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The Canadian Champion, Friday, March 12, 2004--7 -Automobîle causes trouble * uî EA ES WRITE f~i 9% ^,-;à OU Pe-ADE" ~~~;7 !s; 7c ;r- 7 i7 ;-'- y l 1 7 7 cs ;s-' 'Time Capsules' are genis of infrnation extracted from past issues ol' The Champion and other publications in order to provide a wvindow into Multons past. Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided ta place the situation in conte il. September 1902 If the owner of the stmamn automobile who came to, Georgetown from Toronto on Thursday ever returns he will find a num- ber of persons who want bis scalp. On Thursday Dr. Fisher was commng down the 9th line whmn he met the 'infernal appari- tion" of a horsmless carriage. Tom's horse took fright and fortbwith the driver was pitchmd hmadlong into the ditcb.. TMe horse ended its wild race in the botel shed at the station. Dr. Tom's only injuries were a few bruises, and strange 10 say, neither the horse nor the buggy was much damnaged. TMe same machine made trouble for two young fmllows -on the Paper-milI hilI on Friday rnoring. The horse ran away, but fortunatmly no one was hurt. The automo- bile was driven by stmamn and made consid- erable noise. The -automobile, like the bicycle, is comning 10 stay, and many acci- dents, no doubt, will occur until horses have becomne habituated 10, them. Milton public scbool re-opened on Tuesday. Principal Inman taking charge of the model scbool, at which there was a number of students. Miss Pattison is in charge of Mr. tniman's department. Miss Bowes of Miss Pantison's, Miss Lawrence bas been promotrd 10 the roomn formeely taught by Miss Macîman, who bas retirmd, Miss Earl to Miss Lawrmnce's, Miss Gertrude Hollinrake bas been engaged te, succeed Miss Bowes in the nexl depart- ment and Miss Minite Ailan of Brampton wiil teach the ifant départrnent for the fail term, afler wbich Miss Bowes will have il pennanently. The school buildings bave been wbitewashed inside and painted ouI- side, and new ball-bmaring seats of tbe laI- est pattern have been placed in the infant roorn and fourth department. Robert Matheson, of Chicago, editor of Mina's Criterion and writer for other peri- odicals, arrived in town on Monday night for a flying visit 10 bis brother, County Attorney Matheson. M. Matheson taught the old Milton geammar achool during 1858, being ils first teacher. He rernoved t0 Berlin and returned 10 tbm Milton gramimar school in 1862. In 1864 he went into part- nership witb the laIe Isaac HunIer in the 1 TE ANDIA CAMIO milton , Time ~Story on proposed fluorîdation of Milton Ilm 1 fw t water Iackîng suffîcient data, says reader purchase of the Champion from ils founder, J.A. -Camnpbell. Mr. Matheson edited the Champion for some years, stili teachmng in the grammar school, and after leaving Milton publisbed newspapers ai St. Catharines and other points in Canada. He removed te Chicago many years ago and bas heem in the newspaper business there ever since, except for a short lime during which he was in Montana. On Tuesday Mr. Matheson visited the public school and called on some old friends. Yesterday morning he left for Chicago. Win. Pollock, aged 4 1, foreman of tbe dlay pit of the Toronto Pressed Brick Co. was in town and left for home between il and 12 o'clock. Uc walkmd up the C.P.R. track. His body was found opposite the Milton Prmssed Brick Co.s works borribly manglmd. Dr. McColl coroner believes that at least three trains must have passed over bim during the night. An inquest found he was perfmctly sober and reliable. He lmft a widow and seven childeen from six wmmks 10 thirteen years of age. The Georgetown tennis club played a match with the local club here on Saturday and won by a score of 6 to, 3 events. There wmrm 10 events on the programme, but one of the rnixed doubles remained unfinished on account of darkness. The events wmre ail keenly contmsted. After the match the ladies of Milton club provided a tea for the contestants and their friendai athIb resi- dence of Mes. Watson at which nearly 401 persons were present. Milton players listed were J.M. Campbell, K.D. Panton, L. Prentiss, C. Bastedo, Miss M. Hoilinrake, Miss E. Watson, C. Hollinrakm. Miss H.E. Bastedo was awarded first prize for flowers in water colors and 2nd for figure in oit aithIb Western Fair, London, pmofessional class. Miss McDougall got 2nd prize in pastel, amna- teur. This material is aaaembledl on behaif of the Milton Historical Society by Jim Dilis, who can be reached by e-mail at jdills<ggdirect.com. This letter is in response te, Jason Misner's article in the Febmuary 27 Champion about tbm proposal 10 fluoridate Milton's drinking water. 1 was disappointed in the way the beginning of the article depicîs ail the cbildren of Milton suffering from tootb decay and poor dental bealth. I'd have like 10 have seen the percentage of cbildren in Milton suffering from bigher titan average tooth decay along witb age groups, since tbe issue dates back some 30 years. Thiety years is a long lime with- ouI fluoridation. Wbat effecîs did il bave on the cbildrmn who are now in tbmir teens, twenties and thinies? Is the percentage of children over tbe laut 30 years witb too 'th decay and poor dental bealtb higbee than that of towns and cihies with fluor- idation7 How about some numbers that our children as a main reason 10 alter the watmr. My daugbter is 13 years old and bas neyer had tooth decay prob- lemns of any nature - not one smn- gle cavity. t deank Milton water wben t was pregnant with ber and she bas drank Milton water since she was bom. t even made ber baby formu- la with il. l'in sure her dental healtb isn't unusual among ber peers. l'mn 36 years old and don't have any tooth decay problems. I've neyer had a cavity. I've lived here for 17 years. The watmr bas bad no ilI effect on my teetit. My husband is 40 years old. Uc was bomn in Fergus and grew up in Milton, and bas a total of eight fll- ings. He basn't had a tootb decay problem of any kind in more than 16 years. l'm sure our dental healtb isn't I'd have liked 10 bave been able te, read more information on the risks of bone disease in the article. I believe that wben you report on an issue like fluoridation - which may or may n01 bave devastating effecîs on our childeen's oral bealîh, may or may not increase bone disease and is an issue that lter Ibis year residents are going 10 be asked their tboughts on - tben the article sbould provide in-deptit information, so we can better understand the issue and give our tbougbts based on being educated on tbe issue. 1 will bopefully look forward te, reading more articles on fluorida- lion in Te Champion over the next few months, which will give thc residents and their cbildren more information before making their tboughts known. Carolyn Richardson Milton Wal-Mart will bene fit local businesses: associate Dear Editor: This lenter is in response 10 last Friday's lenter by Audrey Cairns, wbo fears that Wal-Man's arrival will burt downtown businesses in Milton. Here are sorne fadas about Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart bas created more than 45,000 permanent Canadian jobs since 1994 and injected more than $1 billion dieectly into the Canadian economy Ibrougit construction of new stores in alI regions of the country. Wal-Mart's charity programn, callmd Good Works, has donated more than $30 million t0 Canadian chai- lies since 1994. Each new Wal-Mart store creates approxirnately 200 new permanent jobs in thm comn- rnunity. Bontorn me, Wal-Mart is good for Canada and communities like Milton. If Ms Cairns Ibinks tbat Appleby Line and Dundas Street in Burlington is an easy drive for local residents, then how rnuch better is James Snow Parkway and Steeles Avenue in Milton? Therefore, Wal-Mart is bringing convenient retail and grocery shopping dloser 10 seniors in Ibis commu- nity. I can't speak for anyone else, but witb my family of ftve childen I nmmd 10 do shopping thm most conven- ient way possible, whicb is 10, mnskm as few stops as possible and travel as tinle as possible. If t were 10 drive ail thm way 10 Burlinglon, Oakville, Mississauga or Georgetown 10, sbop aI Wal-Mart, then I'd do ail my other shopping in those communities as wmll. .Independent research by Ryerson University over a five-ymar period showmd that Wal-Mart doesn'I put other retailers ouI of business. In many cases, il bas increased sales aI nmigbboueing merchanîs across Canada. If I shop aI thm Wal-Mart in Milton, then l'Il do my other shopping in Milton as wmtll tringing Wal-Mart 10 Milton wiIl only keep people who live in Milton shopping in Milton - and is that not Ibm point? 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