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f 14 â€"THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, February 19, 2004 y + f LocaL NEws , & | a o e s OIDorne I1andmark 18 coming down | h3 ® (2 uis im isnn continued from page 1 i. ""-â€""-:M tss Jt mat e d h W o l oeh k : mm â€" oi (% : , on ty 40 w Tt ‘}‘-, The basement was falling to |_ j f " tss ( ~> MV ts . | i sc ar O Mn i ‘t_."-"v’,';({'f’\;‘« *“%‘ww pieces and you couldn‘t move in _| ~I in r [ . \é en d ( i [ C Q the upstairs room for the junk. | V 1 i * Wl n 0 U . 4:z TS [ | * m \W | She claims her son may want to | > | MR _ ke e ) ie naeasemeeecedeeeid neenlall ;‘j \z% "AW| build a house on the prope&'ty uc id t j ;?‘1 Eo 1B s8 o 00 ~ k | | w eommntonst 20 _z 2QN] eventually. That was confirmed in . e m p oo > h J0 1 ie TB n« S 3 ( i i rrppprmnmnntrtonmmee| _ _ _ | the building demolition permit _| 4 uf‘% i h 1( “fi JA 97 T ) C which Mr. Bilcox purchased late m || (moasy) im P a U WE | W I A \_| last week. â€" t ‘ i. #="~g | ut Pss 1 W 9e I ow ; l A ‘ \ ‘i l } The permit states demolitign .t gaoee t o o ;{=.‘ ttâ€"aolca i.2 y un jMh NC M lt [ | | | /M4 Â¥] will begin on March 1 by ME CSA in â€" .% oc w 4 t3 '!. M hauk EB ‘ \ i i if | Dekeyser â€" Excavating. â€" All |O®® g â€"J’*'?f~ 4% ;&«fi;;j o l p 34 cS 16. ‘\ To UV ) wlkn T wl sad j t 4 MAl )\ materials suitable for salvage will .. @@ z: §% .. "% %f‘ d h\ j ds Hg t i y« freq emmag wlllh) wes oi : l be recovered. i m C ih‘ io o sn ce / 6e ns f g; *&. l ind / s * Omenilwvedd ols meuld poo c 90â€" | Heritage Cramahe member J YWs 5 | 9@# y /.. > e 3 fe:>:> ‘ ces Roseanne Quinn is disappointed . DAAA diage â€" . Aeraalec‘,. _ fi Ce io‘ CV fi’_ " 2 l : ; uce " Ybils; 1 « "to see the historic building . RERR® it wAee ’ p. "gieitls.. ~ 100. CC. .. C | ; es â€" l s l M coming down. Colborne LACAC, | m Ti on dami ontmmmmniettrempmmmmmanis. zn 2i & > M Lr' t t the precursor of Heritage lt s t 6 w Ksn nc > J‘M & . i 4 â€" [ i .. eaviens 3 Cramahe, had approached seven n _ _ raiv ons o ce C soeys [ s _ s ol 3 ce \ local churches in 1997 to seek POXet Sm ..__. *k yy . Pm > | .}-M t > oWh 4 "% on W Afiekees es _) designation as historic sites. The . [@ z;‘g_;:,--f-'»:f""" W e mclteeâ€"_ â€" < ‘The former Catholic church looking e ... Once the beautiful sanctuary of the church the interior is now a pile of _ ‘east from Elgin Street North. Nok h. *z rubble. Protos ay Bos Owen o ocR e : _) _ group had no response. far back as the 1850s. witlels Sss Cz If the Catholic Church had been In 1942, a search was begun for f oo al e aBT n?‘ i designated, the demolition could a site for a Roman Catholic Pro‘ec 3 | i . g f‘:’-*‘ 0 C possibly have been halted. church in Colborne. The St. ’ i a t };\)\ "\ ol Alterations to designated Francis de Sales Church was 4 'ourse f MA P : V __| buildings are restricted and founded when the building and lot 24 T H ( : h I | [d | _ Cramahe Township council could _ were purchased from the estate of ... and .Your I.ov.ed J [ & °NT 8 l 1 t have required that Mr. Bilcox G. E. R. Wilson, a local insurance Ones With the Right | $ l & e Cl '*W 8 restore the building if it had been _ broker, for $2,000. * Insurance Plan. Fo . fl ! ; “fi‘i us i designated. The first mass was celebrated i §:*° * { 1k YJt By the time the demolition was on Tuesday, December 8, 1942. For Your €ar ff’ } | UE PR noted last week, and the township _ Through extensive fundraising by Great rates for oll types of outos. | 1 f I , 1nf011;med, the Catholic Church | the parishioners the building was e > 3 was beyond reconstruction. improved. ,f,,?; in;(fi:::enfi:: nse | f : 5 j fiek .:; d Catholic masses were But the Catholic population did $ e “ ie P . 14 l j mt celebrated in Colborne homes as not increase after World War II @ i?v‘:fl:{?‘" B_f’smess UV M 9 | _ j L Ap.: > Met ____|_ There is not much left of the back _ 4N _ â€"50_ years later, its y of commertiol operalions. f : congregation was no bigger than i of the former St. Francis de Sales ith k CSme Newman, Oliver & McCarten | |â€" Catholic Church, at the northeast â€"_ /t DAd4 been in its first few years. â€" INsUrANCE arokers LTD. comner of Elgin Street North and _ TW &t 168 to its closing and sale in 19 King St. E., Colborne (905]) 355â€"2211 j King Street East in Colborne. >