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Olde Woodburn
1951 - Oldest Binbrook Couple
Mr. and Mrs. George Beer, long time residents of the townships, are the oldest couple in Binbrook. Although 84, Mr. Beer continues his business as a plumbing contractor.
1951 - Garden Inspection
Joan Tosselt, left, inspects the Woodburn garden of Mrs. Samuel Elwood with Mrs, William Daw, 81, a Woodburn native and one of the oldest members of the Women's Institute.
1951 - Woodburn Women's Institute
Mrs. Albert Top, left, Mrs. Leslie Chapman, middle, and Mrs. Samuel Elwood, right are members of the Woodburn Women's Institute which was meeting in Mrs. Elwood's home when the Spectator reporter visited the village.
1951 - Smithy's Son
Maurice T. Roberts, of Hamilton, is one of the oldest living natives of Woodburn. His grandfather and his father were blacksmiths in the village. One of his sons, Captain M.C. Roberts, fought four years in World War 1 and was one of the last casualties. He was buried in France on Armstice Day.
1951 - Once Hall's Corners
Armstrong's general store on the main intersection at Binbrook, was the scene of the district's first store, operated by a pioneer named Hall, from which the village took its first name, Hall's Corners
1951 - Woodburn Farmer
George Ridge pats his collie, Tip, on a tractor seat in one of the fields in his Woodburn farm. Pioneers of the district bought the land in wood and stump and cleared it themselves.
1951 - Mrs. W.J. McEvoy
1951 - John Jackson Tombstone
1951 - Binbrook's Feed Mill
Binbrook is pretty much residential now, but it is proud of its feed millwhich serves a wide area.Once the had two hotels, two doctors, a cabinet maker, harness maker, blacksmith and others.