Births Marriages and Deaths Rates Charged
Announcement lists charges for births deaths and memorial cards with 60 cents for births 50 cents for deaths and a standard rate for marriages and memorial cards plus an extra line charge for poetry entries.
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1926
Page
2
Announcement lists charges for births deaths and memorial cards with 60 cents for births 50 cents for deaths and a standard rate for marriages and memorial cards plus an extra line charge for poetry entries.
Bradley at Hornby announces the infant Normancy son of Mr and Mrs H M Brad aged 5 weeks. Dunning at Cumberland Ontario records the death of William W Dunning aged 72, father of Rev Kenneth MacLean Georgetown.
Sheriff S Webster of Norval Ontario is challenged by Colin Inkster who notes his own eighty eighth birthday on August 3 and claims over 50 years in office in a light hearted birthday contest published in Winnipeg on June 6 1926.
Limehouse United Church marked its first anniversary with morning and evening services led by Rev. Perrin of Hamilton. Special music from local quartets and a well received concert featured readings and instrumental numbers. Rev. A L Barker announced as next month’s resident pastor. visitors from Paris and nearby towns praised the rugged local scenery.
Georgetown pressed from the start and led 2–0 at halftime. Gosh added a late third as Fergus could not break through Georgetown’s defense led by Mackart. Absent stars Henderson Mackintosh and Hughes weighed on Georgetown’s lineup ahead of a July 21 cup tie and a trip to Guelph to face McArthurs.
The annual grave decoration and parade of Orion Lodge No. 109 and Veriun Rebekah Lodge No. 184 drew large crowds on Sunday June 18. Memorial services were held at Biwartown and Glenwilliam Cemeteries, then a parade led by Marshalls Bros. H Hamilton and A Tost to Greenwood Cemetery where a memorial service and band selections followed. Ministers preached on threefold virtue of friendship love and truth highlighting charity and civic service as a guide to character.
A damaged passage mentions a lodge meeting honoring Rev. Mr. Machean chair, with Mrs. Henderson and Mr. Lebrun thanked for cooperation in a memorable event in local history. The text is incomplete and garbled with historical dialect terms.
The Ashgrove U F C and UG F clubs met at Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Black’s home for a summer gathering with a paper on labor saving devices by Mrs Nurse. After lunch and social hour the meeting closed with the National Anthem and plans for the next gathering July 20 at Mrs. G A Wilson’s home.
All members and prospective members of the Georgetown Tennis Club are asked to pay their fees to Mins Treanor at Mr Mimuss' office on or before June 20. See our specials in footwear. W. C. Bartlett, Georgetown and Brampton.
By power under a mortgage notice sets sale for June 1928 at McGibbon Hut Mitchell Ontario. Auctioneer Ben Petcheh to sell land and house in Georgetown including Lots 8 6 61 62 63 on Main Arletta Cherry streets with a nine or ten room frame dwelling a barn and outbuildings. Down payment required with balance due per sale terms. solicitors R H Munro and R Wiggins for the assignee.
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