Morris Saxe
Morris Saxe, a farmer of Georgetown established the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. In 1927, while president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario, he also established the Canadian Jewish Farm School on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown as a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation, and Saxe arranged for their entry permits.The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.