Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 1, 1960, p. 11

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st geotfetown archeologist would give indian artifacts collection to county museum ww frf mva mmmf if nt ittrmhr infvi y idw wm wtm fem iiw twiwwkwi w mmh cftumy imajujm where the mfwty f onterf ihnihartwlm ceunty may be property puytet dmrifiaal ami shewn to coumhn local and outtklo visitor by toy dtwm nettling in the heart of ontarios golden horse shoe lies the busy bustling county celled halton it includes eight thriving municipalities five towns ranging in population from 4000 to 40000 numer out quaint old villages and new rowonrow sub divisions a portion of the niagara escarpment the residents call the mountain two fine large creeks pouring water from the headlands into the lake homes business and commerce industries and farmlands its a picturesque county with centuries of in teretfflfghlstory now covered over by millions of dollare worth of development yet here and there untouched by the growth of a natlonwe find rare places of unspoiled nature where searchers may find the peace and solitude which contrast so with our everyday life halton s progress over the past 50 years and especially the past 10 has been fast and furious hardly a detail has been missed as this once agrkul tural communilythrives and booms and makes a name for itself from coast to coast yet one detail has been missed one very impor tant part of our livingpast and presenthas been left out of the wondwful picture of halton for the county is- without a suitable museum to jet i the people of tomorrow about the people of yeswday and their struggle which laid the groundwork for todays prosperous boom of civilization there are at oakville and burlington museums of sorts which tell of the early days in those areas but what of the rest of the county is an unkempt four by six glass case covered in dust and hiding in the lobby of the milton court house sufflclont to fmi in the details of v wonderful story noone seems capable of telling or could there be a movement begun imrrmdl- atelyeven today- to establish a complete museum of halton history and there could be according to a young man who lives in georgetown willing to donate john mkhie is a mhn who has spentjhe spare time of the last 20 years of his life developing the most interesting presentation of the early indian life in this part of the country he is willing to donate this slice of his life to a county museum john s collection of rare indian artifacts his writings about the indian times before the white man invaded halton and his uncanny knack for presenting this story to a listener are treasures awaiting the establishment of this necessary facet of our heritage but who could start a museum county council conservation authority women s institutes an unformed as yel historical society this is a ques tlon yet to be answered let us suffice to say action is needed and now john s collection of indian artrfacts which he personally dug up from ruins of indjan villages right here in halton county are a priceless start to the museum add to this the many dormant antique collections lhat lie in basements allies garages and storerooms across the county and the few articles now on display commercially and privately here and there on the map and a museum is bornl history pieted together according to john michie learning the history of halton through ihe w00 s isn t easy during that period jesuit missionaries from france lived with the indians in this area and made monthly reports which were sent to montreal whenever a runner was going that way they sat in montreal until a boat was going to france and il sometimes took two years from ihe time of writing lor the reports to reach france uttw to the rottoh amevwaam wwtwi3s abuse from caretaker thefts disgust visitor to acton park toronto ontario dear sir after spending a few davs in your fair town i should like to tell vou of our unfortunntt ex pcrltncis then wt visittd tht places of interest and spent three consecutive afternoons in your imuy little park the first dav however our tclnogi son had a dollar slokn from his tramcr pocket even though the clothes wue in tull view on the bunks of the la goon the second afternoon wc took a picnic lunch and left it covered with cloth on a green plcnil table wc were only u shuit distance away looking through tht wire fence nl the children in the swimming pool when we returned lu prepare htmh a full package of eookies had heen stolen third visit on the third afternoon wr again is1kd the patk lo let tht little ones have tun in voui pool but there is no bench close enough to the pool to wntch the children i know tht pool is well supcnised but most patents like us tnim ihe units ol the children so we picked up a bench ind proceeded to carry it ovci to the wire fence due to our prttious experltnce we felt wc needed to supervise our lunch and tht old cr bovs elolhts immediately the custodian caretaker blasttd us in most obcttionablt iind offensive ian guugt and told us to lent the bench under tht irte tht prtuous evening the bent he s hd been hiiultd clear across tht park to watch the hill gunc this sundays church calendar united church of canada aelan oaurlo rev dwirfht engel ba mln liter mr cfeorge elliott orgnnlst and choir master sunday september 4th 1960 services in the ymca 0 00 am morning worship 11 13 ajn morning worship sermon title the sweating bnm children under 5 years cared tor in the inirswry announcement conjremrtioiml meeting tuesdn september 6 8 pm presbyterian church in canada knoxcmilcr acton sunday september 4th 1960 8 4ft ajn 2hun school 1100 a m horning worship junior conireiauon 3 7 meeu durum ermon thi church of st the martyr anglican rector the kev h b stokreef lth stb 189 jeffrey st phone 383 the twelfth sunday after tnnit sunday september 4th 19b0 8 so am hoi buohmist 9 30 a m holy eucharnt 1100 am choral eoctiarm the chun school will regime it session next wta sen dav 11 september t s0 am ah are welcome christian reformed church rev j nutma ba bd minister 301 queen st boiiue phone 698 sunday september 4tfi 1960 10 00 am english 2 30 pjn dutch the church of the bock to god hour acton pentecostal tabernacle 33 churchill road paoc rey kenneth j reid parlor 73 cook st phone 640 w sunda septembfr 4lh 1w0 10 00 am sunday school 11 00 am m urn i rig worship w pm fiiingi li r tuesday 6 pm prayer and bible you are always welcome baptbt church acton sunday september 4th 11 00 a m toe creati n sin too ptnhn beloied lord all art welcome e l buchneh optomitiist eyes examined glasses fitted rnmtait i buk fittcn hearing aids and batteries optical hearing aid repairs sun glasses 41 mul st e acton wednesdays only office hours 2 do 6 00 p m for appointment phone 115 acton make suggestion our sultesliun is and this is fit lid on is eoiistruelive enl ism llnl voui eiimodiun learn urn niannvis 111 il mhii pulm li isioti ilh pitiol ihe p il k anil ih it mum puks leniilmtni pm iile siui il potl ilile injuries thit r in be used by ihe pool lenei lasl summer et liaulkd s000 miles ihiuiuji ihe united states and western canada and iuei- uncc did vee tnetiunlcr a si mat ion quite like this and netr were wc spoken to in sueh an obnoxious manner on ihe con trary we found ihe parks ami plrrvgrnund area custodians most irtcuus ind kind ynurs simertlv btouiud off on acton school drive with t open soon high quality merchandise at low budget prices lightmans dept store acton thtifl writing wen recently purchased by mc gill unlverilty and brought ro canada whet thy vvfrt irwulafw and the hitory of ihi country t early day wa piatta whether the wdtingt ar iketotiy but correct as tho jiiuitt wrote only what they saw il was not until 1901 that canadian archaeolog im began yearbooks on their findings and k with much reading and a lot of supposition and fitting together of the little pleom john is now fairly well informed of the 17th century of the area here then is hit idea of ihe county i early days it it believed that the jesuits might have stood on the niagara escarpment here in the year 1621 they tell of standing on a mountain and looking toward the large body of water presumed to be lake ontario champlaln here il is even possible that the great explorer samuel champlam might once have pasted through halton the huron tribes located north of orlllia to mid land reportedly held champlam as hostage one winter the route of his flight south to the united states and his return trip back are not detinue but he may have passed this way in 1627 a jesuit missionary wrote of a neutral branch of the iroquois tribe living in this district under a chief named sauhorlssen he was the leader over 28 villages and did war with many tribes john says he is supposed to have waged war with 17 nations of indians but finds it hard to believe after 1627 another jesuit listed 23 towns bet ween toronto and guelph but this appears to be all ihe available history of the local district john himself has found 14 camps in a five mile radius right here in halton location of course is not being made public to keep the relic hunters away these people according to john rm not true archaeologists but go rustling into a buried camp dig hero and there unearth some treasures and leave a mess behind them duns change ufa the indians in this area were supposedly friend ly neutral indians along the shores of lake ontario were the aatssissauges who were primarily fisher men and very quiet tribes along the north shore of lake erie were the neutral indians who produced the flint jn quarries and traded with other tribes for many miles around things remained fairly peaceful and quiet until the english dutch and french arrived with guns then in 50 years the indian developed from the stone age man using stone weapons to the modern time for a new scotiasudsenswisher the aclon free press thursday september lit 1960 indian uiing metal copper and iron the rapid changeover to other methods of living disrupted hit way of life and destroyed the balance of his house hold thoy could live easily by just hunting while ho women hill worked hard they became degenerate indolent looking further afield for something lo make life interesting in 1649 16000 iroquois of the five nations district south of lakes ontario and erie became weakened by imallpox and other european dis eases on december 7 they attacked the huron at st jean near colllngwood and destroyed it they spent ihe remainder of the winter with the neutrals of this district then in early spring led llieir otlick on the north again and wiped out mosl of tho petuns join local band some of the hurons who had escaped the winter slaughter pushed south and joined with the neutrals of this area when the iroquois returned lo the southern section of ontario to wipe out ovary tribe ihe petun survivors from the north joined the local bands and fled south to the straits of mlchlhmacki nee from here on the fata of those indians who inhabited halton is sketchy because they split up and travelled far and wide some headed for green bay wisconsin and a jesuit mission was set up there some in 1653 joined a band of algonqums and wintered south of sault sfe mane a fugitive band of neutrals made an alliance wllh ihe ottawa and went up the same route the petuns and ottawas arrived near bayfield wisconsin and organized an expedition against their sioux neighbours bur- the sioux counlry was full of lakes and marshes and when 3 000 sioux surrounded the invaders only one man escaped those who stayed behind on the raid returned to the isle of mackinaw moved to the mainland and built a fort and village from which explorers marquette anovjolielte sat out to discover the missis stppl eventually ell these indians became known ns wyandottes and ended up in kansas in 1761 some petuns joined an alliance and in 1842 all surviving petuns were rounded up and settled in kansas reservations burned in mldlfloos where the local neutral indians ended up is hard lo say all lhat remain of ihtlr early days here in halton are the burnud out village sites destroyed by the ravaging liutiuois one enmp lound by this loraljrclineoloyul was ailackicl iiul burned in 1649 or 1650 hoiald following the mass slaying lio mlsslssaugas unscathed by ihe invnsion moved into this district and took over the amply land l was old to the crown in 1784 it seems ironical when you look back on it now lo redlie that il was llie engl sli guns given to the hoquoia in ihe united status which en used the slaughter of ihe early potsotsou of tho land on which we now livn and fly the ling o our mother country england our local indians were ma nly agricultural types growing torn squash iiiilurnl iru is and fishing and hunhng to slay alive they kspci ihe lake erie flint or arrowheads knivs scrdpors drills and spearheads and their irading between tribes da velopod many of the ronds we drive along today they even traded shells and wampum irom tho east coast and iradad shells with tho peluns and hurons to the north in exchange or hhtrm these bands also traded shells tobrnca anil corn in the algon tuins for medicine bags and health potions we follow the trend their contributions lo modern vlliallon still stand out to lay there is the corn ind the roads our system of government is iwiv d nn llie principle o tho iroqoo s confederal on winch was set up in the 1500s 300 years ago our women as were llieirs art free and equal in sot i i le the indians were the first lo use trench warfare and scout methods they loumli d the thanksgiving custom which was first merit onad in 1643 and the tobacco harvested by lh petuns in thns early days is now being giown all ov r the conti tent as for the oner things in life the indian was highly cullured tin ir ideas and l nqs went into their beaul ful pollery llieir basket weaving and their ornale pipes we owe murh to their pirly men of canada yet how here in halton do we honor them7 lo be continued noxl week washing maehtne financed at law oest through scotia flaw the bank of nova scotia manr acton branch walter a woodburn teadhlno traffic safely harts at hem teach mem to never cross from between parked cars slnee i9s4 there has been annual average ot 132000 n dwillmg units con true led cjiidd1 special boyipantssiut6tol6 2 95 boys long sleeve jerseys 4 1 39 boys short sleeve jerseys 100 boy short sleeve shirts 195 boyt dress pants from 395 young mens cotton casual pants from 495 pauls mens boys wear attention rural wdws attojdwg the act0hd6twaiiga school mmmmmnm mmmmmm twnsscnbnuwube no 1 but toot east from acton leave acton 7 45 a m arnvo limehoum 7 55 am arrive bellmefad 8 00 a m arr we acton at 8 1 5 a m no 2 but acton leave acton at 7 45 a m arr ve 6th lino no 7 h ghvy 7 50 a m arr ve 4fh line no 7 hhway 8 00 a m arr ve eden mils 8 05am arr ve spvyttcte 8 35 a m arr ve acton at 8 45 a m no 3 1 r south acton leave aden at 8 20 a m arrvspeywc8 30 am arrive acton af 8 45 a m times mflkmimate students pwe be ready a rw minutes before sdsnme rime w auootiron scrtanrtrwmmr its really too iad but you cant take it wrth you no sir the nice weather of august just wont keep until january the time of the year is again neanng when you will have to do the necessary things around your farm or home that will give you protection during the coming winter whatever your need call us now for an estimate before the seasonal rush starts roofing and roofing repairs asphalt siding rock wool insulation alumlnum stokm windows call today for free estimate j b mackenzie and son lid coal lumaa and suiidino sumits 55 churc5t acton phone 48

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