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This story of BROUGHAM was
started as a personal Centennial
project in 1967. The research was a
time-consuming task, taking six years
to complete. The history is traced
from the first surveys of Pickering
Township, to the establishment of
Brock Road, then Bentley's Corners
and finally BROUGHAM. All aspects
of the history of this typical Ontario
village are covered — social,
educational, recreational, government
and business - from its infancy in
pioneer days to 1973. The people of
the village and immediate rural area —
past and present — live and breathe
in these pages. The final chapter deals
with the controversial airport,
proposed by the Federal Government,
which would obliterate the historical
village of BROUGHAM.
THE AUTHOR
Robert Anker Miller was born in 1916
at Thistle Ha', the third son of John
Miller and Maud Stevenson Miller. He
attended Mount Pleasant Public,
Claremont Continuation and Whitby
High Schools.
Robert worked on his father's farm
until 1947 when he started his "Mill-
er's Mendit Shop" business of welding,
seed cleaning, and general repairs in
Brougham. These premises are cur-
rently under airport expropriation.
In 1947 he married Fern Malcolm and
has three daughters and two sons.
As an athlete, Robert was an out-
standing softball pitcher. As such, he
had an exceptionally long career. His
specialty was the slowball — "the ball
with the string on it."
Robert Miller has played a leading
role in many Brougham community
projects including the erection of the
Firehall, and the establishment of the
Memorial Park. His dedication to
the Pickering Township Historical
Society and the Museum was recog-
nized with the presentation, in 1967,
of the Centennial Medal.
Photo by Cadieux