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l f g, f" g i l, 2lJyfa'.'aTi'rrL1sE' t00iH"D) 2 ; i ' l i The Fruit Grower's Associetion is our one industry and they have a well equipped plant. I l In 1850 the first apples were hauled to Hovick by the Jeques family to cousins there, and 1 that was the start of the apple industry. g In 1870 Alfred Dollerd started a carding mill in the village. Theodore Pollard had a i 1 tailor shop in bygone days. _ Burgessville was a villege of lodges, Grange Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ancient i, Order of Workmen9 J?crester's, Independent Order of Forester's, Royal Templars, Home Circle, 3 all had their day. 1 The Flour and Feed business was started by the late E. D. Hilliker followed by Richard -" Siple, John D. Corless, Hughes 6: i1euontnlorenegr and is now operated by W. A. Roloson & Sons. 1 gap In 1945 the Norwich District Cc)--)-.) built P mill on the former site of the Mollins Mills i, Elias Snyder was the first settler coming in 1811, Joshua Corbin in 1816. The Dennis I family came in 1820 end the Emigh family in 1819. Captain John Jaques moved into Burgessville in 1855. In 1857 he was Captain of n company of Royal Volunteers. , , I Nelson Batterson started the first store in 1845 when it was called Snyder's Corners. In [ 1887 Henry Sheath started a general store in Burgessville and did a very extensive business. i Mr. Wm. Kirkpatrick purchased the store end business of Mr. Sneath and carried on an exten~ ( [ sive departmental business, Unfortunately just after receiving a large shipment of goods in _ the spring, the building withnearly all its contents were burned. However Mr. Kirkpatrick [ in a few hours collected together the remains of his stock and opened out in the Oddfellow's 1 Hell. He rebuilt and carried on. He wee also the Post-master. Some few years later he sold his store to Gordon Wills and in 1934 the store again burned. ; l Previous to this the Post Office took up office in the old Bank Building where Mr. Kirk- patrick continued as post=master until retiring. Mr. Arthur Dickinson became the Pew Tost- master and upon retiring in 1959, Ar. Fred Myers became our present post-master. Property _ has been purchased on the south side of the village and a new post office is being built to 1 be Opened this Springs New Telephone Office built in 1951 and Eire Hall in 1956. ", . The site of the old store was purchased from Gordon Wills by Mr. Joe Grendy, who was 1 Operating a grocery store in the old Hotel Building (Franklin House). Leter he built the f Store and dwelling, which now stands. Upon his death Mr. Jake Wettlaufer purchased the bu§iness and after his death his son lloyd took over upon returning from Overseas and is still the village merchant and carrying on an extensive business. ( . (ROY) _ z After hotel days were no more in the Franklin House, the Hoores' opened a Grocery §tore F 535 later was operated by ' Carl Jaques, Fred Cole, Joe Grandy, Gordon Turvey, C. H. Bud" . Buchner and the Barber family, who still own the building, but no store, Just apartments at the present time. i _ In earlier days a garage, blacksmith shop and butcher shop stood on the south east I Corner and in 1954 this corner was burned out. This is where hid. McFarland's garage now I 'ltantiisos.isuehoii"z'ts plumbing business is where the Uddfellows Hell stood- In the old days Burgessville had what was then called "Town Meeting Day" and yyf,e', _ shooting on that day could be "churched", as it was then called. One Thompson “95 churched" E so many times for the offense he decided to stay out of church n he knew he could not re» i gist the temptation to shoot turkeys on that day. ‘1 /",'f,i-C,,'),') '.r, Written .. May Ist, 1959- ii-, g. as Brought up to date and typed by - Mrs. W.J.Morley !; / V _ A