Local notices and incidents from Burlington area
Burlington residents Henry Henderson and Bert Thomas plan travels to Scotland and Vancouver while Dr W D Platt visits England for post graduate surgery study. James Allen of St Catharines was arrested for drunkenness and begging and fined two weeks. A car crash on Ghent Avenue caused minor injuries and damage. Water Commission faces a large bill for repairing the Niltration plant intake, now expected near 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Thomas
Vancouver
Mra
W. D. Platt
New York
Europa
England
James Allen
St. Catharines
Brant Street
Chief Smith
Meclveen
Milton
Fred Kulvies
Ghent Avenue
Pitman
Water Commission
Gareite
Rockwood Church Events Highlight Weekend Schedule
Friday events featured the Boys Mission Band program led by Rev W J Taylor with a varied program and speakers. Saturday the Extrusive Committee of Rockwood and Everton Branch Knitle Society planned the Pall Collection. Sunday saw a Confirmation Service at St John s with the Bishop of Niagara officiating for three candidates and visiting choir members from St Albans Acton. Also noted were hospital updates on local residents and a fatal Montreal car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Mission Band
The
United Church
W. J. Taylor
Variad Wen
Cecsstad
Sonis
Stides
N.S. Hassidis
Kenneth Goose
Boule Harte Pen
Wtters Hospital
Sehenelk
Rockwood and
Everton
Kuidle Society
Presbyterian Church
George Gordon
St John's Church
Niagara
St. Albans
Acton
Afr. S. Johnston
Knox College
Wm. Dickinson
Guelph
Wm. G. Edwards
Mutrie
Danby
George Blick
Montreal
Wren
Oshawa
Jean Croker
Mra. N.I. Black
Nackwood
3. Rawlingen
R. N
New York
Myx. W. Sunter
Ray Sunter
Springfield
Mass
Shellington
Alenheim
Aird. Wussell
Toronto
Ross Allan
Muris
Doris Royce
D. Patterson
Jas. Lynch
Jas. Oakes
Ella Hamilton
Hamilton
Pred Bay
Harmilton
Arah
Harry Tanner
Brantford
Limehouse Residents Attend Milton Conference and Family News
Limehouse reports several residents visiting friends at Cree more and with Miss Ethel Chapman as principal speaker at the Milton Junior Institute Conference held Saturday. A birth and healthy mother and baby at the Gibbs home near Supting conclude the notices.
Local Notes from Georgetown and Surrounding Areas
Crewsons Corners reports Miss Emma Cripps visiting friends in Georgetown for several days last week. Charles Lambert Jr of Preston visited his father on Thursday. George McLain and Jack Airdrie families traveled to Toronto to attend the Salvation Army Congress at Massey Hall. Annie Airdrie of Georgetown spent a weekend with her brother. Dean Coulter has recovered from tonsil surgery and hopes for better health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Cripps
Georgetown
Charles Lambert, Jr
Preston
George Mclain
Jack Airdrie
Toronto
Salvation Army Congress
Massey Hall
Annie Airdrie
Dean Coulter
Georgetown Court Adds 43 to Voters List at Revision
At the Court of Revision in Georgetown last Wednesday, 43 names were added to the Voters' List. The Medical Health Officer reports 52 measles cases in town this month with the disease on the wane. Rev. D. D. Davidson preached in Rogers Church in the morning and Victoria Church in the evening after being absent in Toronto on Sunday. Knox Presbyterian Church in Gestertown marked its 75th anniversary with full morning and evening services. The Lorne Rifles Band staged a two night circus at the Arena, praised as a top entertainment set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
D. D. Davidson
Toronto
Rogers Church
Victoria Church
Knox Presbyterian Church
Gestertown
Lorne Rifles
Herald
Local Residents Share Visits and Transfers Across Town
Erin Young of Buffalo spent the weekend with Mrs. Stephens and families. Dr. and Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. McKechnie visited Paisley with Mr. and Mrs. R. Laidlaw. Jean Abbott joined others visiting Jennie Hull. Claude Cronkhite traveled from Temple to Oakland for Thanksgiving with the McKinney family. Albert Nell bought Tot 23 concession dwelling West Caledon, James McCann farm adjoining Nett’s. Ernie Teeter bought Canon Weaver residence and will build a stable and garage. Weaver family to move to the vacated home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Buffalo
N.Y
Stephens
G. L. Gamer
Abbott
McKechniel
Meiss Jean Abbott
R. Laidlaw
Paisley
YW. Frankum
Inez
Kathleen
Pleasant evening honors Hendersons with gifts at town hall
Over a hundred locals gathered at Bothwood Town Hall to honor Mr and Mrs Thos Henderson. Albert Gray chaired a short program with readings and music followed by supper and a dance. Donations included an upholstered chair and a spinet desk set. Jean Robertson of London visits. silver wedding anniversary celebrated. Russell Struthers recovering from a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bothwood Town Hall
Thos. Henderson
Margaret Cooke
Albert Gray
Mr. Martin
Lorena Locker
Nelille Webb
Anna Foreman
George Young
Henderson
Misa
Mary McCallum Sutherland Named to National Employment Council
Bridah Columbia announces Mrs. Mary McCallum Sutherland as the council’s representative on the new National Employment Council. A new photo by Powls in Ottawa shows her above the caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridah Columbia
New National Employment Council
Mary” McCallum Sutherland
Powls
Ottawa
Oakville Social Notes and Local Events
Oakville residents welcomed Mrs Hessle McNally Cook who arrived from New York to live on Colborne Street. A Friday school meeting at Wabrosok School featured Mr Taylor Stutten from Pickering College addressing educational issues. Mrs Robert Wittyard died at 105 after years at her Oakville home. A Saturday event noted car crash injuries to Mrs Fred Reid of Toronto and others unhurt. Oakville L O L and Loyal True Blues attended St John’s United Church. Girl Guides hosted a Hobby Fair and tea with student sewing and baking displays star figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Hessle McNally Cook
New York
Iive
The
Wood
Colborne Street
Wabrosok School
Taylor Stutten
Pickering College
Newmarket
Robert Wittyard
Gebober
Ith
Fred Reid
Toronto
Emerson Lynn
Nassagaweya anniversary services at Ebenezer United Church
The Nassagaweya community held anniversary services at Ebenezer United Church last Sunday with Rev. Georg S. Cassmore guest preacher and a large crowd at morning and evening gatherings. Choirs provided special music and a fond supper followed on Monday evening with an audience enjoying food and a program by Acton Presbyterian Orchestra and Brantford’s Orpheus Concert Company.
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Ebenezer United Church
Georg S. Cassmore
Cassmore
Presbyterian Church Orchestra
Acton
Orpheus Concert Company
Brantford
Lawson
Campbellvie
Mr. Hill
Lowville
Mrr. Taylor
Rockmood
James Simpson
Tottenham
Nassagaweya
Frank Flanders
Toronto
Nassaigaweya
Young People’s League of Ebenezer United Church
Eden Mills
Wm. Diamond
Guelph
Nassaguweya
Wallace King
Campbellville
W. S. Darby
Knatchbull
Lie Jay
Lowvills
Murray Bridgman
Kilbride
Arts
Harvey Bridgman
Gandier
Glen Morris
Nassapaweya
Not So Lucky Rudolph GQ Tale at California Hotel
A humorous riff about Rudolph Spreckels at a fashionable California hotel. The clerk misreads the signature and offers an RNase Suite while noting the son’s habit of using the same room. Spreckels retorts that his son’s wealth reflects a rich father, not luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph GQ
Spreckels
California
Mr. Spreeckela
DULL AGAIN Passer-by and Scissors Grinder Exchange
Passer-by asks about business while a scissors grinder replies in slang about dull conditions and newman settings. The brief dialogue captures a street mood and local color with informal chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Milton area social notes and local incidents summary
Milton residents visit neighbors and a local dentist bought a practice after the passing of Dr. Goligo in Georgetown. Industry runs on day and night shifts at two local mills while relief cases decline. A Trafalgar couple marks forty years of marriage. ex mayor Elliott sustains a minor injury. a Holstein cow wanders onto tracks and is killed near Esquesig Township. Milton residents win prizes in a community campaign with cash, goods, and silverware awarded.
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Harold Beatty
Hamilton
P. Leonard White
J. E. Jackson
D.ds
B. Goligo
Georgetown
P. I. Robertson Screw and Nail Co
Milton
George J. Cudmore
Trafalgar
George E. Elliott
Sarah Street
Clare MacClenahan
Third Line
Esquesigg
O.n.eh
Milton Community Campanign
Sam Milly
Frigildulre
Milton Clements
Chesterfield
J. Walley
A. Cooper
Sam
Reeve —Champion
Community News From Eden Mills Area
Eden Mills and London visitors noted with Mrs. Gilbertson hosting on Sjimday. Ebeneyver United Church anniversary services and supper drew locals. Several visits and a Young People’s League meeting highlighted by musical numbers and a Christian Citizenship talk. Master Larne Lee recovers after tonsil and adenoids operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Croft
Helen Scott
H. Elsley
Elsley
Brookville
George Ramsey
Garafraxa
Miss Ware
Lawson
Everton
J. Marshall
Christian Ives
Larne Lee
Electric ploughs shown at World Power Conference
The World Power Conference in Washington notes the only electric plough in England, used for years on an East Grinstead farm. A two-wheeled carriage carries a motor, starting switch, and gear, with two cable drums. Power comes from overhead lines. a roundabout haulage system pulls a double furrow plough across the field aided by a steel rope. Ploughing speeds range from one third to one acre per hour, about five acres daily on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Us.a
England
East Grinstead
Japan Sees 348000 Applications For New Telephones
Applications for installation of new telephones in Japan total 348000 with 40000 to be chosen by Jet. This year 2000 more telephones available than last year but only 1 percent of total applications fulfilled. Ministry of Communications raised installation costs increasing demand for home and business lines as Tokyo and Osaka call for more instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ministry of Communications
Tokyo
Osaka
A DIYFERENCE He: "My treasure" She: "My treasury"
A playful exchange features a man claiming treasure and a woman asserting ownership of a treasury. The lines hint at a lighthearted domestic dispute over valuables and riches.
Ground Hogs Shipped From Canada to Brussels Zoo
Six pairs of ground hogs born this spring at the Charlesbourg Zoo near Quebésc were sent by Canadian National Express to Belgium's Royal Zoological Garden in Brussels. The shipment, addressed to Mr. R. Henry, traveled aboard the Beaverhill route via Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Royal Zoological Garden
J. A. Brassard
Charlesbourg Zoo
Brussels
Paris
Tenacious Exchange From The Eighth Henry
A fragmentary exchange evokes the naming question of Henry the Eighth, with a quip about being titled eighth and a self referential reply implying a royal or literary frame. The readable bits hint at a dialogue on identity and status.
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Scotland
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Elias Milne
Lottie Milne
Gualph
Roberty
Max Milne
Mar
Ke.taylor
Rev
W. J .Taylor
Blythe
James Gray
Lake Duinoir
Vermont
Cecil
French
Cleveland
Ohio
Limehouse
Erin
Ospring
On Employment Council
Menly
Henrys
Henry
Ym the
Capitol
Zane Grey
Royal Mounted’ Revival
China
Pat O'Brien
Kelly
Patsy Kelly
Chartie Chase
Nero Wolfe
Edward Arnold
Devil IS A Sissy
Jackie Cooper
Mickey Boogney Yreddls
Edward Everett Horton
Glenda Farrell
Church News
Rutted
Church of Canada
Acton Wiew
KM. Merrew
Bower Avenue
Unity Men's Club
Presbyterian Knox Church
HL L. Bennie
Manso
Willow Street
Bunday
the Evangel
Habbath School
Young People'’s Guild
Eveready Prestone
Norton Motors
B.A
FORD
Free Press Office
Che
R. J. McPherson
Lovemeet
Rev. W
McAlpine
Uors Delvered Farmer
Frank Holmes
Co. O
Brown's Fruit Store
Brown's
Jersey
Volstein
Wilbert Haw
Helfer
Tot -21
Concession 6
Albery Young
Ncrion
Park Avenue, Guelph
John Pallas
Joh Street
J. Kerr
Vannatter Fox
Georgelowr
W. T. Patterson
Wyndham St
Loblaws Quelpih
Acaurary
Hervies
Financial House
Pardea
William Thomas Near
Nussagaweya
William Martin
Alexander Singlair
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