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s sim y ihub stay the acton free press wednesday november 15 1 967 rjt kribbs brothers make own eden another of iks series of mays writam by studants of tte bocawuod acbool is rvprotawadtero barbara marahas picked eden 1011s as bar aabject by barbara marshall the old hills daniel krtbs and his brother aaron faced the dense cedar swamp which they bad recently patcbasfd from adam stevens t4s bravely they prepared to set to work and clear the land for they had decided to build a saw mill this was a sensible plan since there was a conven ient supply of pine trees close at hand and a sufficient fall in the bed at the river for a dam to be mitt accordingly on april 14 1642 they commenced work by oct ober they had finished the mill and the dam was complete all fall and winter they worked steadily the lumber being taken away as nut as it was cot meanwhile many settlers were coming to live in the area and the future village was justly nam ed kribbs mills confident in their success with the saw mill the kribbs brothers were persuaded to erect a grist mill but alas their good fort une was not to last due to many complications the grist mill was a dismal failure as far as i can conclude from my research their millwright was mainly to blame as be left them greatly in debt with an expensive mill on their bands but nevertheless they strug gled en with the saw mill at this point in my notes i feel obliged to gjveyoua better pic ture of the mills their position as pertaining topresent surroun dings the socalled saw mill was located in back of the pres ent harden home on lower main street the grist mill was one quarter of a mile west of the old saw mill where the mill now stands about this time there was also an oatmeal mill situated where the home of mr h shelke now stands there is no date or in formation pertaining to the oat- jmaal mill butwaspresumedown- d by adam argo whan he bought the mill from the kribbs finally the kribbs were forc ed to sen their property mills and all to adam argo in the spring of 1846 the whole deal cost mr argo 5000 only half of what the kribbs brothers had spent on it he took over remodelled the grist mill built the oatmetf mill and had a fair business going he did not use the saw mill but gave bis full attention to the other two mills in 1835 mr argo sold the mills to the hortops for a long period of years the generations of hortops owned the mlll they all took active parts in the mak ing of the village and many plac es have been established by the beko and generosity of the hor- top family a good example showing their generosity is on sept 8 1892 henry hortop and his wilt fanny gave the land on which the town hall now stands to the trustees there are several others who owned the mill for a short period of time a mr leybourne jam es gray and albert toltoo were just a few finally in 191 james barden bought the min early business in eden mills the first general store and postoffice adam argo was the supposed owner of the first general store in eden mlua he built is the year of 18s1 soon after he came to edea mills the store was a low wooden structure with a huge fireplace at one end it was north of the presentday mar shalls store but was torn down in 1955 it served as a welcome gath ering place for the lonely sett lers in the newly settled area not much money was passed across the counter in the old store a great quantity of things were traded sugar tea salt and clothing from the store were traded for meat natter eggsand maple syrup from the settlers in 1831 a postoffice was est ablished in the store with mr argo as acting postmaster in 1855 a new store was built by sam meadows when adam argo sold out the old store was converted into a cooper shop after building the store which had three stories sam meadows was left bankrupt and anthony jackson took over the following is a list of the owners of the store and post office up to the year 1925 when my grandfather norman s mar shall took over the business and has operated it ever since robert cowan 18801882 thomas a mason- 18831890 john roche 18911892 thomas b couison18921908 george spence 19081911 joseph moore 19111915 gh webb 19151918 robert root 19181320 william vance 19201921 asa johnson 19211922 win 11 mime 19221925 the blacksmith shop there are not many records pertaining to this or there are no exact dates in 1891 jb anderson owned rthe-blacksmith-businessv-the- original buildings are still stand ing but one was torn down last year my uncles fattier la- fayette pickett worked for mr anderson the next blacksmith in the village was james husband then harry macintosh took over but after a short time made a trip back to the old country during his absence frank palk who was polish carried on the business he was said to have been an expert at handi crafts with metals having learn ed urftrany in polatttt mr macintosh returned and had the business until 1960 when he so he closed down the huge old fireplace in the building is still standing eden mills hotel the hotel was built in 1867 across front the marshalls store on main street it bad twelve large rooms including a dance hall and a bar where liquors and wines were sold in 1869 j har ris was the hotel keeper in 1883 charles ingles owned it joseph zlnger was the last own er it is now a private home owned by oscar neville there was an array of other small businesses shoemakers jewellers wagonmakers these are just a few the torontosubnrbanrallroad ran through eden and the station was located where edgewood park how stands this helped business present businesses the saw mill in 1917 when james barden bought the mill he thought- he could easily take over and run the flouring machines but there is a certain art to making flour and the first batch they sent out was promptly sent back so they decided to chop grain for feed they did this until 1953 when they started sawing logs and ma king vegetable crates three generations have work ed in the mill james his son henry and ted james barden ted barden now operates the mill alone with extra help in the spring of 1947 the whole dam was washed out and the bardens rebuilt it waterpow er is still used but when water falls tractor power is used marshalls store in 1925 norman s marshall my grandfather took over the store it bad two apartments he lived in the lower one and the other was rented recently he built a home and consequently both apartments are rented i can remember when the store seemed to be a typical old fash ioned general store has been modernized everything from pickles to paint is sold including bard- ware goods there is a regular postal service last year- my grandfather retired from being a post master and my grand mother took over becoming the first official post mistress in eden mills my grandfather thinks of sell ing soon but has enjoyed bis bus iness for forty years wilsons store anna wilson owns this grocery store on cedar street just off main street i found this state- ment in a book eden mills dis plays a one show of scottish masonry anna coulsons store is a shining example she has been in the business a fairly long time and the store is quite old her business is concentrated on groceries mainly lately it other small businesses the coffee shop and gas sta tion owned by norman thomas garage repair work on cars operated by t clifford george hampsoo has a fine show of stuffed animals to prove he was once a taxidermist lowrie brothers construc tion bibliography 1 barden james november 5 1966 2 mack hazel 1 history of eden mills and vicinity dills printing and publishing acton ontario 1954 2 historical highlights of wellington county dius printing and publishing acton ontario 1955 3 tweedsmuir history of eden mius eden crest branch womens institute 1953 3 marshall mary interestinghjs- toryof eden mills acton free press acton ontario augusts 1931 3 marshall norihalfs november 13 1966 one of th6 fine stone houses tvpical of the eden mills rea scottish masons were responsible for the design and construction of many of the houses staff photo an exciting of gas ranged gas dryers retired from his work finding no one had horses to be shod or bad no use tor the crude ways of working with metal harry mac intosh was said to be the finest horseshoer eden ever had my grandfather teus an amus ing antedote to prove this i had just purchased a fine speci men of a horse tor an exception ally cheap price i wondered for there seemed to be nothing what soever wrong with it but since i had purchased it from a notor ious horsedsaler i was wary on the journey home however i soon found out what was wrong at every stop the horse took his hind feet knocked hard against each other indeed his ankles were cut to ribbons and bleed ing weu i stopped in at harrys on the road home he took one look at her took off the shoes and did the necessary repair work in a matter of minutes that horse never touched the side of her foot together and she was as fast as a horse worth three times as much as i bad paid for her other small businesses of long ago the cooper shop this was in the building which bad been the first general store the last owner was john webb he had a large business in the making and selling of barrels there was a long runway to the flour mill and barrels were con veniently rolled down but in the early 1900s cotton sacks and such were being used mius otwrlst mill is now operated byted barden he constructs vegetable crates for shipment tomarket gardeners along the golden horseshoe the mill still uses water power in its operation the original part of the building is to the right beside the stream staff photo beach 30 gas range 30000000 system of duns figure costsharing formula a costsharing formula for a 30000000 system of dams will be put before directors of the grand river conservation auth ority at a meeting nov 16 in kitchener the formula basbeenapproved by the authoritysexecutlve com mittee and sent to the 71 membermunicipalities who will contribute 25 per cent of the scheme the remaining 75 per cent will come from the provin cial and federal governments the formula has a builtin flexibility clause which will re sult in charges based on size rockwood athletic field receives 161 8 the hon wm stewart minis ter of agriculture and food has advised john root m ior wellington dunerln that a cheque for 1618 has been forwarded to eramosa township treasurer l t hlndley the money is ucketted tor the area athletic field at rockwood and is presented under the com munity centre act the charges will be reviewed annually in areas of rapid growth this will result in increased charges based on population and acreage municipalities which remain about the same size will pay proportionately less the provincial government has approved the first stage of toe scheme costing 17074000 this involved building two of the dams at west montrose north of kitchener and at evertori northwest of acton and buying the land for the other three at ayr west of gait at guelph and 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