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Despite the ravages of time, historic grist, saw and woollen mills are still in evidence throughout Ontario. Many of the mills in Historic Mills of Ontario have been restored to working order while others are frozen in time as historic showpieces. Author Nick Mika traces the history of mills from the mid 1700s until the present time. Most settle ments were located on or near water. Once the mill was built, the community became selfâ€"sufficient, provided with food, clothing and lumber. Settlers were drawn to a mill village and early roads were carved out leading to and from the mill. Later, the steam power that drove early trains, drove the mill machinery and continued to do so until electricity made them obsolete. Mills were constructed in the watersheds of the Thames, Moira, Saugeen, Trent, Grand and Ottawa Rivers to ensure a lifeline of flowing water. The Ganaraska River flowing into Lake Ontario had 35 sawmills, 17 gristmills and seven textile mills within a 100 sq. mile area in 1860. The decline of mills began around the mid 1800‘s and continued until their demise in the 1920‘s. Due to external progress in technology, the railroads, ice, floods and fires, they lapsed into neglect and disuse. Tilustrations in this book point out the architecturâ€" al characteristics of Ontario mills. The old mills surviving today serve a new purpose as museums, homes and restaurants with only a few operating in their original function. Watson‘s, Lang‘s, Roblin‘s and Ball‘s Mills still grind wheat into flour. Tyrone sawmill still produces lumber. Ancaster, Aberfoyle and Elora Mills are restaurants. Museums have been created at Kintail and Renfrew while Bedford‘s and Lonsdale Mills are homes. Many mills in evidence # 1 Nautilys [U4"_" ut aly i m 2 IrminP ; the good 4* 140 Columbia St. W. 747â€"1044 Historic Mills of Ontario. Nick Mika. Mika World of Books To say author Anne Logan likes old schoolhouses would be a vast understatement. She has restored and lived in an old school at Lorneville and had investigated 3,000 one room schoolhouses throughout Ontario. School‘s Out is an illustrated history of a few of Ontario‘s converted schoolhouses. During Logan‘s research she uncovered the first instructions for the building of rural schoolhouses. "A pleasant location not on the highway, nor to be near to noisy factories, distilleries or pork houses, nor close to burial grounds." Other regulations said the school must be one storey, built of stone or brick with separate entrances, a well, a belfry, on an acre of land and large enough to accommodate 50 children. Some of the building rules were not enforced but most were. They operated until the 1950‘s, when in the 1960‘s, large central schools were built. All of the schoolhouses in Logan‘s book are occupied and restored as homes, community centres, halls, muâ€" seums, shops and studjos. Three schools from this area included in School‘s Out are West Montrose in Woolwich Township, SS# 17 Waterloo Vance School near Guelph and Townsend School near Fergus. A lasting tribute to schooldays of another era. School‘s Out. Anne Logan The Boston Mills Press. 84 pages. Marg Zavaros mOpentoauchbldr‘ mwwmmmfadrgmandmmm.maimd ca is to provide recreation for participants which is both and irtformatmps ive. Children will receive instruction in basketball, volâ€" leyball, soccer, softball and swimming. Sessions: Session A July 4â€"8 8:45 a.m.â€"12:00 noon Session B July 4â€"8 12:45 p.m.â€" 4:00 p.m. Session C July 11â€"15 _ 8:45 a.m.â€"12:00 noon Session D July 11â€"15 12:45 p.m.â€" 4:00 p.m. Session E July 18â€"22 _ 8:45 a.m.â€"12:00 noon Session F July 18â€"22 12:45 p.m.â€" 4:00 p.m. There is a limited enrolment for each session. 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