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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-04-14, Page 15• k • r,. r • • The Ston (Continued from last week) In 1925, lots farther west ` were bought by the Supertest Oil Co. The old buildings were torn down and it was here the' company. erected their gasoline tanks. In 1947 the Board decided to go into the produce business. 1 Soon an egg grading station and poultry buying store was established on the east side of Main Street, now occupied by Gingerich Electric, with Clare Reith as manager. Because of increased business, more accommodation was necessary by 1958. At this time they bought the W. Arthur Wright grocery block and moved to this location across the, street. This produce business in March, 1960, was merged with the United Dairy & Poultry Co-operative Ltd. Again in 1964, to cope with increased volume in business,, it became nec- essary to build and equip a new grading station. This cement and brick structure was built on South Main Street. UDPC features Gay Lea dairy products. " The first week the produce division was in opera- tion in July, 1947, only 46 cases of eggs were handled. By the end of 1964 the volume had grown to more, than 2,000 cases weekly. As high as $25,000 a week is paid to area egg producers, and the 14 staff em- ployees receive an annual payment, for wages of over $40;000. Storehouses west of the Co-op were used by grain buyers and large-scale merchants who had produce go- ing out and much merchandise arriving daily by rail. Some of these through the years were John Logan, Alex Slemmon, John and James Beattie, James Thomas and John Stewart -all grain buyers. Others were William Robertson, Thomas Govenlock, James Ross, Reid & Wilson, Robert Scott, Jonathan Carter, Alex Armitage, Gray, Young & Sparling, William Hickson, Edward Hickson and Frank Gutteridge. Gutteridge on his plot made cement• blocks and also cement tile, ranging in size from 6!' to 30". When coal took the place of wood for heating, some of these buildings were used as coal -sheds by Henry Edge, Ernest L. Box, William L. Keyes, William Ament, James Hughes, Noble Cluff & Sons, John" J. Shine, Andrew Archibald and Willis Dundas. Others in the 1920's were used by flax .doinpanies for storage. These were The Huron Flax Co. (Lewis Lukes, manager), and The Sovereign Production.Corporation, with A. A. McQueen, St. Marys, Ont., icharge. It was on one of these lots Seaforth Lumber Ltd.,. in 1956, built a modern fireproof building for an office and to house their building supplies. On October 24, 1964, this building and entire stock was offered for sale. No business has been carried on here since that time. Red Mill The Seaforth Roller. Mill, better known'as the "Red Mill," was owneI, and run by William and John. Scobie from 1866.' It was situated north of 'the railway track • •on the southeastcorner. of Huron- and Jarvis Streets. This mill was three storeys high, °27' x 50', with four runs of stone. Steam power, was used and its capacity was sixty barrels of flour daily. Custom grinding also was done here. From 1872 till 1879, Walter Marshall was the proprietor. Following Marshall, several were in charge for a few' Years each, till it was burned in ,, • -: the late 1890's. William Sclater; whose 'eoa1 and wood sheds from the 1880's adjoined the mill to the east, owned the land after the fire. The Sclater family car- ried, on their coal business at this location till the fall of 1942, when Mrs. John J. Sclater sold to John H. Scott. In 1948 William M. Hart took over and now, in addi- tion to coal, he also mita fuel oil. • - It was to' the south of these lots • the McCall- Frontenac warehouse and storage gasoline tanks were erected. Texaco Canada Ltd. is now the owner, with Broadfoot & Walden in charge. The Texaco warehouse fire on February •-15, 1965, caused great anxiety, lest the adjacent ..gasoline tanks would. explode. The new metal -clad building. • was opened again for business in December, .1965. Also quite near here for a time were the Reliance. tanks and warehouse, but since the fall of 1961. the metal -covered Reliance . warehouse • has been used as an empty beer bottle depot, with Bill Hart in charge. Since Bill, in 1964, took 'on -as a hobby "bottle collecting and digging", his bottles are scrubbed and his collection is • displayed in part of this building. Patrick. Spain, a Seaforth resident before the rail- road was completed,. owned from 1867 the next block of land west. This land was between the "Iced Mill" and the Merchant Salt Works. In the early 1850's Patrick Spain and his wife came to Canada from Boriskane, Tipperary, Ireland, and first settled at Era - masa, Ont., near Guelph, where Peter, the youngest of their six children, was born. For a time a little later in the 50's, when the railroad was being built from Guelph through to Goderich, the Spains lived in the Boarding House, situated ..at different locations along the way and boarded the railroad workers till they arrived at Seaforth. Here they decided to settle perm- anently and procured a home south of the tracks, where they lived till both died -Patrick in 1894, andhis wife, Lavina, in 1895. In the spring of 1874, Mabee & McDonald moved their planing mill from Crombie St., near the "Big" Mill, to the east corner of the land owned by Patrick Spain. In later years this was Broadfoot & Box G,T.R. • storehouse and lumber storage lot. These lots , are now vacant and owned by R. S. Box. Thomas Lee, in the 1860's, had a lumber , yard on Crombie St, just north of the railroad track. Here he sold lumber, lath, cedar posts and shingles, till it was taken over in 1872 by Mabee & McDonald. From here this company, in 1874, moved to the Spain property on the southwest corner of Jarvis and Huron Streets. "Big" Flour Mill Just east of Lee's lumber yard a large flour mill was erected on Crombie's mill property in 1868 by William A. Shearson & Co. This building was brick • and frame 86' x 40'. It was four storeys high, con- tained five runs of stone, and had a capacity of produc- ing 150 barrels of flour daily. A 60 -horsepower engine was used and 10 hands were employe. The owners from 1872 -James P. Kendall and Martin.Charlesworth -dissolved partnership in June, 1874. Later that year A. W, Ogilvie & Co., of Montreal, "took over. In 1876 they were burning wood and also selling it to custom- ers, but by 1883 T. 0. Kemp, the- manager, procured a consignment of coal, and the burning of Wood at the mill was discontinued. Several" changes were made through the y ars • which increased storage space, till in 1909 they had a storage capacity for 1800 barrels of flour. Several times the ownership changed before the building was sold to Topnotch Feeds Ltd. in 1953. At once this company built a new feed manufacturing plant. After 'a dieas- trous fire in the warehouse on May 19, 1954, it was Orth ■ a History by Isabelle abelle Campbell. rebuilt and enlarged. .Since then all stock and poultry feeds sold have been .mixed under the direction of a veterinary, From the middle 1950's no flour has been milled. In December, 1963, the 85 -year-old chimney was demolished to make room for the new bulk fertilizer building built in 1964. In 1965 the ceompany added a research building. It was erected by John Lansink & Sons at the east end of the` property,,. where the "Mill" house was situated in earlier years. Foundries Foundries also played a very important part in the early days. As early as 1863, Robert Watn and Peter Brohakawan opened one on Main St. Zapfe & McCallum, by 1866, were making agricultural ii\iple- ments here in 'addition to the ordinary foundry work,. The largetwo-storey brick building was 140x30 feet. A 15 -horsepower engine was used to propel the machin- ery. Ten men .were employed. From. 1874 till the early 1900's, John Nopper, Thomas Foster & Son, and the' Coleman's did business in the foundry, but from the 1880's the front part was used as a creamery by John Hannah. Colemans sold all, the property in 1902 to Thomas D. Levy. He and . several others used it as a livery stable till George Turnbull and Robert McIntosh, knowing that motor cars were the upcoming mode of transportation, gave up this outgoing business in 1918. From then the building was used by Fred and Earl Mitchell, James Broughton & Sons, and John' Regier, as a garage, till Regier wentinto the transport business in 1934-a business which he and his sons are still carrying on. The old foundry building at the back is now a heap of ruins. . R. Bell Engine & Thresher Co`. Coleman's Foundry and Machine Shop, built in the early 1870's, a short distance. east of the Coleman & Gouinlock salt block, is still standing, but no use is being made -of it. Robert Bell and John Finlayson, of Hensall, took itover in 1899 and ran it till a joint stock company wag formed in 1903, under the name of Robert Bell Engine & Thresher Co. Additions were made, and in September, 1905, tiler first threshing separator was turned out of the .shop. In 1907 a woodworking shop was added, 'and from. then threshing machines -both portable and . traction -were made in large numbers till combines became the popular threshing outfit. High_ and low pressure' boilers' were made here also, • In . 1915 this company Secured a contract to aid shells munition production in World War I. The` first carload -Was'ship- ped late in September. From then they continued mak- ing shells till the end, of the war in 1918. After. the death of Robert Bell and his 'son, Earl, the company was reorganized in January, 1949, under the name, Robert Bell Industries Ltd. In February, 1950, .the equipment of Seaforth Welding and Machine Shop, formerly operated on Main Street by Kenneth CaMpbell, was purchased. Large heating plan boilers are made here no'w. . In December, 1961, the Fry Metal Industries Ltd. opened. for business in a portion of the plant, but the business did not prove to be a success and in only a few months ceased to function. Huron Foundry A short time after Dr. T. T. Coleman .gave up- his Driving Park on his farm, be had the land surveyed into lots and offered them for sale in June, 1876. An- drew Whitelaw purchased six of these lots, and a con- tract was awarded by him to Mabee . & McDonald to build a foundry on the corner of East William and Franklin Streets. In November, 1876, this Huron Foundry • opened for business. By November, 1878, James S. Runciman, of Goderich, was manufacturing plows, reapers and mowers, as well as doing all kinds of repair work here: Thomas Hendry bought in October, 1881, from Runciman, but- a fire on August 30, 1888, dealt his• business a severe blow. His loss was estimated at $7,000, but the greatest loss wa's the destruction pf his patterns.. Early. in 1889 a by-law to assist Hendry rebuild was defeated. Even then he did -not give up hope, but by October, with no prospect of any aid being given him to rebuild, and with his 'large white brick home east of the foundry still unfinished, he became discouraged and left ' the town. Alexander Davidson bought- and completed the Hendry residence, now the home of Al Hildebrand. The foundry plot was vacant till Dr. E. A. McMaster had three homes on this corner ready for octupancy by the middle 1940's. (To be continued) Read the Advertisements - It's a Profitable Pastime! HULLETT TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL AREA Requires TEACHERS Applications will be received for quali- fied Public School Teachers to begin school term in September, .1966, in a new eleven - room school in Londesboro, Ontario. One Teacher 'is also required who is qualified to teach Music on a part-time basis, and who will be able to teach other Academic Subjects the balance of the time. Apply stating your age, quaIifications, experience, and the name and address of your present Inspector. HARRY F. TEBBUTT Secretary -Treasurer R.R. No. 1, Londesboro, Ontario Juice A Goad buy 'When buying fruit juice check the label to be. sure that yoit are buying a pure juice, Vitaminized apple juice is .a good buy these days. It is made entirely from fresh ma- ture apples, is not diluted aacl. has no ' sugar added. Govern= went standards specify 'that the vitanfinized juice should have a minimum of 35 mgms. of ascor- bic acid (vitamin C) for 100 c.c. of apple juice. A 3 -ounce glass of vitaminized apple juice thus provides all the vitamin C you need for the day and can be used for breakfast in place of citrus juice. Vitaminized apple juice may be either clear and amber color- ed or opalescent and white de- pending on the process used. The only difference is that the opalescent juice is not clarified or filtered., Apple juice is graded Canada Fancy and Canada Choice. This mild flavored, refreshing juice can be served in many ways be- sides for breakfast. Here are some suggestions from the Consumer Section, SEVENTEEN TUCKERS Seventeen Tuckers met at the Legion Hall, Hensall, when the roll call, "My Tie Dyed Scarf," was answered by 12 girls. Pain Patrick read the minutes, and Donna Stoll was nominated as secretary. The girls took notes on "The Care, and Selection of Hats", and "Care of.Shoes." TOPSY TURVEYS McKillop Tops Turveys met at the home of Mrs. William Little. Evelyn Storey read min- utes and the roll call was an- swered by 15 members. Mrs. Storey showed how to join two bias strips, while Mrs. Little showed the new members how to cut out patterns and lay them on the material properly. SEAFORTH MODS MEET Seaforth Mods met at the home of Maria, Gerda and Rickie Willems. Angela Dev- ereaux opened the meeting with the 4-H Pledge. The roll call, "The accessories I have chosen ,to make," was answered by 14 girls. Nellie Surnkels . read the 'minutes. • Mrs. MacKenzie , discussed scarves and tie dyeing, and Mrs. Sills demonstrated the hand - rolled hem. Canada Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa: For the Children -Serve glasses of chilled ap- ple juice topped with a slice of apple or a cherry in the bot- tom of the gloss. -Make an "Apple Foe' , with a scoop of ice cream or serbet in a glass of apple juice. -Make "Apple Juice Punch" Combine 14 cup apple juice with 14 cup milk. This is a nov- el combination combining as it; does the tangy flavor of apple juice and' the satisfying good- ness of fresh chilled milk. For the Adults Hot Spiced Apple Juice is de- lightfully refreshing -Combine in a saucepan 10 cups of apple juice, 15 whole cloves, 4 sticks cinnamon, 1% teaspoon nutmeg and 2 or 3 tablespoons sugar. Peel 2, lemons thinly, then cut into thin slices. Add peel and slices 'and bring to a boil.' Re- duce heat, cover . and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain through cheesecloth. Serve hot. Serves 16 to 18. Decorate with apple slices stuffed with cloves. WEDQIUGI a ASK FOR efelieitf�•Otlli INVITATIONS © ANNOUNCEMENTS 4? ACCESSORIES COME IN. 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