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Woolen socks Glen history major facets of Maries new life By CHRIS It sound terribly romantic but woolen socks have had a great deal to do Marie Beaumont life and the history of Glen Williams the village she figures Is about the finest place on earth to live Mrs Beaumont is one of a lucky group of people who can fondly recall when Glen Willi aim was a commercial Centre of wide renown Village residents enjoy a social and sporting rivalry with George town and a pride in its massive wool milling operations which reined In the Credit River with dams and water wheels The big industrial ope rations have gone now although some of the buildings remain There Is still a strong sense of community pride but the clubs and organ lions that Marie Beau can recall have largely folded ABNORMAL TIMES Marie Beaumont a husband was the late Arthur Beaumont grandson of Samuel Beaumont the 1B7B pur chaser of the Hirst Woolen Mills in Glen Williams which became the Beaumont Knitting Mills the textile business her husband would often remind her seemed to thrive on abnormal times like war It something that anybody wanted Mrs Beaumontsaldina recent interview But that when they were howling for socks From her description of him Arthur Beau was a hands on businessman He wasn averse to peddling in person the woolen goods his mill produced TOUGH THIRTIES Things were very tough during the De pression Mrs Beau mont recalled Selling was particularly hard but Mr Beaumont would load up the trunk of the car and peddle his goods door to door Mrs Beaumont own family the Grahams were also active parti clpants in the Glen milling history working for the Glen Knitting Company down river and eventually with Beaumont firm In 1957 Samuel Pen- rice Gordon Graham Mrs Beaumont bro ther and Frank Grew purchased the Beau Knitting Mills from Arthur Beaumont Mr Beaumont came in one day and said I have a chance to sell the mill Mrs Beaumont told The Herald He Joked he dldnt want to Inflict the tile business on anyone in his family and that one have a chance to sell a mill everyday A couple of years later In 1961 the Beaumonts began their own antique business which Mrs Beaumont still runs today SOCIAL FOCUS Alotofsocialactivitl In Glen Williams of the 1920s and 19301 took place at or around the old Beaumont home stead about a kilometer up Main Street from Mrs Beaumont current residence It was Samuel Beau home where he and his wife Emma raised six children including Arthur Beau s father Joseph Across from the home fields which are still used pasture land were known as the lacrosse fields Mrs Beaumont said Summer socials asso ciated with St Albon Anglican Church were often held on the Beau lawns which fea tured a large water fountain Mrs Beau said As a village we had baseball teams lacrosse teams and hockey teams Mrs Beaumont added There was always great rivalry between Glen Williams and the Georgetown Clothing Mills Just as there Is with Georgetown and Acton today COMMUTERS Glen Williams once boasted a good Kens band she said led by Joseph Beau brother It played at dances In he town hall church functions and wedding receptions She also recalls attending a two- room school house when she was a child as did her daughter Judith Tar a brief period Glen Williams used to have its own Mrs Beaumont said as a wagon would travel to Georgetown and return with a load of workers for the Glen Knitting Company Mills Glen residents have always lived with a keen respect for the Credit River flowing outside their doorsteps They are traditionally wary about what sort of beha vior the river will show each spring thaw even with some recent channel work to control flooding There were some ferocious floods but nobody would ever move away from the river They Just clean up afterwards and get along with their bust INDUSTRY RISK Both the Beaumont and the Glen Knitting Mills were at the river edge using water turn wheels to drive the Intricate milling machl Inside The potential for flood damage to the village s principal Industries was a matter of communal concern I remember one time my father and brothers were at the Glen Knitting Company where men were work Ing all night Mrs Beaumont said They were placing brackets and things to hold back the flood and watching the water level There have been stria I and social chang In Glen Williams The Beaumont Knitting Company when Arthur Beaumont the firm In was recently sold to a Hull business interest And small sub divisions have grown up around the traditional riverside homes I EDITION May 30 1M4 Page 11 A deal has to work two ways says Mackenzie family slogan Senior man in field was recently towns junior A bronze sculpture to commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide In memory or the lS million Armenians who died during 1915 was being welded together Georgetown lait week Tilted Revival sculpture is the work of Tar right Orphan from this genocide were brought to Georgetown In 1021 and taught farming at Cedarvale Park Htrntd photo Herald Special Dr Robert Cranfleld D C graduated with Honours from the Cana Memorial Chiropr actic College In May of 1V76 He selected George town as the location of his practice and officially opened the doors to his office In January of 1977 At that time Dr Roy Evan and Gerald Corbett welcomed him Into Georgetown as the youngest and moat Junior chiropractor In town With the unfortunate and untimely passings of both tbcM DC Is now the most II a slogan that still rings proud In the Mackenzie family today My father said a deal had to be good for both people remem Sam Mackenzie president of Mac in Halt on Hills When one investigates the growth of the year aid firm It con be seen that ihc company was able to adjust to the times It was a com that knew when to discontinue line of their work when that pari of the market slipping Mackenzie and Son Ltd was chosen as the fifth recipient of the Georgetown Chamber or Commerce s Business of the Year The firm will be honored Feb at a special dinner Sam Mackenzie re calls when he finished high school in a decision had to be made whether to expand their Mackenzie and Son Ltd were one of the largest sash makers at the lime and because the Toronto Suburban Railroad was close by Bales to the big city to the south east were prof tabic EXPAND A sash is the wood frame around the glass used for windows Sam Mackenzie preferred the contracting business to the sash business so the family never built a modem sash plant to expand The move proved to be a smart one because the poor economy ed by ihc Depression would have wasted away the firm s capital Mr Mackenzie said When Mr Mackenzie retired he actually semi retired still putt ing In hours with the family business the lucrative contracting bus conti His son Sandy who Is now the general manager of the George town store decided he wanted to concentrate more on the retail trade The decision proved timely considering the construction boom had burst and there wasn as much building going on says Mr lie J B Mackenzie and Son Ltd had a hand in building dozens and dozens of households stores and schools in the area They built three additions to Smith and Stone and built two schools In both Oak villc and Mutton VOLUNTEERED Mr Mackenzie volun teered his time to draw original plans for a number of buildings such an addition on Knox Presbyterian Church and the French Canadian club hall The firm tried only to take on the big projects so the little contract t be annoyed and stop buying at the Mr Mackenzie A steam engine powered the mill in Georgetown at the corner of Draper and James The horse power generator even ran power for the down town area Mr Mac kenzlc said The generator was eventually sent to the wooden mill In Glen Williams where It was converted to be driven by water power There enough local lumber and coal was expensive to use so the firm was one of the first to switch to hydro electricity when It was he said The company records show just how much prices in the lumber industry have risen In BBC singles cost but today they re worth Pine sheeting in was cents per foot but the price In is cents per foot senior chiropractor in Georgetown Since be began In prac tice Cranfleld boa been very active In attending Chiropractic Seminars both In Canada and the United States In order to keep abreast of the current research and developments Id this rapidly developing pro fession He most recently attended a seminar that dealt with motion palps Hon of the spine and extremity Joints which introduced a new approach to spinal exami nation and joint media ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL OF CANADA LTD Wescom Canada Division THE TECHNOLOGY THAT BROUGHT YOU THE SHUTTLE BRINGS YOU TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT CANADA We supply telecommunications equipment across Canada the United States and the United Kingdom We are proud to be a part of B I G and pleased to participate by sponsoring a booth for A R C Industries 45 SINCLAIR AVENUE GEORGETOWN