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the georgetown herald sixty rntst yfu ok rum icatio riov gteorffotown wednttadmy bveniner december 8th 1926 1 60 par atiduni in ad vatic o 2t to u h niegtiorgetomlknu 7jwpm bondav 10 sh am mhma hottxh 900 am mhitv v i 65 p m ooihq booth tpif had 73 tun sjaii fi kmv no1 7 85 aun i jtrid b- a8oi itfil lt86m lbs pin aaspjn 85 p ni 187- tfifip m fi7pm 16 9 86pm lmgm 17 1206m hoorlja diemce during the tw canadian national ex i76th dtrectory jihllton wmaahrmw dm 1 t mwin woiifo nd chbrsvutfn oam kafraatfy bteek l bay dal la jtsswc m qaoraa own fmam bat 6l8tsot ottbuswi r b oartsm vmurr h sj vateroary surieoo ford car wins out lb proverbial thnll that comee uuce in a lifo time came 0 hnodreda of ford owners at the western fair london on bept 10th when they ww a standard ford rompany from whippet and cbanolet competitors jn the special five milo race on queen a park track the fori finished nearly six hundred yards ahead of the other contestants making the five inile grind in 7 7 the race was a special feature of the fair program resulting ffrom a challenge issued by the whippet representatives to all bwners bf light cars the spectators saw a thrilling race despite the fact that- the foid led the whole way for the first four miles the contestwu exceptionally keen between the wlnppnt and the ford but the chevrolet was easily lapped the wh ppet nuvle good tiros on the corners but tin the rtraightthe ford oomftd ahead like a racing eat ford cars are sold by main st north formerly browns garit i m sk there is somefttag in this lfetof gilts that the family whtaeeft flaahlighia xtnas belb dolls toysltfi wagon aeroplanes kiddie care wheelbarrowa dolls cradles silverware stainless heel knives and foikav pyrex with fancy lands pocket knives razors 1 pipes tobacco pouches playing cards riasttalj ent cc m skates hockey sticks carving sets setne irons toasters hair curlers and wavers electric table atrips vaccum cleaners nut crackers auto rostiguantictts mitts coleman lamps jua lanterns irons and heaters thermos kile food choppers hair clippers shaving brushes purses and bill folds alarm clocks everteady radio and flashlight batteries etc oar hardwarm storm t the place to find atef at present for men women and children in our store it wont take much money to buy many gifts come n and look around mr g c hill of milton will have charge of this store dunng mr grahams illness hydro electric system orders taken for ranges and- appliances of all kinds lamps irons toasters t at the best prices j a a a office town hall that thou who wish to fruitful iou miuii iiii m i i erf il sonj to lull mil ii i all tlut woull rr ki you r i i n lard and rob you of a nth rtwuni in fact an 1 fdnrf ad tyle will tea to find n jou a pl if you uill bravtly train your fac to winr u pltfaninjc smile thoat wl o in nmf uiu sorrow fcropi may oft bi checnu by a gna of hopi in which thpn qi no guile and unto many n weary heart courageous soulo may lift import through hummers tmn an i aut he on your guar i against thi frowi which would th atnarn klle from he rhu senrn new rtrenrth banible cbrica or jtohartf opt d r 0 ostoaklritl eshb sftcuiw qmn bu1uw oytmtatarlrt ky tjrayhmtt grrtiti rayal o0uc christ1us soooe8tioh1 for jkocber or dad a pair orlnviaimn bifoeaj oluiei for both reading and distance whsons jewelry store maiif st oneil black georgetown you can leave your older for pim almond paste- prepared ready for the cake at brown s confectionery store or hamiltons eutkerjr mala st gewtfetown royal city dairy ice cream full line fresh groceries fruit in season see oar wwows tor specials in groceries tarsta oaaa forsterv oeorsetown graham clements phone 26 erwingoldharas meat marke rsatboaaliee4ror iiksieees while flsh hadiieandfilleb all meats kept in electric refrigerator ujget the best phone jori superb value indiamonr rings pftlnccss for value a- b wu1sqn jeweller neat to hotelmcgibbon vour choery greeting may traiisfonn iv hat aeomed a stretch of gloom and into a flowery unlle and in the light of perfect day host truly hejpfin toula are the who cultivate jl smik bidjretown ont j02g t watno an onlaridvillage that fell by the way tae intermtln hutorr of church villa an ontario caatr that one frotnuad to aunnt th propor tions of a prosperous country town by rob roy in 1816 a bright young man amaiinh church by name tnkkeil up the credit itivcr looking for a loci tion for his future home he wan three year in advance of the survey ore that obencd the district for bltois mcnl the wholt country was covered by dense forest infested by wild beasts without roads nothing bnt a few blaxed trails he built his modest log shanty and made a clear ing he chouc oil location because he saw the possibilities for power at this point on the credit river hi built a crude but effective brush dam with his oxen drew two immense stone and with labor incessant fash ioned and dressed them into null stones the iron required was earned through thaf orest along a biased trail from toronto and fashioned by mr church in a little hand made forec this mill was a wonderful boon to the early settlers and they came for miles through the woods with their grist on their backs returning at night re joicing that they and their families would again enjoy the luxury of white dour a second mill was built a few years later by mr forsteri afterwards sold to the lngrams mr snune built another mill a hula higher up the nvw at eldorado this mill was nt did an immense business wheat coming from as far back as orange- vitlc and erin before the grand trunk was 4ufltj and sold in these mills the market for the flour was port credit this meant fourteen tnflec of a wagon haul when a schooner was at the port to be loaded boy was sent around among- the jmers the nf always respom required a load was ten barrels to a journey of 8 miles for farmer for himself r team wagon sleigh received f 1 6q per trip the farmer supplying his own lunch but the miller providing horse feed from the mill and a jug of whiskey for the party discovering bran bran at this time was not thought be of any value immense quantl ties were thrown into the credit nvcr an old lady granny stewart had a cow that ran the roads for pasture one dry summer the grass withered and died but still the cow kept her yield of milk up to high water mark witchcraft was hinted a meeting if the town fathers was called they valuable food and into the river these three mills requiring a large number of barrels a stave and barrel factory yas started and operated by steam this was the first steam en gine brought into the district barrels wro buppliod to neighboring mills his becoming a valuable industry employing over forty hands the year round in 1818 amaxiah church built aawmill later another waa built by joseph bradt these were at first worked with gate saws then muley sawn later by circulars a plank road was built from churchville to port credit and much of the lumber clear pine sixteen feet long and three inches thick was laid down on the itoad at ft 50 per thousand these mil la cut an immense amount of lum ber sometimes being operated night and day the lumber being built in the form of rafts and floated down the credit river to port credit thetc to be loaded on schooners and taken ws to the states tan nary starts in 1s30 richard poynter built a tannery the bark at first was groun 1 by horse power but later a dam was built an i an extensive business was built up 01 1 timers speak of bees of as many as forty teams coming from orangcville loaded with bark and driving into the yard in a bunch mr bradt built a card ng an i ilcn m 11 th a was a great boon to the settlers they brought their wool had it made into yarn an 1 cloth as desired and then took it home to be worked up by the thrifty mothers of the day the howlan la of toronto built large distiller this was quite i institution about one hundred cattle being fed in the byres jack miner built another distiller these plates manufactured whiskey that is spoken of lovingly by the old timers to this day not a headache in a barrel of it and sold for twenty cents a gallon in connectlsn with the distillery rowlands ran a large genera store the eaten star of the day in this kenneth chhholm mpp got his first business traiihnjr and mr swan the weltknown provision merchant of toronto was one of the clerks stores were also kept by mr duggan t t ball mr williams and mr mains each of these stores kept at least three or four clerks four tailor shops with three four hands each and four toolmaking establishments were required to cater to the needs of the town several blacksm ll shops an 1 wi iron tilioua wtn running full blnwt k viiik in i loym nt to tnuny ends erstu wimsn x in 1h18 brustus wimun can to hurchvillt ht was a cablnitmakir i i mnny pices of furniture mail by h m out of i utiv woo is an in an unlinth liomiv of thi piop lodny hi lid whtii his ull boy rastus was viry yuuneth littk tot had a hard t n uo mei bung nctunlly hungry but hi nus hnght an i a gnat favor t at school he wmt to tor onto ani knrncd tl printing trndi nt the ltadtr omu htre he prnis tised public spiaking and became n popular orator many tillspeak of a picnic hild in halls grove bo aug 12 1868 when streetsvilk ban churchvill band nn i ilrumpti band all win jirtstnt un i gave i spiringjnubic lnurfua wiman drove o col lint nt cooksvillc for the winsome maiden ncillio gal bruit h afterwards his w fe he wai the chief orator of the lay delighting hie old fntn is he afterwards went to ntw york in i established the dunn wiman commercial agency and became m a few years one of the few ilmmillionaires of the day in the 12 1868 when streetsvilk ijandr ifjionktsttd mails ruintd christmas l duy for count it at thousands how nuch sni ir nnd how much more satis- eaitory for all concerni 1 are thi from toronto cafhni nt cooksvillo hrn practicis of start nc the gift buying siason early und of start nt tht gifts throukh the mails in ample time to insurc their punctual deliviry whether one looks ul thi quests from thi silnnufr imp rspnai point of vkw thi aricuinints i re all in fnvor fhoppini ani early mailing hopping pur otle the pink of uk new nn i un loplet h christmas itocks leisurely stliotion mon sat s factorservice and less jostllni lari maling is a guarintce of timily i in eryiiini minimizes the langtra of dunwe and loss in transit shtui i thcsr be any to whom thisi argumtntx are unconvincing let them give a thought to the merchant and his salis torce and to the postal employes whose one desire is o please the pub lic but who arc powerless to help those who won t help themselves oarjy nineties be became one of the best known men on the continent as advocate of unrestricted reciprocity in the election of 1691 he spoke in most of the big c tics of canada later trouble somewhat dimmed his fame but the town was always proud of this bright boy at handsome monument erected by him to hut fath er is always shown with pride to mflitors to the cemetery such a hum of business brought a great many people to churchvillo four hotels were required to accomo date them the largest had twenty bedrooms extensive stables and sheds were built and were constantly full stirring days anuuiah church was an ardent follower of william lyon mckenui in 1886 he invited mckcnue and lount of toronto the latter after wards executed to speak at church the scotch block had been settled by the blacks stewarts moorcs mc phersons and others who in tht land of the heather had been followers of prince charlie black who surveyed the townsite of milton norval and a large part of lsquessing was t spe cially hated by the loyalists who smashed the windows of his house at norval they corno to the meeting a body the town line west of strcetsville had been settled by men from lim crick and tippcrary they were in tensely loyal and were called the town line blazers horry cole their leader had them summoned to his house the n ght before the meeting to make hickory clubs they broke the meeting up and mckenzie had to fly after he crossed the bridge over the credit with the blaxera in full cry big bob mcpherson from the scotch block took his stand tho soil was gravelly nature abounding in stones these furnished big bob with abundance of excellent am munition with unerring aim he hit a blazer every throw and horatio like kept the bridge until mckcmie l out of sight its gloria fada this bustling little town was am bitious in the early day of being the county town the building of the 6iftdtrank- railway through bpamp- ton sidetracked it however and it began to decay today the mttlb tannery distilling stove factory everything is gone the dams are washed away and the credit ripples idly on to join ontario s laughing waters the last of the hotels waa closed a quarter of a century ago and not a store remains amaxiah church the first settler after whom the town was named was the first one buned in their pretty cemetery overlooking the credit river a marker was put at his grave of native white pine the date sept 7 1831 was painted on the marker the paint was of such excellent qual hr that today the letters stand out like relief carving the storms of eighty seven years having hadlttlc effect on it business and industry has left the little valley but tho wonderful beau ty stilt remains waiting for a burns or wordsworth to sing of its wonders and make it as famous as afton ayr or doon change in motor markers the design of ontario motor markers for 192 is featured by u slight reduction of the sue of thi figures which will nevertheless be as readily distinguishable as formerly owing to the new design the figures which arc black will tie on a cream background the design of these figures will be considerably improved formerly the threes and the nines could be changed into eights but now that will be almost impossible thi dy designed figures which should as a deterrent to automobile thefts and changing of marker numbers are very legible despite their altered sixe the name of the province instead of being abbreviated to ont to printed in full the idea being to make the province known to those who might not identify it by the abr dgement and will thus give the promncc better advertisement ballinafad mr and mrs sinclair spent a lay last week with their friends mr an i mrs peter cole of burlington the united church sunday school intends holding an entertainment n mrs donald mclean jr sixth lino who went to guclph hosp tal a week ago to undergo an operation this week mrs henry shortill has been ill with an attack of pneumon a mr wm howung has secure i a position with the silverhill fur ranch of port rowan in the lake fric district mr and mrs wm howting had ic american friends vis ting them r the weekend also bin brother from hamilton a natural mistake v two girls walk side by e ri and both of them were bobbed both nursed a stumpy parasol with handle amber knobbc 1 both wore policeman helmet hats the hue of sealing wax both smote the ground in high hale 1 with dainty litue smacks both had their k rts just pant the and lemoncolored hose the step of both waa brisk ani free an 1 both turned out tilth toes i said of course they must be twin my guess was very wild i found it was a modem ha oat with her flapper child notes ant comments thbkr akr tw b ls of n iv e whil it is folly to jnor at th siosoi thi one do vour chr at mjs shopping r irly nl send your tlirstnas mai rnrly is th ton som h d n itl r but f the observance of both s proof of wlsdoi ng wser go that ihi mnjo christmas tthopping nth 1 our the the worl i ii but a fiw yilis f portion of tl c on lot e 1 oritur tl e ci ristnuis 1 not begin until uult thit unfavorabli shopping condition thl gblatest gift is life but man is not privileged to give that however the next greatest gift is health and that man can give by buy ing christmas seals again una year if every man and woman will buy a few of the little health stamps the billion that must be bold this christ ill qu ckly be distributed year of effective warfi whitt plague will aisure i th christmas seal is the standard of one of the most hopeful and dramatic fights eicr made against disease this fight is being made against one of the ol jest plagues that hae afflicted man for thirty ccn turieb the dread disease has gone stcadify on marking its victims and leaving them to a lingering death the approach of the disease is so slow gives ho little warning that for many centuries no attempt was made to stamp it out or to prevent the spread of infection other plagues got in their devastating work so quick ly tntl openly that man was moved to organ no for self protection and su ceeiled in wiping them out finally launchel his fight against the white plague and immediately began to gain ground it is estimated that tuberculosis in canada wipes out a small sued town every yar it la also estimated that to endure tl e disease in its present stage for the next thirty five years would cost the nation millions of dollars in the lost twenty years education and mini tat ion have comb ncd to cut the death rate from tuberculosis m two medical experts estimate that keeping the disease un dcr control for thirty five years will mean virtually exterminaung it will the public give enough money in the next thirty five years to abolish tuber- cjiobis or will tt permit tuberculosis to take from it twenty six billions of dollars and many thousands of lives that is the challenge which the natitm answers every christmas wellington county captured nrcm ler honors and the john j3 martin trophy in the intercounty live stock judging competition with 2 412 points out of a possible score of 3000 at tho guclph winter fair on monday peel county a team was second with 2 3b2 points and york county third with 2 204 oxford county last year s winners were fourth with 3374 points the winning team was com posed of earl howsc ariss howard barbour hillsburg irwin kopae elora coach r h clemens agrieul tural representative arthur the glen osmond trophy award cd the intercounty team making the highest score in judging horses was won by peel county with a score of 472 out of a possible six hundred milton a well known resident bf halton county died lost saurday morning at his residence campbellvillo road in the person of neil hunter he hail been ill only a short time his wife predeceased him one year ago miss pansy robertson daughter of mr and mrs clifford robertson of kilbride waa on thursday last bitten about the face by a dog pansy was taken to the doctor whore it was found necessary to place nine stitches order to close the wound critical condition from blood poison ing which resulted from the bite the became caught in a large steel which had been set for a skunk whilst being released by its mis tress turned an 1 bit her in her right t is understood here that bert d angclo sentenced at the recent fail assises in milton to 4 years in king ston penitentiary on a charge of man slaughter will through his counsel hugh john macdonald of toronto enter an appeal against his conviction sentence for this reason d angelo will not be taken to kingston until result of his appeal is known whether it has been granted or refui- cd if it is refused he will be taken to kingston at once reformer doil be hwlwliket stick with the m rclium who litlpn u to keep your village un the map il ahowhuuin m leed of aid always willirrg t u 1 ip i g ban i the dd ittalli i d in reliant th lits ntork of slapl lr cooiih and oromhos pneed at bmki nlw fur the moiic is the saf place lo ihup su h men hunts never flood the mail with heap of i i oly printed inn describing nme wonderful thing you can have for the asking but tlnhjkcamisan jill ertisroent in the local newspaper not flower display but honwt lictscqneennkgood mtr cli mdie tt honest prices dob t be hoodwinked i t ho floods nf circulars in v ur mail lfsjou imagim these so railed hargain bouses will gtvnyou something oi hav n i paid for in honest hard eush ou have annthor thought coming shop with the ei ta wished home merchant and get hon est value for your money