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Thomas Clark
[Date Unknown]
*Mary Luska’s is one of those special spots I remember with great fondness. Truly miss her store.
During this holiday season many homes in Welland are decorated both inside and out to celebrate the Christmas holidays.
Mary Luska, owner of Mary Luska Interiors, has made elaborate changes to her home at 165 Edgar Street in Welland.
Virtually all the rooms in this historic house have been decorated to give a warm feeling of the Christmas spirit.
All of the decorations have been designed by Mrs. Luska and placed throughout the house so that each room brings out a warm and open atmosphere and allows one to share the meaning of Christmas and appreciate their surroundings.
The Luska home has a unique history which dates back to 1796. The land on which the home is now situated was part of a large tract of land granted to Captain Thomas Welch on June 22, 1796 by King George III.
In July, 1870, James H. Price bought 30 acres of the original tract and farmed and lived on that land. Henry W. Macoomb, father of former Welland mayor, Gabriel J. Macoomb, at the time related that when he was a boy, he and some of this friends went on sleigh-ride parties to the Price Home, now the Luska home.
In 1913, Plan Number 50 of the north-west area of the town of Welland, entitled the Parkway Heights Plan was registered in the Welland County Registry Office. The lands shown on the plan which now include the home owned by Edward and Mary Luska which was the Price farm-house, also created Price Avenue, Lillias Street, Edgar Street and other thoroughfares named in honor of the members of the Price family.
In the fall of 1986 the former Price farm-house was remodelled by Edward and Mary Luska to a beautifully created residence.
In the holiday period the once historic home reflects its past to give the viewer a look into the past and present of many Christmas season.
[Welland Tribune, 29 March 1984]
An important milestone in Welland’s education history was reached in the mid-1920s with the start of bilingual education in the city. In 1926, there were 150 French speaking pupils attending classes at a private school connected with Sacred Heart Church. The school board, after receiving approval from the education ministry, initiated classes in French and in 1932, classes were offered in a building which became known as Coronation School.
By Grace Beauchamp
Tribune Staff Writer
[Welland Tribune, 16 August 1989]
Port Colborne-The mood is quiet and people are still in shock after the announcement Monday that Sunbeam Shies will close, an employee says.
“It came as a complete shock,” Lawrence Bertin, an employee of 15 years, said, “It hurts –I just bought a house.”
Bertin said rumors have been circulating among employees for a number of years, but “it gets to the point where you disregard them.”
Although Bertin has made no plans of yet, he says he’ll probably have to go out of town to find work.
The reason for the closing, he said, was “They told us there was too much debt.”
Employees were informed of the closing at about 1.30 p.m. Monday afternoon.
“They want us to stay on and finish the orders,” he said, adding that the company will be settling up a $200,000 fund for those workers who stay until the end.
He added,” But if you leave before the end you won’t get anything.”
Bertin who works in shipping, expects work to be completed by the end of October and says he’ll probably stay until the end.
Jim Leveille, who has worked at the plant for five years, said, “I knew it was going to happen, it was just a matter of time.”
“I’m shocked –what else can you be,” he said. “We knew it was slow, but we really didn’t think this was going to happen.”
Neither of the employees have their licences, making the circumstances more difficult.
Leveille added, “If you get a job out of town, you have to move.”
Move Suggested to Tide Over Present Situation-Question of Renting Building Discussed
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 29 April 1931]
Partial Article
Joint committees of the Board of Education and city council as suggested at the meeting, Tuesday evening of last week, met in the city hall, last night, to further discuss the request of the Welland Board of Education for $32,500 with which to build four additional rooms at Empire school to relieve present crowded accommodations.
The meeting was in the nature of a round table conference and considerable discussion followed. Finally it was decided by motion that the joint committee should recommend to the Board of Education the opening of the Aqueduct Street school to tide over the present situation.
Mayor Fred J. Bradley, Alderman H.H. Hilder, James A. Hughes, Frank Springer, John R. Joyce, and City Solicitor, D.D. Gross represented the city council at the joint session while the representatives of the board of education consisted of Trustee Harry W. Macoomb, board chairman, John Young, J.J. Raffey, W.J. Thomas, James Atherton and School Inspector, John Flower. …..
Citing the fact that the renting of any building would be just a temporary measure to relieve the present situation, Trustee Macoomb declared the remedy was to build an eight-room school in Ward two. Several desirable sites were available, he stated. An eight-room school would take care of all the overflow of pupils for five years, he pointed out, adding the board could fill three rooms by September and a fourth room by easing off the overcrowded classes.
New Welland Business Building to Be Erected For L. Maciejeski
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 23 April 1931]
Among the several building permits recorded by City Engineer C.L, Coulson to date for April is one for $9,000, given to L. Maciejeski for a business block on East Main street just west of Burgar street. Louis Whitaker is the contractor.
Two dwellings are also being erected, one for Principal J. Kenneth Hansel of Ross school, on Church street to cost around $3,800 and another for A. Jennings on Wilton avenue. Fred Klager of Fonthill has the contract for Principal Hansel’s new home and Mr. Jennings will build his own home.
Canada Foundries & Forgings Co’ Turns Down Offer-Directors of Maple Milling Company
[Welland Telegraph. 7 August 1918]
It is understood says the Monetary Times, that offers have been received by Canada Foundry & Forgings, Limited, for the Delaney Iron & Forgings plant at Buffalo, which was purchased within the past year by the company. The price paid was $750,000 and it is said that one offer to the amount of $1,500,000 was received for the plant. This would represent a substantial profit, but latest reports state that the company has decided to retain the plant.
Maple Leaf Milling Co.
The annual meeting of the company was held on July 29th at the company’s head office in Toronto. The old board of directors was re-elected consisting of Sir D. Cameron, president; Mr. Hedley Shaw, vice-president and Charles W. Bank, John I.A. Hunt, Robert Cooper, J.S. Barker, W. Steed.
Humberstone News
[Welland Tribune, 8 December 1910]
T.E. Reeb & Sons will not rebuild their burned machine shop and foundry in Humberstone. They will build in Port Colborne, however, if the village will grant certain concessions. One of the chief inducements to move to Port Colborne was to secure fire protection. Had Port Colborne and Humberstone united and the waterworks been extended to this place, there is no doubt they would have remained here. If it is supposed that the proposed village will install a waterworks plant, it will be found a surprisingly expensive undertaking, while the only cost of joining with Port’s system would be for piping, saving the cost of pumping plant, stand pipe and running expenses. The only logical and business proposition is a union of the two municipalities.
[Welland Tribune, 7 October 1892]
The Toronto Chemical Company’s smelting works will positively be located here. That is a settled fact, and work will at once be begun to erect the necessary furnace, sulphuric chambers, etc. The new process by which the nickel ore will be treated has been experimented upon and found successful, and it now remains to be seen if the same success will attend smelting on a large scale. A thorough trial will be given, and if it pans out as its projectors believe it will, it will be a grand thing for the village of Port Colborne. We fervently hope that the results will exceed the most sanguine expectations of the company. In addition to the Messrs. Richardson and English of Toronto, who have been the most energetic pushers in this undertaking, the Messrs. Shepard (of the Toronto opera house and of the Georgian Bay Lumber company), Scott and others have an interest. The only local man who has taken stock in the enterprise is D. McGillivray of the Provincial Natural Gas company who believes the chances are good enough to warrant him in putting a good enough sum of money in it. The furnace, sulphuric chambers, etc., will cost considerable money, but the buildings will not be very extensive until success is assured. The factory will probably be located next to the Erie Glass company’s works. The capital stock of the Toronto Chemical company is $100,000, and it will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 to give the smelting works a fair chance to prove whether or not they can be made to pay. Port Colborne may well congratulate itself on the new acquisition to her hive of industries.
[Welland Tribune, 4 September 1900]
The Hamilton Herald says:-
A Welland paper says that the Cataract Power company is attempting to buy out the company which proposes to develop electric power by conveying the water of the Welland River to heights near Jordan. The primary object of this company is to develop power for transmission to Toronto; but as Hamilton would be in the line of land transmission, and as power could be transmitted to Hamilton at less cost than to Toronto , the company, would of course,, be a formidable rival of the Cataract power company.
We do not know how much truth there is in the statement of the Welland paper; but if it is true, there is no doubt that the object of the Cataract people is to choke off competition –in short, to clinch its monopoly. They have no cause to embrace the Welland-Jordan enterprise in order to acquire another source of power. By tapping the Chippawa river at their present source of water supply they can get water enough to yield them 50,000 horse power in addition to what they now have.
If they can get control of this rival enterprise, they will be fortunate indeed, for they will have command of the electrical situation in Toronto, as well as in Hamilton-or at least until the Niagara Falls power becomes a factor in competition.
[Welland Tribune, 4 September 1900]
The Welland High School opens today with the following highly qualified teaching staff-
- H.M. McCuaig, principal, classics
- James McNiece, mathematics
- Miss Laven, moderns
- Miss Foster, commercial work.
In this school is taught every grade of high school work, including senior leaving (or first class) work.
The large number of successful candidates at the late examinations, from the Welland High School, places this institution ahead of all other high schools in the Niagara district, and the results of the past year’s work were equal, if not better, than at the Niagara Falls Collegiate Institute.
The progressive board of trustees are doing everything in their power to still further “advance” the standing of the school.
During the holiday season just closed, several hundred dollars were expended on the building. Metal ceilings have been placed on the three class-rooms and vestibule of the second storey; all of different and very neat designs and painted white. The walls throughout have been painted a gray shade, and the woodwork an olive green. A convenient vestibule has been partitioned off from the main hall, and in the partition are placed large double-swing spring-hinged doors finished in natural wood.
Besides these, minor repairs and changes have been made.
Every room in the building now presents an appearance of cleanliness that will be an incentive to the students to work with neatness and despatch.
The board is to be complimented on their economic arrangements which have enabled them to make these improvements without requiring an increased appropriation.
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