Georgetown Council Accepts 500 Standby Fire Fee Offer
Georgetown council unanimously approved paying Esquesing 500 a year as standby time plus 50 per fire call for a potential shared fire engine if a district forms. The deal, to run for one year, contrasts with a prior flat-rate plan and aims to offset rising assessments, with fire chief Hyde noting brigade support for the figure.
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Esquesing Council
Georgetown
Figes Kaquesing
Armstrong
Marahaull
Hale
MacDonald
Petch
Esquesing
Muton
William Hyde
Jack Harlow
Acton
Mary Lawrence Home for English Visit
Miss Mary Lawrence, recently with the Smith & Stone plant at Rond, has returned to her homeland for a rest and is now in Dun Mable Faugh. Sister of Mrs Hubert Derricks, she is honored by friends with a bon voyage party at Mrs Robert Waldie’s home, who hosted her during her stay and gave her gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lawrence
Academy
Smith & Stone
Lad Staee
Canada
Dun Mable
Faugh
Miss Lawrence
Hubert Derricks
Vancouver
Robert Waldie
Georgetown Brigade Aids Acton Fire At The ALP Plant
Georgetown and Rockwood brigades answered early Saturday to a massive blaze at the ALP Green Firebrick plant in Acton. The building burned completely with damage estimated up to 550000 as crews fought flames to prevent spread to nearby shops and factories while Malton fire units stood by in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Rachlin
Acton
Georgetown Fire Brigade
Georgetown
Rockwood
Unaree Brige Aden
Fie Troma
Tay
Bower Avenue
Clem Ativan
Dad Settee
Ger
Stree
Ames
Malton
Della Sargent and Sam Snow Wed at Erin Parsonage
Della Mae Sargent and Samuel Wesley Snow were married at Erin United Church parsonage on a Saturday in August in Eran Georgetown. Rev A Ro Muir officiated, with Miss Marion Sinclair as only attendant. The couple headed for a Lake Huron honeymoon and will reside in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eran United Church Parsonage
Smith & Stone
Della Mae Sargent
Samuel Wesley Snow
John Snow
Georgetown
Harold Sargent
Erin
Ro Muir
Marion Sinclair
Howard Howlett
Brampton
Lake Huron
Joan Main Joins University Hospital Staff in Edmonton
Miss Joan Main, a George Town High School and Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing graduate, joins University Hospital Edmonton as a clinical instructor in obstetrics. She studied at McGill and completed a two month course in Boston before flying to Edmonton last Saturday to begin her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Main
R.N
Georgetown Men Attend Trades and Labour Congress
Georgetown workers Stan Allen and Bob McMenemy of Smith and Stone Local 764 travel to Winnipeg for the 67th annual Trades and Labour Congress of Canada convention. The pair flew there for the week’s sessions representing their union.
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Smith & Stone Union
Stan Allen
Bob McMenemy
Winnipeg
Trades & Labour Congress of Canada
Georgetown
Paper Mill Picnic Draws Three Hundred at Erin Event
About 300 employees and families from Georgetown Division and Toronto head office of Provincial Paper Ltd gathered at Stanley Park Erin for a Sunday picnic. Georgetown won a 5 4 ball game. races and contests followed with numerous winners listed, including Jill Kemshead and Jack Kemshead among many others.
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Georgetown
Toronto
Provincial Paper, Ltd
Stanley Park
Erin
Jill Kemshead
Margaret Ann Arnold
Patricia Bell
Patsy Tuck
Jo-Aon Kemshead
Kathy Williams
Janice Carter
Roberta Hawes
Marlene Kemshead
Karen Norton
Shirley Engleby
Sharin Harley
Sid MacKenzie Family Relocates to Ancaster
Georgetown residents for 34 years Mr and Mrs Sid MacKenzie moved to Ancaster settling at 407 Oak Hall Place. He formerly managed Fund Construction Co Mamillion. Their eldest son Bruce now Georgetown resident Wes and siblings Ian Bob Husather and Letty are noted, with community tributes and wartime service involvement highlighted.
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Georgetown
Sid MacKenzie
Ancaster
Oak Hall Place
MacKenzie
Fund Construction Co
Mamillion
MackKenzied
Port Jerry
Beuce
Wes
Ian
Woc
Pitfield
Mivestus
Toronto
Bob
Fund Construction
Husather
Letty
Erin
Misa Nackensie
Abe
Paat
Vedies Jawn
Clute
Verdun
St Georges W.A
Cyril Brandford
Kaye der UN
Mr Black
del Hapdie
Sisters Club
Mra Mackenzie
Med Cross
Soldiers Comforts Organization
Georgina Young Made FWTA Honorary Member
Miss Georgina Young of Milton, long time Georgetown Public School teacher, was named an honorary member of the Federation of Women Teachers Associations at the annual meeting. The honor recognizes women who served Canadian education with honour and dignity and brought prestige to the teaching profession through their work.
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Federation of Women Teachers Associations
Toronto
Georgina Young
Milton
Miss Young
Georgetown
Georgetown High School Upperclassmen Exam Results
Georgetown High School profile lists student names with subjects and grades. Eng Berg earned C in English, Geometry, Trigonometry and Statistics. Julia DeVries earned C in Algebra and related courses. JoAn Latimer and Irene Nelse show C grades in multiple subjects. Irene includes English and Lat in history. Eileen Prust record shows C in English and French, plus science and math courses. Schenk, CAttl shows C in algebra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elling Berg
Julia Devries
Joan Latimer
Eileen Prust
Georgetown Fall Fair Opens Three Weeks Away
Georgetown prepares for its 106th annual agricultural show as the Esquhing Society announces cattle and beef classes, new livestock buildings, and prizes. Lorne Scots Band will perform at previews while focus remains on new live stock buildings, beef and dairy classes, and a Friday display hall opening ahead of the September 12 13 fair weekend.
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Toronto
Georgetown
Esqudhing Agricultural Society
Marding Brice
Aavet
Prise Ist
Halton
Jerseys
Holsteina
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Tas
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Prominent Citizen O A Gane Highlighted in Palm Beach Graphic
Georgetown Ontario native O A Gane rose in West Palm Beach since 1923. He led real estate and insurance ventures with Gage and Wagoner, chaired multiple local boards, and served in the coast guard reserve Gulf district.
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Gane
West Palm Head
Georgetown
Ontario
WPB
Winterhaven
Alfred H. Wars
Evelyn Wagner
Sen. Waxes
Gage and Wagoner
O. A. Gane
Palm Beach Red Cross
The
Palm Leaches
Florida Ass'n. of Realtors
Vvice
City Zoning Board of Appeals
H. M. Walters
West Palm Beach
Florida
Ross McGill Hurt In Bike Crash On Manitoulin Island
A Georgetown high school 4th form student Ross McGill was injured in a bicycle accident on Manitoulin Island while riding with Sandy Mackenzie. A passing truck lost control and struck Ross from behind three miles from their destination at Red Lodge. He sustained a broken pelvis and was taken to hospital.
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Georgetown
Ross McGill
Manitoulin Island
Sandy Mackenzie
Ross
Red Lodge
Sandy
Wand
Private exchange prompts doubt and flirtatious banter
A terse dialogue shows a man praising a woman who doubts the compliment. He asks where she derived the notion, while she remains skeptical about such praise. The exchange centers on perception and self worth between two unnamed individuals.
Manitoulin Trip For Mackenzie Family To See Ross End
Mr and Mrs Sany Mackenzie and Mr and Mrs Roy McGill travel to Manitoulin tonight to visit Ross whose condition requires at least two weeks in Little Current Hospital. Sandy will be brought back with them.
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Sany Mackenzie
Roy McGill
Manitoulin
Ross
Sandy
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Don Hutchinson
Jack Williamson
Mervyn Cook
H. Lawr
Water Committee
H. Moss
Chamber of Commerce
Cahnot
Dominion Seed House
Durham St
Oakville
Burclington
Schcitor Willis
Coombes
Willis
Ben Batkin
Georgetown Brigade
Della Sargent
Sam Snow
Erin Parsonage
Trades & Labour Congress
Paper Mill
Meston
Ball Engleby
Tommy Dobbe
Doug Ward
Fred Dickenson
Junior Beaumont
Alva Grieve
Jack Kemshead
Shiney Wright
Pauline Merrington
Jim Dobbie
Joan
Shirley Dobbie
Ivan Crabtree
Les Fallon
J. Kemshead, Sr
Billy Wilson
Sid MacKenzies
FWTA
Georgetown High School Upper
Jos. Gibbons
Lorne Scots
Chis Chass Landon Tech
Welland
Owen Sound
Tod
T. Eaton Co
Stanger’s Shaws
0. A. Gane
O A Gane
Palm Beach
Fla
Herald
Lew Bo Downey
St Petersburg
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