HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-07-28, Page 35Lloyd’s factory came into being in
1888, when Charles Lloyd and his sons,
Albert, Charles and William, erected
a frame building 30x80 feet on John
Street, where the centre Shop of the
present building now stands. It was
a one-storey structure and was used
for the manufacture*of doors.
By 1896, both Charles Lloyd Jr. and
William had left the firm, Charles go
ing to California and William to
Michigan, leaving the father and Al
bert E. as sole operators'of the firm.
Charles Lloyd died in 1901 and his
son, Albert E., carried on alone until
1903, when Frank Buchanan came
from Toronto to enter into partner
ship with Mr. Lloyd, a business con
nection which continued until
death of Mr. Buchanan in 1918.
During the time that A. E. Lloyd
was operating the factory, in 1902, a
brick addition was erected, adjoining
the original building, 30x80 feet and
one storey high, permitting the manu
facture of from 90 to 100 doors daily.
Business was at a low ebb during
World War I, when little construction
was being done. Following that period
■,the firm progressed and when R. H.
Lloyd, familiarly known as
returned from active service
his father requested him to
partnership,
the
"Dick”,
in 1918,
form a
formedA joint stock company was
in 1922, which comprised A. E. Lloyd,
Richard Lloyd, Charles Lloyd, Wilfred
French and L. May Lloyd, and three
years later, Gordon Buchanan.
A one-storey section was added’ to
the plant next to Leopold Street in
1922, and three years later a ware
house was erected, which has since
■been replaced by a larger building
used for the same purpose. During the
next few years the business expanded
considerably and several more build
ings were added.
Since World War H the firm has
continued its growth. Donald Nasmith
has been added to the directorate and
some of the next generation of the
Lloyd family have assumed respon
sible positions in the enterprise.
R. A* Coutts Now 50
Years on Main Street
May 19th, 1954, marked a big
for R. A. Coutts, known to all as
"Alex”, On that day he was 50 years in
the employment of one business.
Though the management has changed
a few times, Alex is the. link between
the past and the present of the firms
of Geo. E. King and. Edighoffers.
Alex is the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Coutts. His father was
section man with, the C.P.R. and the
family moved here from Wroxeter in
1886. A sister, Mrs. Margaret Coutts
of Scott Street, and Alex are the only
surviving members of the family,
Actually, for sixty# years he has
been watching the daily happenings
on main street, and there has been
plenty to see in that time. It was in
1894 that he first started to work at
Griffin’s store, which was where the
T. Eaton order* office, is today, on
Josephine Street; south of® the Bank
of Commerce. He worked for Mr.
Griffin for ten years.
In 1904 Alex started working for
George E. King who carried on a gen
eral store where Kerr’s drug store
is now located' and later moved to
the centre store of the Beaver Block.
In 1912 it was, burned out and King
Bros.', Thomas and Robert, sons of
George ..King, rebuilt in that year on
the same’ site.
In August 1911, Mr. Coutts married
the former Mary Hetherington and
they have three children: Carman,
warden of the penitentiary in Prince
Albert, Sask., Elgin, a lawyer in Lea-
side, and Miss Norma Coutts, high
school teacher at West Lorne.
For sixty long years the people of
Wingham and district have been
served by Alex Coutts and we doubt
if anyone in town has seen as many
of the changes in Wingham’s history
from such close range.
* th..
R. A. COUTTS
Ladies Ran the
Town for a Day
Lloyd and Son Ltd. now supr
a very large area with its mer-
C.
• plies
chandise, with shipping points extend-
of door being manufactured.
A second plant is operated in To
ronto and the name "Lloyd Doors”
ing from Fort William to Newfound- has become a familiar and respected
land. The production runs as high as J one to builders and home owners
500 doors daily, depending on the type • throughout eastern Canada. <►
5 law were for talking too xnuch to a
wife, pot paying enough attention to
a wife, spitting lit the park, or being
too far from home. In fact, the men
were charged for practically any move
theymight make. Twenty-five dollars
was netted for the Red Cross through
these fines.
At ap exciting ball game the fats
defeated the leans with the line-ups
as follows;
286,
dis
and
was
The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1954 Page Thirty-five
Two Generations of McKibbons
Wingham citizens had every reason
to be proud of their efforts to
the British Red Cross in 1915,. Town
Council granted $2,000 to the cause,
making a grand total for Wingham
of $6,400. Proceeds from donations and
Trafalgar Day amounted to $4,400.
The Ladies’ Patriotic Society took
over for the Trafalgar Day celebra
tions, including the "policing” of the
town. Chief of police was Mrs. T. J.
McLean, and her force of lady police
men' were Mrs. C. Knechtel, Mrs. D.
Holmes, Mrs. J, Walton McKibbon,
Mrs. R. S. McGee, Mrs. A. G. Smith,
Miss L. Vandrick, Miss A. McLean,
Miss ML Fry and Miss M. VanNorman.
The female police force was busy
all afternoon, arresting men for mis
conduct. Charges laid against those
who came into the clutches of the
assist
Fats—VanNorman, Crandall, Mor
gan, Crawford, Posliff, Vanstone, '
Pringle, Boyce and A. Tipling,
Leans—Knechtel, Harriston, Patter
son, Hunter, Dore, Gould, Binkley,
Robertson and Johnston.
Umpire—Mrs, Fisk, •
Pringle’s Ladies’ Baseball team
played the Gorrie ladies, town players
being Pearl Fallis, Julia Giousher,
Ella Fallis, Bella Eady, Alice Dun
can, Bella Murcheson, Gertie Fallis,
Lena Giousher and Edna Davidson,
The upmire was R. A. Currie,
A large number of articles were do
nated by the townspeople and auc
tioneers T. R. Bennett and W. A.
Currie soon turned them into cash
amounting to $70.77.
A concert in the hall during the
evening added another $175 at which ,
a band supplied music under the
leadership of Mr. Schatte. The Choral
Society of 55 voices, directed by J.
Henry Christie, sang several choruses.
Dr. A. J. Irwin acted as chairman for
the program.
The ladies also sold tags, which
netted $197, The efforts of the Ladies’
Patriotic Society on Trafalgar Day
netted a total of $250.00.
During the war years the organiz
ation participated in many other pro-
The women were kept busy
preparing
jects.
knitting for the soldiers,
bandages and making jams and jellies
for overseas use.
Now Holmdale Creamery Was
Carriage Works, Rubber Plant
MASONIC LODGE
ACTIVE MANY YEARS
The Wingham Lodge No,
A.F, & A.M., G.R.C., received its
pensation on September 7th, 1872
on July 10th, 1873, the charter
granted. The first officers were
stalled in July, those holding office
being; W.M., J, E. Tamlyn; Sr. War
den, John Ritphie; Jr. Warden, Jas,,
McGuire; secretary, W, T, Bray; Sr,
Deacon, W. B. Mills; Jr. Deacon, J,
N. Brown; I. G., Thos, Barkley, tyler,
Ed, Dear,
E. L. Dickinson was the first Grand
Lodge officer, being appointed Grand
Steward in 1888. Other early Grand
Lodge officers Were” J. A. Morton,
D.D.G.M. in 1892; Thomas Bell, Grand
Steward the same year; G. Spotton,
DjD.GM in 1912; John Ritchie, Grand
Steward in 1913; H. R. Jobb, D.D.G.M.
in 1924,
The Masonic lodge rooms were in
the Kent Block, a portion of the pre
sent Gurney Glove Works, until about
1932, when the Mills Memorial Hall
on Centre Street was purchased, and
has been the meeting place since that
time.
Discovery of an old Bible was made
in the lodge rooms some years ago,
the Bible now being 131 years old. It
bore the name of John Whitehead,
July 6, 1823. A note had been inserted
in -the book and reads as follows:
"This Bible was found in an old
frame building on Josephine Street
in 1907, which was being pulled down
to make room for the erection of thp
Bank of Commerce building.
James Fleuty”
This Bible is now in the possession
of Rev. Alex Nimmo.
Past Masters who are still active
in the Wingham lodge are A. M.
Crawford, W. A. Campbell, W. H.
Gurney, R. A. Coutts, R. A. Currie,
J. D. Beecroft, W. A. Galbraith, J. J.
McGee, G. H. Ross, Alex Reid, T. A.
Currie, A. W. Irwin, Walter VanWyck,
A. B. Mitchell, R. S. Hetherington,
A. J. Walker, J. H. Crawford, W. S.
Hall, H. A. Fuller, H. Machan, W. A.
Crawford, H. P. Carmichael, A. B.
Adams, and W. H. Smith.
Alex M. Crawford is the oldest liv
ing past master. There are four mem
bers with 50-year jewels, A. M. Craw
ford, W. A. Campbell, Harry Holmes
and George Carr.
Officers of the Wingham Lodge for
the present term are: W.M., K. H.
Saxton; I.P.M., W. H. Smith; Sr. War
den, D. T. Miller; Jr. Warden, J. G.
Leggatt; Chaplain, J. McGill; treas.,
A. M. Peebles; secretary, H. L. Sher-
bondy; Sr. Deacon, N. Keating; Jr.
Deacon, E. S. Gauley: I.G., R. Vogan;
Sr. Steward, R. Campbell; Jr. Steward,
A. Corrigan; director of ceremonies,
Alex Reid; tyler, R. A. Coutts; audi
tors, R. Campbell and W. B. Conron.
More recent members of the local
lodge, to be appointed as Grand Lodge
officers have been W. J..Adams, Grand
Steward; pr. Redmond, D.D.G.M.;
Walter VanWyck, 'D.D.G.M.; Fred C.
Fuller, Grand Standard Bearer, and
H. A. Fuller, Grand Standard
born in Wing-
of Phillip and
He attended
J. WALTON McKIBBON
J. Walton McKibbon was the foun
der of the present McKibbon drug
store, which has been operated .in
Wingham since 1901.
Mr. McKibbon was
ham in 1880, a son
Elizabeth McKibbon.
school in Wingham and finished his
high school education in Clinton. He
then became apprenticed to Dr. J.
Chisholm, whose drug store was locat
ed in the Chisholm Block, now Thom
son's Appliances. Following the usual
four years’ apprenticeship, he attend
ed the Ontario College of Pharmacy,
graduating in 1900.
Mr. McKibbon then spent a year in
Napanee, returning to Wingham in
1901, when he purchased the business
of the late John Davis, situated at
that time in the present Hanna’s Lad
ies’ Shoppe. Later he moved to the
present site where more space was
available,
In the year 1908, he joined the Drug
Trading Company and in 1913 Rexall
came to Wingham through the Mc
Kibbon Drug Store, being the 27th
Rexall contract signed jn Canada.
Mr. McKibbon was greatly interest
ed in the welfare of the Wingham
General Hospital. He was a member
of the first board of directors in 1907
and remained a member of that body
until 1943 when he was forced to re
tire due to ill health.
A member of council, mayor, and
reeve for ten years, Mr. McKibbon
was also Warden of Huron County in
1928. He was a Conservative in poli
tics and held many offices in local
and riding organizations. He was a
member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church and served on the board of
managers for several terms.
Mr. McKibbon was one of the char
ter officers of the Wingham Lions
Club, a past master of the Masonic
Lodge A.F. & A.M., No. 286, G.R.C., a
member of the Loyal Orange Lodge,,
past noble grand of Maitland Lodge
I.O.O.F., No. 119, and past principal
of Lebanon Chapter, R.A.M. He wa»
also a director of the United Drug:
Company for 28 years.
Mr. McKibbon ceased active partici
pation in business about 1942. He died
in 1945. His wife, the former Ver*.
Knechtel still resides here.
There are three sons and a daugh
ter, ;Dr. W. A. McKibbon and John
of Wingham; Charles C. McKibbon,
at present on an extended trip to for
eign countries and Mary Elizabeth,-
now Mrs. J. H. Webb of Singapore,
who is at this time visiting in Wing--
ham.
J. P. ftlcKibbon
The present owner of the McKibbon
Drug Store is John P. McKibbon, who
purchased his father’s
1945.
business in
in Wingham
his father’*
Jack attended school
and apprenticed in
, store. He later attended Ontario Phar
macy College, graduating in 1937, Fol
lowing two years with Liggett Drug:
Stores in Chatham and Sarnia, h*’
returned to Wingham and carried on.
(with his father. When Mr. McKibbon.
| retired about 1942, Jack managed the.
business.
Nickel and Dore started a carriage
works in Wingham at an early date.
By 1888 S. Nickel had disposed of his
interest in the firm and it had be
come known as Dore and Cook.
The carriage factory at that time
was situated on Victoria Street, at
the corner of Scott Street, where H.
Aitchison resides today. The black
smith and carriage shops were on
Victoria Street, with the finishing and
paint shop on Scott Street. Artistically
finished cutters and rigs were turned
out of the carriage works, some being
shipped as far away as Manitoba.
Wm. Dore assumed full control of
the factory and at a later date moved
to the southeast corner of Josephine
and Victoria Streets, now the site of
the Holmdale “Creamery. During the
time he occupied the building he had
it bricked. He continued in business
until 1925, when he sold out to the
Mount Forest Carriage Works.
In 1926 the Federal Rubber Com
pany purchased the building, but only
operated in Wingham until 1928, when
the industry was moved to Stratford,
and Massey-Harris took over the old
carriage works. H. T. Thompson then
bought the building from Massey-Har
ris in 1934 and converted it into a
creamery.
.J. H. Sloan and Robert Stewart
operated the creamery from 1938 to
1939, at which time Dr. Walter Davis
bought the business, with Miller Davis
as jmanager since that time.
Dr. Davis practised medicine for
38 years at the Six Nations Reserve,
Oshweken, and retired to Wingham
in 1950. He has been active in the
operation of Holmdale Creamery since
coming to town.
Approximately 12,000 cases of eggs
are shipped yearly from the plant,
mostly to Canada Packers in Walker
ton. About 300,000 pounds of butter are
manufactured, and the creamery also
handles poultry. A large amount of
locker storage is available for the ac
commodation of Wingham and district
residents.
, Holmdale Creamery employs
eight to ten people on its staff.
Thomas Stiles
After the changes of partnership
and ownership of the Kent and Stiles
general store in the Kent Block, the
businesjs fell into the hands of Thomas
Stiles. His wife was a daughter of
SextuSjKent, so thatjie was closely re
lated to the families of the Kents and
Willsons.
He was the father of the Rev. Sex
tus Kent Stiles, rector for several
years of a prominent Anglican Church
in Toronto, and also of John Stiles of
Ottawa, who took a keen interest in
the Boy Scout movement throughout
Canada. The latter rose from one of
fice to another in the Boy Scout As
sociation, until he attained the high
est office, that of Commissioner of the
Boy Scouts’ Association of Canada.
Johnny Stiles was something of an
artist, and as a young boy produced
a pencil enlargement from a card
size photo of the original edition of
The Advance, which is still a prized
possession by members of his family.
W.J. HENDERSON NOW
AT CHALK RIVER PLANT
was greatly interested
The Late Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lloyd
from
PHONE 53
Greet'"’*5
From McKibbons
The Rexall Drug Store
“ I
We welcome you back to the
Radio Town of Canada
While many changes have taken place in the past
seventy-five years — McKibbons Drug Store has
endeavoured to give the people of this community
the finest Drug Store Service possible for over
fifty years.
The health of the people—
The beauty requirements of the people—
zThe health of the farm animal—
has always been our first concern.
We will be delighted to see you, during the
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Bearer.
Rebekah Lodge
Instituted in 1949
Mr. Frank Dinsley, brakeman, was
1 a snow plow running between
Brantford and Paris, when he was
thrown from the track. He received
bruises and a shaking up. — News
item 1896.
A. E. Lloyd Was
Community Leader
One of the leading men in the
dustrial field was A. E. Lloyd, who
was born in 1862 at Simcoe, Norfolk
County. Mr. Lloyd came to Wingham
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lloyd, when he was about three years
old.
As a young man he spent a few
years in Niagara Falls, Galvanston
and Elpaso, Texas, also in Los An
geles and San Francisco. In 1887 he
returned to Wingham and a year
later, with his father and two bro
thers, William H. and Charles, they
founded the door factory Which is
now a prominent part of our com
munity, C. Lloyd &
business has grown
beginning to one of
factories in eastern
Mrs. Lloyd
Louisa Dixon
were married
that city.
A. E. Lloyd
in. church work and was for many
years active in Sunday school and
other church activities in the Meth
odist and later the United Church.
was in-
by Iso-
in-
Son Ltd. This
from its modest
the largest door
Canada.
was the former Sarah
of Niagara Falls. They
in February 1888, at
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1
jEhJlpr
Majestic Rebekah Lodge
stituted on October 26th,' 1949
bel Carr, president of the Assembly,
and Jean Burch, vice-president, acting
. as secretary. There were eleven char-
, ter members.
Officers elected for the first year
were N.G., Jean Aitchison; V.G., Iva
1 Rutherford; rec. sec., Jean Trigger;
1 fin. sec., Auldene McKenzie; treas.,
Olive Lewis; chaplain, Margaret Ben
nett; warden, Anne Henry; conductor,
Eva Bro^vnlie; I. Guard, Ethel Gerrie;
O. Guard, Margaret Gibson; R.S.N.G.,
Marion Cooke; L.S.N.G., Vera Mc
Dougall; L.S.V.G., Eva Bain; R.S.V.G.,
Dorothy Templeman; pianist, Irene
Corrigan.
jDuring the past five years the mem
bership has grown to 93. This year
the district deputy president of Kin
cardine District No. 24, is a Wingham
member, Margaret Bennett.
The local organization has taken on
several projects in welfare work, some
of which are: Aid to the needy, dona
tions to the Red Cross, Red Shield,
Crippled Children’s Fund, the I.O.O.F.
home at, Barrie, and the Navy League
of Canada. The Rebekahs also have
three wheelchairs in use in the com
munity,
Those now holding office in the lo
cal Rebekah Lodge are P.N.G., Ann
Henry; N.G., Eva’Brownlie; V.G.,
Ethel Gerrie; warden, Iona Walker;
conductor, Alma Smith; I. Guard,
Vera Schneider; O. Guard, Lola San
derson; rec. sec., Hazel Campbell; fin.
sec., Auldene McKenzie; treas., Ce
cilia Kennedy; R.S.N.G., Margaret
Bennett; L.S.N.G., Gertrude Scholtz;
R.S.V.G., Dorothy Templeman; LSVG,
Mabie Templeman; chaplain, Eva
Bain; musician, Gladys Pickell; color
bearer, Ann Geddes.
As early as 1863 the Wingham Hotel
was situated in Lower Wingham on Helena Street. “there Was a large
swing sign a few feet from the bar
room door and on it Was painted,
"prink With In” with a stick insert
ed between the "with” and "in”, A
pump Was located on the street in
front of the hotel. A pump still stands
at that place, and it is believed that
this may be the old well of days gone
by.
J. P. McKibbon served on the coun
cil about four years ago, he is a mem
ber of the local Lions Club, the Odd
fellows Lodge, and attends St. And
rew’s Presbyterian Church. He is im
mediate past president of the Wing-
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In 1941 Jack was married to Doris
G. Trail of Toronto. They have three
children.
One of Wingham High School’s
most outstanding students was W. J.
(Bill) Henderson, of Wingham June-1
tion, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. ham Business Association.
W. James Henderson. I
Following the completion of his
high school education, Bill attended
Queen’s University at Kingston, In
1931 he was awarded a medal in
physics and a resident $375 scholar
ship in art rese.ach, entitling him to
work on radio activity in the univer
sity laboratories following his gradu
ation. He received a bursary of $600.
In 1932, he received a scholarship in
physics research, which entitled him
to $1500. a year for three years, to
study radio activity under Lord Ruth
erford at Cambridge University, in
England.
He accepted a professorship at Per
due University,
for Indianna at
the state university
LaFayette, in 1937.
ago Mr. Henderson
River from Ottawa,
• Three years
moved to Deep
where he had been engaged in nuclear
research, and now works at Canada’s
atomic development centre at Chalk
River. He is married and has two
children.
A number of men were engaged in
cleaning the dirt off Josephine Street
the past few days. —News item 1891.
W. J. HENDERSON
at the time of his graduation from
Queen’s University in 1931.
BEST WISHES
for a
HAPPY
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