The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Valuing Our History
Community news from the Mapleton area in 1931, 1981
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1952, 1977
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Gas shortages, heavy bus/train traffic marked WWII holidays
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Few details survive about Glenlamond saw mill
By 1860 seven dams had been constructed across the Grand in the Fergus and Elora area.
Tragic hunting accident at Puslinch Lake in 1895
The Grand River Conservation Authority’s parks at Elora, Guelph Lake, Lake Belwood,…
New Canada Post stamp honours Elora grower
It was rather astonishing that a Canada Post stamp issued on March 3 resulted in no public ceremony…
Arthur hosted large gala reunion 100 years ago
Over the past few years several of the municipalities in Wellington County have staged reunions,…
Peel council and farmers took a radical stand in 1931
No one today would regard the farmers of Peel Township, or, more properly, Mapleton, as radical in…
Guelph businessmen failed to support their own railway
Back in 1999, this column described the events that led to the opening of the Guelph Junction…
Agricultural College hosted talent competition in 1925
In 1874, the provincial government established the Ontario Agricultural College just…
Flu epidemic peaked locally in November 1918
Only a very few of this paper’s readers will recall the great influenza pandemic of…
Rescuers were heroes in 1953 Elora and Fergus incidents
School children are regularly warned to keep off the ice on streams and rivers. It was no…
Chain stores first appeared in Wellington 100 years ago
An interesting part of business history is the evolution that has taken place in retailing and…
Does anyone remember the old Wellington County Police Association?
The picture accompanying this column should tug at the memories of some of the older readers of…