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114 age VMS formed- on
anuaryllithliMby the late Wat •
Murphy When) the Lodge Was
teP.Ilatrted after'. He was hernia
10.,!ettftCo., TrelandandeaMeI0
• coralwith. bis parents in
.ancy. Ile was known as an
table men a genuine.
Oearted, 41;4 neigbbnitr,
voted husband. and OM of the
qiflrs best citizens. He fa*-
ReCt Mr many years on the 16th
WIPOStilort Of` Goderich Twp.
The Chapter members of this
e were - Thomas Ryan,
Uel Archer, John Pollock,
Read, Arthur Knox, Alex
Smith,nines Mti4s# Wm.
Farquhar, Rick MtArPitY4 John
JelmSkitt, George Knox, and
Thomas Archer. They started off
the first year with 44 members.
Mr. WM. MOVIari was the
Mater. It is not a certainty
where the first meetings were
held, but in 191* there was a
drawn up by Ridout and Rail for
the sum of ten dollars per.annum
for use by the Lodge of rooms
over theft/1013We Bank where the
Bank of Montreal now stands.
They were still meeting there in
1914, but soon after the Clinton
Knitting factory took over the
rooms fog a recreation hall' for
their employees. The Lodge then
rented the room over the' Car-
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negie Library front the 4140103w
Order of Foresterit, bought their
furniture, and held meetings
there tmtil
° )949 the RallwayStatioi'l at
Brucefield was '; pnrchased,
moved to Albert Street on Nov.
Iltb, and placed on the frm-
dation which bad been made lo
readiness for the building. Mr.
Mitch McAdam deserves Special
mention as he supplied all
machines and cribbing and
supervised the, i. finishing Of the
building. Men were hired to put in
the electric work -i'and the
plumbing. The members did all
the carpentering and the pain-
ting. In 1960 the Lodge moved into
the new meeting place on
George Lavis Sr. takes delivery of a load Of Implements irtMarch of 1899.
George Laits. Sr. sold implements
-In 1882 the late George Levis
• began a Massey Harris im-
plement business in the building
now occupied by Lavis Con-
tracting Co. Ltd. at 26 Isaac
• Street. (Picture No. 1)
On Marth 14th, 1899 Mr.
Levis received a delivery of
Massey Harris implements,
(Picture No. 2) and he is shown
sitting in his office in 1910
(Picture No. 3) This office on
Isaac St. was used on many oc-
casions as a polling booth for the
municipal elections and also as a
censeLiii in office .
• Mr. Georgi-Lavis eiiiited by
his son Bant. continued the 'im-
, plement batiness, and also
started the General Motors
Chevrolet car agency. In 1917 Mr.
• George Lavis died and Mr, Bart
La vis gave up the implement
agency a few_ years later but
continued the car business using
• the building at 26 Isaac St. as a
garage and repair shop. In 1930
Bart Lavis changed his car
agency from Chevrolet to
Chrysler and continued in the car
business until 1938.
in 1938 Bart and his sons
George and John started the send
and gravel buSinesp using this
building as their machinery
repair shop.
The old Jabez Rands Sr.
blacksmith shop (beside 26 Isaac
St.) was purchased And torn
down to make possible the con-
struction of an office in 1952.
• - - Mr, -Bart -Levis died
and George and John had the
business name changed to Levis
Contracting Co, Ltd. An asphalt
paving plant was 'purchased so
that paved streets and roads
could become a reality in this
area. The Town of Clinton main
streets were reconstructed and
paved irr the mid ,1960's. in 1960
One of first subscribers
JOHN CUNNINGHAM
When the Telephone was in
its infancy In Clinton (1885) John
Cunningham. was listed as one of
the first subscribers in his
Express Office, which at that.
time was located on Rattenbury
Street. in the Galbraith block
where the Centennial Center is
located. Itis sop Gordon came
..into the business with him and the
office was moved to Isaac Street
one store north of the Counters
Jewellery Store. recently pur-
chased and renovated by Mr.
Gordon Duern.
Many will remember Mr.
Timmy Perry. who came to work
for Sam Cooper at the hotel. He
40ad club feet and used to help
with tht express taking boxes to
the station for shipment. Another
faithful servant was Henry
%man who picked up,packages
all around town that were
shipped through the Express
Office. He worked for the Cun-
ninghames as long as they were
in Business.
John Cunninghames
daughter Miss _Florence being a
lover of flowers started up a
florist business in her fathers
shop. on Isaac Street as early as
1918 and before. The Cun-
ninghames residence was on the
corner of Huron and Shipley
Streets, and they had- a
greenhouse for the plants built
behind the house. The home of
their son Gordon was directly
behind their house on the corner
of Rattenbury W. and Shipley Sts.
Gordon . and his sister
Florence continued in business
for many years, then' retiring to
—their respective homes in Clinton.
Miss Florence passed away,'
winter 1970.71, and Gordon in
1974.1 ,
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the expanding business required
an addition to the rear of the •
, main building.
• This Isaac St. building has
beenlised by the Lavis family -for
93 years and may be a record for
,a family business operation at the
sameIncation in Clinton.
%%emir Hill (as this street In
Clinton is historically known),
The Ladies Orange 'Lodge
helped with the paying qf the hall.
and it is the meeting platen, hotb
Lodges. They have helped with
manyprojects when the need
arises. Jointly with the 1...0.13.A.
they furnished a room in the
Clinton Public lospital; gave' a
cash donation to the Arena Fund;
purchase a wreath for the Legion
'Remembrance Day Service and
Oleo It on the cenotaph as
members from our order have
fallen in both World Wars.
They have Home at Rich-
mond Hill which they help to keep
up, also the Trillium Home at
Orillia.
It is interesting to know that
the founder of this Ledge Mr.
Wm. Murphy was a brother of
Mr. Joe Murphy's grandfather.
Therey.tem at least one mile of
vehicres la his funeral carOile,
and fully •one hundred
Orangemen fpn foot who pmeded
the hearse. The pallbearers who
at this time have particular
historical significance were - Mr.
• Cantelon, Wm. Ford, Thos.'
Kearns, A.M. Todd. Thos..
Beacom. and W.G. 'Smith. The
Episcopal 'service was conducted
by Rev. J.P. Parke,
The present Wprthy Master
is Mr. Wilfred Glazier, Huron
Street. The Lodge meets the 2nd
and.laSt Thursday of each month.
By H. Mervin Hanly (who joined
in 1014)
Happy 100th
Anniversary
Clinton!
We are proud to -have served -the rural Clinton
area throughout many of the years gone by,
and look forward to serving many more in the
Years to come.
* Bob Elliott
* George Picot
• * Ken Harris
RM. ELLIOTT
MILK TRANSPORT
R.R. # 1, Bayfield
A dependable name in transportation. Ser-
ving the dairy industry for 45 years, 1930 -
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Real Estate Limited
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Congratulates Clinton
on its
Centennial
Proudly Promoting
• Huron County
MASON BAILEY
• Broligtr,/ Manager
132 Albert St.
FAYE FEAR
Secretary
482.9371
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