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Ethel mill businesses boomed thanks to rail
ETHEL RESTAURANT
The small community on Conc. 7
and 8 (Brandon Rd. and Molesworth
Line), Lots 21 and 22 of Grey Twp.
began as Carter's, Carter's Mills or
Carter's Corners. When the post
office was established, however,
Carter's Mills was already taken so
Ethel was assigned.
The first settlers in the area were
Jacob Storm, Alex Hutchinson and
Robert Ross who purchased Lots 22-
24, respectively, in 1860.
The train station just outside the
hamlet brought a lot of business to
the existing mills including Milne's
where a building still stands at
Arthur and Mill Streets.
Weigh scales were installed in
1905 then moved to Mill Street in
1918. The village rebuilt the scales
in 1927. They were sold to Robert
Cunningham in 1955.
The flour and grist mill burned in
1912 and was reconstructed as a
chopping mill.
After a succession of owners,
D.W. Dunbar bought the mill in
1925. It burned in 1931, but was
rebuilt by Cliff Dunbar replicating
the previous structure.
With many changes, renovations
and moves in Ethel over the years,
very few buildings remain in the
original state or location.
James Spence built a store which
housed the post office at the
northeast corner of Mill and Main
Streets. There was a stable in back of
the store and a pottery was to the
south. The clay used at the shop was
drawn from land now owned by Bill
Turnbull of Brussels on Huron
Congratulations
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County Rd. 12, (Brussels Line)
where ponds still mark the site.
The first doctor's office was at the
corner of Mill and Main. A hardware
store was built on this lot in 1887
and a livery operated from the
southern section along Mill Street.
In 1899, a store was completed on
the next lot east and hardware was
moved from Dunbar's store to this
location.
During this time there was also a
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butcher shop, blacksmith, general
store, dry goods store, millinery,
dress and mantle shop and jewellery
store. In later years, there was a
tractor repair shop where the
blacksmith once was. To the
northeast, the Comer Block had two
entrances. A hall and meeting rooms
were created upstairs. It burned in
1909 and was rebuilt as a two-storey
structure with four stores and
apartments. It burned again in 1923.
After the first fire, a general
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