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" The' people of Ingersoll wouldn't like it if, , any as- I`'
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- sessment of the happenings of 1951 failed to record
that 1951 was the town's centennial year. But then,,
as plans are now,being made to celebrate the anniversary -"-
in the summer of 1952, some clarification should, be _•.,.•
given the date. Ps'
Actually, the Village of Ingersoll was incorporated
in the fall of 1851; but according to the interpretation
k of old documents it did not become effective until the Ed,
e first of'January, 1852. But if Ingersoll wants to mark i Igo YEARS AGO y
its 100th anniversary in the sum- February, 1860 ". k� bs
mar time -the, best time, after 'tic history which would seem of ` ��*,. �< �„�; ;�� �. Ingersoll was. taking steps Yor incorporation:
`„- all present Year itshouldsibess. gala interest In an y .µ
' Y year.
It was,the home of man out-
:_'»+, - standin p now occupied by the Public Utili- Ingersoll, will be uppermost In rsoll's main street is seldom idle. The businey
one 1f lans do not o awry, al- d Aimee
le, like Laura
P g y,cord ;ties office. Ingersoll later moved the minds.: of the, town'¢ citizens
o-n, and Aimee sempla ac n g p Y on of the town is well supplied, with well 'stocks
though:: the Town Council has awn,- and was the --centrean to a lace now called Port Credit, during the resent year. Just how
1 been stow to eanotlon a eelebra- area represented in earl However; Ingersoll's oldest son -. elaborate the celebration will be 5"
p y govern- less places which serve a wide area. The{'tOWri,Wc
• tion In '52. and arrangements : ment by such people as A• Fran- returned to the ,community in Is not known, .but it is an excel- ,
have not yet been finalized, cis Hineks. 1817 .and the community grew, lent Opportunity for Ingersoll to ; incorporated as a village just 100 years 0901, '
In spite of all this Ingersoll in Thomas Yngersyll.caane into the rapidly from this time. Charles. dress up in a gay costume of
j - Ingersoll .named the vnlag'e-wKe'r, pageantry, to fete summer viai- •"'"%_ '"
a] definitely amen the old and es- area es ear] as 1793, and he f"' J
B y his faEller and he became the tors with an air of abandon not "; }� aldrncedl Economy twined communities a long of d roman.
Yelled the trees from which he a 7
file t postmaster of the area. His known in the community since ;b„t
Ontario, with a long and roman- built the first log home, on a site r-{.
brother, James, was the first the days of "the great cheese;' " Provides
:.Security i.
1 - white 1;hild to be born 3n Inger- the historic symbol of Oxford I
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Town Residents Working
sell. He held the post of registrar
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County which during the time of "=.t ngersoll, is a peculiar combl
--� nation of agriculture and indus
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for 52 years.
Confederation was a wonder of
s,
At incorporation time the vfl-
the entire commercial world,
try, with steady • security coming
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C {/-^t R
ft--• New
For e�Y Building
loge had -a population of 1,190. A
,$reclamation
- from both. It is "a town with
In the meantime, Ingersoll has
many comfortable bank accounts
1 V xSC
fool
had been issued. in
. been receiving letters end tele-
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the name of Lord Elgin, the gov-
grams of congratulation from �?
and IS composed for the most part
fy
Students of Ingersoll and five
room completea the layout. a
ernor-general,. and freeholders
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other, municipalities in Canada. `
of farming folk, a people with
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municipalities Included in the
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total cost does not Include the
voted on January 5, 1852, for a
-Prime Minster Louie St. Laurent
old farming traditions:
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school district of Ingersoll waited
site, extension of services; such
council of five fit and proper"
and Premier Leslie Frost have
Sometimes the town is Seemed_
In vain for the proposed new col-
as power, water and sewer that
persons. W. A. Ramsay, a foun-
both se— n—t eir good wishes for
and erha'
P ps rightly - of
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legiate building in '1951.', But
may be required.
dryman, ea�ii - rTe the polls with
continued progress and pros-
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being over tel gptant to change
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. everyone involved have great
The selection of a site was
97 votes received at the Royal
parity. At this historical juncture, T`
But the town-,pgvertheless be
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hopes that the difficulties will
.long held In abeyance due to the
Exchange Hotel.
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Mayor Fred Childs, of Wood- yr °
longs to the cllila6s; of ..Inger.
be Ironed out so that construc-
varied re u e'•
q 1r XI1Gnta. Following
` • e.
a oc t auggea s -that by the year ,-� •
sollr and in; the ,final analysis
will get under way early In
guidance fropj;.ffhe Ontario De-
Business In Ingersoll boomed
2052-the bleentenary of Ingersoll
what happens within its confines
F jtion
the New Year. ;
partment of Education, a site
from the time of incorporation.
-the communities of Ingersoll,
should be what the majority
jorit
Aa early as February the col-
was finally agreed, upon in July,
It gave a certain prestige to the
Centreville, Beachville and Woad-
want to happen,
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legiate was proposed. It was to
It included 10 acres of farm land
community which was exploited
stock will be just one long street,
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No one should say that 1951
coat $750,000 and would contain
locate on the extension': of
d-.:
the, full the era who
lined b the tart homes of the
Y pretty
�waa a boom Ingersoll.
year for
)recession.
a
of
rooms for acouncil
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a ,lr,
w to
were eager to make Ingersoll a
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district's residents, and represent-
It wasn't. Neither was 'there
eveion
520 pupils. Town council revealed'
52
and The
In one of the proudest and most
The old Oxford town
n
tV
the plans after the Department..
Thames street in North Oxfor
b -,
village at the timetrading
wasImss portant
P
roe eta 1n all oP'Can-
pad�Peroua Stre t#In
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I held Its own just as it has Hone
for over 300
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of Education had given sanction.
Everyone In Ingersoll agrees
immediately beyond the nort k
in lumbering, and It was not long
years.
But bt g were In the
that a nety building Is necessary. "
limits of. the town, Shoe
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-Moffat,
before the district was to become
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.things
-offing. The Chrymber of Com-
That isn't the problem. The prob-
ni.1'oronto, were c -:
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alone `to draw plane, and estl•
internationally famous ae a Dro-
doter of cheese. Ingersollvllla
Fe, q own uric au
I nriz he increase of tax rat%
incite and other civic groups
added some to the
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lend Is mostly gerned with the
°�!y
Im. raise
Spirit long
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location of new school.
mated attendance in the area for "
last
was also an active grain market,
$288,593.49 for estimat�e4
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drawn out pMgrahi oP. readying
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North Oxford, West Oxford,
year was 335, this being the
and when the Russian wheat
expenditures. for 1951 ,''
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the communityfor more Inabs-
Nest Zorra and East Nissouri,
basis for the aize oP the bugdin 8
markets were closed durin the
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April 2 - Two building
tries, providing better wtown
and Ingersoll are involved..
which could accommodate as ,Crimean
War both Britain and
a nets;
i -the new collegiate and a Wed
and
hydro facilities (the town is
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Seventy -per cent of the cost
many as 520 Pupils.'
the United States sought grain
rb res office at Woodstock
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now being improv-
1s to vern assumed t the Ontario
Government. The other of
The Ingersoll
h sell District Board
had by this time taken steps to
in Canada. Wheat' was then sell-
Ing at $�.50 a bushel,
were sanctioned, Ingersoll forlth re
joint tea
responsibility for the re
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frig streets and sewers.
and xewerx
� Thle. is a chronological list et
portion
the coats are to be divided be-
barrow $750,000 through ldeben-
In 1856 the villa e, was partial
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istrY. i
some of,the happenings and ar-
tween the municipalities, in ad-
trees issued : under. the, auger-
ly destroyed by fire, but Inger-
April 8 - Ingersoll Community
tivitlea which were recorded in
dition,tq the cost of the land.
vision of the Ontario Municipal
soil had no monopoly on such
Camera Club.. planned a wood•
the newspapers during the year:
Board, In August some objecti on
events, It being a common oc-
I. j cnck hunting trip armed only
Feb, 3 -The small group of
The entire year has been .ens
was raised in respect to the pro-
o p
{ Posed site. This objection
the early days.
current¢ this
Th�ta,�,� this history of Canada
! with cameras,
! April 10 -- Wage talks at In-
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theatre
people Interested in ftheall
who gathered last fall to discuss
of plans and frustrations, Ile
was led
I by the , Pubhgy jlil,%Idings and
`West} this 100 years of ]Ifs in
c,Fily Machine and Tool Com-
the possibilities of organising
¢ersoll passed a.,'law to enable
v.
Grounds Commftte6i•,Some
{' nany .got unde y to. settle'
a Little Theatre in Ingersoll, saw
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certain munlcipeiikfas_ to detach
offi-
clots, however, favpted the site,
-n.-,a ----
Uifrerencea be union 'and
The Ingeraotl Little Theatre - a
from the high school district of
Ingeisoll•-sd that they be
a central location, on the basis
management w{dirt flared up
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reality, and ready -to go Into
may
of population:
perk before wi 13 a walkout an
production.
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added to the. suburban High
School District Woodstock.
BY September the
'� a subsequent lockout,
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of
In June, nine classrooms wets
proposed 10-
acre site was still on the books,
play 2 -- These appolntment
wore made to the ,
public school
Feb. 5 - Town Council revealed
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recommended fpr 30 pupils each. >:
but not without a good.deal of a
leaching staffs;Miss Alien,
a plan to build a $750,000 col -
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There is also to be a library
objection. Ingersoll
g raoll Council it- :
-M.
]ngersoll; Miss M'.. Hamilton,
legiate Institute. The 21-room
building, was to
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classroom, art room, music room;
self was not in favor of the site `
, Thedford; Miss IL rrfs; Earl-
accommodate
two general science rooms, phys-
because it would necessitate an- t
don; Miss 1n oodstock;
520 Students from Ingersoll and
district,
Ica room, commercial room, shop, •
nexatlon and servicing by the k
town„There'
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Miss M. MCKin@n, Woodstock;
Feb. 8 - The Ingersoll Tele•
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home economics room,', gym -as•
sembiy room (60 feet by 80 feet),
was some mnster- I
nation that it the school was net I
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Miss omnaon, Tillsonbur g,
Miss A-
phone Company, which was or
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and -.-a cafeteria. -Administrative
milt on thin site St might not be I
and Kenned Ingersoll. :
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7 2 -Various organizations
ganized in 1908 and aerveH S,000vs
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ofCibes, teachers'. rooms, gold-
built. at all.
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nr the town were asked to loves. I
people in the area, was sold to,'
Bgfl Telephone. Company, Whed
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any¢ offs¢ wash rooms, corrl-
Inv d, rsstng rooms anti Worsts'
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tip,ate the po..lbllity of staging a 4N
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the agreement became if it
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mteinial celebration In 1952. I
1n Mareti-the 52 employees of the
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The project awaits leadership.
company were transferred.