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~//773" “first Sidney Records Dated 1790 ‘ In 1927 the township entered paved road in our township- into an agreement with the With present day traffic the Hydro Electrlct Power commis- need for permanent top roads sion for rural power. is very necessary. . In 1929 a start was made Looking at the many achieve. on the airport which now is ments over the last hundred The Canadian Forces Base. years, guided by men who have In 1939 The Bata Shoe given freely of their time and Company of CanadaLthocated experience, we can be very in the tJOVlmShiP- . happy to be Canadians and look In 1943 the township hall was forwapd to the next hundred destroyed by fire. years of forgoing ahead with A bylaw was Passed in ‘1947 progress. Sidney will possibly t0 eStabliSh a water area ad- become a large urban centre, icing the city of Belleville. with Belleville and Trenton as 1949 â€" Fire agreement with the suburbs..'The. Bay of Quinta Belleville. 1952 - Fire agree- and the Trent Riverwill become ment With Frankford. 1954 -â€" highly developed resol-t areas. Fire agreement with Trenton. We have the CanadianForces 1954 â€" A bylaw regulating the Base and the Oak Hills Flying use OSSgUiIdinguaifiloca-fion 0: Club airportwithin ourboundan- lot 1 â€"- Be 6 'le annexe " """““ . ' '. . . We are looking forward to aportion 0f the WSW? taking ‘the new Loyalist Campus of ‘ three-quarters of a mllllon dol- the college of applied arts and lars assessment. 1961 - part technology to locate in Sidney of the township befialrrllg fiarf‘Township of the Bay of Quinte is c 00 ' district and the other part of by Erneszndi. VKeélshféige the township a part of Stirling - ClerkLTreasurer' Rawdon High School District. w ,_,__,-, 1962 â€" The Bata sewage project was undertaken. , 7 A fire pumper and equipment were purchased at a cost of eighteen thousand dollars. It is housed and managed by Batawa Fire Department and is called the SidneyTownshlp Fire department. 1963 -â€" Trenton annexed a portion of the town- ship taking one quarter million dollars of assessment. 1965â€" purchased a crawler tractor for the garbage disposal area. 1966 â€" A bylaw authorizing a two-year term for members, of council and elected Boards. 1966 â€" The Tender of Wieger DeJong construction, Stirling was aCcepted to construct the new centennial hall and mun- icipal offices for the sum of $70,589.76. The first meeting in the new council chamberwas held Sept. 23. Open house for this building was held on October 29th. The official opening on June 17th, 1967, was a permanent commemoration of the centâ€" a 9 ennial of confederation in 4 c )w . Canada. Construction was made 14/ possible through the co-open- ation of the province of Ontario and the Government of Canada. During my term of office, Sid- t ney Township has increased in ‘ population from 5,600 to over 7,300. 7,300. The assessment has in- creased about two million dollars. The tax roll has gone from less than 1/4 million dollars to over 1/2 million dollars. , t We have many fine homes and commerciaI buildings which are ‘ a credit to our township. We‘ have recently paved two miles of road on the Fourth Concession, from our new Centennial Hall to the Thurlow t Boundary. This is the first The first records of Sidney township. fire. A road overseer was ap- Township are dated May ‘5, In 1858 the form of currency pointed. A grant was given to 1790. For a number of years expressed in township records Belleville Hospital. Township municipal meetings were held changed from pounds, shillings funds were deposited in the in homes and schools. The and pence, to dollars and cents. Frankford Branch of the M01- Baldwin Act of 1850 set up In the following years con- son’s Bank. the present form of local siderable progress took place. A local option bylaw was government. Permission was granted to passed to prohibit the sale of ' A bylaw was passedto raise Sidney Agricultural Society to liquor in Sidney Township. A money to build a township hall. hold an exhibition and use the request was received from Plans and specifications were township hall. A petition for a Hastings county council to send prepared at a cost of one pound license to operate asteam ferry a delegation to the Good Roads five shillings. The tender price from Sidney to Prince Edward Association, Toronto. of three hundred pounds was County was granted subject In 1920, Frankford, up until accepted. County was granted, subjectto this time part of Sidney On December 21. 1352 the the approval of the Lieutenant- township, became an incorp- building was received from the Governor of Ontario. Council Grated village. . _ contractor and the first council was petitioned to remove the In 1922 Dr. McMullen, Frank- " . meeting was held. loose stones off the main roads ford, was appointed medical ‘2 In 1856 the Grand TrunkRail- between Belleville and Trenton. health officer for the town- ; way, now the Canadian National The MillerBros.plantatGlen ship. He carried on in this Railway, was built across the Miller suffered heavy loss by capacity until he retiredin 1960. BAYSIDE POST OFFICE ,: ' y <7 L/ V / .. (f fl’yméaéée/fi/X’ /é)/w. X [514%ch .