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u l thursday september 1 1955 the actonl free press acton ontario page thrjcr m produced by imperial tobacco vtcowlpahy canada d a apubfic service dangerous game halifax cp r teachers at nearby timberlea had to rescue larry goss ii after he placed his neck between the seat and rope of a school swing and then walked around in circles until he almost strangled himself ii r r vzttt t complete dispersal sale 48 head fully accredited reg and grade holstein cows and heifers and 11 hogs dr tax notice 1955 r municipality of acton third instalment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1955 taxes which are now payable in four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are due as follows third instalment sept 15 fourth instalment nov 15 according to the tax collection bylaw a penalty of h of 1 per cent per month will be added on the amount remaining un paid after the fifteenth day of september this penalty applies to each instalment in a similar manner the attention of ratepayers is directed to the penalties and other clauses as printed on the reverse side of every tax notice and explained in detail on every tax bill make payment now and take tour tax notice with you when making payment j mcgeachie collector the undersigned have received instructions from haroud reed to sell by public auction at lot 7- con 7 township of nelson 3 4 ftfitles southwest of milton on town line between nelson and trafalgar on friday september 9 commencing at 200 oclock sharp the following reg holstein cows and heifers 1 holstein cow 3 years old fresh in july not bred 3 hol stein cows 8 years old fresh in july not bred 1 holstein cow 6 years old fresh in august not bred 1 holstein cow 5 years old fresh in june not bred 1 holstein cow 3 years old due oct 13 1 holstein cow 3 years old due oct 20 1 holstein cow 3 years old due oct 21 1 holstein cow 3 years old due oct 22 1 holstein heifer due time of sale 2 years old 2 holstein heifers 2 years old due sept 19 1 holstein heifer 2 years old due sept 15 1 holstein heifer 2 vears old due oct 18 1 holstein heifer 3 years old in full flbw due jan 16 1 holstein cow 4 years old in full flow due nov- 18 11 head of holstein heifers rising 2 years old open 4 holstein heifev calves under 3 months old 1 holstein bull 13 months old out of reidale breeding grade cows and heifers 2 holstein cows with calves at foot 7 years old 1 holstein cow 7 years old due in oct 1 holstein cow 2 years old due in dec 1 holstein heifer 2 years old due in oct 1 grass cow 3 years old 1 grass steer 2 years old 2 reg guernsey cows with calves at foot s holstein bull calves under 3 months of age this is a verv heavy producing herd blood test nrivileges given previous to sale vnrcination slips given day of sale hoos 1 mature york sow re- bred 10 york pigs 8 veeks old terms cash settlement with clerk on day of sale no reserve as the proprietors lease has expired and he is giving up the dairv business hindley and elliott auctioneers l laing clerk b82 halfons pages of the past kennedy three pioneers founder hungry hollow only settlers umti83t by gwen clarke the five towns ttow incorporated in the county of halton might be likened to the five digits of the human hand this you can prove k e hana fn a map of halton with the palm resting be tween the townships of nelson and massagaweya thus you will find the thumb or first digit points to acton the index finger to george town middle finger to the county town of milton fourth digit to oak- ville and the little finger to bur lington by this method following the in dex finger we come to the location where in 1820 three men succes sively stopped and decided to make this their future home we dont know if they were the first white men to reach the district as history seldom records the names of those who merely pass through any par ticular spot history begins with those who settled and in one way or another made homes for them selves and their families and so the first names we find mentioned in connection with georgetown are those of george kennedy the founder of the settlement and then marquis goodenow and sylvester garrison george kennedy was born in new jersey in 1792 during the war of 1812 he served as sergeant in the british army in 1818 he married elizabeth williams in 1820 the young couple moved to esquesing near what is now georgetown kennedy was a landsurveyor naturally a lucrative occupation in a new country the young surveyor was quick to realize the potentiali ties for agriculture and commerce of the district in which he had de cided to make his home and did everything possible to promote its settlement hungry appropriate however the pioneers must have had many difficulties in clearing the land and making a living as for a time the settlement became known as hungry hollow perhaps the name may have had something to do with its slow growth as up until 1837 there were still only the first three original pioneers and their families eventually the settlement became known as georgetown after its founder george kennedy apparently the change of name brought change of fortune as in 1837 along came the barber brothers first to erect a woollen m and hydtuhutic saves and tear on the truck and the driver during door-to- door delivery then a paper mill georgetown was now safely launched into the world of indust rial enterprise which through the years has been multiplied many times- by the introduction of other paper mills of various types in addition to stone quarries card ing factory carriage works plan ing mill and a knitting machine fac tory in fact georgetown became a busy industrial area a reputation which it enjoys to this day business boomed stores naturally became a neces sity so in 1s40 john sumpton open ed the first general store two years later james young started up in op position and carried on a good busi ness for many years other business men in the 80s were wilson and thayer furniture hardware reid and whittaker drugs ruston and dr star jewellery armour and wheeler shoe business watson and austin bakery statham and mead ows harness j f taylor hotel keepers were clark bennett thompson and spiers the medical profession was repre sented by drs ranney freeman star and standish three lawyers forsayeth matheson and goodwil- lie there may have been other businessmen but these are the nam es given by the halton atlas of 1877 churches were built to meet the needs of the settlers in 1840 the wesleyan methodist in 1845 the congregational church then fol lowed the wesleyan episcopal and finally the church of england and the holy cross catholic church recreation was provided by the curling and skating rink hotels did a good businessmaybe too good as we note the town hall was provided with a basement lockup mainly for lodging tramps and drunks to accommodate farmers in the surrounding territory a fair for the sale of cattle and horses was held every month these fairs naturally brought people to the village and increased business for the store keepers in fact on fair days main street had all the appearance of a city thoroughfare berries leading industry during this expansion period the village was served by the grand trunk and the hamilton and north- western railways and to increase rural trade a storehouse for gram was built at the gtr station this provided a good outlet for farmers not only for grain but for other farm produce including hops and strawberries hops were grown ex tensively on the outskirts of george town as also were strawberries which at one time promised to be come one of the leading local in dustries to accommodate the annual fall fair organized by the esquesing agricultural society a cace track was laid down and beautiful shady fair grounds opened to the public t f still a popular an nual event in 1864 having a population of over 1200 georgetown was incorpo rated as a village in the county of halton the first reeve was james young but it was not until 1882 that a georgetown man was appointed warden of the county this was j r barber who incidentally was reeve of georgetown for nine con secutive years and was again ap- stall phot william barber and brothers came to georgetown in 1837 and erected both a woollen mill and paper mill this neat drawing of the paper mills shows horses and wagons busy around the build ings with a trim farm on a hill in the background james barber was the proprietor of the mill at the time the drawing was made via vixi- sskluissijsksiississk 52231 g pointed at a later date up to 1930 other georgetown reeves occupying the wardens chair were as follows 1884 william mcleod 1906 r d warren and in 1925 donald mcln- tyre in 1891 georgetown installed its first waterworks system its source of supply being silver springs three miles to the west at one time the village received its electric power from the h p lawson plant at glen williams the plant was eventually taken over by the hy dro electric system of georgetown had livery business of interest to the general public is the fact that j a willoughby real estate agent at one time had a large livery business in georgetown with a stable of 21 horses and a re gular bus service to and from all trains stopping at the village rail way station while still engaged in livery work mr willoughby began operating a real estate business from the same office which even tually assumed mushroom growth he also owned a farm of 155 acres adjoining the village and always had the interests of the community at heart but mr willoughby is only one ot many georgetown boys who made good in the business or profession al world in and beyond their native environment we cannot begin to list them all doctors lawyers businessmen and industrialists all of whom brought honor to the com munity from which they sprang and to assist the village now a town in its many business and social enterprises there has always been the georgetown herald a progressive weekly r newspaper founded by isaac hunter in 1868 other newspapers started up but fell by the way only the herald survived and has done much to pub licize georgetown interests beyond the confines of the town reproduction rights reierveii by dill printink publishing company koe 5xtrtiisl ford may build in bronte area the ford motor company df canada is considering the con struction of a truck assembly plant in the bronte area according to the oakvilletrafalgar journal rumor of such a project has per sisted for the past several day truck plant says journal and has gained impetus as resident recalled that rhys m sale ford president in his address to stok- holders fasjt spring stated that the need for expansion of this type was foreseen company officials declined lo comment on the subject reduced fares to tho r2 n tv iiiv p li ran i w ifl august 27th to september 10th except sunday direct into the grounds 270 for childrens rates see your agent includes exhibition admission leave acton 36 am daylight time leave exhibition 1030 pm exhibition passengers travelling on regular buses will transfer at toronto bus terminal to buses running into the grounds tickets and information at ph 107 gray coach lines