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CELEBRAVE WITH US THIS YEAR A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 100th BIRTHDAY We're the Wedding Party 'Experts'! IN Styles ..-at IN Prices! @ Come see our selection. The latest fashions © for the entire wedding party! Group rates! 1375 ENETANGUISHENE 1975 CELEBREZ AVEC NOUS CETTE ANNEE UN SIECLE DE PROGRES PROMPTNESS goes into every prescription at Bay Pharmacy, 71 MAIN ST. PENETANG « NEXT. TO POST OFFICE You can always count on getting prompt, friendly service here, whatever your health bei i Cisibmaiaaas Foundry started booming empire The Payette family, like the Becks who were the lumber barons of Penetanguishene, made up one of the dominant influences in the community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Above is the old P. Payette Com- pany Foundry, which was located where Grew Boats Ltd.'s warehouse now stands near the waterfront. Founded by Peter Payette in 1880, the foundry WALLY'S MEN'S SHOP 87 MAIN STREET PENETANGUISHENE needs are. We enjoy our é . job -- and that job is eventually was taken over by his nephew, J.T. Payette, pictured at left, whose slogan "Business and more business', marked the man who quadrupled the business within eight years of taking control, and whose interests spread to land speculation and horse racing. to serve you! (g upg Ue Lbsum Nyniled of Yoram BRYANT'S JEWELLERS the giftiest store in the district The Payette name was synonymous with wealth, success and power early in the 20th Century in Penetanguishene. Starting with a foundry he eventually took over from Payette built an empire of land, racehorses and_in- dustry -- and constructed the '"'best half-mile (harness racing) track in Ontario," according to Frederick Gilmour's The Story of Ontario's Industrial Progress. A business that began with the production of saw mill machinery in 1880, J.T. grabbed the business op- J.T. Payette his uncle Peter's estate, J.T. - portunities offered by the First World War, branched into marine repair, took over the Adams Engine Works, and was soon producing custom cast iron pieces of record proportions. The Dominion Ship Building Company of Toronto ordered a 70,000 pound double-ended, self- acting punch. The order was filled. For the war effort, the firm built a 2,600 pound brass casting for the propeller shaft of the Canadian ship Logger. The casting was made, shrunk and fitted at Penetanguishene. To keep up with orders from saw mill clients, Payette often had men working 24 hours a day for months at a time -- a rarity before the 1920's. According to Marcel Bellehumeur of Penetanguishene, Payette first saw the opportunity for cottage development along the shore, and started the cottage subdivision at Crescentwood Beach. But one of his main passions was horse racing, and he _ built Pene- tanguishene's half-mile track, regarded as "the best in Canada" when it was new. Every July 1, for years, he staged his annual, racing meet, which was one of the Payette spelled wealth and power top social events of the year in this part of Ontario. He owned a high class stable of horses, including the Lucy L, which raced on the Grand Circuit and once broke the two-minute mile -- still a top standard at har- ness tracks across the continent. There are no Payettes left in Penetanguishene, as J.T.'s only son died. The family lived at the old home that stands behind what is now the Huronia Motors car lot on Robert Street West. In later years, J.T. saw a good part of his fortune eaten away by disastrous fires at property he owned. 'e ; For more convenient shopping open a charge account at STEDMANS Spring Clothing for Children now being featured in all the new spring fashions STEDMANS wasn see Quality Carpet Care Centre. Steam Carpet & Rug Cleaning 66 Main St. __ Penetanguishene * Sixthinaseries of 13 ° OUTSTANDING | | TEE-KAY -; 44 OUNCINNG For Women! 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