Esquesing Deputy Game Wardens Appointed in 1940
Esquesing Township Council meeting on October 7 1840 appoints deputy game wardens for Esquesing Wardens named for Brigden Georgetown and nearby districts. The session covers insurance issues road and relief accounts by law readings and by law authorizations for 1940 assessments and railway bonus fund allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewarttown
Esquesing
Ctober
Howard May
G. W. Murray
George Cleave
Edwin Harrop
William A. Wilson
Epee
Fetterly
British American Bonding Company
Sch
Lotehauer
G. C
Council Reliability Insurance
Ken Cheries
Council
Turnbull
Adams Road Machinery Co
May and Murray
Cleave
May
Jenkins and Hardy
Hydro Electric
Frank Petch
Bell Telephone
Acton Public Utilities Commission
Beardmore Crescent
Georgetown Hydro “Eiedric System
Glen Williams
Letter Shop Supply Co
Harrop
Murray
Joseph Samford
Province of Alberta
G. C. Brown
Canadian Legion
Galvation Army
Yd Brigden
Georgetown
George Leslie Jr
R. R
Acton
Wesley Louth
Norval
L. L. Mullin
Acton R. R
Wm. J. McDonald
R. Rcoves
Woods
Harrop and Murray
Township of
Murray and Harrop
May and Cleave
Nbon
Murray and
Weather Summary Shows Frost and Snow Overnight
Following heavy rain a sudden temperature drop brought a killing frost on the 16th with 22 degrees. The 18th saw 19 degrees threatening stored garden produce, then thawing with light cloud cover. A snow flurry ended a week of no rain as Eastern parts reported heavier snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provino
Globe and Mail Praises Georgetown CSM Shepherd
The Globe and Mail salutes Henry Thomas Shepherd a Georgetown man now training recruits at Newmarket as Company Sergeant Major and a veteran of Ypres and the Somme. Captain M B Collier praises Shepherd as one of the finest soldiers with long service and deep mutual respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Globe & Mail
Henry Shepherd
Georgetown
Newmarket
Henry
Lorne Scots
Globe and Mail
Henry Thomas Shepherd
Ypres
Somme
His
Canadian Forces
Shepherd
Toronto Scottish
M. B Collier
Collier
Captain Collier
Army
Ont
Niagara-on-the-lake
164Th
Halton-Dufferin
France
52Nd
Halton Rifles
Brown Celebrate Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs N Fi Brown celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a family gathering at Acton. The event marks a quarter century of marriage and shared life among relatives and friends.
Reeve Calls for Carried Motion on Adjacent Be Attachment
The fragment notes a call by the Reeve and the motion carried at the meeting. It references an attachment or item labeled be and indicates the procedural action of accepting the motion when called. The text is sparse but shows formal council procedure.
Inspiring Speaker Delivers Motivational Lions Club Address
Twenty seven members and guests gathered at the McGibbon House for the Lions Club semi monthly meeting. Mayor Joseph Gibbons and Rev. D. D. Davidson attended along with Lions from Brampton and Guelph. Dr. W W Bartlett outlined a five dollar per club inter-club visit plan to create a forty dollar prize. Bill Carroll Mitchell High School principal delivered the keynote on service clubs and community work stressing timely meetings and streamlined committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGibbon House
Lions Club
Joseph Gibbons
Georgetown
D. D. Davidson
Knox Presbyterian Church
Ralph Ross
Walter Halfknight
Guelph
Arthur Blow
Bill Carroll
Mitchell
W. W. Bartlett
Gordon Vivian
Russ Wells
Art Death
H H. Heatherington
Brampton Lions Club
Bartlett
Lion Arthur Blow
Enmantes
Lion Walter Halfknight
Canada
Glen Wlliams
Harold McClure
Lion Bill Carroll
Mitchell High School
The
Lions
Carroll
Lion Bill Long
Mr. Carroll
Enroll in St. John Ambulance Class Forty
Georgetown women begin the St. John Ambulance Course at the Legion Rooms with six weeks of First Aid lectures by Dr. C. V. Williams. An exam and certificates follow. twenty five named students join the class and will complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
St. John Ambulance
Legion Rooms
C. V. Wiliams
E. Coles
M. Inman
F. Luke
A. Greenwood
J. Mackenzie
M. Oliver
P. Arthurs
L. Morrow
E. Shore
D. McEnery
N. Hemphill
E. Preston
C. Hunter
E. McGuigan
M. Davidson
FE. Squires
A. Merritt
L. Cripps
M. Graham
F. Herbert
A. Grieve
G. Forster
A. Hickey
M. Davis
A. Collins
A. Greig
E. Taylor
M. Thornton
M. Forgrave
V. Bradley
J. Leavitt
J. McDougall
L. Goodlet
G. Leslie
M. Gillevet
M. Feller
F. Feller
M. Leslie
M. Young
Important Hockey Meeting Notice
Community hockey group calls a yearly gathering and urges all members to attend. NAT SILVER is listed as contact for the meeting.
W M S Thank-Offerin Meeting At Georgetown United Church
The Autumn Thank-offering meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of Georgetown United Church met Tuesday afternoon October 16 in the auditorium led by President Mrs F O Overend. Mrs A Nielsen spoke on Faith and Jesus guidance, with Mrs Duncan McLeod recounting 33 years of missionary work in Formosa now Taiwan. The address highlighted refugee gospel work amid war disruptions and closed with a social tea in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society
Georgetown’ United Church
F. O
A. M. Nielsen
Francis Thompson
H. L. Hutt
Dayfoot
Gethsemane
Calvary
George
Duncan -McLeod
Formosa
A. Speight
Speight
McLeod
Georgetown
Duncan McLeod
Japan
China
Hong Kong
Lake Ontario
J. W. Kennedy
R. H. Wright
Niagara Diocese Conference Discusses A Christianity that Works
The Niagara Diocesan Conference met at the Royal Connaught Hotel Hamilton with clergy and laity well represented. The program included discourses by Dean Riley Waterman and Archdeacon Gordon and a closing summing by the Lord Bishop. Banquet speaker William Patterson spoke on Pilgrimage from Communism to Christ noting his activist history and urging endurance and pardon as wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Niagara
Royal Connaught Hotel
Hamilton
Dean Riley
Dean Waterman
Archdeacon Gordon
William Patterson
Patterson
British Isles
Civil Guard Parade In Milton Next Sunday
The Georgetown Volunteer Civil Guard unit will join Halton divisions next Sunday October 27 led by Lt Colonel James Ballantine. Teams from Oakville Nelson Burlington Acton Campbellville Milton and Georgetown gather at Milton High School grounds 3 pm to march to the Court House for a service. rain plan moves to Milton Arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Volunteer Civil Guard
Halton
Milton
James Ballantine
D.S.O
Halton Guards
Oakville
Nelson
Burlington
Acton
Campbellvile
Court House
Halton Rifles
Milton Arena
Town Hall
Scrymgeour Kennard Wedding Held October 12
Mona Lillian Scrymgeour and Frederick Kennard wed in a private ceremony at the Scrymgeour home. The bride wore heavenly blue crepe, and a reception followed with family guests from Hamilton Brampton and nearby towns. The couple will reside in Brampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scrymgeour
Mona Lillian
Thomas Scrymgeour
Scrymgeour
Frederick Kennard
Benjamin Kennard
Huttonville
D. D. Davidson
Kennard
Brampton
John Lang
Mr. Lang
Hamilton
Myr
Mia
G. F. Hall
Toronto
Tom Hayward
Guelph
Harry Finlay
Hutonville
Joan Young
Georgetown
Ald-Marchment Wedding in United Church
Miss Vera Mildred Marchment wed in Georgetown United Church on October 12. Rev. F. C. Overend presided as Grace Little and Maurine Landsdell attended. The bride wore crepe with navy accessories and pink roses for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown United Church
Vera Mildred Marchment
F. C. Overend
Grace Little
Maurine Landsdell
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.S.M
Hon
AT & PM
Nat Silver, T
W.M.S
Civil Guard
Kennedy
Georgetown Herald
Scotland
John Kennedy
Ireland
John
America
Hudson Bay Fur Trading Co
New Jersey
Great Britain
Port Schlosser
Niagara Falls
Quebec
Paris
London
England
Par Trading Co
William
Charles
Richard
Ste. Annes
Middleport
Tonawanda River
Sussex County
Canadas
Oswegs
N.Y
Lake Ononanes
Pune
Oswego
Mortis
St. Anne's
Bte. Anne's
Lfe
United - et-Morrie
Wadsworth
Queenston Heights
Eisabeth Bedford
Beckines Sind Ate
R.C.A.F
Norval Presbyyerian
Jean Kathleen Nixon
J. CO. McLaughlin
Arthur Leggett
William Hayes Manning
R.C.A.P
Vancouver
J. C. McLaughlin
Grace Mclaughlin
Jean McLaughlin
Marjorie Dawson
Multun
J. Morrison McLeod
McLaughan
George Dawson
Multon
Lily Cache
Mann Ing
Scrymgfour
United Church
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