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A. Griffiths, Warden Welland County
[Souvenir of the Town of Welland, Issued August 22, 1902 by the Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle, Publishers]
Mr A. Griffiths, Warden of the County of Welland, was born in the township of Crowland, where his father, Mr. Thos Griffiths, still resides, at the ripe old age of 86 years. The subject of this sketch located in Welland in 1864, and has been actively engaged in business since, maintaining an active interest in agricultural, educational, and municipal affairs, having been connected with the management of the County of Welland Agricultural Society for several years. He has served on the Public and High School Boards, and was a member of the Town and County Council in 1895. He was Mayor of Welland in 1897. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and became Warden of the County the current year. He is one of the promoters of the 20th Century rink built by himself and C.J. Page in 1898. Mr Griffiths has done much to beautify the town in the matter of building a substantial class of residences, and he owns a block of land adjacent to the G.T.R. admirably situated for manufacturing purposes.
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