by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Historical Analysis
The election of the Perth provincial representative received extensive coverage in the Palmerston Observer for the better part of two months in 1943, with articles spanning the dates of July 8 to September 2. Although it was impossible to know at the time, the Second...
by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Local History
The Wooldridge Door and Sash Factory and Saw Mill was built in 1879, and destroyed by fire in 1905. From the Palmerston Spectator, 1907: Mr. Wooldridge learned the building trade in England. He settled in Palmerston over 30 years ago (1870’s) and since that time...
by admin | Jan 3, 2017 | Local History
Norwell District Secondary School, formerly known as Palmerston High School and often simply called Norwell or NDSS, is a mid-sized composite high school located in Palmerston, Ontario. The school serves an area of approximately 500 km² including the communities of...
by admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Local History
The year is 1929, the tail end of an era that has since been anointed as the “Roaring Twenties”. While that specific descriptor was used to symbolize an overall sea-change that took place within the overall culture of the time, it is a term that can also be applied...
by admin | Nov 29, 2016 | Local History
Businesses of Palmerston in 1938, as found in the Knox Presbyterian Church Cook Book in 1938. J. Fred. Edwards Rexall Drug Store – Phone 2W Zurbrigg’s Grocery – Phone 29 K.M. Henderson (Funeral and Ambulance Service – Furniture –...
