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Echoes from the Past
Article 15 of 111
This article first appeared in the "Echoes from the Past" column of the The Low Down to Hull and Back News.
Reprinted with permission. Search complete list of Low Down Articles.
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Death of Alonzo Wright, M.P.
At a general session of the West Hull Minicipality, held on 5 March 1894:
Moved by Councilors Hammond and Sully, and seconded by Councilors Welch, Dean and Mulvihill:
That the Members of this Council have learned with the greatest sorrow of the death of Mr. Alonzo Wright and their desire to extend their heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the bereaved widow in this her hour of affliction, and they earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being may console and reconcile her to the great loss which she has sustained.
Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs. Alonzo Wright and to the Free Press and to The Aylmer Times.
Carried  |
Some time after the death of Mrs. Wright the Chateau was sold.
The Holy Ghost Fathers, of Paris, France, in the person of Father Limbour (after whom the Village of Limbour is named) signed an option to buy the property for $69,317.50. The site was to be used for the establishment of an Apostolic School for the Missions.
The sale finally took place on 25 January 1905 and St. Aexandre College for young men and boys came into being.
The requirements though the years saw the old Chateau completely dwarfed by a newer structure which was built adjacent and attached to it.
The College prospered and dozens of graduates have represented their fellow Canadians in both Federal and Provincial governments. In 1990 the old school, following today's trend went "co-ed".