ARNPRIOR 150
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Celebrate Arnprior’s 150th birthday this weekend (June 8-10)
“Strong roots for life-long learning�
150th Anniversary
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has enjoyed tremendous success over the past 60+ years, thanks in large part to two men. Bert Hall was appointed recreation director in 1949 and served the community until his retirement in 1979. Glenn Arthur grabbed the reins in 1982 and today still serves as the town’s director of recreation. 71) The Gordon Cup is a championship emblematic of men’s golf supremacy in the Ottawa Valley and has been contested since 1930. Arnprior Golf Club’s Glenn Buder has been the Cup custodian since 1984, but more than the tournament’s caretaker, Buder has also competed in the tournament no fewer than 35 times.
Sending Congratulations on your 150 years of Urban and Rural History Dave Mackay President Renfrew County NFU
Happy 150th Anniversary Arnprior From your friends at Madawaska Golf Course 36holes, restaurant, driving range all public Register in the Pro Shop or by Phone 613-623-3852
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The Campbell House, top, was the largest hotel ever built in Arnprior. The three-storey building was situated at the busy corner of John and Elgin streets. Arnprior had seven hotels in the last two decades of the 19th century. Another well-known stopping place was the Madawaska Hotel, above.
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64) The building at 114 John St. North (formerly Templeton Cleaners and now home to Simply Elegant) was once the tallest building in the Upper Ottawa Valley. It was considered a “skyscraperâ€? when it was ďŹ rst built in the 1880s to house the Arcade Department Store. 65) Six reeves of Arnprior have also served as warden of Renfrew County. They are Eric Harrington, R.G. Moles, W.J. Johnston, John Brennan, T.S. Church, and Henry Murdoch. 66) Arnprior has produced a number of talented golfers, but none were more decorated than Aveleigh Ransom of the Arnprior Golf Club who captured 27 ladies’ club championships, many Valley and Ottawa District championships and was a member of the Quebec ladies’ team in the 1973 Canadian championship. 67) The town’s ďŹ rst separate school was built in 1876 under the watchful eye of Rev. J.A.M. Chaine. The original school was a four-classroom, two-storey brick building on Albert Street and it was christened St. John Chrysostom School. Some years later another equivalent section was added to bring the total to eight classrooms. 68) The earliest newspaper published in Arnprior (then a village) was The Star, a daily newspaper with a circulation between 800 and 1,000 copies per day. The cost for home delivery was ďŹ ve cents per week and each copy sold for one penny. The publisher was J.H. Nicholson. It is believed the paper ceased publication in the 1870s. 69) Arnprior boasted seven hotels at one time from the 1875 era on through the turn of the century. The biggest hotel ever in town was the Campbell House – built and operated by Archie Campbell. It was a three-storey building on the corner of John and Elgin streets, a location that was later home to the popular Sugar Bowl restaurant owned by the Moskos family. 70) Arnprior’s recreation department
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