Stroud



Flooding At Shering'S Garage 1950
Shering's Garage, built 1947. Today this same building is the home of Stroud Auto. Picture showing flood 1950, from Page 55 of Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Vol. II, IHS Finding Aids: Shering, George Shering, Monty IHS# 3382-55a
Lavinia and Harriet Orchard, 5 August 1938
Photo of two women, Lavinia (left) and Harriet "Hattie" (right) Orchard (aged 80 and 72 respectively), at the Stroud School Centenary in 1938. They were the daughters of Robert and Sarah (maiden name Soules) Orchard. Lavinia is dressed in a long-sleeved floral patterned dress and Hattie in a long-sleeved polka dotted dress. Hattie was a Women's Institute worker, historian and librarian. She housed the Stroud library in her home on Victoria Street for many years, beginning in 1921. The books were housed in her hallway and she was described as being ever ready to welcome members into her home and recommend a good book.Born in 1866, Harriet was the youngest of five daughters. Her father was a teacher, but passed away before her birth. Harriet remained dedicated to the care of her mother and an active member in the Salvation Army and the Methodist Church. She later joined the Stroud Women’s Institute and became secretary. As a passionate historian she collected the remembrances and stories of the community and made donations of antiques to the fledgling Simcoe County Museum. On 18 August 1950, Hattie Orchard passed away. Her contribution to the history of Stroud and her compilations of stories for the Tweedsmuir Histories of the Women’s Institute meant that “she has left her footprints, indelibly, hereafter, on the sands of Stroud Community” - Mrs. Dwight Nelson, A Tribute to Miss Orchard, Tweedsmuir Histories, August 20, 1950., IHS2231, IHS2311, IHS3372, IHS3381-85
Loyal Orange Lodge In Stroud,1950
Photo of the exterior of the Stroud Orange Hall (1873-1958) on Victoria Street in Stroud showing the spring flood of 1950. It is a small frame building with an open gable roof and plywood style siding. The road and surrounding property appear completely flooded. The Loyal Orange Lodge (or L.O.L.) is a Protestant fraternal organization whose members are often referred to as Orangemen. The building that housed the Stroud Loyal Orange Lodge was erected in 1873 and used until 1957. The building later fell into disrepair and was demolished. This building also briefly held the library in Stroud in 1950. Upon the death of the former librarian, Miss Hattie Orchard, the library's collection had to move from Miss Orchard's home, and the books were reportedly wheeled across Yonge Street (then Highway 11) by wheelbarrow, to their new home at the Orange Hall on the north side of Victoria Street. The librarians were very often close neighbours to the Orange Hall. The library was staffed by the sisters Mrs. George Young and Miss M. Wellbanks, and later Mrs. Harvey Hughes. This image can be found on page 49 of the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, Vol. II., Orange Order, Stroud IHS# 3382-49
Stroud Women'S Institute C. 1926
Group photo taken of the Stroud Women's Institute members in winter circa 1926. The ladies are all dressed in longer winter coats, are not wearing hats, and are standing or kneeling in shallow snow outside of a house. Pictured from left to right, back row: Mrs. Harvey Hughes, Mrs. George Shering, Minerva Leonard, unknown, Grace Wice, Marjorie Arnold, Christine Lister (Goodfellow), Hettie Harmer (Spring), Meta Leonard (Richardson), Elsie Webb (Reynolds), Mrs. R.A. Sutherland, Ruby Wice (Cochrane), Mrs. Leona Webb, Marjorie Black (Nelson), Elsie Alpine (Sproule), and Zelma Tribble (Book). Middle row: Mrs. Tom Reid, Miss Hewson, Mrs. Marquis, Mrs. Earl Shannon, Miss H.R. Orchard, Miss Annie Wallace, Mrs. Tom Hewson, Norma Wice, Isobel Goodfellow (Jacks), and Mary Reid. Front row: Hazel Jacks, Flora Neelands (Banting), Verna Smyth, Meta Hunter (Pringle), Mrs. Sadie Webb, and Annie Miller (Leonard).