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Showing posts with label Advocate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advocate. Show all posts
March 15, 2018

LOOKING BACK – Ladies keep on fundraising

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1918) Ladies keep on fundraising The Ever Ready Club of Erin, composed of young ladies of the Village, ha...
March 08, 2018

ERIN INSIGHT – 500 weeks of not being a bot

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When I sit down to write for the Advocate every week, I gather all of my information into a numbered folder, a system that started with my ...
February 08, 2018

LOOKING BACK – Returning war veteran hosts concert

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1918) Returning war veteran hosts concert A Grand Concert is to be held at Hillsburg Town Hall, on F...
October 29, 2015

The Great War Open House

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On Thursday, October 29, 2015, I made a presentation at the Great War Open House hosted by the Town of Erin Heritage Committee, held in the ...
March 25, 2015

New photo gallery puts focus on Erin

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As published in The Erin Advocate Perhaps it is a short attention span that has led me to try a lot of different things, without becoming an...
December 31, 2014

Hillsburgh urges Erin to do its war duty

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) After the people of Hillsburgh raised $800 for Belgian war relief, a correspondent identified only ...
December 24, 2014

Soldiers well-fed at training camp

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) The Government has set aside Sunday, January 3 as a special day of prayer for a speedy end to the w...
December 17, 2014

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will hold an Entertainment in aid of the Patriotic Fund, in...
December 10, 2014

Wellington could raise half a regiment

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) Wellington will consider raising half a regiment of soldiers, consisting of 500 men, and fully equi...
December 03, 2014

Patriotic Assembly a major social event

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) The Patriotic Assembly in the Town Hall on Thursday evening last, given by the young Ladies of Erin...
November 26, 2014

War forces smoking and drinking cutbacks

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As published in The Erin Advocate From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) Canadians have cut back their smoking and drinking as a result of...
November 19, 2014

Anti-British papers considered criminal

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) Mr. and Mrs. John Green of the 9th Line of Erin have lately received a long letter from their son...
November 12, 2014

Lantern slide show has images of war

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) A Concert under the auspices of the Anglican Church, Erin, will be given in the Town Hall, Erin, at...
November 05, 2014

Erin soldier writes home

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McMillan received a letter from their son H. McMillan who was in the first conting...
October 29, 2014

Erin Township starts Patriotic Fund

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From the Advocate – 100 years ago (1914) Erin Township Council has voted to start a Patriotic Fund to assist in the war effort. Council has ...