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Daily Journal Record Centennial Edition, Friday, Sept. 1, 1987 Writer Praised Brantwood Oak Housing Survey , >»»PKS! fy the writer of the prospectus but anyone reading it today would have to agree that this crisply lyrical selling c o p y richly deserved a byline. P rof usely illustrated with c o p p e r plate engravings of town land marks and verdure, the sales pitch began: "Beautifully situa ted on a gently rising slope. Brantwood com prises over hundred acres o f land within the corporate limits. The location, from the standpoint of conven ience alone, is ideal. To reach the s t a t i o n requires only a brisk eight minute walk, while Lakeside Park is a ten minute JOSEPH BRANT According to an attractive stroll (mighty brisk walkers in those d a y s!). F or natural beau brochure published in 1913, ty, it would be difficult to Brantwood was named for Chief Joseph Brant, " that heroic M o imagine a lovelier spot than hawk who, with his tribe, oc Brantwood, with its wealth of cupied this lush woodland prior vegetation and boundless possi to the War of 1812." The sur bilities for the landscape gard ener." vey, a project of the Cumber land Land Co. Ltd., covered COUNTRY LIFE But this was but the begin seven blocks northward f r o m C olbom e St. to Spruce St., ning. " To the man whose life and was bounded on east and long wish has been to own a w est, by Allan and Gloucester little spot in the country, where Sts. Agent was W. S. Davis, he m ay enjoy all the seclusion a pioneer town realtor and a and privacy o f country life with form er m ayor whose son, W. E. out sacrificing the modern con D avis, still operates the agency. veniences offered by the city, Mr. Davis is unable to identi- Brantwood makes an irresistible appeal." continued this poet of the draughting board. " The sur roundings are healthful and in every w ay desirable. The air is pure and invigorating. Gentle breezes, laden with the perfume of balsam and pine, ensure the sound, refreshing sleep so es sential to the brain worker and too often denied the city dwel ler." The advantages outlined in the prospects were quickly recogn Thanks to the foresight of town ized, as m ore than a score of founder William Chisholm, Geor attractive residences were built g e 's Square has always been in Brantwood during the early war years. And if w e are to parkland. Col. Chisholm allocated this believe the survey's first eulog tree-studded town block, bound ist, the new neighbors were ex ed by Trafalgar Rd., Palm er tremely happy, busy and soc A ve., Reynolds and Sumner Sts., iable peiple. to the continuing use of t h e WHITE DUCKS " Here everybody knows ev townspeople when he approved erybody, and life might well be the first overall town plan. as one continuous After the founder becam e described bankrupt, all o f his interest in round o f pleasure." he related. the townsite was bought back " Nor does one lack for variety, from his creditors by his sons, for there are frequent changes the property of George K. of program from delightful little garden functions and tennis mat Chisholm, then mayor. In 1859, council found the ches, to coaching parties, motor site had not been conveyed to rides, boating trips, bridges, re the municipality, and queried ceptions and informal dances, and M ayor Chisholm in this regard. where shirtwaist suits Mr. Chisholm informed his snowy white ducks not infreq associates a conveyance would uently replace the conventional is depend on future use as a park, evening attire. Brantwood and the matter hung in abey rapidly becom ing a community ance for the next 16 years. But of cultured and neighborly home when a future council agreed dwellers, where the new arrival that parkland it would always is greeted with courteous cordi be, G eorge's Square becam e ality and made to feel at home. town property officially and The friendly nod of greeting has been maintained as a park and the hearty `good m orning' to one and all, is one of the ever since. rare attractions that appeal to the heart of the new com er." OAKVILLE CLUB NAUTICAL LADIES This was a bit o f a far cry, The schooner Trafalgar was som e of todays newcom ers may the first such craft to be built feel, into whose friendly hands In Oakville shipyards, com ing are courteously thrust the pet down the ways in 1829. Early itions and pens of controversy. skippers were Captain John Em o Mention was also m ade in the and Captain Nick Boylan. The prospectus o f the O a k v i l l e town' s second lake vessel was Club, whose president at that the Lady Colborne. time was F. A. P rim e and whose secretary was H. L. Read. OFFICIAL SWORD But to any 1967 review er of Captain Balm er presented a those halycon days of 1912-18 sword to Colonel William Chis the principal attention of Brant holm in 1863, marking that gen wood has to be the fact that a tlem an's taking over com mand com modious two-storey, threeo f the First Battalion of Hal bedroom brick or stucco home ton Volunteers. sold for $4,000! Although the Oakville land developer as such had under taken modest activity long be fore 1912, one o l the m o s t significant residential steps tak en in earlier days was the plan ning and surveying of the Brantwood Survey just prior to World War I. Today, although it does not offer the luxury abodes of some m ore recent subdivisions, Brantwood area Is the solid residential core of central Oakville, and realtors readily dispose of Brantwood properties when these becom e available -- albeit infrequently. JAM ES W . SNOW , P re s id e n t Snow C o n s tru c tio n L td . Founder Donated Park Site Shown above is the new Rotary Centennial Tower located on Stewart Street in Oakville. This Senior Citizens pro ject is the third phase in Senior Citizen housing to have been sponsored by the Oakville Rotary Club. We feel proud to have been chosen by the directors of Trafalgar Senior Homes Ltd. as their general contractors for this major project. 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