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"4" History of Park Head continued. ‘ The first fraternal society organized was the Irde . pend Order of Templare which flourished for fifteen or twenty yearsfint They met in a hall which was upstairs in a house now occ u ied bi Mrs. Sarah Go: and reached by an outside stairway. In isoopa society known as "Sons of Temerance of Ontario" was organized. This proved to be quit. a social centre providing entertainment for th W" with concerts, debates, etc. 8 COJAUHity The Independent Order of Foresters was organized about 1886. This society formed a Joint stock cOmpany and built the first hall in the village. The earliest industry was the making of square timber (rock elm) as early as 1863. These were floated down the Ssuble River to the lake and were loaded on sailing boats for England, yuebec and Toronto. Sawmills were built, one on the Sauble River in 1862 by William Street, Another in 1882 by J. H. Leonard of diarton near the New Grand Trunk Railway, where lumber, slabs, cordwood and shingles were shipped by rail. A Sawmill was also built on Lot 10 Con. 7. Harry Ross erected a chopping mill in the spring of 1915. This mill still does a thriving business with Mr. Ben Kocher as Other. A blacksmith and carriage shop was built in the early 1580's by the Brookbank Brothers on Lot 1 Con. 5. This later was torn down. The land on which it stood was taken over by the Highways Dept. for the widening of Highway 6. An interesting thing in connection with this shop, as recalled by some of our older residents, is that a the first iron couplings such as are still in use in 1961 to couple the Railway oars together, were made in this shop. A Hr. John Bouey who lived on Lotll Con. 6 Anabel designed and whittled out of wood a coupling to cOUple Railway cars together, and then had an iron one made but he never had it patented, although the one which was used later by the Railway Companies and still in use, is almost identical. The first store was built by M. s. Rourke on the site where H. E. flhite's store is still in operation. A second store was built across the road by Mr. Monkman which is now used as a residence. A restaurant operated by the Cordingly family, a boarding house, a barber shop, a photograph gallery, were all thriving businesses at one time but now have all passed out. The Railway Station was built in 1882 and stood until 1953 when it was burned. A Railws coach was used until passenger service was discontinued in 1959. I 1891 the Grand Trunk Branch from Park Head to Owen Sound was completed. The first Rural Credit Union or Co-operative bank in Ontario was organized at Park Head on March 10, 1958 with T. A. Pringle as President and H. W. Robinson as manager and treasurer. When Mr. Robinson moved from the community drs. W. A. Smith succeeded hhm. This union disbanded in 1949.