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Peter Campbell, 1871; Davi Farquharson, 1892; Stephe Whelan. 1886; Jeremiah Lynch 1905; P. H. Bolger. 1912; Mich ael Quilty, 1917; R. J. Ferguson 1923; Michael Quilty, 1929; Dun can Campbell. 1931; John L. Hod , gins, 1948; Harry Gibbons, 1965. The first clerk of the town- ‘ship was George Brown and brother of the great grandiath; yer of the present é'le'rk, ‘Mii‘s Myrtle Brown. He held office from 1860 - 64 when Alex Brown ‘ was appointed Clerk appointed in 1382 was John Barnard who was succeeded by Thomas Ly- ons. 1883; George Berlanquet, I 1883: John Connolly, 1889; Thom- as F. O’Gorman, 1906; Robert _ _ . Brown, 1909. Mr. Brown held in 1914. It has a Joint Centennial this Position for 33 years when project with Horton township to he was succeeded by his daugh- estabhsh a small park alone ter. Miss Myrtle Brown, whowill Highway 17. msehank w-I- complete twenty-five years of was organized in 1943 and start- smice as Admascon township ed improvement of the Rosebank clerk in September. 1961 cemetery and restoration of Century {arms in this muni- Rosebank Church as a historical cipamy are owned by project. Bowes. R 2. Rentrew; John Harâ€" Balsam Hill “U, was organ- __‘câ€"_'V9y toner. 'fi 3, Rent“ ew; ized in 1946 as a successor to ames c_ Campbell and UFWO which disbanded in 1944. Their Centennial project was the purchase of No. 2 school as a Women's Institute Hall. In 1950 Mack Gibbons was the ‘ 1 ans. R 2‘ Remew; world's Alfalfa King and in 1951 Hartley Henderson, R 3I Re“. William '1’. Bl‘iSCOE won the irew: Thomas Kennelly, Admasâ€" World's Championship at Chic- mil, R 1; Gerald McDonal ago for peas. In 1960 Mervin, sons. 2, -. 1 . Gibbons. son of the present lflewLR 2' HenITW' John a . . reeve, showed the champion my, R 4, Refit-aw; steer at Ottawa Winter Fair. waelan, R 4: Renfrew. Reeves of Admaston were Wil- liam Gibbons, 1860; Peter camp- bell, 1862; Thomas Whelnnv 1863; William Harris. 1865: Thomas Whelan, 1965 ~ 66; George Cab diff, 1856: William Harris. 1867: I e' peongo was opene as a ,Colonization Road in 1854. Many tavern» and :amceme places“? . ere operated along this historic lin in Admaston township. Cul- hane's at Ferguslea was the last: to close. A woollen mill wasbuilt at this place by Eph- raim Reid who came from Scot- land and named the place for his former home. Here woollen . Plum“ 9“ homespun funk“: Women's Institute was organized ials were woven. The mill was burned three times and rehuilt. The dam was built on the creek leading from Reid's Lake ,‘to the Bonnechere River. The last: time it was rebuilt by Donâ€" ald Campbell who operates a sawmill at Ferguslea. , The first settlers transported their supp '25 along the Opeongo Line whic led through Sham. rock (now on Highway 132) in the winter to the shanties while their wives and children re- mind on the farms to care for the livestock. There were real hardships suffered by these people in the 7"Winter of the Deep Snow". Theâ€" South Mc- Naughton Road is presumed to have been the first road out through the woods in the town» ship. M H K» -