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March 8th, 1934
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ter a performance_ of "Yoshe Kalb"
BELGRAVE FIRST
SETTLED IN 1851
Interesting Account. of Pioneer Days
in That District Reviewed; .Early
Settlers Carne from. Ireland; 'Pres-
byterians First to Erect Church in
Speaking recently before the Wo-
men's Institute of Belgrave, Peter W.
Scott gave an interesting outline of
the, -early history of that community.,
recalling the names of early settlers
and business places and churches. An
account of Mr. Scott's address ap-
pears below:
I cannot claim to speak from mem-
ory of every detail I will offer you
regarcling the earlier happenings as
I did not arrive here "via the stork"
for fifteen years after the first set-
tlers had commenced hewing out; for
themselves homes in the Queen's
bush.
"Only. one. spirit abroad to -night?"
"The lady spirit arrives later. She
is trying on the latest fashion in
winding sheets."-
-I1 Travaso, Rome,
However', from consulting older
people ati:d. referringto records as
found in 'Days of the Canada Com-
pang",Beldens Atlas of Huron 'Coun-
ty and;,. examining documents from the
I Registry Office I can, give approxi-
mately correct history. of 'this district
but' I cannot vouch that all my dates
are eorr:ect, but to the best of ,my
knowledge and belief theywill be re-
liable.
I believe the first settlers in Bel-
grave were Messrs. John McCrea,
Christopher Corbett, John P. Bran-
don and Robert Arrnetrong, natives
of Ireland, who inthe fall of 1851
came to what is now Belgrave, and
purchased from the ,government sev-
=eral hundred acres, .of land in the
western part of the Township on con-
cessions 3, 4 and 5. The Owens Bro-
thers settled in the same vicinity.
Little clearing was clone till the
following year when, small clearings
were made by each, and log dwellings
erected, also log stables, for their ox-
en. and ,cows.
As it is ,wished to ?ave a concise
report of the progress made, I will
take up the; several branches separate-
ly as follows:
The First Hotel
In• • 1862 Wzn, Foley purchased
three-quarters of an acre of land from..
James, Owens,' being where the post -
office now stands, and erected a log
building therein to be used as a ho-
tel, or as it was then called a tavern;
the landlord being. Dennis Haggarty,
and the place called "Haggarty's
Corners," .being about - half -way be-
tween Blyth and Wingham. A few
years later the business and goodwill
were purchased by Wm. Morrison, a
Scotclunan, ,who continued to cater to
the travelling. public until'about 1878
or 1879
In the meantime another hotel was
established on the property now oc-
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leupied as a residence by D. Scott, by
Charles B1akesly, who was followed
by David McCartney, HarrY BeH and
John S:eandrett, Henry Morley in :he
early eighties had the present Queen's
Howl bunt, Mt, ,;Se nd}•ett tieing the
firsf.landlo,rd., ,Stewart succeed
ed him, and Messrs, Livingstone,
Stretton, Gallagher, Bruce and: Hill
were -the proprietors in later .and re-
cent yeai-s,,altltough not in the order
mentioned. In `t916, during the Great''''
War, the legal sale of ,liquor as a
bevei.age, was prohibited, and Wm, 3.
Geddes has been the owner of the
Queen's and given travelers service
.until a few years ago. Many stories
might be told of the days when booze
was cheap and artificial inspiration
easily acquired. ••
The first store was erected on the
south-western corner of Lot 1, Con.
4, by,Simon Armstrong. We have not
been able, to secure the date, but it
was the first, and' carried a line of
general supplies of dry goods, groc-
eries and hardware, and Mr. Arm-
strong was also postmaster. The bus-
iness was later purchased by Thomas
Brandon who carried on until 1884,
when he sold' to Charles McClelland,
who was proprietor till 1911 (he be-
ing deceased in •September that year),
when his son, J. C. McClelland, con-
tinued to serve the public until Id.
Hopper assumed control followed by
C. H. Wade. The other mercantile
establishments were Wm. Duncan's
where J. A. Geddes hardware now
stands; the store of Creighton Bros.,
burned about a year ago; Blakesly's,
Hotel afterwards ' became a store
owned ;by Taylor & Hill and Mrs.
Hufts. The present store of Wm.
Cole .was at different tunes run by
Mrs: Tufts, J. S. Timmins, W. R. Er-
skine, J. Henderson, Andrew Taylor,
R. Munro, Dan Geddes and J. Tovell,
who was occupant when it was burn-
ed 43 or 44 years ago.
Presbyterians First
The first church erected here was
the Presbyterian, about 1863 or 1864.
And in 1874 the Methodist Church,
now owned by the continuing Presby-
terians, was erected. It was a frame
building, but later was placed on a
stone foundation and veneered With
brick. Trinity Church (Anglican) was
built some years later.
The, postal facilities were not so
good in the early days as they have
since. become: A stage ran from Clin-
ton to Wingham carrying the mail
bags to Londesboro, Blyth and 13e1 -
grave. 'In 1874 the L. H. and 13. Rail-
way was built and since then the
mails have been brought by that road.
In 1886 .James Owens -started" -a
shoemaking shop and since then diff-
erent shoemakers li.ave conducted a
shoe repair and manufacturing busi
•
ness. Pearen Bros. also 'conducted, a
tannery for a few years.
Walter Allison. Was • Smithy
The first blacksmith shop was op-
erated by Walter Allison about where
Geo. Jordan's stable now. stands,
er building the shop now occupied by
John L. Stewart and some years lat-
er John Wightman built the shop now
known as Young's Garage.
The sawmill, built by Cornelius,
Bell, did a thriving business for many
years, Geo. T.yner and Elam Living-
stone being later owners.
In older days most of the people's
clothing was made by local tailors and
dressmakers, but these industries have
given way to the modern method of
mass production.
Belgrave has been a very favored,
village for retired farmers, of whom
a good many have resided ,ere, and
still continue to seek a quiet esi.dence
for their declining years.
Fraternal societies have been es-
tablished here. The Orangemen have
!always had a strong lodge, while the
A.O.W.W, and C.O.F. give life incur
lance along with Fraternal benefits..
The different churches have the us-
ual societies found in that connection
and may be said to be fairly success-
ful.
MAN'S GENIUS
HELPS PRODUCE
NEW 'FRUIT
"Should the name of ugli fruit be
changed to a more beautiful name?
That is the question bothering certain
importers at the moment. Meantime,
a shipment of 2,500 fine specimens of
ugli fruit was landed at Halifax from
British Honduras and Jamaica aboard
the Canadian National ships Lady
Somers and Cathcart and rushed to
the Montreal market.
Few encyclopedias even mention
ugli fruit, Itd is one of those exotic,
recent fruits, partly the product. of the
tropieol climate of Britain's Caribbean
colonies and barfly ofman's genius.
It is a cross between an orange and
a grapefruit, importers explain. They
predict 'a great future for it on the
Canadian market, because of its spec-
ially intriguing flavor.
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STRATFORD INT'S.
'OUTSCORE LOCALS 6-4
ing played together 'before. he vis-
itors' shooting was match more dead-
ly than the locals too, and McGee
was. ,given a busy night in the nets.
Play had barely got started when
L,
Hamlon beat McGee frnthe blue
line on a ]ow hard .dxave:rn "Dltl:eh"
Lookridge drew the first penalty' of
the garne but the locals kept forcing,,
the play, With the teams even onee
more Marry Browne scored. the first
Wingham goal, picking up ;Flli.itt's
rebound and shooting the puck over
McAtee' in the Stratford net. ,Two
minutes later Seabac scored the first.
of his. Three goals of the night, Mc-
Gee looking bad on a long drifter,
Soon after J. Hamlon drew Stratford's
first penalty but no damage resulted.
Flescheaur' added another goal for the
orange shirted Stratfords jt;st before
the end of the period, faulty clearing
by the local crew being responsible.
During, this session McGee turned as-
ide six Stratford shots, while McAtee
stopped eight.'
The local played their best offens-
ive hockey of the night in the second
but strange tosay, went scoreless;
while Sebac added two more for Strat-
ford. The locals had hard luck around
the nets, both Rae and "Dutch" Lock -
ridge missing the net on backhand
shots with the goaler well out of po-
sition. Several other chances were
passed up by poor shooting. Both of
Seabac's goals were lone efforts, Mc-
Gee having little chance. Howson,
Mitchell and T. Hamlon drew penal-
ties during the period, all for minor
offences. The locals outshot the vis-
itors eight to six.
Going into the last period four
goals down the locals looked outclass-
ed but drew up within two goals of
the visitors. H Browne scored
the first on a beautiful pass from H.
Mitchell, letting go a nice drive that
Visitors' Teamwork Too Much For had McAtee beat all the way from
about twenty feet out. T. Hamlon
scored Stratford's last goal of the ev-
ening, taking Seabac's.pas`s to go ar-
ound the lone defenceman and pick
the near cbrenr. H. Browne drew a
penalty and things slowed down a bit.
1 With Browne back on the locals then
changed lines and immediately scored.
'Howson took a neat pass in front
of the Stratford • net after Barney
Browne had checked a rush: How-
,-on's back -hand shot got past Mc-
Atea to make the score 6-3. Hall got
the All -Stars.
After waiting for nearly two hours
for the visiting team from Stratford,
an All-Star Town League Team were
forced to accept the short end of a
6 - 4 score in Tuesday night's exhibi-
tion game at the local Arena. The
visitors were held up for nearly an
,hourclue to a transport blocking the
road this side of Blyth. The long wait
seemed to take some of the pep cut
of the locals,. who also lacked a sys-
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but the Stratford crewheld them: off.
With only three minutes, left. Barney
Browne got the final' goal of the
night 'after Howson had taken the
puck in the corner and passed it out:
McGee also had some hard shots dur-
ing the period, stopping eight to Mc-
Atee's seven. •
For the visitors 'Seabac, Hall and
McAtea were best with T. Hamlon al-
so good in spots: For the locals, H.
Browne, Howson and Elliott were
most effective.
Stratford—Goal, McA tee, def., Hall,
J. Hamlon; centre, Seabac, wings, T.
Hamlon, Flescliauer: Subs, Whirel,
Rosey.
Wingham—Goal, McGee; def. A.
Lockridge, W. Lockridge; centre, H.
Mitchell; wings, H. Browne, Elliott;
Subs:Rae, Howson, B. Browne, Wil-
liams.
Referee—Somers.
1st period -1 Stratford, T. Hamlon.
2 'vVinghain, H. Browne (Elliott). 3
Stratford, Seabac. 4 Stratford, Fleis-
cheauer. Penalties, W. Lockridge, J.
Hamlon.
tematic attack and defence, nevor hay- .a penalty and the locals pressed hard! 2nd period -5 Stratford, Seabac. 6
Stratford, Seabac, Penalties, Howson,
1 Mitchell, T. Hamlon,
3rd period -7 Wingham, H. Browne
(Mitchell), 8 Stratford, T. Hamlon;
(Seabac). 9 Wingham, Howson, (B.
Browne). 10 Wingham, B. Browne,
(,(Howson). Penalties, H. Browne,
Hall,
Shots on goal: Wingham 7-8-7-22;
Stratford 6=6-8-20.
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