Local Notes Highlight Town People and Events
Cookstown residents and visitors are listed in a bustling social column. Gossip covers trips to Toronto Huntsville Orangeville St. Catharines and Wasaga Beach with many names and moving details. Local sports note records Cookstown 4 Thornton 3. Mentions births visits weddings and business ads including gas and oil engines and motor oil sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Monkman
Killarney Beach
Harcourt’ Wright
St. Catharines
Jas. Coulter
Toronto
Ernest. Copeland
Wm. Copeland
Clayton
Chicago
Wm. Donnelly
Wm. Arnold
Geo.Swan
Hamilton
L. E. C. Monkman
Ernest Dales
West Gwillimbury
Huntsville
J. R Fisher
Stewart Dunn
W. J
Hector Sutherland
Mary Foster
Brantford
Whittaker
Allie Comiskey
Kathleen
Collingwood
Stayner
Wasaga Beach
Thos. Dawson
C. O. Jeffers
Orangeville
T. J. Dawson
Dunning
Beatrice Fraser
Myrtle Nixon
Mabel Carter
Rena Couzins
Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Jos Martin celebrated
Fifty years of marriage marked by a family gathering in Cookstown with about forty guests at the eldest daughter’s home. The Lohengrin march opened the reception, followed by toasts to the King, the couple, and their hosts. The couple, with four daughters and two sons, received gifts including a purse of gold. Music and singing closed the day with solos by Will J Martin, and the group ending with A Perfect Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Martin
Selby St
Cookstown
Vivian Beatty
Will J. Martin
Toronto
J. R. Coutts
Elmvale School Exam Results and Local News Notes
Elmvale Continuation School reports middle and matriculation exam results with pass marks and honors. Several students named with subjects and grades amid a stream of local personal visits, travels, and community events at Elmvale and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmvale Continuation School
Watson Copeland
C. Donalda Davidson
Joseph Dyer
Cecil French
Eileen Gribbin
Mary Gribbin
Margaret _ Kerr
Helen Malcolm
C. Louise Turner
Lloyd Copeland
C. Watson Copeland
C. Mildred Graham
Stanley Sadlin
Madeleine Donnelly
Elmvale Bible Society Branch Reports A Strong Year
Rev. Mr. Bell spoke at 11 a.m. in the Presbyterian church and 7 p.m. in the Methodist church last Sunday. The Elmvale branch met at 8 p.m. in the Presbyterian basement and reported a successful year with collectors’ receipts just over $81. An illustrated lecture titled The Indians of Canada described missionary work among the red men. Officers were re-elected: Pres Walter Rowley, Secy W. H. Ritchie, Treas J. T. Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bell
Walter Rowley
Secy
W. H. Ritchie
Treas
J. T. Foster
Joint Sunday Services Planned by Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
Beginning next Sunday the Presbyterian and Methodist congregations will hold union services for three Sundays with Rev. R. E. Morton in charge. An 11 a.m. service will be at the Methodist church and a 7 p.m. service at the Presbyterian church. Sunday School and Bible Classes will meet at 10 a.m. in both churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Morton
Presbyterian Church
Social notes from Ontario visits and family births
Reads as a series of short remarks about people visiting friends in towns including Orillia Oro Chatham Midland Toronto Coldwater Hespeler Schomberg Hamilton Barrie St Catharines Kerrwood Tecumseh and New York. Mentions multiple births in 1922 and relatives visiting relatives across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Locke
Orillia
Oro
Chatham
J. O'Shea
Midland
B. Bauldry
Toronto
Edna Montgomery
Coldwater
L. Murray
Hespeler
J.shanahan
Hogg
Eileen
Bessie Harrison
Beaverton
K. Davidson
K. Davidson's
Boyd
Max Murray
Grace Carson
Anton Mills
R. L
Isabel Brown
H. Carnahan
Winston
Hamilton
Pack
Wm. Kerr’s
Ford
Barrie
A. G. Beardsall
John Kidd
R. S. Stubbs
W. C. Stubbs
E. Thomson
Dan
St. Catharines
H. C. Graham
Ruth Houghton
Muriel Houghton
H. Kerr
Baby
Kerr
Irrigation Drives Soldier Settlement Growth in Southern Okanagan
A 2,200 acre soldier settlement tract in the Southern Okanagan near Vaseaux Lake advances irrigation in British Columbia. The project uses concrete lined canals and large flumes, with 1,200 acres of land irrigable and 600 acres already sold. Oliver townsite plans include a park, city hall, school, and public buildings, with a new recreation hall serving 311 camp workers and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Okanagan Valley
British Columbia
Okanagan
Vaseaux Lake
Permene
Penticton
America
Perley Simpson
Oliver
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Rocers
West Virginia
Eant CO
Site Perfume
AM Creations
Frag Store
Lz Ten
THE
United Farmers Co-Op. Co., Ltd
Dunlop, St., Barrie
the House OF Quality and Service
Christie’s Biscuits
Social Tea
Graham Waters
Geo. F. Thompson
Rankin
Stone Aes
C. Ie “Campbell
Miss. Hill
John Nevills
Mr. Dunning
H. L. Dunning
Fisher’ S
Miss Jones
H. T. Rankin’s
Wm. Leeson
Hilton
Maggie Carr
Clifford Fisher
Annie Draper
Treva Slight
Raf
Partridge & Gilroy Real Estate Agents
Zaltalc
Bayfield St
Tiger Tires
McKee & McDonald 'S
Clapperton St
Ontario
Elmvale News
Frank C. Bishop
J.T. Simpson
West
Edna Brown
Erin
H. Laughlin
Caledon
J. L. Brown’s
R. Welsh
Niagara Falls
Mary Shanahan
Thos. Shanahan’s
Dan R. Thomson
W. F. Downey’s
Margaret Kerr
Elmvale
Muriel Donnelly
Phelpston
Vera Clute
Wyevale
R. B. Malcolm
Douglas
Wm. Kerr
River Villa Holm
R. Baker
H. C. Dygert
J. C. Dygert
Lois
Rochester
Bible Society
Union Services
Black Knights
Elizabeth St
Essa
Allandale
Barrie Business College
Business Educators Association of Canada
T. W. Wauchope
Dog Lake
York
Kettle Valley Railway
Okanagan Falls
Boundary
C. G
Okanagan River
Intake
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