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Accession # |
A2013.124 |
Title |
Fred Hotson records, Fergus, ca.1930-ca.1990. |
Date |
ca.1930-ca.1990 |
Description |
Fred Hotson records, Fergus, ca.1930-ca.1990. William Frederick Hotson and his wife Gertrude Alice Vince, were the parents of Frederick William Hotson (1913-2012), John Henry Hotson (1915-1993) and Edward Charles Hotson (1930-2000). Ed Hotson was a Fergus photographer, who also worked for Beatty Bros. Fred Hotson was born in Toronto and grew up in Fergus. He attended Fergus High School and was editor of Vox Scholae in 1933. He worked for a year at Beatty Bros., and entered an aircraft engineering course at Central Technical School in Toronto, graduating in 1935. For him, there followed a distinguished career flying planes and writing aviation history; he was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame in 1998. See A2010.43 for his book "Through My Eyes: A Hotson Family Memoir." - file 1: Scrapbook, 8 pages, ca.1930-1942. - page 1: Opening of Shand Dam, [1942] [STORED MU 1129 o/s] - page 2: Fergus High School news; Fred Hotson will report Fergus news to the Guelph Mercury, 1933. - page 3: Fergus High School news; Ontario Society of Artists display; presentation of "The Mikado"; Mack Muir qualifies as flight engineer. - page 4: Fergus High School news; At Home; Parents' and Visitors' Night; play "You're Lucky If You're Killed," 1933. - page 5: Fergus High School news; Commencement; Bucko McDonald; Briggs-Anchor wedding; "Orange Celebration at Fergus Featured by Monster Parade," 1933. - page 6: Fergus High School news; Mac Muir "alive and kicking;" obituaries for Frank Deacon and Maj. A Lawson Steele; Centennial Week celebrations at Fergus, 1933. - page 7: Fergus High School athletic news; Fred Hotson excels at Fergus and at Ten Towns competition in Arthur; 1932; Dawn Parade at Fergus cenotaph, 1935. - page 8: Fergus High School sports winners. - file 2: Hotson family newspaper clippings, ca.1933-1998. [three added in researching this donation]; includes letter to Fred from Ed Brownie, with his memories of Fergus in the 1950s. - file 3: Newspaper clippings, ca.1939-ca.1945. The clippings are mainly related to men and women from Fergus who enlisted to serve in World War II. At front: Kirk, Pattison; Jackson, Reeves, Moon; Pattison, Thompson; Thompson, Muir; Rogers, Ford; Templin, Mattaini; Plyley, Golightly. Gordon D. Anderson George Ernest Beatty Dan Bergin James M. Bergin George Birchall William Bruce Shirley Campbell, (swimmer), 1988. [Shirley Campbell (1936-6 February 2019)] Frank Chambers Harold Chambers H. W. "Bert" Cudney Kenneth Cunningham Mrs. Fred Densmore Edward Dunford Jr. Fred Fletcher J. A. Lorne Ford Wilfred A. M. Ford Ernest Gibbs Margaret Noreen Harper Alf Harrison Bill Holman Fred Holman Simeon Holman Fred Hotson Joseph Howard Cecil Jackson Raymond Jepson Barclay Ketchen W. A. Mann. C. G. Macdonald. Wilfred "Bucko" McDonald A. McQuarrie Jim Mortimer Reed Menzies Bert Mighton Helen Muir Mac Muir Roy Osburn Lorne Pattison Douglas Rathbun George Morrison Archibald "Archie" Robertson Fred Saunders Ronald Saunders Malcolm Spence Janet Stewart Grant Stickney Peter Alexander "Pat" Tait Kenneth R. Thompson. Robert A. Thomson. Victor Wilson - file 4: Flight to Baie Comeau, duotang, 1954-1955. Contains letters making arrangements for Fred W. Hotson to fly Hugh Templin, editor, Fergus News-Record, to Baie Comeau, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, Province of Quebec. Includes the newspaper articles which Templin wrote, 1954-1955. - file 5: A Short History of the Parish of St. James the Apostle, Fergus, Ontario, 6 pages, 1983; includes church bulletin for 3 July 1983. - file 6: The History of the Fergus High School, 12 pages; includes programme for Sesquicentennial Fergus High School Reunion, 1983; includes card with Christmas greetings, and illustration of Fergus High School. - file 7: My Life [by] Alexander Hibbert Fairley, 10 pages, 1996. Mr. Fairley was born in 1900 in Manitoba and grew up with his Hibbert grandparents in Owen Sound. He graduated from the College of Pharmacy in 1921 and in 1923, married Edna Churchill of London, Ontario. Just before Christmas, 1925, he opened a drugstore in Fergus which did well until 1933, when he sold the business to Fred Matthews. Alexander and Edna Fairley and their two children left Fergus in 1937. - ph 39536 - ph 39551: 16 b&w and coloured prints of the Hotson brothers - Frederick William Hotson (1913-2012), John Henry Hotson (1915-1993) and Edward Charles Hotson (1930-2000). Some views in a hangar; some from the air looking at the CN Tower, Toronto. There is no identification on the reverse of the photographs - but, for example - ph 39536: The three Hotson brothers, left to right: Ed, John and Fred. |
Creator \ Maker |
Hotson, Fred W. |
Creator \ Maker |
Fairley, Alexander Hibbert Templin, Hugh C. Brownie, Ed |
Item Name |
Prints Scrapbook Letter Autobiography |
Person \ Organization |
Anchor Anderson, Gordon Beatty, Geo. E. Bergin, Daniel Bergin, James Michael Birchall, George Briggs Brownie, Ed Bruce, William Campbell, Shirley Chambers, Frank Chambers, Harold Cudney, Bert Cudney, Herbert Wilfred Cunningham, Kenneth M. Deacon, Frank Densmore, Fred (Mrs.) Dunford, Edward (Jr.) Fairley's Drug Store Fairley, Alexander Hibbert Fergus Cenotaph Fergus High School Fergus News Record Fletcher, Fred Ford, J. A. Lorne Ford, W. A. M. Ford, Wilfred Gibbs, Ernest Cornelius Golightly Harper, Margaret Noreen Harrison, Alfred Holman, Fred Holman, Simeon Holman, William Hotson, Ed Hotson, Edward Charles Hotson, Fred Hotson, Frederick William Hotson, John Henry Howard, Joseph Jackson, Cecil John Jepson, Raymond Ketchen, Barclay Kirk Loyal Orange Order MacDonald, C. G. Mann, W. A. Mattaini Matthews Drug Store Matthews, Fred McDonald, (Bucko) McDonald, Wilfred McQuarrie Menzies, Reed Menzies, Reid Mighton, Albert Moon Mortimer, Jim Muir, Helen Muir, Mac Ontario Society of Artists Osburn, Roy Pattison, Lorne Plyley Rathbun, Douglas Reeves Robertson, Archie Robertson, George Morrison Archibald Rogers Saunders, Fred Saunders, Ronald Spence, Malcolm St. James the Apostle Anglican Church Steele, A. Lawson Stewart, Janet (Mrs.) Stickney, Grant Tait, Peter Templin, Hugh C. Thompson, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Wilson, Victor World War II |
Place |
Arthur Baie Comeau Fergus Quebec Shand Dam |
Subject |
Biography Dam Education Religion Sports Transportation War World War II |
Photo, Map # |
ph 39536 ph 39537 ph 39538 ph 39539 ph 39540 ph 39541 ph 39542 ph 39543 ph 39544 ph 39545 ph 39546 ph 39547 ph 39548 ph 39549 ph 39550 ph 39551 |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1990 |
Accession # |
A2013.124 |
Containers |
STACKS MU 1167 MU 1129 o/s |