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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1920
Page
2
The clipping records births, marriages, and deaths. It notes W H Willson born in Preston, a marriage in Toronto in 1918, Norma Mary Slow and Henry George Slow Girvan memorials, and family mourners. The tone is heartfelt memorial with dates in 1918.
A large gathering at the Mothersills home on Tuesday night bids farewell as they leave the Allen and Cheltenham area for Brampton. Friends praise their wise counsel and farming example, pledge to keep Peel County ties, and present a Chestertick chair and an electric piano lamp for Mrs Mothersill.
Church notes invite worship with Presbyterian friends on Sunday morning with a youth led evening service and special music. Rev Milton Aikens of Norval to preach next Sunday morning with a service at 11.00 am. Anniversary service Sunday October 31 with Rev Dr Workman of Toronto. grand concert Monday evening at Navy Int.
Quick sale McLaughlin six cylinder touring car low miles under 12 000 miles good running condition asking price negotiable contact phone number provided for inquiries
Council met at 7 p.m. October 4 with Reeve presiding and all members present. Rah. Davidson invited from Horticultural Society urged replanting bulbs. High School heating system debated. Dr F R Watson named constable for the village. Willoughby water contract proposed. various road and pumping expenses approved. unit steel products addressed Queen Street reinforcement. adjourned to follow-up session.
Esquesing Council Stewarttown met October 16 1920 with the Reeve presiding and all members present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Various accounts were approved for payment including Canade Ingot Lion Co. for culverts, Grand Trunk Ry. freight, Empire Typewriter repairs, hauling gravel, juror fees, and medical bills. By-law to appoint collectors was introduced and to be read a second and third time. names and fees set. The meeting adjourned to May 15 at 2 pm.
A moving Muskokar Hospital for Consumptives appeal highlights young patients fighting illness. Read about a girl aiding orphans, a teacher alone, a nurse worn down, and workers seeking life. Donations may be sent to William Gage in Toronto or George Reid in Toronto.
Donald W. Brown of the League of Red Cross Societies visited Toronto to study the Canadian Red Cross program and to foster closer ties. He cited over ten million war orphans in Europe and urged charity, noting suffering from disease and lack of essentials across the Baltic to the Adriatic, with a British Empire appeal planned in Canada during Annulstice week.
Fragmentary text recalls plague-like illness years ago in Canela with references to typhus and wood fever. Details are unclear, but the passage notes past suffering and emerging memories of epidemic conditions.
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