01 Feb 1928
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1928
Page
1
A reflective poem about aging facing time and memory. The speaker envisions calm acceptance at life’s end with memories of youth and the hope that joy will return in old age.
The Lime house Presbyterian Church held its annual meeting on a Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Officers elected include Eiders G W Mino J N Newton T Appleyard and T H Price with T H Price as treasurer. Board of Managers named T H Price A Lawson Dr Sutherland J N Newton H McDowell C Cross Dr Lindsay G W Mino and J W Nickell. Stewards J N Newton and P Benton. Budget committee includes Rev K McLean Dr Lindsay Miss O Marshall Miss E Mino Mrs Sutherland and Mrs A J Emsethuret. The 1927 financial report showed a balance of 205.85 carried forward.
Walter Bayiens Emnith leases two hundred acres on the seventh line south of Dandas Street Trafalgar. Councillor M E Nixon, last Thursday, had tenails removed and a second operation will confine him to home for two weeks. Jessie Ellen Richmond Hill to J Russell Peacock announced. Milton public school board inaugural meeting reports G H can see as a member. current board includes A Lone chairman A G MasNabb P Cooke W Allen J Hardy and E W Fox.
The article reports Alex Hodge the Boston bandit-actor, once unable to work, receiving a government job on a Whitby farm after Ontario officials took interest. It notes his failed hand surgery and ongoing disability, contrasting with his past violent fame and the family’s farming loss. It also mentions a separate vehicle accident near Peel-Halton Old People’s Home injuring Partridge and his son.
The inspector's report to the Roynd board dated December 10 1927 praises Miss Nelson for capable teaching and notes Miss Buck's resignation. It commends health education led by School Nurse Ross and staff, a health demonstration, and student posters. It lauds attendance by parents and overall pupil progress, decor improvements, new furnaces, and strong classroom participation with high standards across grades.
Melsicns Breeders welcomed Hon. Duncan Marshall of Toronto as chief speaker at the Peel County Holstein Breeders Club annual meeting and banquet in Brampton. Speakers included R M Holtby J D Steen and others. Officers elected: President T O Dolson first VP D J McCaugherty second VP Thos Lyons directors Wardlaw Omar Turnay To Fit side ego A Monguacousy Pred Garbutt Toronto Gore A Rutherford Albion R Cooper Caledon and secretary treasurer Jack Fraser.
There are today inmates in Halton county jail, with only one cell free unless transfers to Brampton Old People's Home occur. The piece argues no man should be jailed for poverty and notes some prisoners fear their future and security.
The note praises exchanges between one thousand Scottish schoolboys and one thousand Canaan schoolboys as fostering unity within the empire. It advocates more frequent and larger exchanges. It extols Ontario's climate, inherited wealth in timber and minerals, and freedom from natural disasters compared with other North American regions struck by earthquakes, cyclones, and floods.
The piece notes how news writers rely on every ad and item in print. It discusses scanning for errors and the belief that readers will see all contents, urging careful placement so nothing is missed.
The passage urges living in the present, noting yesterday’s mistakes and tomorrow’s uncertainty. It emphasizes using today fully, working with maximum effort, and believing that, when looking back, one will be pleased with the day’s efforts.
The piece argues honesty in debt payment as moral virtue and notes the Dominion Department of Agriculture hog grading policy, now five years old, improving hog quality and market value. A ministerial report credits growing popularity and benefits to swine industry amid a weak world pork trade in 1927.
A moral reflection urges treating others honestly and trusting that deceitful acts harm the perpetrator more than the doer. It argues changes in laws and norms, asserts the enduring law of retribution, and asks readers to recall past cheats and frauds to question ongoing dishonest success.
A strict, overly tidy woman enforces boot removal at the door. She accuses her husband of a grease spot from work trousers. He resists, saying for 20 years he has always removed his boots but will not go further.
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