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Croy Twp. 2006
Old building became known
as soup kitchen during 1930s
RICHARD CARDIFF
owned the first steam-powered
ditching machine in Grey Twp. It
is pictured on the left and the
steam tractor on the right was
owned by Mr. Pope of Brussels.
The photo was taken in front of
Mr. Pope's machine shop in
Brussels.
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barbershop and grocery.
The buildings were torn down in
1972.
An old cement building in this
block, once used by the township
clerk became known as the soup
kitchen when the township supplied
transient men with food and a place
to stay in the 1930s.
In 1927, the Presbyterians added a
basement, entry and bricked the
original frame church.
The Methodist Church was moved
from the west end of the village and
down the street on the rollers in
1917 to the fourth lot west of John
Street and north of Main.
It became the United Church in
1925.
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to extend my congratulations to
on the occasion of their 150th
the festivities and remember to
who have put countless
this celebration. It takes -teamwork
a vibrant community. Grey Township
150 years of heart
on your milestone.
Huron East Mayor
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A new schoolhouse was con- public school, Grey Central, was
structed in 1914. When schools built south of the community along
were centralized in the mid- I960s, a County Rd. 19 (Ethel Line).
Celebrations
in Grey
Grey loves a party.
As the community, resi-
dents past and present
gather to celebrate the
150th in 2006, it's just the
most recent in a list of com-
munity events over the
years.
Joan Bateman of Ethel,
who has compiled informa-
tion and pictures for a
Homecoming display sub-
mitted information on just
some of the celebrations
Grey has hosted.
• August 1939 —
Hometown Sunday
• August 1952
Hometown Sunday
• July 1955 — Cranbrook
Centennial
• July 1956 — Grey 100th
• June 1967 — Canada's
100th
• 1980 — Walton
Recreation Centre opening
• October 1981 — Grey
125th
• August 1988 — 50th
anniversary of Walton
Community Hall
• May 1991 — official
opening of the Grey
Central Public School addi-
tion and 25th anniversary
of Grey Central PS
• June 1994
International Year of the
Family celebration
• June 1996 — Grey 140th
and opening of the Ethel
ball park pavillion facilities.
Bateman said this list con-
sists of the events for which
she has documentation and
is in no way complete.