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Memories of... Kingsville, Leamington Memories of... and Wheatley Photos Kingsville, from Kingsville-GosfieldLeamington Heritage Society 1790-2000 A Stroll Through Time and Wheatley
Cedar Beach Drug Store, Wednesday, September 16, 2020owned by Photo courtesy of the Kingsville Archives Red Morris, offered drugs, toiletries, china and souvenirs for sale as well as providing a luncheon the arena open for the season. menu. Speed rides After all, he headed up theboat were available committee to have it built backfrom the Cedar in 1974. Always humble, LarryBeach Drug once said, “I’m not so sure I haveStore for 50 ever been thatcents a ride summer great a leader,for visitors renting but I alwaysa cabin or for had a heck ofcottagers not a lot of back-owning a boat. ing and friendsThe boats could be taken through the placid canal or out into the rougher waters of Lake Erie. This who helpedphotograph of an unidentified family, standing outside the Cedar Beach Drug Store, was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Ode to a life well lived
The town of Wheatley lost one of their biggest supporters a couple of weeks ago with the passing of Larry McDonald. Larry’s involvement in local sports, service clubs and activities was really second-to-none over the years. He was also instrumental in many initiatives Mark Ribble in Leamington. Here at the Southpoint Sun, we came to know Larry through his involvement with almost every club that looked for our help with publicizing their events or their printing needs. He was a regular visitor to our office and would often sit down and chat about all of the things going on in the community. Not once did he complain about being ill, although we knew for the past several months, that he wasn’t doing all that well. His love of his community shone through in everything he did and I have to wonder if the recent situation involving the Wheatley Arena not being opened would have had his dander up. He was a fierce proponent of figure skating and minor hockey in the area and I think he would have been at the forefront of the push to get
RIB’S RAMBLINGS
me accomplish whatever I set out to do.” He said that after becoming the Reeve of Wheatley in 1980. It’s the community service aspect of Larry’s life that will be most remembered. He was the charter president of the Wheatley Jaycees in 1960 and also headed up the resurrection of the Old Boys’ Reunion, which flourished for several years in the community. More recently, he represented the Wheatley Optimist Club and helped organize the annual fishing derby. I’ve only skimmed the surface and I’m sure I’ve missed so many other things, but the fact is that Wheatley won’t be the same without Larry McDonald around. Let’s hope someone else picks up the reigns and carries on with his legacy.
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In the fall of 1889, E. B. Stewart and Thorey E. Wigle erected two two-storey red brick buildings side by side, on the west side of the Union Road, just north of the main A Look inatRuthven. Leamington’ s Past courtesy oftook C. Scott intersection After a fire in 1999, demolition place in Holland 2000 because of unsafe conditions.
A Look at Leamington’s Past courtesy of C. Scott Holland April 1973: Buckingham Real Estate edged Gulliver Insurance 2-1 to win the Midget hockey trophy. At left is captain Ken Dick who scored both goals with coach Randy Critchlow.
Sept. 18, 1990 - Junior kindergarten students at Margaret D. Bennie got their morning started by searching for the owners of two snacks left on the coat room floor as teacher Kathy Gibb holds the items in question for her students to see.
Clippings from the Wheatley Journal, May 1989 Clippings from Wheatley Journal, September 2000
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Taylor Hyatt, left, and brother James, discovered a true giant in their backyard growing in Submarine cycling - Ditches rose foot after foot following the Thursday evening rainfall a grove of trees near the creek. The giant size “puff ball” tipped the scales at 13 pounds and these young wasted no time a they new found game,a “submarine cycling”. and measuredlads 48 inches around. Theinventing boys noted bigger one last year butIf nothing else, it’s a quick way to wash a ten-speed bicycle! it was mouldy and was tossed away.
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