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THE HERALD June ma I Downtown Georgeown parking friendly service HIS When whiskey was 25 a gallon Helena Sinclair lives east of hi Eighth Line However if you ask her about day- in Hills she will tell you about the school of Highway Manns In 1816 Aunt Maggie her sister used to tell me tint there were children on the four farms near when she wis young Mrs Sinclair says The Gordons lived on the with their or if The Watsons were on half of lot they had nine or Grandfather half of to hey had a family of to Archie Mann lived up Line just behind Bin School they hnd 10 children Mrs Sinclair places big families is living in area in the Among heir 10 Archie Manns had two speci il sons and one special diughlcr They were blind Mrs Sinclair says They all went to school in of the ibleto most of the Bible from the memory while his wis able handle horses with remarkabk skill They say hi could work around the stabler clean the horses harness and unharness them and even the nis never kick at him Mrs recalls Hi linn red Sin clair i also knows about bit was the eldest son in family of six boys and five My mother used say she Hindi school lunihes or he says Mr Sine says cutting w took up lot of time months it in Ihiy also d lustom with Tim milked to his with milk hi id hitched tin It I dull lilts up and Mrs Sine a a oust part us form of en here was an a of a week dur winter The umber of quests invited w depend on tin size of tin house and until morn mi Mrs wire also sleigh riding during the wmtir on Ml you could do w is sit Mrs Sinclair says the first in Acton be conduct from the funcril Instead of the deceased hunt wis for Mrs Wilis dur i Her child rcn ind Harold rail tin bus dipot and store on Mill sijs sin d dnl feel it is r htk but they hid no room in their home for and they had Mourning was strict during lit Inlf if the Mm on crept arm I anils mi dressid tot Strict In Acton illv in for year a 1iun was be ill lib in the They en i him tin w in idd thin veils lo tin Mrs tin its for in to church 80 YEARS AGO mi Sunday Only the children Winn I drcssid diffenntly af i family dealh Mr Mrs bought present in 1M2 At had hydro it is brought in during the and they also had a telephone There was only two phones east of iJallin at the time Mr Sinclair theirs and Out During the mm Iwo or three yiars Ihelr came to use the phone whenever need a rnst until gradually more pli their own II w is wooden box on the will ink for making own calls neighbors on your line When your was finished you gave Zonk a little turn so it ding A and told your neighbors jic line was Mrs Sinclair says there was 17 parlies on their line before it was finally split up Moving timber While ii not considered be a specialty these days l obvious from this picture taken at the urn of the century that we did have good sited trees here alone time This while ash log was being drawn o a sawmill In Acton by Alfred Storey No one knows where It wai cut but It have been near Acton or It would have been hauled to one of the other mills In the urea Photo courtesy of George Allen thcwiylofilbif Mr eondut rills bum fn m ihi of the in limes Mrs ikir provided a chance to meet the manure bees in the spring someone to the t id for gallon of whiskiy hid a time lit grins Tllire hi ihn holt I hose d ijs a of from lln field i and tin iy tiny got rough th it one his leim jump on Ihi f till sli ijh s tint old Mb through to dress the body then iiskits wire in ick Histoid of polished wood and hi inside was lined with wlnie All the i i lid i he I oi the before the st iy late for He miniskr would com the for the funeral vice the seiond day all the relatu is friends and neighbour wiuld come to the service the home children it funerals Tin undemkenn named Johnson Mrs forasirMtl lie ilways won silk hat so did ting his in medium as II is i social githinnk for than Hunter it founded first oinin s Institute in ickllnt inoonrib ii an injrouphjs jo tied if World ind e outlines ork all over by i the cooking it it on meal dso speakers our disasi he globe Airs Mirnery of when tin msliluti was in lilt id ill I MX Slit w is whin it lug it I hi juest spiaktrs li mwtid lo tin id speakers rotti Toronto she recalls liny d tome up on the train d send in to mitt them sinllj h and Itollinifnd rtfirrtd to it as st ii n touldn get i trim link to Toronlo until the next so they spent the ghl mother the only spare room in the area that was close to stage to the back to Georgetown Mrs Met joined the institute in after her and was number until the branch was diibanded in She also recalls the days when the District Annual annual meeting for all the Institute branches in the used to be a private home came from ill over w their horse and buggies she says and ihty stayed the whole d Thin they drove at Mary knows much of history of nockburn Wimin Institute because her mother wis prtsidmt mimlarol family h is to the group it w is founded in April The organizational meeting was held in her livingroom and mem joined it h it meeting Of host ladies three an still living mm i toll of Acton ind I i of Quilting or 11 Box socials were another form of family fun and also raised funds for he Institute Mrs Matthews says The women all made lunches and packed them in boxes which they decorated to catch a bidder eye Inside the box they hid their name Usually there was a dance for the early part of the evening and someone would auction off the Hie lady had to eat with whoever bought the lunch she had brought Morrison laughs when remembers box socials I only went to one or wo before I married Stan and hey were at McCullough Mrs was her as will is husbands next door neighbour I to have to Stan how to identify my luncU because 1 didn know else the neigh about to my evening with a stringer couple of sisters Mrs Morrison retails used to play on the mm who bought ir lunches girls had the sime ind of pulling thtir full name inside the box put their in it Then if they like he fellow who the lunch they snd it belonged the 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