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The Aclon Free Press Wednesday Nov is history hidden in your attic When It comes to collecting old documents the between men and women stand out So says Hugh MacMillan Ontario only full time collector or old documents for the Archives of Ontario who has had told about members of the Esqucslng Historical Society Monday that women especially the tidy type are more likely to throw valuable stuff out Men on the other hand are more prone to collect he said Even so the difference persists he said because women can give you in formation off the top of their heads and don rationalize as men do or think about the logic of what tell you Historical societies such as the Historical Society have a good role in society MacMillan said Artifacts are great but in order to do research on facts you need documents and a place to store and study them He said he came upon his unique job while he was collecting artifacts for museums and round that a lot of documents in private hands were not necessarily in good shape I felt was unfortunate there was no one full time collecting documents for the archives in Ottawa or Toronto In the late and early he said But the Civil Ser vice Commission weren t about to be pioneers In creating such a post and he landed an experimental Job for a year with the Archives or Ontario to look after the newspaper collection In his years as a document collector has developed two theories of manuscript collecting The first is that a per ccntage of the population had documents worth preserving and it was reasonable to assume there were thousands of others who also had documents he said He was a low key mission to make people aware their was some value in their old papers The second theory is that If you go about the collection of manuscripts consistently right the law or averages will pay Both th cones however are untried he said To assist the law of averages MacMillan has compiled a book of names and contacts all cross indexed that he calls my portable office I have wound up as an Information broker he said Lollcctlng are old posters Among the Items that he broadsides sheet considers valuable and worth music newspapers and In One Item he the audience was instructions for operating a a list of questions and answers Documents offered by the public to the archives are not necessarily kept there forever In some cases a collection of letters for in stance may be filed chrono logically and bound before being returned to the owner while the keeps a Should documents be desired by the archives which lias millions of documents on miles of shelving a tax receipt is given or the documents are purchased Recently he purchased for a thrct month diary of trip across Ontario in 1020 A collection or letters by John Graves was bought for Oftentimes this sort of material will be mixed in with junk lit said adding that m people are not prepared to sort it out when the load is destined for the trash bin If you ve got some old papers that you think may be valuable not only from a monetary point of view but also in helping to fill the gaps in history would appreciate hearing from you Obituar Bob Stewart Dieppe veteran MARGUERITE MARSHALL of Sugar and Spice in Hamilton was at the Acton Public Library on Thursday demonstrating different ways and molds for chocolate Christmas goodies Here Marguerite paints chocolate into a Santa Claus mold Pay theft He can be reached at the Archives of Ontario Street Queen Park Ontario M7A The Regional Police phone number is continue an iniesligalion into the theft last week of pay Mr lives in a envelopes containing log home in the former from the Home Hardware township of Mill Street Funeral service was held Tuesday November at the Skinner and funeral home in Mississauga forRobcrtShawStewart who died In hospital on Saturday November IB Mr Stewart was born in Acton in 1906 son of principal Stewart and Mrs Stew art The family moved to Milton when he was years of age After graduation from Toronto Normal School he became a teacher in 1925 with the Toronto Board of lion his entire teaching career was in Toronto He was vice principal at Leslie and Long Branch schools and principal at Queen Victoria Bruce and General Mercer schools He retired years ago He served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Regiment of during World War He was wounded at Dieppe his bravery cited in later battle captured spent the following three years In a prisoner of war camp in Germany After the war he was presented with the rench Croix Guerre with silver star Several years ago Mr Stewart wrote a series of articles on his experiences as a pnsoncrof war especially for the Free Press An uncle of Kay and Dave Dills he was a frequent visitor to town A cheery and enthusiastic person he particularly en joyed curling lawn bowling baseball and travelling Mr and Mrs Me wart returned to Dieppe several times and made friends there He look part in the official cere monies there marking the anniversary of the raid He was a member of United church Port Credit and the Royal Military Insti tute He is survived by sister Marguerite Mrs Roy Brown of Toronto and brother George of Weston and many nieces nephews grand nieces arid grand nephews Re was predeceased by his wife the former trench K and Mary lulse Mrs Sinclair and brother William Interment was Wednesday at Riverside Weston who does Genes Antenna Service Iformerly Antenna Service tSel You Towe It Hi ALL WORK GUARANTEED Main Street Milton AmiAMX SALES and SERVICE Washers Fridges Fi colors Ranges All Small Appliances A r Cond OLYMPIC SERVICE 17SMarySt I on TV MOFFAT APPLIANCES Wan to on Wo la get n io roar of VICTORIA YORK PLAZA Veto a South TV APPLIANCES rr Gel quick results with CLASSIFIED ADS mm See us when need car or truck rental or Bus Trips Holidays Moving Low Da Rales and Good Mileage Ma St Acton DOTAL OR STEEN OR A Profess d I SI for STOCK RBWVAL Richard Telford Mil St E co Monday day All Day For ACTON ACCOUNTING SERVICE Book keep systems or hou and weekly ACTON 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