The Wingham Advance Times, 1935-05-16, Page 7Thursday, May 16th, 1935
HISTORICAL REVIEW Or THE TOWN Or Avn\TpliAm
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THE LATE FRANK .VANSTONE
An ex -Alderman of the Town of
TiVinglia tn.
HISTORY OF THE
TOWN OF WINGHAM
(Continued from Page Six)
Backward, turn backward, 0 Time in
.your flight;
Ilake me a child again, just for to-
night.
CAPT. C. G. VANSTONE
Ex -Mayor of the Town of Wing -
After. Mr. Elliott's Retrospective
History of Wingharn in the year 1888,
other business places were establish-
ed but are not in existence at the pre-
sent time, As follows
Samuel Bennett, who purchased the
Watt and Little Sash and Door Fac-
tory, and has since sold out to the
MacLean Lumber and Coal Company.
Mr. I3ennett, •one of our sueeessful
business men, is stilt a resident of the
Town. •
The late Mr, W. D. Pringle pur-
chased the Tannery owned by Mr. W,
J. Chapman. Mr, Pringle was another
of Wingham's enterprising citizens
and employed a large staff .of Glove
Makers and Mechanics. tt
The Walker and Clegg Factory —
This firm of Walker and Clegg, came
from Ingersoll in the year 1896. They
employed a large staff of skilled
workmen and were manufacturers of
high grade upholstered furniture.
They had an extensive trade in Wes-
tern Canada, Mr, C. M. Walker( now
residing in Grand :Bend) was the trav-
elling representative and the late Mr.
Richard Clegg was Business Manag-
er. The large four -storey brick fac-
tory, with its modern machinery, was
erected by this firm, On account of
the'Passing of Mr. Clegg, the biasineSs
was sold to the firm known as the
Gunn -Son -Ola, They had a large staff
of skilled employees and manufactur-
ed Radio Cabinets and Victrolas.
When the senior member of this firm,
Mr. William Gunn, passed away, the
business was sold to tBrown Bros.
The Button and Fessant Chair Cb.
—This firni took over the Kincade
Brothers' Factory in 1892 and turned
out large shipments of chairs, from
the liunber manufactured by their
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THE LATE F. H. RODERTJS
One of the early Shoe Merchants
of. Town.
own sawmill. They also manufactured
Maple Rollers for the Old Country
Market. They employed a large staff
of Avorkinen, and let me say here, that
Wm. Button and Wni. Fessant were
real assets to Wingharn. With their
passing this place of business was
sold to the Wingham Fertilizer Corn -
balance of the building is now being
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pany, who operated this plant for ten
years under the management of Mr.
Thomas Taylor. Since then a portion
of the building was removed and the
used by Mr, Charles Coolc, in the
manufacture of Novelty Goods which
are mentioned in another part of the
Paper,
The taking over of the Thomas Bell
Factory, the Union Factory and the
Button and Fessant Factork by the
Canada Furniture Company, with
Head Office at Woodstock, proved to
be a bacj deal for Wingham, It was
the beginning of the end of Fur-
niture Manufacturing in Wingham.
These places after operating for a
short time, eventually shut clown and
many men were forced out of em-
ployment. The Bell Factory, once a
hive of industry, sold for a mere pit-
tance, and was torn down,
The Flax Mill—This industry was
begun by the late Mr. Amos Tipling.
It later became' known as Tipling and
Mills, and operated under this name
for a number of years. The business
has since been sold to Mr, George
Anderson of Lucicnow. •
The Two Rubber Works — Not
many years ago Wingham bad two
rubber plants. The Aero Cushion Tire
Company purchased the large build-.
ings west of the C. N. R.J3ridge. It
was operated by the late Messrs. Jer-
ry Sherbondy and Carl Judson. The
other Rubber Works was on the cor-
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THE trend towards business recovery is definitely established. Slowly, but surely, Canada is advancing to-
wards normal conditions in industry and agriculture. The volume of physical productions is increasing;
farm products prices show substantial gains; and unemployment is steadily diminishing throughout the
whole Dominion.
With the advent of better times, municipalities, like other governing bodies, will, no doubt, consider the advisa-
bility of proceeding with development work in their respective areas, as much, now, for their own importance to
the community concerned, as for their necessity as a measure of relief.
In all such schemes, which involve the purchasing of material and the employment of labour, municipalities are
urged to consider the claims of local industry. Money spent within the community develops and increases the
purchasing power of that community, as well as aiding the national endeavour to restore normal conditions
throughout the Dominion, and to bring about a new and firmer prosperity to the country at large.
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Department of Trade and
Commerce
HON. R. B. HANSON, IC.C., M.P.
Minister
JAMES G. PARMELEE,
Deputy Minister
THE LATE PETER FISHER
A native of Perthshire, Scotland, 'Flour and Woolen Mills on the site
'where our Electric Power Plant non
the second settler to land in Lower
tstands. Mrs. Fisher, shown with her
Wingham. In 1859 he erected the first husband, was a native of Guelph and
Saw Mill, in 1.860 he erected the first .was Wingham's first bride
ner of Victoria and Josephine Streets.
Both have since discontinued buSi-
ness.
There have been many stores that
have changed ,.hands in the many
years -;of Winghanfs History and I
think I must mention Mr. John Gal-
braith, who started as a Clerk in
Wingham, over half a century ago.
Later branching out for himself, he
carried on very successfully a Dry
Goods and Grocery Store. 11-fr. Gal-
braith sold out, his business about
three years ago.
Mention should also be made of the
late Mrs. .3. A. Ring, who for many
Years carried on a Grocery business
tin Upper and Lower Wingham, Mr.
Luke King, who does watch and clock
repairing, in Lower Wingham, is a
sonofthe late Mrs. Ring.
The well remembered Hanna Store,
I also must be mentioned. The late Mr.
John Hanna, a native of Ireland, mov-
ed. to Wingham from East Wawa -
!nosh. In 1877, he opened a General
:1Store next. to the Town Hall, this
store was destroyed by. fire in the
year 1903. Mr. Hanna rebuilt, on a
much larger scale ancl the business
lwas carried on successfully. After the
death of his parents, Mr. John Hanna
Jr. carried on the business for a num-
ber of years. Later he sold that por-
people who are mentioned in the fore-
going, it might be well to name a.
few of the boys who have been resi-
dents of Wingham for 60 years and.
over, as follows: J. C. Currie, Frank
MR. JAMES LOCKR.IDGE
Who is one of Lower Wingham's
Ioldest settlers and who is till going
strong in his 78th year. He is a friend
of the Author,
WINGHAM CITIZENS' BAND or OF 1910
Ition of the building which housed the
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I dry goods, groceries and ladies' ready-
,, 1to-weer to velia.t is known as the Wal -
1 iker .Stores Ltd. He retained the
Gents' Burnishing business in the oth-
er half of the block, where •he is still
carrying 1on one of the most up-to-
date Clothing establishments in West-,
tern Ontario-.
Besides the general line of business
Ang0, Andrew Witeeiart,' Janieg
Lockridge, Geo. Shrigley, Wellington
Adams, Andrew Murray, Andrew Cur-
rie, Geo. Tervitt, John Tervitt, John
Lockridge, Thos. Groves, Robert
Mooney, Albert Lloyd, Geo, Carr, Al.
Carr, James 'Graham, Alex. Mc:Nevin,
T. J. McLean, W'm. Holmes, J. Steph-
enson, Wm. Gannett, Robt. Currie Sr.
These should form an Old Boys' Assn.
KING'S 'HIGHWAY NO. 4
Which passes through Winghatn
North and Sctith, 'his photograph
shows a section or the new road, a
curve which passes through the farm
of the late Mr. Andrew Pringle, Ten
mites of this Highway :tt as construct-
ed by Thomas J. MeLean and his sort,
Veil, in the year 1.91. This is otto
or the best graded roads in the Prov-
ince.
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