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HomeMy WebLinkAbout722Newspaper insert, 4 pages, News Advertiser, Sunday, May 8, 1994. "THE NEWS ADVERTISER SUNDAY MAY 8, 1994-PAGE 17 HISTORIC PICKERING VILLAGE The History of our Community In 1883 J. R. Brownridge built a new ""modern"" general store on the corner of Church St. & Kingston Rd. In 1885 he sold the general store to William Dunbar for $1,250.00. Story on Page 4. The Dunbar General Store is now the home of Towne Fireplace and Patio. Kingston Rd., leading to the bridge over Duffin's Creek, The Spinks Mill, located next to the creek was built in 1809 by a prominent Quaker and colonizer. Now located on this property is Moodies Motor Inn. The steeple of the original St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Kingston Rd. is conspicuously absent. Once it's most outstanding feature, the steeple was destroyed by lightning in the early fifties. Only the tower remains. Built in 1891, it is Romanesque in style, with typical rounded windows. In 1930 it became the Pickering United Church, which has now moved to a new locale on Church St. The Presbyterian presence reappeared in 1949 with a new St. Andrew's also on Church. Keeping with the tradition of Excellence, the Blaisedale Montessori, Grade 1 Elementary program is now located in the historical chapel. Future Skills of Canada is situated in the lower level. The original St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 545 Kingston Rd. was built in 1891. An old locomotive makes its way across Duffin's Creek, The Pickering Village invites you to enjoy this historic look back in time to the origins of our Community. See inside for more fascinating Pickering Village history. If you are a Pickering Village business and would like to advertise in this quarterly feature, please call Christine Rausch at 683-5110 PICKERING VILLAGE WHERE OLD, NEW AND BORROWED TRADITIONS PREVAIL. The Village BROCK RD., ELZABETH ST., OLD KINGSTON RD., LINTON AVE. CHURCH ST., (HWY #2), WESTNEY RD., HIGHWAY 401 [Advertisments at the top of the page] MOODIE'S MOTOR INN BY THE BRIDGE IN THE VILLAGE 683-1995 [Advertisement half covered by Local History File sticker] 421-7156 611 Kingston Rd. W." "THE NEWS ADVERTISER SUNDAY MAY 8, 1994-PAGE 17 HISTORIC PICKERING VILLAGE FUTURE SKILLS OF CANADA Call to receive one FREE student workshop! Student Success Workshops/Computer/Training/Tutoring 545 Kingston Road West, Dial 4-A-TUTOR or 428-8867 for details. Mystery on the banks of Duffins Creek By Pam Pryjma The banks of Duffins Creek possess an unsolved mystery, which has puzzled generations of Pickering and Ajax residents. A monument-like structure, apparently constructed over three hundred years ago, has attracted a great deal of attention by archaeologists and the curious in the past. On July 7, 1893 the Pickering News featured an article on this mysterious stone. It is described as an eight foot cube-like shape. The land surrounding it formed a natural amphitheatre. Located on the east bank of the creek, about two miles from the village and approximately one mile from the lake, it was constructed of many smaller granite rocks bound with a red mortar-like substance. Over one hundred years ago, the newspaper referred to it as a Jesuit's altar, on the unconfirmed speculation that it was build by early missionaries. This theory was based largely on the description given by the oldest local residents in 1893; being that it had had a hole in the top once filled with lead. Attempts were made in vain to blow it up with gun powder. These one hundred year old reports state that at that time it was heavily covered in moss and the stump of a large pine tree remained where it had once grown out of the top. Such a description leads one to speculate on the age of this monument, even in 1893. A follow up article was published in the Pickering News on July 14, 1893, to report on the large number of visitors who were drawn to the site after reading about it. All agreed that the description was ""perfectly correct."" During an interview, an elderly gentleman first made the Ajax LACAC aware of this intriguing landmark about five years ago. He described how, as a boy, he and his friends were drawn to the site by rumours that it was an ""Indian chief's tomb"". Local youngsters believed that it contained bones, and many attempts were made to dig around the base to unearth is mystery. Mr. Field, the owner of the land, would chase the young boys away when their digging became too aggressive. It is believed that his historic structure still stands on the shore of Duffins Creek. The site is now surrounded by the Discovery Bay development. The extent of its deterioration is unknown, as is its age and origin. Unmistakably, it is man-made, and is likely further camouflaged under another one hundred years of moss and tree stumps. If those reading this article rediscover this curious historic sight still hiding on the east bank of Duffins Creek, please share its location with us all. The banks of Duffin's Creek possess a mystery that has baffled generations. FESTIVAL Sat., June 11,1994 Come and enjoy our Annual Pickering Village Festival In the heart of the Village 8 AM PANCAKE BREAKFAST Pickering Village Pharmacy Old Kingston Rd. 10 AM PARADE From Pickering Village High School Winding Through The Village 10 AM-4 PM KIDS ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TABLES, SIDEWALK SALES, STORYTELLERS, CROWN & ANCHOR, BAR-B-QUES. 11 AM-4 PM SHOWMOBILE STAGE Old Kingston Rd. All Local Talent Hosting Singer Songwriter Ann Walker & Werner Schroeder 11 AM-4 PM ANNUAL OLD TYME PRICE BAR-B-QUE At Foodtown Old Kingston 11AM-9 PM COURT YARD BAR-B-QUE Entertainment For All 11 AM-4 PM PICKERING VILLAGE SQUARE Children's Puppet Making, Crafts, Face Painting 7 PM-11 PM FOLK SINGER CAROL BRUCE Sponsored By Fox & Flowerpot Where Old, New & Borrowed Traditions Prevail The Victorian Garden Elegant Banquet Rooms 619-9858 ¦ Wedding Receptions ¦ Private Parties ¦ Business Luncheons ¦ Corporate Meetings FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER AND DANCING Every Friday Evening From $9.95 Dancing After 9 Sumptuous Menu, Disc Jockey, Theme Parties COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT LINE DANCING MAY 27th RESERVE YOUR BUSINESS MEETINGS Dinners From $18.25 per person Cocktail Parties Only $9.95 per person Buffet Luncheons Only $10.00 per person Ask about our Buffet Dinners also available Mon-Thurs. *Minimum 35 persons **Cash bar SUNDAY BRUNCH 11:30 to 2:30 Traditional Brunch in a Victorian Setting $9-95 Adults 1/2 Price Children plus taxes Reservations Recommended 60 Randall Drive, Pickering Village (On Highway 2, 1 block west of Church St.) (905) 619-9858" "THE NEWS ADVERTISER SUNDAY MAY 8, 1994-PAGE 17 HISTORIC PICKERING VILLAGE Pickering Village in Ajax BROCK RD., HWY. 2, NOTION RD., ELIZABETH ST. (4, 15), CAMERON, The Courtyard (18, 29, 30), OLD KINGSTON RD. (1, 7, 11, 12, 17, 24, 25, 27, 28), KINGSTON RD. (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 21, 23, 26), LINTON, RANDALL (3, 19), Pickering Village Square (3, 8, 19), CHURCH ST. S. (2, 6, 13, 16, 22), LINCOLN RD., CHRISTENA CRES., HWY. 2, MILL ST., ROTHERGLEN (5) 16 TOMORROWS TREASURES Featuring • FINE GIFTS • GOURMET FOODS • BELGIAN CHOCOLATES Visit our cosy TEA ROOM in a century home setting Introducing DOLLHOUSE KITS and MINIATURES 683-821513 Church St. South 17 ""Your Window Decorating Centre"" Sunshade BLINDS & DRAPERY 88 Old Kingston Rd., Ajax (Pickering Village) 428-0937 DRAPERY • BLINDS • SHUTTERS • SHADES 18 The Courtyard Pub Serving Your Favourite Imported Beers 109 Old Kingston Rd. Pickering Village Ajax, Ontario L1T 3H6 Mary/Leo Smyth (905) 683-9353 19 CASSIDY & CO. ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGISTS The Leading Edge in Residential Design 60 RANDALL DRIVE UNIT 11 PICKERING SQUARE PLAZA 619-1270 20 Village Secretary • Word Processing Desktop Publishing • Photocopying • Fax Service 91 Christena Cres. PICKERING VILLAGE 427-6930 21 Blaisdale Montessori School Age 18 months to 12 years Celebrating 25 Years of Educational Excellence Call for a visit 686-5005 22 Lawson & Clark BARRISTER AND SOLICTOR 683-2741 20 CHURCH ST. N. AJAX, ONTARIO LIT 2W5 23 Creative Business & Personal Development Strategies Gary Evans 335 Perry Street Whitbv, Ont.LlN4C2 (905) 430-4618 • Fax (905) 430-3251 24 DR. JOHN GENOVA FAMILY DENTISTRY 87 Old Kingston Rd. Ajax, 683-2544 25 ANGUS TELEMANAGEMENT GROUP Publishers of TELEMANAGEMENT, Canada's leading journal of business telecommunications 8 Old Kingston Road, Ajax, Ontario L1T 2Z7 Tel: 905-686-5050 • Fax: 905-686-2655 26 – AJAX-PICKERING GLASS – • CUSTOM BEVELING • TABLE TOPS • WINDOW REPAIR & REPLACEMENT • CUSTOM CUT GLASS & MIRROR • HOUSE WINDOWS 603 Kingston Rd. W. 686-4093 27 DURHAM MUSIC LESSONS SALES SERVICE 103 OLD KINGSTON ROAD (416)428-8792 AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR: MARTIN, FENDER, IBANEZ, MARSHALL, CRATE, KRAMER, KORG, TAKIMINE, AUDIO PRO, YORKVILLE SOUND, GIBSON & MANY MORE 28 BAKERY, MEAT, DELI, PRODUCE, DELIVERY SERVICE FOOD TOWN Proud to be your Neighbour 56 Old Kingston Rd. 683-4191 29 J. D. FLEMING & Co. MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS ACCOUNTANTS Tax Consultants Personal and Business Div. BJames Consultants Inc. 109 Old Kingston Road, Unit 9 Ajax, Ontario LIT 3A6 (905) 428-2050 Fax (905) 428-2208 30 MUTLIMUTUAL Financial Services Network ""Personal Financial Independence...By Design"" Independent Brokers Access to all Mutual Funds and many Trust Companies ""The Courtyard"" Unit 16, on Hwy. #2, Ajax 428-8613 Artworld of Pickering Village 50 Church St. S., Ajax 619-2323 TIME FOR TEA By Alexander Krajewski $240.00 Purchase of this print includes GST and PST Plus 20% off framing of the print, upon presentation of this coupon. (While quantities last)" "THE NEWS ADVERTISER SUNDAY MAY 8, 1994-PAGE 17 HISTORIC PICKERING VILLAGE Historical churches of Pickering Village Four impressive reminders of a very important aspect of nineteenth century village life still stand in Pickering Village today; its churches. The most outstanding spire and steeple belong to St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Topped by a cross, its steeple is still covered in the original 1871 slate. This Gothic Revival church features characteristic pointed windows, and rose-coloured trefoil dormer windows in the roof. The building was threatened by fire in 1913 when the rectory burnt down. The steeple of the original St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Kingston Rd. is conspicuously absent. Once its most outstanding feature, the steeple was destroyed by lightning in the early fifties. Only the tower remains. Built in 1891, it is Romanesque in style, with typical rounded windows. In 1930 it became the Pickering United Church, which has now moved to a new locale on Church St. The Presbyterian presence reappeared in 1949 with a new St. Andrew's, also on Church. Natural disaster struck yet another of the village's houses of worship when the roof of the Quaker Meeting House on Kingston Rd. was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in 1908. Like the original St. Andrew's, it features plain rounded windows and local red brick. Its austere appearance typifies the Quaker way of life. No longer Quaker, it is called the Doric Lodge. While the oldest church in the village, St. George's, does not have a true steeple, it has a small four-sided bell-cote designed to shelter the bell from the elements. The church is Early Gothic, and like St. Francis, features pointed windows, but in this case true Gothic style, having a tall narrow appearance. Its bricks are different too, brown instead of the local red ones. In 1859 they supplied bricks to build a new church to replace the log one, in return for the land. At the cemetery site on Elizabeth St. was the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Across from the former United church, now the Blaisdale Dance Studio, stood the small red brick Bible Christian Church. This is how the villagers worshiped over a hundred years ago. St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church AJAX LACAC Living History Creative Pastimes Folk Art Studio COME VISIT OUR NEW LOCATION Mayor Jim Witty officially opens Creative Pastimes. Judy McDonald (owner) is giving the Mayor his first art lesson in Marbleizing a box. • WORKSHOPS • CUSSES • SUPPLIES • SEMINARS • PAINT • WOOD • FABRIC • BASKETRY • BRUSHES • BOOKS & MUCH MORE THE COURTYARD 109 Old Kingston Rd. Unit 1, Ajax L1T3A6 683-61O9 PICKERING VILLAGE UNITED CHURCH ""Growing together with the community"" MORNING WORSHIP & SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:30 A.M. • Thriving Sunday School • Active Youth Group • Senior and Youth Choirs Supporting: Amnesty International Scouting & Guilding English language classes PARR PROFESSIONAL CENTRE David W. Parr, D.D.S. Karen Rajczak DENTIST 683-2561 Greg Brunelle, B.Sc, D.C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC 427-9912 Dr. Wm. John Noble, b.sc, d.c. CHIROPRACTOR 427-3202 Gerard T. Arbour, BSc, D.C. Doctor of Chiropractic 427-9912 Independent Lumber Dealers Co-operative 428-0700 BRIAN J. HADDEN, O.D. OPTOMETRIST 683-0612 Jessica Raedisch B.P.H.E., R.M.T. Ajax-Pickering Massage Therapy Clinic 427-3202 Maria Scaringi Leslie Kimberley-Kemper, M.Sc, Reo. O.S.LA. Consultant. Speech-Language Pathoiogist KIDSPEECH 429-2214 Summer Camp THE DANCE EXPERIENCE DAILY ACTIVITIES IN DANCE DRAMA, MUSIC & ART, WORKING TOWARDS A PERFORMANCE AND FAMILY NIGHT! * Specially designed for boys & girls ages 3-12 * 4 two-week sessions to choose from: Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 noon * Small groups: lots of individual attention! * Juice and snack provided Quality Teaching in a Caring Environment... 73 Old Kingston Rd. Pickering Village 683-5767 DURHAM MUSIC CENTRE SALES LESSONS SERVICE RENTALS RECORDING NOW ENROLLING FOR LESSONS AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR: FENDER IBANEZ GIBSON MARSHALL GUILD VANTAGE KORG ENSONIQ CASIO PEARL TAMA WESTBURY ELITE ART EPIPHONE DIGITECH DOD FOSTEX B.C. RICH RANDALL CRATE TAKIMINE SAMICK AND MANY MANY MORE • PIANO • VOCAL • GUITAR • DRUMS WOODWINDS • VIOLIN • THEORY • FLUTE • BRASS • RECORDING CLASSES 103 OLD KINGSTON ROAD PICKERING VILLAGE, AJAX 428-6266 428-8792 Three good reasons to plan ahead. Planning funeral arrangements ahead of time, before the need arises, spares families from difficult decisions later at a stressful and emotional time. Plan today. For your children. And their children. McEACHNIE FUNERAL HOME 28 Oid Kingston Road, Pickering Village, Ajax, Ontario LIT 2Z7 For afree copy of the helpful booklet ""A Guide to Planning Ahead"" call us today at (90S) 428-8488 Marlin Travel 109 Old Kingston Rd. Courtyard Alaska 623-8411 7 Day Sailing Inside Passage on the ""Golden Princess"" ""Canadian At Par"" Fares start at Just $1399 CON + air"