25 Apr 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1923
Page
1
A narrative urges adults to answer the call from boys leaving home and slipping toward crime. It portrays youths misled by peer pressure, seeks understanding, and asks society to provide chances to reclaim their path and avoid degradation.
Milton residents note nineteen framed portraits of mayors from 1867 to present hung in the council chamber. S. L. Sherman prepared the display in a task praised as well done.
The program allows pupils at Collegiate Institutes High Schools or Continuation Schools to earn Lower School standing for Normal School entry via teacher conducted tests. Options include reexaminations by students who fail and exemptions for those with prior approved history and geography coursework. September sessions open to senior categories and mature or industrial candidates with proper certificates.
J A McCluxe and Son reopen the Erin branch of their Georgetown movie show. McConnell and Reid buy the Hillsburg cooperative store. Thomas W R Salmons of Erin injures his big toe at Stratford G T R shops when 600 pounds of iron fall on it. A weary trout fisherman frets over frozen trout and fish worms amid cold days.
The Easter report lists students from Senior Room Sr IV Bebe McMeekin Jessie Smeltie Irene Evans and Jr IV Ethel Bignell Albert Cation Jean MacMeekin Edith Casely Harland Hustler Reta Gatton Arnott Noble George Ingis. It notes promotion exams and class moves including Sr Prim to Ist Class Horace Bigoell Don Murray Harden Laird Dick Graham John Caseley Ted Louth and others with teachers B E Maxwell and E V Owens.
Acton mourns the death of Charles C Speight, a longtime respected figure. His wife and daughter Bertie receive community sympathy as friends note his loss. Also mentioned: Councillor Bell recovering, Dr. Farmer and Mrs Parmer traveling home from Charleston, and visitors Mrs Chas Hynde and babe from Toronto. Speight siblings and others rush to bedside amid illness. Stock Judging Contest highlights include 45 competitors from Milton with medals and prized animals donated by local figures. three medalists were later found ineligible due to prior wins.
A letter cites Meyer Brenner's release and a lenient sentence for his father after a 750000 fraud, questioning Canadian prisons and justice. It criticizes coal barons for shipping and profiting from waste coal slag in Pennsylvania, highlighting miners’ prior wages and union protections.
The Ontario Motor League publishes a revised map covering Ontario highways and key routes in Western Quebec New York State and Eastern Michigan. It highlights cities towns lakes rivers and resorts for motorists within a 200000 square mile area. Officials tour Toronto to Guelph on a private railway car visit.
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