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n rrr k ransiayaiaiffiwr6ti 1955 thefictdn free press acton ontario ojuometit 1mmton 7 afternoon office at 7 h mainmuze barber shop hpurs 3pd67 evenings iy appointment forappointaaenr telephone 115 group at halton manor a group of thts members of the baptist church visited halton man or thursday evening to present the christmas play thetoad to beth lehem which was given at the christmas program earlier in the church the cast included mrs h helwig clarence reid helen xandsborough margaret brenda cripps ray costerus mary reid fay garner ruth lands- borough bob tandsborough war ren wagner and mrs garner mr costerus opened the evenings program with the reading of scrip ture taken from the first chapter of 4he gospel of john followed by prayer- a trio was sungty mar garet- sun ter ruuv- landsborough and brend cripps to close the pro- gram any queedale floristsxan supply your needs 1 pducia a cut rowr funeral waddino designs corsagas bewtonniwm wall irquwrbihijiits ornaments all floral pieces v queedale 4uuu ai miu st phone 435 obituary lifelong resident of esquesing twp a lifelong esquesing resident chhstbphej 1 hbllingreen 77 died in st josephs hospital hamilton d a few hours after admittance a bachelor farmer on lot 4 6th luie ne bad lhtfatlingtietlltlr necessary to for thepaisf year since-being- gored- by a bull at his farm he also- own ed a pasture farm on the third line mr hollingreen spent his life bit the farm which his father operated before him he was the son of levi hollingreen who died in 1910 and margaret taylor hollingreen and jived atone since his mothers death uc an otuyhijrotherjrillwjjo had tiisjown farm in trafalgar died six yers ago mr hollingreen lived a quiet life he was particularly fond of his horses end bred some fine ani mals he attended hornby school rev j l blair conducted funeral service on friday at mekersie and thatcher funeral home milton with interment fol lowing in evergreen cemetery- si neighbors were pallbearers chas austin edward brigden marshall neilson emerson howley thomas j and ward brownridge hahons pags of th past x to know the history of mill addition pinchased another jlqu acres of land from one joseph whitefield obvi young jaa perwas quicklwltted industrious and farsighted and realized almost immediately how badly a grist mill was heeded by the pioneer settler in the district so he went to work erected a frame building and by iuttw a grist mill in operation iflttnft- was prjfeinally known tn1825 he set up a sawmuhmvan merely as lots 13 and14 tavthe w history of the martin family for one is interwoven with the otl in fact it might be said that milton awes its early existence to young jasper martin and the- sixteen mile creekj v tntttste price pallor vbut madame this hat- goes per- fepjjy with your natural and deli cate pallor natural nothing i only went pale when you mentioned the price beauty salon hairstylist all lines of l beauty culture closed all day monday for appointment phone 341 8t mill st e aden towhshrptf trafalgar the first setuers in thr milton district date back to 1818 although in the more southerly parte of the township there- were settlers as early as 1807 milton at that time was partly virgin forest and partly marshland withthe sixteen following its natu- il cou from the mountain to le ontario early settlers- look ing for farm land were nofjpo favorably impressed with its-wjin- eval environment to memshe- heavily timb t represented months- -of- backbreaking work necessary for- clearing the land with the unchecked creek adding to their difficulties and yet as we have just stated the present fast- growing town of milton capital of the countxof halton owes its early existence to this same creekand to- jasper martin who was theiirst to realize the power and commerc ial value oif the swiftly flowing sirearo -r- j left england in 1818 jasper martin his wife sarah and two small sons left newcastle england on may 17 1818 they were both only 21 years old john the older boy was not quite three and joseph just four months old they arrived at yor in august 1818 and lived there for three years in ib2rr a third childa girl was born but died in infancy while at york jasper rwwivr f the crown 100 acres of land being lot 14 concession 2 town ship of trafalgar halton county in the district of gore on october 15 1821 jasper mar tin and his family settled on the property allotted to them and to ashery the jiardehips theyoung couple had to- facearid theforutude with which they endured the3ehardships would be a story in itself if we but knew the details but we have only the bare tragic facts that sarah died at the ageof 33 and jasper at 36 five children were born of the marriage john joseph hanah who died in infancy and edward and william born at milton lv bnlldsmin pond during his lifetime jasper- was responsible for damming the creek andcreatirigan artificial mill pond the initial work was done by band- digging but as the depth increased ox drawn barges were used to re- to a local story after the job was completed there was one occasion ihe pond gave way laving close to the bank was an old lady who kept pigs pigs buildings and the old lady all wentrtloating on the pond together as for the creek in miltons early days it followed the natural contour of tne ianr iron ore from ungava brought by rail from these fabulous ore fields to seven islands seaboard terminal of quebecs great mining prbfewtttie-ltutittastlte-firsrto- open a fulltime hanking office at seven islands six years before the first shipment of ore last july aluminum from kitimat riant bc development one of the worlds biggest industrial under takings constructors of kitimat shared b of- m support- the bank of montreal founded the first bank january 1952 when there were but two hundred workmen earring out the sctdemcdxwith their bulldoxea entering the t6um just below the united church and first crossing the street near metcalfes garage from there it followed a winding course again crossing the street down near the town hall and then again about 200 yards farther outh the course of the was eventually straightened by means of ah artificial tailrace which jater necessitated filling in parts ofmaiastreet to a depth of six teet during recent sewerage excavations oaken planks and tim bers used for the tailrace were discovered i under the main street pavement and were in a remark able state of preservation a good s deal of the original fill used on- the street was handbroken stone the work ofprisoners sentenced to hard labor in the county gaol at milton creek linked with tragedy when jasper martin died the grist and saw mills were carried on by his sons in 1856 they built the main part of the present stone mill for operating using the same water martin street creek in 1871 afcr some rperiod in the family history joseph went t australia anclfor a while the milling business was operated by john white and ed- wrard martin eventually joseph- returnedllo canada and resumed the responsibililies of runningthe business jkj the two counties of 1 joseph -martur- married- jane i maunder by whom he had three children lucretia frederickjst- seph arid charles william te plan local trust for two counties a number of inter scitizens v and jeel are m application to ute onlflria tverument fo hon of a local trust company to be knowiraststlie halton and peel sons married twrrmceraney sistefat trust andtfsayings company with from oakviller mable and jessie frederick died in 192 without js sue jjut there were lb children in theharles martin family the sec ondson dr ctai martin is the present- owner of- the- milton mill ing company which brings the jfcffi famiiv up over- 435000 of the date of writing a martins mills- we have many times observed in pioneer days the grist mill be came the centre of every settle ment in this milton was no excep tion from the time young jasper martin started his gristmill the move the mud and silt according of settlers gradually in creased and formed a small hamlet which became known as martins in floodime when the bank of mills- by 1837 history records head office inoakville according to a s nicholson lumberman of burlingtdn and chairman of the provisional board and one of those interested in the project the new company wiit have- an authorized capital of power asbefore but the sixteerrffusionwith -five-other- miltons in mile creek that served them welt in so many ways brought tragedy to the family william the youngest son drowned in the mill pond in 1846 at the age of 21 and the eld est son john was drowned in the throughout the land carwdiansrnade progress in 1954 they prospected staked drilled and mined they- cleared ploughed ad planted they fished and they hunted they planned and constructed they manufactured and they bought and sold and working with canadians in their ventures from coast to coast helping with counsel service an money wasthe bank of montreal t monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 queen st w brampton shop phone 1410j res 313 rep tom nicol phone brampton 403w show a population of about j00 people george brown who later became miltons f irst mayor was the first to open a general store it wasarirame building located next to the sue of the princess theatre property in the district was prae- ticalty all owned by two families north of main street by the martins and south of main by the fosters hughfoster was a cooper by trade most of the streets irt these two sec tions are named after members of the two families land now occupi ed by the courthouse gaol regis try office and victoria park wps given to the county byjhugh fos ter lan f the free church- now the armouries on martha street was donated by john mar tin the first school in thejsettlement was a log cabin near the old ceme tery and was also used for religious services the first teacher was mrs harrison in 1837 leading men in the district conferred to choose a more suitable name for the grow ing community it is said the mar tin family favored the name of mil ton in hrmwr of the blind poet be that as it may milton was accepted as a suitable title when the first post office was opened it was clas sified as milton west to avoid con- various parts of canada the vil lage showed steady growth and was incorporated as a town in 1857 up until 1853 the counties of halton and wentworth had been united after they were separated the fight between oakville and milton for the coveted position of county town resulted in ti considerable amount of controversy milton on account of is central position in the coun ty won the day thanks to the active anduntiring interest of james beaty of the toronto lead- erw c beaty of omagh and sir fralncis hincks to- be continued next week reproduction rights reserved by dills printing publishing company the difference in standard time between st johns newfoundland and winnipeg is two and a half hours shares have been subscribed by more thaan ninety local people he said thatthe company would be under the management of o e manning oakville who for 17 years was general manager of the grey and brace trust and savings company and nas served as manager of the new business and advertising departments of the canada permanent mortgages and trust compariies mr manningis a former president of the trust companies association of ontario it is planned to give complete trust company services including savings investment plans mort gage loans and act as executor and truste un w uf btu- ployee pension funds endowment futfds and many other trustee ca pacities mr nicholson further stated as soon as the charter is granted a group of 12 to 15 directors will be elected from among the shatehold ers to direct the companys affairs in the meantime the following are five members of the provisional board who carry on until the char ter isgranted and the regular board of directors elected present members are- a s nicholson burlington dr c a martin milton o e manning oakville brigadier jas roberts and angus mcmillan of oakville it- is planned to open branch of fices in othe sections of the two counties as business develops and as mortgage loans and trust ser vices are required in this fast developing area w j beatty and dr d a gar rett of acton are among those in terested locally dead paper chokes canadian firms some canadian companies are in- danger of choking themselves on their own paper work declares the financial post the remedy keep files to the absolute minimum re quired by the law and the econ omics of good business trie cure may prove a bitter pill at first but it pays off in business wellbeing measured by the saving in eerical staff saving in purchas- es of filing cabinets and allied of fice equipment saying in space which in- a high tax urban area can mean an economy of thousands of dollar- if the experience of a few can adian companies is any indicator major surgery is required on files in almostevery office tri t954 b of m loins and investments- amounting to some- two billion dollars worked for canada and canadians viholesaling and retailing enterprises petrochemical smelting and mining developments of every type and manufacturing in all its phases r farms and ranches the grain trade cooperative productiotiiaad marketing housing developments municipalities 1 churches hotspitals and scho6lsnjany- industries many organizations arid many people in atl walks of li counted on the b of m for counsel and credit canada is on trtc march today and- moving ahead with the nation are 625 b of m branches from coast to coast at the service of the mctvanu women who are forging the canada of tomorrow yes yhere there was progress in 1954 olla and gas rom the rich west the intcrproyincia pipe line speeds the hov of oil from source to market and cuts trans portation costs the b of m assisted in the financing of this great under- ih j and itis equally ready to assist in the plan to pipe gas from western wells to eastern market s is sv- i new homes fobcanawans vihen the tiovcrnment of canada asked the chartered lianks to add the malinn nl morrftifli loint tivuul wuifobwkomonjbi j api4tsama wbank b m troriimg ino onudimujn trerj wlk of life tint 18f7 their services in order to increase- th of he w ktvnief for canauians the b of m- responded promptly from coast to coast tt made the first mortgage loans 00 the pacific and atlantic coasts alike it made the first in the prairie provinces if the first in ontario thnrst in quebec here was the beginning of a large share of th financing of thousands of new nous irtg units started in canada under the national housing act in 19s4 v- rr- made right here in canada jlhats right products of dominion textile company limited are- good theyre made right here in canada i celebrating its golden anniversary this year this thoroughly canadian company through canadian merchants every where is offering canadian consumers golden savings in textiles anniversary values that will surprise and delight you ask at your favorite shop or store for sheets and pillowslips blankets fashionsbytheyard all brought to vou in the famous striped packages with the termtde label look too for the texmade label on readytowear goods vou buy it means quality canada lives better with dominion textile company limited i tt- ii v- m ckx u r-rn- w thhrsday jlaljbarlfr9th 155 theactdn free press acton ontario si page mm tnacton afternoon r office at t7 h mainmuze barber shop hpurs 130666 evenings iy appointment ipfintment telephone 1t5 sassssi group gives play at hafton manor a group of the members of the baptist church visited halton man or thursday evening to present the cruistmaa play thekoad to beth lehem which was given at the christmas program earlier in the churcrc the cast included mis h helwig clarence reid helen landsborough brenda cripps ray costerus mary reid fay garrier ruth ilanid- borough bob idorough war ren wagner and mrs garner 7 mr costerus opened the evenings program with the reading of scrip ture taken from the first chapter of the gospel of john followed by prayer- a trio was sung by mar garet- sun ter ruthlandsborough andbrendacrrpps to close the pro gram -c-i-r- qukdale florbtstor supply your meeds ctirt llowwr rvrrwral jwadtiina daajgna corsages boutonnieres wall maquigf inid wants ornaments all floral pm queedale 4louu obituary lifelong resident r of esquesing twp a lifelong esquesing resident christopher tl hplungreen 77 died in st josephs hospital hamilton o a few hours after admittance a bachelor f oh lot 4 6th e he had been in fatluygheaturf for tkfepast year since-being- sored by a bull at his farm he also own ed a pasture farm on the third li mr hollingreen spent his life bit the farm which his father operated before hiin he was the son of levi hollingreen who died in 1910 and margaret jtay lor hollingreen ami lived atone smcehjsrriothers death ac imtan bnlyrwuwjilpwljo had nisjown farm intrafalgar died six yers ago mr hollingreen lived a quiet life he was particularly fond of his horses and bred some fine ani- mats he attended h6nby school rev j l blair conducted th funeral service on friday at the mckersie and thatcher funeral home miltoq with joterment fol lowing in evergreen cemetery six pagt of thm past w6r by owks cmjusx to know the history of milton it is necessary to know sonetblngf the history of u margin fnnilyar the one is inte with the other in fact it might be said that milton owes its early existence to ypung jasper martin and the- sixteen mile creek and farsjglited and realized almost immediately how badly a grist mill was needed by the pioneer settler in the district so be went to work erected a frame building and by jves tfc he wmis merely as lots 13 andl in- the tjowhshtraslgai the first settlers in thtv mil ton oistrict date back to 1818 although in the more- southerly parts of the township there- were settlers as early as 1807 milton at thattime was partly virgin forest and partly marshland witlrthe sixteen following its natu ral course from the mountain to lake ontario early settlers- look ing for- farm land were nptt6b favorably impressed with itsnpran- eval environment to them-ih4- heavily timb represented neighbors were pallbearers chasiiv umoereaiano representee austin edward brigdeh marshal emerson howley thomas neilson jl and ward brownridge price pallor rbfiv madame this hat- goes per fectly with your natural and deli cate pallor natural nothing i only went pale when you mentioned the price 81 mux st phone 435 beauty salon hairstylist all lines of l beauty culture closed ah day monday for appointment phone 341 81 mill st e aden necessary for- clearing the land with the unchecked creek adding to their difficulties and yet as we have int stated the present fast- growing town of milton capital of the counfv of halton owes its early existence tb this same creekand to- jasper martin- who was thetirst to realize the power and commerc ial value of the swiftly flowing left england in 1818 jasper martin his wife sarah and two small sons left newcastle england on may it 181 they were both only 21 years old john the older boy was not quite three and joseph just four months old they arrived at york in august 1818 and jived there for three years uvla30a third child- a girl f was born but died in infancy while at york jasper received from the crown 100 acres of land being lot 14 concession 2 town ship of trafalgar halton county in the district of gore on october 15 1821 jasper mar- i tin and his family settled on the property allotted to them and in addition acres of purchased another lj0 land from one joseph martin soraerperiodtin the family history whitefiel ohylnujjy young jasi joseph went t australia andifor a perwas quickiwltted industrious while the milling business was operated by john white and ed ward martin eventually josepsif returnedjtd canada and resumed the responsibilities of ninntngthe business ii joseph martm married jane maunder by whom he had three children w iuere frederickjja- seph and charles william the sons rnafrie twomccraney sistefa from oakville mable and jessie frederick died in 1921 without js sue but tjbere were lu children in the charles martin family the sec ashery the hardships theytroj couple had t faceand thrrforutude with which they endured the3ehardshirjs would be a story in itself if we but knew the details but we have only thebare tragic facts that sarah dledat the ageof 33 and jasper at i son dr gral martinr is the 36 five children were bora of the marriage john joseph hanah who died in infancy and edward and wukam born at milton i buildsrmlli pond during his lifetime jasper- was responsible for damming the creek andcreatirigan artificial mill pond the initial work was done by liand- digging but as the depth increased oxdrawk barges were used to re move the mud and silt according to a local story after the job was completed there was one occasion iron ore from ungava brought by rail from these fabulons ore fields to seven islands seaboard terminal of quebecs great mining projew7theircrtmwsshefirerto open a full time hanking office at seven islands six years before the first shipment of ore last july present- owner of the- milton mill ing company which brings the history of the martin family up to the date of writing martins ihhv as we have many times observed in pioneer days the grist mill be came the centre of every settle ment- iii this mnton was no excep tion from the time young jasper martin started his grist mill the number of settlers gradually in creased and formed a small hamlet which became known as martins in floodtime when the bankof 1837 wstory records show a popualionof about j0f people george brown who later became miltons first mayor was the first to open a general store it was artrame building located next to the site of the princess theatre property in the district was prac- auiminum htom kittmat giant bc development one of dst worlds biggest industrial under takings constructors of kitimai shared b of- m support the bank of montreal founded the first bank- ingr offtrr t kitimst in jinnary 1932 when there were but hundred workmen earring out the setuement- with their bulldoxeis st lawrcnci seaway amd power project i long discussed and now under f way destined to open the great lakes to woi shipping and cement friendship be- i gi l m opened the first banking office at miue roches near cornwall ont last october for the convcnicrke of s wori avwe tketta uyaapitoqteu throughout die land canadiansmade progress in 1954 they prospected staked drilled and mined they cleared ploughed and plantedthey fished and they- hunted they planned and constnjeted they niarhjfactured and they bought and sold and working with canadians in their ventures from coast to coast helping with counsel service and money lebank of montreslr t tist954 b of m loans and investments amounting to some- two billion dollars worked for canada and canadians viholesaling and retaifrng enterprises petrochemical smelting and mining developments of every type and manufacturing in all its phases r v farms ind ranches the grain trade cooperative produhion and marketing housing developments municipalities churches hotspitals arid schools many industries many organizations arid many people in all walks of li counted on the b of m for counsel and credit canada is on the marchtoday and mbwngaiead with the nation are 625 b of m branched from coast to coast at the service of the mehand women who are forging th ca of tomorrow yes re there was progress in 1954 atomic energy at chajjc tlvet canadian enterprise in this vital field has made chalk river a famous name nearby at deep river towrisite of defence indus tries limited the bank of montreal opened the first banking office- in may 1945 to serve scientists and tf apf frrrr ihe pond gave way living jjose to the bank was an old lady who kept pigs pigs buildings and the old lady all wenttibating on thy pond together as for the creek in miltons early days it followed the natural contour of me land en the t6wn jum below the united church and first crossing the street near metcalfes garage from there it followed a winding course again crossing the street down near the town hall and then again about 200 yards farther south the course of the creek was eventually straightened by means of an artificial tailrace which later necessitated filling in parts of main street to a depth of six feet during recent sewerage excavations oaken planks and tim bers used for the tailrace were discovered i under the main street pavement and were in a remark able state of preservation a good deal of the original fill used on the street was handbroken stone the work ofprisoners sentenced to hard labor in the county gaol at milton creek linked with tragedy when jasper martin died the grist and saw mills were carried on bytiie sons in 1856 they built the main part of the present stone mill for operating using oie same water ower asbefore bsfcjtbe sixteetrffosionwith five o miltomr in mile creek that served them weir tsrious parts of canada the vil- in so many ways brought tragedy to lage showed steady growth and was the family william the youngest incorporated as a town in 1857 up son drowned in the mill pond in uhtill853 the counties of halton 1846 at the age of 21 and thceld- and wentworth had been united est son john was drowned in the after they were separated jhei fight between oakville and milton for the coveted position of county town resulted in a considerable amount of controversy milton on account of is central position in the coun ty won the day thanks to the active andxuntlring interest of james beaty of the toronto lead erw c beaty of omagh and sir francis hincks monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wmc allan prop 68 queen st w brampton shop phone 1410j res 313 rep tom nicol phone brampton 403w tlcally all owned by two families north of main street by the martins and south of main by the fosters htigheaster was a cooper by trade most of the greets irtthese t worsec- tions are named after members of the two families land now occupi ed by the courthouse gaol regis try office and victoria park was given to the county byjlugh fos ter lan f the free church- now the armouries on martha street was donated by john mar tin the first school in thejsettlement was a log cabin near the otdceme- tery and was also used for religious services the first teacher was mrs harrison in 1837 leading men in the district conferred to choose a more suitable name for the grow ing community it is said the marr tin family favored the name of mil ton in horror of the blind poet be that as it may milton was accepted as a suitable tttre when the first post office was opened it was clas sified as milton west to avoid con plan tocal trust for two counties a number of interested citizens in the two counties of sfalton- and jpeel are m application to the ontario tvovernment fo lnco tlonpf a local trust company to be knownrastshie halton and veet trust andtsaylings companywith head office in oakville jaceording tor- a snichoison ltimberman of burlington and chairman of the provisional board and one of those interested in the project the new company wilt have- nj capital of e0000oof whieh over 435000 of shares have been subscribed by more thaan ninety local people he said that- the company would be under the management of o e manning oakville who for 17 years was general manager of the grey and bruce trust and savings company and nas served as manager of the new business and advertising departments of the canada permanent mortgages and trust companies mr manning is a former president of the trust companies association of ontario it is planned tqgive complete trust company services including savings investment plans mort gage loans and act as executor and trus und w uf b tobe continued next week reproduction rifrhts reserved my dill printing publtshtnn company the difference in standard time between st johns newfoundland and winnipeg is two and a half hours ployee pension funds endowment fluids and many other trustee ca pacities mr nicholson further stated -as- soon as the charter is granted a group of 12 to 15 directors- will be elected from among the sharehold ers to direct the companys affairs in the meantime the following are five members of the provisional board who carry on until the char ter is- granted and the regular board of directors elected present members aret a s nicholson burlington dr c a tmartin milton o e manning oakville brigadier jas roberts and angus mcmillan of oakville it is planned to open branch of fices in othe sections of the two counties as business develops and as mortgage loans and trust ser vices are required in tjiis fast developing area w j beatty and dr d a gar rett yof acton are among those in terested locally dead paper chokes canadian firms some canadian companies are in- danger or choking themselves on their own paper work declares the financial post the remedy keep files to the absolute minimum re quired by the law and the econ omics of good business ttie cure may prove a bitter pill at first but it pays off in business wellbeing measured by the saving in eerjeal staff saving in nurchas- es of filing cabinets and allied of- fice equipment saving in space which in a high tax urban area can mean an economy of thousands of dollars if the experience of a few can adian companies is any indicator major surgery is required on files in almost every office ollr and oas from the rich west the interprovincial pipe line speeds the hcav of oil from source to market and cuts trans portation costs the ilof m assisted in the financing of this great under taking- and it is equally ready to assist in the plan t6 pipe gas from western wells to eastern markets uhuttie v j new homes forcanaihani when the government of canada asked the chartered hanks to add ak the irjk of mprtgmc loam uuu 4t m lm banhrr bm ling ana cpudumsjm trtrj anaf of lift timet 1817 their scrmces in order to increase the of hewkbrney for canadians the b of m- respojndcd promptly from coast to coast it made the first mortgage loans oo the pacific and atlantic coasts alike it made the first in the prairie provinces jf- the first in ontario dsafirst in quebec here was the beginning ofta large share of th fin of thoi of new bous ing units started in canada under the nauooal housing act in 1954 r sf i tis its good its made right here in canada tt j hats right products of dominion textile company limited are good theyre made right here in canada i celebrating its gulden anniversary this year thi thoroughly canadian company through canadian merchants every where is offering canadian consumers golden savings in textiles anniversary values that will surprise and delight you i ask at your favorite shop or store for iheeis and pillowslips blankets fashionsbythe y all brought to vou in the famous striped packages with the teamade label look too for the texmade label on readytowear good t vou buy it means quality j canada 11 ves ttetter with i w-i- dominion textili company ezs b iiiigia5i i- ummmti