The staff of Biggalo‘s Restaurant and Bar recently celebrated Halloween in style, holding a charity draw to win tickets to a Rolling Stone concert and a performance of Miss Saigon. John Ruffulo was the winner of the Miss Saigon tickets and Veronica Stiby will rock with the Stones. More than $700 was raised and donated to the Oakville Skating Club Precision Teams. A ghoulishly good time was had by all! A Natural Gas Furnace from Union Gas saves money and energy. Would you like to be a more informed consumer? You are invited to attend an informative session on Sat Dec 3 from 1â€"4 or Thurs Dec 8th from 6â€"9 in Oakville. Your $30 registration includes a 60 page Home and Small Business Buyers Guide and Technical Reference Manual and a chance to ask questions. An investment that will pay for itself in a more informed purchase. To reserve vour space today. call In the market for a computer? The Unique Solutions Center a (416)â€"806â€"1449. oo uS /;WM BE ENERGY EFFICIENT WITH costs even further. * It‘s the EnerSmart choice for wise and efficient energy use * Uses efficient, economical natural gas. * Over 90% energyâ€"efficient performance to reduce energy CALL NOW! OFFER ENDS NOV. 12/94 335â€"7310 Gas Energy For You All this has been chronicled by Warren in his family history, written after 1974 when he retired from his job of 45 years with the Canada Life Insurance Company in Toronto. It does not take much digging to disâ€" cover that Cedar Croft is more than a quaint curiosity infused with romantic tales, more than a charming spot to shoot a movie. The cottage community has been a temporary home for literally hundreds of folks for almost 60 years, and it has been the fullâ€"time family seat for the Powley‘s since shortly after the first World War. That‘s when Elishia and Sherman sold the Oakville Dairy and purchased eight acres of a 14â€"acre farm on the south side of the Lakeshore Road, just west of Oakville (bordering on Appleby College). The land was owned by an eccentric bachelor named Ocean Blend Smith and teemed with apple trees and blackberry bushes; there was a house and small barn. Why bother to save the old place? The stone birdbath and arching gate, the eastern star, and outdoor furniture conâ€" structed by Sherman, Warren‘s dad? Why be concerned about the fiftyâ€"yearâ€" old maple trees and cedars pruned into whimsical shapes? Why suffer the upheaval? Roaring Twenties gave birth to Cedar Croft Abbey. While Joel Adam is right in his element exploring the trees and rolling lawns and playground of his new digs, his three teenage siblings are finding the adjustment, shall we say, more chalâ€" lenging. This is all as it should be. We have changed our name... Effective November 1, 1994 our centre name will change from Argus Sports Clinic to Our centre will continue to provide the exceptional services you have come to expect. ® Phgsiotherapy * Athletic Therapy e Motor Vehicle Accident Treatment * ports Medicine Doctors * ccupational Therapy * Massage and an Osteoporosis Program. If {ou have any questions r(;%arding our name change, please do not hesitate to call us at (905) 842â€"7880. Columbia Rehabilitation Centre (Continued from page 1) The staff of: Shoppers World Brampton _ 457â€"1641 Columbia Rehabilitation Centre 581 Argus Road, Suite 200 Oakwille, Ontario L6J 3J4 WE ALTH CARE The Tea Garden was so successful, there were often crowds of people on Saturdays and Sundays waiting to be seated. Elishia hired two girls to serve the tables and often prevailed upon her selfâ€"conscious teenaged son to play some classical interlude on the piano to entertain her guests. Music would be an important part of Warren‘s life over the years at Cedar @ septic tanks to modern sewers, has not been without incident. But, we will not go into that. Running water did not come as far as Cedar Croft until the late 1930s. Town sewers did not arrive until 1967, when the main house and all the cottages were finally hooked up "at great expense," according to Warren. Old Sherman had passed away in 1946, at the age of 83; Elishia followed four years later. Her son, Warren, now admits the prices were inflated for the time, "After all, this was a pretty exclusive spot." Hostess, Elishia, offered her cusâ€" tomers, amongst other items, a chicken sandwich or an egg on toast for a quarâ€" ter, a piece of homeâ€"made pie for ten cents, and a bottle of Orange Crush or cup of tea â€" also for a dime. "Hail Guests!" her earlyâ€"1920s menu card proclaimed, We ask not what thou art: If friend, we greet thee hand and heart: If stranger, such no longer be: If foe, our love shall conquer Warren says his mother was "a real going concern." Elishia Smythe was of fiery Irish stock with natural entrepreneurial spirit. It was Elishia who started a tuck shop for the Appleby boys in the basement of her home â€" serving pies, cakes, and maple butter toast, ice cream, and pop â€" afternoons after school. When school was out in the summer time, she posted a sign on the side of the road; the increasingly busy #2 Highway advertising "Chicken Dinners!" and created Cedarvale Tea Garden on her front lawn and two front rooms. .puytOMEe pHALGO .eEeANAND | AjBRY "You couldn‘t have done without Jean," his daughterâ€"inâ€"law points out cheerfully. Warren nods, of course, it goes without saying. Oh yes, the tourist business has been "exciting â€" but worrisome," the gentleâ€" man admits. Then adds with a twinkle, "It‘s a wonder I survived it all." . Since retiring from Canada Life, Warren has become something of a corâ€" respondent for the Pelican, the company newsletter. He always seems to have another story about Cedar Croft, about diveâ€"bombing birds, hungry squirrels, busy raccoons, or smelly skunks. Like his grandson, Joel Adam, Warren has always been a gregarious sort of guy â€" though he told me when he reached 80, a few years ago, he got ""kinda crotchety." And the truth is Jean has not been well for a couple of years. Though she‘s still well enough to play piano with that Dixieland Jazz Band. And Warren still plays trumpet with the church group. Warren, meanwhile, had been comâ€" muting to Toronto since 1928 and would continue to do so through the years, leaving Jean to hold the fort and raise the family at Cedar Croft. The insurance man claims to have worn out 11 cars and travelled over a million miles in his 45â€"year career â€" but he selâ€" dom travelled alone. Spurred on, no doubt, by his mother‘s entrepreneurial spirit, Warren always took paying pasâ€" sengers on his daily pilgrimage. For some years, he also picked up films from drugstores along the route to be processed in Toronto. The history of the business, the growth from seven rough cabins to eleven fully serviced efficiency cottages â€" four of which are winterized â€" is conâ€" tained in Warren‘s careful journal. The progression, from chemical toilets to septic tanks to modern sewers, has not been without incident. But, we will not go into that. Running water did not come as far as Cedar Croft until the late 1930s. Town sewers did not arrive until 1967, when the main house and all the cottages were finally hooked up "at great expense," according to Warren. Meanwhile, back in 1925, it became apparent from the number of dinner guests inquiring about accommodation that a demand existed. In order to finance the building of overnight cabâ€" ins, the Powleys sold their main house, plus, about an acre of land. Sherman, a carpenter by trade, built another house for his family â€" on the site of a shack normally used by the Indian family, who came to harvest the thimbleberries each year. With the help of Cy Ribble â€" a friend from Bronte â€" he also raised seven modest cabins with twoâ€"byâ€"fours open on the inside walls, no running water, and chemical toilets in the bathâ€" rooms. On July 1st of that year, Cedar Croft Motor Court became a reality. Croft, in the church, and on holidays. Later, he would take up the trumpet. His wife, Jean (nee Armstrong) would turn out to be, not only a good ice skater, but an even more accomplished pianist and organist than Warren ever was. 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