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GALT.â€"A 13â€"yearâ€"old cyclist, John Pearson of Branchton Rd., was kiled on Saturday afternoon while riding on the Hamilton highway with his brother about 13â€"Yearâ€"Old Galt Cyclist Killed by Swerving Auto 3 DAY CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE 110th BIRTHDAY _ THE TRAIL‘S END HOTEL To inspect our large selection of fine quality Suitings and Coatings and our FASHION FOLIO ‘of FLATTERING FALL STYLES. You will agree FREDERICK‘S CLOTHES SHOP that there is nothing finer anywhere. Filled with a huge assortment of upâ€"toâ€"date Suit lengths, makes the choosing of your suit a . pleasure. We Extend To You A Hearty Invitation and Assure You That Your Patronage Will Be Appreciated Featuring . .. ThreeFamous Lines FOR BETTER DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN 54 King St. North WATERLOO Ladies, We Invite You _ OF THEIR SECOND LADIES‘ AND MEN‘S MADEâ€"TOâ€"MEASURE CLOTHING STORE UNDER THE TRADE NAME OF Kâ€"W TAILORS announce the MODERN DISPLAY RACKS W. R. JOHNSTON CLOTHES 20th CENTURY CLOTHES & YARSITY BRAND CLOTHES FREDERICK‘S CLOTHES SHOP SATURDAY, SEPT. 29th FLOAT PARADE Commencing 1.00 p.m. at the Waterloo City Hall Square â€" King St. to Laurel St to Bridgeport and Conestogo. DON‘T FAIL TO ATTEND THE lloth BIRTHDAY OF HISTORIC OLD TRAIL‘S END HOTEL. . . WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. WITH FLUORESCENT LIGHTS ALL AROUND THE WALLS on the 22nd of September TVG OF WAR RUNNING RACES THURSDAY Floor Show and Gift to all Events On The Grounds SATURDAY EVENING DANCE AND FLOOR sHoOW Featuring Nellis Wogar ond His Club Swingtette _.â€" PROGRAM ... at 54 King St. North, Waterloo Dinner Dancing TURKEY DINNERS According to police, Alexander Nagy, 22, of Windsor, driver of the car, swerved his machine but one half mile south of the eity limits. CONESTOGO * AMATEUR SHOW _ * MANY OTHER EVENTS $6.00 per couple SPECIAL OPENING PRICES SAVINGS OF 10 to 40% FRIDAY FINE YARNâ€"DYED AND PIECEâ€"DYED ALL WOOL ENGLISH WORSTED Now ©59.85 The boy died about one half hour after being rushed to hospiâ€" tal. Police say Nagy had no chance to avoid the accident and report that no inquest will be held. couldn‘t avoid hitting the boy. Nagy managed to stop his car in 17 feet with John caught underâ€" neath it. John‘s brother Robert was riding about 15 feet behind him but did not see the accident. â€" EASY PAYMENTS â€" ON OTHER GROUPS OF SUITS, TOPCOATS, OVERCOATS AND TROUSERS 2â€"pc. SUITS Reg. $78.00 Values SEPT. 22nd to SEPT. 29t WITH EXTRA PAMNMTS IF DESIRED That was back in the days when, according to Conestogo‘s oldest resident, George Dahmer, 92, Kitchener, then called "Ebyâ€" town", was not much more than a "swampâ€"hole", and Conestogo, though never much above its present 400 population, was a trading centre. _ _ _ _ _ _ Conestogo got its start in the early years of the 19th century. The Pennsylvania Dutch started flowing to the Heasley tract in In the sittingâ€"room used by the owners, Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy and their son Don, 16, district farmers used to do their bartering. Mackenzie King and his father used to come there to buy ponies, it is said. |__ _ _ Mun{ of the beds in the hotel are oldâ€"time ropeâ€"spring beds, which have been modernized. The original Communion table of the St l<:h|.u'<:h in Conestogo is in the tel. at the junction of the Grand and Conestogo rivers. The dance floor of the hotel is over the alley beâ€" side the old inn where the wagons would pull in On Saturday the hotel will portray its history by entering an old horseâ€"drawn covâ€" ered wagon in its parade. of the oldest in the district, will celebrate its 110th anniversary, and its new owners, the George Murphys ftrom Torento, are planâ€" ning a reumon celbration. The celebration will include amateur shows, chicken dinners, a float paâ€" rade from Waterioo to Conestogo Dutch who settled this area in the northern part of the Heulei tract, the 60,000 acres bought by the Mennonites which now contains such cities as Waterloo and Kitchâ€" Conestoga wagons bearing Dutch settlers used to stop here and a chicken dinnerâ€"at the Trail‘s End Hote!, where, it‘s said, next Saturday afternoon and reâ€" union of descendants of the Menâ€" nonites and other Pennsylvania Conestogo‘s Trail‘s End Hotel To Morm Anniversary Next Week he stayed on his summer holidays The boy was Willie King, whwmshfim holidays here and returned four ea as prime minister of wd:.&neetoldmw o ar Te Peails tod hens) oo (By Chromicle Stgf Writer) CONESTOGO.â€"About 60 years o a small boy rode through this Dial 21953 away as ravelling : down the as fast as the horse Told "Annie doesn‘t live here any home," but had moved to Guelph, Mr. King, according to Mr. Murâ€" Ehy, said, ‘"I‘ll have to go to uelph thenâ€"I want to find her." Although the hotel is now 110 years old, the Murphys feel it‘s got some mighty good years ahead. Its business in chicken dinâ€" steadily increasing. As many as meem’? many of his friends from the itchener district. Ruby Swartz, 17, waited on Mr. King, who had been a boyhood friend of her grandfather, Byron Swartz. King Like "Aunie" Residents still chuckle about Mr. King, who inquired about a girl named Annie,.,who had lived across the street from the hotel. _ During the latter part of the last century, the other three hoâ€" tels in town were closed down. Martin Switzer, who had bouglel-t one of the other hotels years be fore, then bought the inn and it became the Switzer hotel through two generations. Then it was bought by the Richter family, and ,al.lamury of this year the Murâ€" phys, who had operated restaurâ€" ants in Toronto and Waterdown, took over. With all the deep roots of famâ€" ilies in and around Conestogo, one of the proudest memories is of the time young Willie King spent there, Miss Margaret Switzer, 85, daughter of Martin, is still living llg Conestogo. She remembers illie King as "just like the other boysâ€"a regular tyrant at thnes‘ and as good as gold when he wanted to be. . | In September, 1947, Prime Minâ€" ister King "came home" to the Trail‘s End for a chicken dinner, it‘s the other way aroundâ€"four churches and one hotel. Both ways had their good points, he says. _ Although the first ded for the Trail‘s End hotel property is datâ€" ed 1851, and the first hotel license 1861, it‘s believed around the vilâ€" lage the inn was functioning about 1841., Still hanfixpg in the hotel lobby is a hotel license for 1864â€" Ken Betzner, greatâ€"greatâ€"grandâ€" son of Sam Betzner, one of the two Pennsylvania Dutchmen whe led the wlflv into the Kitchener district, still has what is reputed to have ben the first bed brought into Conestogo. h.Mr. Dahme;. nmgben uum is younqer ys Conestogo four hotels and one church. Now Old Saloon Licenseâ€"George Murphy, manager and owner of the Trail‘s End Hotel, Conestogo, points to the old 1864â€"65 "Hotel and Saloon" license stil hanging in the hotel lobby. â€" ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED â€" 99 King St. South WATERLOO Phone 6â€"4644 GRAND OPENING GERALD E. SMITH A FULL LINE OF PLUMBING AND HEATING FIXTURES, PUMPS, SOFTENERS AND WATER HEATERS (Formeriy occupied by Waterioo Stove & Appliances) 99 KING ST. SOUTH WATCH FOR THE OFFICIAL NEXT WEEK SHOWROOM Plumbing and Heating Engineer OF OUR NEW WATERLOO AT north on Kmt‘ St. Allan Reeves 3%, in the Winterbourne car, reâ€" ceived a head bruise. Ring and Erb Sts. shortly after midnight Sunday causing gnmqe b 'I'Irl‘e cars. ié:&iylwiég' were .g_xi»iven y Norvay Grein, Ayton, driv east on Erb St.’%lut, and Albi:ls Reeves, _ Winterbourne, _ going concern for those emrloyees who are temporarily out of work as an aftermath to the fire. Officials say, however, that the plants will be back in operation at the earliest possible date. Winterbourne Car Involved In Crash Two cars were involved in a minor accident at the corner of King and Erb Sts. shortly after estimated at about $100. stoves and job casting. _ _ _ Express Concern Management of the two emrn.gn- nies has expressed considerable As a result of the conflagration, which was onl! partly covered by insurance, 115 men have been temporarily thrown out of work. The blaze is believed to have originated when a spark from an accetylene torch lfinited a small patch of waste oil in the core room where maigtenance men were working on an oven. _ The two plants, jointly owned but HESPELER.â€"The Hall Founâ€" dry Co. 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