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SMITH & STONE OPENS by J.M. Rowe The year 1919 was certainly a banner year for Georgetown industry. At the Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting at the Town Hall in February 1920, the new president L.E. Fleck, claimed it was the greatest industrial expansion of any year in Georgetown's history! Heading the list were "Messrs. Smith and Stone... enormous additions to Provincial Paper and Georgetown Coated Paper Mills and a basket factory" On top of that the substantial homes erected by Mr. John Ballantine and Mr. John Willoughby were mentioned. Finally, the paving of Main Street was heralded as the dawn of better road conditions. -information from Georgetown Herald, 3 March, 1920 William Smith, "Benny" Stone fathers of Smith and Stone "Benny Stone married Harrietta Wynston in 1917....It was A.L. Wynston, Stone's father-in-law, who got Benny started in the electric devices business.... William Henry Smith gave up tailoring in 1914 to devote more time to Dominion Coal and Wood Limited, a firm he founded. William Smith and Barnet Stone, in the year 1919, formed a partnership and purchased the assets of a firm in Georgetown known as the Glass Gardens. The firm had been in poor financial shape and Messrs. Smith and Stone were able to purchase the business for a reasonable price.... In May 7, 1919 the firm Smith and Stone Limited was incorporated with a Provincial charter.... William Smith acted as President of the firm and Benny Stone was Vice-President-General Manager. Although Smith was known to visit the plant perhaps once or twice a year, Mr. Stone was very active in the Georgetown industry's day-to-day operation. On May 29, 1944 Messrs. Smith and Stone sold their interests to Duplate Canada Limited. Duplate was headed up by Colonel Phillips Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter - Sept.-Oct. 1995 2