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Z 540 EERPRP RII PP EE EE aR a PE Jew ZF 77 TX IVETE I Newspaper H as Oshawa For Fifty-Eight Years - Reformer Established as Weekly In 1871 by W.R. Climie; Edward 'Mundy Acquired Control in 1878 Abram Farewell Took Initiative in Starting Paper--Char- ter to First Company Granted in 1873--Signed by Oliver Mowat--F. Publishers of Paper In Arnold Store T MAY be interesting to our readers for us to recall at this time the circumstances -- which this newspaper came into existence. In 1871 the late Abram Farewell was elected to the Legislature as a ide By from South Ontario and he felt that Oshawa was of such im- Jolie as to warrant the es- blishment of another news- paper, as the Vindicator, a Conservative organ, was the only paper being published here at that time. Mr, W, R, FOUNDED REFORMER W. R. CLIMIE Who was the first editor and pub- lisher of - The Reformer, having been induced to come over from Bowmanville where he was at that time publisher of The Statesman, W. Glen and Samuel Luke Were Paper In Early Days--Business Started on Simcoe South. Climie who was then publish- ing the Statesman at Bow- manville, was induced to come to Oshawa wd inaugurate W news, which was cal The oh Reformer, The ABRAM FAREWELL Who was mainly responsible for the birth of The Reformer in 1871, first issue of the new paper was published the first Friday in April, 1871, from the build- ing now occupied by the Arn- old store on Simcoe street south, and consisted of a four page sheet, Mr. John Taablyn, until recently Postmaster of Oshawa, now retired, laid the first type in the cases, and was connected with the office for thirty years, leaving June 30, 1901, ae . ay = -- First Formed Mr. Climie continued to publish The Reformer for about two years, at the expiration of which time he sold out to The onlatia Reformer Printing & Publish Company, Charter members of which were Ab- ram Farewell, James Carmichael, (a former postmaster of Qshawa), John T. Gould, T. J. Eck, Geo. H. Grier- son, John Ratcliffe, Daniel Hinkson, and J. W, Fowke, all of whom have since been gathered to their fathers. The Charter of this early Company signed by Oliver Mowat who was then Attorney General, is repro- duced herewith. Changes In Ownership About the time this-Company took over the paper the plant was moved to the top floor of what was then the Dominion Bank building (now the Conant Block), and was issued from there for about a year, when this Company sold out to J Glen, who was afterwards the Do- minion representative for South On- tario. He moved the plant to the building now Mh fy by Cart- wright's (formerly Detenbeck's) {en's furnishing establishment on ing street east, The time during PUBLISHER IN SEVENTIES SAMUEL LUKE Who was proprietor of The Reform- er from 1875-1878, He will be re- membered by many of the older citizens, REFORMER EDITOR FOR MANY YEARS EDWARD MUNDY Who secured control of The Re- former in 1878 and who continued as {ef owner until his death in 1921, which Mr. Glen owned was one of the busiest periods in its history, In addition to The Re- former he printed a highly illustrated weekly called the Champion, in the interests of the Joseph Hall Works, of which he was the chief owner at that time. But in 1874 he failed and The Reformer was again sold on April 23, 1875 to Messrs Samuel Luke and J. S. Larke, the latter a silent partner, Mr, Larke was later ap- pointed Trade Commissioner to 'Aus- tralia for the Dominion Government. These gentlemen were also running the Vindicator at the time, Mr, Luke conducting The, Reformer and Mr, Larke the Vindicator. Paper Passed to E. Mundy The fortunes of this newspaper re- mained in these gentlemen's hands until July 1st, 1878, when it passed into the hands of Mr. E, Mundy, who piloted it through various vis- sicitudes, In 1905 he took his son, Charles M., into the business with him as a partner and they success- fully operated under the firm name of E. Mundy & Son, until April 1st, 1910. Frey 1909 till 1914 the busi- ness was cc ed in the buildi g | the office WBA, of Toronto, and later 5. Meleese, The busi- when sold out to lig hg new company and continued to prosper bow in in newspaper patron- age an print ing, to Semi-Weekly In 1919 A. R. Alloway succeeded A. S. McLeese as Editor of The Re- former and at the same time we newspaper publishing semi-weekly. By later it Bln to tri-weekly, being published every Tuesday, ursday and Saturday. This arrangement was continued un- til October 1st, 1925, when the pres- ent publishing company, the Mundy Printing Company Limited, which was formed in that year, began pe lishing the paper as a daily, and to the rapid growth of Oshawa = paper quickly took its place among the leading dailies published in the smaller cities of the province. The rapid development of the pa- per as a daily, coupled with the ex- pansion of the job printing business, resulted in taxing to capacity the splendid building that was erected in i 14 with the result that last year a {ONE OF EARLY PUBLISHERS bY x ¥. W. GLEN Who conducted The Ontario Re- former for two years of its jour- nalistic infancy. Mr, Glen was succeeded as publisher by the partnership of Luke and Larke. on Simcoe street south, now occupied by the Nut-Krust Bakery. In 1910 E, Mundy & Son sold out to The Reformer Printing & Pub- lishing Company Limited, of which Mr. E. Mundy became President and Mr. C. M. Mundy, Secretary-Treas- urer. Owing to advancing years Mr, E. Mundy retired from the active editorship of the paper at that time and was succeeded by Mr, F, M. Electrical Equipment Properly Installed Thee LECTRICAL Installations, Wiring, etc., in the stoc, Was Many of Oshawa's well known structures are wired by BOWRA Electricians Complete Electrical Fixtures, Ran & Fo of Simcoe St. N. OSHAWA New "Times" Building is the work of E-~ Bi OWRA ELECTRIC SHOP Phone 1075 " ward Smith, ! others." decision was reached to-build a large addition on the property to the south of the existing building and the oc- cupancy of this new building, to- press equipment is the occasion for this special number, THE GHRISTIAN LUMINARY WAS EARLY JOURNAL | Jopy of Paper Published Here In 1846 Is Preserved The Times is, deeply indebted to Mrs, G. F. Blamey, 14 Rowe Street, ior a copy of what is believed to be Oshawa's very first publication, Al- though not a newspaper in the or- dinary sense of the word, this jour- nal bearing the name, "The Christian Luminary," form, four pages of five columns each. As the name indicates, it was a religious periodical, We believe this publication was issued by the religious body known in those days as "Bible Christians" and this de- nomination seems to have been close- ly associated with the Unitarian As- sociation, which at that time was largely evangelical in its membership and preaching. | The Editor of the paper was Jabez Chadwick and the "Printer" J. E. McMillan. The paper was published | semi-monthly for a "Select Commit- tee consisting of Thomas Henry, Ed- Brooks Wakefield and A reproduction of part of the front page of this very old Osh- awa paper appears herewith, The late can be plainly read as "May 15, 1846" » As an indication that religious con- troyersy waxed warm in those days, as it does today, it is noted that Editor Chadwick apparently experi- enced the same difficulty that editors of today frequently have in curtail- ing debates that threaten to crowd everything else out of the paper, as the following paragraph will evi- dence: 4 %To Correspondents -- Br. D. Cronkhite's 3rd letter has been re- ceived, which, with my reply, will be inserted in our next. Also Medicus' 3rd article, which will find a place in our next: after which an r ar- ticle from Eld. Colston will be ad- mitted, and this must suffice as to the discussion on "Change of State," and terminate it. And Br. A, Fare- well is requested to condense his furs ther remarks on the Design of Bap- tism, in one or two numbers more, as I am advised that many patrons of the Luminary 3 are becoming rather weary of our long articles, and think 'the subject tly discussed,' 'especially as vy requires the ground travel over so often, tal the same rout' Received also Br. f's article on 'the Power of Truth." EXTRA COPIES OF - TODAYS TIMES A limited number of extra copies of today's special number of The Oshawa Daily Times have been printed and are available for sending away to friends. The usual price of 2 cents per copy applies. ies may be had at the office of bee pd % publication or gether with the installation of new!" is printed in hewspaper ; CHARTER OF FIRST REFORMER COMPANY i Attra frel | PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. ANAM, by he Grace of God of che United Kingdom of Gireat Drivin ood' * Undund, QUEEN Defender of the Faith, 8p, fp. Toalito whom these presents shall come--GREETING a tts ara ---- Ah te ls I pt tle aud Brianlad and i ad] TS Or an aX hi A iy i prio" enpltal of the Company lo A by. 4 HISTORIC DOCUMENT SIGNED BY "OLIVER MOWAT", "The Ontario Reformer Publishing Co." was one of earliest chartered companies in Ontario, ns charter having been granted in 1878 and its number 106, T he above very clear reproduction of the first page of the charter shows the names of the incorporato vs, The total capital stock authorized was $3,000 and the ae up $1,000, Ra wea -- v rey The Christian Luminary.. 7B MeMILLAY, Priston BENULP | BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF CREAT JUV" Oshaws, Conads Went, My 03 $536. The FIRE-- INSURANCE. on the " NEW BUILDING is partially supplied by J.H R. LUKE Insurance and Real Estate Regent Theatre Block £6 King St. E. If you do not canny sufficient fire insurance --see J. H. R. LUKE today Phone 871 or 687w