Stewartville WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Volume 5, [ca. 1944]-[ca. 1970], page 3

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[MES/DE MNBMAIM’ DEMDUSII 0 Vacant Lot Where Once Was An Inn DEIflLlTnN HAS (DRE ON [or I few wedts dflnhedflhnlndihll my}. Bneddo hill. The skeleton mam The in lot in Brat-side at tho tq: d melons-1- river road has boat tie-ml by damn- tbn d the lmdtmrh. Rt'leslde inn. When the hn has stood since 1533, with fltmadditlmgthare is not Mhrlwd mind nld to banned byth Gilles who ital not stated his heart pllnl re the progeny. The Inn" function was an a haunting motor Gillies Emu. mill out.“ who came from a all-nee for the Sumner with Inc mean. The edit-Wed bin 1»- ent-l adornment-ct at a rental pla- aome aimed costs, with the ref" «mm «ht. nil-tall] I‘m. - ‘F' was iakct GOMCUONOOIOOJOIOIOOCIIOO “the in: borders were “rc- Delters" in that manyo! them time hack year after year and net-e annulled patrons d the accommodation and the meals. in its heydey in: charges were I.“ per thy for bed and board, and at maximum '6? boarders emit! he serve-l, al- oru with a IS-room bmhhnune that was built later and hack of the I'm. The Inn’s nmrs started their by at mu 1 mm. mm husky breakfast was pranorl for the men who were served Iron 5.45 in 6.30, m that they could climb aboard the dinky cars that carried them (town the hack md to the mill for 7 n'cluck. " ._ L'.‘a‘l commutch Gerald Deli-filinsz mmmm than the various set-time as they were halt on over the your; m- comer lot In Brae- aide in now want: letelledJGL'ml’NlEW) Alt-o prepared in the early morning were packed lunches for the men. who mutld not came back mill crating. Bunwhen they did they br- OIRht Finnth appetites that were satisfied with the staples (In quantity) ni meat and po- tatoes and pots d melted beans and the dessert pleasure at borne-made pie; "Any people can remember the crating states on the inn's vermdnh, amid warm weather aha-L the boarders would clus- ter amide tn brtd mderihiris and Ilupmderui pints. However, pay nights were different when the i’avouritc course wan down to Amt-lot- for a Ht 1:! a lush Lacun- bruit. Pay day also mum) that the Inn's operator! every two “cells received their hoarders' ch- anges that the Gillies ofliccdcâ€" ducted from the my envelopes. in this way there us no may of anyone not paying. It was customary at the inn also for many at the Gillies offltc staff In take their noon my meal. eaateoqo 'lht- inn. built in 1585, hm! additions, and what being de- molished recmlly it was noted on the east side that a tim- ber has inheribu‘l by the car- penter Allan Kiln-tourI and data! Jam-ry 25, 1907. The inn was made at three layers oi lumber with m insul- atlnn and it is remembered that it “as difficult tn hurt him big hood stot'og Sumo {inc limbch here tahrr‘. on n! we demolition by Gen; Dt-sja rdins who hadtherommal contract. Tho. building t-Tmtmliy had 52 hindnus. The western section iormnny ymrs toned as a medicale- ventlon clinic as Dr. WJ'i. Mr» Natumon and Dr. “award It»: came from Amprior at inter- vals, and also home (minim: classes were in this part nt‘ the Inn. 'nmdlnlng mum mathelargrst downflairs an: and it held two big tables at ahlrhthetnardcrs nil: in shifts. There was a hallny and a waiting mom and. of course, a a commensurate kitchen mere. many laborious inurs in every day MK'I'O spent. There were six balrmmslttr ladies-«ti theoperatnrs' [amin and also extra :mgwtcthcre were nine rooms wstairs. “to water stpply Inn .1 pro- blem and a large cistern val below, and water also had to be drawn In, and re the water Mrs. Charlie Gilmmn recall: the family admonition autnnic bdore upper "that about a tlapusand pumpsi" The meaning was clear-and mderstood. As: in u can be rhechod, the lnn's tenant operators ucreJoe Henry, John Maire. W.J.Gii- mour, Charles Gilmur, Mn. Ethd Hmderlm, Gilbert Car- midhd, Klauxneahndinn, Ger- ald Dcshndtns and in: oc- ftpant was a Zimmertinglam- 13!. Thu: 1 very memorable stmcture passes out at exist- ence.-.bu Muon not to beinr- mum

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