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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 Continued from page 2 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. ® Ontario Every year, thousands of Ontarians stop smoking. For themselves. For their families. For life.