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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-01-30, Page 4Queer's Hotet, S'ealo"rth, Onterio.-••••9. REMEMBER WHEN? — The Queen's Hotel celebrates its centennial next year. This early, photo, perhaps taken about 1930 when Seaforth still had old fashioned light standards'and plenty of trees at the corner of Main' and' Goderich Streets, Is taken-frorma post card in the possession of the present owners of the hotel, Jim and Joan Parkinson. LINCOLN GREEN AT THE QUEEN'S — Joan Parkinson, left, sits down with some of the customers at the Queen's Hotel one night recently. Members of the band, called Lincoln Green, entertain on stage in the newly opened 'Centennial room. The room has a small dance floor and seats over 100 people. (Staff Photo) • AnnIEW ,14•••••••10MMIIM•iiiiIMMTION••••01•11 ongratul:tions JIM & JCYAN0 PARKINSON on completion of their Centennial ,Lounge BALL-L NIAcULAY We are happy to have supplied some of the building materials • 4 A • , . • THE' HURON EXPOSITOR 4AN4ARY 10" 19V5 'Queen's. Hotel . Oext .yeari ti? 4" 170.- up with. Seaforth The Queen's Hotel, which recently has undergone extensive renovations, has grown up. with the town. There has been a hotel en the site at the north-eaat 'corner of Main and Goderich Streets for more than 100 years. .When the British Hotel, a frame building, was destroyed September 4, 1876, in a fire that razed half the business section'of the town, the proprietor, Thomas Stephens, .within days had made arrangements for the erection ofa new building which a few month's later, Hasopened as "The Queen's". Contract' for brick, stonework ' and plastering for the new • building 40 x 65 feet, was awarded October 1, 1876 to Jathes Mullett, with completion promised December 20 of the same year. • • Commenting on the contract, The' Expositor of that time said: "The contractor is said to be a pushing energetic man, and no doubt the work will be done by the time promised." Mr. Mullett and the other tradesmen employed on the con- struction project did their work well, and by early spring the hotel was ready for opening Cere- monies, which were set for April 2 1877. The Expositor of April 6, 1877, tells of the event: "Stephen's new• hotel in this town was fotmally opened by a public supper on the eyening of Monday last. At the appointed hour about 80 gentlemen sat down to an excellent supper, which had been prepared for them. Among those present we- noticed quite a number, 'from the surrounding country, ancrSevetal from neigh- bouring'towns. After all had full satisfied the 'inner man', th• tables were cleared preparatory for the intellectual part of tke . "The chair was occupied by. Mayor Coleman, the first vice- chair by M.P. Hayes, Esq.. and the second vice-chair by James, H. benson, Esq. It :would be superflous to •• say that these gentlemen filled their several positions with 'credit to them-. selves 'and to the entire satisfac- tion of the entire company. The usual toasts on such occasions were proposed in fitting terms by' the chairman, and were eloquent- ly responded to by gentlemen ,present. Excellent songs were sung by Professor Milliard and Messrs. G. W. Cline, Robert and Thomas Hayes, R. Carmichael, James Stretton and John. Scott. "In proposing the toast, 'The Health of the Host' and 'the prosperity of the new hotel'. the chairman alluded in fitting terms, to the circumstances under which the hotel had been erectged and the commendable energy and enterprise of the proprietor in investing his means in so cern- modious, handsome and substan- tial an edifice and announced that the pleasing duty of 'christening, thehoter had been delegated to him, and stated that the name by which the house would hereafter be known would be 'The •Queen's Hotel'. ':,The hotel is one of the most commodious and handsome. edifices of the kind in this section of the province. It is two stories. high with a mansard roof. The halls, both on the ground and second flats," are large and airy, while the sitting and lbedrooms have -an exceeding comfortable and cheerful 'appearance. The whole house will be heated by hot air from a furnace stationed in the rellar,, It is also being elegantly furnished," The opening was on a Monday evening,- and two days later on Wednesday, disaster almost struck again, when fire was discovered in a downstairs floor. This is , the story from • the Expositor at the time: "The new hotel of Mr. Stephens had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday morning last. Be- tween 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning, when Mr. Stephens awoke, he was somewhat astonished to find hi room filled gutting with smoke. On uP and coming down S airs, he dis- covered the fool in the hallway, immediately above the furnace, to be on fire. He got assistance and in a short time the fire was extinguished, but not however until considerable damage was done. - "The floor Over the furnace was completely' burned out and the doors and partitions were charred and scorched. The furnace had not been'properly secured, there being only the thickness of one brick between' it and the joi4ts, underneath' the floor. The bricks became so hot that they ignited , the joists and hence thsfire. Had not the partitions oa each side of the hall been brick, there is no doubt but the house today would be in ruins. As it i13, a few dollars will retair the damage, and the furnace will likely be more . s e cTuhree I Sy t ephen guardeds ' ' family continued to operate The Queen's for nearly 60 years. Subsequently, there ., were several owners. Agricultural Society has over feast. and STILL THE PLACE to BE • • 1 • • •;} r (Continued from Page 1) is unique in that it is one of the two in all, Ontario. Miss Jane Pengilley. 'Home Economist for Huron County, spoke on 4-H work. She said that 4,H members are very active and m• the clubs are growing continually, 24 Club's displayed their • achievements at the Seaforth mes. ,Lksed-- were "World 'Food in Canada" and "Taking a Look at Yourself". The exhibits were very colourful and informative and of a high quality. Len MacGregor, Assistant Ag. Rep. reported for the Junior Fair. He said the dairy and 4-H exhibits were Up this year with beef and field crops approximately the same. The quality of the beef cattle is 'improving. Several new clubs have been formed and wit' IT encouragement it is hoped there will be more exhibiting next year. A 4-H'horse show was held for the first, time this year and while there are improvements to be made, it was very successful with , a good number of clubs taking part. Mr. MacGregor 'compli- mented the directors for the harmonious manner in which the Junior and Senior fair 'works together. Oliver Pryce reported the entries in the Heavy Horse Smoking adds red blood cells Pack-a-day 'smokers ' usualty. have more'red b load cells than do nonsmokers. But extra cells can cause blood clotting, . The job of the red blood cells is to deliver oxygen to all the tissues of the body. But smokers upset 'this oxygen-delivery system. For one thing. the carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke literally drives the oxygen out of the redlilood cells. And carbon monoxide stays in the system hours after the ..smoker stops inhaling. . , To Compensate ' for this disruption 4 tik body may.produce more red blood cells in order-to get the necessary oxygen. Co ensation,' however. may cause cOmplkations, as the extra "'Ca's produced can cause thicker blood and clotting.,, This is one reason why smokers suffer from a higher rate of strokes and heart attackS thatil do nonsmokers. Normally, there are about thirty ' billion red blood cells surging 'through the body at any 'one litne.A red cell spends only a fraCtion of a second in the lung, Where it absorbs oxygen and gpeedS off to other parts of the bOdy. Red blood cells 'ha•O to be incredibly fast and efficient. Each red cell lasts about four months, "',,iiit iS then replaced by a fresh, hew nine. - ReMeinbeil it takes but a moment ;es place a Huron Expositor Want Ad and be money in Piteket: Dial, 527.0240. section were up. The Heavy Horses are very popular and there were eight entries in the six-horse tandem hitch class. Alf Ross said that while, the light horse show in June was a disaster financially "we certainly did not lack in exhibitors and Many of the best horses in Western Ontario were here". In of tornatdo warnings and a excellent show he' said. R.J. Doig reported for the Turf Club in the absence of Wm.. Bennett. ev have 'had a very -bus in 1974. The road had een built up at a cost of S285.00 and a spreader had been pur- chased in the hope that the yard at the barn could be kept in better condition. Repairs to the barn started. The Turf Club is lookie forward to, having the same g d relations with the Agricultural Society in 1975. Joe Devereaux said the number of beef cattle was down slightly but the quality was good and a study is underway to determine if a new class would attract more exhibitors, The dairy cattle entries .vere up this year and this section isexpected to expand as it is anticipated the Regional Jersey Show will be held here in 1975.. • Robt. McMillan reported on the swine classes. He said there was a very, large exhibit with 13 exhibitors. An invitation has been extended to'hold the "All Ontario" Landrace Show 'here and a decision would be made in April. Lewis 'Coyne spoke for the "Field Ct'ops Section". • The exhibits were very good and all but one in the Field Crop Competition completed the pro- ject. The corn exhibits were numerous and, the barley and mixed grain„goodr Arthur - Belton reported for the parade and dance. He said the teachers and pupils had worked well and had made the parade very successful. He felt with the higher prize money being offered there should be an even better parade next year. The dance was most successful and with Walter Osteneck's Band engaged for 1975 the dance should be a real success. Keith Sharpe speaking for the Chamber, of Commerce said all commercial space had been sold. A lot of painting and repairing Chad been done to the-Partitions. 'He felt with 1975 being the 4.Seaforth Centennial the fair could poSsibly get some action displays. James Doig reported that many had visited Old MacDonalds Barn and since cash crop farming has become so [tabular the fair should try in' same way to induce the youngdtq.people to become more interested in livestock. He spoke of braving a hand milking display but at present has had do volunteers. ken Moore said there had been an increase in the number of articles donated to the Penny Sale and the proceeds were up by some 568.00. There is a lot of work involved but this has become a very popular part of the fair. w.1). Wilson said that the extra events held during the 'year tad added to the work load at ,the Gordon Papple speaking for the. 'property committee said the race ‘r track had been widened an&the show rings levelled. The track required a lot of sand to build it up. A new mower had been purchased for the grounds. The president and committee did a fine job during the year. , The • nominating committee consisting of Arthur Bolton, Gordon Papple' and Robt. McMillan brought the following nominations for directors for 1975: Alfred. Ross, Ken Campbell Joe Devereaux, Kenneth Cole- man. Robt. Fotheringham, Robt: Broadfoot, W,D.Wilson, Wm. Dale. Gordon Papple—, Donald, Dodds, Robt. Dalton, Lewis Coyne, Kenneth, Moore, Tom Papple, Eric Mcl tosh, Kenneth Carnothan. . Papple, Everett Storey. Jr. arrners-Jim Render= . son. President . Alf Ross "called Arthur Bolton to the frpnt and presented him with an Agricul- tural Service Diploma from the Ontario Association of Agricul- tural Societies. Mr. Bolton said he became actively involved with the Seaforth Fair in 1959 when he became representative for the' Junior Farmers. He .has seen quite a few changes, he said, but this is the first year he has known the balance on the books to be in black. This he felt was a very, good indication that the Seaforth,,, Society would Continue as_maritd fairs were having very djfficAkt9 times. gates and thanked all who have rrential downpour thly gave an asslacediffing-the--yedL;; Joe Devereaux A meeting of the directors followed and the following were elected: Past President - Alf Ross; President - Joseph Devereaux; 1st Vice-President - Kenneth Campbell; 2nd Vice- President - W.D. Wilson; Sec. Treasurer - Mrs. W. J. Cuthill. Kenneth Campbell gave an interesting -travelogue from pic- tures and the ships log on his Atlantic crossing in June of f973. Kenneth Moore expressed 'the appreciation of the meeting. BEST WISHES TO THE QUEEN'S HOTEL ON COMPLETION OF, THE CENTENNIAL LOUNGE Sills Hardware Was' haRpy to have supplied some of' the electrical- components To Mark Seaforth's 100th 8irthday The , New Centennial Lounge is Open with • 4 WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT and NIGHTLY DANCING Traditional home cooked meals are served in t e Tom Stephens Dining lounge • named after the founder of ,the Queeni Clean, comfortable accommodations are available at reasonable rates. 4 r The original warm friendly atmosphere still exists, as it did when Stephens opened the 'Queens in April 187 6. THE QUffN'S HbTEL THE PLACE TO gE IN HURON .COUNTY