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Mayor Ebenezer Watson

By Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer His name was Ebenezer but he was no Scrooge. In fact, when it came to caring for the sick and the poor, Sarnia Mayor Ebenezer Pool Watson never asked, “are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?” Instead, the Community's 19th Chief Magistrate [...]

Ron Smith2015-08-19T16:12:38-04:00August 19th, 2015|Comments Off

Sarnia Bigwigs Behaving Badly

by Randy Evans for The Sarnia Journal (2015) In the year 1891, a major controversy erupted among some of Sarnia’s leading movers and shakers over a bylaw proposed by the town’s Fire and Water Committee. Committee member and town council;;or William Weelands had vocally supported the bylaw, which proposed a [...]

Ron Smith2015-06-23T19:24:22-04:00June 23rd, 2015|Comments Off