A lightly edited
partial transcription of the Items of Local Interest column on page 8 of the
21
Aug 1919 issue of the Simcoe Reformer
newspaper.
The second meeting in the interests
of prohibition was held in St. James Methodist Sunday School hall on
Monday evening.
The meeting was presided over
by
J. B. Jackson, president,
Andrew McKnight, secretary, and
Rev. Charles K. Morrow, organizer for the county.
Captains for polling sub-divisions
were elected as follows: C. M. Brookfield,
Morton Brown, H. Frank Cook,
W. L. Innes, D. G. McKnight,
A. George Rose, Arthur Ryerse.