Georgetown Stories: 1914- 1918 70
Feb. 23, 1914, Guardian: Children’s carnival with participants & costumes is described.
Mar. 9, 1914, Guardian: A dance is reported; also IOGT concert which included a pantomime on women’s rights.
Mar. 17, 1914, Patriot: Baptist Concert: program and participants are listed.
Mar. 23, 1914, Patriot: St. Patrick’s Concert in aid of St. James’ Church with performers from all churches is enjoyed by the whole community.
Apr. 16, 1914, Patriot: School concert & social is described.
May 5, 1914, Patriot: Percy Manuel opens an ice cream parlour in his grocery store. [But he would soon sell his business to Conrad & Johnson and move to Summerside to work at R. T. Holman’s]
May, 1914, Patriot: The evangelist Gypsy Smith visits Georgetown for several days and preaches in the Baptist Church; at the same time St. David’s Presbyterian Church runs a special program on “moral and social reform.”
May 29th, 1914, Patriot: Georgetown and Royalty vote 105 to 0 in favour of opening an “autoroute” from Charlottetown to Georgetown through Mount Stewart.
May 30, 1914, Patriot: Percy Keeping wins the Gold medal at P.W.C. and is valedictorian; his brother William leads in Senior commercial class in Union Commercial College; Harold Keeping stands among highest in P.W.C.; Adele Smith of Georgetown takes highest place on the Island in the Entrance Exam with a mark of 744 out of 800; Edna MacDonald of
Georgetown stood third with a mark of 694.
July 4, 1914, Patriot: Price Webber Comedy Players are again at the Georgetown town hall.
July 12, 1914, Patriot: A Boys’ Progressive Club is formed in Georgetown on principles of “clean speaking, clean living and helpfulness to others.” They have a baseball team called “The Progressives.” They meet in the Temperance
Hall.
Oct. 1914, 11m: John D. McPhee of Klondyke fame is one of first Georgetonians to “join up”; but in a Vancouver regiment; the first Georgetonian wounded was Lieut. James Morrison, Boer War veteran, son of Peter Morrison, who had enlisted in Manitoba and was wounded in France and sent home.
Oct. 1914, Patriot: Georgetown’s Loyal Orange Lodge says farewell to Rev. Mr. Back; presentation is signed by J. Heber Gordon and S. N. Johnson. [i.e Stillman or “Tim” Johnson]
Oct. 26, 1914, Patriot: Dance & whist in aid of the Red Cross is reported.
Nov. 2, 1914, Patriot: John Jeffrey’s house is destroyed by fire.
Nov. 3, 1914, Patriot: Georgetown Silver Fox Company is sold out to Charlottetown Fur Producers in exchange for shares; 9 foxes brought to Charlottetown.
Jan. 2, 1915, Patriot: Concert & Basket Social in aid of Holy Trinity Church is described.
Jan. 22, 1915, Patriot: Bean Supper with music and dancing in aid of the Red Cross is
described.
Patriot, Jan. 30, 1915; St. George’s IOGT celebrate 9th anniversary of its founding.
Feb. 10. 1915, Patriot: Georgetown Carnival is described.
Feb. 12, 1915, Patriot: Concert & Basket Social in aid of St. James’ Church is held.
Feb. 18, 1915, Patriot includes “school concert” & “hockey” in “Georgetown News.”
Feb. 27, 1915, Patriot has more hockey and another concert.
April 20, 1915, Guardian: St. James’ Dramatic Club presents “The Shamrock and the Rose’ for the second time with proceeds to the Red Cross.
May 20, 1915, Patriot: Various entertainments in Georgetown are described.
June 9, 1915, Patriot: Women’s Institute in Georgetown has as officers:: Pres. Mrs. A. J.