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It’s a combinatoion of press conference and community event, and all are invited.It's from 5:30 p.m.to 6:30 p.m., at the Richmond Community Centre at 780 Gouin, in Richmond.How to get there?Take Highway 55 to Exit 173; go towards Richmond.Turn right on Gouin Street (after the bridge).The community centre is immediately on the left, behind the Buresau ‘immatriculation.Townshippers' Day is on Sat., Sept.16 at the Richmond County Fairgrounds.The hours are 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.For more information, visit www.tday.ca or contact Town-shippers' Association at 257 Queen, Sherbrooke (819-566-5717; 1-866-566-5717) or ta@townshippers.qc.ca.On The Cover The child in our cover photograph (courtesy of the Town-shippers' Association) attended last year’s Townshippers' Day in Bedford.This year’s shindig is at the Richmond County Fairgrounds.TIMKEN Where You Turn 4, rue Victoria, Bedford 248-3316 IN THE «*>*** SINCM94B Now certified "5 star dealer" Ç\00^Y meÇji)eflu&C(v«^ See us online: www.bellveaucomeau.net 203 RAILROAD (819)876-2785 STANSTEAD COURTESY TOWNSHIPPERS’ ASSOCIATION Meet the Townshippers’Association: President Michael van Lierop.Townshipper’s Day You won’t have to be a rich man, When you head down to Richmond, The music’s free and so’s the show, So you won’t have to bring much dough.Of course you can, it all depends.If you’ve a wife who usually spends, She'll want to buy some arts and crafts.And you’ll deal with the aftermath.T-Day: Cont’d from Page 3 The site itself was selected by the Townshippers’ Association because it is smaller than in the past.“Fairgoers from past years have suggested we use a smaller site so that it is easier to get around,” said Wisdom.There’s the money angle, too.Mayor Viens is responsible for fundraising this year’s budget — the total expense is $25,000 (organizers hope).Last year, the event was held in Bedford, cost $27,167 and brought in $25,154 in revenue.“We only had an overrun of $2,000 and that’s good,” said Garber.T-Day will be held at the Richmond Fair Grounds located in Cleveland Township.Townshippers’ Association is a non-partisan, non-profit community organization serving the Eastern Townships English-speaking community.Contact www.townshippers.qc.ca; ta@town-shippers.qc.ca; 257 Queen, Sherbrooke (819-566-5717; 1-866-566-5717) or 203 Principale, Cowansville (819-263-4422; 1-866-263-4422).If she is that way inclined, We’ll be there; not hard to find, I’m sure no matter where she looks, She’ll want to buy our cards and books.There’s other things in town to see, The car museum attracts me.Or if antiques make your heart race, You’ve ventured into the right place.If you tire of songs and sales, Then you’ll be welcome up at “Wales.” Go and visit; you’ll be glad, For people there are sometimes sad.It’s our day, so don’t miss out, You’re sure to see old friends about.You’ll laugh and talk and reminisce.It’s one event, should not be missed! When it turns cold and your feet freeze, You’ll still have those memories, Of all the laughs, when you went down, To Townshipper’s day in Richmond Town.Wayne Robinson Townshippers’ Foundation 20 years of caring See you at Townshippers’ Day! MINI-ENTREPOSAGE LENNOXVILLE y^w.mlrterAepoaagalermt^.com iUJJJUUKÏJ; fv.i.u'.'.vi.« > > 3104^^ Townshippers’ Day • THE RECORD Thursday, September 14, 2006 page 3 whshipESS TOWflSHIPPERS JOURNÉE DES COURTESY TOWNSHIPPERS’ ASSOCIATION John Mulholland, member of Townshippers' Association’s Board, flanked by the CoChairs of the T-Day Organizing Committee: Roger Viens, mayor of Ulverton and Gerald Badger, mayor of Cleveland Township and warden of the MRC of Val-Saint-François.Watch for The Record! The Record will have a booth at Townshippers’ Day.Please drop by and say hello.JPD JOLY RIENDEAU&DUKEc* |(0»A»i*IUII INC.Serving the Townships Community since 1959.Congratulations and good luck on the 27th Annual Townshipper s Day ROCK OF AGES CANADA * Quarriers & Manufacturers of Monuments and Industrial Granite Cowansville Knowlton Sherbrooke 127 Principale, Suite 105 560 Ch.Knowlton 3490 Galt West Cowansville Ville de Lac Brome Sherbrooke 450-263-4123 450-243-5021 819-566-2575 KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW.Stanstead, Que.t (819) 876-2745 All together now! Four Townships unite for this year's Townshippers' Day By Sondip Chatteijee For the first time, four townships have worked together to host Townshippers’ Day.Cleveland.Melbourne.Richmond and Ulverton have joined forces to help organize the annual T-Day, scheduled this year for Sat., Sept.16.“We organize many things together,” said Roger Viens, mayor of Ulverton, and co-chair of the event.The four townships have collaborated on such projects as fire service and civil security, for example.Townshippers’ executive director Rachel Garber emphasized that this Saturday is a celebration for all Townshippers.“There are many francophones and anglophones on our organization committee, and everyone is welcome,” said Garber.It’s really an event about community, and everybody getting together and having fun.Organizers already have 65 volunteers to help, but need another 35.Kate Wisdom of the Townshippers’ Association hopes to enlist more help.Volunteers will be directing traffic, sitting at information booths, setting up the T-Day event site and taking it down as the day comes to an end.Please see T-Day on Page 2 WWW < M 1 0*1 o Uplands Art Exhibits English Teas Collections & Archives Concerts Workshops Heritage Walk U Bishop’s University BOOKSTORE Malone Donald Bldg • 2600 College Street Slie'tnooke QC J1M 0C8 Tel (819) 822-9600 ext 2241 Fax :(819)822-3.145 jterCard, American Express and Direct Payment We have Dr.Paulette’s book of Photographs “The Eastern Townships" Crested Merchandise (great gifts!) 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I ZOO RAIN OR SHINE INDOORS AT THF SKI CHALET 9 t0 mm n S-OOfm Télésiège en opération du 23 sept, au 9 octobre la fin de semaine seulement.CRAFT Chair lift in operation from Sept.23 to Oct.9 on weekends only.©ktoüer ftit Le samedi.21 septembre 2006 Saturday.September 2J.2006 l6h-2!OhMWp« KWpm Billets / Tided 25S i la pone / at the door ou / or 201 U acheté avant le 21 septembre I if purchased before September 2 J Repas allemand iradilKmnel / TrmduwaaJ Cermaa i Musique / Muta bir jflu0ikmrtstrr(*) ViIlrM / Œukrts hvttim Hr otage AuacmHtm È Centre Km Jones du Cah Misaiaqan» Nn»d North IWnwwr Centre i Kern J omet Centre *»»/1710 40 Ck.Du Mont Owl’s Head.Mansonvtllc, Québec (430) 292-3342 face 24 • Townshippers’ Day THE RECORD Thursday, September 14, 2006 Trains: ConTd from Page 23 up parcels at the station.The QCR and CNR met here, each with its own track (one at the front of the station, the other at the back).The bricked station platform would be filled with folks at train times, the hotels across the street prepared for a sudden influx of visitors wanting food or a room for the night.Today, no passenger trains come through.Freight cars are still shunted back and forth, but the station platform is quiet and much changed, and patrons of the restaurant are the only people moving where the railroad tracks once gleamed.The Richmond region museum, located in Melbourne, has many artifacts and documents outlining the history of railroading in the area.A visit here where life at the turn of the century is depicted, could be a most interesting side trip.Also in Melbourne, in the church just up the hill on Belmont, where French protestants were the last occupants.there’s slate and everything to do with this type of rock was used as roofing material, walkways, chalk boards and billiard tables.The church’s brick from the Richmond brickyard and slate from the Kingsbury quarry is an outstanding example of the use of slate in the area.Here, even the cross atop the steeple is made of slate, carefully restored and in mint condition.Visitors here may watch slate being split from a solid block, an art requiring patience, strength and precise eyesight.choosing the line of rock to follow and pounding a chisel into the block to form a fissure that eventually — hopefully — splits the way the shaper wants it to.The interpretation center will be open this Saturday, ready to host visitors from Townshippers’ Day.Turning toward Kirkdale, Ulverton and Drummondville, visitors can follow the old route that winds down river, first coming to the famous Pierce’s 9] fit MteMotraiQ support ippers Desjardins This is not a bank, it’s a financial partner that helps you realize all your projects! 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(819) 829-7138 .Those trails became roads By Claudia Villemaire Richmond ¦ ¦ where's not much traffic on the i st.Francis these days.There was t a time, however, when small JL.craft and even a paddle wheeler plied the water near Bromptonville.This river, with its swift narrows, rocky ledges and broad reaches was the only highway accessible and navigable for the first settlers arriving from the England, Scotland and Ireland in the late 1700s and early 1800s.There are still tales told of the dangers those pioneers faced as they poled their way between river banks where hardwood trees grew right down to the water, presenting what seemed an impenetrable wall that must be pierced before the first attempts at clearing land could begin.These were hardy folk, perhaps ill-prepared to face the rigors of a Canadian climate.But many were skilled in other ways — as craftsmen who could make the tools and equipment those first settlers could put to good use.Logs were the first material used to construct shelter and, later perhaps, for a cow, a few chickens, maybe a sow pig.Often, the cow supplied another essential tool or two as well, giving birth to bull calves which were castrated and raised as oxen, the strong, slow-moving animals that could pull stumps or haul a cart transporting families or farm produce.CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE Blanchette’s Woolen Mill, now restored with spinning and weaving machines still running and trails around the mill giving visitors a true view of life in the good old days.It didn't take long before there were trails worn through the forests as settlers travelled from one tiny farmstead to another.Properties were often long and narrow, resulting in farm homes and buildings situated less than a mile apart.In a short time, well-trodden pathways widened into the first of the Eastern Townships’ maze of country roads, following town lines and range numbers, often to a cluster of homes and farms that would soon be known as a village.A general store, blacksmith, a school and a church would soon bear the name of the first settler arriving there.Here in the Richmond area, there were many such tiny hamlets: Ulverton, Kirkdale (where the Lower Durham post office was located).Gore (complete with a general store and post office), Lisgar, Boscobel, Bethenie, Maricourt, South Durham, Davidson Hill.Years later, towards the end of the 1800s, the countryside was dotted with one-room schoolhouses where students arrived either on horse back or by buggy or cart.A stage coach line was developed between Quebec City and several points in this immediate area.Travelling from Boston to Quebec City must have been a test of stamina and strong stomachs, to say nothing of the many dangers lurking along the way.Traces of that old trail can still be seen if one watches diligently; iron-shod wheels rattled and thundered over Please see Old Route on Page 27 page 26 • Townshippers' Day THE RECORD Thursday, September 14, 2006 Stage Coach: ConTd from Page 24 On we go, following, more or less, the old stage coach line to wind down into the village of Ulverton where at one time, several stores, mills and even a » i Here is where I want my Alouette Home LES MAISONS HOMES Excellence in modular construction is the defining characteristic of Alouette Homes, which also offers you the services of a general contractor, coupled with the protection you'll enjoy under the (Quebec) New Home Warranty program.Alouette Homes brings you a customized home built to the highest insulation and energy-saving standards, and designed to even your most stringent requirements.With delivery across Quebec, Alouette Homes also brings you total peace of mind.www.maisonalouette.com/english 1 800 567-3798 Visit the finest model home showcase in Quebec.Exit [ 68/ Highway 200, rue Dee Alouettes, Salnt-Aiphonse-de-Qrenby girls’ school were at the heart of this vil-lage.Stately homes tell the tale of wealthy settlers and the old stage coach inn and stable are still plainly visible.In days of yore we could take milk and cream to turn into cheese, deliver a load of logs to another mill and, later, pick up sawed planks and lumber for a new project.Later, in the fall, a load of wheat or grain would be trundled down to the grist mill and the team could be taken to the local blacksmith where winter shoes with corks could replace the lighter, summer horseshoes.There’s not much left to see that hints of the hustle and bustle of this village when hopes were high the railroad would eventually come through.But the stage coach inn, the stable where fresh horses were always ready, the church and Town Hall, restored and refurbished in the old style, are still there.A walkabout here takes about half an hour but goes back over a century in the imagination.Going back to Richmond, there are still more sights to see.Recently an antique car museum has opened on Craig Road, near the only traffic lights in town.Main street is slowly developing its own character with new boutiques specializing in framing, local works of art and art supplies.Handicrafts and gifts have taken over the historic Bank of Montreal building and further along, a shop specializing in all kinds of wool and woodcraft.Visitors might see the CLAUDIA VILLE MAI RF The Ulverton Town Hall, still standing firm.flood lines on old buildings where this sometimes cantankerous river has left her mark.Spring floods were part of life for nearly 100 years along this business section.Folks still tell tales of swimming contests from one hotel to the other, or of boating along the main drag.Finally, a series of dykes and pumping stations, new dual sewer systems and reconstructed main streets was completed.As a result, there have been no more floods.But there’s a walking trail along the river bank and plans to develop park land and the new Club Nautique continue to expand and develop the tourist industry here.So visitors to the Townshippers’ Day gala at the fairgrounds will have plenty of interesting things to do and see off the site.The only requirement is getting started a bit earlier and staying in the region a bit longer.Or perhaps you’ll come back next weekend?a yieot ttme at 07atwi4Alfifren&' 72atf! &es Be 60A Principale, Bedford Tel.: 450-248-4552 1-800-363-4545 J.HARDY CRAFT, Cd'A.A.- C.I.B 60 Principale, Bedford Tel: 450-248-3351 • 1-800-363-4545 ASSURANCE * **•'•** *** ********************* l si A* • ''VH iïmZm- % «X »¦ LE FORESTIER GLljH KIOTI CK25 & KIOTI DK55 ISmall excavator* Ilka the Mg ones Profitability Used rototillers 700* jfiH15i Old Route: Cont’d from Page 25 rocky ledges, through sandy stretches, climbed the rocky ridges of the famous Townships’ mountains and finally galloped down the steep hills into Quebec city.Here in Richmond traces of that old route can still be found, from Waterloo, down into the St.Francis valley and up, up, over the hills that rise from the St.Francis river.When leaving Richmond and heading northeast, the road bed is in plain view as you climb that first hill out of town.Walk along a section of that old road, near the Picken Development, enjoy the shade provided by century-old maple trees and you’ll hear the thunder of horses, shod hooves sound like the rumble of a distant storm when hitting a road bed that barely covers the rocky ledges underneath.A harness jingles and — after the climb — horses’ nostrils flare as they breath hard, flanks heave and sweat.Harness pads and collars are sweat soaked and the sour-sweet smell we call horsey hangs in the summer air.There are many stops on that long trek, usually not more than 20 miles apart, less if the terrain is hilly.Some stops are just a few minutes to let the valiant steeds catch their breath.Others are to order passengers to step down and walk beside the stage as the hill is too steep and the load to heavy.There are stops where a noon meal awaits and fresh teams of horses stand ready, harnesses already in place, stamping to take over the task for the next several miles.Today we zip back and forth between towns and cities on blacktop highways, fields and farmsteads just a blur in passing.Taking the time to step back in time, picture life as it was 200 years ago right here in the St.Francis valley, is not frivolous.Stopping to read the names of Irish settlers carefully lettered on the Celtic monument in Memorial Park in Richmond might give the visitor some inkling of what the good old days were really like here in the valley where the only traffic on the river these days is a canoe or kayak ride down to Ulverton, available at the Club Nautique, situated along f the railroad track on Main Street South.CLAUDIA VILLKMAIRi; The last furrow of a long day, the plowman homeward plods his weary way.Visit RECORD booth Townshippers9 Day Saturday, September 16 Richmond at the fairgrounds 3)b0fi by! 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