By Randy Evans for the Sarnia Journal, 2021-04-11 BUSY GUY – After graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in architecture, Chester Charles Woods (1890-1970) returned to his native Sarnia to ply his profession. By the time he was done, Woods had designed 12 Ontario hospitals, 10 movie houses [...]
By Randy Evans for the Sarnia Journal, 2021-12-12 When looking through old editions of the Sarnia Observer a researcher often comes across odd and interesting glimpses of life from our city’s past. Here are a few more: A REAL BAD DAY In 1905, William Atkinson accepted a temporary, one-week job [...]
By Randy Evans for the Sarnia Journal, 2022-01-30 When Robbie Moore passed at the age of 67 recently he left a loving family, scores of friends, and enough stories and goodwill to ensure a lasting legacy. As a youngster, Robbie’s skill as a goaltender allowed him to progress through the [...]
By Randy Evans for the Sarnia Journal, 2022-05-13 EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a never-before-told story and an historical “who done it.” Was there a cover-up involving a doctor, the local coroner’s office and the press? You be the judge. Sarah Shingles was single and she was pregnant. And in [...]
Original story published in The Sarnia Observer 2021-05-19 By Carl Hnatyshyn Lake sturgeon – Canada’s largest freshwater fish – were once so plentiful in the Great Lakes that people considered them pests. In the 19th century, with the lakes teeming with the mighty fish, carcasses of lake sturgeon that were [...]
Originally published for the Sarnia Journal By Phil Egan In the early 1950s, before I started school, I would watch out the window for the coal man. If he delivered anywhere on my street it was fun, and if he came right to our house, it was extra great. Kids [...]
Phil Egan - August 2020 for First Monday. Original Article can be found here. Five years after revitalizing a dormant Sarnia Historical Society (SHS), Ron Realesmith is stepping down as president of the not-for-profit group. Realesmith, appointed in April as the city’s new emergency manager, will turn over leadership of [...]
Written by Ron Realesmith “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has” – Margaret Mead On Thursday, January 4th, 2007 in Sarnia, New Year’s eve celebrations were in her rear view mirror and the resolutions [...]
Jean and Jack Watson, left, both 90, and Jim and Helen Watson, 90 and 88 respectively, say goodbye to two visitors from The Journal at the front door of their Sarnia home. The twin brothers and their sister brides are celebrating 70 years of marriage, which they’ve spent together happily [...]
The final graduating class from St. Patrick’s on East Street pose for a photo on the school’s familiar foyer stairs.Glenn Ogilvie The final graduating class from St. Patrick’s on East Street pose for a photo on the school’s familiar foyer stairs. Glenn Ogilvie Daniel Cicchelli started to feel it at [...]
