Week of April 21, 1914
• Crystal Theatre re-opens for the summer season. • C. F. Coleman advertises choice building lot on Hurd Avenue measuring 35 x166 for sale at $450. • Mass appeal goes out to residents to paint and fix up their property, and to rake rubbish into a pile to burn it – “making sure you don’t burn your house down.” • Chu Bros. set up a laundry business in a garage located on Brant Street. • Over-crowding is reported in the kindergarten room forcing the teacher to arrange different hours for the various classes. Week of April 21, 1964 • Construction of the clubhouse for the Tyandaga Golf and Country Club is now under way. • Politicians move to ban truck traffic from Beach Boulevard. • T. Eaton Company expresses interest in joining with Dominion Store and Robinson’s as key tenants of a major new shopping centre on Guelph Line.
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