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CLINTON NEWS,RECORD, WEDN
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By Wilma Oke
VANASTRA - The residents of Vanastra
will be getting gas from Union Gas before
heating starts this fall. A letter from Union
Gas informed Tuckersmith Township Coun-
cil it is prepared to pipe gas to Vanastra and
will be holding an information meeting for
all the residents some time in August to
outline the company's construction
schedule, as well as the appliances
available.
Elgin Thompson of Clinton has been
nominated for the Ontario Bicentennial
medal being given to a member of each
municipality this year, for service to that
municipality and for volunteer work in the
community,
Mr. Thompson, a retired Tuckersmith
Township farmer now living in Clinton,
served on Tuckersmith Council from 1957 to
1961 and as reeve from 1962 to 1976.
A community minded citizen Mr. Thomp-
son has been active in the local agricultural
societies; he has been a member of the
Rural. Ontario Municipalities Association
where he was vice-president when he
retired from municipal life; active in the life
of his church, Brucefield United Church,
where he served on the session; active in the
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
for many years where he served an extend-
ed term as chairman and he was active in
the Oddfellows Lodge. Mr. Thompson has
been a busy man, well known for his quiet
deeds of kindness and friendliness.
Council gassed a bylaw authorizing the
sale of Lot 13, Plan 133, (the former recrea-
tion centre of the armed forces) Vanastra
for $13,900 to Wunder Machinery of Kit-
chener.
Council approved the applications for
three tile drainage loans for a total of
$27,600.
Council agreed to the rezoning of Lot 198,
Plan 131, at Vanastra, an apartment
building, to change it from residential to
light commercial. It is expected to be a
research centre on hydroponics.
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By Hartman
CLINTON As travellers enter ('.11-nton via
Bayfield Concession...A they are greeted by
• an imposing and iressiVe' sight. At the
Almost obscured by trees, the impressive old Waverly House is one of Clinton's
historicallyinteresting and architecturally significant buildings. The huge building now
serves as an apartment dwelling, but was originally built as a hotel and later became a
. business school. (Shelley McPhee photo)
miler Marie a x1,00..strog a huge
.-white structure, once:MON% as the Viaverly
',House, stands. like a guardian of the town
limits. Partially obscured by trees, this
stately building is one of the last of 10 hotels'
which were once present in Clinton and it
serves as a pleasant reminder of days gone
by.
In 1882, Samuel Pike, a man already
versed in the hotel business, purchased a
plot- of land and the existing house at the
southeast corner of Marie and King. The
seller was Mrs. John Tollard and she receiv-
ed what was then considered "a, very high
price of $800."
Here Pike built the Waverly House relying
on the proximity 'of the hotel to the nearby
Grand Trunk Railway Station to provide
him with customers. The owner alsoipdver-
Used in the local paper, the Clinton New
claiming that the hotel "has all the re-
quirements of a first class house. The bar is
well stocked with the choicest brands of li-
quors and cigars. The travelling public may
rest assured of being well cared for at this
house."
Perhaps Pike did not realize the business
he had anticipated or perhaps he was weary
6f the profession for he rented the hotel out
for several years and finally sold it in 1904.
He left town for Saskatchewan citing the
agreeableness of the climate. He died there
three months later.
The Waverly House then went through a
series of owners. George Buxton, George
Stewart, MrS. Christine Heuther and J.E.
Rheinhardt all took their turn at running the
hotel but all had limited success.
Prohibition struck the telling blow in 1913.
With half (�r perhaps all) the Waverly's ra-
tionale for existence gone, Rheinhardt was
forced to put the hotel up for auction.
For three years it was used for storage by
the Doherty Organ Factory until 1916 when
it was once again sold - this time to Misses
Ward and Stone. These enterprising young
ladies promptly established the School of
Commerce on the premises. The Waverly
remained a school for secretarial and
stenographic skills until about 1950 when it
was sold and converted to apartments, a,
function it still serves today.
Architecturally, the Waverly House is a
large two and one-half storey, rigidly square
structure built in the Second Empire style
which was popular between 1860 and 1885.
• Perhaps its most distinguishing features are
4 -Hers attend leadership week
the steep mansard roof and the prominent
dormers which jut out of every side.
„ . • make many new irienas. Originally, the building was sided with
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Thi Leadership Can is beinglie wo ViaphoOtChtiti.thfebas: recently been
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at Olympia Sports CFtMp which is nett repj end witlf: aiinnintuil. Those.. who
This year,- ti,
Huntsville. renovated the Waverly had the presence of
Delegates representing Huron are, Allan mind to preserve all the original wood trim
Pym, RR 2, Centralia; Elizabeth Stewart, thus retaining some of the 19th century
RR 1, Dublin; Carol Rintoul,. 'RR 2, 'charm in .an otherwise modernized struc-
Lucknow ; and Dinette Steffens, RR 1, thre.
Lucan. These 4 -Hers will be at Leadership .The main " facade' sports an impressive
Camp until June 29. five bays wine tne, sines each have two. The,
Leadership is a very difficult concept to
define; 'e'en' the:' dictionary tins • trolible.
Before any of us can really understand it,
we must have the opportunity to experience.
it. As a result, a Provincial 4-H Leadership
Week isbeld each June.
During this week, delegates develop com-
munication, social recreation and leader-
ship skills. AS well, they have the chance to
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front door is a'large four panel, double Min
with 0 00,04..elipti00i transom and recessed,
lights on each side. The window openingS
are also serol-eliptical With entablature sur
round heads and two sash windows,
The front porch is relatively simple in con-
struction. barge heveled,„slightly tapered
columns support a flat roof. Stairs exit from
each side of the porch leading to two iden-
tical walkways. Elaborately sculpted
braces grace the boxed cornice lending
rigidity and support to an undoubtedly
heavy roof. Another sign of the care taken in
constructing the building is the ornate carv-
ings above each dormer windoW. These are
mute testimony to the 'love - and money -
that Pikeput into the Waverly House.
Overall the building provides the impres-
sions •of rigid order and symmetery, an im-
portant principle in the Second Empire style
of construction. 1
The. interior of the building consists of six
apartments, two on each floor, all quite
largeand with some of their original doors
stillintact. The twofirst floor apartments
probably served as bar and dining room.
Part of the original bar has been preserved
and can still be seen on the second floor lan-
ding.
A simple but beautiful hardwood staircase
leads to the second and third floors. Its
meticulous workmanship and impressive
size are testament to its original important
purpose; it was the first thing that potential
customers saw when they entered the hotel
and would thus serve to impart some of the
dignity and 'size of their as yet unseen
rooms.
Rich in history and in architecture the
Waverly House is one of the few examples of
the Second Empire style of construction in
the town. Few Clintonians will remember
the smoke-filled rooms and the jolly drink -
'the itotels
100 bouts that t. 4):,14;# there, Some will
surely conned with the
clack-
ing of tYPewriterS, while others will only
knew the structure as the apartments that it
houses today.
Whatever one's memories of the building,
it is surely a difficult' one to forget. its con-
siderable size and, formidable bearing make
• it one of the most intriguing in Clinton.
Gregory J. Wise, son of John and Gayle Wise
of Clinton, graduated from Mowhawk
College in Hamilton on May 12 in Chemical
Engineering Technology. Greg has accepted
a position with 3M Canada in London.
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