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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
3
A long list of local happenings includes garden parties at Ashgrove and Torn Cotta, a Chautauqua drive, and Memorial fund events. Notices cover meat market items, plant sales at W. F. Godfrey’s, water restoration, and a Baptist convention program with addresses on education and reconstruction. Public meetings, school trustee election, and road planning updates follow, highlighting local governance and community life.
Mr John Blair of Weston spent Sunday in town. Miss Eleanor McNally of Guelph spent the weekend with friends. Miss Mae Wilson of Toronto visited Miss Me Whirter. Dr and Mrs Sommerville of Haileybury were town visitors. Numerous engagements and travels are listed, including Miss Weylonn Mary Lane to Mr Frederick Sinclair and Miss Mary Vergal Millar to Mr Patsieh Sheridan, with references to military honors for Brig General Charles Mitchell and other local movements.
Cannors of the Niggar a district import car loads of strawberries from the south paying about 25 cents per box. Growers warn that this year's berry crop will be poor and predict strawberries will not sell under 20 cents per box. Curl leaf infested orchards threaten crops, and cherries are expected to be a good crop.
Citizens are urged to secure Chautauqua season tickets for the June 26 to July 2 event. Tickets may be purchased at Hourigan's Drug Store Herald Office Bank of Nova Scotian Norval Win Little Stewarts town Wan Gowdy Limehouse Thos Beaumont Glenwillians. Save money and be ready when the local committee calls.
The piece calls for ongoing self denial by Canadians to meet government demands and to fund relief for the maimed and dependents of those who died for security. It stresses the need to carry out public works, promote employment, and balance inter and in posed burdens during the wartime period.
Advertisement seeks an experienced man to clean sets of cards after 6 pm. It can be done in two hours and offers very attractive terms. Location Georgetown Woollen Mills. Contact G. C. Brown Norval by phone Georgetown Ybor 2 if interested.
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