HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-01-27, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005.
Letter to the editor
Museum curator seeks photo of old hotel
THE EDITOR,
Searching for a photo of the old
National Hotel, once located where
the present Wingham Post Office
sits, is my present mission. The
museum possesses, as far as I’ve
found, just one photo of this old
watering hole. It showed a street
paving team with the hotel vaguely
in the background behind the paving
equipment.
There are two reasons I am
searching for this old gem. The first
is that I am putting together a
summer exhibit on the history of
Wingham’s main street. I’d like to
have as many photos as possible of
the old storefronts that once lined
four blocks of Josephine Street.
The other is that I have a
researcher who is looking for
photographs of the building for his
own project. The photos do not have
to be donated to the museum. We
have a scanner that we use to take
copies of photographs, once given
permission by the photograph’s
owner.
This is what we know about the
building. Please call and correct any
Letter explains county program
THE EDITOR,
There’s a wonderful and free
service available in Huron County.
It’s called literacy. There are regular
weekly classes with instructors
(called Literacy Practitioners) to
assist adults with their reading,
writing, math and communication
skills.
Or, if privacy is an issue, one-to-
one help can be provided by trained
volunteers.
The practitioners also specialize
in workplace training and essential
skills. This means that the literacy
glaring errors. The property located
on the southeast corner of Josephine
and Patrick Streets was known in the
early years as the National or
Central Hotel, with Mr.
McCutcheon and later Lyle Hanson
as the hotelkeeper. It closed shortly
after Wingham went dry in 1914.
Any photographs of the hotel at this
time would be much appreciated.
In 1916, A.M. Crawford bought
the hotel property and turned it into
a block of stores. Charles Bondi had
a store in the south end and
Crawford had a garage and car
showroom in the north end. In 1918,
Clarence Armitage set up a men's
tailoring and dry cleaners in the
building. In 1919, W.J. Armour had
a produce store in the block as did
Miller’s Confectionary.
Any photographs of Miller’s
Confectionary or W.A. Miller & Co.
would be very useful to ongoing
research.
In 1921, Harold Ross’ Electric
Slop was sold and became the
Hydro Shop, operated by the
Wingham Utilities Commission.
This was a retail outlet for electrical
help given can be geared to match a
person’s employment goals.
Another common reason to attend
a literacy class is to prepare for the
GED. This is the General
Equivalency Certificate to a Grade
12 diploma. This certificate is
becoming increasingly recognized
by employers and colleges.
The best part is that all of these
services are free to the public,
thanks to support from the Ministry
of Training, Colleges and
Universities. However, this support
will only continue if the services are
appliances and supplies, like light
bulbs.
In 1930 a fire, which started in the
Armitage dry cleaning plant
destroyed two stores in the
building's south half. The stores
containing Armitage’s and Reg and
Mentie DuVal’s chiropractic
practice were tom down and never
rebuilt. When Crawford was forced
to move his gasoline pumps off
Josephine Street, the rest of the
National Hotel building was tom
down.
A two-storey frame building on
the National Hotel lot was
constructed at one point. It later
housed the Tervit Model Dairy and
Miller Wholesale. Andy Slosser (a
barber) ran his shop on the second
floor. Tervit Dairy was later sold to
Stafford (Jack) Bateson who ran
Bateson’s Dairy from the same
building. They also processed milk
for Smith’s Dairy.
In 1946, Crawford sold the
building to Jim Carr and Wilford
Congram, who opened Wingham
Motors and sold cars at that location
until 1967.
needed in our communities (in other
words, if the services are used).
For more information,
calkClinton, 482-7948 or 482-1700;
Exeter, 235-4079; Goderich, 524-
2515; Seaforth, 257-0305;
Wingham, 357-4995 ext. 21, or call
Lynda at our toll-free number: 1-
800-592-5437 ext. 141. Visit
www.thecentreforemploymentandle
arning.ca
Floyd Herman
Site Coordinator
The Centre for Employment &
Learning
In 1967, the lot was sold to the
Government of Canada as the site
for a new post office.
Please call me at the Museum
Letter
Knox board concerned
THE EDITOR,
We are board members for the
Knox Presbyterian Church,
Monkton. We are a small rural
congregation. We have a drilled well
that serves the church and the
manse. All our water tests have been
coming back safe for the past eight
months.
If we are required to chlorinate
and maintain a ‘water system’ it will
cause a severe economic hardship to
keep an otherwise thriving church
open. Is the province of Ontario
prepared to either provide municipal
water from a larger centre or install
and maintain the treatment systems
for our church to keep our church
open?
Teams travel to Ripley
to play Zone euchre
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playing Zone euchre in Ripley on
Saturday.
There were five teams of four
playing for the opportunity of
advancing to District level play.
Some teams did better than others,
but no Brussels team advances.
Playing were Rick McDonald, Jason
Konarski, Mabel Willis and Helen
Dobson; Lloyd and Lisa Glanville,
Jim Alton and Dale Sauve; John and
Julie Harrison, Jim Brown and
(357-1096) if you can help in this
search for information. Thank you.
Jodi Jerome,
Curator.
Why should we have to pay for
something we don’t need because
our water is and always has been
safe?
Maybe it’s time someone said no
to this type of intervention. We out
here in rural Ontario haven’t got the
population base to fund this
requirement. What might work on
Yonge Street in Toronto doesn’t
necessarily work on Madison Street
in Monkton.
The problem started with a
municipal system that supposedly
had treated water. How can
(government) paint the whole
province with the same brush as
Walkerton?
The Board of Managers.
Sandra Josling; Norm Dobson, Jo-
Ann McDonald, Cecil Moore and
Harry Smith and Eric Ross, Bush
Whittard, Bob and Margo
Richardson.
We are still looking for some new
faces to come out and help at the
Branch. Become a member of the
executive, take a turn at chairing an
event, head or become a member of
a committee. Call Jo-Ann and let her
know what you might be interested
in doing to keep the Branch open.
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