Village Squire, 1979-12, Page 311
Kincardine fire department officials
destroyed the 76 year old brick building on
Nov. 1. The fire occured nine years to the
day after the last passenger train made its
run to the station.
The building located right on the
lakefront at Kincardine was one of the most
substantial of the railway stations along the
old Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway
which was later taken over by the Grand
Trunk and still later by the C.N.R. in 1923.
It was the second station in Kincardine.
The first was a frame structure built in
1874 when the line opened. The brick
structure replaced it and made use of a
special type of brick to withstand the abuse
of the elements because the station was
built so close to the water and sand of the
Iakcshore.
The Kincardine Rotary Club has been
given permission to use the old brick from
the building to build a railway memorial in
the town's Rotary Park. The rest of the
building will be demolished.
THEATRE ADDITION GOES AHEAD
Construction has started on an addition
to Blyth's Memorial Hall to allow more
efficient operation of the theatre in the
building.
The contract for more than $200,000 has
been awarded to Wayne Stahle construct-
ion of Kitchener with completion to be in
time for next year's Blyth Summer
Festival.
The addition to the nearly 60 year old
building is part of an ongoing program of
updating the facility by the Blyth Centre
for the Arts. the non-profit corporation
which runs the Summer Festival. Including
the installation of air conditioning in 1978
and other improvements the program will
have seen more than $300.000 spent in the
building. The large addition to the
northwest side of the building will make up
for many of the deficiencies in the building.
For the audience it will include access for
handicapped through a new ramp for wheel
chairs, installation of a washroom for the
handicapped and a new box office. By
providing fire excess from the balcony the
construction will also allow the addition of
approximately 80 more seats in the balcony
of the theatre which has been unusable due
to fire regulations.
The improvements for the staff of the
theatre will be even greater. Proper
dressing room facilities will be provided
and there will be a space nearly as big as
the present stage for the storage of sets
and props from the productions. Because
the theatre may have as many as four plays
alternating on the stage from night to
night, storage of props has always been a
problem for the stage crews.
Substantial grants have been obtained
from the federal and provincial levels of
government and from charitable founda-
tions but more than $40,000 must still be
raised from the general public in order to
pay off the debt. Donations can be sent to
the Blyth Centre for the Arts, Building
Fund, Box 291, Blyth, Ont.
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