Halton Hills Images

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 20, 1959, p. 8

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

thi georgetown herald wednesday may 20th 19ct page 8 for capital growth invton growth fundo the advantage of common stock investment and fuhtta proftw tonal management aaseta of the fund ere invested tn a wide range of canadian oonv monstochs selected for longterm growth potential features automatic free reinvestment of dividends e cumulative investment plana e variable incomeplana income tax credits for complete information contact dick riddall 4 ostrander blvd the cottage inn for good things to eat ail through the day breakfast coffee break lunch dinner or the evening snack do come in and let us serve you main st s tr 79004 nursery stock evergreen flowering shrubs bedding plants 27 varieties of petunias alone in our large selection of 18 000 assorted boxes webbs greenhouses town line 14 miles south of village phone hurranville 128 j 1 1 express buses direct to id woodbine races hornby village featured in toronto tely writeup by david proutx telegram staff reporter it s doubtful whether anyone here will ever forget the after noon of june 21st 1951 the day a tornado danced through the village it started as an ordinary after noon with the men at work and the housewives cleaning up the remains of the lunch thon the sky turned an odd shade of gray and the wind pick ed up as garage owner garnet how den recalls it the twister just seemed to form out of nowhere above a tree on the western edge of town the tree is no longer there it cut across a farmers field narrowly mised the general store ripped part of howdcns partlycom pleled jjarage roof off and threw a board at the garage owner s head the twister turned toward the road and waltzed in and arrnind half a dozen houses tearing off chunks of roofs and lifting small articles out of backyards it uprooted trees and threw them across the milton hornb highway unharmed the twister roared through llod woods house picking him and bonnie and frank campbell up to deposit them unharmed 50 feet away the winds passed as quickly as they came and the 70odd residents of hornby settled back with a sigh of relief miraculous no one was killed onl a handful received minor in juries and a few dajs later garnet howdcn found the tarpaulin that had been covering the uncomple ted section of his garage roof it was in streetsville 13 miles away the tornado provided conversa lion material for quite a few weeks in this normallj quiet little illage five miles east of milton situated on the baseline between trafalgar and esquesing townships hornb is divided into two parts east and west it is one of dozens of small sou them ontario hamlet settled in i the earl 19th ccnturj when the j first pioneeis came the reall dm their roots in man direct descendants or the original f im ihes still farm the same land their ancestors did ncarlv 10 eara a five fathers i hornb was founded bv five nun john dcnin e john higher hrani nukun thomas jovtt and john ilsoo travelling together fr im i ng tan an 1 se rtland the fivt lande 1 in inuddv yotk in 1818 an i lodi i 1a i to lla t n t iiinlv hut f r tv t it u elln tret ffnin shade i it t i t i in bad repair the tolls were dis continued and the planks slowlv disappeared mainly in the mid die of the night i deceiving today hornby looks quiet but is actually populated by quite a few busy people f a alvin anderson runs a huge honey market with hornby as its centre he has 34 apiaries with 60 000 to 80 000 bees in each of 1 600 colonies they produce more than- 110 000 pounds of honey a year one of the residents the town is proud of is alfred bngden dubbed the unofficial mayor for his ac ti vi ties in organizing the ball club helping plan for the 12 acre com munity park and dozens of other public activities his brother gordon w brig den is the town machinist and inventor with a rotary snow plow for township roads a machine thai plants gladioli bulbs and an aspar aus harvester to his credit gordon bngden also carries on an old tradition moat towns have forgotten each day holidajs and sundas excepted he blows a whi stle powered b compressed air ii can be heard for four or five miles and people actually sel their routines b it sas bngden he blows it at 8 a m 12 noon 1 p m and 6pm if i am out of town and don t blow the whistle half the kids in the village and farmers in the fields almost miss their lunch the e come to relv on the whis tic so much they don t believe its noon unless the hear u hornby s school is a tworoom brick structure with 48 pupils taught b mrs john mccutcheon and mr gordon risher high school pupils go to milton oakville and georgetown cbc tower the town s mam landmark is the 650 foot transmitting tower of the toronto bc s radio station em it is also the home or about two dozen former avro aircraft work ers some of whom have found emplojmuit and some who have i not johik wallace after several weeks of occasional work says he has found a new job as guard at the county jail in milton it was quite a blow at first being laid off like that but you can always manage with odd work around ihe farms until something better comes along ie says so far the townrolk haven t de cided whether highway 401 being constructed near the edge of town is going to bring in more busm ess savs garage owner garnet how den vie get quite a few people in ihc spnn and fall when the re out for rides in the countryside nut whether the new hihwa is oing to increase business no one is quite sure most people just want to travel fast on these super highwajs the dont bother stopping off and see ing ihe towns alon the wa will make terra cotta a better place to visit trout fishermen and theyve been having fair luck too are the advance guard ofvlshors to the 310 acre terra cotta recreation area which recently entered its second year of public ownership purchase of this popular area which last year attracted more than 45 000 people was made last yar by the credit valley conscr vation authority anticipating even larger attend ance this year the authority con ducted a vigorous winter work program which included the manu facture of 100 peeled cedar planked picnic tables and addi tional comfort stations the staff completed the closing m of the picnic pavilion and is now building extra outdoor fire places during the winter and spving ad ditional access roads have been built into the property and several hundred traffic control and in formation signs prepared signs have also been made to identify flowers shrubs and trees along the various nature trails which have been cut through the well forested acreage lorne scots to guard queen it to vrthur kemp comnian din offuer announces that hu unit has been assigned to furnish a 10 man uard of honour for her majtstv the quen on the ot lun of her departure from malton on june jolh lirdutrial season ends for darts and cribbage the industrial dart and crib bage league brought their season s play to a close two weeks ago with a banquet and danccu some 250 attended awards were won by the following cribbage champions orenda ear em ond capl jim bradley neil eili son ken woods art hilts zekc mccandless jim williams play off champs orenda provincial b lorusso capt t herbert l bod o rayner b tuck b breen h arnold r williams b motet o herrington darts panthers league champs bruce mccartney capt ken de hose joe stamp ron cash liar old hilts dave stamp jim yates herb harlow thistles playoff champs fred brings capt harry bot toms ian veitch roy rudiger dave capperauld vic perry geo sandifer doubles champions eddie mc- qermott jack cole singles champion harry bot toms consolation champs mushrooms ably the moat mcceutul in the history of he league which hag been organized for tuesday and wednesday nights in the legion hall for some years the banquet was held in the legion auditorium farm news two dams will be replaced bv harry brandtord claude reid this fall and further stocking of the spring fed ponds is anlici pated next spring new group picnic areas have been added and prpvision made for a limited amount of overnight camping last fall the aulhontv establish cd its permanent headquarters in the original central lodge at terra cotta the building accommodates the business office board room and workshops it also serves a the base of operations for field officer ted sutter whose beat t mends throughout the enure lre lit valle watershed frank anderson herb wild nel son handy don ward this ears leagues were prob pasture management meeting planned j af pasture management will be dis cussed at a meeting sponsored by the halton soil crop improve ment association on the farm of brock harris burlington this meeting is called for monday after noon may 25th and will mark the starting of halton s pasture de velopment programme this will feature a pasture management competition in which livestock farmers may compete the programme for may 25th will include as speakers howard henry field crops branch ontario department of agriculture wrti campbell soils department oa c and j norman bird pasture com petition judge for thisyear in addition to the competitors en rolled in the competition the pro gramme is designed to be of value to all livestock farmers insurance travel real estate walter t evans co k triangle 72512 mill strcet serving your community of over 30 yeara all three all new and one just right for you i oa i 11 en 111 the t 11 jniln s hi i fi hi iu mjl i li i i i tile pmi i l f r j i saturdays monday may 18th may 9rh to may 30th leave georgetown 1 1 35 daylight time st 65 includes admission return after us race tickets end information at corner cupboard restaurant and n o m plate f r the in lit j when thtv jwoki in the morn j in ihev looked arund at the flat ounlrvslde punitund bv countle a streams an 1 dteieled thii wa h imc 1htj mivcd their posse- ions in h oxen with the settlers and their families walking beside th round was cleared lo cabins were creeled and hornb was born its first hotel was established in 1930 by john mckindstj later a senator as ihe village frcv ill became a stronghold ofuj loval orange lodge with scores of fam ihes gathering each year to ecle i brate the glorious twelfth along streets decbtated with archwajs of banners and japanese lanterns brain s brawvry a steam powered saw mill plo vided emploment for some of the townfolk and in 1845 john brain decided to erect a brewery the only one in the county his first building was made of logs as business grew he hired more men eventually winding up with 10 men producing between 4 000 and 5 000 barrels of beer a name for the growing commun ity five prominent men gathered ho i choose tsetwpern hornby and citrtsler wonderful windsor- superb saratoga exquisite isewyoiker now with the new im diutn priced indsor there sachrvsler muh i in suit almost cer new car bucr and even hrjlcr o fieri ou lln ultimate in its pirticular j rice clas ihe unriv it d drivitu cae t piiih button autoinitie i onnic hili trin mi mn pu h button heating control- winemt sm1 front tat the superb roadubiht and comfort of the indu irv inn t i iv meed suspension slem and on the b ir ito or i w orki r ou nny hac new uto pilot for cllortle a ma lcr of that big v 8 power i plymouth livelytvely new all over look inside outside wherecr plymouth 59 is reallv new reall different it brings ou features other cars wish they had new trend seuingswi el front seats for instance newly improcd smoother than eer torsion aire ride new advanced design 313 v 8 or econo jet 6 engine new push button heatingdefrost ing system and the marvelous con venience of push button automatic drive in every way if its new plymouths got it farlton hornby was chosen bv a margin of one vote with the name pari ion being given to the soon to be erected baptist church the name hornby was sugges led bv j hn hovvson to perpetuate the name of his wife s famil coun ix home in england which how son could not inherit because of religious differences between the two families meanwhile the sawmill had ex panded to a cut of 1 000 000 feet -of- lumber annually and the resi dents decided they needed a bet tcr road to oakville so they could haul lumber even when mud made the onginal road impassable with the aid of grants from lo cal councils 7 000 pounds sterling was raised and a road built of planks for 19 miles between oak ville and stewarttown to pay for the upkeep toll gates were established every few miles but five years later the funds were exhausted and the road was fargo trucks new sweptline styling for 1959 1 youll haul more and look better doing it in a fargo sweptline pick up for 59 you cdn choose from three wheel- bases three body sues and each holds the most by volume weight and load length of any pick up in the industry fargo brings you more new features too new suspended brake and clutch peda nejrhdraujicallyactuated clutch new bigger brakes to mention just a few whatever your job requires from 4250 lbs g v w to 65000 lbs g c w theres a fargo truck to do it bestl take your pick take a revealine demonstration drive today chrysler corporation of canada limited herkes motor sales 124 guelph st t georgetown triangle 72422

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy