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    The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “Once in a while during the summer holidays, a group of my friends would make homemade ice cream out of real cream and crank the appar

    “I was 13 years old when WWI started, and I still recall the newspaper headlines, ‘Kaiser calls the agreement a scrap of paper,’ and I also recall Major General Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia an

    George C.R. Hall was an avid junior league baseball player, hockey player, and he played the pump organ. George C.R. Hall enjoyed riding his bicycle to Lindsay 2 or 3 times during the summer.

    1915 George C.R. Hall passed the Junior High School Entrance exam. “I remember only a few details of my years at Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Outstanding are not important, but Monday after having b

    This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Geography entrance exam from 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Entrance Exam for Writing in 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    This photo was taken in 1915 at the Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Dr. George C.R. Hall is sitting in class. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her

    Photo of Lindsay's Central School misidentified in presentation as Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Lindsay's Central School was built on the corner of Kent Street West and Albert Street in 1910 as a sc

    This comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I remember one afternoon we were allowed from school to see the picture, Birth of a Nation. This was not my first movie as I sometimes went to

    Photograph of Dr. George Wesley Hall. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall, as part of her presentation on the life and times of Dr. George Hall 1865 to 1940.

    Dr. George Wesley Hall was born on a farm located near the Zion United Church on May 9, 1865. He was the fourth of six children born to John Hall and Mary Webster.

    Dr. George Wesley Hall left school at 12 years old and farmed until he was 19. He was regarded as a mechanical genius since he was able to fix all kinds of farm machinery (binders) with ease. Neighbo

    With his superior scientific, mechanical knowledge, Dr. George Wesley Hall was encouraged by a teacher (T.H. Roberts) to return to public school at 19 years of age. Dr. George Wesley Hall completed h

    Dr. George Wesley Hall studied medicine at the University of Toronto and graduated in 1896.

    For a year after graduation, Dr. George Wesley Hall was in partnership with Dr. A.E. Vrooman, after which he purchased the Little Britain practice.

    Dr. & Mrs. George Wesley Hall had five children, but only Dr. George C.R. Hall lived to adulthood.

    Dr. George Wesley Hall’s practice covered a large area, from Seagrave to the South shore of Lake Scugog and from Woodville to Sunderland. For Dr. George Wesley Hall being a doctor was not only a prof

    Note the cutter. This cutter is a doctor’s cutter. In February 2010, I [Marylou Hall] was informed that an individual who refurnishes cutters had Dr. G.W. Hall’s cutter. (The name Hall was engraved u

    Portrait of Dr. George Wesley Hall and his wife Mary Jane and children Edith and George C. R. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

    Following Edith’s death at age eight, the Hall’s adopted a girl named Mabel. However, she died in 1919 at age 23 years. Great granddaughter and compiler Marylou Hall was unable to find pictures of Ma