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I Bronte Firm Serves Industry Refractories Engineering and Supplies Limited, a comparitively new area industry, was formed in 1945 to bring to Canadian indus tries a complete line of quality re fractory and high temperature insulating products. With this end in view, the com pany became associated with twelve leading manufacturers of refractories in the United States and Great Britain on an agency basis. Such well known manufact urers as Mexico Refractories Com pany, Chas. Taylor Sons Company, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Nat ional Refractories Company, Basic Incorporated etc. contracted for our exclusive representation of their products in the area covered. During the early years of this company, warehouse and office fa cilities were set up in Hamilton, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. Since that time, sales offices have been opened in Windsor, Preston, Toronto and Dealers in Quebec City, Three Rivers, and Chatham. As the tonnage of specialty prod ucts, that is cements, plastics and castables increased, they saw the need, and the advantages of pro ducing these products, under lic ense, to the American Companies in Canada. In 1953, the factory at the corned of Bronte Road and the CJ4JI Tracks was built and an additional building was erected this yew giving a total area of approximate ly 17,000 square feet. At the pare* ent time, 55 products are beinf produced at this plant, and ar« shipped to consumers from 1 1 m East to the West coast of Canada. EARLY OFFICIALS PAID IN PEANUTS Salaries apparently weren't the major concern of the gentlemen who formed the first town council of Oakville in 1857. In that year, with the official formation of a town, the clerk and the chief constable were paid $300 per annum. The latter post was soon augmented by a payment of $30 per year to cover the duties of tax collection, who could be more successful in his appointed task?), and the chief was also assisted shortly through the appointment of constables who were paid $1.50 per day. Responsibilities of the town treasurer and assessor were not rated too highly in those days. The former received $30 per yeai --the latter got a princely $50. OAKVILLE from your WAITED TEN YEARS HERE'S ONE CASE WHERE KICKING PAID OFF These are the braw laddies who brought Oakville a Hamilton and District soccer championship away back in 1914. Star centre forward of this outfit was Fred Shaw, now fire chief and building inspector, while heading the committee was a cheerful Scot named Bill Ander son--who is now Oakville's mayor. Players who battled to the title included Ben Galley, George Shaw, Tom Caulder, Harry Lucas, Tommy Bowman, Bill Brown, Tom Blount, Benny Rawlings, Herb Clegg, Jim Hubbard. Alec Burnett was team trainer, and Harry Stewart served as groundskeeper. This picture has graced the wall of Fire Chief Shaw's den since the year it was taken. Ireland, emigrating to Nelson ing was the original part of what building attained its present pro Township in 1834. He was just 21 is now Central public school. It portions. years old when put in charge of was 25 feet wide and about 40 Another Oakville school with a Oakville had been founded near wrieing and arithmetic. Two hours the school. He stayed about three feet long. Its main entrance was long history is St. Mary's Separate ly ten years before any provision a day or more were given over to years and then went to another on Navy Street. School, established in 1860 by was made for the education of the writing and the master was kept teaching position in Hamilton. The school was the largest in the Father Ryan. This was located to community's children. The first busy preparing the quill pens, rul Later, as headmaster of Gore Dist township, with an enrollment of the rear of St. Andrew's Church school, known as the Oakville Com ing sheets of paper and setting rict Grammar School at Galt, he 190 pupils, but only one teacher on the site of the present school. mon School, was started in 1836. copies for the children to follow. won for himself a reputation as a was employed. The schoolmaster The first year there were 107 It was held in the meeting-house School opened at 9 a.m. There was leading educator. received a salary of £ 1 0 0 a year, pupils, taught by two Sistrs of St. that stood on the river bank near a 15-minute recess--`intermission' Arthur C. Vemer, son of an the highest for any teacher in the Josephs, an order which had re the site of the present Central it was called--at 10:30. School was Irish baronet who was related to township. The school was open all cently come to Canada from the School, and was also used for dismissed at 1 2 o'clock and reas the Duke of Wellington, was ap iv'elve months of the year. United States. The enrollment had church services. sembled at 2 p.m. There was an pointed master some time in the In February 1854 an addition increased to 127 two years later, other 15-minute intermission at late forties. It was a custom among was built on the west end of the but by 1870 the average attendance Hinged Boards - The desks, which were only used 3:30, after which school continued the pupils to lock the teacher out school at a cost of £250, including had dropped to between 80 and 90 for lessons in writing, consisted until 5 o'clock. of the school on the first day of furnishings. This new section was For some years three of the sisters of slanted boards suspended from each quarter, and not to let him to house the newly established conducted a convent in a brick One At A Time the wall on hinges, on three sides One of the school rules required in until he had paid for the privi grammer school. The main en house that is now 150 King Street, of the room. When services were the pupils "to observe good order lege with candy, apples, and other trance was changed from Navy where children of all denomina held in the meeting-house, the at the intermission and noon delicacies esteemed by school chil Street to the south side of the tions were taught music, drawing, desks wre let down. For lessons hours, to avoid all screaming and dren. Finding himself denied en building facing Colborne Street. sewing and other subjects. This other than writing, the pupils sat useless noises, quarrelling and etc. trance to th school undr these When Vemer was appointed to convent was discontinued when the on long benches facing the mas- Another specified " that all pupils conditions. Verner went down to take charge of the grammar school, sisters left Oakville, about the year in the School do not be allowed Colborne Street and returned with at an annual salary of £197 10s a 1890. to whisper and laugh during the a big parcel. Thinking that the year he was succeeded as the AFTER SPARE ROOMS School hours ,and but one allowed master had brought the desired headmaster of the common school to be out of School at a time, and tribute, the pupils let him in. To by Daniel Benjamin Chisholm. A committee composed of two not then without consent of the their disappointment they found A native of Scotland, he was no women's groups has been formed Teacher" that the parcel contained cotton connection of the Oakville Chis under the chairmanship of Ted holm. He had taught school at Sexsmith, executive director 0f tlip Xfe teacher was required " to batting. Streetsville and Milton. Because of a deformed right take a parental as well as peda gogical care over all pupils placed arm, Vemer could only use his Twenty Pupils vii£ TM X accommodation for Oakunder his tuition" . It was also a left hand, but with it he was very ` Centennial visitors. The ----The new grammar school had ... ---- compart of his duties to see that each adroit. He used to amuse and de twenty pupils the first year. Three Y W C A h n Z l u M " subscriber to the school furnished light his pupils with Sleight-of- years later there were four times An o . H on Church St. his quota of firewood for the sea hand tricks, such as punching, or as many, and by 1858 the grammar h® vln« accommodation ason, and have it " cut and properly seeming to punch, a coin through school and the common school 5 .4 9 7 , requested to call piled for the use of the Stove in his desk. In 1854 he was appointed had a total enrollment of three said School room" . The original first headmaster of the newly-es- hundred, with five teachers. An copy of the rules and regulations, tablished Halton County Grammar other addition to the school was drawn up by Justus Williams, one School, which was housed in a built in 1874 at a cost of $4,000. o fthe first school trustees, may new section of the Oakville Com It was on the north side of the be seen in the Old Post Office Mu mon School building. building, and contained two rooms seum. Also on display is the A tower was errected in front of Original Section school's first desk and the master's Teh number of pupils attending the main entrance on the south quarterly report for the period the Common School had increased side of the building. It had an up from December 12, 1836, to March to 140 by 1850, and larger quarters stairs foom that housed the puplic R. F. SANDERSON 12, 1837, showing the progress of were badly needed. Accordingly library. Seven years later, in 1881 Longtime Principal the pupils. the Trafalgar Township Council the building was again enlarged. authorized the rasing of £300 for A two-storey addition was built aTassie Was First ter's desk. Each pupil had a slate First man to hold the position a new building, and a two-storey cross the east end, with entrances and pencil, but few books. of schoolmaster at the Common brick schoolhouse was erected to on Navy Street, at a cost of $2,700. The curriculum was a simple School was William Tassie, who the north of the meeting-house Early in the present century the one, the subjects being reading, was bom and educated in Dublin, that served as a schooL This build west wing was extended, and the 3 R's Shared Site With Religion ALTH0' WE ARE ONLY 4 YEARS OLD W E ARE PROUD T O BE PART OF T H E D Y N A M IC C O M M U N IT Y OF O A K VILLE. IT IS OUR SINCERE W IS H T O T H A N K T H E PEOPLE OF O A K VILLE FOR OUR PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS A N D HOPE T H A T W E W IL L BE ABLE T O GIVE O UR TO P SERVICES FOR M A N Y YEARS T O COM E. Robertson's Servicentre 31 Colborne W . Victor 4-3161 Oakville's Most Popular Dining Place . . . Riverside | A O U y G L WE'RE ROT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD DOT WE ARE STILL GROWING AND SERVING OAKVILLE an ORCHID to you OAKVILLE Although this business is not a centenarian, Perkins and Sons D ID provide floral beauty for orea residents as far back as 1924. Our pride in Oak ville's achievements is not, therefore, of the "Johnny-Come-Lately" variety. PERKINS and SONS florists 4 6 5 MACDONALD ROAD It is our privilege to serve Oakville . . . Catering to the Clubs, busi ness meetings, banquets and receptions . . . We are proud to be a part of the growth of Oakville . . . and look forward to serving in the years to come. Victor 5-2751 Mr. and Mrs. Norm Busk * 1