Georgetown Stories: 1904 -1908 49
Other Stories:
Jan. 15, 1904, Patriot: Sabbath School Concert at St. David’s Church; William McConnell is Superintendent.
Jan. 25, 1904, Patriot: John Yorston, member of the crew of the ill—fated schooner, G. A. Smith , says the men had to “subsist for several days on flour mixed with sea water.”
Jan-Feb, 1904, Patriot: Ad: AMERICA HOUSE, Georgetown, close to the Railway and the Winter Steamers; proprietor: D. McCormick [It was again up for sale in June
1906]
Feb. 17, 1904, Guardian: “Harmony Lavender (si_c) has purchased the property formerly owned and occupied by his grandfather, the late Amos Lavender.”
Apr. 13, 1904, Patriot: A ball is given in honor of the officers and crew of the 55. Stanley with Henry Gotell and Peter Morrison as violinists.
May 14 & May 16, 1904, Patriot: Frances Gotell is ill and wandering since his return
from France without his fortune; see also Guardian, May 28, 1904.
May 17, 1904, Patriot: Meeting of the Georgetown Rifle Club is held.
June 7,1904, Patriot: A branch of the Caledonia Club is formed in Georgetown; Dr. Stewart is Chief; Capt. Hugh McPhee, President; B. O. McComiick and William A McDonald, Vice— presidents; A. D. McPhee, Secretary-treasurer.
June 8, 1904, Patriot: The stores of Russell McLean and W. W. Jenkins are now connected to a telephone line; the railway station will receive a phone soon.
June 15, 1904, Patriot: Two Georgetown men have positions on the Government Cruiser Kingfisher, now in dock at Georgetown. They
are Charles Macdonald, gunner, and Edward Macdonald, boatswain.
July 4: 1904, Examiner: Capt. Wm. Sencabaugh is appointed Government Agent for the winter ferries since Harold MacDonald is leaving the Island.
Patriot, June 27, 1905:
Sept. 2, 1904, Guardian: Biggest yet Harvest Excursion of P.E.I. Islanders to the West is reported.
Sept. 28, 1904, Guardian: Capt. John Yoston has purchased the schooner Alice , but reports that it is difficult to procure a crew.
October, 1904, Guardian: Old coins are found embedded behind the comer stone of Trinity Church were replaced by W. S. Easton.
Jan. 13, 1905, Patriot: Mr. Lawlor’s horse frightened by the train at the railway station, carried sleigh & driver down the wharf and over it. Lawlor was seriously injured.
Jan. 25, 1905, Patriot: The Literary & Debating Society is re-organized. Some of the topics: Should the franchise be extended to women? Georgetown incorporation, yes or no?; winter communication, pros and cons. See Patriot, Mar. 8, Mar. 24 & Apr. 7, 1905. Russell Maclean was given a gift of appreciation and send-off by the group as he was going West. Henry Gordon, son of Hon. Dan Gordon , was going to take a job opportunity in Minnesota. McLean was back in Georgetown by Jan. 1906 and was dealing in eels and smelts.
Feb. 3, 1905, Patriot: Georgetown citizens protest about having to carry water from uptown asserting that there should be a public faucet at the Railway Station.
Mar. 3, 1905, Patriot: A Gala Ball was tended the town by the officers and men of the Stanley; some 100 couples attended.
Mar. 24, 1905, Patriot: The S. S. Minto was grounded on Panmure Island but was towed off by the Stanley next day without much damage.
Apr. 25, 1905, Patriot: The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian Church has a basket social and concert in the Hall which raises $90.
May 15, 1905, Patriot: James Skinner visits home. He became Banker McLeod’s [Toronto] chauffeur when McLeod gave up his yacht Gloria and went instead into motoring. Skinner has had an accident with the car and is injured.
Sgt-instructor Morrison, back from South Africa, says the