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THE STONEWALL ARGUS AND TEULON TIMESWednesday, November 15, 1978(Continued from Front Page)building were renovated. It has a 57” rope wheel, and a 38*’ east iron ‘balance wheel’ the bell is 38 inches in diameter.Under the direction of Mr. Morton, the bell was remounted, cleaned* mid looks very much as it did when it arrived so long ago. It-Shears. the name of the manufacturer, and the date of, it is an remindsinhistoric ’ artifact thatwas essentially aPrison.... up 6r as some called it,‘tT1le Mornlng Bel^,, was rung to signal the start of the day at the risoit; It was rui^g at noon to w men from farm fields and quarries for the nodh meal; and itay.theprison,U. •the end of the work da Anyone working at in those days had to reside within five miles of the bell, although the Argus-Times was told ‘when it rang you could hear it for miles*. . • S;- -S'Apart from the fainiMar three times a day, a constant ringing of the bell at any other than stipulated hours, signalled trouble, and that could mean anything from an escape, to a fire. Whatever, it brought all men oh the double.There were security men on hand who could recall the sound of the bell, and there was some good natured banter as to “why ” it was rung, none of which had any real basis in fact It did however, reveal a certainoseamong are a groupwho do not often receive the recognition due to them. They perform a hazardous and important task, one which exerts far more pressure upon them than one might suppose;The choice of November 11th for the presentation of the bell to the village and to the care of the Royal Canadian Legion Stony Mountain Branch, was most appropriate. For many who heard the bell went to war, and many never returned to hear its sound again. It has watched almost one hundred years of history from its tower, has seen the opening of the Interlake, watched men march off to World War One, World War Two, and others. Some of them returned, some did not However, for all it is a tribute long overdue.It does not, as some maj£ think,mark the village still “A Prison Town”; those days have gone forever. Driving down Stony Mountain’s well-groomed streets, with its comfortable, roomy, and often spacious houses, we are reminded that it has become Suburbia, and is going to increase in that directionwithout doubt.Following the unveiling, Mr.Desrochers and Mr. rtancock said a few brief words. Mr. Desrochers, Mr. Morton and staff, and inmates of the Stony Mountain Correctional Institution are to be congratulated on this generous gesture.v;; y;... ;;viv;■' ■ io* *'i -t-px■ ;.b% ;; v;■. £: v?, -;'■AjS'’iJxJk.NiiAMt £ V'V ir'i Vfrthliiiir-j'lii} yu i\- sj 6L/C. \lt fWS'* p.A:: C i0V£?/f .jUy- t k\Uf. ►' V.. The Plaque tells its own story. B
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Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times
Stonewall, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Nov 15, 1978
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