(below) The former residence of regionally noted auctioneer Alvin Walper and his wife Jean. The Walper home was well known locally, in the 1960s, for its elaborate seasonal display of Christmas lights and other decorations that drew hundreds of visitors annually from nearby communities.
(right) Dashwood auctioneer Alvin Walper presiding over the sale of a closed one room school house in Usborne Township; circa 1970. Many times the large school bells were the most sought after items; the schools and the associated property themselves often brought only a few hundred dollars, with the condition that the buildings be moved or demolished within a set period of time. (source: Between the Fences “Supplementary” : Usborne Township, 1842-1995; Pub. Usborne Historians Book Committee, 1996, pg. 178