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IBJG CELEBRATION Wednesday Jane IKS- Pat 1 FROM OUR COMMUNITYS PAST Barbers Mill was one of original industries The following story about the Barbers Paper Mill in George town the third mill built in Upper Canada first appeared in the Pulp and Paper Magaz ine in It was written by W A There had arrived in Crooks Hollow shortly after the paper mill was built a family consisting of a father four sons and a daughter which was destined to plan an important part in the history of the Canadian paper industry These were the Barbers The father was a stonemason by trade the sons were hardy Irish boys They had emigrat ed to Canada from Ireland In 1822 and after Niagara had come to Crooks Hollow to obtain employment in the mills William and Robert the oldest and the youngest of the sons worked in the woolen mill James the second son became interested in the paper mill while Joseph the third son took up the mill rights trade They remained at Crooks Hollow for thirteen years when the brothers deci ded that it would be just as we for them to set up in business for themselves In casting about for a suitable place to start operat ion they hit upon Georgetown then a tiny village containing about three houses There was good waterpower available however and that decided them In the year of the rebellion they moved all their families and belongings in oxcarts to their new location A custom and one set carding mill was erected on the west branch of the Credit rear what is now the centre of he town of Georgetown and for six years the brothers ran this primitive industry before the next development took place This was the removal of Robert Barber and his brother- inlaw Benjamin Franklin to Streetsville where the pair put up a second woolen mill Both mills were jointly owned by the family and both prospered Ultimately in a new and much larger factory was built in Streetsville into which the machinery of both plants was put and the Georgetown mill was closed down Then followed the begin ning of the paper industry in Georgetown A Scotchman by the name of David Forbes had gone West as far as Gait and had there attempted to start a mill but had become ed owing to the long distance it was necessary to haul his product to market At the time the Grand Trunk Railway was building westward and construction was approaching Georgetown Here on the Credit River right beside the route of the railway seemed a better place to locate rented him both the power and premises Soon after the mill was started the brothers began to manufacture newsprint mak ing an all rag product which they sold extensively to weekly newspaper pubnsners and to the Toronto Daily Leader They also made use of straw especially pea straw for wrapping papers and until the time that wood began to be employed instead were large consumers of straw In this connection an excit ing incident occurred in Some new boilers were install ed to boil the straw and early one morning soon after they were put in they all blew up killing one man and injuring others Forbes however did not slick at his venture and almost before he had got the brothers found themselves saddled with a paper mill The first Barber mill built in is still standing and Is now known as No Machine Room It is a solid stone structure by 70 feet and is the building in the right hand foreground in the picture It contained originally a 36inch cylinder paper machine on which the first paper mill made in the mill was manufac Meanwhile a second build ing had been erected in into which a 18cylinder mach ine was put It is probably of this machine that the story is told of James Barber the brother who was in charge of the end of the business that he came to the mill one morning and was told that the new machine was running feet a minute This was so astonishing that it was almost incredible and he would not believe the performance until he had personally timed it with his watch In the partnership which had existed without the slightest friction among the brothers and their law was dissolved It is said of this partnership that for 39 years they carried on all together without a settlement among the partners owning almost everything in cmoon raTTT SPECIALTY FILMS I FOR PACKAGING THE PRODUCT has pioneered the latest stateoftheart high barrier packaging to provide the ultimate In extended for food Products are visible In almost every aisle or every major supermarket Our packaging products are part of the reason that North Americans enjoy the highest standtrd of living today THE TEAM Curwood Is a company that relies on the resources of Its people to make It a success Part of the team from left Dave Wolf Gary Doreen Merrill Patty Heldeman Dennis McLay Charles Brian Reed and Cary Darsan Since Curwood Packaging Canada Limited Georgetown Ontario has grown to become the leader In flexible packaging Were proud of our growth and proud of the efforts of our people Curwood is a team of hardworking knowledgeable people dedicated to excellence In 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