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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1925
Page
1
Benj Petch licensed auctioneer for Halton and Peet at Glen Williams post office reports sales conducted satisfactorily and at reasonable rates. Orders list at the Georgetown Herald Office will receive prompt attention.
A verse by Edgar A. Guest tells of Jim Green whose fair prices and good goods could not save his shop. Patrons left as his conduct and complaints drove customers away. The moral cautions entrepreneurs to control mood and attitude to keep business.
Notices announce the Cen tre District Liberal Conservative Association meeting at the Royal Connaught Hotel Hamilton on Wednesday July 8 at 2 pm to elect officers and review reports. Notables including Col Arthur Hateb Maj Hon 8 CG Newbury J B MacNicol and W C Dlyndale are invited to speak. District wards include Haldimand Halton Hamilton Lincoln St Catherines Niagara Falls Welland Wentworth and Wellington. A special invitation goes to Indies with President L G Spencer presiding.
The report lists students by merit across grades Sr and Jr with designations Hon Pass and On Trial. Names include Dorothy Wagstaffe, Mary Bludd, Fraser Reid, plus others such as Minnie Tweedle, Gertrude Barlow, Harvey Garvin, and Alice Hadley, with Edna Neil as Principal.
Crown Attorney Dick departs this evening for Montreal to join his two Baltimore sisters and sail tomorrow for a month in the British Isles. He will oversee Third Division Court books in Halton until a successor for Clerk J. A. Tracy is appointed. Wm. Panton will act as Clerk of the Georgetown Court under Dick’s direction. George Gowling and three children plan to drive to Donna Texas next Monday, with Mrs Gowling already there. Donna is on the Gulf of Mexico near the Rio Grandee delta in an irrigated fruit district. The Gowlings will join local growers. On Monday W. B. McCready escorted Lockie Burnham to Kingston to serve twenty seven months. Burnham, 19, Indian, had been at Burlington and was jailed for breaking into five garages in one night.
Erin Mrs J Leslie returns home from Glenwilliams where she convalesces after a recent illness. A social gathering at Dr and Mrs Abbott marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a large dinner and pleasant evening. Guests included Mrs Abbott, Mr and Mrs Stewart Everton, Mrs McKechnie, Miss McKechnie, Miss Marshall village and Sterling, Mrs W S McKinnon and daughter Olds Alberta.
Canadian National Railways runs a special train to Kitchener and return for Orange Celebration on Saturday July 11. Depart Georgetown 8 45 a m arrive Kitchener 9 50 a m return from Kitchener 6 15 p m east standard times. Reduced fare for groups of ten or more. Fall details from CN Agent.
John D. Fiavelle longtime Ontario License Commission chairman and prominent businessman died at his Lindsay home Sunday evening after a two week illness pneumonia developed in final days. He was unconscious most of Saturday and family members were at his bedside. He is survived by his brother Sir Joseph Flavelle.
A reflective column urges residents to discard petty prejudice toward successful locals. It argues lasting progress comes from one strong idea, carried through hardships, rather than rapid shifts. It notes old foods and vitamins show enduring value, and honors brimstone and treacle days as roots of self reliance.
Ferndale Park in Cheltenham near Brampton hosts Wednesday dances each season with Harmony Orchestra and Merrymakers Orchestra offering evening events. July and August feature Saturday dances 4 30 to 10 PM priced 1 and 1 50 with tax included. Burglary attempt at Lambe & Son store Meadowvale thwarted early Friday as the thief fled toward the railroad after a struggle. Lambe fired three shots. nothing was taken.
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