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T4 REFLECTIOng 0F Walkerton’s Past BY The Cordwainer an: 4 It was igso when .Imaph Walker .nd’t flrlt mum at Walkarlon appeared on the acute, to It ll inlereatlnu to note that ll only tank I Iltlle ‘ over ten years tor lhe need her a naulpap-et to be met. The wen we: introduced to Walkertnrt on February 23, E61, when W. T Cox utebllshed The Bruce Ha aid. The office wn altuIled en the south Ilda of Durham Street, in the middle al the all! Peat Otllca black, the Iland now being occupied by Irewn'l Drug Slate. The launder of The Bruce Herald, hnwavlr only publish- ed the newana r We years, hr in "53, he told It to William Brown, The latter remained publllher of the pepIr 'or hm decades. lollowi I which period It elal purchalad by Loull Krlhl and William Wesley. In March at 186‘. one year later, it came under the sale ownenhip at William Wesley, who published The Bmee Her- ald until 1893. when he lell lo ‘purchaaa the Riduetown Slant dard. The late Wllllern Wealey Building Costs In 1900 By the year XIII), the youth llen el WIlkerloII was about 240°, filth I501" 792 el these be- Ing talepayan. The named value oi the town at lhal lime Ila $656,700. A M yeIrI later, It teal de- cided llIIl Walk-run would be- eerne llte Ceutiy Tm IM the llrel eellly and premlnete building: began to IBM'- In me, the prelenl stone [all and HI. arlglnal telllle hrlek Court mun vtaa built at a eoel’ 0! mm.” The Ceunly Gl- fleae, the large bulldln' all" In 'uu, em $1,500.00, and the le- elllry Ollie. Ina Itulll hr 55.- ttte Ielllara Mt nt- was the grendlather ol the pro» aenl Dublllher at the Walkerlon Herald-Tim". During subsequent yaIrI and untll 1912, The Bruce Herald was oparaled hy William Tel» lord, and afterwards by Len H McNamara, who was It: pub- Iieher tor many yearn. The Herald. In 1’11, wal amalgamated with The Brue- Tlrnes, the newly combined pub- lleatlen, The lruee Herald and Tlmel, being formed In Fohru- Iry of that year, and publiahed lav William Wesley and Son. The newsnaper's name was re- vised in 1929 lo the Walkerton Herald-Times, The Bruce Tlmee had but. eatablished Sept. 28th, 1705, by William Wesley and hit son, John Arthur WeIlIy, the planl lhen lotIted In I bullneu block e! the old Rattan Factory on Durham Street, where the Skel- len pertinent now stand]. There ll eperaled until 1908, when the planl Ind equipmanl were moved to the old Amerl‘ can Houaa, acre“ the etraal. The No and a hall Ileray alone need ler I Town Hall, and a alle VIII chosen near llIe centre 00 town. The Ilte was amply, Ile- eauaa lhe laundry operated by James Ilalr had burned down In "71. It was decided to build I lrame hall 30‘ by 62‘ wllh I bell lever, and lhe cut el lhle VIII $1,500.00 plus “MD.” he the land. Evidently lhle hell we: not need enough ler I Counly Town, heuuu In] ten ll an re- plaead wllh the prlunl VIclerII Jubilee Hall. Incidentally, the ball that sllll halt. In the lever d the Tm "all ten have!» In “10 tor 5275.”. ll teal lint hung from a tall eon-Mon Ili- Court building, on the nnrlh aide e1 Durham She“. has continued to he the home of the present newspaper. In 1953, Harold Wesley, son of the late Jnhn Arthur "Arty" Wesley, became publisher and editor of The Walkerfon Herald- Times, ef‘ler having been (losely associated with the business since 1933. Between 1945. the year of Ar» thur Wesley's passing, and 1953, the publisher was his late wi» dew, Edith Wesley, and the Wes lay estate, with Sun Herald Wes- ley, the editor. The umnd periodical ta be atteblished In Walkertpn, came into being in December at “969. eight year: after the newspaper had first become an institulian here, when The Welkerton 1'.ch nope wax founded by D. W. Rou. Tha Talelcope office was litueled in "he blacL until I law yean age occupied by Sparling'l Meal Market on Jack Ion Street. Late in the last century, it was moved acres; the street to a building which stood on the site whet-i.- Skip'l Eno Service is new Iiluated Shortly ale The Bruce Harald became part of The Bruce Times in 1911, The Teleicope moved it) plant ta the Durham Street atand vacated by The Herald, Here it uparatad tor '17 yeara, until 193‘. The Teletaape, having barn later diipoled of by its toutâ€".du, Mr. Ron, ll we: then conducted by Wallace Graham, Jomph Craig, D, C; Sullivan, T, H Preston, J. B, Sheppard, A. Ebv, J. B, Slephena, and A W Rohb‘ The latter acid it to Lorna Eedy In 1916, who pub- Iished the paper until 1924, House around: to be rung by lhe earelalrer. In 1873 It was moved to the hell lower at the llrsl Town Hall, and than trans- Verrad IgIln In 1897 to lls pra- unl alavallen when uur Town Hall wal bulll. New, haelr lo building costs. The total cast 01 lhe Bruce County Hospital was 516,650.00. when It wen bulll, lust alter the him at the eenlury‘ ll opened In 1m. And I: nalphbeurlne edifice, lhe Bruce County Hausa l-‘ J. - when it was taken over by Her- ry E. Peme. Conducling The Telescope for ten years, Mr. Penxe sold The Taleuepa In 1914 to J, Arthur Wesley, and it w-u incorporated wilh ‘l'he Walkerlon Herald‘TimaI. During the height at the w" in South Africa at the turn of the cenlury, The Bruce Herald iuued a small [heel each day, entitled Daily War News Com- mencine on January 29th at WOO, this only attempt in the County to publixh a daily paper, extended until May 7th at the lame yenr when new: tram the hghtin; front had Ian-med En- ierasl wise Although ever the period of th» past one hundred and lwenly mm tour u‘parnle nt-wpapers h.va hnl‘n identified with Walk prlnrt al no time were they all nuhlished J? once. Du- Glorlra a German lan- gllhfil‘ publication, was lint ls- aued in February at 1570, I couple- ol months alter the founding ml The Telaampa ll nul‘» utnbiinlvd by John Klein, who Inter held it lo A Ebv and Ju'nn A Ritttnuer Subtequenl- ly flin Gloche was purcheied oulrighl by Mr Rittinger, who continued ta publish lhe paper until June 1903 when ’ha nllrr being in whtkerton over 37 your: wni: moved to llerlin, now Kitchener Di- Glothe eventually became a bll- is of the pruent Kitchener Wat Wll“f‘ Rrrord Whrn rr-lntrinu lo the press in WniI-w’ttrm mention 'iltDUld be midn ol Ilw late Frank Eidl, who [or ‘.t'V"l’.)l docadei was iirsl mt llIK' anti of the Walkertun Tolcacopi- until 1934, and “ion The Wallrerton Herald-“mes, up until hi; pan-ing in I963. tlln’t' cl Refuge was built for a coal 0' $16,440,130, plus the cost of the land. It opened in 1900, Altar perusing these cum, It's no wonder the older genera lien is shock-d by today‘s pric- es.