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destroyed by evenîng blaze ' "'<jt 1 ~LiLJlaO V11I thie ommuniy' frepghers Growth plans flot in keeping with theme: reader th o m n t s fr fg t r ear Edtr: This closmeg secmed t0 corne as a What in blazes do Uiey know about Time Capsules are gems of information extracted from past issues of The Champion and arIser publications ta pro- vide a window into Multon's pasi. Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided to place the situation in context. November 1891 On Saturday aftcmoon and evening Uic wind sets blowing a perfect hurricane and at about 6 p.m. an alarmn of fire was sound- cd. James Lindsay's ttw mili on Uic comcr of Pearl and Fulton streets wsa on fire. Mr. Lindsay and bis men had been tumning heading (material for making cask-heads) for barrels during thc day and ail hands sere as supper when the fire started. TIhe mill was buils of heavy timbers and seas fiilcd wiUi heading and other light stuff. The two bote recis wcre quick on Uic spot and soon sseo streams wecre playing on Uic burning building. Although Uic ftremen seorked wiilingly and bard againt the strong wind, smoke and heat in Uieir faces, il wsa utterly impossible for Uiemn to save Uic mil shicb wtt complesely destroycd. One of Dr. Robertson's bouses, occupicd by J.S. McCannell wsem alto bumed 10 Uic ground, Uic bouse bcing in the direct course in sebicb Uic wind wtt bloseing acrots Uic street from Uic mill. There waa Iiterary cntertainmcent as Uic achool bouse on Friday, prepared by pupils of model and public scbools. Selections for Uic programme were excellent. The effeet, hoseever, wsa lot to Uic immense gaUier- ing on accounit of a continued disturbance made by Uic sosen rougbs sebo were pres- cnt in great numbers. They aasembled in one comer of Uie building and did what Uiey could to break up Uic programime. Thcy drosened out Uic chairman's voice sebile bie sets talking. Dr. Robertson and teachers many timtes requcstcd Uiemn to desit fromt Uieir racket. On Monday Uic bead scacher of Uic pub- lic achool bad a contract on band when bie tbrashed no lessthUan 32 (corccted in Uic next issue to 1l) of Uic boys that mishe- havcd as the cntertainmcint on Friday cvening. The second teacher took a band in and repcatcd Uic dose to stme of Uic boys Uiat made tomne remnarks about him and a young lady Uiat bie wtt eseorting home abter Uic entertainment. At a meeting of Uic Milton ,as. Time Capsules School Board on Tuesday. Mr. Porter made a charge agamnst Mr. Gray, head master, and Mr. Miller, second teacher, for whip- ping bis son George without any cause, but if they had cause, then too severely. The board declined to take it up unlesa Mr. Porter fomulated lis charges in writing. Mr. Porter did flot do this but stated hie intended to lay an information against Mr. Miller before a magistrate for assault. On Sasurday Mr. Henry Gray, headmnas- ter of our Public School, had six of the young lads before the mayor who were said to have assisted in the racket at the lit- erary entertainment held the previnus week. After hearing a number of witnesses the case was adjourned until Tuesday evening when it waa again adjourned until Saturday, since the mayor was confmned to bis bouse. On Friday night last the mayor ended the adjoumed sittings. He found the boys ail guilty and the fine and costs amnounted to $27.25. December 1891 On Tuesday the Patrons of lndustry of the county seil hold a convention at the tosen bail bere to choose a candidate to conteat the county in their interest as the comning bye-election made necessary by the unseating of Mr. David Henderson, ex. MP. The organization is a strong one hav- ing between 40to 500 members and if ail these stand by, work and vote for their can- didate tbey wiUl make the coming contest an mnteresting one. Which of the old parties seifl lose most by the third party movemtent we are not in a position to say. Mr. Richard Graham, of Ashgrove was chosen by the Halton Patrons of Industry at the convention. He was nos present at the nomination meeting and later declined to stand. Arother convention seas held and John D. McGregor of Trafalgar accepted. He wsa a young man and a clever one but the editor commnented that "no third party man can carty Halton." This material is assembled on behaif Of the Miton Historical Society by Jim Dilîs, chair of research, who can be reached by e-mail at jdills@idirect.com. 'The Bet of Town and Country' is Milton's monto and plans for growsh seere to be consistent with this theme. Weil, you could have fooled me. We have bouses being buils on Thompton Road with their front porches almnoat sitsing on sehat wll be a busy street. A drive shrough many new areas shows single-car garages seith single drivesesys des- tined to be overly congessed. A new wrinle in the Drury development wiil becomne obvious this week as bundreda of students realize their walkway fromn Gowland Crescent and Beaver Court onto the Drury property is about to be closed off. What wsa a 10-minute sealk will become as much as a 30-mninute bike. Going home for lunch seil alto be greasly restricted due to timne constrafits. surprise to some ijf our council membcrs. 1 guess our out of sown staff didn't consider is important enough to dlue in council or Milton citizens. This latest part of the Drury trag- ic comedy is due so the Ontario Street entrance 00W bcing buils. It's being buils as a resuls of a miffed counicil that rcfused t0 give the developer the Cbilds Drive acceas. The Ontario Municipal Board (0MB) recommended Childs Drive and nos Ontario Street, but council said no. 'he developer gocs back to the 0MB and guets sehat? - hie gets bosh accesses. 0f course council was consistent and lot this battle along with hundreda of thousands of our tax dollars. Yes, they sejli defend us right down so our lat tax dollar. And 00W they plan to do a retail survey. retail sales? The old line about downtowo being the retail centre of tosen is being bandied about? Most dosentosen merchants know this is nonsense and it's been proven in other communities. Burlington spent miilions on its dosentosen but its citizens seent to the mails. Milton seilI be no differ- ent. Spcnd thc survey money on nese fascia lfor downtosen stores and fix up the parking problemn. That's the level of control given to town councils. They're not in charge of anyshing else. Newe development can provide us with somne real benefits. 1 don't know what they are, but councUl says it's true. The retail giants are going to determine sehere and sehen they decide to comne to Milton - nos tosen council. Patrick Kelly Milton Reader voices opposition to quarry expansion plans Demi Editor: 1, too, am opposcd to Uic proposal to change Uic pro- tective zoning of Uic Niagara Esearpment Plan to ailow mineral extraction from Dufferin Aggregate lands dcscribcd in Asocodmient No. 18. In Dufferin's projeet summnary, it puts forseard per- suasive argumenta for Uic enlargemnent of ils quarry. 15 alto promises Uiat wbcn it ceases to quarry, itIl rehabilitate Uic sigbs, or restore il. To extract Uic limestone, Dufferin mut first remove Uic soil layer and ail bush upon Uic land. This bush land represents 50 10 70 ycars of transformation of habitat 10 barbour many inserdependant eco-syssemas. Dufferin can't ressore Uhit. Dufferin canst restore Uic quinsessential mixture of hardseoods, shmubs, flowers and conifers - nos to mention Uic failen, mouldcring trees Uiat replenish Uic earUi, Uic standing dcad trecs Uiat providc homes and food for birds. Dufferin can't restore Uic unbroken tract of wildland Uiat animais and birds rcquire, Uic amail obscure ses- land nurseries hiddcn among masure trees that wood ducks prefer. As bet, Uicy're only replacing Uic natu- ral environment wiUi a man-made, raUier sterile habi- tas Uiat lacks Uic qualities inherent in Uic original. To borrow from Gwen Isings and Patricia GuenUier, "it mut remain an ares of undisturbed landmass wiUi ail ita seildife and beauty intact. This is our biosphere, a delicate cco-syssem Uiat needa to be protccted by cvetyonc." Margaret Wilkes Milton Thanks for ruling on gay and lesbian studies, says reader (The following letter was addressed to the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario and a copy was filed with Thse Champion.) Dear Editor: Please accept Ibis lester of con- gratulations on your recens vote in favour of a resolution for public sebool boards to fund and make accessible liserature reflecting les- bian, gay, bisexual and transgen- dered lives. The oversehelmingly positive support for tbis resolution by your federation is groundbreaking and reflecta a deep concemn for equaiity and buman righss. The Halton Ansi-Homnophobia Committce is a community group compriscd of educators, health care providers, police personnel, social service providers, volunteers and Halson youUi ebo're commnitted to raising asearenets around Uic very real conccm over prejudice and violence directcd as Uic homnosexu- al communisy as well as scrving as a support nctwork for anyone who bas been victimizcd or is vuinera- bIc t0 homophobia. The support of your federation enhances and validates Uic bard work of cormmittees like ours. Thank you. Julle Pehar Halton Anti-Homophobla Committee chair 1 - MliltonJ saw miiil comploteiy The Canadian Champion. Fniday, September 7, 2001-7 1~ I"h D17 DIA îil