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The jewellery business was carried on by Andrews’ son (also named William) until 1963 when Gordon and Georgina Smith bought over the Over a hundred years ago, in 1869, William Andrews Sr. bought over the wiitrrh-rpaking and jewellery business of Swiss watchmaker Charles, VanGuntin, the man with whom he has been apprenticed. Fifteen years later Andrews opened the doors of his brand new store near the corner of Queen and Wellington Streets. The building still bears the name across the upper facade - Andrews Jeweller. Oldest Business The building, which was completed under architect W. Williams in 1884, is one of the most outstandin in St. Marys. With its dominant cloci tower - an addition of the 1890's - the store is a focal point in the-heart of the town's shopping district. Not only is the ex- terior basically the same as it'was before the turn of the century, but the interior has also been maintained in its 19th century style. The roof with its hexagonal tiles and cresting, and the tasteful carpentry bf the building's two cornices, attest to the workmanship of the craftsmen of the day. The mosaic floor of the in.. terior made of Italian marble sets off and complements the hand carved display counters, many of which are original. Little yonder that the Smith Jewellers budding was one of those selected for the' composite poster marking the Peterborough com. ference on architectural conservation in' 1978. . Due to the splendid I and the presence of flowing streams, the co ed to e challenging e perienced players. Since 1928, the St. Ma has been the site of r joyable game for local The nine hole 3,100 y; situated in a beautiful n located on the eastern town. operation. Renaming the store Smith Jewellers - the name which it still carries - the Smiths continued selling jewellery, and other precious or- naments there. In 1977 the present proErietor of the store, Mike Griffin too over from the Smiths but retain: ed the name Smith Jewellers. inciden- tally, Gordon and Georgina Smith still work in the store. Golf Course - .. “an"; oft. ' fe_Staurant and tavern 17 WATER smear, St. MARYS 284-3424 Page " , the St. Marys Golf Club e site of many an en- F. for local gol fanatics. rle 3,100 yard layout is beaugful natural settin he eastern outskirts' ' splendid rolling fairways sence of several clear dis, the course has Prov.. Ilenging' even to the ex- Ivers. _ - '9' VI I'Lc The formefr tt Office, now converted into Sir Joe tee.e.ro,.y,.,', Tayern IS t: y Icensed under the LL30 The dining room, 1P 'll unique Itll',?: boosts Of its P'BOSOM q}mos here buffet, ans menu ans'5 P?. of Canadian and Italian', foes chairwc'i Steaks, It,fyt s and light snacks. Both the m , di '.' om and "E ayioining Amber Room' are 0 en L".."')" Imng ro dings, banquets, Drixmt- D Eni9y .iii'ri"i"i"i"'"i"i' at the Old p, H _-- I_%f.r.9-e' _ its I I .v nu: L.L.B.O. The dinin room, P d siiti'l', unfos’rs of .its pleasant iitn'iii'ip'l1rll,n,? buffet, Ss", ndnlg' oh Canadian and Italian', food, charcoal 518°th '1ht 'gefi. Both the main dining room and ed- "luets Pom are.open for special occasions (W ' pnvufe parties, meetings etc.) Jli'i' J-, -f rtifllfif,. ("iils,,tg,,y , V in- d to r Science Hill has eXPagg/(ieduals his clude campsites for ”if Coursethis groups. A Miniature Go Later will also been constructed;j a pool summer tennis courts an . . be finished f cilities a . . However, for the presegsté,‘ dina'gg include' a lovely clubho thalls, leY room, lounge, two baanEOn Stan a pro-sho operated by . ' 5 and his wigs Eileen. kdaysl 2y Green fees are $4 on i7ifi'iis,'j't'/r on Weekends, and mem :18” $7 I be purchased at $115 for out! the ladies. . ' Hill laYt at To get to the Sclenceen Stree the just turn north off Qu.e d alongspot Adrian’s Esso station, WW” Soon“. scenic Thames and you yourle A Science Hill GolfCIUb on andVexcil enthusiasts r.-. .wuune U mm” ...,,-_ thAccording 't'/) pigzi'ggnt 'tht') /,?,i,i,o/g a £216,100 yard layout is fully Wate n rea_dY for a.ction this summer. d de, first nine is two years old, 32W i7ned'e'vve,s.i,ttr.rie offers another noIf i'n'#,,,5.5/.1ting challenge to g The Science Hill Golf 'court (teat/it north of St. flv13rys on the west 'vae.,r..3/..e.t is tequally,c.hioyyil1%er, Rd by)fVOffice It was 1920 when Prime Minister Robert Borden decided that it was time he retire from office. Borden had been relying increasingly on a young junior cabinet minister, Arthur Meighen, to guide important legisla- tion through Parliament. Though barely in, his forties, Meighen was often at the centre of_bitter con- troversy in the House, because it fell to him to draft many of the more significant bills which went through between 1911 and 1920. In 1919, he was involved in settling the Winnipeg strike and then helped, rewrite the Criminal Code under which the strike leaders were tried. By 1920 he had become so essential to the Conservative cabinet of the period that it was only logical that he receive the appointment to become Prime Minister of, Canada - the nation’s youngest at age 46 J . _ . He was responsible for closure resolutions, bills for nationaliiing the Grand. Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific, and'great Northern Railways. Perhaps the 'most notable piece, of legislation which the young\Meighen drafted and subsequently fought for was the 1917 conscription bill. _ . _ _ Not far from St. Marys is a stone house located on a farm, set back almost a mile from the road in an idyllic rove'of trees. The farmhouse is the (ir/r'tlepfl'cl of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen. _ ‘ .. _ Take d look ' between our covers Twenty" yeirs orior" to his birth, . CANADIAN AUTHORS . BOOKS ON CANADIANA . A FINE COLLECTION OF CH1DREN'S BOOKS . CURRENT PAPERBACKS (Behind/he Royal Bank) 13 WELLINGTON ST. N. 284-3 171 BOOK SHOP THE Soon after he received his patent (or the tract of land, Gordon Meighen married Isabella Irwin, a young woman newly arrived from Ulster herself. Three or four years later, the elder Meighen a plied to the Canada Com- pany for a homestead. The site was to become Arthur's birthplace. It was a 100 acre farm on the Blanshard Township line, just seven or eight miles from Si._Marys. . _ p Gordon Meighen resigned from his teaching post in 1846 and he and his new family (the first of two children Joseph was born that year) moved out to their farm. Arthur's randfather, Gordon, a schoolteacher who had Arrived in Canada from Ulster, pushed his Cana- dian odyssey further west. In 1844 he came upon the small village of St. Marys and promptly became the schoolmaster. Not a year later, Meighen was building a new schoolhouse, a mile south of his homestead, in the hamlet which is still known as Anderson. He became its schoolmaster until his premature death in 1859 which left his wife and two children. Eliza Jane was born in 1848. . Joseph Meigheh, father of Arthur, eldest child, was forced to leave school early because of his father's untimely death. In 1871 he married Mary Jane Bell, a local girl and.they moved into the family stone house Arthur was born on June 16th, 1874, the second of six children. Twelve years later, the family moved to the western edge of St. Marys into a new dairy farm. A major reason for the move' was so that the children could be yvithjn,walkipg distance of thironiy high schobl in the vicinity, which was St. Marys Collegiate. Arthur Meighen ... Prime Minister Page 1 1 From the'Collegiate, Arthur went on to Toronto where he studied business at University College. Later, he enrolled in a teaching course and in the late 1890's went to Winnipeg where he received his education in law. He was "baptized into politics" in 1904 when he vigorously supported the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Portage La Prairie. Arthur had moved to this prairie city to practice his new law profession. - A _ The campaign was not successful and in 1908, Arthur himself took u? the Conservative banner, riding it all the way to a seat in Ottawa by a narrow but impressive margin. ". The rest is history, as the young member raised in St. Marys became increasingly indispensible to the Conservative party, culminating in his agglomtment as prime minister In 1 . C Unfortunately, his term of office was to be a short one. Meighen lost out to the Liberals' Mackenzie King - a man to whom he was a complete op- posite both in public as well arprivate affairs, only a year later. \ . dlldll), Ullly d yectr Idlel. " Althou%h he came close to regain- ing the office in the election of 1925, Meighen never uite recaptured the eminence he hag known prior to his election defeat in 1921. The family homestead still stands in Blanshard Township and one year ago in June, Arthur's grandson, Michael now an ‘advisor to the federal Progressive-Conservative party, made a "pilgrimage" to St. Marys and visited the farmhouse in Blanshard for the first time. A hierhorial plaque is displayed in the communig park in Anderson - across the toa from the schoolhouse Whig}; Cdrdbn Meighen helped build. tradition in fine .. wearing apparel