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u school essay records glen williams history a lot of research went into an essay which earned aficn jleama an a in her english course at georgetown christian school the essay was written on the history of glen williams where she uveswith her family and she baa consented to let herald reproduce it so there wiu be a permanent record for tbtfuture- the land on which the vui now stands 400 acres was complete wilderness owned by the late mr mulrhead of niag- ara in 1824 it was purchased by charles williams and his family who were the first set tiers soon other settlers were at tracted by the magnificent wat er privilege and enterprise this was the beginning of williams burg at first williamsburg was only 200 acres with only eight houses which were in the area of charles williams home when a post office was estab lished the name was changed to glen williams glen means nar row valley the first church was the methodist episcopal now the united church it was a wood en structure not long ago brick was put around t the anglican church service was held town hall by p georgetown minister until 1902 when church was built the ground for the church was given by mrs mcmastcr it was built by mr john sykcs the public school was on top of the hill two teachers taught in the small buuding later a larger school was built beside it but collapsed before it was finished then the school was built on another site near centre of the village the old school was rebuilt into a two- storey house because of the credit river which supplied water power there were many factories esta blished there was a woollen mill own ed by benajah williams and it was claimed to be second to none in canada it was a wood en structure built by jacob wil liams in 1839 later charles williams bought it in 1867 was totally destroyed by fire it was bought by mr sykes and rebuilt and again destroyed by fire in 1875 rebuilt again mis fortune struck again in a fire in 1853 several parts of the build ing still stand mr sykes employed about 110 people day and night and 75c day was the pay for 10vi hours about 450 was the weekly sa lary yarns and knit good made here and wherever their products were displayed they won prizes a flour mill was owned by joseph williams located near apple products there was sawmill owned by charles wil liams now it is the storeroom for apple products he also owned a lathe mill known the bobbin factory formerly owned by john hunt of course the glen had village blacksmith this i mr w tost he made wagons and worked with horses later george dennis owned it now ifls schenvs knitting mlll there were several stores one owned by wiuiam watkins also issued marriage licences he was the village postmaster mr mccrca kept a dry goods and grocery store the store was bought by andrew wheel er and his son john alter both had died it was bought by wil liam schenk but later john wheelers son harold bought it and it is agaiifln the wheeler family timothy eaton clerked in the ice cream parlour and was book keeper little did the villagers know that he would one day own a company which would spread all over canada it has been said that he started his business here but this true the glen had its hotel which has had several owners first was mrs mackencrnic the best teams of tiorses were kept in the hotel stables and good money was made in the busin ess because of the many sales- men who came to the stores and factories altogether there were 22 rooms but this was reduced to 18 in later years in front was a well and a pump which supplied the glen with water women and children stood in line to get their water about a month ago the well was filled in it had still been in use until 1965 recently mrs laura dittrich the hi neighbour visiting host ess called on five families of newcomers to georgetown they are set up his tannery and wfu 24 employees made the best leath er gloves where apple products stands electricity was produced for georgetown but not for glen until later yean every night av midnight the power was turned off every mo the generator was turned aln if a party was being held arrangements were son made with the operator to run it for a few extra hours alec murray was the glen mechanic mattresses and wall paper were made in the glen there were two bakery shops one across from the hotel and another beside charles wil liams house there were two butcher shops across from the anglican church was a grist mill owned by dan murray where the roffels now live in 1912 a dam was built but it was washed away a year lat er it was rebuilt by mr speed- en of inglewood and held the water bark for a good many years until it was blown up with dynamite this was because would do some damage to the new bridge that was just built the dam also provided a recrea tion area for swimming and skating years back there was a dance every saturday night in the town hall charles williams home stili standing it was bought by mr beaumont in 1912 r j bradley owned a grist mill known as hurst shoddy mills it was bought by samuel beaumont and the five beau mont brothers worked in it it was converted into a woollen mill in 1898 knitting maehii were added and today it is still in operation through the years the glen has changed factories and stores have been converted into homes industries have changed hands and changed products buildings have been burned down others moved it has con tinually grown and today has a large population although not incorporated as a community it beside the river in front of is still a part of esquesing the second bridge tom board township georgetown bants c titleists bow to winnipeg in semifinals mr and mrs of 211 delrcx blvd who moved here from london ontario mr morrow is a pilot with air can ada and mrs morrow has been doing some supply teaching in town mr and mrs g pawis arc living at 46 langstone crcsc since moving bcre from clark- son mr pawis is a driver for mckmley transport and mrs pawis is a nurse at the hospital in clarkson they have 2 child ren mr and mbs a martin of 29 windsor road moved here from- manitouwadge ontario mr martin is the manager of the canadian imperial bank of commerce in the delrex plata they have 4 children mr and mrs m e bowden of 6 weber drive who moved here from willowdale mr bow- jleji is a buyer for american motors in brampton mr and mrs wv barclay are living at 21 mackenzie drive since arriving here from scotland mr barclay is employ ed it douglas aircraft and they have children mrs refd sister of mrs barclays is also living with them georgetown pontiacs bumped into a heavier betterbalanced l club in tlle meeun the c and a division tit lists in in their semifinal saturday af ternoon winnipeg scored twice in the first period and another pair in the third to gain the shot at the big prize the 40 score was not an indication of the play however as georgetown owned the puck for a healthy share of the time sedgewick hill downalj and thompson were the marksmen their work accounted for one third of the goals scored against georgetown in the eight games they pla yed in the tournament from friday april 8th to saturday april 16th the bantam pon tiacs scored 30 goals and al lowed jusj 12 members of the c division champions are bob neil john blair glenn chapman inglis martin fowler benney heppcs bruce davies ron fo- gal doug wiles bill neil ger ry nash paul fendley gord foster neil korzack coach ron dixon manager bob hooper as sistants jamie cunningham and bill koraack lodge noble grand fifty years ago limehouse native who re- ron dixons georgetown ban- tarn pontiacs won the battle of i the breaks to capture the cas odd fellows division championship of he international bantam hockej tournament in the memorial arena saturday morning the tussle earned the battle of the breaks label because of the amazing balance of strength between finalists geor getown and leamington time archrivals in the playoff hockey business georgetown used a power play opportunity to crack leamington wall and emerge with a 21 triumph it was the second time in the tournaments six year history that a georgetown team has won its division they did it be fore in 1962 georgetown and leamington played two scoreless periods be fore martin fowler batted waist high shot by wiles into the leamington net from the edge of the crease at 434 the pontiacs counted the ev entual winner at 9 04 when fowler did it again from dwayne hay and wiles leamington narrowed the dif ference with a goal just sec onds later by bowman from klym and deneati but that was their total effort pontiacs look charge for the remainder of the tilt to protect their margin the win also allowed george town a berth in grand cham pionship semifinals winnipeg 4 georgetown 0 thuksday atul 31 lf4 dedicate bptisaal font hew mpjt at moral united rev clark of sl pauts uni ted church ted a baptism and service at nona called church ormni april 17th dnring the nk he dedicated a new pulpit ami haptimal font in memory of sirs jeamv barn- hill the three chairs tfehii the pulpit ham beea phomi ed in wine velvet and were place for the service the first babies to be baptized using the font were deaana lynn daughter of ur and sirs doug las fbhburo kuaberly diane daughter of mr and sirs don ald smithy and barbara ann daughter of mr and mrs jim lagerquist the church i full for the special service unit two of xbrval united church ucw met at the fa of mrs garnet laidlaw thursday evening april 14th with the president mrs peter the chair mrs don clem and mrs s fishbum were in charge of the devotional- mrs fisiburn read an caster poem the legend of the dogwood tree and mrs cleave gave a reading thoughts on spring by j mcfiride the ma was plans for a bus trip on june 1st the program tion of miscellaneous articles and plants rwhiw baked goo dies ett with mrs peter pom- eroy as auctioneer a lunch committee of mrs paul john son and mrs earl wilson sisted the hostess in serving lunch and a social tune enjoyed social personal mr and mrs william mcnal- ly jane and john of 22 market sl motored south for the easter holidays staying at treasure island sl petersburg lor the week mrumd mrs irwin noble ua peter and philip of 118 guelph sl and mrs nobles mother mramj crocker of pal merston spent easter week in california travelling there by plane they visited los angeles san diego and anaheim mr and mrs robert- hedley and daughter brenda 7 bruce- wood spent four enjoyable days in ottawa over the faster holidays with mr and mrs brian boyd and daughters shar- and joanne former residents of georgetown mr and mrs george c long norton new brunswick were visitors on saturday with mrs sjb groat and mrs aileen bradley mr and mrs long were returning home after visit with their daughter and soninlaw and family mr and mrs brock bradley comox b c mr and mrs william collier 47 normandy blvd entertained twin daughters joanne and jeannette at a dinner party at home following their confirma tion sunday at st georges church friends from george town and islington attended union presbylrrizn church wms easter thankoffenng bauinafad displays wealth of home talent variety show the third annual variety concert was held friday april 15th at the community hall the usual program of songs music and dances was well received by a full house richard short- ill jr was the mc and intro duced such favorites as the ge orgetown barbershoppers and earl burt as well as many other guest artists including mrs meeting was held k the home y comu impersonat from of mrs lee campbell on good cooksvill sjd chandler vocal friday afternoon april h credu mfs yicki urttlt nramtata urg 1- rt with the presiden mr lays dance group of george- ed the campbell in the chair aut d an accordian group w members and fnends ttend- g m of which made i excellent entertainment for the sp tl whole family once again the noon was mrs r duscanson of flcal youn prov that norral mrs lesheoung 8 ballinafad is not lacking in tal- a reading mrs taylor read the cnt hin of the evening scripture lesson and mrs jack re m short p the ballina- mcdonald led in prayer mrs fa gentlemens aid ably act- clarence anderson gave the ed by 1 of our own teen- courtesies a social tea hourj special mention is due was enjoyed following the mce- performers who on short not- turned to georaftoap to spend ting with mrs ertc leslie and 1cc and vcry mtle time for his retiring yea henry kerns mrs clifford cook assisting practice did an excellent job dobbie 83 died at halion cen- the hostess e of filling in for several who tcnnial manor on april 9 werc unabe to ap due to mr and mrs douglas fish- illness burn georgetown entertained i son of james and sarah wheeler dbbie he w iu foamas u at the euchre on gwrwt lolljrow tasmar- tf thursday of last week were lad- rageto ella slay batchelor taller ies mrs george burl and mr w apmez f hall men messrs john where he as employed for 40 r- i d cam mcene vjff ari ss m mdi the copp clark publishing co he retired eight years ago flshburn of norval and donna and mr bill mclntyre and david mr and mrs art meadows and richard of cale- mr and mrs dobbie then redonia and mr and mrs paul turned to georgetown to live atkinson of brampton mr and with their soninlaw and daugfamrs david proctor and family ter mr- and mrs e bronson 59jof burlington mrs julian reed delrcx blvd for the past few christopher and robert and years they have made their home at halton centennial man or where they celebrated their both wedding anniversary in 1964 mrs dobbie died later that year ronald fishburn norval mrs ron ftshburn is holidaying in florida and was unable to attend mr and mrs donald smith held a family buffet luncheon m of t in horatr of b- taby daogh- in odd fellows lodge m 9 5 kimhrrfl a when he was a town resadenl in lfce smjt ta kom toronlo he wjs a life member rf m of stevenson masonic lodge p grandparents mr and mrs george smith and mr and mrs ter shirley mrs ebronsnflp doiahfeon and berrreat town two granddaughters and grandinother mrs e ackroyd four great grandchildren and m donaldson lie leave one son henry dobbie of north bay his daugb- one sister mrs emma allan of acton he was predeceased by two sons rev kelvin johnston ducted the funeral service at the harold c mcclure funeral home and interment was in greenwood cemetery pallbear ers were nephews allan roy and sandy norton jim dobbie earl johnson and a grandson jack joubarne toronto use earlier offer buys town property boosting an earlier offer of 1000 by 300 mclntyre cresc resident bill barratt obtained a building lot on princess a drive monday kevin mr and mrs bob donaldson of george town kenneth smitlhrad mr and mrs george sarih jr and paul of georgetown- mr and mrs jim lagerquist and family laurel sam and gas entert mrs laer- quists parents mr and mrs sam shaw of mono road and mrs bob la and donna of brampton m honour of their baby daughter barbara ann fol lowing the kiiki in norval united church when she wax baptized ex en ded to mrs joe murray who spent seieral days tn peel memorial hospital brampton also get well wishes to mrs council decided fo sell on an harold saetbe who was a m- 81 vote with only cr roy bai- bp hospital lor lenune opposing it cr ballen- frw j- tine said council should first deal with offers made last year and mrs bruce eyre of mr ralph robinson will be sor- the april meeting of the in stitute was in the form of a luncheon and annual meeting held in the community hall the roll call was answered by the paying of fees and following the usual business the following ex ecutive officers were installed for the coming year president mrs frank smith 2nd vice president mrs j mcenery secretary treas mrs wm mclean and district director mrs it mcenery the scout mothers auxiliary met for their april meeting at the home of mrs burgen final i plans were arranged for their annual spring dance on april 22nd in the community hall the cubs and scouts also held a successful collection and clean up of bottles and papers on sat urday of last week messrs murray cole and har ry beer conducted the service of worship at both churches on the ballinafad charge on sun day morning speaking on be half of the very worthwhile work being accomplished by the gideons organization a few fronv this congregation attended the opening and dedl cation of the hillsburgh pres byterian church on sunday aft ernoon and we would extend sincere christian greetings to that congrgation from all their fnends in this community mrs bates mr and mrs archie lawr and peter attend ed the holy confirmation ser vice at st georges anglican on sunday afternoon when mrs peter lawr was among the 30 communicants friends and neighbours of and filed pending setting a sales st- catharines were easter week policy for a number of muniolcnd visitors with his parents pally owned lots on the street r- d s eyre and fam- fly- earlier in the meeting couni cit had decided to engage a landi visiting with mr and mrs browns corners visited on sun- surveyor to appraise the tors murray laird and peter for day with the black family with a view of advertising tbemeaster were dr and sirs sayers ry to learn that he is confined to hospital for a few weeks and we wish him a speedy recovery mr and mrs norman reid of all for sale another motion to dear brush and 511 the lots was on a split 54 vote with council lor harrison arguing strongly against filling land which later might cause trouble tor a builder anita webb of and mrs the r pany express was ftnnrial failure but a reman- hostesses tour meat plant members and leaders of the ashgrqve homemaking club toured the schneider meat pac king plant in kitchener tuesday lapril 12 we are ser with finest in give us for the he 877- main streets