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hVTHQQQN Saluting our l2Oth anniversary For more thon ,200 noas he b Some of the. confusion la datai Cansdlan Champion bas boomn nay nover be comnpletely relleved, cbronuclunag the. lieanaid ftne avents tkut neitiith available knonladga, ni a tonon ansd county-that's 120 glnsad ctons s very smali pieceoet a yeors. As the. papes- beginsa ifs Sîlat 4inse over theo course of more thon year--one oifInhe town'a "senior 1>5 yeas, Uhe iilslary ni the.to-wn's ciflzen"-lt eema appropruata la nanspapers and lb. Champion la look hock la those early beginsn-piurflcular s revlewed bas-e. Par- inga. tiutlar attentions bas boom pald la lbrotsgb yeflonolng pages, nid thae indvduelsano playad a ma- and rare copies of aurlies- publica- jas- part la ta lite nhere adaquate fions, cross checklnsg references, inaformation noa available on them. sorting ouf the conradlctory dates, thietesearcIn project nuasa men- Au in ail blalary, tUne stano doua ciora unsrouk by Ue tiien g!i irante of abeoltite accuracy. If publlisherlM i i Usns thei.970a.a îy of the. fada coan be dlputed, noO would be delghted to hear theo evidence. Theo Champion, though, is an ongolng thing, and thia brsef lapse into the hltory should flot ha regardod as anme n.ostalgie desire to return to "the good old days". We hope The Champion wifl lwaya spend more time looking ahead, than looking back-looklng out- ward, rather than looking inward. But for a feno minutes return to Miltons early foundinga and the settlng in which James A. Camp- hall produced the first Milton Cana- dian Champion. Publlsher's thoughts on a day in history 13Y Hem bTomsler. Psnsiie, TIbe anadan Champion Today Thne Champion reacinen Uhe grasnd ld uge of 120 years-what a oilestone! Au pubiluher of the papr for only fIne laif two andone-half years, Ifeel pretty humble about thiso significuot usnnivessary. Tino owneen, publinhers and staff wino guided Mlton'urcomnmutnityssemspaper finrougin fie finit 1la years deserve most of tine credif for mahîng if main a stoday. ino communlty, ton, deservea osr ap- preciotion for its longtandlng support of Tino Champion as a local advertlsinng medium and source of weekly information u-id esterlalnmenl. Wltinout Uaf contlnoiog support, a nenspaper ta sutinn. Au we pas Une 120-year maris, our Uoughfo go formard. Winal liensoiead' ise Champion inm already hem assuredlisi place ln MUltons htlory, and Uose of ua closely involved "oi forward witlUn a- ticipation ta maising sure anoUner 12o years of Champion keep rollng off tine preses- recordtag (and shaplog) inntory along Une wuy, Itua a pleaoare ta heua part of Uis import- st dy. 1 hope you, Ue rendors, noll enjoy participation tn ino heCiampion'n future as murh au wo noho are so clnely usaociated. ~ke naba Impo AInadCommunity Newspaper-Serving the ommunityfo19Yes VOLUME 120-NUJMBERU5 MILTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981 ANNIVERSARY SALUTE Th'e Champion:@ 120 years of history by Jim Dl//s ise eoha of preparaiai for a sem semipapor iad aidaid id ay 13 lI The Cmadian Csampiosiofaifdltoss mes preseted tuoreadors hy pihliser Jamai A. Camnpbell. RIf djs t fu or yeaireaffierliseincor- poratios of Ue fome aid Ue centr-e afready hadîtac otier nemipasers. MMloninad bien sained tise casasfy tome fot a fou year eairlr. Tise canty huldings had heai recied btnthUe tome hid rhangoed HM lefrsmlis iarly hoginingo. Tiere asseo lownall, verandaiusi me part imai mstr. fronts, Uno mldo aret ofa <ist as catsounrre ai oumplaint aid hendy hitdstag pasis mre loc"ithUe baunes section for Ue casvailaice f Unnie drivta a carsige or ridisu a borne. sisau are Uttle ai Use tam seatanlddm biyaid wu aia 0" " brossai & =Ni . as fosandaris sthUn&Wd stk . m urs saay limbd. 'Singre-l3oms iad tpaisd Unetifi-iars ta Mltsntan1830aid Il mua e hoha ltir ssved as Une lime's fini mayar mies Ue tain ai tcarpos-ated tan1M7. Tise Hatai Grit aid Fleur MII, aroaid stari Ue towns mas rustaud, mas operated y Witle aid bMartin.mellingtonous mre ta stylo ond Ue Royal Exdhsnse HWnta Mata Si. mas holng operited hy Jamses Wintser. Pisse aid hardmood tannin mespentlful aid imhar mn ame of fise prodacta ai thse Tome coanifl as exesding fise m"lInt lome aid esperimenuig hy mahlng Ue usIb hUree pliu idi aid taying tUnem laêigtne ae.Elier wals amrefaiplsis lis-e feol long, laid acesUre hy fours. Curlng and haiehafi mre papulor sportsanad Ue tons stores haiued fins goodo "at ity prire.' No douhi it as iUn sonne trpdation Unal James A. Camnpbell hogon ie palishing rarter ta Milton. Ne sud apparently movod tino site of Ue paser frnm Georgotown ta, Miltonan ta180,but Ueronis ronfosioo about the laigUn 0oflime Unpaper mayhavehoen in Georgetown. A Haltes Journtal iditorial ai May 2, 1&56t referred toa mergor htmsen Uno smo sapern. ta Septemnier llig4 ai a testimonial banquet ta Mr. Campbell, aflor selag ino Champion, ho rnmmented: It ta nmm opsards of ton year in ae I fis-i laincied mY frail harh ta Une lrouhled sea of public opinion t in ta rconty." ta rontradictioof Unr time Ue paper mun in Georgetowen, an oditos-tal ta Tise Champion of June 1806 Mates ise Champion as pahltinbed for tise fin n ia monUh n seorgetown,, Unsmaved ta, Miltan. Wated telegrapi Finit iouais of Tise Canadien Champion 0f Miltan are sot ava"bale. Tino earimai ropy laown to oit is dated 1802aid Uero e buarne Tio nmof Mopis aiaiicrlied lait meois y a tem of Une inhebiansoof Mniltons for tino psrpose of gettlng a taie. g-apin communiation ta tino différent PDtaIn of the province. Tise Costy aid Town Cooncils have give 950 cninWe are LtfinIonfir,. thcoogh thr Iousunils olf weekly issues snce puilined hy a long hgt of saconnors, tUnoinitory of Mltonhaî heus wrenanad recorded. Early paprs, inlsding Tise Canadien Champon, had sutipoisen polical vdoms. Beglnnlnsg s sou publication yen tan 1t62, Mr. Campbelîl etaharated, "Or con- flouaI aim mil l o mise onr papas- a fs-se onpooont of sonnd ltformn prnciples, ta crlppde extasvagace ta ai deprtmaiuil affaireaidse for Ue initialion ai a joit aid ecasnslncal sysiais of disirsinsg Ue pubhlic revenuse ssd Ue proper dWpoming ai Ue patranage of Ue Stte; me "con- seqently mark ivglatly gn Ue ofs a overlirotag Une prensacs s . tadnili tration sehose every sct hua huaieti us-lance wlUn flua. viess."t We raos only suspect abat may have ie nthie mled of James Campbel min e fiiad cosnpletedUnhepublicationsofinMa fint issu e. No copy of it romains t ta Itrdure u ta ilhW man or provide tas onrllest Uougtai. Net tansilà A&thUnt timse Tise Champlionmasheing paliised overy Wedsday ai Ue office in ltse yellow biuldngs nzita UneGriot MM, Milon adesn Guelph St., Georgtown." à ltonseditors W. G. Cullodensai the Nom MnsaidM James A. Campbell of ise Canasdlan Champnnl mre athlie meeting bfovnminor 27, 1862 in Hamilton for Ue foasdLng of ise Canadian Prose s Aen- ala. Discussion tapirs at fiat goUnerag islstdied postal rates, adverttalng aid min- scrlnti ratai. iNIr. Campbsell sommed!sqs Idu early pea nsUnT is7e Chamnpon mIsai ho mm ncoed itssaile in Agut, 1554, ta Mneava. Matinesnnad Hanter. Du .sreaders cobtntimaginesUne pain tl "nlngw uéoorcosl of Tisechamspins t hava. ad ups aid douas ai have aIl amer juaou abt me are happy t state Ilat i the prisent tinse Uis papes- is enjoyng a pafrossago second ta no etinr nesepaper ta Ue provnice aid Uerefre itlu snef on ar- mount of a proper support that me chasse oor prSen ileld of a..r... Domeiir affusir alose are Uone midcansopol un ta pdit osr onnertion mlUn suds lino aid va] ued friaidi as me have over feund in Une smunnerousasupportersof ise Csamspion. We are iappy ta state lisat e do ait laive HaL1ton as have dmns moot of aur pro- doerssors. lostead of losng masey in Ue en torprise, me have made a little and ai Une sametdmo feel that me con go amay lesving in'hlnd ns but a feum prsonal maemies." Borsd teatrace Tise first cinngon thUe omserip of Tise 0sennpionmwasmoflmevered ta Ue mcoin=&. Atatr changen mre senetlsues difficait ta br.e as only a namo on Ue nnasUend" mIgit b hUe Indication. Nows for Ue local preasi t n to days monslated malnly of sna" aid inter- na liosal cveraje wh but a aali aont people ies miai mai happening loclly, la sinceUnoey shsariied ta endyeone papar, lie, eoily must provide Ue snssary of MU ional, intersatiosal aid local seses. Snldesce of Uis ta feund ta Ue "Pr opetus" insuud hy Ue frst farsilsasrs ta follose Mr. Camspbell. 'We relonr o a o of aiy meaiaae for aene.lorting Ue conditinsof linodown trod dus milionmitinor Une surfs ai tHm:da orUnesaes ofiAmSeica ... A a sneiuper, aierenitant aid is-enunon aidW.avairsrabolIhota came op ulUn Ue higin style of jouisiln allttid ta Ue mmassy pressi ntad of asiing air reiders te msnde tirougin Ue tilegrsms andlover- losdsg of onr colsas itise trasy aid eonnruidctory "samsants Unsi daily proms ovr ise miren recelve. We mllin aids n"W a"dsssse itiecompas of a olusss or tmn, a renunmm of tUenesma ofints ta Or tpartaonco, dlvlded indu tinie leading ieuls, Cadiai, Foregn aid Amrinti mer Bonos' Cabinet Shu ... We ifi endoavour tanaise tIse article toua hall nst dais- ta Ly un Ue nems of Ue meois an astharity as te ta a Pol-Hates Dis-or Une ita of the mrld af Ue date of eids î806-07 me Canadiai Chia isse! wmeliiesias MaUnemnj ftlsechmnsgsspewr mis referrai tuai Maving a noamppr office mai ap- iftla ehted togier mnw pwm-utly sot a difficuli tanai. Fronm Une silectia ai readtag aint pailow btadLdng3 nex o t hegriot mill, Ue otaained for it a csatat offiIes mre meaiuthe coUne r ommsuns Unai nai f mentpaparsj bricks baudng net ta Mr. Haiorahesofnitines or large lomas. store, Main St. ta Apri U tUf me sent haoversicate Uero s mmve came se April 2,108810 Unte promises hoeingpabihe hinUn ton. Mllton's newspap He" aiJournal iellien Nem Hon lue C~am" omni ibso nn HaltesNews MUttas Reformier Haltan Standard Pieu lasse LAsi 5nm ise July 5, 1014 April 2, îM May 18m9 1585s. (Namne caagedI f80 hby 13, 1801- Aag. 6, î5I Amsagaiaten thU lton Noms Jase 6. f88 Jly 26, 1877 Asnoaganated mlUn mhe Susn, Junot, f88 Nov. 5, 1801 Anagaimated i lU mhe Champion. Jan. 1, 1932. Jan. 12.1899 Ansalamateil min mne duaspion Jan. 1801 TIse Cinampions, 1954. Jins Dilîs unloodo papers frons the rompny'o firnf ftruck, in front of fhe original building bil in 1922.TIno office af right, thon a foIe- Championa toay. The coonial efylinfi outolde rment rennvn da nolUn thie Tuidrduslgnofithe interlor. The mcat np, oppeate Ue editos-s oflon robi on Une editor of a local ionsaosore." smmpaper for Une mnsmasity description, tory puilisined in it may have heem Une article origimated ta impson pablishoro theofice ofTIie Champion -andUnheeditar and Hunter. Tine nidnt feel tl mas neresuary to recagnino his ns Uneesuly one0 ounptitors. ne oce slUn miirh FPopulation of Une tome Uen mas sboot Unh Une ludtilons 1,M and tafms lofi lome every morenng. ýe if miatins han retureine tino sanue day f ram Scaste aid se grenier hy fus- Georgetoomn coisnecting ulUn Uno Great pulsismi outdido Wstere aid Ue Osaid TrnsiseamsYs. .Inathr records.- Tise July 4, 1807 issue of Tise Cinsnpion wre oUnor paporo imirated the paprs support for Con- lne directory Imeration aind reported "Canfedration day mas qnîetly batlolyally kept ttinoh fot S tou.n of Miltn... Fiags mes-o llying ta qo ifferenl parts of Une lown, among othors %09qp over the ceideces of Dr. Carter, Mr. Fonder Whie uni Mc. Rarey moso pace mas yannuel Clarho taillianfly illlonnted ta the evening. R. Rome After tan lollnmed a tanfire on Une Market Square aid Ue midoiginl performnioe of W. G. Culloden Une Oiso hollIrtagers clouai Une day. TonsHall mos- JamsCampbellintahUe meantime Une counscil mas hagging itUn Mr. Josepin Mas-Un oves- Une W. J. Watson paymit of5,00for Ue cnstruction of tino Tome Hall miUn Une rompielion of Une mois T .to ît aid tino paysnent for etras in dispute. taJ.Saret nOtohor, 1867. the naine of Rtuhert Mathoson s uittrodured to Une papers W. D. Brohrs mathead. In Aoeost, 1869, homover, Richard White Rfoert Matheon evidmtiy sold ta J. D. Msathoson. It mus thon wm eabre J. D. Matheon had heen acting asu editor tar phono exehonge and lofer o delicofennen, WOs joined f0 theo fisafbuilding in 1975 and retnodelled for oaflOWs- roons Publishers in 120 years 1861-1%4 - James A. Campbell 180M4-187 - MaUeson & Hanter -1867-1809 - Rohert MaUnai 1809-1870 - J. D. Matinegai 189-1872- J. D.Mahunà C. E. Keeling 7 i Il872-1874 - J. D. Mathese 18Y74- - George WlIan 1M82- Pontons à Rtaai I18-88 - D. W. Campholl & Wnm Paiu 18061927 - Wm. Pssnton Jr. 1927-1943 - Blihf & Whie 1943-1954 - G. A. DW11 199-178 -Dis Printissg aud Pubbinlg Co. Ltd. IWS-9681 - hdland Puhltinling Ce. IJmlfad 1975. 1901- Metroapan Commanlfy Noua- papes saoelimo. An annosuncemaif of Augait 26, 180, sufed that "Uis arrangement %via nuise no differece in Une editoriat maunagement of Uno papier animwe mit sto Uni Unoero ml hono change ta Une plitiral vioms of Tise LChamin." Csanges n thUn propriitors of Tise Chaumpion marnnaid tacame Uicis aid fait. ta Jasas-y, 1870, an asuoucennent pasetoil sut Unit C. E. Keelintg, formerly of Guelph, haditarmed a partsorsinip msUn J. D. Mathoson, mIa huit purdtaoed Une papor a few monUnis hefoce. tr. Keeling mas evsdontly a prartiral printer uni mai ta sa)rttend Une job doparfmont. Tmo pans lofer ta Jonuary, 1872, Une pastersip of Matheon aidKeseing mas dssolvod. To more yearn pasied adJ. D. hiatinosai soid te George Wilson. Oin Jone 18, 1874, Mc. Wilson gavea dolafiai outline of Une poliry ho mould promate in plitirs, tesperance. local nems aid gaieral noms. mhe ilton of Une late sintios aid ealy semitaes mas vividiy derihed iny Mina Annas Rsddy mriting ta mhe Champion in 1lm. Say& Miss Ruddy, "Mlton se Une lato sletsaornearly seventies, wmiîri 1as fer tarkis n1Iremenhar, wmn a lifilo towe of ahnuf one Uousnsolporso. Tine nearait railmay mas aI Braite.fStreet liginIn mero bkosinn ad minusit rainai, tIa tome mai a mns of mud. Semissg machinai more an innovatinand people more stifl rejoictaf mver Une great innprovomenl e is e oal-ofi anp oser tho tallom raidIe. On Une ersmn nonhy., Une old mays tield, Au a miat dtild I can remoinher seeing Mc. Johnsn Harrison soming tas mheaif y hand. Evus sum f can cloue my eym aid sec bis tell figure ontiringly malhtag up and dome Une rnms, rinyttmanlly orattering finit use hand, Uen Une oUner, Une grain mtain mwas Iaer lo ho reaped miUn a ciadie aid lireihel by herse poer or perhasa iUn a floUl. - A gsp ta Une large ond boin of copies ai Tise Caadien Champion obscures Une sent change ta omnerntop We loea Untalta Jtdy. f810. Une Champion mas being putnshuhd hy Ponton aid Rinon se ai office on Main St. opposite Une Tisompson House. mous puiininrs continurd to ut loas (intober, 1882. mhe paper mas Unen sold to a pactaeruinip of D. W. Campblîl and William Panses Jonior. Mr. Campholl donu mhe Campholl aid Ponton prfl.erotap onstinuodti ntai April, 1896, oben Mr. Campbell, a county reasurer ai oel un Une senior partocr in the firîn of Campbell aid Panton, died at tas renîdence. AI ose tinse the tome bud ai leunt Uree nwspapers. Tise Champion hudt bon ntartod ins 1861, me HIton Nem C.a ta 19 aid fho Hatan Nows mao fouuded in 1872 mantlnuiug and umaigamating iUn Une Milton Son Jonuary 6,fs8U. Tme Son liad hous puhlishai otace fthe early 1liaus a Gesservabive paper. And in 1801 William Brothers and Richard White toondeil Une Milton Reformer ai onothor Uheral paper opetinf miUn The Champion. It as amalgamated mith Tine Champion Decemhor 31, 1931. On Jaiuary 10,. î9Tnhe Hilton Reformer reportai"Tino firat nesher of Une Halton Standard, Une nom Conservative ongai, mai issueil from Une office i Milton lmst wccb lu s avc.vsn, wll printed sbcr Tincer nemopaper -wta says nom Uat MUltantsn st Une rentre of meaiUn, hoauty asd intllilgence, especisllyUnhe ltler? lShmwaisantier tomn in Ontario Une aise of MUtta Ui an haU of Uree local semspapern. We nre Une people." (Ohvtaualy mhe MUltas Refirmier-, mhe Canadian Champion aid Une noem Halles Standard. Tise Hsltai Standard amalgamateil miti Thne Champion le Jaissry 1801.) By 1878 me Chamnpion mai hains pahlised itan office 'oppoaiteUne Thoisnsp se Noua. whld ich n e builing casratly occuplodhbyClmistal Glosa. mhe sdator wmate, b"is-urcMsy fot lWel of kapormSacheshappeà -. Oar touna ppeasI e t oprgrndsg suiseU- fCesiinuS ePg. 03> 1 a as he Viti la m i Pl L', Wf 0.