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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-11-30, Page 8Van Egmond residence, Egmondville Ontario ard design. Miss Machell conducted a teur, des- cribing the various rooms as she went. The interior restoration was seen at a particularly exciting point in time be- cause the finishing touches to the beauti- ful oak and pine trim were just being applied by skilled carpenters, cabinet makers and other"craftsmen. The hand- some wide-sweeping circular stairway was being fittect with solid oak treads over pine which conceals the fireproof welded steel frame. - Several shining brass-. balusters were already in place on the stairway and the remaining turned oak balusters wer e stacked close by. This fine stairway will be a focal point of 'the restored Grange and although entirely new, -it has been designed to match as closely as possible what is believed to have been the original stairway, later replaced by a heavy Vic- torian stairway now removed. Miss Machel showed slides in the almost complete panelled library which has been restored to its original 1885 period. It was a later addition to the house of Prof. Goldwin Smith,historian and journalist who occupied the orange from 1875 to 1910 when the building be- came the origin,,a1 Toronto Art Gallery. There was . a crackling fire in the Vic- torian tiled fireplace. Architect Peter Stokes, Ontario i';'estoration specialist, and Jeanne. Min- - hinnick, furnishing consultant, have corn - plated exhaustive and detailed research into the history, structure and .fabric4,of the Grange, and Miss MacheliM a nunifter of their sketches and designagin disp*y.. The carpetings are wall to wall with wide borders and are being specially woven in England from patterns authentic to the 1835 period. The wallpapers have been ' found in England and France in the original period designs. T he slender brass balus- ters for the stairway were cast in New Hamburg. Smack in the middle of the beautiful Grange restoration is a dazzlingly modern kitchen and servery which will be used for social functions in the building., The Grange will become a living history museum and will be used for art exhibitions, lectures, meetings,and other social gatherings. • 4 Get me to the boXon time, Your holiday mail will be joihing a lot of other mail-very soon. This is the busiest season for the people who move the mail, So to be assured that your mail reaches its destination before the holidays, mail before the dates below. Dec. 13 - Out-of-town Dec. 17 - In town Make your holiday mail letter perfect. Include the correct postage; Canada and U,S.A, Letter mail (sealed - first class) - 80 Unsealed'greeting cards - 60 All other countries (air mail) Letter mail (sealed - first class) - 150 Unsealed greeting cards - 120 - And remember the dates above. If you meet our deadlines, we'll meet yours. I A* Canada Postes Post Canada .9.99999.999,999949,9,M9999999,99 9+999999 9609 0,-MiIR HURON EXPOSITOR SPAPOittlit OPT ,,, NOS., Suggests government must coe 4 ntinu conservative Party leader. Robert Stanfield says he feels it is his duty to. "bring down the government" of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. But a United Church minister says such action would itself deserve to be defeated. Rev. W. Clarke MacDonald, Deputy Secretary of the United Church's Division of Mission in Canada would, in fact, say this to all tour national party leaders. "We cannot as a church stand idly by, prating about ,good news' when 5-million Canadians are living in poverty; when infant highest principle of rational im- mortality among native people, tegrity, when urgent prob- who have been a political foot- lems are crying out for immed- ball for 25 years, is 25%; when late action, would deserve to go the heritage which is ours without ' down to ignominious defeat. price, is being sold for a mess of "Never before did our leaders money potage to interests which have such an opportunity to dem- have little concern for our onstrate to their fellow-Canadr nation's future or that of our cans what real statesmanship is; children", said Dr. MacDonald. and how these four men might "In this situation we ought to be prepared to put the interest say to all four nationalpelitical of country above party, people leaders that any person who would above power, and principle be- deliberately bring about the dis- fore personal aggrandizement," solution of orderly government in Dr. MacDonald, who did not vote Canada for anything less than the liberal' in the last election, said. 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Regele Mr. Walter and James Yost who spent last week hunting at the Manitoulin Island and Mrs. Walter Yost who spent last week with Mrs. Harold McCallum have returned to their home in Day- ton, Ohio, U.S.A. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burns of Dublin visited Mrs. Joseph Thornton one evening last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Regele visited with Mr, and Mrs. Wil- liam Manley, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson of R.R.1, Walton and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Boyd of R.R.4, Wal- ton, have left to' spend the wihter months in sunny Florida. McKillop A group representing the Perth County Historical Foundation and the Van Esmond Foundation of Seaforth visited two of Toronto's most historic houses recently. Virtually all that remains of the early architectur e of Toronto is contained in three buildings, the'Grange, Osgoocb Hall and the residence of SirWilliarriCampbell. All three of these ipuildings are presently undergoing restoration and the tour included both Campbell House and the Grange, Toronto's last two remaining examples of "the early brick pellet! of York" from 1807 to about 1825. These houses are also Toronto's only two remaining %samples ef the Upper Oanada Neo-classic architectural style. Both the Fryfogel Inn 1844 near Shakes- peare and the Van Egmond House 183'7 near Seaforth were of this same architectural period. Neo-claesic design'came to the Huron Tract at a somewhat later date, but it is this same style which is inherent in the architectural charm and importance of these two local buildings. Campbell House was built in 1822 by sir William Campbell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada from 1825 to 1824, This handsome Georgian mansion was well suited to its location and time on Duke Street, later named Adelaide, just east of Jarvis Street, but the,indiistrialization of the neighborhood destroyed its former ambience. On Good Friday, ir,g,Campbeilliousp was moved in a great procession to its new location just south of the Canada Life building on'University Avenue. The fine brick structure now faces south on the north side of Queen Street and Osgoode Hall is to the east across University Avenue. foundation; weighed 210 tons and the mo e The three-storey house, apart frpm along Toronto streets on 56 wheels cost $120,000 for moving plus $60,000 for removal and replacement of utilities such as street car lines, , as well as special shoring under manholes, etc. Ronald Dick of the Toronto archi- tectural firm Marani, Rounthwaite and Dick, architect for the Campbell House restoration, spoke to the group and des- cribed the work in progress. Exterior restoration was completed during the By Stan Dingman in the Stratford Beacon Herald. A lot has changed since Granny' s day. Polluted air. Cig- arettes. Crammed superhigh- ways. But Christmas is still beautiful. And so are Christ- mas Seals. This year's Seals sport Gran- ny's double-decker house, glassy skyscrapers , funny old-fashioned trains and sleighs, split-level Suburban homes, snowball fights, and lamplight carolers. The mix is both modern and tradi- tional. One of the changes since Granny's day is a people ex- summer and fall and Included the addition of a new semi-circular front porch and portico that is believed to be close in design to the original. Although Campbell House now sits on a solid concrete foundation with all. modern services, these will all be concealed from view in the finished work. The concrete foundation is faced with stones brought from the original Adelaide Street site. Two circular brick pillars at the front gate were built from curved bricks taken from a brick chimney which was removed from the centre of the circular stairway as being not part of the original structure, but a later addition. Mrs: Robert Reid and Mrs. 'Nancy Holland of Toronto served hot soup to the visitors to fend off the cold in the as yet unheated building. Mrs. Reid is the wife of Robert F. Reid QC, Stratford native who spearheaded the move on the part of the Advocates' Society in Toronto to save the Campbell House from the wrecker. Mr..Dick is also no stranger to Stratford, his firm having designed the Stratford General Hospital. His partner, C. F. T. Rounthwalte, was a partner in the firm of Rounthwaite and Fairfield which designed the Stratford Festival Theatre. Laurie McCloy, president of Jackson- Lewis Co. Ltd. of Toronto, general con- tractor for the Campbell House restorat- ion, is also 'a native of Stratford. He is a brother of W. M. McCloy of this city and was on hand to meet the Stratford visitors. The next stop, at the Grange, provided an interesting contrast with' the Campbell House because of their diffeking states of restoration. While the inside of Camp- bell House is still stripped down to the bare brick walls and open joist ceilings in preparation for restoration, the Grange interior is nearing the time When decor- ators and carpet layers will take over. Both are costing in the hundreds of thousands and the Ontario government is sharing in the financing of both. The Graage, believed to be Toronto's oldest house still standing, was built by D'Arcy Boulton in 1818 and is being restored to the 1835 period by the Art Gallery of Ontario. Margaret Machell, who has been on the gallery staff since 1940, is curator of the Grange restorat-, ion and is very much steeped in its history plosion. Just 65 years ago, when the first Christmas Seal was printed to fight tubercul- osis, there were only 87 mil- lion Americans. Today the figure has sped past 200 mil- lion and is headed skyward. In the old days, TB was a killer called the White Plague which spread like brushfires from per- son to person. Out of every 100,000 people, 174 died from TB in a single .year. Today, only two out of the same number die from the disease. Modern drugs can treat and prevent th2e, disease if it is detected in time. Christmas seals still fight TB becallse the disease itself hasn't died yet. Last year near- . ly 40,000 new active cases were found in this country. An un- known number of people have TB without knowing it. Coughing, fatigue, and weight loss can be .suspicious symptoms. And today there's a new killer that wipes out the lives of 300,00,0 Amer- icans every year-- cigarettes. , Granny never heard of em- irnseinabecause cigarettes were not a deadly national pastime in her day. A little chewing tobacco didn't createlung crip- ples. Today Christmas Seals fight emphysema, TB, and air pollution because they're there. Answer your Christmas Seal letter today. And to find out what can be done to fight off diseases that affect the lungs, contact your local tuberculosis -and respiratory disease associ- ation. It's a matter of life and breath. Maybe even yours. Every week more and more people discover what Jri ghty jobs are accomplished by low cost Expositor Want Ads. Dial 527- 0240. Xmas Seals continue despite todays changes your week ahead BY DR. kW. DAMIS AQUARIUS Jan. 20 • Feb. 18 PISCES Feb. 19. Mar. 20 CAPRICORN Dec. 22 • Jan. 19 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 • Dec. 21 SCORPIO Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 LIBRA Sept. 23 Oct. 22 VIRGO Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 LEO July 23 - Aug. 22 TAURUS Apr. 20 - May 20 GEMINI May 21 • June 20 11100NCHILD June 21 - July 22 ARIES Mar. 21 Apr:19 Forecast Period: December 3 to December 10, 1972 , ' It seems as though many members of your sign wiil be haunted by past legal problems or en- 4 tanglements, with associates. Other Ariens must avoid a lmoldering animosity. According to your chart; a first good impression is going to bc. important, during this week's cosmic cycle. It would be advisable to improve your wardrobe. A former skill trainingor aptitude will play an important role. So? It seems as though a seldom used "know how" will pull you out of a tight spot. subtle chain of events will lead you into a situation that encourages self improvement. Thene will be an improved relationship with the 'other' sex. There could be changes, of which you are not aware, in your immediate environment. One im- portant thing! Don't let boresorne routine trig- ger a mishap. The urge to contact someone who lives afar, will overtake most members of your sign. Alaty, be- ware of someone who exaggerates; especially, a female ,friend. ':The Green Eyed Dragon" or envy could thwart your relationship with the other sex. Also, ,be practical ,about romantic designs you have in mind. This stellar cycle finds you somewhat Irrespon- sible toward the feelings of an associate. Avoid needling, to the point of becoining sarcastic - you might lose a friend. Rem-ember, it's patience that makes the dif- ference between the Spider and the fly. You have much to gain, simply by waiting out a 'member of the opposite sex, Take care! It seems as though an associate will, unthinkingly discuss your personal affairs at large, which is a nice way of saying: Guard against a betrayal, Ironically, nostalgia could be a detriment to most members of your sign, Please don't at- tempt to renew old emotional tieslill Fuzzy stellar patterns indicate that soincone new or ah old acquaintance will be on the scene, The point? Don't misread their intentions 014 motives. 4 40