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Orland Field with Howard's delivery truck.

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"Timmy" Howard's Delivery Horse
1940
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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Timmy, Howards delivery horse and sleigh. In the early 1940's Howards General Store had a bake shop and in the morning they went around town selling fresh baked bread and would take grocery orders. In the afternoon these would be delivered. The black box on the sleigh is the bread box. At the store they sold groceries, hardware, meat, gas & oil, and animal feed, i.e. Hay, Oats and Provender. Best known driver of Timmy for the early war years was Bernard "Barney" Owens who left and went overseas as a tank driver and was killed in action Aug.9, 1944.

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Country Meats Fire
3 April 2010
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Terry Myres

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A member of the OPP Eastern Region forensics unit makes notes outside the remains of Country meats & Mini Market in Chalk River Saturday morning. The popular local buisness was destroyed by a fire that broke out about 2:15 am Saturday. Police have officially described tghe fire as "suspicious", but witnesses have reported seeing someone stuff a lit nespaper into the store's video return slot (visible in the photo just to the right of the main door). Laurentian Hills Firefighters responded to the fire call within minutes, but Fire Chief Kevin Waito said the building was fully ablaze by the time they were on the scene.

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Pine Grove Stop
1951
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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Pine Grove Stop-
Having purchased a lot, with 400 feet frontage on Highway 17 and 200 feet deep just east of the Plant Road from the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., the Crossons began construction of what would become the "Pine Grove Stop" in October of 1948. Building supplies were scarce in the area after the war so they had to go to Ottawa to buy in order to get the shell of the building up before winter set in.

The Shell Oil Company was contacted and they eagerly installed their underground gas tanks and pumps before the ground froze. While construction of the building proceeded, the gas station was in operation, with the opening of the full business in mid March of 1949.

Expansion of the pine Grove Stop would continue over the next eight years. "I never had a mortgage on that place", said Anne Crosson, "We just expanded it as we could afford it." In the end the building housed a gift shop, Lunch counter, service bays , storage room and two apartments.

Crossons operated the Pine Grove Stop from 1948 until 1970 when the property was purchased by Bev and Dick Rabishaw who were occupying one of the apartments in the building. Bev renovated the storage area and operated a hair dressing Salon from 1970 until the present (2005)

Audio text: Ann Crosson
I came to Chalk River in 1946, my husband was with the Ontario Provincial Police at that time. While he was overseas, he was overseas for six years, we had talked about going into business when he got back. So, in the spring of 48 we started looking for a place already built you know, in the southern part of Ontario. We couldn't find anything you know that really suited us, so anyway we come home , we'd been on 2 or 3 trips down that way looking at places and we come home and my next door neighbor said, "Well how did you two make out today?" and we said ,"well, we didn't have much luck". "You know", he said, " Iv just been thinking that you couldn't start in a better place than right here in Chalk River, but, of course, you'll have to build.
NOTE - Mrs Anne Crosson was nearing 102 years young at the time of this recording.

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Bubble Tech.
2005
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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In 1946, two veterans of World War II, Broom and Parish, built a garage on the western limits of the Village ( now 31278 Hwy 17) , where Bubble Technology Inc is now (2005) located . In 1952 this business was sold to Mr. J.J. Blimkie who after a short time sold it to Mr R.W. Law, who in turn re-sold it back to Mr Blimkie who converted it into a Hardware Business in 1957. Later Mr Blimkie sold the hardware business to Mr. McCormack, only to repossess it a few years later. Mr Blimkie operated the Hardware store until 1965 when his nephew Keith Blimkie purchased it. In the mid 1980's a fire destroyed the building. Keith Blimkie rebuilt and leased the building to B.T.I. in 1986, giving up the hardware business. B.T.I. is a spin-off , hi-tech company from the Chalk River Labs of Atomic Energy of Canada, developing and manufacturing radiation detection equipment. Later B.T.I. purchased the building and in stages , over the years have added additions to accommodate a work force of approximately forty employees. The original single story structure is now dwarfed by the expanded facilities.

North Renfrew Times
Bubble technology launched

Two months old and already reporting remarkable success. Chalk River's Bubble Technology Industries was given an official launch last Friday afternoon. Some 50 guests - clients, investors, Atomic Energy of Canada executives, and politicians from the local, provincial, and federal levels gathered to congratulate Harry Ing and his staff on their initiative. "You are today real pioneers, breaking the ground on what we hope will be a whole series of new ventures to come out of AECL" Said MP Len Hopkins. The occasion was celebrated with a luncheon, provided by AECL, at the Lions Club Hall. Afterwards, the guests were invited over to the BTI building on Highway 17 for a ribbon cutting and champagne toast. ("After all," quipped AECL public relations man John Perehenic, "what would the opening of Bubble Technology be without a little bubbly?")

In calling on Ing to make a few comments. Bob Hargreaves, the business development manager in Ing's former division at CRNL, said it had been a pleasure, usually, to work with Ing on the development of BTI. "I've always been impressed by your determination, your drive, your single-mindedness, your stubbornness, I hope I'm giving the general impression." "I think you're really just trying to say I'm a pain in ass, Bob," Ing replied.
Ing said the launching of BTI represented a great day for the governments of Canada, for AECL, for the local communities, and , of course, for Bubble Technology. "We've struggled for several years to set up a company based on a technology we all have faith in," Ing said. "We still have a lot of hard work ahead of us and it will take some time before we know whether the venture will be a success. But as we see the response of industry, we become increasingly confident about our future in the marketplace."

Judging by the company's early results, that confidence seems well founded. Ing said sales are "way ahead" of projections that would have seen the company do $1 million in sales in the first year. Ing also said that a new extended sales contract with the US Navy had just come through that morning, a contract they were especially happy to get because the Navy had recently announced a spending freeze.

With all this early success. Ing said he is looking at expanding soon. "We definitely need more staff. Right now we don't have enough people to do all the work we're already committed to." BTI was set up as an independent company on April 1 according to a licensing agreement signed between Ing and AECL. The company is based on a technology Ing developed during his years at CRNL. Ing invented a simple radiation detector in which bubbles form inside tubes of a jelly-like elastic polymer when they are exposed to a radioactive source. BTI was formed to develop new applications for the technology and to exploit the market potential of the small personal dosimeters first produced.

Bubble tech in space

One of those new applications may see bubble technology receive a launch of a different kind in the near future. Dr. Alan Mortimer, chief of the life sciences group with the National Research Council, said that the Canadian Space Agency has been holding discussions with the Soviets on conducting joint experiments in measuring radiation fields in space using bubble technology. NASA and the French space program are also reportedly interested in space-based applications of bubble technology. Mortimer said the interest in taking bubble technology into space is in having better methods of detecting radiation beyond the earth's atmosphere. "We really have very little detailed information on the radiation in orbits that you might, for example, put a space station in. That's the type of understanding we need to have as people go up for longer and longer periods in space". Mortimer said the energy ranges of the radiation fields in space are much higher than those on the earth because of the protection the earth's atmosphere provides. "How does that radiation affect people in space? Before we can answer that question, we need a better understanding of whats going on."

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Steam Engine which powered Roesler's Saw Mill on Corry Lake
1979
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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Lumber Mills:

At the turn of the Century, J.R. Booth and Co. built and operated a Saw Mill at the point where Corry Lake empties into Chalk River. By this time circular saws driven by wood fired steam engines were in use in the area.

Another lumber sawmill was set upon the banks of Corry Lake, where the Forestry Road veers left from the lake after leaving Chalk River. This Mill was eventually sold to the Roesler family, and sons George, Jack and Arnold continued to operate it for a number of years. Eventually it came under the sole ownership of Arnold Roesler.

This photo, compliments of Bert Michel, Petawawa , was taken at the 1979 Petawawa Steam Show. This engine, a 2408 John Goodison with 20-22 H.P. manufactured in Sarnia Ontario was purchased by Arnold Roesler of Chalk River from the dealer Archie Weedmark of Beachburg in the 1930's or 40's to power his saw mill on Corry Lake. The entire mill was sold to the Michel family in October 1962 and later leased back and operated for a period by Mr Roesler.

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Kim's Hair In Motion
2005
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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In 1946-47 at 31223 Highway 17 stood a Drug Store which had a short existence. In it's basement was a three table pool room. It was destroyed by a fire that was started by an overturned gas lamp. The Drug Store and Pool Room were completely destroyed along with the home of a neighbour. After the Drug Store Fire, Mr Mike Lavergne's brother Romeo , and his wife Blanche rebuilt a Restaurant called Romeo's Lunch on the site and for several years served full course meals. Another brother, Armand and his wife Yvette, and later another brother George operated this restaurant. George eventually bought the establishment across Highway 17 and opened another restaurant there. He then converted Romeo's Lunch into apartments.

Romeo Lavergne also built another building on the west side of the one that housed Romeo's Lunch. This was occupied by the first store operated by Mike Lavergne before being converted to appartments. The two buildings were later joined together by a false front roof.

This property changed ownership several times in the ensuing years and housed a variety of buisnesses. The Bank of Nova Scotia operated a branch from this location from 15 April 1979 until 1 November 1979. Ownership passed from George Lavern to Marie Goodeson, to Al Daken, to Mike Dwyer, to Mike Miller, to John Childs, to Wes Spicer, to John Childs and then in 1998 to Kim Roberts. During this period it housed, in addition to the Bank of Nova Scotia, a sporting goods store, a dress shop,a leather goods store, a pet food store, a pool room.

KIM'S HAIR IN MOTION OPENS
8 April 1998
North Renfrew Times
BY VANCE GUTZMAN
There's a new business in Chalk River. Kim's Hair In Motion officially opened for business on Saturday afternoon. The business is located on the south side of Highway 17 across from the Tree Top Restaurant. Opening up the shop in Chalk River seemed like the natural thing to do for Kim Roberts, who grew up in the village and recently returned from three years in Owen Sound.
"I'm a Chalk River girl by heart," she said at her grand opening. Some of the services being offered at Kim's Hair In Motion include both men's and ladies' hairstyling, including military haircuts. Waxing services are also available, and Roberts is planning on offering tanning services in, the near future. "I've got the room. I've just got to get the tanning bed," she said.
Kim's Hair In Motion is housed in a former apartment building. It took three weeks of hard work, including new flooring and wallpaper, to prepare it for opening day. "I want to make sure that both new and former customers will enjoy my services,"

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Dover House replacement
2005
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada