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as active as at any time in its history and is one or the best in the county first there was a grist mill and sawmill then a flour mill first ow b james young and then large thrstbrey building see picture it burnt to the ground about 1906 it was rebuilt as a grist mill with a planing- mill attached during- the first world war this mill also was destroyed by fire the present mill a fourstorey building was built shortly after several ad ditions have since been added by the present owners walter law- son and son robert the latter a graduate of the oac hops proved profitable in its early days stewarttown had another important industry hop lrlnc rtnlh rn nmnprf lilniun wt- lawsons mill in stewarttown is shown in this reproduction of an b t mill burned duwn i 1906 in i ie pit- ture from left lo right are mr and mrs waller lawson sr misses hettie mary and jane- lawson and miss pearl richardson- miss jane lawson is now mrs john hunter notice the spelling of slew- art town on the mill front hop fields which- later became known as the bessey farm on the 7th line and gave employment to a considerable number of people even children from the village were collected and driven to the farm to help pick the hops john moostvjust above stewart town also grew hops in fact hop- gr proved so profitable that for many farmers ti was weir main cash- crop yielding on an average about six hundred pounds to the prices fluctuated the highest bowerroan robert stewart and henry yenny in 1889 a second room was opened with peter held and dagmar cotter as teachers salary iw anltl 225 respectively they were followed jy alfred nixon and jessie robb ttfelr term of office ending- thetworoom period until 19s453 now there a sgain two a two teachers but the salaries are a little higher how than they were in the ws the religious life of the village has a somewhat complicated his tory in 1849 land was glvenr by william morrisorf for an anglican church and burying ground this was on the hill overlooking the val ley on the west branch of the cred it there followed considerable disagreement which finally ended in a decision not to build n church on that particular sfte the land was however retained and used as a cemetery in 1850 mr nnri mr pplky acnr being 1 a pound but the average price was around 30 cents one year smith bessey received no less than 3finn irrngsh fromaacrcg yield ing a total of six tons of hops eventually because of brewers using substitutes the bottom drop ped out of the hop market hops selling for as little as six cents a pound which naturally resulted in the disappearance of hops as a cash crop for farmers clay on some farms in tbe arttown district was found suitable for making bricks this was not de veloped as a commercial enterprise although quite ajiumber of homes were built of handpressed brick including that of colonel brown unknown stewarttown had its own poorhouse on the east side of the main street there is a piece of land 4ha us i kn vvntiiculty jj poverty lot this was the site of the poor house that was once locat ed in the village to what extent and for how many years the poor house was occupied we do not know but evidence of its existence lies in the burying ground high on the bill across the road from law- sonts mill where these poor un- fortunates burjed we trust they were laid to rest with the hope of greater peace in the world to come community hall early teachers salaries the school was at one tune a two- roomed building but according to trie records there was only one room in 1870 charles mclellan for a salary of 380 a year taught 126 pu pils he was followed by william fee whose salary was 450 he taught for three years the attend- famous tr will demonstrate how to grow thicker hair and guarantees it demonstration to be held here this new sae of aaent far saving and graving thlek- r hair wfll be eaaanstrated t aetata owawto friday march ii only taese private tnilvmnal atrattaos will be held at the donun- san ttotej on frmay only march ib 12 noon to 9 pjh halifax feb 34 1955 in an interview here today william l keele internationally famous tri- hologist and director of the keele hair experts said there are 18 different scalp disorders that cause most men and women to lose hair tjaing common sense a person must realize no one tonic or socalled cureall could correct all the dis orders he explained guaranteed the keele firm recognizing that most people are skeptical of claims that hair can be grown on balding fceads offers a guarantee keele stm once a person avails himself to the keele treatment his skepticism immediately disappears to insure ner this we offer this guarantee if you are not completely satisfied with your hair progress at the end of 30 days your money will be re turned ae treat- fo t examinati a no ap- pointmentts necessary after the examination the person is told the required length of treatment and how much it will cost after starting treatment the per son makes regular- reports to the keele firm in halifax to check the progress of the home treatment to spread the opportunity of normal healthy hair to thethous- ands whoare desperately looking for help independent trichologtsts are visiting various cities through out canada to conduct examinations and start home treatment no cureall we have no curealmtor slick shiny baldness keele emphasized if there is fuzz the root is still capable of creating hair and we can perform what seems to be- a mir acle there is one thing keele wants to be certain every man and wo man- knows if a recession appears at the temples or a spot begins to show up on the crown of the head is something- wrong and it should be given immediate atten tion hair for lifetime hopeless cases discouraged first the trichoiogist is quick to tell hopeless cases that they cannot be helped but the hopeless cases jar few only ipt a man is com pletely shiny bald is he in this lost category if there is fuzz no matter how light thin or colorless the keele treatment can perform wonders a complete private examination is given by a trichoiogist to detatv mine the condition of his scalp for liis hair trouble free examinations this examination is very thorough autd highly technical it requires 20 o 30 minutes there is no charge if clients- follow our directions during treatment and after they finish the course there id no reason why they will not have hair all the rest of their lives keele said -out- firm is definitely behind this treat ment it all depends on the individ ual clients faithful observations of a few simple rules we offer interest on shortterm guaranteed investments plan a invest 1000 i receive halfyearly lv paid to ya phrn- invest 820i3 payaale aeceive hows your bab if it worries ya call th a e dewees at the desatnlon hotel in acton ontario stfralay only baarek is u noon to stfusa the paklle la tattltotl yon da not need an the exaaatnattafca are private yob wiu not be eaabarraaaad ugated in any way women are fmh to yaw jskinr i hjmm donated land on the southsideroad and a log church was ftrfsily erect ed there about this same time the wesleyanmethodists buht a church on the 7th line a mile south ot stewarttown in 1880 this was mov ed to stewarttown and was in con tinuous use by the methodists until 1ra0 at which time it was closed later h was bou by the angli- caiis aiid iy now known its st johns anglican church once had poor honae at some time in its history date tilvekwooft institute ladies see aluminum art aluminum tray making isbecom- ing a very popular- hobby and the members and several guest of- silver- wood womens institute en- joyed mrs austin of asftgrov wh gave a demonstration on this art at their meeting thursday afternoon march 10 mrs corbett the president was in the chair and conducted- a busi ness meeting after elsch member responded to the roll call cure for the blues some of the solutions were quite novel two branch by- laws were- passed flannelette for furth chi aid layettes were allotted to members for sewing and plans it or the institute birthday party were mide mrs harry marbhington con vener of home economics and health then took charge of the meeting and called upon mrs ann lindauer for current events mrs henderson sr for the motto a merry heart doeth good like a medicine and the flower of the month the jonquil was the sub ject of a paper read by mrs k c lindsay mrs march ington called on mrs austin for he interesting i nnrlm li i uf the program and the merrl- bers were impressed by the good- looking metal trays and other things which were explained mrs austin donated a- serviette holder and the lucky holder of ticket no 13 was mrs russill mil ler after arranging for a short course of instructio to b h in this district on alumiffum tray making tn bc given bymtb auetln the early settlers in stewarttown were mostly of scottish descent so it the former lawson house n the jvas only natural that curling was a hill the school and the original favorite sport groat bonspiels were held on the old stewarttown pond where rinks were cleared of the snow and nothinf short of a bliz- zarrl or a sudrlen thnw wni niifwft to interfere with the game there were no granite stones such as are used today curling stones at that time were beech blocks cut from beech logs in the spring and sunk in the water until fall then they were removed from the water dried turned on a lathe and fitted with wooden handles and finally finished with a gay coat of paint sometimes these beech sto wouiq riy to pieces in the keen frosty all bntnraidnt much mat ter they were cheap and easily re placed where tom longboat ran these bonspiels usually wound up with a hearty supper with the tradi tional menu of beef and greens to gether with common canadian whiskey the game was played for mrs march ington read a paper on mental health tea was served by the hostess mrs b l muter ana ner assistants mrs a mcciure and mrs r mil ler mnejtjunes the many friends and neighbours of mrs stull will be sorry to hear of her illness which necessitated her being in guclph general hos pital there is a great deal of sickness in the whole of this little district the teacher of the stone school miss marjory shaw had a return of the virus and has been under the doctor care at her home in arthur ontario mrs harold barber of limehbuse has been teaching in the school in he absence little rickey corbett had an unusual accident this week while playing outdoors he got into a burr patch and many burrs stuck to his clothing including his mittens a piece of burr was rubbed into his ieht pyr frnm hw mitten and c ed a nasty abrasion and an eye specialist has had him under obser vation mrs roy burt was the lucky winner of a bag of grocervs at the cooking school in georgetown this week mr and mrs geo henderson at tended the wedding in toronto of their niece miss ruth kiteley of lon to mr d reih rf tor onto weekend guests with mr and mrs r miller were harvey and royden domm and erlma ersman all of mount forest guests with the bert corbetts over the week- arid were mrs corbetts patents mr and mrs frank rutt of tor onto recent visitors at the home of r l 7w rxeceni visitors at uie nome o 5 le of jjrand mrs ernbatkin weremrs playing nohkold or oliver medals a n mnriai v- or cuds were awarded m h- ln alf montreal and r her or cups were awarded to the win ners- occastonahyabajr ofoatmea or something of a similar nature would be played for in which case the prize would be turned over to those ip need curling was more or less a local sport but in another way stewart town was very definitely connected with sporting events known throughout the sporting circles of thet world it so happened that tom longboat the farnous and colorful indian marathon runner chose the 7th line from stewarttown to horn by as his training ground when practicing for the marathon while at stewarttown he boarded at hills hotel and so became well known to the people of the village longboat was a bloodindian from the brantford reserve where for many years he lived with his fhother r that is when hewas at home he was a consistentwinner in marathon running races plan c invest 15 05 monthly receive 10me paid to yon in flv those onaralee- utt c uf are aatnrtsed by law tar taw inintnuiit of estate and traat tpabmh and are gmaranteedl fey tko halton peel trust savings company write or telephone o e manning manager halton peet trust sayings company 97 colborne st east oakvtlsm ontario victor 4321c capital subscribed 453 paid in 25a80r carbon strain rr 1 milton markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phew milton imrsz daugh eleanor and miss betjy grove of toronto conferring with haltonians who were prominent in sports at the turn of the century it appears that interest in marathon racing 26 miles i was created in canada when billy sherring of hamilton won the olympic- marathon at athens it is reported that tom longboat living at caledonia heard of the ac complishment and its attendant publicity and ranoall the way from caledonia to hamilton and was taken in charge by trainers there and trained for marathon racing tom broke into the headlines when he won the boston marathon in 1907 and set what was then a- new record for the distance he ran again in toronto against alf shrubb whose best race was at is miles he did much ofjua training when he lived at the hotef irrstewarttowh and ran from there to hornby he went to the olympic games in lon don in 9pb but failed to finish the race it was in this race that dur- anda was helped over the finish line and it was thought he was the win ner but actually a united states contestaiiltby the name of hay won the race longboat was by this time on the decline as a distance runner and his prime had passed he had won many cips and cash awards but yet at 62 he died prac tically in poverty on the indian rr serve too much- firewater issaid to have been his downfall by pin reproduction riant reamed l printing publishins cmbpaoy the fir siren witt beteifted every monday night and after every electrical storm s toiraotntw cm l mml t v- v