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georgetown and the bell armistice news busy time for towns switchboard april 1910s directory indie tod that the telephone office could be reached by calling 100 tho drafter of jackson a tor according to a note in the georgetown questionnaire tb towna equipment in 1010 conalfted of standard local witch no 6 rack 16a genera tor werner pole changer and one no 2 tofl booth air smith s tisit of inspection took place on april 5 1910 and in his notebook he recorded that j h jackson the agent had a general store cpu tickets tc and at that time received a commission of 25 per cent plus a monthly allowance of jb and also a dh residential telephone there were at that time 100 telephones in gcor getown 122 of them business ones 39 residential and several of them free ones including tome for the town and the lo cal managers home telephone there was a booth for the con tenlence of those wishing to place calls tfoe rates were low as were wages 20 a year enabled one to have cither a business or a residential tele phone plainly 160odd telcph nes did not bring in a very ensational income to the tel ephon company especially when a fair percentage of the rentals had to be paid back to the local manager mr smith noted the exlstercc of he ash prove co with its 7 subs con ftectlng at georgetown georgetown guelph line a new line between george town and guclph was construe ted during 1910 at a cost of 203767 it involved the lay tag of k 11 miles of no 12 cop per wire the june 1910 issue of th- telephone gazette a periodi eal issued by the bell tele phone company of canada from 1909 to 1911 carried a brief an nounceraent regarding george town the general contract dc partment has been carrying on a canvass sic in connection with georgetown exchange hav ing secured twentyseven new orders it was gratrpyng but carcely surprising therefore that the number of telephones in georgetown by the end of 1010 bad mounted to 200 according to the 1911 census georgetown e population had increased to 1535 inhabitants daring 1911 further con traction work affecting gcor cetown was carried out over mile ol old copper wir te removed between georg town and toronto and 163 26 miles of no 12 copper wire was strung at a cost of 7 528 18 there were 215 telephones one of a series 206 telephones in georgetown milton hooks in during 1914 the year of the outbreak of world war a long distance lino was const meted between milton and ge orgetown which involved the stringing of 5 42 miles of no 12 copper wire and 2078 miles of no 12 iron wire at a cost of 57267 by the end of 1914 there were 338 telephones georgetown the corresponding total for 1916 was 356 and for 1916 40 there were 431 telephones in georgetown by the close of 1917 march 1918 s georgetown di rectory listed mr j h jack son as local manager for the last time he had been respon sible for the telephone business in georgetown for nearly 24 years a rare record of con tinuous service by sepfombcr he was succeeded by miss glassey now titled local repre sentative whose work was un der the supervision of mr h m black the guelph manager jackson s departmental store still had the number 100 which for years had called the tele phone office now the bell of lice still located on main st was reached by calling 170 by the end of 1918 there were 457 telephones in the town memorable year as many remember 1918 was a memorable year the war in europe was never fiercer than during the early months of 1918 later in the year the dread spanish influenza which was soon dubbed the flu swept through canada and caused sud den and serious illness in many homes and businesses and an appalling total of deaths in some bell telephone offices the manager assisted perhaps b his wife had to carry on the switchboard because all the operators were off ill at once then came the news of the ar misticc about daybreak or before on november 11th and the world went mad so did many of the operating staff who jn many cases were urgen tly summoned to duty when it was still dark and had to dress hurriedly and rush to their boards to cope with unpreceden ted traffic which lastd until late in the day population reaches 2000 by the end of 1919 there were 485 tlephones in george town unfortunately there is georgetown by the close of telephone directory list 19il and 256 for the year 1912 ln georgetown subscribers in the telephone historical col 3y the end of 1913 there were lection eo it is difficult to say just when another change in management occurred nov ember 1920s directory ofain lists ii m black as manager he was hpadquartcreck in guelph and had jurisdiction over georgetown and also mil ton by now miss mac ross was georgetown s local roprpcn tativc by the end of 1920 there were 529 telephones in gcorgetow n according tn the 1921 cnsus georgetown s population was now 20g1 and by the end of that year there were 544 fie phones in the town to be conlinur1 slowwalker the turtle s normal pace is one mile in nine and a hilf hours andersonpuckering wedding vows glen united church witnesses prepare plan for circuit assembly in burlington will god intervene in mens affairs the blblos answer to this most important question of our day will jivcn at tho upcoming circuit isscmbly of jehovah s witnea sci in burlington december 15 to 17 muvillo taylor prcs itlin imnislcr of tho local conrttation announced recent ly rhe world s mounting tens oons caused by economic instab ilily wars crime and immoral itv ire tike a bubble ready to burst mr taylor continued mm s attempts whether sin core nr not have not provided i practical lasting solution for the good of all the grave need for divine intervention has never been more apparent but will god step in mr tay lor asked the answer will bo hfinl in the public bible dis co rsc to be delivered by jos cpli scaijione district super visor of jehovah s witnesses in southern ontario he said the assembly a semi annual event sponsored by the watch tower bibl and tract society ill be hi id ir the auditorium nf m m iu binson hih school in burlington delegates repre senting 15 congregations of mr and mrs david gerald anderson in a recent ceremony in glcnl williams united church rev i walter ridley officntcd it the marriage of linda caroljn lu ckenng daughter of mr and mrs roy puckering kit wil hams and david o raid nder son of afincuurt gien in marriage by her it ther in the double ring ccrem ony the bnd wore a gown of organza and lace ocr laffeti with cathedral train and shoul dcr length veil she cirri d a bouquet of white mums and red roses with iv mrs sally lesli- who wa matron of honour wore a full length mint green gown of chif fon over taffeta featuring elbow length sleeves bridesmaids miss cathy anderson sister of the groom and miss helen ste art collinguood wore island green chiffon ot taffeta the three attendants wore mitchin flowered heidpiccs and eils and carried- bouquets of pink carnations the church was dicoratcd prior to their mnrrnc the ith standards of pink and bride was honoured al three white gladioli intl carnations i shoiwcrs i which mrs hilda and mrs shirley inglis was or hilts mrs silh isl c and mr ganist mrs dorothy townsend dorothy hunsdale were hoslcs i was soloist scs glen dickout scarborough was groomsnnn and u hers were robert kcarns toronto coils n of the groom and rob ert tizzard fnnto cu sts it tended fro n bnntf rl st lt lhannts terra cout o en soun 1 milun toronto osha wa corfcton and clin vtil hams at i r cop inn vh c follow cd 1 he trcrn m the 1 ride mother w re t uiriiusc shan lung dress and c it ensemble beige accessories in 1 i e rsagi of orange ice r ses 1 he rroom a mother alsj ricei i dir nt a coral pom de so dress ind 1 coat enstmb coral icttss r les and a corsigc of whili sweetheart roses i r a hn the br de h lr p t firv j ll r c p ecc wool mauve i 1 tee cliec suit and imtch ng cap mr an 1 mrs anderson arc 1 un in 1 lowdalc where he is empltnel bv ver i inn f t nited cl gar stores is retail uiprmso flmericr drv they mix with hmerich drv also available in convenient 10 oz cans jehovah tritnetapa from ge orgetown to brirrtford will be in attendance mr taylor disclosed that members of the georgetown ennirrton will be providing thi georgetown herald transport it ion to the thrio- day vent fox many other in thursday di c 14th 1m7 terested peraoni from george page s town and area i 0liday fruit cakes i light or dark fbh mince tarts almond icing cookies many more christmas treats l l 8 the scotch bakery we make it with th finest ingredient to give that real old faihloned home baked flavour order yours nowl phone 8773481 6 mill street mimsam3mgi3mm3k3m3m3msm3a3ml ever noticed how quickly they grow this christmas give them a growth savings certificate it will grow with them decide now to give them the gift w th a future a growth savings certificate in 6 years they ii receive t 0 00 for every 57 50 you invest a one third increase christmas growth savings certificates are easy to buy available in 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