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v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFCC" background="Residents_files/image006.jpg" lang=EN-CA link="#669900" vlink="#999933" style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" fillcolor="#ffc" o:targetscreensize="800,600"> <v:fill src="Residents_files/image006.jpg" color2="fill darken(225)" recolor="t" method="linear sigma" focus="100%" type="gradient"/> </v:background><![endif]--> <div class=WordSection1> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#669966;mso-font-kerning:16.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>Residents &amp; their stories<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#669966;mso-font-kerning:16.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>The stories submitted by or about the following people are posted below:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#669966;mso-font-kerning:16.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=560 style='width:336.2pt;margin-left:-53.2pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>George Ironside<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Donald R. Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'><a href="#IreneHooey">Irene Hooey</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Mrs. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Cecil Wylie<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Dick Baxter<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Jack Evans<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Della Fisher<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Lucille Gamble<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Gus Ryder<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Dick Northcott<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Jerome Drayton<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Donald Grant<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#339966'>Pat McDevitt</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#339966'>Daniel Christie</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#339966'>Paul Dobbs</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Bruce Treble<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'>Ashley Goodfellow<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#339966'>Sylvia Prevost</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'><a href="#BobClarke">Bob Clarke</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'><a href="#Hennessey">Hennessey Family</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=298 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:178.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; height:16.2pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#339966'><a href="#MervinGraydon">Mervin Graydon</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:16.2pt'> <td width=263 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:157.6pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; 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margin-top:0;width:198pt;height:227.4pt;z-index:-13;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image013.jpg" o:title="image003"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=264 height=303 src="Residents_files/image013.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_98"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>George Ironside - First reeve (mayor) of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New Toronto</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.&nbsp; Mr. Ironside was a millwright and superintendent at the Ramsey &amp; Ritchie Company.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He owned at least 6 houses on Fifth Street, most of which no longer exist (replaced by a parking lot). &nbsp;&nbsp;George was also a School Board Chairman at one time.&nbsp; He was instrumental in obtaining William Mole as principal for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Street</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Public School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.&nbsp; Mr. Mole, with his education, was considered an extravagance for a rural community such as New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='text-align:justify;line-height:10.0pt'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Wendy</span></st1:PersonName><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> Gamble, our so</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>ciety s president; her cousin, Joan, was married to Norm Ironside, George s son.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mike Haslett, George s grandson, has a number of family photos on his webpage:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><a href="http://home.golden.net/~mikespg/oldfamilyphotos.html">http://home.golden.net/~mikespg/oldfamilyphotos.html</a>.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>One of George Ironside s hobbies  was photography, when he wasn't busy fathering children, of course says Mike.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I have found the birth announcement of one of George s children, Olive, at a <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/I_Surnames.htm">genealogy website:</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;mso-pagination:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>055821-08 (York Co)&nbsp; <b>IRONSIDE</b>, Olive Isabelle, f, &nbsp;b. March 20 1908, father- George IRONSIDE, millwright, mother - Ethelinde Alberta <b>HOWARD</b>, infm - George Ironside, Etobicoke<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The picture to the right was contributed by Mike:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span> This was taken by my mother Ethel in our backyard at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">134-5th St.</st1:address></st1:Street>, New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Over top of the fences you can see some of the houses on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">6th St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The photo was probably taken in 1945.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Pictured in the photo are L-R:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Paul Parkes, Bryan Farrell, Winston Jones and Mike Haslett. We are playing the musical instruments of the day - rolled up paper .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_i1055" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Don Russell</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Donald R. Russell  Don Russell served one term as councilor before contesting the mayor s position, which he won and held from 1955 to 1967.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>When New Toronto was amalgamated with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Etobicoke</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Township</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Russell topped the polls for the board of control in Etobicoke.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Don was a member of the Board of Education in New Toronto for eight years (see <a href="Education.htm#NTBoEd">picture</a> in the Education section) and the first chairman of the Lakeshore Board of Education.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In the 1930 s Don opened a drug store at what is now <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2891 Lakeshore Blvd West</st1:address></st1:Street>, which still retains his name (Don Russell Pharmacy can be seen in the <a href="History%20of%20New%20Toronto.htm">picture of the Highway</a> from 1939 - look on the right).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>One newspaper article I ve read stated that he also owned another drug store at the corner of Burnamthorpe and Martingrove Roads in the 1940 s. Don was a member of the Lakeshore Lions Club, the Kingsway Shriners branch, Lakeshore paraplegic Society, the Red Cross, the new Toronto Library Board, and was a member of the Pharmacists Association.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>As mayor of New Toronto he served on Metro Council for a number of years.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Donald</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">R.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Russell</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Memorial Park</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> was named after him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Situated on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Elder Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, the park is a symbol of the respect he engendered in all community-minded residents.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1054" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><a name=IreneHooey><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Irene Hooey<o:p></o:p></span></a></p> <span style='mso-bookmark:IreneHooey'></span> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_99" o:spid="_x0000_s1311" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image006" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0; margin-top:0;width:357.6pt;height:188.4pt;z-index:-12;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image014.gif" o:title="image006"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=477 height=251 src="Residents_files/image014.gif" align=left hspace=12 alt=image006 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_99"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Irene Hooey Leslie lived at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">142 Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street> as well as other parts of New Toronto.&nbsp; (Her house would have been where the parking lot is today between Fifth and Sixth Streets, and very close to the Ironside s  George Ironside being the town s first reeve).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Irene s family moved here from Bowmanville in 1919 because her father worked at the Goodyear plant.&nbsp; She was the oldest of 10 children and went to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Street</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Public School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.&nbsp; She tells me that there used to be a great gully between Fifth and Fourth streets where the kids used to go sledding.&nbsp; The gully disappeared when the liquor store was built on the north side of Lakeshore.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Irene recollects the following sad incident at Ironside's house:&nbsp; &quot;Mrs. Ironside was pregnant and died in the 1918 flu epidemic.&nbsp;A maiden aunt, Miss Olive Howard, came from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Swansea</st1:City></st1:place> to look after the children.&nbsp; Ethel was Irene s friend, they were about 2 years apart in age.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Irene remembers sitting in Mr. Ironside's &quot;office&quot; listening to &quot;Santa Claus&quot; on his radio&quot;.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>[Editor s note:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Ethelinde Ironside s grandson tells me that his grandmother actually passed away on February 24<sup>th</sup>, 1920 during childbirth  his comments are:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span> My mother had told me that story.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The nurse summoned George into the room where Ethelinde lay and told him that she had died.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>George came out of the room and said to those present, (including my mother), &quot;She's gone.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Aside from that, all my mother remembers of the incident was &quot;all the blood.&quot;<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Ethelinde's sister, Olive Howard, took over the raising of the six children for George, a very difficult task, to be sure]. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#666600; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Above is a painting of <a href="http://www.adrianderooy.com/page12.html"><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>&quot;The Assembly Hall&quot;</span></a> done by Adrian DeRooy, also a resident of New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mrs. Leslie is the lady in the pink slacks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Adrian</st1:City></st1:place> tells me that Cliff Lumsdon and Gus Ryder are also in the painting.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Irene lived in New Toronto for 80 years, moving to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>, B.C in 1999.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Irene s daughter tells me that Irene felt like she never left New Toronto  the town and the people were close to her heart always.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sadly, Irene passed away on April 15<sup>th</sup>, 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_i1053" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The Boyles<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_45" o:spid="_x0000_s1310" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image006" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0; width:173.25pt;height:245.25pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image015.jpg" o:title="image006"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=231 height=327 src="Residents_files/image015.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt=image006 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_45"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The Boyles lived at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">146 Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp; Mrs. Boyle's daughter, Jean, started the Fish &amp; Chip shop.&nbsp; (See the page on <a href="New%20Toronto%20Fish.htm">New Toronto Fish &amp; Chips</a>)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Below is a picture from 1926 of Mrs. Boyle with Roy Hooey, the neighbour's son (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Roy</st1:City></st1:place> is the brother of Irene Hooey, mentioned above).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The picture is taken with Mrs. Boyle and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Roy</st1:City></st1:place> facing the house at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">142 Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, so in the background is the east side of Fifth, which at the time was an empty field looking right through to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fourth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp; The house in the background was William Hennessy's home.&nbsp; His brother, Michael, ran Mike's Smoke Shop, which was on the north side of &quot;the highway&quot;, 2nd storefront east of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sixth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1052" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>C.W. Wylie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_58" o:spid="_x0000_s1309" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Wylie Press 1959" style='position:absolute;margin-left:390.5pt;margin-top:0;width:430.5pt; height:134.5pt;z-index:-14;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image016.jpg" o:title="Wylie Press 1959"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=574 height=179 src="Residents_files/image016.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt="Wylie Press 1959" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_58"><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>WYLIE, Cecil Walter</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> - Known as C.W. or Cy, C. W. Wylie was born on July 30, 1914 in South Porcupine, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ontario</st1:place></st1:State>. He passed away peacefully in the morning of January 4th, 2006 with his wife, Catherine by his side. The Wylie Family moved to New Toronto from South Porcupine in 1917. C. W. saw New Toronto grow from a small rural-like community to an industrial urban one. He served in the RCNVR from 1942 to 1945. In 1947, he founded Wylie Press which had its home on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sixth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Seventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and lastly on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Kipling Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>. He began his new career as a farmer on his beloved Ortonwood farm in the Fergus area in 1971.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>C.W. married Catherine in 1983 at the Farm and in 1988 they moved to Ennisclare, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oakville</st1:place></st1:City>. C.W. is predeceased by his parents, Jack and <a href="Streets.htm#EttaWylie">Etta Wylie</a>, his sister, Elfreda (Mrs. W. D. LaFrance), his brothers Lloyd and Glenn and his son, John. He will be sadly missed by his wife Catherine, his daughter-in-law, Christie and grandchildren Bianca and Geoffrey, his sisters, Lucille (Mrs. J. R. Gamble) and Gwen (Mrs. K.W. Ingram) plus his nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service was held on Friday, January 13, 2006, at the Oakview Funeral Home, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">56 Lakeshore Rd. W.</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Oakville</st1:City></st1:address>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_i1051" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>House of Ill-Repute - It is rumoured that <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street> had its own bordello.&nbsp; There was a furniture store on Lakeshore many years ago, where the gentlemen requesting the company of a lady of the evening would traverse down a tunnel in the back of store. The tunnel passed north under the alleyway behind the store to one of the houses on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp; Apparently, the entranceway into the house is still present today in the basement of the house, sealed, of course. However, this is all speculation - I have no confirmation of this rumour.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_i1050" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Richard Baxter was born on May 20, 1915 in the east end of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City> and moved to New Toronto when he was four, to a house at the bottom of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Dick writes about a time when a neighbour asked his mother where they were moving to and the neighbour's reply was that it was a dreadful place - &quot;nothing but mud and bootleggers&quot;.&nbsp; In fact, Dick related a story to me about a new pastor in town (this would be in the 1920's or 30's), who was coming up <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street> to meet some of the members of his new congregation.&nbsp; The new pastor smoked a pipe and decided to stop at a store on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, just around the corner of Lakeshore.&nbsp; He assumed that his collar caused quite a kafuffle, because when he walked in, there was an awful lot of scurrying going on.&nbsp; Later he discovered from his parish members, that this store was reputed to be a front for gambling and bookie operations.&nbsp; Apparently they all had quite a chuckle with the pastor over his experience.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Dick's father was Herbert Baxter, a contractor in New Toronto who built several of the houses in the area as well as installation of many of the sidewalks.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Herbert Baxter Contracting was located in a building on the corner of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">8th Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and Lakeshore. The building burned down in 1923 and then the Public Utilities building was erected. The site is now the Liaison College of Culinary Arts.&nbsp;(See the section on Public Works for more information).&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Dick's career started as an office boy for the Town of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Toronto</st1:place></st1:City> in the 1930's. In 1954, he became Supervisor of Assessment for Metro. When the Province took over assessment in 1971, Dick became the Assessment Commissioner for Etobicoke and York. At the time of his retirement, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Assessment Review Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3 style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> Dick married Villa Bayes on December 31, 1938 and they had 3 children.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>After having lived and worked in New Toronto for 40 years, Dick moved to Central Etobicoke, first on Blaketon Road, and then to Burnamthorpe Road, where he lived for rest of his days.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-right:36.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Dick was 89 years old when he passed away in early 2005.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He was a noted citizen of New Toronto for much of his life. I personally met Dick in 2004, and spent a few lunch hours with him talking about what New Toronto was like in days gone by. The hours I spent with Dick were enlightening, informative, and fun. He always had a funny story to tell me. I only wish I could have documented everything in his words.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_i1049" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Jack Evans was one of our founding members.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>His obituary, as follows, was posted in the Toronto Star in January 2006:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>EVANS, Jack ''Smokey'' Ellis</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> - Passed away peacefully on January 4, 2006 at the McCall Centre, in his 95th year. Long time faithful member of St. Margaret's, New Toronto. Beloved husband of the late Charlotte ''Lottie'' Evans (2004). Loving father of Art (Gayle), Dean (Carol) and Charlene. Grandfather to Jennifer, Dean, Lindsay, Blake and great-grandchild Nathanael. Survived by his brother Richard Evans.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Smokey is predeceased by his parents Ellis and Naomi Evans, sisters Doris, Gladys, Jean, brother Reg and his granddaughter Kristy. Friends will be received at the Ridley Funeral Home, 3080 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (between Islington and Kipling Aves., at 14th St., 416-259-3705) on Friday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral service on Saturday at St. Margaret's Anglican Church New Toronto at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Jack s wife passed away a couple years before.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Her obituary posted in the Toronto Star on October 9<sup>th</sup>, 2004:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>EVANS</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>, </span><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Charlotte</span></b></st1:place></st1:City><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'> May &quot;Lottie&quot; (née HUNTINGFORD</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";color:windowtext'>) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Passed away peacefully on October 7, 2004 at the McCall Centre, in her 89th year. Long time faithful member of St. Margaret's New Toronto and founding member of the Kumeetus Club. Beloved wife of Jack EVANS for 65 years. Dear mother of Art (Gayle) EVANS, Dean (Carol) EVANS and Charlene EVANS. Survived by sisters Ivy HUNTINGFORD, Gert BODMAN and brother Mickey HUNTINGFORD.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Grandmother to Dean, Jennifer, Lindsay, Blake and great-grandchild Nathanael. Predeceased by parents Arthur and Susannah HUNTINGFORD, sisters Violet, Grace and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ada</st1:place></st1:City> and brothers Bill and Jack and granddaughter Kristy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sadly missed by nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Ridley Funeral Home, 3080 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (between Islington and Kipling Aves., at 14th St., 416-259-3705) on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday at St. Margaret's Anglican Church New Toronto from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>If anyone would like to contribute a story about Jack Evans life, feel free to e-mail our secretary at <a href="mailto:lcaron0822@rogers.com">lcaron0822@rogers.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin-right:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Della Fisher is the first child born in New Toronto after it had been incorporated as a village.&nbsp; She was the sister of Bill Fisher, a previous member of the New Toronto Hydro Board.&nbsp; Della's family were obviously friends of the Ironsides.&nbsp; The book, <a href="http://hip.tpl.toronto.on.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=10V772R74468L.62606&amp;profile=rs&amp;uri=full=1100001@!3353551@!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=advanced&amp;menu=search&amp;source=192.30.226.49@!rs&amp;ipp=20&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=new+toronto+hydro&amp;index=TW&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=advanced%20">New Toronto and Toronto Hydro: Celebrating our Golden Jubilee 1913-1963</a> has a few pictures of her on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp; (I couldn't find a copyright on this book, so if I have posted any of these pictures in error, please let me know).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The row houses in the picture on the right have since been torn down.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>A city parking lot now stands in their place.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof: yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_i1047" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image008" style='width:261pt;height:222pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image010.jpg" o:title="image008"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=348 height=296 src="Residents_files/image010.jpg" alt=image008 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof: yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image015" style='width:311.4pt;height:166.8pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image001.jpg" o:title="image015"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=415 height=222 src="Residents_files/image001.jpg" alt=image015 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11" o:spid="_x0000_i1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_119" o:spid="_x0000_s1308" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image018" style='position:absolute; margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:230.4pt;height:180pt;z-index:-11; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image002.jpg" o:title="image018"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=307 height=240 src="Residents_files/image002.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt=image018 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_119"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Wendy Gamble, president of the New Toronto Historical Society, is a resident of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Seventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.&nbsp; Her grandfather was a carpenter who moved to New Toronto in 1917 to work on the construction of the Goodyear plant.&nbsp; Her mother, Lucille, was born on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Seventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and still lives there.&nbsp; Lucille was one of Gus Ryder's first swimming champions, and is an inductee of the <a href="http://etobicokesports.ca/gamble_alpha.html">Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame</a>.&nbsp; She started her swimming career in 1930 and was one of Gus Ryder's first swimming champions.&nbsp; Lucille spoke about the lack of facilities when they started; so swimming practices took place in the lake.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>This picture was taken on January 26, 1953 where Lou (Lucille) Gamble in her role as a Red Cross swimming instructor, presents the Junior Swim Pin to one of the women swim graduates as Gus Ryder looks on. The picture was taken at the town s 14<sup>th</sup> Annual Public Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_i1044" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_12"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Gus Ryder started his career in 1930 as a lifeguard on one of the beaches in New Toronto and soon started up the New Toronto Swim Club.&nbsp; He trained several champion swimmers including Lucille Gamble, Cliff Lumsdon, and Marilyn Bell.&nbsp; There is an excellent write-up of his career on the <a href="http://www.swimontario.com/Gus.html">Swim Ontario website</a>.&nbsp; I've been told that Gus also owned a customs brokerage firm (which I personally find interesting since I've been in the customs brokerage business for 23 years).&nbsp; My understanding is that he left the firm to one of his key employees, a man named Phil (last name unknown).&nbsp; The firm was eventually bought out by J.D. O'Hearn Customs Brokers, which is today a member broker of the Federated Group.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13" o:spid="_x0000_i1043" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Cliff Lumsdon - see section above on <a href="#Clifford_Lumsdon_Park">Cliff Lumsdon Park</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_14" o:spid="_x0000_i1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Dick Northcott  Born Richard William Northcott on August 31, 1933 to Richard William and Aileen Marion Northcott, Dick has been a consistent contributor of pictures and information to our society.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The hottest heat wave on record in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saskatchewan</st1:place></st1:State> in 1936 drove Dick s parents eastward where they ended up settling in New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Dick attended St. Margaret s Church, went to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Seventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and then <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Secondary School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Dick lives in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Markham</st1:place></st1:City> today, but fondly remembers the people and places of New Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_15" o:spid="_x0000_i1041" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_15"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>While Jerome Drayton grew up in neighbouring Mimico, being a personal acquaintance of mine, I couldn't help mentioning his achievements in sports.&nbsp; He does have a connection to New Toronto in that in his early days, he had to travel to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2nd Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Public School for woodworking shop since the facilities weren't available in the Mimico schools within his jurisdiction.&nbsp; In later years, Jerome was very successful in his sports career.&nbsp; He placed 6th in the 1976 Olympics in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Montreal</st1:place></st1:City> for marathon running.&nbsp; In 1977, Jerome set the Canadian marathon record and won the Boston Marathon.&nbsp; David Blaikie includes an in depth biography of Jerome in his book, <a href="http://www.davidblaikie.com/david_blaikie/boston/baa_aut.htm">Boston: The Canadian Story</a>.&nbsp; The biography can be found on <a href="http://www.davidblaikie.com/david_blaikie/boston/baa_1977.htm">David Blakie's website</a>.&nbsp; Jerome was also inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame and another short biography can be found on the <a href="http://www.etobicokesports.ca/drayton_alpha.html">Hall of Fame's website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_16" o:spid="_x0000_i1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Some stories from Donald Grant:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>In the 1950 Board of Education composite photo, Don Russell, pharmacist and later mayor, lived on the east side of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">11th street</st1:address></st1:Street>, north of Morrison. [Gus Ryder lived across the road]. W.T. Bill Shaw was the secretary of the board and lived on the west side of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">9th street</st1:address></st1:Street> above Morrison. Rev Dwelly was the Anglican priest. W.C. Clare Farrow also lived across from Don Russell, and I believe was employed at Anaconda. E.J. Ernie McGirr was the first principal of the NTSS, hired by the board from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Niagara Falls</st1:place></st1:City>, where he had been principal of a similar school. He was hired at least a year in advance of construction to provide advice on design. He lived in Mimico on the north side of Lakeshore just east of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Church Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, in a [then] modern bungalow. The new school opened in the fall of 1951. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_139" o:spid="_x0000_s1307" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="New Toronto Dairy 2" style='position:absolute; left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:114.25pt;margin-top:0;width:154.25pt; height:205pt;z-index:-10;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image005.jpg" o:title="New Toronto Dairy 2"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=206 height=273 src="Residents_files/image005.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt="New Toronto Dairy 2" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_139"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Angus Morrison lived on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">10th street</st1:address></st1:Street> and owned the New Toronto Dairy, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">923 Lakeshore Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, across the highway from Goodyear (before Lakeshore was renumbered). The dairy operated for 32 years (1943-1965).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Pat McDevitt comments:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Great Ice Cream Cones&nbsp; 1 scoop - 5 cents -- 2 scoops - 10 cents .<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>To the right is a picture of a milk bottle from the dairy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>There was a bowling alley on the south side of the highway near <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1st street</st1:address></st1:Street> owned by Bev Lewis, father of Beryl, one of the champion swimmers mentioned under the Lakeshore Swim Club. He lived in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humber</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and was the reeve of Etobicoke Twp and a founding member of the Metropolitan Toronto council.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Harry Kerrison track coach at Lakeshore YMCA in 1949 went on to become executive director of the Canadian Track and Field Association. Other athletes were Rick Potter who quarterbacked the first team at NTSS later played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and John Fedosoff a NT resident who went from high school football at Mimico directly to the Argonauts. John had set a record in the broad jump at the Junior Olympics, making 21 feet when he was 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>W.G. Bill Jackson mentioned as a donor of land for the library property lived on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">13th Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, and was mayor for many years. His family farm had covered much of that part of town.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>My father was the E.W. Sandy Grant mentioned under the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Brown</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and in the 1951 souvenir booklet. He ran for mayor in 1952 when Mayor Jackson retired, defeating Don Russell for the job. He was also a founding member of the Metropolitan Toronto council. He decided not to run again as Metro Council took too much time away from his law practice. My parents moved to Port Credit in 1955. In 1961 my father was appointed judge of the Peel County Court, and sold his practice at the Brown building to Gord Rush.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_17" o:spid="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>From Pat McDevitt:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>My maternal Grandfather was Martin J Sanford who sold a piece of his farm to build <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sir</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Adam</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_18" o:spid="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_18"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>From Daniel Christie<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>I grew up in New Toronto, foot of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Ninth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">79 Emerald Crescent</st1:address></st1:Street>. Born in 1950, I saw my home town as a real hometown.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Always did, always will. Bake's on Second for ice cream. The 'Y' at the top of Tenth. Goodyear looming over everything.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>[Where I live now] it somehow reminds me in so many ways of New Toronto in the 1950's. It has a mix of industrial and residential, it's on the lake, it has a feel to it. People say 'hi' to each other every chance they get. Geez, the [local newspaper] even reminds me of The Advertiser. I spent ten years of my working life driving GO Trains as an engineer with CN. Your representations of the early GO years are splendid!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_19" o:spid="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_19"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>From Paul Dobbs<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I've been looking through an old scrap book of my mother's youth. She (Catherine Devere Hamilton) group in the Mimco area. She attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mimico</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, competed in the Miss Canada Pageant in 1951 (receiving a great deal of newspaper coverage as the little brown-eyed girl from New Toronto), and was an aspiring singer. I have a number of original newspaper clippings in this scrap book of her progress towards this goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>She lived at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">56 Emerald Crescent</st1:address></st1:Street>, and performed in the New Toronto Girl Choristers (I have some programs for places they performed).&nbsp;I was curious if your members and society had any further material that mentions my mother? High school photos, newspaper clippings, and so on. I'd be happy to trade! Copies of my mother's originals for anything you have!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(Please e-mail our secretary at <a href="mailto:newtorontohistorical@rogers.com">newtorontohistorical@rogers.com</a> to be able to connect).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_20" o:spid="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_20"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>From Bruce Treble<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>My grandparents were one of the first settlers to arrive and farm on the property were Goodyear Tire was built.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They sold and moved to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">143 Sixth Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and lived there until my grandmother Kate Treble died.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>My grandfather, Bill Treble, was the head janitor for the schools in New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I also went to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5th Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Public School and was one of the first to start at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2nd Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Public School.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>My father, Fred Treble, worked for Anaconda for 37 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_21" o:spid="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_21"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>From Richard Goodfellow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoTitle><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#666600;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal'>NEW <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">TORONTO</st1:place></st1:City> TAILOR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoSubtitle><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#666600;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>Ashley E Goodfellow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_159" o:spid="_x0000_s1306" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="MARY-ASHLEY2" style='position:absolute;margin-left:282.8pt; margin-top:0;width:322.8pt;height:162.6pt;z-index:-9;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image003.png" o:title="MARY-ASHLEY2"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=430 height=217 src="Residents_files/image008.gif" align=right hspace=12 alt=MARY-ASHLEY2 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_159"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Mary and Ashley Goodfellow moved to New Toronto from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Winchester</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> in 1947. They purchased a home at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">52 Lakeshore Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>, at the foot of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5th Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, from Marjorie and Kathleen Robinson. This brick house was situated on the lakeshore, with a view of the city center across the water. Across the street a city park was created along <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lakeshore Drive</st1:address></st1:Street> at the foot of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5th Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Ashley was a tailor who learned his trade in stores in <st1:City w:st="on">Winchester</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornbury</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>. They lived in this house for many years.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mary tended to her house and gardens while Ashley worked at the Bond Tailor shop on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lakeshore Road</st1:address></st1:Street> in New Toronto. It was a short walk to the clothing store and Ashley could be seen on his regular walk up <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5th Street</st1:address></st1:Street> to work. Their son, Laughlin, and family lived in Lakeview and the Goodfellow s were regular visitors to that home.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mary passed away in September 1950 and was buried in the family plot in Thornbury. After Mary s death Ashley lived in the house on Lakeshore drive until his passing in June 1971 and he was also buried in the family plot at the cemetery in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornbury</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_22" o:spid="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>From <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Sylvia Prevost</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I came across this website while browsing and was amazed to find New Toronto had a historical website.&nbsp; It's been many years since I was&nbsp;in New Toronto.&nbsp; It was great&nbsp;to see the schools I attended.&nbsp; I was in grade 4 when <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>&nbsp;had the fire.&nbsp; Therefore I attended all three grade schools.&nbsp; I have two photos of my class for that year, one of the whole class&nbsp;and another&nbsp;of the girls alone.&nbsp; Our teacher that year was a Mr. Kirk who was the person who took the photos. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>New <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City> was the best place to grow up in.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We were small but we had everything going for us.&nbsp; Our shopping district was tops, we had three movie theatres , the Capital was the first, and then there was the Palace between 6th and 5th, the Biltmore came much later and only when that block was developed - I believe it was between&nbsp; 1st and 2nd Streets on the north side of the street car tracks.&nbsp;&nbsp; The people&nbsp;who ran the Palace theatre were a husband and wife I believe their last name was Applebaum.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I should remember this as I was at that theatre every movie change which in those days was twice a week...The Capital&nbsp;theatre had the newer releases and the Palace and Biltmore had the&nbsp;B types. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Did you know that the Post Office had stairs on the right side of the building leading to the second story and a family&nbsp; lived there?&nbsp; Also&nbsp;on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Seventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, right behind the post office, next door to a family named Ponicks, was a Chinese Laundry where most gentlemen&nbsp;had their best shirts starched and laundered.&nbsp; On the south side of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lakeshore Blvd</st1:address></st1:Street>, on the corner of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7th street</st1:address></st1:Street> going east, there was a drug store, and next to that a small shoe repair, and next door to that was our candy store called Ritchie s.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They made their own chocolates&nbsp;and Easter was a feast for all the kids eyes; the assortment and variety of different&nbsp;bunnies, baskets, and chickens was something I looked&nbsp;forward to each year.&nbsp; Silverwood's Dairy was between 10th and 11th streets you could get the biggest and best milkshakes and a variety of good old fashion ice cream.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have so many good memories of New Toronto and growing up there.&nbsp; Also the first principal&nbsp;for the new <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Second</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Street</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> was a Mr. Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_23" o:spid="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>A man with a dream  <a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name=BobClarke><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'>Bob Clarke</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_184" o:spid="_x0000_s1305" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="100_2197" style='position:absolute;margin-left:72.2pt; margin-top:0;width:112.2pt;height:149.4pt;z-index:-6;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image011.jpg" o:title="100_2197"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=150 height=199 src="Residents_files/image011.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt="100_2197" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_184"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_182" o:spid="_x0000_s1304" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="511294717106_0_ALB" style='position:absolute; margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:208.1pt;height:302.7pt;z-index:-8; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image012.jpg" o:title="511294717106_0_ALB"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=277 height=404 src="Residents_files/image012.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt="511294717106_0_ALB" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_182"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>I have had the recent pleasure of meeting Bob Clarke, a resident of New Toronto, and a man with a dream.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bob has always had it in his mind to restore a vintage house.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In 2001, Bob found the house that fit his vision.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He must have insight, because not many people would have seen the potential in the house he chose.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Bob purchased the circa 1931 house from the estate of a woman who had left the house abandoned for at least fourteen years.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>As far as Bob has heard, she and her husband had bought the house many, many years before, with dreams of moving in, but her husband passed away shortly after.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He figures that she must have had a hard time giving up on their dream and couldn t bear to part with the house, but neither could she maintain it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It was known as the  Haunted House on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Eleventh Street</st1:address></st1:Street>  dilapidated, and the yard so overgrown that all you could see from the street was a </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_187" o:spid="_x0000_s1303" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="325916664206_0_BG" style='position:absolute;margin-left:158.8pt;margin-top:0;width:198.8pt; height:148.8pt;z-index:-3;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image017.jpg" o:title="325916664206_0_BG"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=265 height=198 src="Residents_files/image017.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt="325916664206_0_BG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_187"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>corner of the porch.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The inside was rotting away, the bathtub had sunk through the floorboards, vandalism had wreaked havoc in all areas of the house, but Bob saw beyond that.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He saw the hardwood floors sanded, refinished and gleaming.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He saw the beautiful gumwood mantle and faux marble fireplace beneath the peeling coats of paint. He saw the lead glass panes in the front bay window intact and refurbished.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Slowly but surely, Bob started chipping away at the work that needed to be done, to the interest of his neighbours - and with their unfailing support.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The first big job was clearing the yard of the overgrowth.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:360.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_183" o:spid="_x0000_s1302" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="335192221206_0_ALB" style='position:absolute; margin-left:178.25pt;margin-top:0;width:218.25pt;height:291pt;z-index:-7; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image018.jpg" o:title="335192221206_0_ALB"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=291 height=388 src="Residents_files/image018.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt="335192221206_0_ALB" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_183"><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_185" o:spid="_x0000_s1301" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="642322255106_0_BG" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:180pt;height:135.6pt; z-index:-5;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image019.jpg" o:title="642322255106_0_BG"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=240 height=181 src="Residents_files/image019.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt="642322255106_0_BG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_185"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Inside, Bob chose to truly restore the house instead of renovating.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In the living room, he salvaged some of the remaining plaster ceiling molding, copied the pattern, and made his own.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He took up the floorboards, and although many were too rotten to refinish, he had enough to be able to replace the floor in an upstairs bedroom.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In the meantime, he could see the name  Satin Finish on some of the floorboards, did some research and found that the company was still in business and had a supply of new old-stock flooring in their warehouse.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bob snatched it up.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He created a walnut inlay pattern around his fireplace and inlayed squares in the center of the room which, coincidentally, matched the leaded glass. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_186" o:spid="_x0000_s1300" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="798008606106_0_BG" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0; width:181.4pt;height:136.2pt;z-index:-4;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image020.jpg" o:title="798008606106_0_BG"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=242 height=182 src="Residents_files/image020.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt="798008606106_0_BG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_186"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Bob has enough rolls of authentic circa 1920 s Reg. N. Boxer wallpaper to finish his dining room.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>One of his best  garbage finds was a large quantity of original oak wainscoting, originally from the Birk s jewelry store downtown, which perfectly suited his staircase and front hall.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bob watches everywhere to find the antique things that suit the restoration of his house, including furniture and accessories.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He has a working 1930 s telephone, a vintage  tombstone radio, vintage (donated) in-wall cabinets, and a multitude of historical relics, many from right here in New Toronto.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He even salvaged four hundred authentic 1930 s bricks from the demolition of the Eastwood Park Hotel to rebuild the crumbling front porch. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He continues today to work on his dream.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Piece by piece it is all coming together and is a showcase of what New Toronto once was.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_24" o:spid="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_24"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Submitted by Anne <a name=Hennessey>Hennessey</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_25" o:spid="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="GRANDFATHER HENNESSEY" style='width:160.2pt; height:255pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image023.jpg" o:title="GRANDFATHER HENNESSEY"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=214 height=340 src="Residents_files/image023.jpg" alt="GRANDFATHER HENNESSEY" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>         </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_26" o:spid="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="EARLY COUNCILLORS" style='width:359.4pt;height:221.4pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image021.jpg" o:title="EARLY COUNCILLORS"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=479 height=295 src="Residents_files/image021.jpg" alt="EARLY COUNCILLORS" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_26"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>M.J. Hennessey was Anne s grandfather.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Michael lived on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sixth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, and ran Hennessey s Smoke Shop (or Mike s) on the north side of the highway.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Isobel Ironside eventually bought the store and changed it to  Isobel s Smoke Shop.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Michael served as town councillor for New Toronto for several years (see the <a href="References%20&amp;%20Miscellaneous.htm">list of politicians</a>).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Michael s son, Bob, attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Street</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Public School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> as can be seen in the above school photo from 1926.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In the picture on the left, I m not sure who all the children are, but the photo was taken in front of the house that Michael built at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">149 Sixth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_27" o:spid="_x0000_i1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image025" style='width:282pt; height:243.6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image025.jpg" o:title="image025"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=376 height=325 src="Residents_files/image025.jpg" alt=image025 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_27"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_28" o:spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image027" style='width:308.4pt;height:222.6pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image027.jpg" o:title="image027"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=411 height=297 src="Residents_files/image027.jpg" alt=image027 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_28"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>          </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt; height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Submitted by <a name=MervinGraydon>Sandy Ross</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_243" o:spid="_x0000_s1299" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Lisa2" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0; width:136.8pt;height:185.55pt;z-index:-2;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image029.jpg" o:title="Lisa2"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=182 height=247 src="Residents_files/image029.jpg" align=left hspace=12 alt=Lisa2 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_243"><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_244" o:spid="_x0000_s1298" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Mervin2" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:86.2pt; margin-top:0;width:126.2pt;height:183.6pt;z-index:-1;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image034.jpg" o:title="Mervin2"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=168 height=245 src="Residents_files/image034.jpg" align=right hspace=12 alt=Mervin2 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_244"><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>My siblings and I grew up in New Toronto in the 2 homes my father, George Ross, built, 67A-16th Street &amp; 36-22nd Street. I attended <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">20<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Public School and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Secondary School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. We attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Century</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. I was a member of the 1st New Toronto / 1st Lakeshore Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers. Although I no longer live in the area, the Lakeshore and the people are my roots.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Mervin Graydon was my Grandfather.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mervin Graydon 1896 1962, eldest son of John Charles Graydon and Gertrude (McCaul) Graydon of Mimico, was a resident of the Lakeshore since 1912.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He and his wife Elizabeth (Ham) 1895-1945 were active with the 1st Mimico Boy Scouts and were members of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wesley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Mervin was a WW1 veteran who saw action overseas.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He was a steady employee of the T. Eaton Co., starting to work with the firm in 1916 and returning after the war. He retired in 1957 after 40 years with the company and at the time was in the Mail Order Adjusting Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Mervin, his sons Leonard, <st1:City w:st="on">Norman</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vernon</st1:place></st1:City> and son-in-law, George Ross built the house on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">22nd Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in 1950 and he lived there until his death in 1962.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The home remained the family residence of his eldest daughter, Marjorie (Ross) and family, until 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt;height:6pt; visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=HartHospital><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Hart Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></a></p> <span style='mso-bookmark:HartHospital'></span> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>In the late 1920 s, early 1930 s, we have discovered some birth registrations naming  Hart Hospital as the place of birth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>While there was never an actual hospital by that name in New Toronto, we did learn that a nurse by the name of Mrs. Hart, ran some type of patient care from her home at 59 Ninth Street.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The births are signed by Dr. H. MacLellan, physician.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>A look at the Canadian census records and Ontario marriage records tells us that Alice Winnifrith, dauther of Harold Winnifrith and Eliza Cuff married Bruce Hart, son of Alexander Hart and Florence Sherwood, on May 20, 1907.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bruce worked at the Bell Telephone Company at the time of their marriage, so I can see how New Toronto would be a good location for choosing a place to live.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In 1911, they are living in Etobicoke District 136, subdistrict 1, which is the New Toronto area.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We know that they were still living here in the 1930 s, but I haven t yet found any record as to what happened to them since.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_29" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="image003" style='width:357.6pt; height:6pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="Residents_files/image004.gif" o:title="image003"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=477 height=8 src="Residents_files/image004.gif" alt=image003 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_29"><![endif]></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>