DESTROY THE MEMORY OF PEOPLE
Is it lack of pride? Or simply silly irresponsibility that hounds the past few decades to eliminate the architectural landscape latuquois?
The kickoff of the almost systematic destruction of all symbols of the collective past of the city was probably the demolition of the convent of sisters and his lovely park, replaced by an ordinary building commercial ... It was an opportunity to get rid of the statue of the Sacred Heart, allegedly bulky, which was finally buried at the cemetery expansion with several other tombstones as a fill ..
The most recent illustration of the carnage: the mysterious fire of the great manager's residence, built at the end of the street Beckler, in the early years of the factory of Brown. And I could go on the inventory with other examples of this undertaking systematic demolition of visual cues in all kinds of excuses ...
And now this extraordinary building, which will be 90 years next year, declared a historical monument in 1988, was sold for peanuts ... negotiable, "says the ad. It is he needs a lot of renovation. This is not the first time it is sold: the Canadian International Paper had been transferred to Council 1887 Knights of Columbus in April 1962.
La Tuque, April 26 1962. IPC sells the Brown Community Club. Here, the plant manager at the time, A. Tafel, sign the deed of sale. To his left, Frank Spain, father, businessman who bought the old Hall of Knights, rue Saint-Antoine, which will be demolished later .. Present at the signing: Antoine Martel, Vincent Spain, Jacques Ducharme, Wesley Smith, Aubert Gervais, Roland Paquin, Rodolphe Roy, Jos. F. Pagé, Roger Mulligan and Omer Veillette, not all identifiable in this picture. Shawinigan
The Standard May 2, 1962.
What will become of what was one of the largest cultural building Sport and gender in Quebec if he finds no takers? A chore, like that which led to the preservation of the old Brown farm, transformed a smart way could be a solution.
The small house and huge barn of Brown.
P hoto taken November 4, 2007.
Latuquois Club is spacious and the floor always had memorable evenings in the 1960s while the song box THE CAYUTE it was installed. Thus, thanks to the dedication of a twenty young people, very biggest names in Quebec music marched on its stage, fitted with makeshift and generous dedication of a few craftsmen of the saw and hammer and others.
is the small low door right now convicted, Gilles Vigneault, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Yvon Deschamps and Renée Claude, among others, are slipped inside the cultural center of excellence by the second half of the 1960s at La Tuque. Photo taken November 4, 2007.
We began construction of the club in late 1920.
In the edition dated 4 June this year the weekly St. Maurice Valley The , page devoted to La Tuque, a paragraph listing the proposed construction of a " clubhouse, which will be erected right next to the boarding house for employees of Brown. The building itself should begin within months and, for now, we make various preparations. Thus, the route of the "boulevard" Saint-Maurice Street then called familiarly "Along the Bank" (It will officially called "On the Bank" before being renamed "Beckler") will be changed and it will plant trees.
The Brown Bulletin, July 1920, p. 5
In the July 1920 of Brown Bulletin we talk about the progress of work and it is optimistic: the book could be opened in the winter. Then in October, Bulletin mentions that work is progressing more slowly than expected.
The Brown Bulletin October 1920.
The official opening, luxurious, will only be 19 January 1922. Over 650 people attended, gathered in the beautiful gym. Among the speakers, the pastor Eugene Corbeil, who nevertheless never stop to warn his flock against the dangers of frequenting this place run by Protestants, and the mayor, Réal Gravel. Have they expressed in French?
Professional musicians came from Montreal and the next day there was a big dance: 120 pairs occupy the gym. I guess among the dancers, there was surely speaking, good Catholics. But without doubt, that evening, Corbeil was he went to bed early, exhausted by the pomp of the inauguration of the building of the English?
course, Bulletin Brown gave an account of this event, a first in the history of the young city. He devoted three pages in its edition of April 1922 and offered to American and Canadian readers a series of photos of the interior of the premises.
Brown The Community Club is The building has hosted countless social, cultural and sporting activities that have marked the history of La Tuque. The leaders of Brown had wanted to make a harmonious meeting place of the two linguistic communities in the city.
In his autobiography, Barefoot in dawn our great Felix Leclerc devotes several pages to the building he calls "the castle of the bosses." He speaks of "the club terrace, decorated with Chinese lanterns, glassware, silverware, women who repeated," So cute! ", The Englishman who" gave seriously handshake .... " He found the wine very tasty.
Felix was not the only one to marvel at the beauty and imposing the status of the area, 325,000 square feet, whose construction had cost nearly half a million dollars.
Until 1969, the whole building was heated by the system steam plant.
He taught several courses there is. In 1924, for example, architectural and mechanical assistance. The mayor of the time, Plante Wenceslas, was the program chair.
Visitors admired this building for community orientation, at the time regarded as one of the finest in the province.
We played basketball and softball in the large indoor gymnasium, where exercises were held Calisthene.
is in a room of the Club that players hockey teams donned their equipment before crossing the old arena, not heated, located just behind the main gym.
Towards 1930.
societies and fraternal sisterhood held their secret meetings. This, surprisingly, we celebrated 25 years of priesthood by Eugene Corbeil.
Towards 1930.
We have organized all kinds of activities: lectures, concerts, raffles and bazaars. Many parades started from there, its beautiful park surrounded by conifers.
During a fire at the school Zéphirin St., then called the "College" we had installed temporary classrooms at the Club.
1949
Here are some Internet addresses where to find pictures and information on building the Hon.
Historic Places of Canada:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5779&page=2
Archives retained Brown Plymouth University:
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/989
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/7123
The site also offers a large number of photos on the activities of the company in La Tuque, especially Photos from inside the factory. You can leave comments. Some Latuquois Latuquoises and have already done.
Acknowledgments I thank Geneviève Gélinas have been kind enough to add to the site of his great memories grandfather, Maxime Comtois, who has practiced medicine in La Tuque, from 1922 to 1941, the hyperlink to my blog Latukoiseries .
http://drcomtois.situs.qc.ca/
The kickoff of the almost systematic destruction of all symbols of the collective past of the city was probably the demolition of the convent of sisters and his lovely park, replaced by an ordinary building commercial ... It was an opportunity to get rid of the statue of the Sacred Heart, allegedly bulky, which was finally buried at the cemetery expansion with several other tombstones as a fill ..
The most recent illustration of the carnage: the mysterious fire of the great manager's residence, built at the end of the street Beckler, in the early years of the factory of Brown. And I could go on the inventory with other examples of this undertaking systematic demolition of visual cues in all kinds of excuses ...
A heritage building to sell for peanuts!
La Tuque, April 26 1962. IPC sells the Brown Community Club. Here, the plant manager at the time, A. Tafel, sign the deed of sale. To his left, Frank Spain, father, businessman who bought the old Hall of Knights, rue Saint-Antoine, which will be demolished later .. Present at the signing: Antoine Martel, Vincent Spain, Jacques Ducharme, Wesley Smith, Aubert Gervais, Roland Paquin, Rodolphe Roy, Jos. F. Pagé, Roger Mulligan and Omer Veillette, not all identifiable in this picture. Shawinigan The Standard May 2, 1962.
What will become of what was one of the largest cultural building Sport and gender in Quebec if he finds no takers? A chore, like that which led to the preservation of the old Brown farm, transformed a smart way could be a solution.
The small house and huge barn of Brown. P hoto taken November 4, 2007.
Latuquois Club is spacious and the floor always had memorable evenings in the 1960s while the song box THE CAYUTE it was installed. Thus, thanks to the dedication of a twenty young people, very biggest names in Quebec music marched on its stage, fitted with makeshift and generous dedication of a few craftsmen of the saw and hammer and others.
is the small low door right now convicted, Gilles Vigneault, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Yvon Deschamps and Renée Claude, among others, are slipped inside the cultural center of excellence by the second half of the 1960s at La Tuque. Photo taken November 4, 2007. We began construction of the club in late 1920.
In the edition dated 4 June this year the weekly St. Maurice Valley The , page devoted to La Tuque, a paragraph listing the proposed construction of a " clubhouse, which will be erected right next to the boarding house for employees of Brown. The building itself should begin within months and, for now, we make various preparations. Thus, the route of the "boulevard" Saint-Maurice Street then called familiarly "Along the Bank" (It will officially called "On the Bank" before being renamed "Beckler") will be changed and it will plant trees. 
The Brown Bulletin, July 1920, p. 5 In the July 1920 of Brown Bulletin we talk about the progress of work and it is optimistic: the book could be opened in the winter. Then in October, Bulletin mentions that work is progressing more slowly than expected.
The Brown Bulletin October 1920. The official opening, luxurious, will only be 19 January 1922. Over 650 people attended, gathered in the beautiful gym. Among the speakers, the pastor Eugene Corbeil, who nevertheless never stop to warn his flock against the dangers of frequenting this place run by Protestants, and the mayor, Réal Gravel. Have they expressed in French?
Professional musicians came from Montreal and the next day there was a big dance: 120 pairs occupy the gym. I guess among the dancers, there was surely speaking, good Catholics. But without doubt, that evening, Corbeil was he went to bed early, exhausted by the pomp of the inauguration of the building of the English?
course, Bulletin Brown gave an account of this event, a first in the history of the young city. He devoted three pages in its edition of April 1922 and offered to American and Canadian readers a series of photos of the interior of the premises.
Pictures to the Brown Bulletin in April 1922
Brown The Community Club is The building has hosted countless social, cultural and sporting activities that have marked the history of La Tuque. The leaders of Brown had wanted to make a harmonious meeting place of the two linguistic communities in the city.
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I book here, pell-mell, some details and anecdotes about this venerable building.
About 1925
After the demolition of the boarding house senior at Brown, located across the street Beckler, across from the club, its rooms on the third floor were used to house those who were single. 
About 1925 
In his autobiography, Barefoot in dawn our great Felix Leclerc devotes several pages to the building he calls "the castle of the bosses." He speaks of "the club terrace, decorated with Chinese lanterns, glassware, silverware, women who repeated," So cute! ", The Englishman who" gave seriously handshake .... " He found the wine very tasty. Felix was not the only one to marvel at the beauty and imposing the status of the area, 325,000 square feet, whose construction had cost nearly half a million dollars.
Until 1969, the whole building was heated by the system steam plant.
He taught several courses there is. In 1924, for example, architectural and mechanical assistance. The mayor of the time, Plante Wenceslas, was the program chair.
Visitors admired this building for community orientation, at the time regarded as one of the finest in the province.
We played basketball and softball in the large indoor gymnasium, where exercises were held Calisthene.
is in a room of the Club that players hockey teams donned their equipment before crossing the old arena, not heated, located just behind the main gym.
Towards 1930. 
Towards 1930. During a fire at the school Zéphirin St., then called the "College" we had installed temporary classrooms at the Club.
1949 In the 1950s, the Concert Society presented its activities in the gym. On Saturday evening, in the 1960s, young people were dancing in the great hall to the sound of one of three or four groups of rock fans in the city.
November 6, 2007
November 6, 2007 Here are some Internet addresses where to find pictures and information on building the Hon.
Historic Places of Canada:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5779&page=2
Archives retained Brown Plymouth University:
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/989
http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/item/7123
The site also offers a large number of photos on the activities of the company in La Tuque, especially Photos from inside the factory. You can leave comments. Some Latuquois Latuquoises and have already done.
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Acknowledgments I thank Geneviève Gélinas have been kind enough to add to the site of his great memories grandfather, Maxime Comtois, who has practiced medicine in La Tuque, from 1922 to 1941, the hyperlink to my blog Latukoiseries .
http://drcomtois.situs.qc.ca/
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