Georgetown Stories: 1914- 1918 7‘

MacDonald; V-P: Mrs. C .L Barnes; Sec—treas.: Mrs. D. A. Stewart.

July 12, 1915, Patriot: Georgetown School Closing isreported; Anna MacLaren win’s gold medal.

Aug. 12, 1915, Guardian publishes clear picture of Rev. Father A. E. Burke in doctoral robes.

Aug. 19, 1915, Patriot: Scottish Gathering at Georgetown is described.

Oct. 30, 1915, Patriot publishes pictures of activities of 2nd Siege Battery training at Brighton in Charlottetown, inc. Lieut. Temple Macdonald and “Lining Up for Dinner.”

Dec. 13, 1915, Patriot: The Minto (John L. Reid, Captain) arrives in Northern Russia to assist the Kanada (formerly Earl Grey ) and other ships attempting to break ice barriers for munitions ships etc.; Georgetown men in crew; Messroom Steward; Fred Owen; 3rd Engineer, John Smith; 4th Engineer, Frank Dalziel. More on this story in Patriot, Mar. 6, 1916

Dec. 25, 1915, Guardian publishes pictures of officers and activities of the 2nd Siege Battery in training in Charlottetown.

Jan. 7, 1916, Guardian: “George Currie’s letter to his mother re. the life in the trenches— rats etc. is published.

Jan. 7, 1916, Guardian: “New Georgetown— Cardigan Ferry “ is a headline.

Jan. 12, 1916, Guardian: Lloyd Shaw is appointed principal of Georgetown School; former principal McCarthy has become a School Inspector.

Mar. 2, Mar. 6; Mar. 9; Mar. 22; Mar. 23, 1916; April 17, Patriot and April 1, 1916, Guardian: Detailed descriptions of activities & letters from soldiers at Camp Roffey, Horsham, Sussex, England where the 2nd Siege Battery, is now called the No. 98 Canadian Siege Artillery; meals, change in command from Peake to Prowse, snowball fight, etc., Temple Macdonald made a captain. The 98th in France: Patriot: July 31, 1916; Aug. 16 (report directly from Capt. Temple Macdonald); Oct. 7; Sept. 6; Sept. 26; Oct. 12; Nov. 24, (picture of officers

& men); Jan. 10, 1917; Jan. 12 (at the Somme); Guardian, June 14, 1916;

Mar. 2, 1916, Patriot: Stephen Hessian is admitted to the Bar.

Mar. 6, 1916, Guardian: Concert held in “Gordon Hall.”

Apr. 4, 1916, Patriot reports accidental shooting in the woods near Georgetown involving Albert Morrison and Willie Fitzgerald. Morrison dies later.

June 2, 1916, Guardian: Letter from “somewhere in Belgium” to Mrs. Daniel McPhee re the fate of her son J. D.- missing or a prisoner——is published.

Aug. 8, 1916, Guardian: Georgetown School garden is described.

Oct. 15, 1916, Guardian: Georgetown native, Emmet Dougan is ordained to priesthood, Oct. 1.

Nov. 4, 1916, Guardian: Concert by the “Success Club’ of Georgetown School is described.

Dec. 11, 1916, Guardian: Georgetown elects S. C. Knight as mayor and R. R. Jenkins, Peter Ross, Howard Macdonald, John McCormack, Daniel Skinner, F. Soloman as councilors Town Clerk was Andrew Lavers; concerns of the time were electric lighting; the Gordon Building, street rules; at a meeting reported in Guardian, June 9, 1917, Ronald Yoston was appointed poundmaster.

Dec. 15, 1916, Patriot: S. A. McLean, wireless operator from GeorgetoWn, is drowned.

Jan. 1, 1917, Guardian: Principal’s room at the school now has single-seat desks and a new “hydroplate” blackboard—great progress.

Feb. 5, 1917, Patriot: Nicholson replaces Flynn as station agent.

Mar. 6, 1917, Patriot: Georgetown Carnival is described.

Apr. 2, Patriot: Concert is given by Georgetown High School, Lloyd Shaw, principal, Anna Miar, Vice-principal.