Isabell Crawford was successful author

It amazes me that such an outstanding person could have lived so many years in Grimsby, yet not left no more than a tiny footprint in our history!

Isabel Crawford was born in Cheltenham, Ontario, the daughter of a Baptist minister and theology professor. As a young adult, she chose to attend the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago. She was assigned to minister to the Kiowa-Comanche settlement at Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma.

At first, she had difficulty warming up to her Indian community, but she taught the women quilting, and eventually they were able to raise enough money to build a church.

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Isabel served at Saddle Mountain for 20 years, and earned the love and respect of the Native Indians.

However, she resigned in 1906 when there was a dispute, not with the parishioners but with the Training School.

Isabel had allowed an unordained student minister to preside at the Lord’s Supper! Isabel was recalled to Chicago and allowed to do local ministry work until her retirement, although she asked repeatedly to be sent back to Oklahoma.

After her retirement in 1937, Isabel came to

Grimsby to live with her sister, Emily Augusta Cline, widow of the Rev. Willian Henry Cline.

Isabel had visited them often at Elmcroft, their fruit farm at the corner of Main Street East and Park Road.

After her sister’s sudden death, she lived with her nieces Eva and Miriam Cline at 26 Nelles Blvd. By this time, Isabel was very deaf and needed a wheelchair. She lived her remaining days at Loch Sloy nursing home in Winona.

Isabel wrote many successful books about her life with the Kiowas. When they learned of her death, these kind people asked for her body to be sent to them for reburial among those who had loved her so much.

Notice of Intention to Designate

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Grimsby intends to designate 99 Main Street West to be of cultural heritage value or interest under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act:

99 Main Street West

THE REASON, for the proposed designation is to recognize the architectural value of the building in context of its contribution to the heritage character of the Town of Grimsby.

The Seamstress Cottage is an excellent example of a Loyalist stone structure built of local Grimsby sandstone. The masonry work that can be found at Nelles Manor and St. Andrew’s Church has many similarities to the masonry of 99 Main Street West. The house was built in the “Loyalist” style, the term came from the array of architectural styles that the first settlers to arrive at the Forty brought with them from their native countries. The low pitched roofs, stone construction and “fortified” stone walls were common practices in European countries, and are elements we see on 99 Main Street West.

The house at 99 Main Street has direct associations with the development of the Village of Grimsby during the 18th and 19th centuries. Robert Nelles had George Ball surveyed the property in 1840, Robert then had the dwelling at 99 Main Street West built for his Daughter Mary Anne Nelles, who was a widow returning to the Forty after living in Brantford. Mary returned to the Forty after the death of her husband and moved into the newly constructed cottage, to be the full time Seamstress.

The building at 99 Main Street West has a strong historical and physical connection to its surroundings. The dwelling is a landmark building on the East side of Main Street West, and has been known as the “Seamstress Cottage” to local residents for some time. The house is compatible with the surrounding structures, many of the houses on this section of Main Street West were built to take advantage of the sloping grade towards Forty Mile Creek.

ANY PERSON may within thirty days of the publication of this notice, send by registered mail, or deliver to the Town Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Grimsby his or her objection to the proposed designation, together with a statement of the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts. When a Notice of Objection has been received, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Grimsby will refer the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal for a hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION respecting the proposed designation is available from the municipality by contacting Bianca Verrecchia, Heritage Planner:

Email: bverrecchia@grimsby.ca

Phone: (905)945-9634 Ext. 2122

THIS NOTICE PUBLISHED on the 9th day of March, 2023. Bonnie Nistico-Dunk, Town Clerk Town of Grimsby 160 Livingston Avenue Grimsby, ON, L3M 0J5

On hand for the presentation were (L to R) Nick Klip, Enbridge manager operations, Hamilton Niagara Region; West Lincoln’s Acting Fire Chief Tim Hofsink; Henry Timmers, Enbridge supervisor operations of Southeast Region-Thorold; Jamie Kovacs, executive director, Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council; Mayor Cheryl Ganann, and; Coun. Terry Bell.

West Lincoln, Enbridge team for Project Zero

Fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero is the goal of Project Zero - a joint program with Enbridge Gas, Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council (FMPFSC) and West Lincoln Fire.

“One of the most effective ways to protect yourself and your family from the dangers of fire and carbon monoxide is to ensure that you have working smoke and CO alarms installed. In 2022, 133

Young Mcnamara

Ontarians lost their lives in fires. Working smoke/CO alarms can mean the difference between the loss of property or the tragic loss of life when fires occur,” said Tim Hofsink, West Lincoln’s Acting Fire Chief.

West Lincoln Fire received 204 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms through Safe Community Project Zero – a public education campaign which will provide more than 8,000 alarms to residents in 50 municipalities across Ontario.

This year, Enbridge Gas invested $250,000 in Safe Community Project Zero, and over the past 14 years, the program has provided more than 76,000 alarms to Ontario fire departments.

When properly installed and maintained, combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms help provide the early warning to safely escape from a house fire or carbon monoxide exposure.