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      The 16th edition of the Directory for the City of Woodstock Ontario includes a miscellaneous directory, a classified business directory, an alphabetical directory with name and address, a street directory and index of advertisers.

      Reports between 1930 and 1939 missing.

      An assessment roll is a public record of taxable property. The headings for each column on a page are listed under full text.

      The Brooklin Spring Fair was initiated by the South Ontario County Agricultural Association, a group of farmers and businessmen in the Township of Whitby that also operated the Oshawa Fair. The first fair, lasting one day, was held at Grass Park on 24 May 1911. By 1915, the Brooklin Spring …

 Garbett, Most Reverend and Right Honourable Cyril Foster, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 2 May 1944, 477-487     Why we went to war. A brief review of the war situation for Britain. Stress now on the building up of a new order when peace comes. The need for a better international order, if there are to be social reforms at home. The cost of the threat of war …

 Davies, Major G. Fay, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 30 Nov 1944, 163-184     Questions about postwar conditions. The Toronto Reconstruction Council: makeup, terms of reference, plans and policies. Making provision for employment and social security. Finding a basis of operations and appointing a steering committee. Nine committees of council. The Executive Committee. Determining the number of people who would be seeking employment in …

 Jenks, C. Wilfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 13 Apr 1944, 422-441     The convening next week, in Philadelphia, of the International Labour Organization in its twenty-sixth session, and reaction to that convening. Preparing detailed plans for the action which must be taken immediately victory has been won. The challenge following the victory. A description of the I.L.O. Delegations to the I.L.O. Conference. …

 Tsiang, Dr. Tingfu F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 28 Sep 1944, 18-29     Canada and China as close neighbours. Economic development as the key to many of China's problems. The war in the Far East. Japan's modern strength and how it has developed. Reasons for China's relative weakness in terms of industrialization. The internal situation in China. Poverty due to antiquated means of …

 Wassell, Commander Corydon M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 21 Nov 1944, 133-147     Personal opinions, anecdotes, and reminiscences of the speaker. Some topics covered include manufacturing, the motion picture industry, the English, the speaker's assignment in the Far East.

 Rogers, Hon. Will. Jr., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 6 Apr 1944, 405-421     The speaker's contention that what we do in the Pacific after this war is far more important than what we do in Europe, and why he believes this to be so. Asia about to take a great leap across the centuries, from medievalism to modernity. Population changes in the next …

 de Lotbiniere, S.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 20 Apr 1944, 442-458     Reference to St. George's Day next Sunday. The fight against Goebbels and his propaganda machine. Goebbels as the "dragon-in-the-bed" analogy. The B.B.C. countering Goebbels. A look back at the summer of 1939 and the activities at Broadcasting House, and avoiding the bombs. The effect of security regulations on the broadcasting …

 Harding, Gilbert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 19 Oct 1944, 55-70     Readings from recent articles in Toronto newspapers. This topic of the postwar treatment of Germany vitally important in a time when Canadian youths are so pessimistic. The danger of forgetting the cost of the war, the waste of treasure, waste of life, the maimed, the crippled, the blind, the widows, …

 Turner, Mrs. Phyllis G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 27 Jan 1944, 252-268     The rebuilding of the postwar world as an opportunity of building a world in which the great advances of modern science can be applied to the development of an organization of human society which will not only be free from war but a world in which mankind can rise to …

 Drew, Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1944), 11 Jan 1944, 213-224     What Britain is like in the fifth year of war. A number of impressions from the speaker's visit. Signs of destruction less noticeable. Lots of buildings in need of repair and paint. First impressions that prove misleading. War as part of Londoner's daily life. A picture of Britain as the …

 Cole, Walton, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 13 Dec 1944, 185-196     The nature of respect. Respect between nations. American-British understanding. Canadian-British understanding. Finding out the other fellow's view. Canada cast for a leadership role. Some of the speaker's personal experiences over the last five years. A description of life for the ordinary man-in-the-street in London. The V-2's. The need for leadership …

      The program is damaged. The Waterloo Baseball Association was established in Waterloo, Ontario around 1931. It sponsored the Waterloo Tigers and the Waterloo Tiger Cubs.

      This is a hard covered lined notebook with divisions for Minutes, General Meeting notes, Cash journal, Financial Statements, Officers and Directors, and Membership Lists

      The source of the clippings is not stated, but could have been published in the Algoma Advocate.

 Jewell, Lieutenant N.L.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 18 May 1944, 1-17     What submarines have done so far in the war. The five stages of submarine war. Submarines available at the beginning of the war, and their disposition at that time. Operational difficulties. Successes against Germany along the large coast-lines of Denmark and Norway, after they were occupied. Germany walking into Belgium …

 MacLeod, Norman M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1945), 12 Oct 1944, 42-54     The victory phase of a terrible war also the opening phase of a new struggle. The challenge now to mould a world worthy to stand as the product of the heroism and sacrifice which bore it. A discussion of national trends and an evaluation of some of the principles upon …