More Georgetown Stories

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1900-1919

Capt. McPhee’s Trip to Quebec

“Captain Hugh McPhee of Georgetown arrived home on Monday night from Quebec. A short time ago he went to Boston to take command of the beautiful yacht Zara, 80 tons from Boston to Quebec where she arrived safely and whence she will be towed to the lakes for her owner, Amylin Jarvis of Toronto. After parting with the yacht in Quebec Capt. Mc Phee had a look around and viewed the wreck of the Quebec Bridge. Work he says has been discontinued on that structure.” (Watchman, Sept. 27, 1907)

Baseball Event at Georgetown

“A splendid game of baseball was played at Georgetown last Tuesday evening between picked teams from the Georgetown Baseball Club. At the end of the game the score was 10-11 (sic). After the game ice cream was served. A cake which was made by Mrs. F.J. Solomon was lotteried and the winner was Mrs. Ashley Allen. Much credit is due to Charles Allen for the satisfactory way in which he umpired the game. Thanks are also due to Miss Lottie Lavandier and Miss Kathleen Smith as well as all others who assisted in any way towards making the affair such a success.” (Daily Examiner, July 31, 1908)

Scots Gather on Brudenell Island

“On Friday last, pioneers of Three Rivers including the Gordons, McLarens, Stewarts, McDonalds Camerons, Musterds, Robertsons, MacQuarries, Shaws, Campbells, Dewars and other Scots from Montague, Brudenell, Georgetown, Roseneath and New Perth together with many invited guests from those and other parts of the Island as well as from beyond the Strait held a most enjoyable picnic on picturesque Brudenell Island where some of the first settlers sleep their last sleep and where a monument of granite erected to their memory was unveiled five years ago with appropriate ceremonies. Representatives of clans who in other centuries were often rivals in war gathered at the river in peaceful, happy, social relations. The prairies of Manitoba, the metropolis of Minnesota and people from great cities of the United States contributed their quota to the merry crowd who spent the beautiful August day under such pleasant auspices in this charming spot.” (Watchman, Aug. 21, 1908)

Father Burke Moves to Toronto

“Rev. Father Burke of PEI. widely known as one of the most public—spirited men in that province has come to Toronto to live. Here he will be identified with the Catholic Church Extension Society. No man in P.E.I. was a more active and enthusiastic advocate of the tunnel project. In fact there is no movement for the welfare of the province in which he was not prominent. His hearty co- operation with all workers in the public interest won him the esteem of every element in the community. A churchman who gave such intelligent and helpful attention to civil affairs will soon be made to feel at home in Toronto.” (Watchman, Nov. 30, 1908 from a Toronto source)

Fish Hatchegy for Georgetown

“The piles for the foundation of the lobster hatchery at Georgetown have almost all been driven and the construction of the building will be at once proceeded with. J. M. Clark & Co. of Summerside have the contract. Mr. Alexander Renton of Georgetown is inspector and Mr. G.A Parker, foreman. Georgetown is centrally located for a hatchery as there are many factories in the neighborhood.” (Watchman, Nov. 27, 1908)

Hemphill Wrecked on Poverty Beach

“The small schooner [aura Victoria, Capt. John Hemphill, with a cargo of forty tons of coal from Mabou, CE. for Cogswell & Easton, Georgetown, went ashore at Poverty Beach at the entrance of Murray Harbour on Saturday night. The Captain mistook the Cape Bear Light for the Panmure Island Light during the gale and snowstorm. When he found out his true position he attempted to haul off but the main sheet snapped and the rigging parted and the vessel was carried broadside before the wind and the waves on to the shore where it will likely prove a total wreck. The crew succeeded in landing safely in a dory.” (Dailv Examiner, Dec. 13, 1908)

Horse Runs Over Wharf

“Mr. Seymour Knight of Georgetown lost a. valuable horse on Friday. The animal became unmanageable and bolted. mnning over the end of McDonald’s Wharf, striking in its fall the hawser of the steamer Enterprise. The animal and sleigh disappeared beneath the thin ice without coming to the surface again. Mr. Knight jumped from the sleigh before the animal took the leap. The horse was valued at over $200. “ (Daily Examiner, Jan. 5, 1909)

Georgetown Post Office Renovated.

“ The visitor who had known the post of free of other days would now hardly recognize the place. The box fittings, delivery wicket, registered mail, and money order wickets presentas nice an example of high class workmanship in quartered oak as will be seen in many a day and the arrangement of the sorting room etc. for the Postmaster is also right up to date, the woodwork being in ash. This woodwork came in sections ready to put together from the Berlin Interior Hardwoood Company of Berlin, Ontario, and is certainly of excellent quality and tasteful design. Upstairs are the customs house, private offices for the Collector of Customs and the Postmaster, and an excellently-fitted lavatory. The building is heated with hot water and the water service is provided by a simple, easy- running hot air engine driving a force pump.

The post office lobby is lighted with a large Keros light making it almost as bright by night as in the daytime. Postmaster A.D McPhee is naturally very proud of the offices and his enviable record of never having failed to dispatch a mail on time in the sixteen years in which he has been in the service and the record which he holds unequalled in Canada of having personally assorted and