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824:. The first issue of the newspaper appeared on 11 November 1881, with James Campbell as its editor. Its ownership changed several times, with John Murkar and Ross Thexton becoming the owners in 1901. After Thexton retired in 1907, Murkar became the sole owner, and the newspaper was owned by his family until its closure in 1965. Murkar, a former school-teacher and principal, rode a horse around Pickering to gather news. He operated the newspaper out of a property on the Old Kingston Road, which is now occupied by The Piano Shop. In 1965, the Inland Publishing Company bought the rights to the Pickering News, and incorporated it into
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Burlington. He was also the local coroner for 25 years. In the 19th century, dentists from other places saw patients in the village on certain days; for example, Dr. F. L. Hemy saw patients at Gordon House every Saturday in 1877. In 1925, Dr. Herbert T. Fallaise became the first resident dentist of the village, seeing patients at his home on Kingston Road. The first veterinarians in the village were George O'Leary and W. H. Hopkins, both of whom graduated from Toronto's Ontario Veterinary College in the 1880s.
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Anglican Church was built. The Grand Trunk
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Methodist Church north of Kingston Road, between Elizabeth Street and the Creek. The property later became a Methodist cemetery. In 1879, the Methodists erected a brick building where the IGA grocery store now stands. In 1930, the Methodists became part of the Pickering United Church.
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Toronto until 1842, when a church was built in Oshawa. J. B. Proulx, who was appointed to Oshawa parish in 1848, started the initiative to build a church in the Duffins Creek area. Accordingly, the wooden building of St. Wilfrid's church was erected on the Notion Road
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In the 1840s, Edmond Shepherd started the Disciples Church with a small group who met in a school building. As the congregation grew over 200 members, a brick church was built on Kingston Road. The congregation membership declined gradually, and the Disciples Church discontinued its services by the
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In 1930, the St. Andrew's Presbyterian congregation united with the Methodist congregation of St. Paul's to form the Pickering United Church. Dr. J. A. Carmichael revived the Presbyterian Church in Pickering in 1932, used the Quaker meeting house for worship. In 1949, the Presbyterians built a new
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transferred its Pickering exchange with 63 subscribers to the Home Company. In 1949, Home Company was amalgamated into the Woodbridge & Vaughan Telephone Company. In 1949, Woodbridge & Vaughan instituted a new exchange service in the southern part of Ajax. In 1953, the North Ajax customers
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Many of the early teachers lacked qualifications, and lasted for a short time. The young women were generally regarded as the best teachers, but had problems dealing with the oldest male students. The teachers were paid poorly; for example, a teacher's contract from June 1835 offers salary of six
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chapel. The mill was rebuilt and changed owners several times, before being destroyed by fire in 1956. By 1825, there were two other sawmills in the township, one was on the Rouge below the old bridge, and one, and the other one probably higher up on the Duffins Creek. The lumber from these mills
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established the first Mission at Duffins Creek. In early days, circuit ministers traveling on horses conduct serves at private homes, schools or public halls. In 1832, Adam Elliott founded the parish of St. George. In 1841, the parishes of Whitby and Pickering were combined, and the St. George's
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minister, who traveled across Ontario, used to meet Duffin when passing through the area, and found his dead body one day. Wood speculated that he may have been murdered by the natives. Another theory is that he was murdered by one of the travelers for whom he provided lodging. Duffins cabin was
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In 1867, the main body of the Quakers built a large brick meeting hall, on the west side of Mill Street, to accommodate their Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting was attended by Quakers from Canada, United States, England, and Ireland. In 1908, the meeting hall was heavily damaged by a lightning
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The Pickering Village was served by doctors at least since the 1850s, but most of these doctors remained there for a very short time. The first resident doctor of Pickering Village was Dr. Burns, who lived north of the Head's Mill. Dr. Vernon-Cartwright was the first doctor to live in Pickering
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and his associates settled there in 1807. Rogers designated land for a large wooden meeting house and a cemetery on the east side of the Mill Street. The cemetery was divided into burial grounds for Quakers and non-Quakers. The non-Quakers' burial ground was nearly full by 1882, and was poorly
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switchboard was installed in the store. By 1885, five other businesses plus Dr. Field's residence had telephones. In 1886, Dr. Bateman became Dr. Field's partner. When Dr. Field retired in 1887, Dr. Bateman took over his practice, his telephone agency, and his residence. In 1900, a more modern
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electric railway was taken up. Track had been laid from Port Hope in the east to Church Street in the Pickering Village in the west. The right-of-way had been negotiated up to Dunbarton in the west, but there was difficulty in negotiating entry into Toronto. As a result, the entire project was
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bought 800 acres of land in the Duffins Creek area, at 10 shillings per acre. He arrived in Pickering with his wife, most of his 15 children, and 20 other Quaker families. They settled around what is now the intersection of Kingston Road and Mill Street, and cleared forest for farming.
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small animals too numerous to mention." Wing states that the settlers were most afraid of packs of wolves, followed by the bears. There had been frequent encounters between these wild animals and the settlers, resulting in deaths of humans and domestic animals. An 1805 news report in
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family resided in the area, as attested by Arthur Field. This family lived at the east edge of the Duffins Creek marshes until the mid-19th century. In 1760, French missionaries from Ganatsekwyagon reached the Duffins Creek, but did not create any settlement there.
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feet) high stone structure. The mill infrastructure was later expanded to included dams, a mile-long canal, a storehouse, and a Grand Trunk Railroad switch line. The mill changed owner multiple times, before being destroyed by a fire in 1934.
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mills were located around 5 km north of Lake Ontario. The dams constructed for the mills cut off the salmon off from their spawning grounds, and by the time of Rogers death, the salmon had practically disappeared from the Duffins Creek.
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mills. The area gradually developed into the main commercial and residential centre of the Pickering Township. It was incorporated as the Municipality of the Village of Pickering in 1953, around same time as the neighbouring
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switchboard, of the 117 type, was installed at the drug store. As the telephone agency's responsibilities increased, Dr. Bateman relinquished the job to another person in 1906.
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