Waubuno

(Oil Springs Line and Waubuno Road)

Waubuno is named for a native chief who died about 1860. Chief Waubuno had not lived in this area but was noted for his bravery. Thomas Moore served as the first postmaster of the post office which opened on Lot 13, Con. 2 Moore in 1872 and operated until 1914. School Section #9 served the community and Bethel Methodist Church was located here until the congregation joined Guthrie Presbyterian Church to form Calvary United in 1925. Waubuno was well known for its baseball team; so it is fitting that the only remaining landmark of the community is the ball diamond.

Waubuno School – SS #9 – 1927: Back row: Mabel Williams, Catherine Campbell, Kathleen Burr, Ruby Gorton, Maisie Taylor, Tom Burr, Stanton Newman, George Newman, Roy Tennyson, Jack Hayward, Miss Edna Cobbin (teacher), Robert Newman. Centre row: Norma Newman, Ruth Thompson, Allena Burr, Edith Taylor, Margaret Nicol, Ona Newman, Elsie Taylor, Isabelle Nicol, Hazel Gorton, Marion Taylor. Front row: Joe Hayward, Earl Williams, Donald Campbell, Neil Scott, Bert Thompson, Andrew Burr, Lee Lester, Melvin Newman, Lawrence Lester, George Hayward, Alex Nicol.

Sources:

Carter, Floreen Ellen. Place Names of Ontario. Vols. 1 & 2. London, Ont.: Phelps Publishing Company, 1984, second printing, 1985. ISBN 0-920298-39-7

Johnston, A. J. Lambton County Names and Places. [s.l.]: Lambton County Council, 1925, revised 1942, second edition.

Waubuno

Sources:

Vanished Villages of Moore

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