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    The Oakville Dairy delivered milk to Oakville residents, and was operated by Sherman G. Powley.

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    Pictures of Elmer Downs' saw-mill which he moved round the country cutting down and sawing lumber.

    This saw mill was portable. The photograph taken while working in Norval. The top saw used for big logs.

    This picture was taken about 1903. Ruth became a teacher, married a boat captain, and pioneered in northwester Quebec among the goldfields and timber camps, where she and her husband ran a supply lin

    Road Grader Being Pulled By A Steam Tractor, 1913.

    Road spraying machines were used to spray the gravel roads with water in order to keep the dust to a minimum. This photo is from sometime between 1910 and 1919.

    Picture taken at the farm of Albert Downs on the northwest corner of Britannia Road and Sixth Line. The barn was built in 1930. Note the small dump box on the road construction truck. Albert also own

    Further Information: An October 1960 "Trafalgar Day Special" insert in the local newspaper, Trafalgar Journal - The Home Newspaper of Oakville and Trafalgar, has an item "Volunteer Firefighters Mark

    Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery us

    Christopher Wilson and his son, Christopher Wilson, came to Sheridan in 1829. The father left for London, Ontario but the son and his wife, Elizabeth (Clark) had two sons who also farmed in the area;

    The newspaper text and 2nd photo of the teams at the quarry are not included here. They are shown on page 57 of the Nelson Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History in Halton Images, linked to this record

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 21, 1948. The salary was $180.00 per month for 10 months beginning starting September 7, 1948. Ethel Wet

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 5, 1951. The yearly salary was $2400.00 beginning September 4, 1951. Ethel Wettlaufer attended Normal Sc

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed March 18, 1953. The yearly salary was $3000.00 beginning September 8, 1953. Ethel Wettlaufer attended Normal S

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed March 12, 1954. The yearly salary was $3300.00 beginning September 7, 1954. Ethel Wettlaufer attended Normal S

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed May 31, 1956. The yearly salary was $4700.00 beginning September 4, 1956. Ethel Wettlaufer was born and raised

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 5, 1955. The yearly salary was $3700.00 beginning September 1, 1955. Ethel Wettlaufer taught at the Pale

    The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 21, 1956. The yearly salary was $4300.00 beginning September 4, 1956. Ethel Wettlaufer was born and rais

    The envelope for the first teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar School Area no. 1, starting Sept 4th, 1944. She was paid $1100 per year. The actual contract for 1944 appe