Browns WI Tweedsmuir Community History, 1973, p. 2

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Fire broke out in the kitchen of the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Graber last Saturday morâ€" ning due to overâ€"heated stove pipes. Neighbours assisting in ripping off ceiling tile, and exâ€" tinguishing most of the flames before help arrived. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McMurray are spending a few days this week in St. Marys with Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkesworth. Everyone is reminded of the annual Luncheon and Church Meeting this Sunday following Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Harry McHurâ€" ray attended the Ontario Quarâ€" ter Horse Association‘s Annual Banquet and Awards Night at the Holiday Inn in Toronto. Harâ€" ry received the trophy for the "High Point Gelding" for Ont ario which was won by "Flipper Hank." Congratulations are in order. The 4â€"H leaders for the next unit are attending "Leadership School" in Woodstock this week. Brown‘s Corners Mr. and Mrs. Harry McMurray and their Siamese cat "George" left last Sunday for a month‘s holiday in Texas: and. Arizona. They plan to attend the "Fort Worth Stock Show" and also visit relatives of their sonâ€"inâ€"law Mr. Jim Williams in Texas. The St. Pierre Co., London, began <tearing down the J.D. Moore Co. Cold Storage last week. The old building was for many years a bustling place, served by two railway sidings and Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkesâ€" worth recently received a letter from China, from Isabel Brown Crook, eldest daughter of the late Rev. & Mrs. Homer Brown. It had been over seven years since any correspondence had been received. j paameat i?uxmmmmmxmmmmmxmmmnmmmmmmmnmmfli ©oLy sTOoR. | mEJ. 3B M0OORE C« Familiar Landmark Soon to Disappear VELL employing twenty or more local peo_ple‘ The grOI;eI‘blZc;‘;se 3 the town: last September and is being torn aOW A oPacpas unsafe condition. Aâ€"completion. date of May 31st, set for the removal. #au. 3 14 73 There was history to look back to when it was learned that "Will" Andrews had passed away on December 22, 1972 in Avoncrest Hospital, Stratford. The late William E. Andrews . at his death was in his 92nd year. He was born in St. Marys and except for occasional travel, lived all of his life in the Stone Town in which he always took great pride. For over sixty years of his life he was associated. with the wellâ€"known Andrews Jewellry on Queen St. with its famous clock tower. The store was extablished in â€" St. Marys first in 1868 by W.E. Andrew‘s pioneer merchant father, William â€"Andrews, who died in 1927. The son of the family, who had been educated at St. Marys Collegiate in the renowned S.K. Martin‘s regime, started in his father‘s store at the age of seventeen years and carried on the fine traditions of that business until his retireâ€" ment. W. E. Andrews Was One Of First Motorists in St._Ma_‘rxst In 1912 he was united in marriage to Eleanor Ross Whitâ€" en, of Vernon, British Columbia, who survives him and they have two sons, both of .whom are Doctors of Optometry, Ross in St. Marys, and Alan in Galt. There are five grandchildren. W.E. Andrews is remembered by many older citizens for the interest in sports he took along with his father. The name Andrews was synonimous® with skill and clean sport â€" and in curling it was perhaps most noted. At the age of thirteen JANâ€" 3 4 7 3 years Will played with his father on a St. Marys team which was runnerâ€"up in the Ontario Tankâ€" ard Championship finals; he also played "third" for his dad in other Ontario finals. As well as this he had a great interest in lawn bowling and in the lacrosse days played on the junior team. The late Will Andrews will also be remembered for. his interest in early motoring in this community. Early in this cenâ€" tury he was the owner of a one cylinder Oldsmobile, while he took delivery of in Hamilton â€" drove to Paris, Ont. â€" and then had it shipped by flat car the rest of the way to St. Marys. It was said to be a fast machine for those days, and cruising at twenty miles an hour was easy for this early Olds. The late Will Andrews took part in numerous community activities. A member of First Presbyterian Church for many years, and later St. Marys United Church, he was also an active Rotarian in the early years of the club here in . St. Marys, and was a life member of _St.. James Lodge and St. James Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. The funeral service was on Tuesday Dec. 26, fron Lindsay Funeral Home Marys, with Rev. Dr. Howick officiating. Pallbe included Tom McIntyre, Richardson‘ Hush â€" m. 12 ~ ~S~. Oficlating. Pallbearers included Tom MciIntyre, Jack Richardson, Hugh Taylor, Charles Courtnage, Reg'Kirkby and Bruce Andrews, Interment was in the family plot in St. Marys Cemetery. > The property reverted to ai service was held Dec. 26, from the uneral Home, St. th Rev. Dr. AFP. of its been

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