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"Charmed With Its Loveliness" ~ Late Century: 1860s - 1890s 187 a decade earlier. The same visitor on a stroll would have noticed the increased population in the now bustling village of 600 residents. One of the most noticeable additions would have been the sparkling white brick Methodist Church built just a few years before. Our stroller might have waved to pastor Rev. John Mills as he stood out front admiring his imposing new church. Over at the Presbyterian Church Rev. William Peattie served as pastor while George Bryce was superintendent of the Sabbath School and librarian of the church's 400 volumes. At All Saints Rev. Mr. Clotworthy oversaw the spiritual growth of the district Anglicans. Mount Pleasant Creamery Co. stock certificate, 1920. Several creamery and cheese companies operated in Mount Pleasant. One was on or near the property now at 497 Burtch Road; that building was converted to a house which later burned. A business directory lists a steam powered cheese and butter factory operated by a W. W. Smith in 1898. That may have been the "old creamery" promoted by a Lou Cox, situated on the Mount Pleasant Road across from the present fire hall. It went broke. Another creamery opened on the property where the fire hall stands; it was taken over by Malcolm Condensing, St. George. Courtesy the McAlister family with historical notes from Bob Guest.