BUSINESSES THEN AND NOW
WHEN WAS THE TOWN FIRST SETTLED?
1846
NAME OF THE GOLF COURSE IN MARKDALE
MARKDALE GOLF AND CURLING CLUB
WHAT YEAR DID CHAPMAN'S BEGIN?
1973
WHAT IS NOW IN THE OLD MARKDALE FIRE HALL BUILDING?
19 TORONTO ST N
MARILYNNE RESTAURANT -OWNER & CHEF BRANDON BANNON
OPENED IN 2021
WHAT WAS THE TOWN ORIGINALLY CALLED?
EAST GLENELG
HOW MANY HOLES IS THE GOLF COURSE IN MARKDALE?
9 HOLES
HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ICE CREAM DOES CHAPMAN'S MAKE?
286, HAVE YOU TRIED THEM ALL?
NAME THE STORE THAT ONCE WAS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MAIN & TORONTO ST IN THE LATER 1890'S...... SELLING PRODUCTS SUCH AS CLOTHING, GROCERIES, FABRIC, SOAP....
F.T. Hill & Co.
Marketing itself as ‘Markdale’s Greatest Store’, it would eventually open several locations across Ontario, including stores in such ‘distant’ locations as Orangeville, Alliston and Meaford.
WHAT WAS THE TOWN RENAMED IN 1864?
CORNABUS
WHICH 2 HOCKEY TEAMS PLAY OUT OF THE MARKDALE ARENA?
GREY HIGHLAND SHOOTING STARS & GREY BRUCE HIGHLANDERS
WHEN DID THE FIRE AT CHAPMAN'S OCCUR?
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
WHAT BUSINESS IS NOW IN THE OLD PUBLIC LIBRARY?
THE LAW OFFICES OF O'NEILL & PUST
21 MAIN ST E
IT STOPPED BEING A LIBRARY IN 2001
WHAT YEAR DID THE MARKDALE STANDARD FIRST PUBLISH?
1880 AND CONTINUED UNTIL 2012
WHEN WAS THE CURLING CLUB FOUNDED?
1922
WHAT ARE THE TOP 3 SELLING ICE CREAM FLAVOURS?
VANILLA, COOKIES & CREAM, BLACK CHERRY
FROM WHAT YEARS WAS THE HOUSE OF REFUGE OPERATIONAL
BONUS: WHAT WAS THE HOUSE OF REFUGE
1904-1998
LOCATED ON A LARGE FARMSTEAD SOUTH OF MARKDALE, THE HOUSE OFFERED FOOD AND LODGING TO THE AREA'S DISADVANTAGED, ELDERLY AND HOMELESS IN EXCHANGE FOR LABOUR
HOW DID MARKDALE FINALLY GET IT'S NAME?
in 1873, A local landowner, Mark Armstrong, sold a parcel of land to the railway on the condition that the new station bore his name. Thus, Cornabus became Markdale, and the town saw an immediate increase in business when the railway station opened.
WHAT YEAR DID THE CURLING CLUB BEGIN TO INVITE WOMAN INTO IT'S MEMBERSHIP?
1945
WHAT ARE THE NAME'S OF THE COUPLE WHO PURCHASED THE SMALL CREAMERY IN MARKDALE AND NAMED IT CHAPMAN'S?
DAVID AND PENNY CHAPMAN
NAME A PRINCIPAL FROM MARKDALE HIGH SCHOOL - HINT 1910-1968 -- THE HIGHSCHOOL MERGED IN 1968 TO FORM GREY HIGHLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL -- WITH DUNDALK AND FLESHERTON HIGH SCHOOLS
Geo. A. Clarke- 1910-1912
Alex Burke, W.C. Rodgers, Geo. E. McDonald, Mr. Wightman, Lincoln Might- 1913-1915
Thomas Preston 1915-1919
S.A. Morrison 1919-1926
Wm. Donaldson 1916-1928
Miss McDowell 1928-1929
Wm. McDonald 1929-1930
F.McNab 1930-1935
Frank Sawyer 1935-1951
Cliff McKay 1951-1959
Jas. E. McDonald 1959-1960
Wm. R. Mackay 1960-1964
Harold Snow 1964-1966
Jas. E. Mcdonald 1966-1968