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hiviaintaiedt 9 Adnirelis indritines onl nbaiiils it es i Pm il'ol D. N. Panabaker, pu,_‘bruught with them, 5j chased 515 acres of Indian hmdsJ wheels and a number "m which had come into possession of hand looms, or possibly improâ€" Richard Beasley and which were Vised them after they took up deeded by Beasley to Clemens on their homes in this new country. Dec. un{ 1818. Of that acreage The necessity for this equipâ€" 464 acres comprised what is toâ€" ment is quite obvious, since these day incorporated in the Town of people found woollens (clothing, Wriday, June 21, 1902 fully situated on the Speed Riâ€" ver, the residential section being agricultural country, while its business section and many of its indgustries are situated on the lower lands of the municipality along the river which flows Hesl?eler From Abram Clemens, a ennsylvanian Joseph Oberâ€" hoiltzer secured a large tract of land in 1830, including the presâ€" ent town site His sister, who married Michae! Bergey in Pennâ€" sylvania, arrived from that state in 1831 and with her husband setâ€" tled on land deeded to her by her brother. They named the settleâ€" ment Bergeytown after Michael Bergey, other settlers soon taking up their residence there, Mr. Berâ€" gey having opened a saw mill in the flats south of the present Forbes Mill. Another saw mill was shortly after started by Joâ€" seph Oberhoitzer, while John Becker opened the first foundry In 1835 the little settiement adoptâ€" ed the name New Hope, but it was the arrival of Jacob Hespeler in 1844 that infused new life into the settlement and the place was named Hespeler, in nunor of the enterprising gentleman who had become identified with its proâ€" gress. 00 o# located on an elevation overlookâ€" through the town. The wellâ€"known municipality had its beginning when Abram Clemens, great grandfather of exâ€" Mr. Hespeler was a native of Wuertemberg, Germany, having come to New York in his youth where after a brief business exâ€" perience he became interested in Hespeler Founded 1818 on 515 Acres For some years previous to 1845, Mr. Hespeler nad conducted several lines of business in Presâ€" ton which he continued to carry on for some years later. His comâ€" ing to Preston dated from the early ‘Thirties‘. cSmith‘s Canada‘, of 1851, in a local directory edi tion, records Mr. Hespeler as proâ€" prietor of a grist mill, a distillery, vinegar works and cooperage in Preston besides being classed as & storekeeper, Postmaster and Magistrate of that village. In the same directory, 1851. in New Hope, Mr. Hespeler appears as operating grist mills, saw «mills and cooperage HESPELER â€" 80 YEARS AGO Queen Street, Hespeler, in 1870 is the title of this photo depicting the rough roads, and "moâ€" dern" stores of the period preceding the "Gay Nineties". L. _A# thacMrintv nana is mare wourree spapennunet imemerseca vememesione. WALLEP PA of the County none is more iresquely located than the ALBERT F. BEAUPRE STARTED AS A PAINTING CONTRACTOR IN 1896 In those days there were only three painting contractors in Waterloo WALLPAPEK & PAINTS 112 King S¢. S. WATERLOO Phone 7â€"7318 % PAINTS # WALLPAPER & PICTURES PICTURE FRAMING w VENETIAN BLINDS Over Half A Century SEE THIS MODERN PAINT AND WALLPAPER STORE WHEN YOU VISIT THE CENTENNIAL LOUIS A. BEAUPRE Of BEAUTIFYING HOMES in WATERLOO COUNTY It is ago, the making of woollens in this district was still almost enâ€" tirely an enterprise of the homes of the pioneer residents. UIPCIY aHn EBWI'DI'IQG Of C flOfl\fl‘ The Orguuuuon M up to of the pioneer residents. \June 1928, had been for 58 years A hgee nurr;lber :f early settlers associated with the u:; of brought | wit them, _ s Forbes, has an interesting history wheels and a number am of which mir ennee wrill ndent aF The first Woollen Mills in Hesâ€" peler, then still New Hope, were located in a large stone building on the south bank of the Speed River, now the site of The Stamped and Enamelled Ware Limited property. s The â€" Hespeler â€" Manufacturing Company ceased operations after a few years and the buildings and machinery stood idle for some time, _ when, _ Mr. Alexander Brodie and his father, from Peterâ€" boro, purchased the premises, again from The Bank of Montreal The purchase was completed Augâ€" ust lst, 1888, and operations in woollen manufacturing in these premises were resumed in 1889. gwhemuwwmrxzdno:hucwvem,& estern America in came property of dealâ€" John Jacob Astor and later m?m junk The necessity for this equipâ€" ment is quite obvious, since these people found woollens (clothing, blankets, etc.,) of prime importâ€" ance in the winter months in this latitude. Th prevalence of this equipâ€" ment among the pioneers of this County is also not surprising in another respect, for the majority of Pennsylvanian emigrants were Mennonites, and while for generâ€" ations these people had been husâ€" bandmen, generally speaking, maâ€" ny of them were artisans and a large number weavers s s This building adjoined Mr. Hesâ€" peler‘s Flour Mills, Saw Mills and Distillery, and he completed the erection of this large Woolien Mill about 1862. It was, however, completely gutted by a destrucâ€" tive fire in the winter of 1869 and then stood as a ruins for many years. ~ _ 0_ _ The Hespeler Mills were consoâ€" pulation is over 3,000. * lidated with a number of other _ Jacob Hespeler was the first plants locateg in Waterloo, Markâ€" reeve of Hespeler when it was ham and elsewhere, in order to still a village, while George D. endeavor to reduce overhead Forbes was the first Mayor of the charges, etc. but eventually the town, an office which he held for entire group was forced into inâ€" thirteen years. Present mayor is solvency and all of the units pracâ€" W. S. McVittie, and the town‘s tically ceased operating as Woolâ€" present population is slated at len Mills and the machinery, much 3,862. wheels and a number also had of which our space will admit of Ladders, when moved from one painting job to another, were placed on hand push carts and the painter pushed the whole load. Sometimes this entailed a distance of six or eight miles over dirt roads. House were from sun up to sun down. Pay was one dollor a doy and meals. They opened their first store in in 1946. The Waterloo public liked the new Paint and Wallâ€" paper Store at 54 King St. North and it soon beâ€" came too small for the rapidly growing business. Finally the new and larger location wos obtained at 112 King St. South IN 1945 HAROLD AND LEW BEAUPRE WENT INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR FATHER * Hespeler has splendid railway facilities, both the C.N.R. and CP.R. serving the municipality; a modern electric light plant; upâ€" toâ€"date fire protection and eflfiâ€" cient police protection. With its churches representing every deâ€" nomination, fine public schools and handsome Carnegie Library, it offers splendid advantages to its citizens. The town hall, which is a commodious and handsome structure, was erected in 1914 at a cost of $38,000. The present poâ€" pulation is over 3,000. 20 * only a mere outline iary, The Orilli 3 se omm Oneg mted. se snn tann n P ampany Linkes, has brew ql| _ These mills were owned by the late E. W. B. Snider, one of the der the Corporation known as Do.| Ontario Fathers of Hydre. is shown as it appeared in the buiyallihabtalinnd 20. dat Pudki n v d dnse® Cz diadiv minion â€" Wooliens & Worswd.é late ‘10‘s. Limited, with which R. Forbes Co. Limited, the former operating Company, has now po connection.| * V Mr. Schofield‘s pagtner in this early venture in Hespeler, Mr. Robert Forbes was born in Kinâ€" rosshire, Scotland, in 1814, his coming to Canada taking place in 1836. Smith‘s Directory, 1851, refers to him as proprietor of a tannery, shoe store and saw mills, but the latter was not located in Hespeler. Since July !st, 1928 the operaâ€" fion of the Mespeler plant and its 392â€"YEARâ€"OLD FAMILY BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF ST. JACOBS FAMILY Mrs. Chas. Winfield is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs | Wesley Howlett, Elora. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Woods, acâ€" com&’anied by Mr. Jos. H. Woods | of aterloo and Mr. and Mrs. \Hugh Woods of Kitchener spent Sunday with relatives near Wingâ€" ‘ham An immense volume, the giganâ€" tic "good book" contains a comâ€" plete record of Schneider family history from 1650. Letters are so large that 10 to 12 would be the capacity for the average column. Many years ago the pages were found to be so worn and tattered they were speedily remounted on heavier sheets and the entire jourâ€" nal was rebound. Bought in 1564 by Hannes Schneider in Berne, Switzerland, the Bible was faithfully handed down from generation to generaâ€" tion until it became seemingly lost in the mists of time Realizing the ancient seriptures had travelled with emigrants to pennsylvania, and thence to Waâ€" terloo County, the late Ezra Eby set out in search of it Tracking down leads, he finally discovered it in possession of a descendant of Hannes Schneider, residing near Heidelberg West Montrose : MWMeToear Time, however, changed the an â€"â€" £Z cREA, WB ENGINES 471 KING ST. E. STEVENS MOTORS Limited By Mr». B. C. Woods (Chronicle Correspondent ) Buy Out of income â€" See Your Deater for 0 "Timeâ€"Poyment" Plan SNIDER MILLS, ST JACOBS, ONTARIO B E f O R PE Â¥ 0 uU I N V ES IN THE LOWâ€"PPRICE FIFLID 110 HP. Vâ€"8 ENGINE. Meteor Mainline‘s new 110 Hp. Vâ€"8 engine is designed expressly to give lowâ€"cost motoring, responsive power and amazing ormanceâ€"i( is unezxcelled in economy and value! 120 HP. 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He suggested two St. Jacobs phone numbers, and on the second, the desired information was procured and its whereabout were deterâ€" mined. In a wardrobe, cupboard, covâ€" ered witk dust, it sits, brooding the hours away in fitful silence. Its owner, William Snider, has not inspected the heirloom for several years, and the village population never knew, or has long forgotten, the ancient scripture buried in reâ€" tirement. and family of Drayton and Mr. and Mrs. Eno Kraft and family of Elora were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thompâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Heckenâ€" dorn spent a week visiting friends and TPfatives in Michigan. A number from here attended the Glenallen strawberry social last Wednesday night ‘UUR NA U SE D 3 h R ll/‘_? OVERDRIVE . . . cuts engine speed up to 20 tus ® \ ‘/“ i id percent, reduces engine wear . . . saves up to :;h::’ :o::o.ltl?ng&"!: @ *2 ‘ ‘L{'h 15 percent on gasoline! 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Mr. George Shoemaker spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sobye at Eden Mills MUCL MORFE ] khz y, 4Cn alfe * _ *\ »=BANK‘TORONTO KITCHENER C A KR AYS A Martin family reunion was early{ held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. eding| Peter Bowman Sunday afternoon. nothy ) Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Capling and 128%|Karen and Miss Ruth Ann Soehâ€" 0.9%,‘ ner spent the weekâ€"end at Bells There! Lake r speâ€" 3,-}?:(1; Mr. and Mrs: Fred Mueller, n the} Kathryn and Carl and Miss Lauâ€" itting, ta Soehner, visited Miss Clara ig va. Soehner, London, Sunday. _ Mrs. Vincent Goetz entertained little friends at her home Saturâ€" day afternoon in honor of her daughter, Gloria Jeon‘s Tth birthâ€" day. Mr and Mrs. Reuben Riepert and Mrs. Louis Schutz, Waterloo, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Weaâ€" ver, Sunday. Floradale : By Mrs. Gertrude Bowman (Chronicle Correspondent) ( O U R AUTOMATIC DRIVE . . . no gear changing, no clutch work. Simply start engineâ€"set selector â€"step on gas! Optional at extra cost. Incorporased 18$3 HASTINCTIVE SERVES /N TLRAMNSANMSELIONS WAY CENOILE CANADIAN JEKSEY CATTLE CLUB NEWS Another silver medal record has been added to the list of daué;mer: of the famous sire of production, Pansy‘s Baron‘s Genâ€" eral, that was used for several years in Waterloo County and was last owned by W. E. Meyer of Kitchener. Mr. Meyer‘s senior yearling heifer, General‘s Prinâ€" cess Sparkle has completed a reâ€" cord in 365 days of 9,052 lbs. of milk and 500 lbs. of fat, an outâ€" standing performance for a heifer freshening before she was two years of age. At the end of 1950 there were $8,646,000,000 of foreign invest: ments in Canadaâ€"$6,565 million from tue US. and $1,723 million from the U K. PHONE 6â€"6466