and Crinan . History tells us that Al dborough and Dun- wich townships suffered in development and popul a tion largely from the fact tha t Colonel Thomas Talbot founder of the Talbot Settlement , re- served those townships for settlers on his own l and grants . He was, presumably , holding these government

Highway, which Edward has a Life Lease on . Tobacco and corn have been the chief crops in recent years . �I . COLONEL THOMAS TALBOT SOLDIER, COLONIZER a :founder o:f UPPER CANADA Colonel Thomas Talbot - Age 73 From portrait at University of Western Ontario. �Thomas Talbot was born in 1771 in County Dublin

PRODUCTS JOE REINDERS LIMITED DUTTON OFFICE HOURS: Mon. thru Fri., 9-12, 1-5 Phone 762-2206 new duties. He will be station- ed at Eastwood eee A Colonel Thomas Talbot room has been set up at the Elgin County Pioneer Museum, St. Thomas. It will contain souvenirs, his early maps and other articles pertaining

nesday, January 14 meeting of the trail committee in St. Tho- mas. 240-mile-long sone iced Katies tt the province was owned by pio- neer settler Colonel Thomas Talbot, extends from Windsor along the north shoreline of Lake Erie to Fort Erie. The late 18th and early 1%h cen- turies. John Cooper, who works out

Mitchell F. Hepburn at the request of Reeve Edwin Roberts of Dutton, who claimed “‘Mitch’’ had done more for Elgin County than any man since Colonel Thomas Talbot. 40 YEARS AGO Elmer E. Atkinson, reeve of Aylmer, was elected warden of Elgin County. eee Miss Janet Kirkland, who has successfully completed

a-glimpse of the province in its infancy -.. and those who contributed to laying the foun- dation for the excellent system of roads we have today. Colonel Thomas Talbot would” not take *‘No!"’ for an answer. He wanted a road along Lake Erie and nothing could stop him from building one. So, being an ambitious

to attend the ‘*Found- ing meeting to establish a com- mittee to pursue all avenues to preserve and maintain Mala- hide Farm, homestead of Colonel Thomas Talbot’’ Come to Southwold Public School Elgin County Rd. 16, on Octo- ber 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. Coffee and conversation.”’ With many thanks in ad- vance