Allenford, at the mill south of i he Trans--Canada Alliance of Gould Lake until retiring due to ill health. trip to GCormany by the 11 : & German Canadians; her final mark in German was He was known to his friends as Willie Chambers and ninety--five per cent. She was one of 100 students from stated that during his sixty years as sawyer, methods Ontario who made the tour, to Germany, Switzerland, changed very little, but machines were greatly improved Austria and France. making the work--easier. AFTEC GRrAouRtinc FRom mymastEr, Willie Chambers never married. He was the last mBroRrrET HADd aAnotHnenr T&iP 1o GEQmmo\/- surviving member of a family of ten. While employed at Sue uatec Toor A LiBRARY course AT the Walker saw--mill he made his home with his sister-- pyegeregr@n UNIVERS(TY, LONPON. ONT. AnNO uu\g inlaw, Mrs. R. J. Chambers, and his nephew, Graham _ y (pep AS A L\BLAE! an in FoRT FLANCES,Ow! Chambers. wme macrienp OAyinp SEd6wICC of When Graham Chambers married, Willie and his Fout FLAmNCES . sister--in--law, Rachel Chambers, moved back to the farm where he first started his life's work, living in a house built on the Reid farm where the mill yard used to be. Oliver Stewart (1891--1 q 4']) . 0 eR Mr. Oliver Stewart, after moving To THE OKHPNESS 2 a; wl area with his mother and sister, Jean B8ecame QuITE / x w es : popular as an entertainer through his ability *o recite and | p 'M P i | 4) take part in dialogues and plays. He was &s?u'\fl\\'{ j°°d ED q6 ~ = jel i & 'ifi in comic parts. C areg 3. .. _ *# ~;\ 52: B Some of Oliver's recitations wereAnc Darwits .,f + jé'( 7 "& Sermon; The Boss's Welcome Home:; THE --AM®'N sutr "/ _( w 3 Church; The Church Choir singing; ant tht Debu'\\flj §;§t" 1i t %7} i > * K e -- Socxety -- . ;»w" v f" @\';;:fl' s)* The Stewart family were staunch Presby Ferians and s f M xi * _ ? 8 attended Skipness Church regularly by horL and ri Q c pagallt ... *A en (The horse's name was Tony.) Oliver sang in the choir as is rly rone it '5'%5'"" dld hlS brother Duncan. OllVC[' married hls nt|j\.\b0\ll'.5 sn td nv& on daughter, Reta Hunt. They moved to Hepworth in 1941 Rg«:\{lfm\)'gn \Q\'\'_'\e'\ where they lived for six years.