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HISTORY OF LEEDS AND GRENVILLE. . 193 of the house now occupied by Mr, George Glassford, | was through the influence of Brockville members James Street. At one time a school was kept in the | that the Grand Lodge was organized. The several building now known as the St. Lawrence Hall; it | lodges in Canada West were notified to meet at was taught by the Dick Brothers. The building | Brockville on the 23rd of August, 1855, for the nearly opposite the RECORDER Office, in which the | purpose of instituting a Grand Lodge, to be called late Jesse Andrews kept an hotel, was also used as | “The Grand Lodge of Canada West,” when thirteen a school-house. representatives were present, and took their seats in The late Hon. Charles Jones deeded a lot fora | the new Grand Lodge: Brock Lodge being represchool site. The present High School stands upon | sented by Hon. George Sherwood and William Fitzthe property. simmons. The lodge was duly organized, and Dr. The School Law, which was in operation until | Reynolds was elected first Grand Master, and 1847, divided the town into three school wards, | William Fitzsimmons, Grand Treasurer, the latter each of which selected its own Trustees, who acted | being re-elected for several years. W. H. Cole, independently of the remaining wards. M. P. P., a member of old Brock, was subsequently At the first meeting of the Board, under the new | elected Grand Patriarch of the Encampment. At Act of 1849, Dr. Reynolds was elected Chairman, | the present time the lodge is ina flourishing state, and Colonel Wylie, Secretary. Upon visiting the | John Wilson being the Noble Grand (March, 1879.) schools, it became apparent that unless better accommodations were provided, both pupils and teachers | CENTRAL BLOCK. would suffer. The KECORDER brought the matter before the public, and, through evil and good report, maintained that a building, commensurate with the wants of the town, should be erected. The result was the Victoria School, built in 1855. Next came the West Ward and East Ward Schools, both com- reflects the greatest credit upon the enterprise of our citizens. The stores are the property of the following gentlemen :— . This elegant brick block, the finest in the town, has a frontage of 220 feet, the stores averaging about go feet in depth. The structure is one that would do credit to any Canadian city, and its construction modious structures. ROCK. LODGE, 1. G: ©. >F. BROC ODGE, 0. O No. 1 (commencing at the east)—M. McGlade, the Brock Lodge was instituted on the 5th of March, | first fat being devoted to a billiard parlor—one of 1546, it being the ninth lodge of the Independent | the finest in Central Canada. Order of Odd Fellows organized in Canada. The following were the charter members: George Sherwood, John Reynolds, George Morton, Thomas Webster, and James Goodive. Nos. 3 and 4.—George Thompkins, owner; occuThe lodge first assembled in a building where the | pied by W. R. McRea & Co., and Wilson & Co. store of Edward Lawless now stands. Among the early members were Thomas Reynolds, M. D., John Bacon, William Mathie, William Fitzsimmons, G. W. Arnold, John Chaffey, Edward Lawless, George McGibbon, William H. Wilson, Ormond Jones, John G. Leavitt, Thomas Mair, James Crawford, Welling. ton Landon, Allan Turner, John Crawford, Samuel B. Clark, and John McElhinney. The original lodge room was over the store of Christopher Fletcher, from which place it was removed to Fitzsimmon’s No. 6.—Archibald McDougall, owner; occupied | Block, and from thence to its present elegant by Charles G. Griffin, hatter, furrier, and taxidermist. quarters in the Ross Block. No. 2.—George Shields, owner; occupied by P. Browne & Co., grocers and spirit merchants. No. 5.—P. W. Strong, owner; occupied by Chas. Best as a boot and shoe store, the establishment being the largest of the kind in Brockville. A. Stoddard Southworth occupies the second flat in the store of P. W. Strong asa dental surgery. Dr. Southworth is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Dental College, and also of the Dental College for Ontario. Nos. 7 and 8.—Seaman Manhard, owner ; occupied respectively by Beacock & Co, as a trunk factory, in which the finest work is made; and Manhard & Booth, dealers in flour and feed, also proprietors of a steam saw mill, planing mill, sash and blind factory, and lumber yard. Of the nine lodges of the Order first instituted in Canada, Brock Lodge alone remains, it having the honor of being the parent of most of the lodges in Eastern Ontario. From its portals have gone forth many distinguished Odd Fellows, it having contributed two Grand Master, viz., Dr. Reynolds and William Fitzsimmons, M.P. Eventhe Grand Lodge No. 9.—Archibald McDougall, owner; occupied of Canada owes its existence to Brock Lodge, as it | by Ezra McDougall as a stove depot and tin shop, i 25 . s Lo i am ol a,” = k we. ae iva : rai Ae us “2 USte ee , kh je A ! A ] ii.
