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FILLER HONOUR ROLL 9.000x98 COL=BWBUSINESS HONOUR ROLL Since 1834 HALTON FLOUR DIVISION 45 Church Street W., Acton 519-853-2850 1-800-608-7694 Since 1899 www.hidehouse.ca Its Worth the Drive to Acton! Since 1885 Acton Free Press 143 Mill Street, Halton Hills Georgetown Tele: 905.877.0133 1.800.482.2308 Fax: 905.877.8545 www.pcarmstrongins.com email: info@pcarmstrongins.com Since 1947 Since 1905 BALLINAFAD GENERAL STORE AND TACK SHOP 4901 Trafalgar Rd. N. Ballinafad, Ontario 905-877-6639 Since 1948 NELLIS CONSTRUCTION ROAD BUILDING EARTH MOVING Acton 519-853-0960 Since Philip B. Jones J.S. Jones & Son FUNERAL HOME LIMITED 11582 Trafalgar Rd. (N. of Maple Ave.,) 905-877-3631 1954 45 River Drive Georgetown 905-877-0161 Since 1954 Looking Back, Friday, November 2, 2007 3 ment of the religious and educational institutions of the town. As a result, Georgetown achieved the distinction of being a modern and progressive town with all the attractions and advantages which make it a desirable place of residence. In consequence, it has become known as a beautiful town of comfortable and com- modious homes. Between the 1930s and the 1950s, there was relatively slow growth in both com- munities, but after the mid-1950s the relo- cation of several new national and interna- tional companies to the area, plus the con- struction of Hwy. 401, brought a new wave of economic prosperity and citi- zens, writes McDonald. Its during this time when developer Rex Heslop responsible for the Rexdale area of Toronto, expanded Georgetowns resi- dential and commercial areas on a large tract of land east of Georgetown known as the Delrex subdivi- sions and Armstrong Ave. industrial area. According to The Herald issue of Oct. 6, 1954, Rumor became fact when it was learned this week that Mayor Jack Armstrong and clerk-treasurer John D. Kelly after council endorsation signed an agreement on the towns behalf with Delrex Developments Ltd. which may lead to an unprecedented industrial and com- mercial growth and a house building pro- gram which could double the towns pop- ulation within a few years. ... The man behind Delrex is Rex Heslop, whose Rexdale subdivision in Etobicoke is one of the most fabulous planned communities in Ontario. While Georgetowns possible addition will be on a smaller scale than this, it will surpass anything previous in Georgetowns his- tory. The article went on to describe the seven farms that will go out of production as a result the Reids (3), Cleave, Sinclair, Emslie, and McClures and that a new feature of the subdivision, which may set the pattern for the future locally is the companys agreement to provide their own sewers, water lines and roads within the proper- ty. More than 2,000 homes were built, as well as the Delrex Plaza (now known as the Georgetown Market Place). Heslop named many of the streets after rela- tives his wife was Edith Delma Heslop friends and local councillors and businessmen. Some of these new homes were pur- chased by workers at the new Avro Arrow plant in Malton, but when the federal gov- ernment canceled the Arrow in 1959, more than 600 Georgetown people became unemployed virtually overnight. Some oldtimers say that some Avro employees just walked away from their homes. Similarly in Acton, in the 1950s, returning veterans from the Second World War moved into wartime housing in the Glen Lea and Lakeview subdivisions. On July 1, 1950, Acton became an official town with a population of 2,500. However, Acton too, was affected by the Avro cancellation with many residents los- ing their homes. By 1961, Georgetown had reached a population of 10,000, had its own hospital and building began on a new develop- ment, Moore Park, on the old Moore farm in west Georgetown. Arrow fiasco hit Georgetown, Acton hard Former Georgetown Mayor Jack Armstrong and developer Rex Heslop pose at the official opening of the Delrex subdivision in Georgetown in the late 1950s. Construction on the Delrex development began in January 1955 and the Delrex Plaza (now the Georgetown Market Place) was opened in 1959. Original prices for homes in the Delrex subdivision were $11,300 to $11,600. The Syndicate Homes on Bower Street in Acton were named the towns first Heritage Conservation District in 2005. Continued from pg. 1 See TOWNS, pg. 6 When the infamous Avro Arrow project was cancelled 600 Georgetown resi - dents found them- selves unemployed.