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the georgetown herald georgetown ontario wednoday february 8th 1956 second section archdekin and moloy where service is best clearance used manure spreaders various types and models n all in good condition expert repair work and welding 24 wesleyan street triingla 73640 georgetown identical luxury y f features found ecluf in topquality 5950 mattresses anniversary mattress sam high coll count ai 5930 quality mctttrsioil sam probutit border for longer woarl scmo trubatancod innor- sam dohixo decorator- dottgnodcovorsl sam ojwalrty matching box vprlng for htst 39951 bi both twin and fuel mxo here it th savings event youre been waiting all year fori your chance to get a genuine is950 quality sealy looerspriog mattrvii for almost 20 less sealy u discontinuing the ticking- pattern oo thete luxurious anniversary mattriaiei and you get thii terrific tar- iogi of onethird at modest 3995yoa can aford new buttresses for erery bed roots is your home i bat hurry theyll go like wild- fin com id and gt yours- todayl harold cmcclure chatting with m h b umitid 14majnstibt cj last week i promised to tell you about our neighbouring vil lage of stewarttown as it was in the year 1877 the year the histori cal atlas of halton was published i thought you might be interested as a followup frpm the original township minutes we talked about in last weeks chatting before beginning might i say that every time we go thru the vil lage be it spring summer winter or fall i wish that i were an artist with its houses clustered in the valley and on the sides of the steep hills by which you enter and leave the village the mill pond overflowing into the waterfall and the swift running stream which cuts across the heart of the village it hatters not by which route you approach the village it has a picturesque beauty the same can be said of our other neighbours as well glen williams and umehouse f however to go back to the halton atlas it tells us that stewarttown a the oldest vil lage in the county and before the building o the grand trunk railway did a very considerable trade tho construction of the railway was the chief cause of its decline in the year 1877 together with the fact that a former owner of the mills here was a non resident this and other unto ward circumstances was the cause of the removal of the trade to george town there are however strong indic ation of returning prosperity and the village is likely again to become one of the most flourishing in the town ship the population is over 200 and increasing the mills have becontc the property of messrs lawson bros they have recently erected a sit am saw mill and intend putting up a steam shingle null immediately the flour mill is situated on the vcit branch of the river credit steam is also to be added here at once it is estimated that two million feet of lumber will be manufactured here this season besides a large quantity of shingles number of hands em ployed by them about 20 captain johnson has also a saw and shingle mill constantly running and employs 10 hands david cross esq has an extensive tannery which turni out annuall a large and super ior qualitj of leather which together with his hop farm gives employment to a considerable number edward nixon saddle and ham ess maker is doing a lucrative busin ess and is largely patronized henry tost builder has quite a reputation in his line thomas bell blacksmith is also doing a good business this village is the capital of the township and it has been the seat of the local legislative body viz tho township council since 1850 0 it contains a large two stor ey briek sehoolhouse with two departments two churches na mely church of england and wesley- an methodist the most commodious public hall in the township a drill shed and is the headquarters of no 2 company under commanj of cap tain appclbc here also are situated a grangers lodge and orange i odge also a lodge of good templars the post of f ice is called ksquesing and was the first established in the township 4 just incidental to delving into some of these old records of our countr it struck me that i had never realized before what pretty names the early settlers had chosen for many of their settlements or landmarks the larger communi ties have of course more staid sound ing names but i like the sound of na mes like silvercrcek dolly varden bclfountaln blue mountain silver- wood umehouse ashgrove hungry hollow and hickory falls to name but a few that come easily to mind the sound of addresses in the brit ish isles had always intrigued me but until i saw the names of places in our own neighbourhood out of the news contexts in which we are accus tomed to seeing them i hadnt real nized we have some that arc just as pretty g perhaps our new canad ians from so many distant lands experience a similar feeling when theyre transplanted to a new country suddenly they find their homeland customs are thrown into re lief thin gaining a deeper signifi cance for them and quite frequently the new canadians can enrich the li ves of those they come in contact with by passing bits of their customs and culture along to us 0 an example of this took place at the banquet held by the business and professional womens club to mark their interna tlonal night a couple of weeks ago held in the royal york in toronto on of the members from georgetown who attended told me each fuest at the bead table received wooden des sert spoon bestrtlfully hindpainted they were made for the banquet by 2 members of u dub whose homeland wu hungary the idea of giving painted wooden spoons originated in their native land where it is customary for the farm family to take their produce to mar ket remaining away for the whole day someone had to stay home to look after the farm so the family us ually brought a gift home to the mem ber who had kept the home fires bur ning most of the farm folk did not have much money to spend on gifts so a prettily painted wooden spoon was most frequently chosen as the gift thus the hungarian members thought the painted wooden spoons would be a nice souvenir for the guests to lake back to a member of their family whom they left at homo in order to be present at the banquet perhaps the most impres sive part of international night was the candlelighting cerem ony when each country in which there is a professional and business women s club is represented by a candle there were twentyone can dles and they were all lit except three those representing hungary pol and and czechoslovakia in these countries behind the iron curtain there is a death penalty for women who belong to such an organization guest speaker for the orcasion was an englishwoman mary kathleen graham mbe who is deputy consul for new york other distinguished guests included the american consul and his wife the english trade com missioner and his wife as well as a representative of the provincial gov ernment and the city of toronto f international things like club and sports all help to bind countries closer together and that is all to the good just recently the main international interest out side of politics of course is the pro gress of our dutchmen hockey team in the olympics in europe in view of the fact that several team members have also plaed hockey locally we were even more intensely interested pursuing the subject a little bit farther a couple of weeks ago i read ontario fuel board in the matter of the municipal franchises act chapter 249 rso 1950 section 8 as amended and in the matter of applications by the united suburban gas com pany limited for certificates of public convenience and necessity to con struct works and to supply natuntf gas to the inhabitants of the undermen tioned municipalities orporalion of the town of acton corporation of the town of milton corporation of the town of georgetown notice of hearing ontario fuel board hereby appoints monda the 20th day of february 1956 at 10 oclock in the forenoon at the municipal hall acton ontario for the hearing of- the above applica tion and all persons interested there in copies of the respective applicat ions may be inspected and further particulars obtained at the office of the clerks of each of the above mun icipalities the applicant the sohci tors for the applicant messrs walsh evans and philp 42 james st south hamilton ontario or at the office of the ontario fuel board 600 univer sity avenue toronto ontario dathd at toronto this 31st day of january 1956 ontario fuel board a r crozier chairman w r howard commissioner 28 in the fergus news record that they condered the best story of the week asiftoming from another paper the kitchenerwaterloo record it con cerned don rope a member i of the dutchmen hockey team the team left kitchener on sun day morning to go by bus to malton and fly from there to scotland don lives in gait he was missing when the bus was ready to leave it seems he set the alarm clock so that he would be up early on that important day but he slept so soundly he never heard the alarm a neighbour wom an saw his car still in front of his house after he was supposed to be way so she went to the bouse and wakened him he caught the bus at breslau i agree with editor hugh templin who says he cant understand how anybody could oversleep on the morning he was to fly to europe one of the news record office staff offer ed an explanation the excitement may have kept him awake all the ear ly part of the night and he was just catching up after he got to sleep we service television all makes radios record players car radios appliances irons totn ele ernies radio 24 years servicing twnglo 72701 hamilton construction 160 guelph street tr 73480 homes garages concrete work industrial requirements renovations building supplies every building need plumbing new bathrooms installed or remodelled water systems repairs of all kindt ken charlie nash mcdowell 5 king street east triangle 72842 lanes haulage for excavating and grading ponds cellars etc top soil rjt sand gravel call tr 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