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thukeculy bboeubdl kh ibm the acton free press acton ontario make your appointment now vanity bar beauty salon 676 hair styling 14 mih st acton permanents for men for women luggage by mcbrine is the most wanted gift at christmas we have a good selection of sets l braida shoe store mill st acton group entertained by school board nassagaweya township school ea board entertained the teachers and friends at s3 5 on november 30 progressive euchre was the or der of the evening and pnxes were won by mrs clara black mrs ra mona storey miss lllla garrod joseph frank mervin thomson and mr black david gray ol rockwood gave his film pictures or his trip south and of the fergus centennial these were enjoyed by alt the ladies served lunch after which miss joyce dawson of ss 7 thanked the school board for a very enjoyable evening stanlev robinson chairman of the board replied mr and mrs joseph frank were present mr frank being a mem ber of the first area board in 1940 he has been present at each annual event the absence of mr and mrs landsay ferguson was regretted ver much ever one was sorry lo learn of his recent illness and hope he will soon be well again john stewart provided color and controversy inhistory of esquesing townships scotch block want ad page where old friends meet st nicks spnrr it is thought that st nicholas died about 345 ad and for so days following his festival day his genial spirit roamed the earth fill ing the hearts of mankind with love and generosity he gave the gifts without thought of return the true spirit of st nicholas and christmas rait r jhumuan 58 st georges square guph formerly occupied bj mr e p head complete eyesight hofront pagos of frw part thanks esquesing by gwkn clarke the history of halton would be incomplete without a biographical sketch of patriot john stewart from the scotch block in esquesing township john stewart was born in perth scotland 1808 following the napoleonic war there were hard times in the british lsle3 for that reason in 181 johns fathef decid ed to emigrate to canada with his famil they crossed the ocean in sailing vessel and were 13 weeks and three dajs on the water arriv ing in little york toronto i in november 1818 mr stewart opinion of toronto at that time like that of many others was far from compliment- no he described it as such a miserable hole that if we had moiv e enough wt would all go back to scotland in 1819 john stewart senior set tied in the scotch block oh lot 9 concession 4 esquesing the same vcar as james hume repulcdlv the first settler in the block with mackenzies rebels educational facilities were natur ally limited m those days but john stewart was a clever lad and made use of every opportunity that came his way at an early age he became keenly interested in what he con sidered the deplorable conditions resulting from the family com pact in 1834 he joined the reform party became an agent for mac kenzie s paper the colonial advo cate zealously promoting its distri bution among people in the block he visited toronto about twice a year and had many long confiden tial talks with william lyon mac kenzie in june 1837 mackenzie told stewart of his plans to reform the government by constitutional means it possible otherwise he said the reform party must resort to arms to break up the family compact stewart was urged to do evtrv thing possible to arouse tht intirest of his frunds in north hal ton mackenzie at that time was addrvvmr a rns of meetings one of which was on tht stewart farm whtre from the front steps of the present craiglea guest home he rallied tht pcopli to action the ntxt meeting was at church vilk hert the tones rushed on to tht pi itform and attempted to throw the rebel leader out but mackenzie managed to leave in your 1954 council appreciates your decision to entrust us with another term of office we shall m the coming year continue to serve you to our utmost ability and devote our best efforts to our work on council wilfrid bird walter linham deputyreeve george currie campbell sinclair spencer wilson make sure your mail is in time all mai for local delivery sboald be posted by mcuamr 17th mail tarllor for out of town potnu ktk tout postmaster for dates mihe coxe plumbing heating eavestrough1ng pressure systems water softeners phone 25 251 mason blvd acton ifetj ruarded by his manv loyal supporters stewart however took homeward direction the crowd frustrated by mackenzie s getaway followed stewart shouting and yel ling kill him kill him but stewart was fleet of foot and out ran his pursuers coming to thc credit river he plunged in and thus effectually evaded his enemies plans for rebellion john stewart when he realized the political storm was at fever heat tried to warn his brothers one of whom was in toronto another in hamilton and a third duncan stewart farming on lot 3 conces sion 3 esquesing but they paid little attention to his warning meanwhile mackenzie after many secret meetings with his supporters set december 7 as the day for the uprising of the reformers against the government word to this effect was sent to john stewart he inv mediately arranged with reform sympathizers in the scotch block for a march to toronto to arrive on the date specified communication wis not easy as spus were everywhere and stew arts movements closelv watched and reported to torv headquarters and then thc date was changed suwirt received a mtssngt from hincks and john rolph to come at onci prtpartd to attack this was the message si nt to evt ry district which proved to be a strategic lilunehr bv mickenzit s advisory council mackenzie at th timt wis holding nun tines in thi countrv sti w irt inv ite d his fni nds to imt ai his house to prepaie for the march to quote from mr st warts own account thi v ismmblcd to the mimbtr of go and immidntcl walked icross two concessions to wait until i should arrive after visiting mv mothir who had brok tn her leg during the dav when 1 arrived whe n mv men were they appointed me captain but on tnum eration i found to mv amazement that all hnd loft but 22 sentenced jo prison however nothing dnunlod thev btjan their long march at chin gincousy thev came on to a chop ping bee and the choppers rushed on the patriots with their axes but thev ihinptd th ir minds vvlun they heard the click of muskets by time the patriots were losing their zest for battle and began to drop out until only five remained stewart kilbourne hilton donald campbell and wm robertson when they came to the green bush hotel they saw and heard that all was over they saw the loyalists set fire to gibson s house and barn and shoot his livestock as they cheered lustilv for their victory john stewart along with many others was taken prisoner and lodged in the parliament buildings thc men were sick at heart when they heard lount and matthews were condemned to death stewart expected the same fnte for himselt but his sentence was imprisonment for life nt the penal colony at van licmans land tasmania af ter bung sentenced the prisoners were sent to fort henrv at king ston there lo await a steamer to lakt them lo the ir place of incar ct ration in a previous column we descnb ed john stewart s remarkable es cape from fort henry had he been unsuccessful m his daring attempt it is doubtful if he would have sur vived the ordeal at van dieman s land conditions at the penal colony were so terrible ir was little short of a living death in fact those who did serve time on the island welcomed death as a merciful re lease from their sufferings granted amnesty thc patriots who escaped from fort henry sought refuge in the united states some years later they were granted amnesty john galcy two pages of past n ihise stewart came home and resumed once more the peaceful occupation of tilling the soil on his farm in the scotch block john stewarts domestic life i naturally tempered to fit in with his political adventures he married mary scott daughter of david scott reputedly the first settler in nassagaweya township they had one son also named john and six seven daughters some of whom died in childhood during the absence of john stew- t senior things had not gone too til on the farm the son took lit tle interest in farming and lacked the stamina and personality char acteristic of his father eventually john stuvart the f ither found it necessary to sell the property in cluding the fine old homisuad it sold to thomas hagyard who succeeded j his sn stephen the stewart familv moved to pais- n john stewart senior died this historic pnpirtv al though a gift from ihc crown re- mined in tht sit irt family for ntv i6 years but was retained by thi hngyards father and son for 77 vears it was given the name craiglea a combination of fam ily name when the late mr hag- yards sister mrs isabel stark con- ted the fine old homestead into attractive guest home do tern- best be prepared cub scout with only three more cub ni trigs left before christmas and the t nd of the present mx compi t i the yellow six seems to be proving itmir better than kst tim wini f the tiwn six for ihrw icutivc weeks the yclleiws managed to stav en t p but in tr nrjin st i yellow in bin 90 whit w rtd h3 tjwiu on grim 89 last 1u k s me t u mmihi 1 w th the grand howl led b i t n sixer donald price f the ytllow six imrmdateh following the krand how the invtstittire r tw itw chums wis witnesses bv thi p icn as wavne bnwen ind ph i tp sut ton promised t i d mr it t games dunnj th evenme wee tikn t raj parkhouse and gor 1 on clou instruct n in b th firt ind second star tests followed the campfirt program consisted aktla sins s md o murnv scmnc ki lf fjifi sensational for arthritis- rheumatic pains ok georgetown annexation plan beginning january 1 georgetown will become the biggest town in halton county landwise that is annexation of 1700 acres aw arded following a municipal board hearing almost triples george- towns size which at the moment totals 909 acres slightly less than oakvilles area mr hcsleip whose delrex de velopments i td owns nearly all of ttu 1700 arris siys home building will begin in earnest eirly in the spring the 188 acre h c reid farm will b subdivided into 753 lots and homes will be built cap able of providing for mime 2 600 hi all 1201 acres f the newly it ipiired 1 in will be ill as ile for residential and comme mil pur posts md it li os i part of this will eventuillj 1 u etl f r multiple f m h d veil njs und r in ikr trnitt wita ftiri 1 mi he lop has gunran te d lo brinj it dustrj into the t wn tt i sufficient rate to kep in tiwn overall a s ment rat it a fim0 r sid ntnl indutrnl level t do this he will service n r than 3a0 acres of tht new land for industrial purp ises large lils w 11 be sold it i miximum price of 5 000 th icre and indus ml buirs will be forced to build vilhm lw v ir f tin timt of purcha e h ship his also agreed to supply all sewer and w iter services and read wthui th- newlv acquired irei srh i s tt s w 11 ilso be don aled tsiiini t ship supported thi inntxit n rtttimt an 1 in re turn rtceives i fl 1 nivm nt of 1000 plu thru ve irs taxes n the unsealed greeting card 2c addrcas secvrdywrapped paroeb fully and carefohr canada post office got a pain take ridopain tablits andpoofj its gone patricia ann beauty salon hair stylist all lines of beauty culture closed all day monday for appointment phone 341 81 mill st e acton the i 1 iir h mug nded municipl board it t r iv ind giv- ill e 1 i die an m a tl n i h i ir j nil ip n k i f r nh 1 250 acre i th r 451 aer s which was titt i n r a h iriiig got un tnh in md this i pr vide a spur line new formula stops crippling pain fast ikdopatn tablcti or th iww tablet thai contom sahcylamid whsdl rnt raro hoi ihown to htr special value n th rttef of heodochei arthritic and hlwmatic pom sciotk lumbago and neuralgia kidapam provtdei quick t isf without ood upwi only 200 for 4t tablt emo pain now with monftfi a ck ofttt p and m drugs rag dpt 130 47 yonna st toronto ontario ganttoawn i 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