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Joe Wright gave bride big smack
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"After the ceremony, the--- recorded in the Huron Signal,
usual kiss was bestowed on the would be the drawing -room at
--• bride by the groom, and as it 'west end of the house and next.,
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the enthusiasm which actuated dining -room on the north, where:,
a long list of toasts was honored.
It , is 90 years since the
laughter and song of that
gathering was heard on harbor
hill, but'the editors of Signal and
Star Were guests, and the Signal
editor's jovial report= brings it all
to lite again."
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The wedding, on April 7th,
1881, was that of Joseph 'J.
Wright, "the 'energetic,
enterprising .and well known
proprietor of Point Farm
summer resort," and Miss Ellen
Sutherland, third, daughter of
the hate David Sutherland, Esq.,
wot?° Almon'te. The cereino"ny,
performed by Ven. Archdeacon.
Elwood; of St. George's, tok
place in the double
drawing -room of "Thi
Rookery."
This once -famous mansion on
Cobourg street was about 70
years old when torn down in
' 1916.- Its site, still defined ,by a
tall lilac hedge along the bank,
just east of the lookout, is now a
playground. In several places the
old foundation is barely covered,
and at least one section still
defies the grass.
The newspaper in the
-preceding .September had palsed
into the hands of the
McGillicuddy bratiers from
Brussels, Dan and Tom. Dan was
a colorful •.,•writer," and' could
hardly do less than his best after
Mr. Wright himself proposed the
toast to "Thee Press."
convenient to use for the
wedding the summer home of
Mrs. Albert Crane,- of Detroit,
. ho ha.. ''Owiaed:4..ja.:.Row•b'erv-
fru_the 1�37Qs- . ,
The house was built about
1840 by William Robertson.
Daniel Lizars made it. his town
house between 1855 and 1869,
but found it 'inconvenient to
"commute" from Meadowlands'
in Colborne. Mr. Lizars called it
"Cliff House". Subsequent
owners were Thomas Galt, not
then knighted; Hon. William
Cay,ley, twice elected a'nd . tw io•.
defeated as member for Huron
in the pre -Confederation
Parliament; Charles Widder'tand;
in 1864, Dr. George C. Shannon, .
merchant, and that when the
//indignant .father called around,.
he wa4 informed by the
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was already • Mrs. Shapno.n.
"NC t ally,T)r. hannon married
Ann Lambert Watson Hamilton,
widow of Dr. Morgan Hamilton,
and whether or not the
proceedings were informal they
Uved, ''happily ever after, 'and
were the parents of Dr. J.
Reginald Shannon, a much loved
physician here' and in his time
the town's youngest mayor: Dr.
'Crtr6rge Shannon iii 1869 took
ups residence arid had his' `office
in the lovely white frame house,
only recently demolished, which
stood just. west of. the present
-.hospital site.
There . is. a story that Dr. --
Shannon while' living 'there
"eloped" with Ann Watt\son,'
Ellen Sutherland was Wright's daughter of James Watson,
second wife. Ile had married in
1859 Susan- Ellen, widow of
Charles Boulton Davies, owner
of the farm on which the
summet hotel was later. built.
She died March 26th, 1880.
Wright at the time of the second:
marriage was . 47. Miss
The -room in which Joe Sutherland's home being at
Wright's bridal kiss resounded, as Al-monte, near Ottawa, it was
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himself a pun in the heading, on
his wedding report: "The Wright
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wrote that the wedding was an
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7'c'orded that the
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was ' give"n" ` i?iiay"`' liy+' John cr
Currie, high constable ,of.,Huron;
that the bridesmaids were Bessie
Wright, of Aylmer, Miss 'Currie
, and Miss Mabel Cameron,
daughter of M. C. Cameron,
Esq., M.P., while Marshall Wright
and Thomas C. Wright assisted
the groom. (Miss Cameron w
later married in Knox church to
Richard A. Bayly, .,barrister, of
ndc n°Ont. -
The usual description of the
ladies' gowns,., was given at
appropriate length, and „the-,
wedding ,repast syitably praised.
The marriage evidently was
performed in .the forenoon, for
the happy couple departed on.
the noon train.
They found the sidewalks
crowded, " Mr. cGillicuddy
wrote,. and 'Mr.' Wright "orde e -d -
the postillions to circle the
Square twice." Then up East
street to the' 'Grand Trunk
station, where the couple
entrained for "Toronto,
Montreal, Boston, New York
and other points."
Education grans per pupi
wIIichange,s��n says Wekh
Education • Minister RQbell.
Welch has announcd increases
Ain the per pupil operating
expenditure ceilings for the next
two years.
-a-letter
thr 'E hco'I"'lsoar
a t a s+r
chairmen; x the -o- Minister' stated
that the• operating expenditure
ceilings will be raised to $595
per elementary pupil in 1972
and to $630 the following year,
cothpared to the $545 ceiling of
this year. .
At the secondary school level,
°.,._the' -ceilings will be increased to
$1,100 next year and to $1,130
in 1973 compared to the. $1,060
^ Boards', now spending in
' excess of ° the ceilings must
reduce their over expenditure by
a further one third in 1972 and
the - r9 wining third byt 1973.
Boards were required to reduce
their over expenditures by one
11iird this year.
Mr. Welch said the increases
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fleet the Government's
• det-e i>n& ien 4o continue its
policy Pf. decelerating the rate of
increase in the co_st of education.
He said the., two year. ceiling
figures twill allow• school boards
to carry out longer term budget
planning on ' a more realistic.
basis.
Mr. Welch said then>ihw
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include increased costs that the or qualifications, or where
boards must meet as well as the depsity factors are judged as,
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apply to certain boards for such expenditure ceilings were set
factors as, economies' of scale, after exhaustive examination of •
commodity prices in ,northern the effects of this year's•ceilings
areas, additional maintenance and after` consultation with
costs for older schools, special teacher and school trustees
needs arising +, from abnormal organizations and school boards.
growth patterns and/or transfers
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4ducation.
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grant purposes. Consideration on
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- past year boards have met the
challenge >, of bringing their
expenditures.within the ceilings.
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co-operation and success a§
school boards continue•to review
their priorities and operating
methods to ,met the ceilings set
for 1972 and 1973.
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