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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR reads like a shuffled obituary and notices page with scattered names and debts. It mentions deaths and legal actions tied to estates and creditors, but details are incomplete and unclear.
Obituary items honor Margaret E Martin and Eileen Martin McDonald with dates in Sept. 1924 and Sept. 1st. Messages from widow, mother, sister, and brothers express enduring love. Additional lines recall a daughter and affectionate tributes from family members to late spouses and relatives.
Glenwilliams notes the fruit and egg offering at St Albans Church on Sunday with the Sunday School at 2 30 pm. Proceeds go to St Johns Hospital in Toronto. Obituary for Wilhelmine Hilda Cook details birth July 6 1919 and death Aug 25. Funeral at Glenwilliams Cemetery led by Rev W S Douglas.
Football club announces inquiries for players 19 years or under to join junior town teams. Interested youths should attend the football grounds on George Street Thursday evening between six and seven. Serynikeour, manager, Georgetown Football Club, and F T Thompson, a specialist, will be at the McCibbon Hotel on Friday September 4.
Council met with Mayor Dale and several members to discuss park improvements, driveway work, fence repairs, and sidewalk upgrades. A $20 grant supported park labor, and bids for rink removal and other repairs were approved. tax and utility accounts were reviewed with several payments authorized.
An open air heated pool will be added at Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper National Park. Walter Pratt announces the pool built by Canadian National Railways engineers measures 100 by 40 feet with depths from 1 9 to 9 feet and a diving tower. George O Stafford will supervise the pool as summer staff. Stafford is a noted Canadian swimmer and diver born in England.
Sunday afternoon on the N R line near Nerval Station Mr George Bignell aged 70 escaped a fatal outcome when his car left the road and flipped two to three times injuring him with three broken ribs and cuts plus Harland Rustler suffered multiple cuts. At Chinguacousy on Friday Mr Guefield Mc Clure driving from threshing with seven men avoided a worse fate when his car was struck sideways by a train at the 4th line crossing, though it was badly damaged and Shep herd sustained two broken ribs.
Georgetown defeated Hillsburg 7 to 6 as the Hillaburg rally came late in the game. Waltere pitched dominantly with eight strikeouts before Woolk relieved him, boosting his stock. Georgetown hitters were solid, solving Mr. Sargent’s pitching as the series heads to Hillsburg next Saturday at 3 p.m.
The annual Rally Day will be held at St Georges on Sunday next with Holy Communion at 9:00 a.m. A fruit and egg service follows at 11:00 a.m. with offerings of canned fruit and eggs for St John’s Hospital. Parents invited to the Sunday School service at 7:00 p.m. and the School meets at 10:00 a.m. Rev Dr Dickie’s United Church sermon next Sunday evening, the 6th, is titled In the Church making good today.
Norval Rev Dr and Mrs Kyle and daughter Dorothy returned home Monday after a holiday at their cottage near Danville. The United Church corn roast drew a good crowd with excellent pies coffee and a fine program, making a pleasant evening for all.
Frank Cook thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and tributes after the recent bereavement of his darling daughter and son.
A Ottawa bulletin from the Fruit Branch of the Department of Agriculture outlines the health and nutritive value of apples and lists preferred varieties by month. It advocates households keeping Canadian grown apples and details suitable types for September through May.
Community remembers Nora Bell and her family after the passing of her husband. Neighbors and friends express condolences and share kindness during this sad bereavement.
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