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Accession # |
A2015.159 |
Title |
Archie and Jean Beattie records, 1901-2004. |
Date |
1901-2004 |
Description |
Archie and Jean Beattie records, 1901-2004. Photographs, deeds, programmes and other records, most of which were in the possession of Jean Beattie (nee Gammie, 1914-1998) when she passed away on 02 May 1998. Her husband, Archie W. Beattie (1909-1994) was born in Nichol Township to W.R. Beattie and Edith Hastings on 11 May 1909. He grew up on the family farm, and like other members of the Beattie family, had a keen interest in music. As a youth he gained a reputation as a violinist, and joined family and friends as a performer with the Beattie Orchestra. In 1940 he married Jean, who was the daughter of Jack Gammie and Ida Pritchard. They continued on the Beattie family farm until 1967, when they severed a half-acre lot, building a new house for themselves on the severance. In 1989 they retired to Fergus. Archie W. Beattie held a long interest in municipal affairs. He became a Nichol Township councillor in 1941, and Reeve of the Township in 1945. In 1950 he served as Warden for the County of Wellington. He represented Nichol Township as a member of the Grand River Conservation Authority from 1951-1977, and continued his involvement with the GRCA after that date on boards and committees devoted to reforestation, the Luther Marsh, land use, and park development. He was a member of the Wellington Board of Health for thirty-six years, twenty-five of which he served as its chairman. In this capacity, he presided over its amalgamation with heath units from Dufferin County and from Guelph. He retired from all of these pursuits in 1983, and passed away in Fergus on 16 October 1994. Series 1: Elora and area records, 1901-1978. File 1: Elora and area photographs, ca. 1915-1947. - ph 45968: Landscape of the view looking up river towards the David Street Bridge, Elora, as seen from the middle of the Irvine River, ca. 1915; tree-covered cliffs at each bank; hand-tinted in hues of blue, green, and beige; mounted on board, 18.6 x 24 cm; photographer unknown. [ STACKS ] - ph 45969: Elora Public School class posed beside stone school building, ca. 1923; frame enclosed porch in corner of building; photographer unknown, 19 x 24 cm; photo has been mounted to white cardboard on which a key to names has been inscribed in ink; a newspaper clipping has been pasted to the back of the cardboard with image and identification of the 1933-1934 Elora High School Class. Those in the ca. 1923 photograph are identified left to right as follows: Front row: Gordon Hall, Jack Marshall, ____?____, Jack Fasken, Herby Wilson, Jack Anderson, Jack Mortimer, Willard Walters, ____?____, Elgin Calloway, Jack Ariss, and Kathleen Marshall. Middle row: __?__ Webster, Margaret Quinn, Jean Gammie, Jean Duncan, Helen Farquhar, Doreen Lashbrook, Marjorie Ward, George Maitland, Anna Fig, Georgina Rankin, Audrey Basin, Ivedell Weston, and May Huck. Back row: Billie Kerr, Jim Scott, ____?____. George Henderson, Snickers MacDonald, Law Tim, __?__ Bitorff, ____?____ MacDonald (Snickers' brother), Bert Weston, __?__ Bitorff, Muriel Bissell, Berna Young, and __?__ French; Behind students at right is teacher, Miss Hayden (later Mrs. Even Stevenson). [ STACKS ] - ph 45970: Panoramic photograph of Elora High School students posed outdoors, spring 1930; large frame building and houses visible in background, likely on Church Street or Chalmers Street behind the school; inscribed in white at bottom of photo, "ELORA HIGH SCHOOL, 1929-30. / ALLAN GILMOUR, B.A., PRIN. / E.J. Powell, Hamilton"; mounted in a thin wooden frame painted black and grey; photo by E.J. Powell of Hamilton, 50.5 x 14.7 cm. [ MC 70 ] - ph 45971: Group of men, women, and children posed together on the grass, 1947; photographer unknown, 20.5 x 25.3 cm; identified at bottom centre, "ENNOTVILLE / LIBRARY CENTENNIAL PICNIC / 1947"; mounted to one side of beige cardboard [see also ph 45972]. [ STACKS ] - ph 45972: View from above of a group of men, women, and children seated on metal folding chairs inside the Ennotville Public Library, ca. 1947; photographer unknown, 20.6 x 25.2 cm; walls lined with full book shelves; cardboard box of Kellogg's Pep cereal atop wooden cupboard at back of room; photo mounted to one side of beige cardboard [see also ph 45971]. [ STACKS ] File 2: Deeds for property in Elora & Nichol Township, 1901-1919. [ MU 1292 ] re. Lots 1-7 on the south side of McNab Street, west of Elgin Street, and Lots 3-4 Gilkison Street (aka Market Square), lettered A & B on the Gilkison Plan, "and that part of the Market Square lying south of McNab Street as continued through the square", and Lots 6-13 south side of McNab Street, east of Elgin Street, Lots 1-16 north side of St. George Street, "the two reserves lying between St George Street, South Queen Street, Waterloo Street, and Arthur Road", Park Lots 7-12 between Waterloo Street and Arthur Road (except the portion owned by the Grand Trunk Railway Company), as well as the streets closed by the municipality, i.e. portions of Arthur Road, South Queen Street, and Elgin Street. - item 1: Deed of sale, 06 May 1901, Andrew Andrich, butcher of Elora, and his wife Mary A. Andrich, to Thomas Kernigham McQueen of Pilkington Township, - item 2: Deed of mortgage, 01 March 1911, between Thomas Kernigham McQueen, farmer of Elora, and William Wilson, retired farmer of Elora. - item 3: Deed of land, 02 April 1912, Thomas Kernigham McQueen, bachelor farmer of Elora, to John Gammie, farmer of Pilkington Township; includes wax seal. - item 4: Deed of land, 01 April 1919, John Gammie, retired farmer of Fergus, and his wife Barbara Jane Gammie, to John Murdoch Gammie, farmer of Elora. File 3: History of Springbank Farm, 1978. [ MU 1292 ] - item 1: History of Springbank Farm, Lot 8, Concession 8, Nichol Township, entitled "George Elgie Family, Springbank Farm, Nichol Township, Wellington County, Ontario" by David M. Beattie, January 1978; eight pages, typed. Series 2: Archie W. Beattie, Corporation of the County of Wellington, 1950-1981. - ph 45973: Portrait of Archie W. Beattie seated at a table, 1950; he is wearing a suit and tie, has receding grey hair, and is wearing spectacles; his right arm rests on the table top; photo by Kennedy Studio of Guelph; photographer's mark embossed into the paper lower right; inscribed in pen on reverse, "Archie W. Beattie / Warden 1950". [ STACKS ] - ph 45974: Group of men seated indoors around, and reflected in, a glass-topped table, ca. 1960; identified on small slip of paper accompanying photo, "Wellington County Board of Health / [left to right] Frank Johnstone, Jack Beattie, Allan McCulla (Warden), Archie Beattie (chairman), Dr. Dale, Jack Dale, [and] Bert Andrews"; photographer unknown. [ STACKS ] - item 1: Programme produced by the Corporation of the County of Wellington, ca. 1980, likely to commemmorate the official opening of the County Road 7 bridge over the Grand River at Elora; includes list of County Wardens 1970-1980, list of Road Committee chairmen and members, and programme with contributions from the Fergus Highland Pipe Band, Rev. Canon Robert Hulse, minister of Transportation, the Honourable James Snow, and others; includes illustration of bridge over gorge. [MU 1292] - item 2: Programme produced by the Corporation of the County of Wellington, for the official opening of the Wellington County Administration Centre in Guelph, 26 October 1981; includes lists of 1981 Wellington County Council members, and of County officials; notes participation at the ceremony by the warden and other local municipal figures, Carlos Ventin architects, County committee members, Rev. George Slater of Fergus, Rev. A.J. Olinsky of Rockwood, Rev. Rabbi Dr. Harold Lerner of Toronto, and others; music was provided by The Eramosa Ensemble and pipe major Percy Gibson; programme included unveiling of Ontario Heritage Plaque on the site; includes illustration of the County Administration Centre. [MU 1292] - item 3: Booklet, "Wellington County Court House: A Link with the Past" an illustratied history of the Wellington County Court House / Administration Centre building by the Corporation of the County of Wellington, based on an article on the same topic by Wellington County Museum director, Ken Seiling, of 1981; 13 pages. Series 3: Grand River Conservation Authority, 1979-2004. - item 1: Programme of Grand River Conservation Authority plaque unveiling, 30 May 1979, to commemmorate the "initial meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Brantford, Ontario, May 30, 1934"; includes old photographs of the Shand Dam[?] and the Conestogo Dam and reservoir under construction; on the agenda was R. Cooper listing the honour roll and citation awards, and Mr. A. W. Beattie responding; on reverse are photos and biographies of Archie W. Beattie and Hugh A. Cameron. [ MU 1292 ] - ph 45975: Mr. R. Cooper at a podium presenting Archie Beattie with a framed portrait of himself at plaque unveiling ceremony, 30 May 1979; identified on a separate slip of paper as, "Archie beattie accepting citation from G.R.C.A. at a luncheon in Brantford's golf club house. Next two pictures - Archie replying"; photographer unknown. [ STACKS ] - ph 45976: Archie Beattie standing at a podium at a long dinner table at plaque unveiling ceremony, 30 May 1979; he is speaking at a microphone at the Grand River Conservation Authority luncheon in Brantford, after having received a citation of merit; other men at the table listen; photographer unknown. [ STACKS ] - item 2: Brochure, "A Pioneer in Water Conservation: A 45-year history of the Grand River Conservation Commission", by the Grand River Conservation Authority, ca. 1979; includes photos of C. Gordon Cockshutt of Brantford, William Philip of Galt, aerial view of the Shand Dam, and workers constructing the Shand Dam in 1939. [ MU 1292 ] - item 3: Newsletter, "Grand Actions", GRCA newsletter, volume 9, number 3, May-June 2004 featuring article "Opening of Elora Gorge Park in 1954 was a landmark event" by Steve Thorning; 8 pages, illustrated. [ MU 1292 ] |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown |
Creator \ Maker |
Beattie, David M. Corporation of the County of Wellington Grand River Conservation Authority Kennedy Studio Powell, E. J. Seiling, Ken Thorning, Stephen E. (Dr.) |
Item Name |
Booklet Brochure Deed Newsletter Program Panoramic Print Mortgage |
Person \ Organization |
Anderson, Jack Andrews, Bert Andrich, Andrew Andrich, Mary Ariss, Jack Basin, Audrey Beattie Orchestra, The Beattie, Archibald William Beattie, Archie W. Beattie, Jack Beattie, Jean Beattie, William Robert Bissell, Muriel Bittorf Calloway, Elgin Cameron, Hugh Cockshutt, C. Gordon Conestogo Dam Cooper Corporation of the County of Wellington Corporation of the Township of Nichol Dale, (Dr.) Dale, Jack Duncan, Jean Elgie, George Elora Gorge Park Elora High School Elora Public School Ennotville Library Eramosa Ensemble, The Farquhar, Helen Fasken, Jack Fasken, James Fergus Highland Band Fergus Pipe Band Figg, Anna French Gammie, Barb Gammie, Jack Gammie, Jean Gammie, John Gammie, John Murdoch Gibson, Percy Gilmour, Allan Grand River Conservation Authority Grand River Conservation Commission Grand River Conservation Commission Grand Trunk Railway Hall, Gordon Hastings, Edith Hayden Henderson, George Huck, Mary Hulse, Robert (Rev.) Johnstone, Frank Kellogg Company Kerr, Bill Lashbrook, Doreen Law, Tim Lerner, Harold (Rev. Dr. Rabbi) MacDonald MacDonald, (Snickers) Maitland, George Marshall, Jack Marshall, Kathleen McCulloch, Allan McQueen, Thomas Mortimer, Jack Olinsky, A. J. (Rev.) Ontario Heritage Foundation Philip, WIlliam Pritchard, Ida Quinn, Margaret Rankin, Georgina Scott, James Shand Dam Shand Dam Slater, George (Rev.) Snow, James Spring Bank Farm Springbank Farm Stevenson, Evan Ventin Group, The Ventin, Carlos A. Walters, Willard Ward, Marjorie Webster Wellington County Administration Centre Wellington County Board of Health Wellington County Council Wellington County Court House Wellington Dufferin Guelph Health Unit Wellington Dufferin Health Unit Weston, Ivadelle Weston, Lambert Wilson, Herb Wilson, William Young, Berna |
Place |
Arthur Road Brantford Chalmers Street Church Street David Street Bridge Elgin Street Elora Ennotville Fergus Galt Gilkison Street Grand River Guelph Irvine River Luther Marsh Market Square McNab Street Nichol Twp. Ontario Pilkington Twp. Queen Street Rockwood St. George Street Waterloo Street Wellington County Wellington County Road 7 West Garafraxa Twp. |
Subject |
Aerial View Architecture Biography Bridge Children Dam Environment Government History Interiors Landscape Music Picnic Plaque Portrait Property Transportation |
Photo, Map # |
ph 45968 ph 45969 ph 45970 ph 45971 ph 45972 ph 45973 ph 45974 ph 45975 ph 45976 |
Year Range from |
1901 |
Year Range to |
2004 |
Accession # |
A2015.159 |
Containers |
MU 1292 STACKS MC70 |