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CELEBRATION Jwm Page Georgetowns founder traced back to 1799 In 1799 a babys walls pierced the air of a little New Jersey town This son of a British Loyalist George Kennedy would one day bend north across the Canadian border to found present day Georgetown As a young boy George and his family moved from the Niagara region to Township at part of the United Empire Loyalist migration A few years later as a young man George took up arms to take port in the war of 1812 rising In rank to sergeant During his time fighting In battles around the Niagara River George was partially blinded in both eyes After the war older brother Charles Kennedy was hired to survey part of one of the new townships the government had pur chased from the Indians In the process be identified of the best land and shortly before the survey was completed about 1819 to 1820 five Kennedy brothers claimed land in neighborhood of Georgetown Shortly after purchasing mm acres the crown for five shillings 60 cents per acre George erected a small log cabin in the pine woods of Esqucslng and settled down to farm ing with his new wife Elizabeth Bed ford As the community grew up around the Kennedy settlement George ex panded his activities to include mill ing using power provided by Silver a tributary of the Credit He Is reputed to have run one of i In the area and in complimented for River grist mills In the the IMOb was compliment prizewinning wool In his local factory While all of his industry was grow ing so too was Georges family Together the settler and his wife produced nine children With this large family and the financial success he had received George was able to build a brick house on the north side of Mill St near Main St When Georgetown was booming in the George had much of his land surveyed into town lota and named the streets after his children He died In 1370 having seen the community grow from a wilderness into a thriving farming and com merce centre The Kennedy family would not build Georgetown on their own In 1B37 two sons of an Irish stonemason Joseph Barber moved to Hungry Hollow as community was deemed at the time purchased Georges woolen mill and started Barber Woalcn Mill In the building which still stands on the banks of the Credit River When George was the two other Barber sons moved to Georgetown and established a Foundry and first general store was opened by John Sumpter who was also the postmaster and the Methodist church was built for COM The community was growing so fast that by 1843 a hotel operated In town and another general store opened In 1886 when the Georgetown Herald began publication the village of Georgetown had been In corporated two years the population was 1200 and the Barber Paper Mills was the largest manufacturer of wall paper in North America In the year of confederation the village bad a dentist two wat a druggist a blacksmith and two lawyers With the coming of the railways the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway and Grand Trunk railway Industry began booming in Georgetown A tannery operated by the Dayfoot family which retained the family name until 1944 was first started in 1B43 It suffered a fire in was rebuilt in 1892 The town also boosted turers of knitting machines envelopes paint and paper pn- ducts carriages beer As the century came to a close Georgetown was the site the first electric power from Glen Williams a water system was con structed and the Increased traffic generated by the railroads required the construction of another hotel The first two decades of this ccn tury saw business and manufactur ing enterprises consolidating and the Introduction of the motor car The first traffic lights were Install Trie telephone a mixed blessing came to Georgetown years ago At the beginning of roaring If During the first world war men went overseas from Georgetown and 34 died in the trenches of Europe Their names can be seen in a pla que at the cenotaph In Remem brance Park and at the St Georges Anglican Church on Guelnh St Today Georgetown has developed into a thriving mctropoliils which Mends industry with the small stores of the downtown ALONG WITH One Step Your lifestyle Shoe Store Invites You To Visit Our Booth At The BIG CELEBRATION June 3 5 Dont Forget About Our Fashion Show Saturday June 4th at 30 am to 11 45 am So Dont Forget To Drop By BOOTH No E4 8731470 Well Be Having Free Draws and Giveaways Daily 8771636