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Ordel'~ of March - Proceed from BaU fi~ld.â€¢ up
Central AY.enue to Phipps Street - Up ~hipps.Street ~p
Robinson -~Over 'Ro'binso11 to JarvisÂ·-Â· Oo:wn.Jat;vis Â·â€¢
Central Avenue, at which point Or. Mencke, }3ridi~~u
.fust mayor, cuts ribbon with pen-knife presented ~ohiyi pyâ€¢
council, thus officially opening Jarvis Street. ~ara~e pro,;;
ceeds down Jarvis Street to Boulevard where Joh~/Sl,t:w~Â·
se~ond mayor of Bridgeburg, cuts ribbon with Ji~~~
also. presented by the council, allowing .th~Â·~pa;r;~
p;roceed from Jarvi~ Street out to the B,oÂµI~v4rE
which point it will proceed to the Pea~eBTitlg~ atfÂ·
- r~turning from there to the. B.all .Park, w-here .t')).,
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Best Dressed iCars - 1st $2'5,00; .;,,mdi
.Best Industrial Float' - 1st $25.0iO; 2!1
Best. Boy Clown.- $.5.00.
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il:lest Â·Girl tClown ..,._ $15.00.
Bestâ€¢Deco;ated Bui~~~g -1$10;00. . /

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Accomplishment without a
parallel staged on Jarvis .
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\~r. . . Bridgelburg is ithe livest town on
Â·?n - earth i:i.n!l thia.tâ€¢~ no dirty dig about
spidt}Jts andÂ· sandrfties. You ean. alÂ·
ways. tell a reaH;yi progressiveÂ· town.
The Â·more. thnving the town the
}l;igl&gt;.er the taxes. That's why the
llBJ~an:l'!B'ridge:burg property. owners are
'~aug-bi~ so hard these days.
One
niai); :f'ound out. his sch&lt;&gt;Â·ol tax is
o~y -$82 and he's ti- lbacheleor. It
.tf4kled: him immen~elÂ¥; Â· If. Â·a rich -- rel~tive. hia!ln't passe~ oÂ·ut the .siame
day ,he might Mve dil!'d' laughing.
;Only the death in the fi:Wily solbe:red :,b.im up. . .
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Brldgelburg. Nearly everylbody hae
been .marrieli; at Jeast oniee and
1 ..Â·,.Â·. Â·Â·j $0.~.Â·Â·e . . f.. our. times. :And. â€¢big families
~j:!c .i' :~.} ~ellJ
Why, 'theu's a ba11bw in
,g~hurg ,.....,.: let me 11lone, I'm Â·not
p,erson,l!rl - Â·Who. is putting
.oe Â·ne.w Â·l}&gt;ujlding. He's pro. And, ;Gei:irg1;1 Briggs is
pl'Oâ€¢glr~JIXVe f.f~~ng .:the s~me
US't Â· l!lo,ik. at the Brig~ '

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Adclres~ qf.. Wefoc:&gt;J;ne;.;r:Â·Â·Marot"/~~r9.o9
Short speeches by p:r:oDJ.in~nt visitofs; Â·
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ls't prize, $5.00.rug, '}t:w'o&lt;ld &amp;Son~; ~n~lpri~~. 24...;~e
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The ladies of ~ridgeburg will find
our ready.to-wear hats and our cusâ€¢
tom work up-to-date

FORT ER1E
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McKinnon Lunch

Fort Erie Grotery

Home Cooked Dinners .,,
"Quality" Grocerie1s, Ftuits
and Meals
and Provisions

Announcing the New All-Electric

Victor Radio
The radio set representing the ultimate in advall!ced engineering. A
'beauty in Â·design __; a wonder in
clarity of tone and simplicity.

FORT ERIE

W. N. Everingham
BAKERY

Rutherford~

Fine Bread, Pies, Cakes, Â· Etc.

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ERLE CORNELL

Prescription Drug.gist
Bridgeburg
Vietor Orthophonic Vfotrolas,
Records and Radios
Temns of Payment arranged for

Fort Erie

"Oakhill Forest"

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Niagara Blvd. Phone.

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"SERVICE THROUGH SELIJING"
Albert E. Ray
Charles E. Misener_:.

Di~t:rict Mana~:er

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District Agent
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210 Jarvis Street, BridgÂ¢ '1.itg~-: Â·. ''~"\Â·
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If y01a wish to SELL, PURCHASE, TR.A!i,Â£;''i;EASE or do
ANYTHING with property, call Mr. Misener,:' He specializes in
town, country, boulevard and lake shore property, and Â·bas an
attractive list of holds. RESULTS count - so consult Mr. MisÂ·
enetr - his recÂ«&gt;N proves that service redults.
lnsul"e your income. That rainy day comes when not expected.
Hundreds of satisfied policyholders are elad. When MISFORTUNÂ·E comes a policy in the

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with Canada's Big lntel"national Company, a company whose
dividends are gainine yearly, the largest in the British ;Empire.

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over ~ Billion and a Half Dollars. New contracts, a~nuities,
,pensions, any form of life endowment, etc. In the l!'st three
years Â·over half a million paid for new business from tliis tenitoey.
"SERVICE THROUGH SE1LuING"

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big lines direct .are easy to handle with the Employers' - here
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Fort .:Erie, Ont.

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Blanche Putney Brown
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