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Ttw first hotol (or tavorm as it was called) was opened in 1840 by "my Bowman in a substant- What would the htmimnss-lke Gammon of today Wink of selling butter for five or six cm I pound, (was at the team-(- mice per dozen and receiving goods in Mum at a much higher price, This was the conditm of thm.e days. hut the people wore happy and tsoqtkmNd. They wow btobl. iog a now life in a [WW land. Following this, large numbers (I immigrants began to avmive 6mm Germany, attratrtmi by the name and the fact that it was one (I the iew places in this new land where their language was spoken and their national Customs were (beamed. lndustry and truth. with the advent of people settling here, be- m " grow as the demand watt- John Hamilton opened the first Mall stove in a small building amsmgst the times. where the [unborn church shawls now. The next tn open a similar store and stimulate competition, was [)me thiHer. Many, many when; were " hollow. him extra revenue. Ehias named the mill, bat only dd so on condition that his “liar remove the soitt because he had some samples against the manufactune of that product. The "ill, because the father did not sham the same scmples, was moved to the father's farm whore [induction continued. In 1854, Elias disposed of most 1yttltte land to John Hoffman and Isaac Weber for $32,000. These gentlemen had the Mod surveyed and staked out into lots and pd on the market. 'Ney m - ond-gong business men and did not just sit Ind wit for seeders to me to them. M mms6ered an auctioneer and which met- hut, eonskioring that this was ad on when ready cash was in very and] demand, and that all the (imam-d for other such articles thot [he shopkeeper could dis- pose of at Dundas or Link York (Toronto). SMALL HAMLET . . . hhs wore sold at a good profit. 010e can reach their own ham-lu- Tho [maple of those days had little money so business was transact“! by a barter system “hardly Irtrttor, eggs, mat, hides, furs or grains wan- ex- large wagon, drawn by ouch, was lauded with refreshments but ii- MI» Wm mmtimM-tr htnred themsehres to whatever we “meats took their fancy. (a was not recorded which of the re- otidandsolid.0nthisw-the “any bayors came. new has Ila-e sold, and rapid w Not long “Wands. his son Ibemethodbymhitqt+ MEMBERS OF THE 118th Battalion boarding the train at the Waterloo Sta- tion. This battalion was made up mostly of K-W men who served valliantly during world war I. (Continued from page 1m Watorboo, now a city of some 30.000 parsom. has evolved fmm asmat1ham1ottoarNmtreot and size. and divensiby. No Ionizer do thoy cabar to just 1oool do mantis, but make products that are to he found " (war Canada. m all parts of this North Amen- cam Conlmom, yes, even in atl pawns of the world. In the 1860's a woollen mill was started on a small scale but eveotoatiy grow to lame CottCOtm. It is recorded that "evil" days mm the bus'mom when it amalgamavbed with the CM- Wonllon Mills Ltd, Business de. oncasod and it was hoathy dosed far which Waterloo became ta- mous, was haugumavbed by Mam has Wegenast who opened a cab- mo! 'actory prodocing various lines of household furniture. Though a good oraitsmm, he knew little fat that time very few gave much thought to safety our cum-res we now take for granted) about tho prevention of Fue and has ostablishrtt4mt was the site of several eooflagratioos which he found costly. However, the business did ex- pand and became the nudeus of a much larger industry. down - one of liho 6ew la‘ilums that have occurred in this com- lmlustmial mmrns, over the years, have increased in number Buehlar and Snider built a se- cond mummy, selling it a short time later to J. Mor6aogstor, who in torn disposed of it to Abs. Homer. it was under his "ttMt- agement that the company was absorbed by the present erloo M anufactur'mg Company some 11 feet. " means at wages d $1.2S to $1.50 pet day. (today this would "rreditttrhissoos.'Noytrperat- edit$orsometime,thmsso1dit. '.athieehimarttam5arrrvaateoe Wedonothnowtheexactdate when the first post office was opened here but we do know he first postmaster was Daniel Snider and that the mails we“: transmitted mice a week from thought to mamafaetorirag any- thing beyond that required far, local demand. In 1851, Jacob Briekar, saw the Abraham Erb's mills marked the first indusbry and it was some time before anyone gave n estahuathedatoomhrvaodmat6- imeshopforthemama6aetoteof sinMAaeriouitoteimp3emeotsaod 'mtchi-thmtindemtmd. 'mebuiidingwasereotediathe mtto4ctoeeeaiqsaodetd0.ioegude m brick building which was Imm- ed down about 10 years later. ties worldwide - and its more: that is far beyond what one would at learning extant an iMoeBee great imputmce. 'me inthum.ee of its insurance corrupt-tries is i 5/ if JI (Q; 1/0 g ”6/4 I oday Waterloo Stove is still selling vacumm cleaners to housewives . . . along with all the other latest appliances that are to be found in the home. Waterloo Stove has made it a point to keep pace with the latest developments in all types of appliances . . . to keep abreast of all that's new to ease the housewife's work. Shop Waterloo Stove the next time you need a vacuum cleaner or are looking for the newest and finest in household appliances. You'll be glad you did! “by years ago housewives were using F vacuum cleaners that looked like this! Forty years ago Waterloo Stove was selling vacuum cleaners similar to this. It was a simple suction device that was operated manually. Waterloo's oldest appliance store: tiyitll mr '=iiiic> This is a vacuum cleaner! 'h.%raqse4ooeFoouH.Blqd-dar.Sqr0ehar.,". " Celebrating Canada's We would like to thank the many people of Waterloo and area for their patronage during the past year. As always we will endeavour to give one and all the most efficient service pos- Bible. THANK YOU. 180 King South at Allen Waterloo Happy CENTENNIAL YEAR '1867 Canada 1967 Centennial Year [ORNE'S " 742-321! Prop. L. Johnson