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Ben Case Book The Free Pre be Small villages had charm FAIRY LAKES waterfowl population now have houses to keep them warm during the winter The new houses arrived at the lake yesterday Acton Cubs helped construct one of the dwellings The others came from Acton Staff Photo OUR READERS WRITE Board Tift Please plant a tree Sirs and Fellow Renders It Is with deal of sadness I have watched the cutting down of the large trees on the side of Churchill Road South first of nil the poplars which I have watched form calkins in the spring of the last five then the opening of the leaves Now evergreens are going too two of have been removed and I think of ihe hundreds of birds who will now be through the winter there has been a deal said lately about the ecology and I cannot help how much the removal of these lovclj old trees will upset our local ecology 1 know there art still lots of trees in this aria opposite my own home for Instance hut nam of these an evergreens and so thin is virj little shelter for the birds during wintir Seek others views Nov 15th Utter to the word that the Hydro planned to use a corridor in the Township of Erin were prompted to place an ad in another section of your paper There appears to be a push to have this matter settled the Spring of although we were only officially advised this past week It would appear that there ore alternate routes would not destroy the local authorities would tell me this is Progress but Progress towards what A larger town in which nature has less chance to play its part or what I know how long trees take to grow to a size since coming to live in Acton just over five years ago we have planted six trees of different varieties and they are now well established but of course still quite small It will take years for them to irow to any size and it still puzzles me how people can cut large trees down without a qualm and never intend to plant others to replace them My only hope is that people buying the new houses which ore being built on the propertj from which these trees have been removed will plant new ones to replace them My advice to everyone is plant a tree watch it grow and you will know just what I am trying to say Margaret present ecology Why are these not being considered If the Hydro has why have we not been advised publicly or individually Why not underground cables along the already existing utility corridor Other countries have this why not us We would like to hear the views of other publicspirited citizens on this matter worries Members of Halton County Board of Education expressed dismay at the lack of public participation in the work of program councils Trustee Dick noted the public participation at councils was just about nil Vicechairman John said the public participation was difficult lo get Small crowd At two recent public meetings only teachers and one newspaperman attended Director Jim Singleton acknowledged that more and earlier advertising of the meetings would make it more fair but he feel it would solve the problem Trustee Hugh suggested too many of the meetings were held at in the afternoon rather than in the evening when people could Ben Case history of county continues with another Instalment la Free Press HORNBY Hornby in is described in the Atlas as follows Hornby is situated on the base line between between Trafalgar and Esquesing five miles from Milton and six from Georgetown and contains about inhabit in ts The village is divided into two parts called respectively east and West Hornby the Post Office being located in the Eastern part The business is done Mr John McMillan and Mr McClelland who have very creditable establishments and do a large trade The former also is Postmaster Mr David keeps a good hotel and there are two temperance houses kept by Samuel Armstrong and F Smith The is a very handsome one built of brick and is one of the finest in the county There are four churches namely Church of England Presbyterian Baptist The ilso possesses an Orange ill Drill Shed and brass band the settlers in this plate were and David I i There in no in the but several very close to it At half a mile from Hornby Mr Irwin has a steam md shingle mill which is of turning out ibout 18 feet of lumber per day and which is run to its full Mr George Bmn i lumber shingle mill ne the village Messrs Brothers have the only brewery in the county on the line ibout one mile east of of Hornby business was established in 11H5 by Mr John Brain the f of the present proprietors John Bnin The first building was built of logs but the present is brick and The first the of barley which now increased to bushels besides about lbs of hops tons of coal and cords of wood They employ ibout 10 men and 40 horses and the mnchinerv is run by produce from four to five thousand barrels of beer innuallj At the present day little rim wis of thi once flourishing nil except the store Anglican Church and Orange Hnll a fi w houses The one time Methodist Church has joined with congregation to build i handsome ntw edifice united Church at 1 No Mil rON Milton Heights is a flourishing which straddles the town between and NissHaweja and extending to No sideroad from the From the editors desk Continued from Page there The expressways would have alleviated the crowding Baseline It owes its prosperity to the nearby brick works and contains a store and Area school an Anglican and a Roman Church the latter a comparatively new building built after a number of Italian immigrants settled in the well known plants at the extreme west corner of township arc thi Milton and the International Brick company and their products are shipped throughout the provinie At one tune there was mother plant known as the Toronto Pressed Brick Company pirtly owned the lewis Brothers but liter i fire in it is one more that owes its start to presence of a stream to provide iter power the only available in those days of running i mill In 1B20 we find two heots John Duncan Stewart tin Crown Deed for ill of HI tone of I II was from them tint took its name Inn property t ikes in the land on the west side of the 7tli line from the Anglic in church to half way up the north hill it extends to beyond the null pond On the cist side of the road 100 wis owned by Applebe Stewart property wis divided more or less two by the Alton tributary of the West of the Credit here the d ind erected i siw mill and grist mill the products of both mills much in demand by early settlers for building purposes and Hour About 1047 the mill property bounded by on the north side of the mill pond was bought by Jimes a merchant In 1872 Joseph bought the property from in Alfred Hood and on Nov it wis sold to Henry I and who had the saw mill in the Scotch block property rem lined in the lawson fimily till when it was sold to the Toronto levators Henry Law son remained i lumbenmn hut David who rin flour mill died itivelv man and son Walter took over succeeded and his sons Robert and Don ild By Stewirttown was thriving village It three hotels Cross Tannery later the I barn north side of thi pond Edward Nixon harness shop J Tit saddler Jones and Ncvine makers two Lood stores besides the lumber and flour mill i blacksmith shop Trem line map shows the red brick hill of two and a half at the ground floor occupied by the stores of William Applibe and J w a ball room on the second floor ind a hall on the 3rd In this hull is renovated being cut down to a floor occupied by Council A note from Bruce Washington Ave Winnipeg Manitoba informs that he and about other Canadians arc interested in forming a nonprofit Licence Plate Collectors Club of Canada They like lo hear from people interested in old auto licence plates as collectors items It is a nation wide appeal Objective is to collect a licence plate from each province for each plates were made As careful as we try to be each week there arc errors In this newspaper but we yet to reach the level touch wood of a small town In Ontario where the mayor wife died and the old icehouse landmark burned down on the same day The local newspaper printed a two column picture of the deceased lady on the front page with the misplaced heading Old Eyesore Gone at Last Mr and Mrs Jack 7aar GEORGETOWN FREE FREE FREE FREE CASH YOUR FAMILY ALLOWANCE CHEQUE In Our Store and Get a Chance on Our Free Draw Prize Credit Coupon Book Zellers County Fair Georgetown Open to Saturday to m CHRISTMAS OUTDOOR Residential Lighting This year the Acton Hydro Electric is sponsoring an Outdoor Residential Christmas Lighting Contest f OR HIE REST DECOR HOME 2i All users of the Acton Hydro system Hydro employees and Commissioners not eligible Judges will be Officials of Ontario Hydrowlth udgingto on or after Dec No Entry Required f c clumbers and a spacious and dance hall With the coming of the railway to in the village to remain more or less at a standstill business kept furl constant until the early part of the century when like other villages in for various reasons until today only fetd null runains of Its one time prosperity first Post Office in the townhbip was called wis situated on the line on lot Cont just below I and was IosLm It was moved about but was still knfwn is The lit I eintinucs village contains a two storey brick has two churches Church of England and Methodist a Drill Shed Hie he of No Company itlalion under command of Applet Here also is situ a Grangers and still standliu also a of Good PI was a thriving situ did on Lin irst I ine on lots wlnrt the id It onto ism mill a tannery mil and soap owned the riii is mile In iui iron one or two of whuli exist in neijh erlups Peru to f urn now is bunt birth place of the noted surgeon who was thief in it the Sick Chilians in Toronto urn better known is one of tin mm lr in liner Mine In Nova in The reseue were followed ithkssly throughout the newspaper and Unit eoinp new Invention the mini ire a few sin ill communities on the eaeh once containing a store perhaps a mill and the latter partly tor the of farmers on the lone trek to Oak with wheat and other product AD Oils at of I and the town line between and Esquesing once id two stores a mill shop operated until fairly reientlj by the awaeonshop a pump factory and a hotel Of these businesses only a store and the mill run now as a feed mill remain there is a very excellent community hall the efforts of number of public spirited eiliens SII VI 1 At one time this village on the I me at the foot of the mountain a saw mill and a grist mill a store hotel and and lime- done her but to tlu At is dul only a business In it on to store hotel and shop there wis a mill operated by a I which flourished until tht supply of timber was lusted RENT A CASCADE 40 HOT WATER HEATER J I Per AT GOODWILL MAKE IT HAPPEN Test Drive a Goodwill Used Car and make it happen trouble free miles ahead this winter CHRYSLER NEWPORT door Gold with dark brown top and matching trim only miles LOADED WITH EXTRAS No Wholesale NOVA Gold with black 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