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George F. Chipman was born at Nictaux West, Nova Scotia, on 28 January, 1882, the son of F. Miles Chipman, a member of the first directorate of the United Fruit Companies. Chipman attended the Provincial Training School for teachers at Truro for one year and at the age of eighteen went to River Herbert, Cumberland County, as the principal of the high school. He held this post for three years before moving to Alberta to teach school in the fall of 1903. In 1905 he joined the editorial staff of the Free Press and in 1909, when the farmers of Manitoba united to form the Grain Growers Association, he became involved in the publication of the Grain Growers' Guide. Two years after he joined the Guide he was promoted to editor. Chipman was active politically in the formation of the National Farmers' platform in 1918 and supported T.A. Crerar and the Progressives in the 1920's. From 1923 on, Chipman also investigated the growing of hardier fruits for western climates. In 1923 he was also appointed, by the Manitoba government, to examine the provincial educational system. Chipman died in 1935.

The Chown family holds an important place in Kingston’s local history. They have earned recognition because of the Chown Hardware business and its success. The Chown Hardware firm remained family owned and operated for over a hundred and twenty years. Over several generations, the descendents of Roger Chown expanded the hardware business, providing employment and prosperity from many Kingston locals. Arthur and Edwin Chown were the company’s primary founders, entering into the tinsmith trade 1837, four years after their arrival in Canada. In 1938, Chown Hardware Ltd. was formed as various family operations merged. The company operated in its limited form until 1967. Chown family members through their various endeavors, business and otherwise, had a significant impact on the Kingston community and local history.

The name of Chown has been identified with the hardware business in Kingston, Ontario for over a hundred years. In the 1830's, Edwin, George and Arthur Chown learned the tinsmith trade. Edwin and Arthur opened a tin shop in 1845. Two years later they moved to larger quarters and added hardware to their line. During the 1850's Edwin became a partner in Eagle Foundry and sold stoves, ploughs and other agricultural implements along with tin and copper ware. Arthur , in the meantime, dealt in shelf hardware. Towards the end of the fifties Edwin Chown formed a partnership with Henry Cunningham as wholesale and retail hardware merchants. Arthur together with his brother Samuel also was engaged in this line. Samuel eventually established his own business, while Arthur, during the 1880's, took his sons Fred and Oliver into partnership under the name of A. Chown and Company. Chown and Cunningham by then was known as Edwin Chown & Son. In 1938 the various family interests were merged into a Limited Company and operated until 1967.