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The '''Markdale Standard''' was a newspaper in [[Markdale, Ontario]], Canada from 1880 until 2013.
== History ==
The ''Markdale Expositor'' started in 1875 under editor George Jackson Blyth. Born in 1845, Blyth would publish the ''Expositor'' until 1880, and five years started up the ''Chatsworth News'' on March 12th, 1885. He was a member of the International organization of Good Templars, as a District Lecturer regarding the [[Temperance movement]]. Blyth passed away on January 19th, 1908, having suffered a stroke June of the previous year, and buried in St. Paul’s Anglican cemetery. His daughter Edith would continue to manage the paper.
On September 17th,1880 the first issue of newly renamed ''Markdale Standard'' began under Charles Wesley Rutledge, who had purchased it from Blyth. Rutledge was born in Leeds County in 1849, arriving in the Markdale area a year later with his family, his father being Edward Rutledge. During his time as proprietor, he contributed to construction of the town’s public library, Canadian Pacific Railway depot, and two Methodist church buildings. In March of 1899 Rutledge purchased a Main Street building for the paper from W. L. McFarland. He married three times, the third to Emma Edwards on June 16th, 1918. He would be associated with the ''Standard'' until the end of 1920, and upon his death on March 31st, 1926 was buried in Markdale Cemetery’s Mortuary Chapel, both Cemetery and Chapel two of his community projects.
On January 16th, 1908, the Standard Printing Company of Markdale, under the control of J.W. Tucker, joined Rutledge in ownership. Tucker had been with the staff for nine years as a printer, five of those as foreman.
Taking over from Rutledge was Albert Edward Colgan, son of John and Sarah Colgan, original pioneers of the Proton Station area in Grey County. Born June 18th, 1877, A. E. spent his early life in Dundalk, marrying Mary E. Bailey and serving as Chief Magistrate both there and in Markdale. He stood in provincial elections as a Conservative, winning once, but clearly stated that he, and his Liberal partner MacIntyre, “...are both so hautily [sic] independent of the old party ties,” in their front page introduction of the January 5th, 1921 issue. A member of [[Orange Order]], Black Knight, Masonic and [[Odd Fellows]] organizations, he was also Secretary of the Grey-Bruce Association and President of the South Grey Conservative Association. Like his predecessor Blyth, the company of A. E. Colgan & Son would published the ''Chatsworth'' ''Banner'' in the 1920s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>
The Colgan/MacIntyre partnership lasted until 1926, with Colgan as the sole owner until his retirement, with his son Jack stepping into the position of publisher/editor. This continued until 1946, when Jack left for tuberculosis treatment, the paper reportedly being run by a female family member with the help of two printers. Jack returned and was with the paper until April of 1949.
During the Colgan ownership, the paper did not contain the usual publisher and business information of the company running it. The paper did not assume political stances, Markdale being a split town in Rutledge’s time, mainly focusing on local news, agricultural information, comics, syndicated columns and advertising. The lack of political affiliation may have lead to there being very little in the way of editorials during and after the Colgan ownership.
The paper historically served the communities of Berkeley, Kimberly, Holland Centre, Eugenia, Traverston, Cherry Grove, Flesherton, Wodehouse, Harkaway, Glenelg Centre, Goring, Walters Falls, Rosedale, Rocklyn, Vandeleur, Maxwell, Dundalk, Feversham, Strathaven, Temple Hill, Lauriston and Markdale. When the ''Standard'' moved off of Main Street, it published from offices located at 13 Toronto Street North. Circulation for the ''Standard'' generally hovered around 1,300 in a town of 900 during the 1920s.<ref></ref>
The Colgan family ownership came to an end in 1949, when the paper was purchased by R. Gordon Craig of Ingersoll. Craig had been the editor of the ''Ingersoll Tribune'' previously. One assumes he was a modest man, or frugal, as under Craig's ownership no staff directory was ever included in the paper. Craig published the paper until 1968 when William Kennedy, editor and publisher of the ''Durham Chronicle'', bought the paper. Three years later Bill Kennedy was joined by former ''Hanover Post'' photographer Melvin John Gateman, who would serve as editor until 1998. In 1976 Kennedy moved the printing of the paper from Elmvale to Durham. Gateman would return for six months in April of 2000, replacing Adam Freill, and then retired with John McPhee taking over until 2001. Lori Ledingham began her tenure as editor for the ''Standard'', having worked as a reporter for the paper in the 1990s. She would see the paper through its 130th anniversary in 2005 until its closure in 2013, when it was being published by Cheryl Mcmenemy as part of the [[Osprey Media]] publishing group.
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== See also ==
* [[List of newspapers in Canada]]
== Externals links ==
[https://ift.tt/2NRRBic The Markdale Standard (1880-1950) - INK/ODW Newspaper archive]
== History ==
The ''Markdale Expositor'' started in 1875 under editor George Jackson Blyth. Born in 1845, Blyth would publish the ''Expositor'' until 1880, and five years started up the ''Chatsworth News'' on March 12th, 1885. He was a member of the International organization of Good Templars, as a District Lecturer regarding the [[Temperance movement]]. Blyth passed away on January 19th, 1908, having suffered a stroke June of the previous year, and buried in St. Paul’s Anglican cemetery. His daughter Edith would continue to manage the paper.
On September 17th,1880 the first issue of newly renamed ''Markdale Standard'' began under Charles Wesley Rutledge, who had purchased it from Blyth. Rutledge was born in Leeds County in 1849, arriving in the Markdale area a year later with his family, his father being Edward Rutledge. During his time as proprietor, he contributed to construction of the town’s public library, Canadian Pacific Railway depot, and two Methodist church buildings. In March of 1899 Rutledge purchased a Main Street building for the paper from W. L. McFarland. He married three times, the third to Emma Edwards on June 16th, 1918. He would be associated with the ''Standard'' until the end of 1920, and upon his death on March 31st, 1926 was buried in Markdale Cemetery’s Mortuary Chapel, both Cemetery and Chapel two of his community projects.
On January 16th, 1908, the Standard Printing Company of Markdale, under the control of J.W. Tucker, joined Rutledge in ownership. Tucker had been with the staff for nine years as a printer, five of those as foreman.
Taking over from Rutledge was Albert Edward Colgan, son of John and Sarah Colgan, original pioneers of the Proton Station area in Grey County. Born June 18th, 1877, A. E. spent his early life in Dundalk, marrying Mary E. Bailey and serving as Chief Magistrate both there and in Markdale. He stood in provincial elections as a Conservative, winning once, but clearly stated that he, and his Liberal partner MacIntyre, “...are both so hautily [sic] independent of the old party ties,” in their front page introduction of the January 5th, 1921 issue. A member of [[Orange Order]], Black Knight, Masonic and [[Odd Fellows]] organizations, he was also Secretary of the Grey-Bruce Association and President of the South Grey Conservative Association. Like his predecessor Blyth, the company of A. E. Colgan & Son would published the ''Chatsworth'' ''Banner'' in the 1920s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>
The Colgan/MacIntyre partnership lasted until 1926, with Colgan as the sole owner until his retirement, with his son Jack stepping into the position of publisher/editor. This continued until 1946, when Jack left for tuberculosis treatment, the paper reportedly being run by a female family member with the help of two printers. Jack returned and was with the paper until April of 1949.
During the Colgan ownership, the paper did not contain the usual publisher and business information of the company running it. The paper did not assume political stances, Markdale being a split town in Rutledge’s time, mainly focusing on local news, agricultural information, comics, syndicated columns and advertising. The lack of political affiliation may have lead to there being very little in the way of editorials during and after the Colgan ownership.
The paper historically served the communities of Berkeley, Kimberly, Holland Centre, Eugenia, Traverston, Cherry Grove, Flesherton, Wodehouse, Harkaway, Glenelg Centre, Goring, Walters Falls, Rosedale, Rocklyn, Vandeleur, Maxwell, Dundalk, Feversham, Strathaven, Temple Hill, Lauriston and Markdale. When the ''Standard'' moved off of Main Street, it published from offices located at 13 Toronto Street North. Circulation for the ''Standard'' generally hovered around 1,300 in a town of 900 during the 1920s.<ref></ref>
The Colgan family ownership came to an end in 1949, when the paper was purchased by R. Gordon Craig of Ingersoll. Craig had been the editor of the ''Ingersoll Tribune'' previously. One assumes he was a modest man, or frugal, as under Craig's ownership no staff directory was ever included in the paper. Craig published the paper until 1968 when William Kennedy, editor and publisher of the ''Durham Chronicle'', bought the paper. Three years later Bill Kennedy was joined by former ''Hanover Post'' photographer Melvin John Gateman, who would serve as editor until 1998. In 1976 Kennedy moved the printing of the paper from Elmvale to Durham. Gateman would return for six months in April of 2000, replacing Adam Freill, and then retired with John McPhee taking over until 2001. Lori Ledingham began her tenure as editor for the ''Standard'', having worked as a reporter for the paper in the 1990s. She would see the paper through its 130th anniversary in 2005 until its closure in 2013, when it was being published by Cheryl Mcmenemy as part of the [[Osprey Media]] publishing group.
<br />
== See also ==
* [[List of newspapers in Canada]]
== Externals links ==
[https://ift.tt/2NRRBic The Markdale Standard (1880-1950) - INK/ODW Newspaper archive]
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