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of the carcass is sold for meat. the rest used for ferti- lizer. cattle feed and other purposes. For humane rea- sons. the cattle are shot be- tween the eyes with plastic bullets fired from a .22 cali- bre rifle. Owner James Boynton cuts his own meat and sells it to Canada Pack- ers. Country Place and to townspeople. He has eight regular employees, and dur- Despite the fact that there are only about 280 people in the village. it is an active community with J u n i o r Farmers. a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Lions Club and other groups all meeting at various times in the community centre. Boynton and Sons Butcher Shop and slaughter house were included in the tour. Rae Smith reports that the business has been in the family for three generations and the present building in- cludes an anti-room, slaught- er room. curing room_ cooler room. packer room and offices. About 30 cows are slaught- efed_weekly. and 70 percent The students found the sleepy hollow atmosphere of the village appealing. with no apartment buildings and few shopping facilities. They were unhappy to learn that 56 new homes are to be built at the centre of the com- munity at 18th Avenue and Don Mills Road. “This ‘proâ€" gress' may ruin this quaint village." wrote Cathy Verkuyl in her essay. “Introduction to Victoria Square". The only side streets. they found. were Victoria Street and Albert Street. named for Queen Victoria and her Con- sort Prince Albert. The children were told that the previous hall was too small and lacked parking space so the Women‘s In- stitute raised $5,000 to buy land. and farmers got to- gether to level it for the new centre which was built in 1960 and was originally a miners‘ mess hall for Deni- son Mines in Elliot Lake. It was donated by Denison Mines President Stephen Ro- man. a resident of Victoria Square. and erected by men of the community. They found Herman Mort- son. 70~year-old custodian at the community centre a valu- able source of information. A member of one of the com- munity's earliest families. Mr. Mortson took the group on a tour of the centre and surrounding park. They learned the large hall is used for sports and large gather- ings. dances. banquets. auc- tions. card parties wedding receptions. etc. It has kit- chen facilities and a room for small meetings. Working in small groups the youngsters visited Vic- toria Square United Church. the community halls slaught- er house and shopping facili- ties. The students also studied the two cemeteries in the village and on their return to school. plotted geogra- phical layout past. present. and future. Essays were written to describe the find- ings about the people and the industries that have kept the village alive and growing.r for more than 150 years. Purpose of the trip was to study the village as the cen- tre of rural farming region. its industries. communiy faciâ€" lities. and the shopping and occupational routines of resi- dents cf the village. Accompanied by Teachers Craig Lee. Eleanor Horrigan. Noel Cooper and Ed Mc- Guigan. they mounted their bicycles and set forth on the three mile jaunt to study the geography and history of the tiny village founded in the early 19th Century. Fifty-six grade 8 pupils of Our Lady Help of Christians Roman Catholic School on Bayview Avenue. Richmond Hill. did not put much of a strain on the school’s field trip budget when they took off one fine day in November fcr Victoria Square. ]4 THE LIBERAL, Richmpnclfi Hg], Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 14, 1972 um. um...“ _-_.___ After bicycling to Victoria Square with more than 50 other students from Our Lady Help of Christians Roman Catholic School, grade 8 students Paul Taalman, 13 (left), Greg Supplementing the essays. are a number of drawings and charts prepared by the students individually or in groups. after the trip. A breakdown of population 18 and over shows 9.5 percent farmers. 10.5 percent retired, five percent students. 31 per- cent housewives. and 44 per- cent with other occupations. Of the wage earners, 15 percent are farmers, 30 per- cent in service occupations, Rev. Martin Jenkinson. minister at the village's only church. Victoria S q u a r e United Church, also served as a guide and source of in- formation. The church was built in 1830 and has a mem- bership of 105 families. It seats 200 people. In addition to the regular Sunday morn- ing service there are Sunday ‘ school classes for adults and children. Through the week there are choir meetings. UCW and youth club activities. 3 If the community grows. as ‘thc charts prepared by the children indicate they believe it will. it will in the future [have a local school, hospital. ‘office complex and shopping centres to serve people in many new houses. Maps of Victoria Square, past, present and future, were prepared by Al Barnett. }John O’Connor and Al Bar- fnett, show the pattern of ;growth. A layout of the ,present community was pre- [pared by Jeff Barber. Ziz-Zag sewing machines (quantity limited) â€" forward, reverse, sews on buttons, darns, embroiders, appliques, makes buttonholes, etc. Try our BUDGET PLAN on the above machine for as little at $4.30 a month. See our selection of used machines from $19.95. 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