A peek from the Town Crier’s April 19, 1968 issue – Construction was in full swing on the $100,000 addition to the Formosa Spring Brewery Limited in Formosa.  As the photo shows, excavation work is completed with cement and steel work to begin. The new section, which will be a fermentation and storage area will be a 52’x53’ two storey building. Each floor will house seven tanks that measure 10’ in diameter and 25’ high. This building is the first major construction at the site since 1962 and according to the new owners, there will be more.  Many residents thought the Brewery building was a one storey structure, they didn’t realize that over two storeys were underground (as you can see by the land mark in the photo).  Also, the stone wall  in the picture dates back to 1870.  The owners are also installing a de-ionizing system in another part of the plant which will take all the mineral content out of the water used to make the product, thereby maintaining a constant taste.    – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s April 5, 1988 issue – Pictured are the Junior Class winners in the Science Fair which was held at the Mildmay-Carrick Public School. Front (left – right): Erin Wilton, Michelle Breig, Chris Klein, Brian Johnston, Dan Teeling. Middle: Creg Metcalfe, Murray Dunstan, Charlie Ashbury, Troy McDiarmid, Robbie Klein, Kevin Walters, Raye Dahms, Joe Teeling. Back: Randy Colwell, Angela Yenssen, Sarah Vickers, Michael Klein, Chad Spence, Sean Markle, Neil Metcalfe, Jon Miller. – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, April 5, 1968 issue – A giant-sized igloo… some Eskimos… and these four “Northern Lights” took spectators to the land of Alaska at last Saturday’s Mildmay Ice Revue. This year’s program saw the largest attendance ever. Over 100 skaters took part. The four Northern Lights are (left to right) Tammy Weber, Mary Wendt, Elaine Cameron and Peggy Schuler.         – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s April 5, 1988 issue – Formosa & District Lions Club completed a project last week when they erected street signs in that community.  Bill Borho (left) Project Chairman is seen here with co-workers Robert Weiss and Alf Kuntz. The Lions were also planning to number the properties in Formosa – hopefully that summer.     – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s March 22, 1968  issue – “That’s a real well” commented Mr. George Plant (left) of the consulting engineer firm of Proctor & Redfern, Kitchener, when he talked to the Crier.  They were making final tests of a newly drilled water well in Mildmay. International Water Supply of London was the firm that drilled the well, a 10” diameter to a depth of 114’.  Burt Hodgins (2nd from left) of the drilling firm and Councillor George Culbert Sr. (3rd from left) watch another Councillor, Ted Dietz as he takes a sample sip from the new well. They were searching for a well that would produce 150-gallons a minute… they sure did, in fact this one did as high as 250-gallons per minute, and at that time they were using the larger pipe lying by the feet of Councillor Dietz.    – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s Tuesday, February 9, 1988 issue – Ralph Fortney announced that he would be closing his barbershop location in Deemerton at the end of February. It was known as “The Caboose Barbershop” because the building was actually an old CNR railway caboose. Ralph, who operated a barbershop in Teeswater and more recently also in Mildmay, had been cutting hair at the Deemerton location each Tuesday and Thursday evening for 14 years.  – Town Crier photo