Friday, February 7th, 2025

Morley Scriver is happy to know that a clock that has been in the village for the better part of a century, or more, will have a homecoming of sorts when it is returned to the Station on the Green.

It is his wish that a late 19th Century Wm. L. Gilbert Standard Time clock be displayed somewhere where people can see it and appreciate its history.

The clock, which once hung in the original train station in Creemore, has been in the Scriver family for decades. Now that Morley and his wife Eva are moving from their house in Dunedin, they wanted to see the clock go to a good home.

At the age of seven, Morley attended school in Creemore for one year. He remembers seeing the clock hanging in a department store, owned by Mel Ross, which was located across the street from what is now Creemore Springs Brewery. He said he remembers the clock hanging high on the wall at the back of the store.

The following year, in 1928, the family moved to Dunedin.

Later, the clock hung in the office of Bruce Melville, who had a trucking business in Creemore. When the business closed in the 1940s, Morley said the clock was acquired by his father, George Scriver, who hung it in his sawmill and basket factory in Dunedin.

“It was in the dust and everything and it still worked,” said Morley.

The clock was then passed down to Morley, who hung it in his home. Now that the couple is moving to an apartment in Collingwood, they are parting with it.

Station on the Green management board chair Paul Ruppel is grateful for the donation and said it will hang in a prominent location at the replica train station.

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