Lions Club Civic Celebrations Highlight Georgetown Rally
A Georgetown Lions Club weekend celebration drew about 2 000 for a parade with bicycles and doll carriages, a band tattoo, and a bathing beauty contest. Winners include Jack Kentner, Shirley Kentner, Billy Huffman, Peggy Young, Carolyn Ryan, and Jennie Palmer. Proceeds support underprivileged district children.
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Lions Club
Georgetown
Jas. Ballantine
John D. Kelly
Idens Club
Wuffan Margaret Young
Acton Mensely
Greenwood Cemetery
Lorne Scots Band
D. D. Davidson
God
E. G. Baxter
Jack Kentner
Acton
Billy Huffan
Shirley Kentner
Heler
Hall
Pickaback
Billy Huffman
Peggy Young
Jack Kentnner
Lorraine Hall
Oakville
Actoo
Iten
Guelph
Alton Pife
Connor and
Campbell's Cross Ladies
Pife
Carolyn Ryan
Jennie Palmer
Irene Corner
Prize Winners 1939 Field Crop Competition
Prize winners are announced for the 1939 Field Crop Competition with results from the contests. The list includes top exhibitors and their awards across several crop categories.
Local Quarries Struggle Amid Limestone Trade Shifts
Quarrymen in Credit Valley region including Limehouse Glen Williams and Inglewood face severe orders drop as Ontario contracts favor American limestone. Builders and architects urged to specify Canadian Credit Valley Limestone to aid local industry and jobs.
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Ontario
Indiana
Limehouse
Glen Williams
Inglewood
Credit Valley
Typographical Errors Parade in Hanover Post
The Hanover Post lampoons printer errors found in recent issues. Readers will recall misprints such as a horse owned by Ralph Prush and a concrete bride in Mono township, with other amusing slips like a filler under engagement and odd grocery line typos.
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Hanover Post
Louise
Ralph Prush
St Catharine's
Frank
Mono Township
George James
Bowmanvile Statesman
George
A Grandest Low Mood in Canada
A reflective piece extols fast modern travel and bustling leisure of summer resorts. It notes more automobiles than horse-drawn vehicles and crowds at picnics, picture theatres, and amusements signaling a lively era despite hardship.
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Canada
Small Town Weekly Admits Filing Woes Delay Pages
In the Wyanet Record weekly from Clinols readers find one page of a four page section blank with a note saying they had a helluva time filing the other three pages. The publisher asks readers to send in the news to fill gaps.
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Wyanet Record
Clinols
Norval Rifle Club wins at Ontario Matches in Long Branch
Harvey Nurse of the Norval Rifle Club took first in the grand aggregate with 997 points, 400 at 50 yards and 408 at 100 yards. M Atkinson placed second with 901, both to represent Canada in the Dewar Match next week in Ottawa.
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Ontario
Harvey Nurse
Norval Rifle Club
Nurse
M. Atkinson
Ottawa
Canada
Dewar
Candas
Federal vote estimates for Canadian election
Dominion election officials project 4,875,000 Canadians will vote in the 19th Parliament election. About 6,500,000 are eligible, with 5,918,207 on the lists in 1935 and 4,452,675 voting. The government plans $2,500,000 for election machinery and 110,000 poll workers in Canada. Returning officers for 245 ridings are named. Halifax and Queen's, P.E.I. are two member constituencies. Deputy officers, enumerators and poll clerks will be appointed after dissolution. Each urban poll will have two enumerators from the leading parties.
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Dominion Election
Parliament of
Canada
Enna
Jules Cas
Dominion
Halifax
Queen’s
P.ei
McKenzie King
Workmen's Compensation July reports rise slightly from June
The Workmen's Compensation Board logged 5242 accidents in July, up from 5207 in June and 4993 a year earlier. Benefits totalled 479,282.90 dollars, with 398,656.20 dollars for medical aid.
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Workmen's Compensation Board
Barber and Peart Married in Toronto Anglican Church
R S Barber and Doris Marion Peart wed at St. Jude's Anglican Church in Toronto on a Saturday afternoon. Rev. R J Shires officiated with Peggy Hartnett as attendant and Jean Hiscott singing. The couple plans to reside in Toronto after a Muskoka trip.
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St. Jude's Anglican Ch
Toronto
Doris Marion Peart
Thomas Emerson Peart
Robert Stuart Barber
Charles Herbert Barber
Georgetown
R. J. Shires
Jean Hiscott
Philadelphia
Peggy Hartnett
Detroit
Stringer
Muskoka
Model kitchen to wow at Canadian National Exhibition
A fully detailed up to date kitchen model will headline the Women’s Building at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition. The feature aims to attract broad interest and appeal to visitors with its complete design and modern amenities.
Samoan Visitors Leave Imprint on Georgetown
Georgetown welcomed Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Braisby from Apia Western Samoa on a six month tour. The visit highlighted Samoa’s history climate and culture with notes on Robert Louis Stevenson’s life in Vailima and local Samoan society under New Zealand administration.
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Georgetown
Apia
Western Samoa
South Bea Islands
A. L. Braisby
Fred Braisby
Braisby
Canada
New York
San Francisco
Samoa Islands
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rupert Brooke
Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Germany
Semoa
Auckland
Samoa
Vailime
Robt. Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Mount Vaea
Tusitala
Brassley
Braisdy
Lions Band pageant highlights civic holiday in Oakville
The Civic Holiday celebration featured the Lorne Scots Regimental Band and many community groups. Bands from Acton Bolton Guelph and other areas performed while Lions Clubs and volunteers supported underprivileged children. Torch-bearers from public schools assisted as officials and clergy coordinated events.
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Lions Clubs
Lorne Scots
Lions Club
Lorne Scots Regiment
John Peel
Canada
Bolton
Billy Heffernan
Oakville
Acton
Waterloo
Alton
Campbell's Cross
Connor
Guelph
Legion
James Edward Dodd weds Muriel Hostrawser in Inglewood lawn ceremony
Rev. F. Sullivan presided over a Saturday wedding at the bride's parents home in Marton marking the union of Muriel Jane Hostrawser and James Edward Dodd. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Hostrawser and the groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dodd of Inglewood. Velma Darker performed the music as a soloist for the ceremony.
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Rev. F. Sullivan
Marton
Muriel Jane Hostrawser
James Edward Dodd
Wiliam Hostrawser
Edward Dodd
Inglewood
Velma Darker
Election uncertainty looms over Canada amid UK news
Ottawa pondered if a fall election would occur as delay risks a wartime Parliament crisis. The piece analyzes dissolution effects, potential back-to-Ottawa recalls, and the fate of Charles Dunning after withdrawing from re election, highlighting risks to unity and governance.
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Ottawa
London
Chamberlain
Mackenzie King
Europe
Canada
Mackenzie
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Jennie Farmer
R. S. Barber
Samoa Island
James Edw. Dodd
Wilfrid Eggleston
Solin
Charles Dunning
Finn
Saskatchewan
Liberal Party
Ancu
Health Report
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