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Clerk and the Esquesing Township Council Chamber stood on the corner of his property and owned by Tracys. Later between 1924-25 the Council Chamber was bought by Mr. J.E. Sandford (who has just come from Mount Dennis) and moved up to the ground where the fire had been. The Council moved over into what had been the implement shop. Mr. Tracy died in 1925. Going up side street (John Street) the first house was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray. Their lawn joined the Tracy lawn. At one time a house had been between. Up the hill on the same side of the road was the Lawson farm. Mrs. David Lawson, sons Dave, Harry, daughters Mary and Hattie, lived there. The eldest son Walter and Miss Minnie Lawson lived in a house at the foot of the hill. This house was moved to the 6th Line, the Francis Thompson farm (east side). On the opposite side of the street at the corner was an empty house, now remodeled and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lawson Jr. The house next door was owned by Mrs. John Appelbe who lived in a house around the pond area owned by Walter Lawson. Stewarttown whistle stop (p10 382) Next to the Lawson farm was a farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Johnson, who also operated a saw mill and sold lumber and slabs. A house on the hill of the same property was occupied by Captain Johnson who also ran a coal and coke business. The railway station on the south side of the corners was convenient. Coming back to the village we pass the Thompson farm across the road from the Johnson farm occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George B. Thompson and family. The McGibbon farm adjoins the Thompson farm. Crossing the bridge in the village was the flour and feed mill owned and operated by Mr. Walter Lawson, father of the present owner. That mill had since been burnt down and been replaced by the present mill. It was operated by water from the pond (still runs by water and has a wooden water wheel, very rare now-a-days). This property was always considered a beauty spot to see the waterfalls and the creek below. House up the hill next to the mill was owned by Mr. Colin Mitchell, the store keeper. He and his family lived here. A long frame building beside the house and extending far back was a cooper house or shop where apple barrels were made and four to six men were employed here during the summer months. Across the road from the mill, the Thomas Bell's blacksmith shop was on the strip of land between the creek and the mill race. Next was a house owned by Mr. John Gillies and his sister Mary Jane. They moved into the village September 1, 1908 from the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Bud near the station on the 6th Line. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson owned and lived in the house next door with their three daughters. Mr. Wilson's father lived with them. The next property is the cemetery and then the Orange Hall. There was a very strong Orange lodge and the 12th July was a very important day. Next to the Orange Hall was a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hilts. This has been taken down and replaced by a house built by John Dickenson. Next was a house occupied by a Logan family. This house was taken down a short time later. Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter 3