80-678: The Preston Rivulettes were a Canadian women's ice hockey team. They won four Dominion Championships and ten Ontario titles between 1931 and 1940. The team had a winning percentage of over 95%, a record unmatched in the history of women's hockey. They were inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame on May 2, 1998, as members of the inaugural class of 1997. They were awarded the Order of Sport in 2022, marking their induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . Hilda and Nellie Ranscombe, and Marm and Helen Schmuck, played softball together during
160-585: A 15-horsepower hydroelectric system, the Sheave Tower, was built on Bowman Creek by Allan Bowman to help power the flour mill using a series of shafts and gears. This was a significant achievement in that era. Although the name Carlisle (or New Carlisle) was commonly used then, the name Blair was chosen for the first post office in 1858 because a village of Carlisle had already been established in Halton County. The new name honoured Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair ,
240-719: A Manitoba team into the Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association (DWAHA) championship. She also served as the secretary-treasurer and timekeeper of the Winnipeg Women's Senior Hockey League, and regularly attended games at the Olympic Rink where her husband was a timekeeper and junior ice hockey convenor. At the 1935 DWAHA annual meeting in Winnipeg, Dunn was elected one of three vice-presidents. The DWAHA sought to grow its membership across Canada, expected Saskatchewan to join
320-726: A championship trophy for the Dominion Women’s Amateur Hockey Association. For the inaugural series, the Ontario Champion Preston Rivulettes played the Western Champion Edmonton Rustlers. This was the first time Preston had played outside of Ontario, and since Edmonton had covered all expenses on the Rivulettes' behalf, they could easily afford it. The team departed from Preston on a Wednesday, with 200 fans cheering them off at
400-751: A demonstration sport at the 1940 Winter Olympics . Dunn attended the WAAF of C general meeting in November 1938, and her application for the DWAHA to affiliate was approved after two seasons without such an agreement. The renewed affiliation then allowed the DWAHA to partake in internationally sanctioned hockey. At the same meeting, she supported the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association who threatened to withdraw if not given an increased number of votes based on proportional representation of registered members. When
480-717: A foundry, carriage manufacturer, potteries and a furniture company. This was also the year that the Cherry Flour Mills started, which would later become the Dover Flour Mills, a Preston company that still operates today. By 1888, the Preston Springs Hotel, then called the Del Monte Hotel, was operating. Demolition of the building began in December 2020 for reasons of public safety. On September 30, 1899, Preston
560-472: A grist and a saw mill, a tannery, a tavern, one store, one pail factory, two blacksmiths, two tailors, two shoemakers. In 1858, Jacob Hespeler opened the Post Office and the settlement, previously called New Hope, was incorporated as the village of Hespeler. The arrival of the railway in 1859 helped businesses to develop and prosper. By 1864, there was a large flour mill, cloth and wool manufacturing plants,
640-639: A large brick church and a population of 200. Railway service arrived in Blair in 1873 when the Grand Trunk Railway , having acquired the Great Western Railway 's defunct Preston and Berlin Railway , rerouted it through Blair on its way to Galt, bypassing Preston, the railway's original destination. Blair became part of Preston in 1969. Many historic buildings still stand in the village, including some from
720-717: A large industrial base. In fact, Galt was called "Manchester of Canada" because of the extensive industry, powered by the Grand River. Some of the important businesses in about 1870 included the Dickson Mills (opened in 1843), the Axe Factory forge, two furniture factories, The Dumfries iron and brass foundry, three large woolen factories, a malt factory, the Victoria Steam Carriage Works, the Dumfries Flour Mill,
800-471: A lifetime contributor to sports, and that she was "one of the boys". Dunn and her husband were both credited by The Winnipeg Tribune for their tremendous contributions to sport in Winnipeg. Dunn was one of the founding officers of the Oriole Community Club in Winnipeg in 1948. She was president of its women's auxiliary in 1953, and oversaw the club's annual May Day tea social. She served as
880-565: A result, Armitage "got many a free ride". Armitage graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science and later married Jimmy Dunn , a sports executive from Winnipeg. During the mid-1930s, Dunn was vice-president of the Manitoba branch of the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada (WAAF of C), which oversaw all amateur sport for ladies in the province, and sought to organize
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#1732859164056960-603: A resurgence in the postwar period. This did not occur to the same extent for women's sports and the Preston Rivulettes did not reconvene after the war. The Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association (DWAHA) was founded in 1933. DWAHA oversaw a national playoff for the top women's hockey teams in Canada, called the Dominion Championship. Lady Bessborough, the wife of Governor General of Canada Lord Bessborough donated
1040-536: A sawmill and a distillery all built of cut stone. There was also a large furniture factory and four churches. Continued growth allowed Hespeler to be incorporated as a town in January 1901. Over the following years, the community continued growing slowly. By 1911 the electric railway system between Preston and Galt had reached Hespeler as well as Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo; by 1916 it had been extended to Brantford/Port Dover. Textile production mills were
1120-603: A score of 1-0 to earn the title of Dominion Champions. This was the first ever recognition of a Canadian women's hockey national championship team. Although not able to secure the championship, the Rivulettes received favourable media coverage in Preston and throughout Ontario. On the week following their defeat, the team was welcomed to the Provincial Legislature in Toronto for a congratulatory meeting with Premier Henry. Preston
1200-408: A vice-president of the club from 1959 to 1961, and as president from 1961 to 1964. Under her leadership, the club operated a youth sports program and had seven minor ice hockey teams as of 1961. Vince Leah of The Winnipeg Tribune praised Dunn's volunteer work, and wrote that her efforts had made the Oriole Community Club "one of the city's better community centres". She received a citation from
1280-489: A weekly newspaper, a school, a bank (Gore) and a fire company. The post office was receiving daily mail. Industries included two grist mills, two saw mills, two foundries, two carding machines and cloth factories, one brewery, two distilleries, one tannery, eight stores, nine taverns, two grocery stores and various tradesmen. The largest of the early schools in the community, the Galt Grammar School, opened in 1852 with
1360-692: A women's softball organization for Manitoba. She helped plan the Manitoba Girls' Track and Field Championships and implemented the same events as the Canadian Track and Field Championships . The Manitoba championships were realized as a two-person effort co-ordinated by Dunn and Edith McKenzie at Sargent Park in Winnipeg. Dunn also served as an on-field timing and scoring official for track and field events at municipal and provincial competitions. Dunn co-ordinated fundraising efforts to send Manitoba's best track and field athletes to London, Ontario , for
1440-521: Is Brian Riddell ( Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ), who defeated New Blue Party of Ontario co-founder Belinda Karahalios in 2022. The second provincial representative for Cambridge is Jess Dixon (Progressive Conservative), who represents the provincial riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler . The city is responsible for Community Services, Economic Development, Transportation & Public Works, Corporate Services, Fire Department and Planning Services. Many municipal services are provided through
1520-500: Is represented in Ottawa by Bryan May (Liberal), the federal member of Parliament who defeated the previous incumbent MP ( Gary Goodyear , Conservative – 2004 to 2015) in the October 2015 election. The second federal representative for Cambridge is Valerie Bradford (Liberal), who represents the federal riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler . The MPP for the provincial district of Cambridge
1600-591: The Chemainus Theatre Festival. Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo , Ontario , Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers. The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 census . Along with Kitchener and Waterloo , Cambridge is one of the three core cities of Canada's tenth-largest metropolitan area . Cambridge
1680-570: The Manitoba Bisons women's ice hockey team, and scored the winning goal in a 1926 Banff Winter Carnival semi-final game versus the Vancouver Amazons . Her team practiced with Andy Blair and other members of the Bison men's hockey team. She recalled in a 1938 interview that if a girl got in their way, the men "would just lift her up and dump her elsewhere". Journalist Jimmy Coo quipped that as
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#17328591640561760-587: The Order of Sport in 2022, inducting the team into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Playwright Tracey Power wrote and choreographed an adaption of the Rivulettes' story. Titled Glory , it premiered on February 22, 2018, at the Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, British Columbia. Power won the 2018 Betty Award for Best New Play. The play was later performed in Calgary, and has toured Western Canada, including to
1840-587: The Preston Rivulettes for the Lady Bessborough Trophy. After she succeeded Bobbie Rosenfeld as the DWAHA president for the 1940 season, Dunn was unable to organize a national championship when the Winnipeg Olympics and the Preston Rivulettes were unable to reach an agreement to guarantee travel expenses. When the Winnipeg Olympics declined to accept the Lady Bessborough Trophy by default of
1920-609: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (often referred to as Waterloo Region or the Region of Waterloo), which consists of the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener , and Waterloo , and the townships of Woolwich , Wilmot , Wellesley , and North Dumfries . The region of Waterloo responsibilities includes Social Services, Community Health Services, Grand River Transit and Community Policing through Waterloo Regional Police Service . Mary Dunn (sports executive) Mary Dunn ( née Armitage ; February 7, 1903 – January 10, 1965)
2000-419: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo , decades later, would be reminiscent of the original Electric Railway. The first mayor of Cambridge, taking office as of the city's creation in 1973, was Claudette Millar . Most recently, Kathryn McGarry was elected in the 2018 municipal election to succeed Doug Craig as the city's sixth mayor, taking office on December 1, 2018. Cambridge City Council consists of
2080-589: The Rural Municipality of Roland , Manitoba. She grew up on the family farm southeast of the village of Roland as the youngest of two daughters to Robert and Annie Armitage who had English heritage. Armitage moved to Winnipeg in 1921, attended the Manitoba Agricultural College at the University of Manitoba , and was elected president of student athletics in 1924. She played as a centre on
2160-761: The Three Sisters and could have been occupied by the Iroquoian speaking Chonnonton Peoples . In the late 17th century, the Algonkian speaking Anishinaabe and Mississauga peoples moved into the territory of southern Ontario. Galt is situated on land once granted to the Iroquois people by the British Crown at the end of the American Revolutionary War . In the late 1700s, developers began to buy land around
2240-422: The 1950s and 1960s. While most of the population of what became Waterloo County, Ontario was Protestant in 1911, Preston had a larger share of Roman Catholics, 844, while 862 were Lutherans, 707 Methodists, 704 Anglicans, and 525 Presbyterians. The area that eventually came to be Hespeler was also on land (Block 2 measuring over 90,000 acres (360 km ) purchased in 1798 by Mennonites from Pennsylvania from
2320-1063: The Bobby Rosenfeld Trophy. The trophy was given to the Ontario champions. In addition, the Rivulettes were six-time winners of the Eastern Canadian championship and the Elmer Doust Cup. *In 1927, the Senior division title was not contested for, instead the Rivulettes were Intermediate Provincial champions. Lack of ice time forced the Toronto Silverwoods and the Ottawa Rowing Club to forgo the Senior title. The Ladies Ontario Hockey Association disbanded in 1940 due to declining participation and resources during wartime, leaving Ontario with no organized leagues or provincial championships. Although men's sport also declined at this time, it saw
2400-581: The Cambridge City Archives. The area today known as Ontario has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples since end of the last Ice Age . In the south of Cambridge when preparing for building townhouses near Myers Road in 1989, archaeologists discovered the ruins of a longhouse village dated to between 1280 and 1360 CE. They may have practiced slash and burn agriculture (as was common in the Northeastern Woodlands since 1000 CE) cultivating
2480-465: The Canadian national team trials in advance of the 1934 British Empire Games . By May 1935, the Manitoba branch of WAAF of C was operated solely by Dunn and McKenzie after all of the remaining executive officers had retired. In 1936, Dunn was awarded the first honorary life membership in the Manitoba branch of the WAAF of C, for contributions to women's sport in Manitoba. She later served as president of
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2560-616: The Dubliner William Tassie as headmaster starting in 1853 at the site of what later became the Galt Collegiate . The school gained widespread recognition and attracted students from across North America. By 1872, it had been recognized as a Collegiate Institute. Galt was incorporated as a town on January 1, 1857, with Morris C. Lutz elected as the first mayor. By 1858, a "Town Hall and Market House" had been built with an "Italianate", particularly Tuscan, influence. In later years,
2640-536: The Eastern Canadian Championship. The Western champion team, Winnipeg Eatons, travelled to Preston to face the Rivulettes. This was the first time a western team had made the journey east. The Rivulettes won a hard-fought two game series to claim their first ever Dominion Championship. After a dominating performance in the Ontario league in 1936, the Rivulettes travelled to the Montreal Forum to face
2720-574: The Grand River from the Six Nations who were led by Joseph Brant . One speculator, William Dickson , a wealthy immigrant from Scotland, bought 90,000 acres (360 km ) of land along the Grand River in 1816; this was later to become Galt and the Dumfries Townships. Dickson divided the land and sold smaller lots, particularly to Scottish settlers. The centre of the planned community was built at
2800-512: The LOHA governing body. From 1931 to 1935, the Rivulettes were undefeated and had won five consecutive provincial championships. Many teams in Ontario did not want to join the LOHA because they felt they had no chance of winning. The Rivulettes success caused the number of member teams to decrease. The LOHA decided to create an A League and a B League, with the B League being for first year and less skilled teams. LOHA president Bobbie Rosenfeld found it to be
2880-578: The Maroons for the Eastern Canadian Championship. To keep costs down, the Rivulettes sent only eight players to the Eastern finals. After solidly beating Montreal 9-2, the Rivulettes achievements were reported on the sports page of the New York Times . The 1936 Dominion series was to take place in Winnipeg and the Rivulettes were facing financial challenges after the costs of travelling to Montreal. The DWAHA changed
2960-643: The Mennonite group. The first school in what later became Waterloo County opened in 1802 near Blair, then known as Shinglebridge. The first teacher's name was Mr. Rittenhaus. By 1804, the first cemetery in Waterloo County had been founded. Also located in Blair, it is often referred to as the Old Blair Cemetery or the Old Blair Memorial Cemetery. The first recorded burial was of an infant,
3040-750: The National Recreation Association of America in July 1959, in recognition of her career of contributions to athletics and recreation in Winnipeg. Dunn also served as a president of the Winnipeg Community Chest and the Central Volunteer Bureau of Manitoba. The bureau maintained a pool of volunteers to provide help to 94 health and welfare organizations in Winnipeg including the Canadian Red Cross , and Dunn assisted with
3120-497: The Rivulettes and the Winnipeg Olympics were unable to reach an agreement to guarantee travel expenses to a national championship series. When the Winnipeg Olympics declined to accept the Lady Bessborough Trophy by default of the Rivulettes not travelling west, DWAHA president Mary Dunn declared the title undecided and no team was awarded the trophy. Although their early success served to promote women’s hockey, by 1938, their continued success proved to be an organizational challenge to
3200-578: The Rivulettes not travelling west, Dunn declared the title undecided and no team was awarded the trophy. The DWAHA ceased operations after the 1940 season. After the war, Dunn was the hockey representative to the Canadian Federation of University Women , and presented the Lady Bessborough Trophy to the Winnipeg All-stars who won the senior women's championship in 1950. Winnipeg Free Press sports editor Maurice Smith summarized Dunn's career as
3280-411: The Six Nations Indians with the assistance of developer Richard Beasley. The first of settler, in 1809, was Abraham Clemens who had bought 515 acres (2.1 km ) of land from Mr. Beasley on the Speed River. In 1810, Cornelius Pannabecker arrived and set up a blacksmithy a year or two later. Twenty years later, Joseph Oberholtzer purchased a much larger area of land that would become the early Hespeler. It
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3360-402: The Victoria Foundry making farm implements, a large soap and candles works and two steam-powered tanneries. Records from 1846 indicate that Galt had very valuable water-power that allowed for milling and manufacturing. Stone buildings in the downtown area had already been erected and the population was 1,000, most of whom were originally from Scotland. Amenities included a curling club, library,
3440-453: The Winnipeg Block Plan that co-ordinated the city-wide collection of donations for local charities and service organizations. The Dunns had one son named Gary, born in Winnipeg on July 8, 1936. Her father died in Roland during the morning on July 19, 1936, and her mother died 13 hours later at the hospital in Carman, Manitoba . The Dunns participated in five-pin bowling with the Canadian National Railway mixed league. She later played in
3520-488: The Winnipeg Branch of the WAAF of C for one season, and focused her efforts on basketball, softball, and track and field. The Great Depression and World War II led to the end of the WAAF of C, but Vince Leah wrote in The Winnipeg Tribune that Dunn was one of the association's more aggressive officials and was not to blame for its demise. Dunn was secretary of the Manitoba Ladies' Hockey Association formed in 1933, which sought to organize provincial playoffs and enter
3600-411: The area had eight hotels and taverns. The Canadian Gazetteer of 1846 indicates a population of about 600 inhabitants, two churches, a post office that receives mail each day, a steam grist mill, and tradesmen of various types. At the time, there was no significant industry. The Preston post office opened in 1837 and the population continued to grow primarily because of immigration from Germany. Preston
3680-433: The building became the City Hall and was extensively modified. Throughout that entire period, it continued to grow based on a large industrial base. The railway reached Galt in 1879, increasing the opportunities of exporting local goods and importing others. The Credit Valley Railway planned to implement several lines running west and north from Toronto and in 1873, built freight and passenger buildings in Galt. By 1879,
3760-442: The company had installed a bridge crossing the river and in December completed a preliminary test run with a train; it was successful. The CVR venture was not long-lived, however, and in 1883, the line was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway , which built a brick passenger building that still stands. The first hospital in Waterloo County opened in 1890 as Galt General Hospital. Additional buildings and facilities were added in
3840-405: The country during the Depression. In 1937, the Alberta Provincial champion Calgary Grills were barred from the DWAHA for not paying their $ 10 membership fee. The Rivulettes were inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame on May 2, 1998, as members of the inaugural class of 1997. Hilda Ranscombe was team captain of the Preston Rivulettes for the duration of their existence. In 1999, her name
3920-418: The downtown core, the depth was 17.4 feet (5.3 m), smashing windows and carrying goods along the streets. Approximately 75 businesses were affected, with virtually none covered by relevant insurance. The flood caused an estimated $ 5 million in damage. The Dickson Hill Heritage Conservation District, located in West Galt, is composed of stately homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Preston
4000-534: The early 1820s. This includes the Sheave Tower (restored in 1999) and the John Bechtel residence. A new electric street railway system, the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway (later called the Grand River Railway Company) began to operate in 1894, initially connecting Preston and Galt. In 1911, the line reached Hespeler, Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo; by 1916 it had been extended to Brantford/Port Dover. The electric rail system ended passenger services in April 1955. The light rail transit plan for
4080-531: The early 1900s. By 1918, the facility had an X-ray room, a 27-room nurses' residence, and also served as a nurses' training school. A new streetcar system, the Galt, Preston and Hespeler electric railway , (later called the Grand River Railway Company) also began to operate in 1894, connecting Preston and Galt. In 1911, the line reached Hespeler, Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo; by 1916 it had been extended to Brantford / Port Dover . The electric rail system ended passenger services in April 1955. Galt
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#17328591640564160-411: The first judge of Wellington District and a militia colonel in the area. In addition to Carlisle, earlier names for the village had included Shinglebridge, because a bridge with a shingle roof crossed the Grand River in this area from 1853 to 1857. It was also called Durham (or Durhamville) and Lambs' Bridge. By 1864, the settlement was receiving mail daily, had a large school, a Mennonite meeting house,
4240-426: The issue was suggested to be resolved by a mail-in vote, Dunn did not understand why the men should get one month to decide the matter, as she had mistakenly interpreted the proposal to be a "male" vote. Dunn oversaw the playoffs in Western Canada as the vice-president of the DWAHA, and according to the Winnipeg Free Press , "did everything in her power" to assist the Winnipeg Olympics in going to Ontario to play
4320-407: The junction of Mill Creek and the Grand River, then called Shade's Mills. Dickson decided to name the Post Office Galt, in honour of John Galt of the Canada Company which was developing this entire area. Primarily agricultural in early years, Galt had attracted industry by 1840 and became the largest town in the Grand River area until the early 1900s. The town continued to grow, however, based on
4400-447: The latter completed a full survey in 1834; he also convinced the Erbs to rename the Cambridge Mills area Preston. After Erb's death in 1832, a son sold off property on both sides of the Speed River. What eventually became Preston started as a large settlement on the north side. There were only 250 inhabitants in 1836, many from Pennsylvania, but the population had reached about 1600 by 1855, with some 70% originally from Germany. By then,
4480-456: The mayor and eight councillors, each representing a ward . A referendum question asking municipal electors if they wished to change to ranked voting was approved on October 23, 2018. In 2020, Scott Hamilton was elected in a by-election for Ward 7 to replace Councillor Frank Monteiro who passed while serving the community. City councillors by ward: Cambridge is also represented on the higher-tier Waterloo Regional Council which consists of
4560-438: The only way to increase the number of member teams. Most members of the Preston Rivulettes worked full-time jobs or attended school during the 1930s. Coveted evening ice times were especially difficult to obtain for a women's team, leaving them left to practice at odd hours or whenever they were able. In March 1938, the LOHA semi-final between the Preston Rivulettes and the Northern Marvels of Cobalt had to be rescheduled. The game
4640-406: The original players remained on the team throughout the next decade, however, the Rivulettes welcomed new members throughout the 1930s, including, Dot Raffey, Helen Sault, Violet Hall, Ruth Dargel, Elvis Williams, Norma Hipel, Gladys Hawkins, and Marie Beilstein. The Preston Rivulettes joined the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association (LOHA) in January 1931. Since league schedules were already fixed for
4720-399: The primary industry in the early 1900s and continued to be successful until the late 1940s, when this industry began to decline. Other industries continued to boom and by 1969, Hespeler's population was 6,000. The land (west of what is now Preston), including Carolinian forest , that would eventually become Blair was purchased from the Six Nations, through land speculator Richard Beasley. It
4800-416: The regional chair, the mayors of the seven cities and townships, and eight additional councillors - four from Kitchener and two each from Cambridge and Waterloo. Ken Seiling has held the position of regional chair from 1985-November 30, 2018. In the 2018 Region of Waterloo elections, Karen Redman was elected as Regional Chair. The City of Cambridge is represented by: Cambridge (federal electoral district)
4880-440: The rules which had previously guaranteed money for the visiting team and the Rivulettes were unable to work out a financial deal with Winnipeg. With Preston unable to cover their own travel expenses, they forfeited the Lady Bessborough Trophy to Winnipeg. The Rivulettes won the Lady Bessborough trophy as Dominion Champions on home ice in Preston in 1937 and 1938. In 1939 they won the Championship in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In 1940,
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#17328591640564960-405: The semi-finals, and Pembroke in the LOHA finals. The Rivulettes were LOHA intermediate champions in their first season. The Rivulettes played teams from Ontario cities such as Toronto, Kitchener, Stratford, London, Hamilton, Guelph and Port Dover. Between 1930 and 1940, the team played an estimated 350 games. They lost only two and tied three. For the entire decade of the 1930s, the Rivulettes won
5040-414: The six provinces already represented, and to use the national playoffs for the Lady Bessborough Trophy to raise funds and increase the profile of women's hockey in Canada. The DWAHA wanted to showcase its talents by sending an all-star team to Europe to play against teams in France and England; and to petition the Canadian Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee for women's hockey to be
5120-410: The son of Mennonite settler John Bricker, who died on March 10 of that year. Joseph Bowman, a man called Wismer and John Bechtel were responsible for the early development of the community in an area laid out by Benjamin B. Bowman. They built a dam, then a sawmill and grist mill. In 1846, a large flour mill opened, which was called the Bowman Mill, Blair Mill and also the Carlisle Mill. In about 1876,
5200-549: The summer of 1930 on a team called the Preston Rivulettes. They were looking for a winter sport to play and decided to form a hockey team. They reached out to prominent sports journalist Alexandrine Gibb for assistance. In January 1931, the team held its first practice with ten players: The manager of Preston's Lowther Street Arena, Herb Fach, coached the team with Roy Osgood as their manager. Team chaperones were Molly Hanlon and Beatrice Collard. In 1932, Marvin Dykeman joined as secretary/manager and Olive Dykeman as chaperone. Many of
5280-407: The train station, and arrived in Edmonton on Saturday, five hours before game time. They played before a crowd of 2500 people. The Rivulettes found themselves down by a score of 2-0. They came back to tie the game, but Hazel Case of the Rustlers later scored the game-winning goal. The Rivulettes had lost their first game in three seasons. The Rustlers won the second game of the championship series by
5360-415: The year, they could not play any regular season games. The LOHA allowed the Rivulettes to play a qualifying match against the Grimbsy Peaches to determine eligibility for the 1931 playoffs. After defeating the Peaches in a two-game series, the Rivulettes earned entry into the second round of the playoffs. The Rivulettes defeated the Port Dover Sailorettes in the LOHA quarterfinals, moving on to defeat London in
5440-417: Was a Canadian sports executive. She played on the Manitoba Bisons women's ice hockey team while in university, then became an executive with the Winnipeg Women's Senior Hockey League and the Manitoba Ladies' Hockey Association. She later served as vice-president, and then president of the Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association , where she arranged playoffs for the Canadian women's hockey championship. She
5520-429: Was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of Galt , Preston , Hespeler , the settlement of Blair, North Dumfries, as well as east and west Galt. The former Galt covers the largest portion of Cambridge, making up the southern half of the city, while Preston and Blair cover the western side. Hespeler makes up the most northeastern section of Cambridge. Historical information and records of each entity are well documented in
5600-425: Was formed on land belonging to the German Company Tract, along the Speed River , which was purchased earlier from the Six Nations Indians . The name Preston is from the hometown of William Scollick, who was surveyor and a native of Preston, Lancashire in England . In the 1800s a group of German-speaking Mennonites from Pennsylvania arrived in the area and purchased land. Among the first settlers to arrive in what
5680-431: Was incorporated as a city in 1915 and continued to grow due to a large industrial base. In 1911, most of the population of Galt were Protestant: 4,240 Presbyterians, 1,930 Anglicans, and 2,122 Methodists. There were very few Roman Catholics. Not long after Galt had become part of Cambridge, in May 1974, flooding on the Grand River filled city streets with water to a depth of about 4 feet (1.2 m). In some areas of
5760-418: Was incorporated as a town with a population of just under 11,000. The Great Road between Dundas and Berlin (Kitchener) as well as the railroad connections helped the community to continue growing into an important industrial centre. Products made here included flour, agricultural implements, furniture, stoves, shoes and textiles. Preston grew and continued to be a successful industrial area; expansion followed in
5840-476: Was incorporated as a village in 1853. The population declined in the late 1800s but by 1900, it had increased to 2,000 partly because of the new electric railway systems that started in 1894. In 1911, the line reached Hespeler, Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo; by 1916 it had been extended to Brantford/Port Dover. This made visiting other communities and carrying of goods very convenient. Due to continued growth, by 1879 there were many industries such as
5920-607: Was later to become Preston was John Erb, a Mennonite from Lancaster County, who arrived in 1805. He bought 7,500 acres (30 km ) including land at the confluence of the Grand and Speed Rivers in what later became Preston. and later built a sawmill in 1806 and a gristmill in 1807. This settlement became known as Cambridge Mills. Even in the early 1800s, the area included homes, a store, an inn, small shops operated by artisans and craftsmen, mostly immigrants from Germany. The Erb sons had hired William Scollick for their development business and
6000-412: Was married to fellow sports executive Jimmy Dunn , and co-ordinated amateur sports for ladies as the vice-president then president of the Manitoba branch of the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada . She later served as president of the Winnipeg Community Chest , the Central Volunteer Bureau of Manitoba, and the Oriole Community Club in Winnipeg. Mary Armitage was born on February 7, 1903, in
6080-478: Was named Bergeytown in honour of his brother-in-law and the name became New Hope in about 1835. Settler Jacob Hespeler arrived in 1845 and bought a 145 acres (0.59 km ) tract on the Speed River. He built an industrial complex that was the beginning of Hespeler's future industrialization which would consist primarily of woollen and textile mills . Records from 1846 indicate a population of only 100 inhabitants,
6160-587: Was scheduled to return the favour of hosting the 1934 Edmonton championship team the following year, however, the Rivulettes were not able to raise the $ 1,800 to stage a rematch with the Rustlers. Because of this, the Rustlers remained Dominion Champions. In 1935, the Rivulettes defeated the Montreal Maroons in the Eastern Canadian semifinals and the Summerside Primrose A.C. from P.E.I. in the finals to claim
6240-492: Was set to be played in Preston, however the Ontario Hockey Association (men’s hockey association) forced a change in venue so that a men’s game could be played. Even though the Rivulettes often drew larger crowds than the Preston men's teams, they were often forced to make last minute scheduling changes because the men's play-off series took precedence. Financial difficulties strained women's hockey teams throughout
6320-523: Was settled in 1800 by Samuel D. Betzner, one of the Mennonites from Pennsylvania. The group later discovered that Beasley had gotten into financial trouble and that a lien was placed on the lands. To solve the problem, the group created the German Company that bought an additional 60,000 acres of land from Beasley, who used the proceeds to pay off the debt on the previous lands. This ensured a clear title for
6400-548: Was submitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame for induction consideration, however, women were not inducted until 2010. The formation of the Preston Rivulettes was named a National Historic Event on February 15, 2016. A federal historical marker reflecting that to be unveiled in Cambridge, Ontario, on December 22, 2017. Ranscombe was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as an individual athlete in 2015. The Rivulettes were awarded
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