535-03 Page 145Twn PhngPs of Tillsonburg Building Program
Tillsonburg is assured of one of its largest building million
years in its history with $200,000 worth of new work of the
already under way and official outlook of over a Public
dollars worm or new uu lun, -•- - --
year. Here steel is being erected on the new
Utilities Commission offices on Ridout street.
Tillsonburg
Construction
TILLSONBURG, March 4 —
Vcw construction is off to •
brisk pace in Tillsonburg with
some $200,000 worth of building
now underway and official signs
that 1956 building will pass the
million dollar mark.
Much activity is in evidence at
the corner of Broadway and
Ridout streets where the steel
frame is almost complete for the
new offices for the Public Utili-
ties Commission. Their present
three storey block on Broadway
must be vacated by April 1st and
the adjoining old post office is
now being demolished and the
wrecking of the PUC block will
follow to make way for the erec.
tion of a new large chain store
with offices on the second floor,
Nearing Completion
The new office building for the
Gilvesy Construction Company on
Vienna road is nearing comple-
tion and they will move this
week. Also on the four -acre site
purchased by. the construction
firm will be erected a construc-
tion equipment yard and ware-
house.
Work is underway on the $150,-
000 dial office building for the
Bell Telephone Company on Har-
vey street and work is expected
to be underway shortly on the
industrial expansion program at
the Livingston Wood Manufac-
turing Company on Tillson ave-
nue.
Slated to get underway later In
,the summer is a new $150,000
public school In the Simcoe street
area and a $580,000 high school.
In a0dition all signs point to Is
large home-building program be -
Or
e the snow flies again next
Above is the new Whitesell business block at the
corner of Harvey and McKenzie streets which is nearly
finished. The Dominion Natural Gas Company
opened its office and display room in one of the
stores yesterday. AJ&- ff6
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Tillsonburg Church
To Mark 121 Years
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TILLSONBURG, April 23 -- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
session today completed plans for special services Sunday com-
rhemorating the 121st Anniversary of the formation of the con-
gregation.
The Rev. Wallace McClean, of Lucknow, will be guest minister
and Alex Match, guest soloist.
Official records show • that
the town's founder, George Till-
snn, arrived here from Boston
in 1825 and in 1936 he erected
the first meeting place for the
Presbyterians.
On Easter Monday, 1930, the
first sod for the present church
at the corner of Bidwell and
Brock streets was turned by the
two oldest elders, Andrew L
Scott and Sohn A. Darrow.
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Under the Rev. R. Douglas
MacDonald the past 10 years
have seen continuous growth In
every department. Church offi-
cials are dealing with expan-
ston plans for an ever-growing
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