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thursday november- 2ft 1964 the acton free press acton ontario page thres nomination meeting a meeting of the municipal electors of the township of esquesing will be held in esquesing community hall stewarttown on monday november 29th 1954 at 7 30 oclock in the evening for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of rmv dvputyltmve and councillor for the year 1955 and two members of the school board of township school area no 1 for the years 19551956 k c lindsay returning officer 6ojnnow6ripon ice so ut for ml suburbanite by goodvear i mst m ros cm anp hmihan wcth rmw mt tlactionkmmato am mbtn luaowooviinoucianitr ittmwrhfmi ojctmmu uaim thompson motors ford sales and service law rat thfwh awor mhuti campbeilville in early bays is depicted in these reproductions of old post card pictures at left is a view of the village shortly after the turn of the century looking north over the station at right is a photograph of john turner taken in 1908 station master turner was a floral hobbyist who always had plenty of blooms and plants in and around the station as the picture evinces llbuchner optometrist in acton every wednesday afternoon office at h mainpriie barber shop hours 1 306 00 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 7 setting dosrnto brass ms i wish i had a dollar for every time someone asked what wc bankers do with the moncj we hold on deposit actually it s quite a simple question to answer there s no mvstcry attached to it the money thit the b of m has on deposit is kept at work because cxecpt for the reserves no dollar is j1 lowed to he idle it is cither loaned to individuals md enterprises or is invested in canada s future without adequate financial resources expansion and progress of most cinidnn businesses v mild he impossible and it is the bank s job to supplv a jimhi part of these resources in the form of loans md investments quite simplv then it is your monc that turns the wheels of enterprise your savings that contribute so larger to canada s progress getting down to brass tacks lets see the fans behind the figures in the bofms 1954 annual report t the money you deposit at the end of the bank i year october mrt 19m you and two mill ton other canadian had 236s 66987 in de- potiti with the b of m the highest on record although much of thu moot be long to imtituttom and busmen firm well over half of thew deposit represent the ravingi of rvcryda canadians avingi thai day b day arc working for you and for rwa the money we lend- our wnp are playing an important role m our expanding ecujomv m die form nf loans i canadian of even calling fannerv minerv bshcrmen ft oil men lumbermen ranchers wyr rrrindmtria and huvineis enicrpnve and to provincial and municipal governments as of october m b of m loam totalled whhr the highest bgurr in the hit- ton of the bank in a thou nd i doiu plavcd their part in mtain- rag our standard of liv tog the money we invest t the close of the ear the b of l had si s ws n- veird in hih rade gosrromeni bonds and other public tecurinrt htih have a rradi marlrt this monr a w helping to finance pos ernment j proiects or the hcucrmcnl of the countrv ind the welfare of ji canadians it larje other ccur ines held hi he bank huh include inanv shorfterm credit 10 industn bring total investments to sllimoti8m when vou open an acmunt at the b ol m vou ire not onlv putting vosir umn in a sale plate hut vou are alio investing in irud i future fverv dollar v hi deposit ts put to work in w inj lun endejv ur that con tributes to ihc mciii progress of this great countrv of ours m t n brtn rvml j if bank haltont paget of the fait campbellville has aspects of modern living combined with rugged beauty of bygone era by gwen clarke this week wc are featuring the village of campbellville as with other columns there will be omis sions we are not attempting to write a complete history of halton that nt present is beyond our scope we arc merely doing what we can to present a few pages from the past to cover the entire history of any particular section in one column is impossible we leave it to our readers to fill in the gaps many of them know far more of the history of haltnn than is contained in these columns but of what bene fit is thai knowledge unless it is shared with others or recorded for generations yet to come cimpbcllville is a busy and pros runs village in the township of nisiigawtya it has all the aspects of modern living combined wilh the rugged beauty of a bygone age situated on thi guelph road it is kiting distance of milton himilton ind guelph it his i bank post office two stores feid mi 1 lumber ind coal yards ind is tht he iduuurters for dry dust insecticides known throughout can idi the kinj cilcium pro ducts tins industry wis started in isos by w o morse on the site of tht old woollen mill succeeding him win charles king wm van sickle and s w moore campbellville was named after john campbell who came to cam da in 1831 with his wife and five children they crossed the ocean fiou r jtamdton optometrist 58 st georges square guelph formerly occupied by mr e p head complete eyesight service on a sailing vessel and were six weeks on the water after landing at montreal they came sometimes by boat and sometimes on foot through rough virgin forest until they reached campbellville here john campbell built a typical plo neer shanty then after setting up a saw mill he surveyed the village and named the streets colin queen and mary streets later he gave land for the first cemetery in every pioneer community there seems to have been a saw milt and a grist mill which formed the nucleus around which the village grew as settlers moved in churches and schools were built then came stores taverns and local industries campbellville has ilways been a well wooded district but pit haps the original wilderness of the ler rnin can better be imagined bv the following by inw passed by the township council about 1870 a by law for tht destruction of cer tin wild animals any part cl liming bounty for killmk i bear rilimoiint lynx or wildcit is required to product witness ihit hurh in inimil w is killed within the township i citamount sent us scurrjing to the dictionary where wi found the animil described s a wild mountain cat still descendants not minj descendants of the pio neer settlers are left in campbell villi but there are a few mrs al len moore and miss jane heid are grand daughters of the firs j hn campbell they are also cousins once removed of the late agnes mcphail first woman to sit in he house of commons at ottawa miss rita hubbert the present village post mistress is a daughter of richard hubbert and grand daughter of michael the first vil inge shoemaker father and son were both famous for their well made hubbert boots and shoes mrs robert menzies is the widow of robert son of james menzies who set up his blacksmith shop in 1857 he was always busy and kept two men fully occupied as well as son robert james menzies was also well known in public and municipal ife he was warden of the county in 1885 and county treasurer from 1896 to 1904 other pioneer names found in campbell ville today are mcphail garrett elsley mclaren black mahon agnew and probably a few others there were at least three hotels in campbellville before the days of prohibition but the places changed hands so much it is hard to figure out which belonged to whom wm easterbrook had a tavern on the site of the building now occupied by the bank of novt scoua he sold out to andrew kerr jiid took over th colborne house where eirly s garage now stands fnrther along the guelph road was the cirgill hotel a big stone building it is now 1 private rtsidence minus sivm bedrooms thit w tken off one end of tht bmldinf i angling ground in thi old days business nrn ci r tunlv ixlievid in idvtrtismg and thi n bv boosti d ihi ir owr com munity tiki this for instance thi m ighborhood of cimpbcll villi ins lung hitn fimid for be- inf tht bi st inejinl ground in cimdi wist in tons ii net the slit ims ind millponds in teeming with fun speckled trout while en jovmj tht ir favourite nmusftmnt sportsmen can hnvt the verv best iccommitd ilion at wm easter brooks hotil uhin choice liquors dilictcy of thi stason cm be hid at reisonable rates thin is n diilv stagt txctllent stibling and itunlivi ind cnrtful hostlers in stason hunting in tht vicinity is eiptal to iny in the county proprietor andrew kerr successor to wm easterbrook in the 1880s there were several stores in campbellville james kid ntv ran a general store where mrs elsuy now livts it changed hands many times one owner was d d christie who also owned two lime kilns mr christie was probably an astute businessman as hi also opened a store in milton and frc quentlv rtn full pigi advertise mints in tht canadian champion i on oni of his trips to fnklind to purchise mirchindisi he took witr i him 1000 birrils of apples for sal or exchange the present corner store was first opened by lister and kidney nd then successively by two els- leys uncle and nephew followed by brian cramp and now by w a coulter carriage furniture bnsluw in 1891 wm johnston started a carriage and furniture business where the king calcium company now has its office he was also an undertaker and later moved to ac- ion where he opened an undertak ing parlour the woollen mill was owned by one vickerman who did a con siderable amount of custom work the mill burnt down and was even tually converted into t chopping mill and i plant for making con crele tile and it wis here that the first ixpinminls with drv dust m- cticirit win cirntd out a bnpk pi int owned bv lewis brotiu rs w is in opt ntion for a few vi irs tht cliv hid to be hmled from nt ir low villi for i distinct- of four milts this proved too ttslly th phnt wis cvmtuilly sold to muri iv riwtord who set lumbtr mill ind coal vird on siti th businiss is still tiptntid by tht c nwford and mahon fimili s tin iimn hni of tht cinidmn picific railw iv gois through limpht llvilh to guelph junction at on time th station was on the opposite sidt of the track it was an attnctive littli building answer ing the dull purpose of station and dwelling house for the station mis- tt r john turner who also had a wonderful flower girden and house pi in li the new station was built mi the prtsent site when the first one burnt dowi more to come campbellville is proud of the fact thit one of its native sons was honored by the prt sence of two prime ministers at his funeral this was thomas blicklock journalist ind a senior member of the parlia- mentnrv press gnllery at ottawa was born in 1873 died at ottawa 1914 nnd was brought to his native villigt for burial attending ice at ottiwa was sir ro bert borden prime minister r b bennttl linn hugh guthrie and h n r j minim top nnkmg n pn st ntativis from practically irv rnws ik ticv in canada were ilsn prs tit illllminrs for the font rl in c mipb ikilit w re loots sri im an lit w ind george alii n rl i rt mmits and w m ind wm bin kit tk thtr lmi rt to l written about c imi i ikilit iii it imisl wiit for a lil i dil md will l included in th hislirv f ht curlph road nxl ftilur kilhridi s timothv fitun i stratt0n mfc company 47 cwkm skw omf tatmli outer