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mrvf wfceelfhan 91 itiampbellvi lies senior resident jmaar resident ilk lady dnacn to hoo- w vkrruilrnl over the to committee b 1 mr frank a teres who redde t the of ker daufhter mm f outalaa she vt be on july j hmfw-t- ehe wi born kl cf hk end lived in mverel pucet la canada and the united succi mn wfceehhaa km epent ner but yn la campbellvllle nd i a wth known and highly upect- cd cjqaen frank vayo died nephew of dvid i the man who onti the thriving mill that i now crawfordv david w alto known a the friendly banker and had a habit of loaning money to needy vlluawr devuln bro ther alec wu prankt father mm wheelihan wk burn ai cartloie and graduated from loralto academy in hamilton xftr her marriage to frank wheauhaa aha lived in colorado hack in crlllt then in st tsomae walkervllk and del roil before moving lo cmpxllvhw br ifm for aosd i marrted a ratlroad man he explained add aag her husband worked for the wchlgan central and santa rv kaflraad still a member of the women lattlrute aha joined it about 11 yaara ago she has alto been active fai the catholic women laagne at our lady of mount carntel freelton she has one eon lack and one daughter huher mr f oulnlan both of camp- beuvtlle and six grandchildren i for the weekend celebration of ew alaa in iha vujage carapbcmviuet wth birthday a a a innllaaj lorward anjuoualy police village photo by becked mat mank wrimwan wll celabrtia ker 92nd birthday on july 5 and it camoballvillat oldett rendent she hat lived ma pait 58 yaari of bar life in iha villaoe and it honorary vicepretident of the 50th anmvertary commillea planninfj tfita weekendt fetiivitiet agmwt p 14 years in village post office ttw mn in chary of mail ser vice in campbellville today in ha new hmiitumi doug ay now a va with 14 yean etper- knoe us thj mall trade he took over his duties on may 20 ol thi car at the retirement of mi a hubberl ootig agntw has worked from ihe village po since i0w w ha took over a rural route del- nwywkh 50 calls today hi route has grown to over lv calu whh many of thaw boxes ervinj two or more families a native ton mr aynew coin- ddentalty celebrates hit 50th bir thday july 7 just 10 day alter the village whoops it up on the olebra4lo ol the soth birthday of the vtluue he utta born on the agnew farm at r r l campbellvmc bow owned by hli brother gord on atttww he attended ss 2 achoot and campbellvulc public school then went for a commer cial cource at gat collegiate in- ail tut and vocational school from 1029 to 1931 mr agnew united u he recalled how he led the farm at 7 eon cuch day to catch the train to school and didnt arrive home in the evening utwll around f oclock me remained on the farm un til 1942 when he joined the army and after completing a motor cycle dispatch riders course bo- cam a course instructor doug apent 33 month overman first as a dispatch rider and later as a teleprinter operator in he sig- baht division he travelled exten sively through england france belgium holland and germany and taw plenty of wur on the various fronts it was very in uresutif work he explains home from overseas with a tew bride in 1946 he worked ut custom sawing fur several years then worked tor crawlurds mill on bush cutting work doug moved to p l robert suns lot kevenil months then in 1950 be gan his service with the village foal office hu crdo dougs particular about his mail vorvicc and lives by tlie crrdo the mall mul go through its 3 practice tic obey ed for 14 years whlld driving his truck up und dowti the rural j roods und a practice hell con tinue now i hat hes in chjtkrr ot the village post ollice and its staff he point out the mail business in campbellville u growing fakt in 1951 it became necessary to move the pcm office from the garrett hejtfir to the new hu tid ing his brother gordon agncw erected in the village because the number of boxholdcrs ua gixiwing rapidly today there arc 74 village box- holdcrh plus 121 on george stok es r r i 155 on r r 2 hand led by hi wife doreen und 178 on r r 3 which sam hamilton j deliver added to this are many extra householder using the same mailboxes as assistants in the post ollice are mrs mae dennis and mrs robert hlliuit who is on the stall or holiday periods and at christmas going back into campbell villes eailv days it was learned mr agncw is the loth postmaster in the 112 year po history the lirst was james n mcgrimilh who held it 1152 to 1854 ojher were eglantine rjack james mc lean duncan smittep fred john jones james h cooper thomas christie l r lister mis h c lister acting robert m urown matthew beat lie e d malum fred garrett mrs r garrett acting j k mahon miss map garrt llubbert and now mr ag ncw outf ihmho villaoi ostmasttr since may 20 of this v is doug agnaw a lifelong resident of the area and a veteran of 14 vters of service as a rural mail carrier hes the 16th post master in the 112 years a post office has existed in the village iv i r jafl xw a i adm aeaiavar vi bjjvj plucky from ibe canadian champion march 9 1905 plucky utile campbellville a deputation ron tiering of dr car- bert mafhew beattle murray crawford and david black rep resenting the cltixena of camp bellville waited upari nga- wcya council at ita last meeting ailing fur u00 lo lay granolltlik pavement in campbellville the clllaens being willing to pay a like amount for laid purchau the council is considering the trailer campbellvlllet enterpris ing cilljent deserve encourage ment monkut cemettjlv take llnie to vllt the pioneer prebyterlan cemetery if youre attending the soth annlverury celebration ut campbellvllle thi weekend it ik- on a hul at the south end ul the pond and u privervtd uiul nulnlaiiud in ca cujlcnl tunc mrs a gilmour among oldesf mis annie gilmour wklow of ilu laite john gilmour of cainp- uluille i one of the vimatfe unlor irsdenl and will cclc- hniic tur 89th birtlujay next nov ember she was born in the ivonie now owned hy jotm wlvevlihan aiul txcupied by mr and mr jock roberts and family ui the vil lage siuj wa married to mr gil mour ui pus i inch in december 1900 und they nuivcd to campbeji- villo in 1919 mr and mrv gil mour hpenl over 59 happy year logvtlier be to re his death fiuir van utfo he was a plasterer all hl life und wan well known thithiglttiut the dulrict mr gilnmur is xtill in fair health and enjoyed a trip to cali fornia tan year sd kwaeme faaivn hvtoyld ims yiar 16 ajve better vuloin for molorlsu using the viluget main corner thkhomt wuthe bley homteacl the orltilnjictlonbf lhe hou dated back to this ri1l6ml wtth axidwoni it milu 17 tobmt mrs annie gilmour u tiajamijlajafcairt3 j historical exhibit residents of campbellville have compiled an exhibit of historical itemv and antiques these will be on display in the campbelt- yulc school on fridav from 7v to 930 pm saturday 10 am lo 10 pm and sunday 4 lo 6 pm dont misv it yrttrhbni lawwcf in five villeo of campbellvllle bgan in i sherman of millon they are posing in front of tfve vtllooe inn 1 892 long distance service only in 189 the service was j which burned down rh fall of thu yaar many older reidnts expanded for calls lo other telephones in own above it a of the village will recall the inn telephone crew in 1930 in a picture taken by p ho loo raphe 1 fhoto coufttiy artl mlifmoki began in 1892 village telephone service 1aie in tlve laht century canip- bellvilie businenmen ivallcd live need fur tcleplionc service und in 1892 die tirst phone facilities arrived when a ions disijnce line wos built from uurlingion to campbellville fo millon to george town dy 1899 accordinit lo del tele phone records a switchboard and one telephone were installed in d n mctavikhi toe tor the convenience of lownneople wish- iny local another town or village fortunate enouuh to have a tele phone this wa in use until 1901 for long distance calu only then local calling wa instituted did all the work mr mctuvish wax made the nuutagcr and was reipontibfa far making the connection and col lecting the tolu in 1900 c a els ley was made manager murray crawford lumber man who had just purchased the former lcwi brothers brick works plant the previous year had the dislinction of ha vine he first limlnn in the telephone direc tory for this district of ontario when he purchased the firm pri vate phone in 1901 today m year later you will still find the crawford mill name in the local mrs c a elsley now 89 she recalls early days now living in milton wilh her granddaughter mn uob mc- phail 89yearold mm c a e slcy jpnt 68 vears living in campbellville she is the widow of a wellknown anl respected village storekeeper c a bert filsley who was one ol the orig inal campbellville trustees still in jood hcath allhouph a little hard of hearing mr til ley memories of ihose early days take her back lo the time uhen she lirst arrived and found the village a rough place to live hotel buueal the lilstevs came tinre and htmifht a store in 1395 it later was turned into un apartment building and it burned down in 1957 she recalls the lewi brick works wa closed at the time and the large mill was idle but the hotel did the hot trade ol all i lie community businesses saturday night the moun taineers all came to town and brought their wives and child ren in their buggies she re minisced the hotel did a big business they carried it out in pails and the revelry lasted most ol the night not jut on saturdays but any ijv or nght of the week she also rccued the gpv hand vt travelled through the countryside and shopped in their store the sidewalk wre not fit to walk on and everything was run down she remember ed cup her unhand joined with d d christb of the lime kilns and murrav crawford of craw ford milt and they decided to clean it up and make the lace jt decent plate tu live ev ciitually they had discouraged the uncouth mountaineers irom visiting the village and they and others finally asked township council lo declare cumpbellville a police village mr euley was one of the three first chosen to be u village trus ted in wiol jcha hotel burned mrs c a elsixy 81 down in 1929 and the drinking problem was ended the emcvta live 1 in a house that would be 100 years old il i were standing today il was lorn down this spring lo nuke room tor widening the main corner o the villogc the 17 room house was a real landmark in camp bellvjlle at one time the eistevs ran a lunch counter in he house und before they purchased it the building ha j been used as a 4 tore aintltuc llebby mrs elsley ha done many beautiful oil painting in her life the majority of them in the last 20 years her family includ ed seven children shes looking f award to her 90th birthday to be celebrated nex august 16 directory only today it is crawford 1umher and fuel and tlie business is operated by his grandson murrav mahon i4 uaung rv 1902 d d christie co had a phone then ilea lie and mixrc were listed in 190v jnd in 1904 the west ontario directory list ed campbellvllle wilh c a llslev siill local manager and l he following business plates no 2 ikattic and moorv gen eral ston- no 4b rev a- blan minister 6 c p r station guelph juiulion j dr cartxtt physician 5 d d christie and co lime kilns 1 murrav craw ford lumberman saw and chop ping mill 4k william dredge farmer 4a c a elsley merchant und i- euley merchant 4n m mcmillan implements 4f dr j mctaggari veterinary sur geon 4r p savers and sons saw mill and lumberman bell people explain the line 4 served six subscribers in the township brier hours that same cn 1904 a new and larger switchboard was in stalled lo serse the rapidly ex panding service the oil ice hours were listed as 7 am to 9 pm dailv 10 am to noon 2 lo 4 pin on holidays ami 2 to 4 p m sun days outside those hours the switchboard was not open and ou could nol use vour phone in julv 1912 all campnelh ille numbers weie listed under millon in the directory ami remained there until 1957 when the vil lage got its own dial telephone exchange and ihc ulsier 4 prefix david wheelihan gave own land far st davids the whecalihan family must be included in any mention ul campbellvihc history lor the family name is lied in wilh the history of both ilu crawlord mill and st davids presbyterian church village lots ueie originally owned bv john wtteclwun his son david operated the mill in the village presently known as 1 1 1 u lords as well as two olltcrs i one in nussagaweya on whal is now murrav mahons farm and i one hour mill known as ahiey i mih the lamdv has ledger hooks dating back to the itvios hut it j was not until 1874 that david i wheelihan und henry cargill were deeded i lie propartv for i the present mill it w sold in htz ii murray crawford frw church mta david was also i he village hanker a nit was known to le lenient it ihe person borrowing ilu- loan was rcallv in need though not loimciiid wilh iha thurih he olteictl a tree sue on his property tor ilu bin id in j ot a preshmenan c hurih it wai suhs4tuenlly ereitid in 1891 and named si da ul s alter the donor mi wheelihan jlso gave gioond lor ituiiih sheds and lei i 500 in his will lot the tigrvga- lidii whuh was used lo pin chase additional land tor ihc cemeleiy john d whechliati his son donated ihe luul lor lite hall park and village school in w2i present plaque a scrolitpe plaque extend ing congratulations to the vil lage of campbellville tmm prem ier john p robarts has been received by village trustees and will be officially presented lo ihe village on the weekend h george a kerr hallon mpp on behalf ol the premier huff pholo fthutvfo to u the oldett houie in campbellvlla this it the retiowvca of mist elizabeth kennedy the villages founder john campbell built it for his family after smiling m the village in 1831 mr and mrs rov wood live there now two recusals both prime minister mike rear- ton and ontario premier john robarts had to turn down in vital ions to be at the campbell ville soth anniversary celebration this weeketwl both wrote stat ing they bad prior eugaamantil grockr hill coulttft loft li popular figure in campbellville ho is 33 and me youna- est on record to become reeve of the township of nasseoaweya his father w a coulter right il shown helplna bill in the meat depart man of ihe typal cduntry store bui is alto active on tha commiheo plannina tho 50th annivftrsary celebrations for this weekend june 261028 ife