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the georgetownherald wedneajay october 5lh 1949 while browsing around mr and mr keith barbers antique bop ijlne street on- saturday the remark was passed that n great many people never appreciated an tiques until they xwero- exposed to them mink theaos probably a great deal of truth in it too for we have never numbered our selves among the collectors and yet after cfeiulijg with two en thualasts like keith and jean looking at their collections and their books on antiques of every description we could easily see bow fascinated a person could be come with the hobby the actual collecting going to auction sales getting leads on where certain articles are to be found is in itself exciting the times when ycu make a real find usually in the most unsuspected places and of course the times when you get stung and thats why it pays to moke a real study of collecting if youre going in for antiques e p head optometrist and manufacturing optician batteries for hearing aids eyes examined hcientificaixy 88 st georges square g u elph established 20 years about three times their worth then youd offer about three times too little and finally youd arrive at a fair prioe with both sides giv ing in she told us that soma pa 4 the barbers have become so engrossed in their antique collect ing that they are now making a career out of what was once mere ly a fascinating hobby tdist fall they nit upon the plan of convert ing the former boilerroom of the old barber floral company into an antique shop this has now been completed and has proven ideal fjr their purpone one whole wall las been kncckctl out and re placed by huge windows which moue o wonderful showplace tor oi tnfj established only a the sfnallor colourful glass and umc thcy oro dually be- chlno ornaments coming known to collectors and the barbers first gained uiolr cll0 day u gum had popple- xperlonce in collecting by buying rrom mnnhotton booch coltyornlah old glass and rtilna for an antique to eo lhe collection i dealer iriend cottam near wind- 1 tookinit5bout town these i or who found it hord to got note mony im i enqugh stock during yic war pavements bpng made to houses while mr barber was overseas with st george rectory will look he lome scuts he spent a rood v cry nico who the hew offwhite ropy of his lenxes looking fort nns b completely ap- tcautiful nn qucs buying them people in china collect items of the bc era imply because of their age but thai hi appearance these are rather colourless so that col and mrs bourne prefer the appearance of antiques originating uter that period incidentally the barbers an- ue shop is open by appointment lique only small kiddles of the late rod kyd- erwho met a tragic fate when his bicycle slipped on wet pavement and threw hlinunder a gray coach bus itod was wellknown among the young people of georgetown the fund had been in operation only a couple of days and already totalled 180 00 fall fair reception wa wrote mr cox and j felf as the i really knew the georgetown peo ple just front reading the feather fancier x at a christening service in st georges church sunday afternoon beverly ann johnson baby daugh ter of mr and mrs fred johnson corey herrington editor of was christened by the rector arch- monthly publication feather deacon w g o thompson the fancier has received a letter from baby wore her fathers christening one of his subscribers x tom cox gown and shawl and godparents of vancouver bc in which he were her only uncle and aunt mr i el is of having his radio on satur- and mrs ted stlgger day sept x7th and hearing the the same afternoon arch- broadcast from the georgetown acacon thompson also officiated at the the christening of younger daughter of mr asad bob mackeaxle of baniliton watb her uncle and aunt mr and jssss ian macftewrle of toronto a sjdsv parent all members of the flssss- uy gathered afterward at tsat home of mr and aba jj mnckenzle for a family illisjssj those present twimtins also mb and mrs larrv mackenautof and mr and mrs bruce rie of town rainbows con be moonlight formed and havlnu them stond until the could be shipped td canada with a icasonablc degree of safety and what lovely hlnes he bought and now has in their- home a beauti fully inlnidpfcnch cabinet lined with wine velvet and some very fine cut glass objects are among his english collection difference bet eon the rcilly good dlfefrence between the really good klass and ordinary stuff running vour hand evc the surface of good lass it has i definite slippv silky feel that ordirary glass has not with all the bits of information we lcnncd as we looked at things in the barber s slop we re quite sure we 11 be looking for things at t next auction sale there were scores of lovely ntiqucs uc could tell you about but we u limit ourselves to a few that caught our interest in their home mr and mrs barber have soma bottles made of sticgel glass that mcons thcy were made in tho 17th century by a man named micgel who was one of the earliest glassblowers in tiie united states a real thrill came the day they located an old sea- captain s liquor cabinet full of stlegel glass bottles empty in georgetown i needless to say it is new residents of george st aro mr and mrs tat cribbcns and family who arc living in the house now owned by bob lanet which was formerly the property of dave cook mr cook is living with his brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs isaac bennett the grlbbens formerly lived on main street north we welcome to town mr and mrs h ostrcw and their five hlldren who come from van couver bc they have purchased i house on emery street formerly owned by art scott and last ten- nted by the moffitt fimil who iuovcdo parr sound mr ostrow the new proprietor of the credit valley lime kilns which business 1 e purchased from allan w norton a plcasint 25th wedding an niversary surprise was in store for mr and mr thomas worncs when their son fred and edward lapolnte invited them to dinner at the cottage inn brampton a week saturday the tables were set with flowers and a big wedding kc was brought in at the end of dinner as well as a beautiful picture a gift from the bovs both i dward and f red arc waiters at the cottage inn to go f roi i i er h ipp occa 1 coffee must b fresh to yield its- utmost in flavour v salada coffee is as fresh as the day it was packed when you break the seal on the lid the flowers for every occasion design work a specialty bondeji member ids telegraph delivery jservtee flowers by wire anywhere in the world norton floral phase s15w georgetown memories to honour a lifetime for lifetimes to come jyummmnts marktrs moderately priced a card or letter will bring our service to your door oakville monument works j 20 colborne st oalcville on highway cement work foundations cellar floors footings stables i free estimates on v application mcnally lant co ltd st rta 18w a highly priced ittm as is another k to a tci nnt noticld th it stiesel glass hottle which the bar- the acton free press has started a bers obtained from a farm mar fund to aid he uily and three low n if it could only talk said mr barbei as we stool admiring a very old si j c board which at om time had belonged to an imperial arm officer in aldlrshot eng land the sideboard or buffet vas built so that it could travel with him to the remotest outposts the top section and shelves all fold in and it is sectioned so that it forms two larsa boxes when ttktn dawn in these boxes the officer would pack al his worldly goods when moved from station to btation nib silver linen and china so hat no matin where and to what i nmitlve part of the world his army career culled him he would liavl bomcthintj beautiful of nib own to chlnsh ard make his station a little homelike then thrre were some framed tintypes wha froaxn expression but no wonder it took two hours of posing before the picture would develop properly guess we d have wooden expression too if we had to do that were amuaed at the mustache eup collection imagine having to have a special ledge built into a cup to hold a droopy walrus type mustache before you could enjoy a cup of tea some are really quite pretty tho the cups of course and many people make a hobby of collecting then mrs barber takes a speclal interest in collecting oil lamp and says the variuty in this partic ular field is endless she showed us some little sparking lamps and they were sweet miniatures nh the lurger ml lumps and wnan the supply of oil ran out ull self- tesimcting boy friends were sup posed to go out the door too the old tundle moulds were interesting to set and a pair of jkwurd looking mnglu blade ice- tikate that w te ulwmt 100 years old the fluting iron brought t ack fiisliijiis of old when ladles dress went made with many a lluttd ruffle ihu swiss dells were lovely euch one with a dif ferent torn a imttej bowl uboul two f i t in diameter moul- ued from- eherrywood elabor- uli y ih idi d oirx uhiiiods wou- futi i who would buy these and wan tom tint knu smith the fa mous kini r has hobljy of col li t 1 1 j jc t aded jiiik iisiiioih in vi ry f ity mint vlults she hunts up ntrii wttopm look li i j fot pln- t ushlons to tdd to ini olleetion at i ili nly of other p opli make i hobby of tolhttlnk this partleu- hir tyi t rf pint usliion as w 11 notl i i fiimot tntertalner who c ii lh is ipsy hose lee her liobby is coloured glass as well ns thlnu 1 i pic- tun s and ho on mr and mrs huihi iiko handle antique furnl- ttfi whleh when required they n finish themselves 1 met mrs col k m bourne of llmehousc at barbers col and mrs bourne lived in china for a great many yeor and have in their homo a very fine collection of chinese antiques mrs bourne described bow the chinese antique dealers would come around tfeelr precious ware rolled up doth under their arm bpra them out before jroutwayd mcclures richardsons name farnlshlnis hardware farnells groceries and gift scott motor sales barragers our cmc dealer cleaners aatf dyers barbers gifts and jewellery 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