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      1915 George C.R. Hall passed the Junior High School Entrance exam. “I remember only a few details of my years at Lindsay Collegiate Institute. Outstanding are not important, but Monday after having been home and if returning by train, a Late By Train slip signed T.A.K. gave credit for full …

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Geography entrance exam from 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This is a copy of Dr. George C.R. Hall's Junior High School Entrance Exam for Writing in 1915. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “I believe the first moving picture I saw was Charles Chaplin in One A.M. While my parents were shopping in Toronto at Eaton’s, I would sometimes go across Yonge St. to The Red Mill theatre and spend an hour watching motion …

      This is a photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall, taken in 1916 or 1917, accompanied by two friends. Names were not provided for the friends. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      During the summer months George C.R. Hall worked at his uncle’s 200-acre farm, located four miles away. He rode his bicycle back and forth daily, starting at seven A.M. and finishing by six P.M. or later. “All the grain on a 200-acre farm was pitched by me onto the wagons …

      The following comment accompanies the photo in the presentation: “This job took up much of my time for the next several weeks. Threshing would require two or three days, and this was done by the threshing gang, who operated a steam engine and used wood which had to be prepared …

      "Whether its insides and churning parts were ever washed I do not know, but we licked every part clean and ate huge amounts during the evening (a modern ice cream brick would just be a few spoonfuls in comparison). About 5 A.M. we would be up to watch the steer …

      Dr. George Wesley Hall had been practising medicine at this home since 1896.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photo shows George C.R. Hall as an infant. He was born September 5, 1901 at his parents' King Street South (renamed Eldon Road) home in Little Britain. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      George C.R. Hall had older sister Edith, born in 1900, and who later died at the age of 8 years.

      George C.R. Hall's older sister Edith was born in 1900, and later died at the age of 8 yrs.

      Photo of siblings George and Edith Hall taken in the early 1900s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George C.R. Hall and his sister Edith are shovelling snow in the early 1900s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      A photo of George C.R. Hall taken in the early 1900s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      A photo of Dr. George C.R. Hall taken in the early 1900s. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph of Dr. George C.R. Hall was taken in the early 1900s. A digital copy of this photograph was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      “I do not remember when I started school, possibly 1908, but I remember what I wore, a green velvet suit with knee-length pants, and after eating leeks from a nearby farm was sent home because of the bad breath.“ George C.R. Hall's words.