Clinton News-Record, 1975-07-24, Page 46• •-
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I.•an Morgan holds Nettie who looks to Bob Cree who finds
oi-• scene agreeable. Jack Cree stands behind, Nettie„ and
4* -...s ham stands behind Bob, About
33 Bob Cree's a popular spot
33: Southwest corner of Dunlop
and North Streets
Itob Cree's flarn
cbpyrig
In 1906; Bob' Cree bought his
inothees cottage' atthesiorthwest.
corner Of Dunlop and Joseph .
Streets and put up a large barn
.{01.1SS the street. There were
stalls for three or four teams of
horses in the barn. and for marty
years Mr. Cree operated a
dallying business in the town. He
else provided a garden-plouphing
ervice and his teams • were
isually used to draw' the hearse
al funerals. Two hcjrses. one for
inter wit runner. and (tie With
• %%heels, were kept in the barn for
niaoy - years. The barn was
demolished some time after the
SUCtuld World War.
Cree*s barn was stimnbirik of a
social centre where children
played in the hay: where
potential juvenile delinquents
damaged each other with axle
*grease. tire pumps filled with
water. and clippers used for.
. shearing horses: where men
authored in the evening in an
atmosphere of tobacco smoke,
chewing tobacco and fresh horse
manure to expand the day's
events into the stuff folklore .is
made of, before returning to their
homes to he lighted to bed not by
the tube casting its errie glow but
by the yellow light of the oil lamp
or the 40watt bulb.
letIr4eSt
of Orange Street
On the south side
at Huron Street
Rurnballts rriage Works
• C copyright 1975.
As early as 1857. the lot in-
icated in the heading is thought
to have been' the Site of a wagon
shop operated by Run -than and
taham. By 1862 the partnership
was Rumball and Leslie. In 1882
the 20 year partnership was
dissolved. and Mr. Leslie opened
his own shop across the rodd at
Buren and Orange Streets (see
61):
the Rurnbalt works Was
composed of at least two krone
buildings one of which was . a
show. room., but no clear
descriptionof them has been
36 - The Brewery
IL West End of !Wary Street
The Clinton Brewery
TheClinton Brewery„
describ'ed as' being "at the
westerly limit of Mary Street"
was operated in 1863 by William
-Smart.
In 1869 it was being operated by
H. Evans under lease from G.
'Brown, and in 18/1 the
PraPrietors wre Evans and Cole.
No other information on it has
been obtained.
t" •••••,.
or.
ad
fOund. The Valet °film factory
is listed as buggies. wegOoS1
sielgbs. cutters and carriages,. In
1900 Fred ,Rutnbalt took James
McMath 4s a partner, the Arm
then being known as Rurnbalrand
McMath. The business was ap-
parently prospering at that time,
for the show room was enlarged.
On Mr. Rumball's retirement
in 1906r Arthur Tyridal took over
his father-in-law's place in the
partnership, but this partnership
canl
:44(141 and Mivi
eatb, dissolved
.in OM, at which time the
business closed.
Part of the plant was pur-
chased by 'Jonathan Brown who
mo'ed it to Mary Street onto the
burnt-out site of Doan's Tannery
(see44) and converted, it to a
chopping mill. David 'Cantelon
demolished what remained with
the object of using the material to
construct driving, sheds. The
elderly shed still on the property
may be part of the plant.
35 Fish and Game once
was religious camp
35. West End of Alma Street,
site of the Fish and Game Club
The Grove
The land surrounding the site of
the Fish and Garrie Club was
known for many years as "The
Grove,"
There is a possibility, but not
supported by a shred of evidence,
that it may have been a camp
ground - for religious meetings
when such camp meetings were
in vogue. Its only known use as a'
meeting place was in 1884 when
the Orange- parade ended there.
and speeches were delivered.
The fact that the place had -a
tong -enduring. name. recognized
' by many- people still among the
living, suggests that it was- used
more frequently than the record
indicates.
3'7. itiounteastle's 441
F,,,louthweand giCeosrnetrr f; Huron
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• Mountcastle's Sawnidll
On a site described as "the
south side of Huron Street about
130 feet west of Erie Street", E.
Ivlountcastle built a sawmill in
1877. In 1880 he traded it to J.S.
Walker for a farm dear
Holmesville, and in 1882 the
sawmill burned down. It is
believ0 that Mr. Walker af-
, terwards moved a portable
'sawmill onto the site, but this is
uncertain. Subsequent history of
the site has not been ascertained.
34- The Brickyard
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31. Northwest corner of Church
and North Streets .
Thomas East's Brickyard
copyright 1975.
by Gerald Fremlin
Mr. Thomas Shobbrook (see
GO mated that when he passed
through Chilton in October 1853
."Tiori East had a brickyard over
near Mary Street.** In 1913 the
brickyard is mentioned as having
been "close to the 'spot now oc-
cupied • hy Mr. C.J. Wallis'.
residence." This residence was
almost certainly 'Ibe present
house at the north4Wkf.st corner of
North and Church Streets. No
details of the 'brickyard are
known.
Mr. East later rented a
brickyard owned by Joseph
Whitehead on the Base line north
of the town, the location of which
has not been determined, and by
1880 he had moved to another
brickyard on the road to
Wingham two miles or so north of
Clinton. The bricks of many ofthe
yellow brick buildings in Clinton
dating from the 1870's and 1880's
camefrom this yaid.
In 1884 production was about
50,000 bricks a month. By 1897 the
product of the yard was mostly
tiles. Information has not been
obtained onowtien the yard closed.
38 - Steven's Mill
3S—The Southeast corner
01, North Sfreet
and Huron Street
Stevens' Planing Mill
The southeast corner of North
Street and Huron Street is
thought to be the site of the first
planing mill in Clinton. built
between 18S8 and 1863. by Henry
Stevens.
This milt was probably moved .
across Huron Street in 180 to be
incorporated into* new spill bulit
by Mr. Stevens (see 54).
Clinton Crown. Lanes.
Victoria St. Clinton
u ---'providing healthful recreation in
Clinton throughout the year!
We will be open during Centennial Week, offering bowling in
air conditioned comtert. There will be specially reduced
rates for bowling during Centennial Week.
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