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TtioAcion Free Press Wcdnesdiy Aug 1978 B9 Town Ball Tales The firefighters and the Town Hall CRANE lifts frame of one of eight sides of Township Advocated as an efficient use of tagonal barn being reconstructed on grounds of octagonal barns housed cattle on the the Ontario Agricultural Museum The Troyer lowerfloorandfcedonthesecond barn was originally located in Vaughan Octagonal barn rebuilt for Agricultural Museum When plans for the Town Hull were iwn up in of features that In be wis in inline house In past Town Halls were home of the fire eeiinpinent it wis mil usuilly Hit wis no different Hie was simple so ill addition to proposed would seifltep this of hi dr 111 is An octagonal burn a building of architectural and historic is being on the grounds of he Ontario Agricultural Museum in OFFICE SPACE Downtown Milton Georgetown complete The barn which comes from Township lot Concession is believed to dale to about Township is located north of Metro The barn disassembled Die pieces artfully labelled and ported to Milton Like ill buildings at museum tin birn has mint The first is tin name of the origin d owner second I rastr the name of iht Nit shape for lirns v is promoted in the latter part of the 19th century is a more efficient use of pact than the buildings in a the lime William Tolten reseirth for the museum practice had to build three separate bams next to each other for rain for hay and one for In he twostorey octagonal bun were stabled on round floor facing in so they could fed all it oixe with feed stored on the floor But it was harder to load ind grain into second storey of octagonal thin if was to Till the lionalbini barns never became really popular for tins reason Mr speculates Moreover unusual and delicate frame required in irpenter to build The local frnmcr refused tackle the job for Samuel Troyer and the task ell to younf itinerant carpenter Issue llifenbrack barn is free standing with no internal framing Posts and arc hind hewn Tin ire not original In he building from another barn could well over 100 years old TIr cupola principle and the pi were all tut by a mult primitive s iw similar to i crosscut except hit up and down and was wheel driven Tlie has a timbrel or Dutch hiproof i roof with i lower steeper slope an upper one on each sidt Tht which sits on top of roof ind provides ventilation for ihe barn had dtterionled badly a Ins built In Viughan tin barn was located on a lit with bank Icding to lit wagon doors on the second floor In Ms new location hi barn is built into a lull stone foundation for the lower floor rumbled and has replaced by foundation I are made to serve original leitures Tin origin wooden pegs ire used to nail the They are i large hammered in with wooden mallet or persuader However modern eon methods arm shunned they re practical Trucks arc used to hoist the frame in pi ice for instinte where is pioneers would had rely on manpower for the job John Simpson of Campbell Ins company tenturj ire responsible for rtcon Mr Simpson in barn framing and ami has rebuilt other buildings for tht to inform it ion museum re scanners the I rover from Switzerland settled in a preichcr to Upper mida hi Samuel the fifth son remained on the f inn started by his father in lufjun Flu list owner of tin farm and the barn is ick owner of the well known nuns chain Wood thieves strike twp kept in re so tint i fire be lit tht boiler is soon is tin first man lo mswir summons of Hie Hall bell Ih turn horses wtn up Hit engine it fire it w is hoped then would mi pressure to operate the r pump When the fire engine dri up with smoke out its slack Hurt he si irth for i will or cistern ill Minus hid these somewhere ilu ml ike host w is dn pptd in tin sic im pump put out slit mi of iter to bring the fin control might putting out fire of size with this i if business i New painter for old painting Hit firefighters tin did their very best Over the ye irs equipment more sophistic ittd powerful and effective so that more spite for its stnrigt be found from Unit to tune lys it Hit Town Hill Tod ly the housing of Hit firefighters iry equipment requires building ilmnst is is he old lown II ill it self Hit firefighters themselves ijs were a group of lust of their some limes el tuberous ili7td work i lev loped which held them is roup for fire fighting sort of II ill is completed pitlures of the building show llitir sign prominently dis in window of this he r SMOKE POURS out of the old steam fire engine while fighting a at the planing mill fire on June 28 1898 elops tin where en brought together in wire given the room it the own Mall opposite Hie mi or iliur ting ind nwm is soon is he for Bui hey continued to use he hall for social hold for thims Iv heir families rate whose father was l firefighter years remembers how the hall would be reserved for Ihi firefighters they As child she remembers looking with great inticpition to these how am well attended they were Over yt irs pictures or iih of fire swire ilwaystiktn in front of the Hall what i fine of men they ilwisstemtd to To be a honour ACTON FIRE brigade posts in fiont the town something of i hall ith their fire engine and reels on June he own of Inch hung in 1 le tribute li iph on tube die Heal Estate MARKET PLACE Ready nqs only I m I Georgetown CUSTOM QUILT plow ft I J l and I I o a old to I A Cull I SUBDIVISION A SCI It yon old pi t If on n lot rnlufes 3 El hell Fib COUNTRY LIVING n2Olln FARM CkIk 0 bono Mow on Oil to no lag Ample I no riacu im pa fto5el Cylv lion Ih I Irani eini mofaencL niton CiN I JOHNSON URGENT immpdiiely TWO lypp in Town Cash buyers voting Three parcels Please Jack Holmes Real Estate Broker 1650 NEW LISTING IW ACTON TRACTOR TRAILER ho YOU Hot by Fn m on t and hue Id lockwooda il CO llano Uniqu good or of vacant land or Just Acton all Kay MakwdII or Is on any the or homo rdistd the muse urn lmLhnds who sitmhrilKs punluit in I trKiis mil mother 1 work Us Dime is ted 11141 1 from tin il illertinfirmitlu iltrtliuiiin PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA KNOX CHURCH ACTON Church Services ACTON I BRIGADE in early consisted of these fine able bodied men The exact dale of pholo is not known and he identifications die Norm and Bill Chtsholm Free Pi ess readers were such a great help a few weeks ago identifying faces not anothei UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA TRINITY CHURCH ACTON lev ADD Or MA PhD For Classifieds that reach call Acton COMBINED WORSHIP SERVICE T my Knox ACTON completely llnl heat It On trade Construction Main SI Acton Phono days flli or shopping renovated and dccoraled bedroom arm home only with V i percent powosslon Ltd 103 Main SI Acton days or mi ZONED local ion on and St per tor parcel Construction Ltd Main St N Acton Phone days or or BETH EL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Sunefdy Sundiy Stev at 10 am m day ng thu Sun lay School dm no the ChiKch ick lo God over ihcso stations Kami St S 30 am dol Toronto CHINFMBOOam a at 101 MHZ Ta0to K H 11 30 Dm dial 1430 EVANGEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE Summer Spoil Sunday School at 8 45 Phono to Sunday August 20 1978 Sunday School 11 it MomlnrjWorshp Sorvico TUESDAY 8 Study THE CHURCH OF ST MARTYR ACTON BAPTIST CHURCH Slteot East Foindod1842 can Corno Das Sydney B Sc M Phono ChiKch phono FonliOikts August Suncluy August 20 TniWITYXIII Mo i hi Cm IC 1 lEurli I MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday August 20 1978 J Sunday School 1100am THURSDAY Ken Speaks The Evangel Chutche in Canada SALVATION ARMY Sunday Team Become one of our many satisfied subscribers who enjoy having their Free Press delivered right to their