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The Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13, Number 1, May 2008 Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13 * number 1 * May 2008 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN 1206-4394 The Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13, number 1, May 2008 Trent Valley Archives ………………………………………....…………….……………………… 2 Memories of Morrow Manor – 484 Weller Street ………………………..….…… Diane Robnik 3 Alexander Joseph Grant Diaries – 1907 …………………………….... Dennis Carter-Edwards 14 Couch Family Are Pioneers of Loon Lake …………..………… Peterborough Examiner, 1928 20 Samuel Lowery’s Photograph ………………………..……………….…………….. Lois Watson 21 Fire Claims Life of Hazelbrae Secretary …………….…………..……………………. Ivy Sucee 22 Queries ………………………………………………………………..…………….. Diane Robnik 23 Late William Hamilton, Examiner, 1902, 23; Hamm/ Sitzer Palatines Research 23; Suspicious Deaths 23; Letter to Editor Lakefield and Temperance 24; Letter to Editor, South of Langton Street 24; Tony Basciano 25; David Kemlo 25; PHS BMO History Awards 25 Heritage of Peterborough’s Hospitals. …………………………..………….. Catherine Dibben 26 Remembering Old Hospitals ……………………………………..…………… Dr John Martyn 26 Firewatcher Away, Chief Claims: Civic Hospital Fire 1960 …………..……….. Dave Pulver 29 Visitors Hinder Rescue Operation in Hospital Fire ………….. Peterborough Examiner, 1960 31 Edmund Wragge: Peterborough’s Unknown Engineer …………………………. Gord Young 32 President’s Report ………………………………………………………….……… Wally Macht 36 A Week in the Life of Willie Boyd ……………………………………..……...….. Grace Barker 37 John Gilmour ………………………………………………..…………………….. Robert Neild 39 High Speed Rail Coming to Peterborough ……………………………………….. Larry Lamb 42 Recent Books of Local Interest ………………………………………………………………….. 43 Elwood Jones, Fighting Fires in Peterborough 43; Elwood Jones, Strike Up the Band! 43; William Northcott and William Smith, Midland on Georgian Bay 43; Marjorie Shephard, My Quaker Years 44; James Ashby and Susan Algie, Peterborough Modern 44; Budge Wilson, Before Green Gables, 44; Don Barrie, Lacrosse the Peterborough Way 44; Mary and Doug Lavery, Up the Burleigh Road … and Beyond the Rocks 44 Cover Photo: An Evening with Peterborough’s Greatest, 3 May, featured left to right: Dennis Carter-Edwards (Dr Hutchison), Wally Macht, Diane Robnik, Bruce Fitzpatrick (George A. Cox), Sylvia Sutherland, Basia Baklinski (Mrs Zacheus Burnham), Graham Hart, Donna Clarke (Charlotte Nicholls). Photo by Clifford Skarstedt, used with permission of the Peterborough Examiner. Fairview Heritage Centre 567 Carnegie Avenue Peterborough Ontario Canada K9L 1N1 (705) 745-4404 [email protected] www.trentvalleyarchives.com Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13 * number 1 * May 2008 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trent Valley Archives At the end of the week we Trent Valley had a successful inaugural Archives We have had a very busy season Genealogy Fair. Toni Sinclair and Fairview Heritage Centre at the Trent Valley Archives. At our Karen Carter-Edwards handled the Peterborough Ontario K9L 1N1 AGM, we heard Elwood Jones speak details. The presentations were first (705) 745-4404 on the upcoming history of Fighting rate from start to finish. [email protected] Fires in Peterborough, and elected new Congratulations and thanks to www.trentvalleyarchives.com members to our board of directors. Stephen Guthrie, Dennis Carter- Congratulations to our new members. Edwards, Basia Baklinski, Rick Reading Room open We have had a very effective board Roberts of Global Genealogy, and Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm over the past year, and we are grateful bookdealers Mark Jokinen and to the support that has come in so many Doreen Carpenter, and Board of Directors ways. Wally Macht has agreed to stay representatives from local Basia Baklinsky on as president. There was a good historical and heritage societies. Karen Carter-Edwards turnout for the meeting, and lots of Special thanks to the PCMA, the Andre Dorfman pleasant discussion. PHS and the Greater Harvey Stephen Guthrie Archives Awareness Week Historical Society. As well, Sherry Elwood Jones went without a hitch, and people LeTooze had some new titles. She Doug Lavery enjoyed the opportunities to see has done extensive work that Wally Macht, President some of our recent acquisitions, interconnects her interests in John Marsh, Past-President notably the Bradburn family fonds, Durham County, Bible Christians Gina Martin, Secretary and to get an update on our major and emigration. Jeanne Pengelley project. Don Willcock and Alice ”An Evening with Susan Schappert, Vice-President MacKenzie were on hand to Peterborough's Greatest”, 3 May, Lisa Weagle discuss the project for indexing the featured interviewers Sylvia Peterborough County land Sutherland, Wally Macht and registers. Graham Hart, in conversation with Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley We were pleased to make a Charlotte Nicholls (portrayed by Elwood Jones, editor press announcement about the Marie O'Connor), Dr. John [email protected] recent arrival of more Anson Hutchison (portrayed by Dennis Gina Martin, assistant editor House papers. The Trent Valley Carter-Edwards) and George A. Keith Dinsdale, Martha Kidd, John Archives already had the major Cox (portrayed by Bruce Marsh, Diane Robnik, Don Willcock holdings of the former home for the Fitzpatrick) - back from the pages aged, as well as the papers gathered of history for one night only. Trent Valley Archives Trust Fund by the Trent University students Savour a mouth-watering three- Peter Lillico, Michael Bishop, who worked with Elwood Jones course dinner from the superb Tom Robinson and Brendan Edwards to produce chefs of the Burnham Mansion the 2001 book on Anson House. Restaurant. Relax and enjoy this Trent Valley Archives We have also received the papers evening to remember, a gala Diane Robnik, Associate Archivist wrapping up the Anson House benefit for Trent Valley Archives. [email protected] board. However, the Peterborough Tickets are available, in advance Housing Corporation phoned us only, by calling 745-4404. The information and opinions some months ago to report they had We were very pleased with found archival materials while the continuing support with the expressed are those of the contributors preparing to renovate the building local media. CHEX@530 did and not necessarily those of the Trent to low-price housing. These features on our pub crawls, the Valley Archives or its directors. Unless records turned out to be records open house, and the Peterborough’s otherwise noted, illustrations are from kept by the treasurer, and included greatest event. The Peterborough the collections of the Trent Valley materials from the 1870s to the Examiner ran impressive full-page Archives. 1990s. Highlights were the records profiles on the Trent Valley of household expenses, annual Archives, and on the upcoming reports to te provincial Evening with Peterborough’s ©2008 Trent Valley Archives government, and curiously a Greatest, and on our pub crawls. Any copying, downloading or Methodist reflection journal for a Thanks to Joelle Kovach and uploading without the explicit consent Henry Hill written in the 1870s. Werner Bergen for these fine of the editor is prohibited. Classroom Since the Open House we have articles. Thanks also to Kelly use is encouraged, but please inform received Barb Ketchabaw’s McGillis for her exceptionally fine the editor of such use. collection of photos related to weekly column on fundraising Anson House. An impressive events and to Ed Arnold whose collection is now more impressive. weekly column often touches on issues of interest to TVA. Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13 * number 1 * May 2008 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memories of Morrow Manor – 484 Weller Street Diane Robnik From 2002-2006 I had the opportunity to live in arguably one of Peterborough’s finest homes. Now known as the Morrow Estate, since it was officially designated as a “Category A” property (homes which hold provincial and or national significance) by the City of Peterborough in 2007, this beautiful house is one of the grandest in the area and was built for Peterborough industrialist William George Morrow (1869-1939). The land was originally owned by Daniel Hopkins in the 1850s and comprised two lots. In the 1890s Mr. Morrow had his estate built across them. William George, Isabella and Emma Jane Morrow (brother and sisters) moved into the estate in 1895, after the death of their mother, and it became their home for the next forty years until William’s death in 1939. His sister Emma Jane lived in the house until she died in 1942. It then stayed vacant until 1945 when the huge residence was broken up into six apartments never again to see the splendour of its former time. Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 13 * number 1 * May 2008 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I remember when I first laid my eyes on 484 Weller Street: it was autumn, and the street (located in Peterborough’s historic “Old West- End”) was a beautiful canopy of mature trees, and #484 was mansion-like on a road where all the houses were already impressive. But this house seemed special, and I had the sense that great things had occurred here. I lived in what was known affectionately as “The Cottage.” I’m not sure why it was called that when it so obviously looked
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