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Belgrave had more industry
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display the entries. About eight schools
took part in the fair.
In the early years of the fair, each
student was given a packet of vegetable or
grain seeds and ten packets of flower seeds
went to each section (school). The sections
also received three settings of barred rock
hen eggs but this was soon discontinued.
Later on, the Department of Agriculture
and the Department of Education withdrew
financing and for this reason many school
fairs were closed but Be'grave kept on,
with the fair funds being used to purchase
seeds. Each student then received one
packet of flower seeds and one packet of
vegetable seeds. The fair board continues
to provide this service today.
In 1966 a move into the big central school
was planned and this was when the fair
became known as the Belgrave, Blyth and
Brussels School Fair. When the Commun-
ity Centre was completed in 1949 entries
were displayed there and have been shown
at the arena ever since.
The Belgrave Pipe Band which was
organized in 1956 used to pipe the
procession into the park where speeches
from guests and officials followed. Then
the parade was dismissed and pupils and
The market traded steady
at Brussels Stockyards on
choice steers and heifers,
with the heavy and overfat
kind under pressure. Cows
sold higher and all weights of
pigs sold at sharply higher
prices. There were 1214 pigs
and 662 cattle on offer.
Choice Steers - 72.00 to
75.00 with sales to 78.75.
Good Steers - 70.00 to
72.00.
A fancy Limousin steer
consigned by L & B Farms of
Wallenstein weighing 1170
adults were allowed to look over the
exhibits and the school children took part
in livestock judging and sport competitions.
TURKEY SUPPER
The other well-known Belgrave event is
the annual turkey supper which has been
held every year since 1949. The supper is a
major source of funding for the Belgrave
arena as the money raised goes mainly
towards the maintenance of the arena.
The arena which was built in 1963 was
the product of volunteer labor and
volunteer donations as well as some grants
from Belgrave, East Wawanosh and Morris
Townships.
When the warm weather comes and the
ice disappears, the arena is turned over to
other uses. The Huron County Library
keeps a supply of books upstairs and
euchre parties are frequently held in the
arena.
In 1976, the arena was one of those that
fell victim to government condemnation
and the community decided it should be
repaired.
The engineering firm of B.M. Ross was
called in and plans were made to reinforce
the building. It cost about $55,000 to do the
necessary repairs. Once again volunteer
labor and volunteer donations played a
major part in getting the arena fixed.
averaging 1173 lbs. sold for
74.50.
Three steers consigned by
Bob McDonald of Brussels
averaging 1210 lbs. sold for
74.10 with his lot of 15 steers
averaging 1134 lbs. selling
for 73.75.
Four steers consigned by
Fred Uhler of Walton
averaging 1107 lbs. sold for
73.30.
A Holstein-Hereford
Crossbred steer consigned
by Lorne Elliott of R.R.2,
Staffa weighing 1220 lbs.
sold for 72.75 withhis lot of 8
crossbred steers averaging
1225 lbs. selling for the
overall price of 71.75.
Choice Heifers - 70.00 to
72.00.
Good Heifers - 67.00 to
70.00.
Twelve heifers consigned
by George Blake of Brussels
averaging 1051 lbs. sold for
72.00 with his 20 heifers
averaging 1055 lbs. selling
for 71.20.
A heifer consigned by
Wayne Garner of Embro
weighing 1100 lbs. sold for
72.00 with his 85 heifers
averaging 870 lbs. mainly
light hereford and black-
white-face heifers sold for an
overall price of 68.70.
All weights of feeder cattle
met a better demand.
Choice cows - 56.00 to
58.00 with sales to 61.00.
Good Cows - 53.00 to
56.00.
Canners & Cutters - 49.00
to 53.00.
All weights of pigs met a
brisk demand selling from 3
to $6.00 per pig heifer.
30 to 40 lb. pigs traded to a
The following information about the
Forester's Hall and the Orange Lodge was
obtained from the Belgrave Women's
Institute Tweedsmuir Book.
The Foresters applied for a charter in
1880 and received it in 1881. They formed
No. 48 Court Belgrave of the Canadian
Order of Foresters of Ontario.
FORESTERS' HALL
The Foresters Hall was built around 1888
on land held in trust by several members in
Morris Township in the village of Belgrave.
Soon they found that the hall was not large
enough for the concerts and socials held
there so they bought more land from Knox
Presbyterian Church, now Knox United
Church. The land was registered in a deed,
with William Wightman, Robert McCrea
and Jonn Hopper as Joint tenants and as
trustees of Court 48 Belgrave. Around that
time an addition was put on the north end
of the hall. A basement was dug and a
furnace was installed and a large stage was
built about three feet above the floor level.
In 1961 the Wingham Foresters amal-
gamated with Court Constance (near
Morris Township). They offered to sell the
hall to the Women's Institute in 1928 but
the W.I. didn't want it then. However, in
1968 a resolution was passed to sell the hall
high of 28.50.
40 to 50 lb. pigs to a high
of 32.50.
50 to 60 lb. pigs to a high
of 38.00
60 to 70 lb. pigs to a high of
42.50.
70 to 80 lb. pigs to a high
of 45.50.
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to the Women's Institute who still own it
today.
The Foresters' Hall was mainly used for
social gatherings and during World War 1,
concerts were put on there to raise money
for the Red Cross.
The Belgrave L.O.L. 462 is one of the
oldest Orange Lodges in Huron county.
The Orange Hall opened in 1862 and is still
in use today. Prior to that, meetings were
held in the home of the late Charles
McCrea. One of the lodge's former
members F.E. Cornish who was a Senior
D.G.M., later became the mayor of
London.
The first Orange demonstration in North
Huron was under the auspices of this Hall
in 1859 and was held at Bodmin on the
fourth concession of Morris. The first
master of the Orange Hall was Christopher
Corbett.
The Tweedsmuir book also.notes that the
Queen's hotel was built by Christopher
Morley in the early 1880,'s with William
Scandrett as the landlord. At one time
there was another hotel across from there
built by Charles Blakesly. In later years
this was divided into apartments with a
tailor's shop run by Dan Geddes, a butcher
shop and a dressmaker's shop under Dolly
Ross.
lbs. topped the market at
78.75 with their lot of 12
steers averaging 1186 lbs.
selling for 76.00.
Sixteen steers consigned
by Henry Farms of Blyth
averaging 1131 lbs. sold for
74.35 with their 40 steers
averaging 1200 lbs. selling
for 73.40.
Eleven steers consigned
by Mac Willits of Wingham
averaging 1194 lbs. sold for
73.90.
Six steers consigned by
Lorne Forster of Lucknow
Pigs sharply higher at stockyard
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