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Council approved the Blyth and
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1996.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1996 PAGE 19.
Water problems raise debate at W. Wawanosh
Water problems in Dungannon
were the source for heated discus-
sions at the Feb. 6, meeting of West
Wawanosh council.
Several village residents attend-
ed, complaining to council and
Tom Pridham, engineer from R.J.
Burnside Associates Ltd., for the
Dungannon Drain Works.
Continued from page 15
in the hamlet of Belgrave, built in
the mid-19th century by
Christopher Morley. The hotel was
the centre of activity for Belgrave
in the mid 1800s, accommodating
the travellers between Clinton and
the northern part of the Queen's
bush, and providing a hall for early
public meetings and a place for
commercial travellers to show their
wares to the storekeepers of the
area.
An account of a serious fire
which broke out in 1889 and
threatened to destroy the village
was read by Alice Nicholson. The
fire started in the straw in the
manure pile at the back of Tovells
stable on a Monday at 8:30 a.m.
Before it could be extinguished the
coal oil had caught fire and the
whole place was wrapped in flames
and quickly spread to the east side
of the street. Twelve buildings were
on fire at one time and the Queen's
Hotel and stable were in the group.
There was a pump on the road in
front of the hotel. That pump and
all other pumps near the burning
buildings were pumped by women
to supply water to the men who
were fighting the fire. There was
$9,000 loss.
The hotel and stable, which had
been managed or owned by
William or John Scandrett up to
this time, were among the buildings
that were saved. Scandrett took out
a mortgage on the property in 1890
and sold it to Robert Gallagher.
In 1903 the Queen's Hotel was
sold to James and Emily Stretton of
Brussels but continued to be
operated by Mr. Scandrett in spite
of mounting pressure from
temperance groups in the village.
In 1906 Thomas Hill, an investor
who at one time owned the Walton
hotel, bought the Queens for
$4,300. He operated the business
until 1914 when he sold to Wm. J.
Geddes for $2,000.
Prohibition was voted on in 1913
and Geddes planned to run the
hotel as a temperance house. Thus
it became a less popular meeting
place as a result. It had been
licensed to sell liquor in 1889.
A branch of the Canadian Bank
of Commerce was opened in a
portion of the building in 1916 and
Cameron Geddes (Wm. J. son)
became the manager and later
Arnold Vincent.
Residents recalled an ice cream
parlour and a barber shop at the
hotel during this time. The 1930s
brought the depression years and
change. The bank withdrew its
branch when business declined.
Fire brought disaster to Belgrave
again on March 9, 1933 when
Robert McKenzie's hardware store,
which stood south of the hotel, took
fire. The community once more
formed bucket brigades to battle
the blaze. The Blyth firemen also
responded, but the store was
destroyed.
The hotel suffered damage and
ceased serving travellers passing
through the village. The Geddes
family rented some rooms as
apartments.
Ratepayers expressed their frus-
tration over increased water prob-
lems since the completion of the
project.
Pridham assured the residents
that landscaping and known prob-
lems would be corrected in the
spring.
Reeve Bob Hallam vacated the
Highway 4 was paved in the late
1930s and the men working on the
project had overnight lodging there.
World War II began in
September 1939 and women of the
community conducted Red Cross
work in the long dining room of the .
hotel.
The newly-formed Belgrave Co-
operative bought the hotel in 1944
to use as a warehouse to store
supplies for their farmer members.
The north room was used as a
centre for distribution of books for
the Belgrave Library when it was
organized in 1947 until 1950 when
it was moved to the arena.
The Co-operative sold the hotel
to Harvey Cook in 1956 when their
home was destroyed by fire and
they lived in one of the upstairs
apartments.
The hotel was sold to Clarence
Hanna in 1960 and he owned it
until 1985. The old Hotel got
headlines in the local papers and
television on Sept. 29, 1983 when
some Belgrave residents were
startled on coming down the street
to the hotel to see a man's body
stretched out on the veranda. Police
were soon on the scene. He was a
tenant of the hotel. There had been
a quarrel with a Wingham man and
liquor was involved. A trial
followed - nothing became of it.
From 1986 to 1993 the hotel was
owned by Ralph Geisel and Albert
Morris from Kitchener. These
gentlemen planned to restore the
building as a working hotel with
the help of Ontario Heritage grant
of $100,000. Costly renovations
were begun, but eventually given
up. The hotel was left with a new
roof, bricks taken from some
outside walls and excavation for
unfinished foundation improve-
ments.
Morris Council, with safety of
the public in mind, put up
snowfence around the excavation
and boarded the windows and
doors.
In 1993 the hotel was purchased
by a couple from Toronto -
Lawrence Lewis and Rika Lewis.
July 17, 1995 the Belgrave
Kinsmen bought the hotel with
Morris township taking ownership.
As the hotel in May of 1989 had
been designated a Heritage
property - this designation had to
be removed before anything could
be done with the hotel.
A group of mennonites in
Howick Township took the hotel
down on Sept. 21, 1995 and took
away as much of the material as
possible. The Kinsmen club filled
in the hole, levelled the ground and
seeded it down.
After long years of service to the
people of the Belgrave community
and the many travellers from far
away places the dream of a
wonderful future for the Queen's
Hotel had vanished.
Alice Nicholson read a news item
about the fire of 1889. Agnes
McBumey read the poem about the
fire of 1933 composed by Red
Clover (George Jordon).
The next potluck will be
Tuesday, March 19 at 12:15.
Everyone is welcome.
Belgrave history told at meeting