Archives

Santa Claus has arrived in Creemore for many years, catching just in time, the Santa Claus parade. Then, of course he takes time to visit the children. December has always been a busy month in [...]

My Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Fraser, often told our class about her mother-in-law walking to East Nottawasaga Presbyterian Church from Banda (2.5 km south of Avening) to attend Sunday services. [...]

It’s called serendipity: the appearance and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. It has been my plan for the last month to tell you that you have been reading chapters [...]

Looking back at our village’s history we expect to learn about churches, schools and about municipal affairs, but it is the little incidents that mark our individuality. Here are but a few of [...]

Looking back over our village’s history we expect to learn about churches and schools, and the development of municipal affairs, but it is the little incidents that mark our individuality. Here [...]

In June, 1953 we were given a school holiday to celebrate the coronation of our new queen, Elizabeth. How should I celebrate? Recently I have watched the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth and [...]

Everyone had had enough. Something had to be done. A late wet fall in 1927 turned Mill Street into a sea of mud through which pedestrians had to wade. And don’t forget it was the horse and buggy [...]

One of the great accomplishments in the years 1900-1930 was the paving of the streets and sidewalks. Before that time there were many and frequent complaints about the deplorable state of the [...]

The establishment of the waterworks in Creemore was a major project and had many twists and turns. In 2008 Gerry Blackburn wrote a series of articles for the Creemore Echo describing how it [...]

The following amusing anecdotes were written by C. B. (Bert) Smith who was owner and editor of the Creemore Star for many years (1924-1954). For several years after he sold the paper to Reg [...]