Sunnidale Council Meeting At New Lowell May 3 1941
Sunnidale Council met at New Lowell on May 3 with all members present. It approved several payments including Red Cross grants and fence bonuses and outlined culvert and ditch projects. Resolutions set culvert work, rail fence replacements, and appointment of grant reviewers. A Court of Revision is scheduled for May 30 at 1 p.m.
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Sunnidale Council
New Lowell
A. G. Cavana
W. Haynes
Sawyer-Massey
Markle
Red Cross
Moir
G. Sheffer
J. McKinnon
W. McGilvray
J. Powers
Geo. Coulter
J. Kitson
F. Desourche
H. Matthews
J. Spicher
J. Huth
S. R
Con
A. E. Somerville
H. Maxwell
Frank Trot
Geo. Alderson
W. Hayne
E. Paddison
South
Township
D. Buie
North Part
G T R President Arrives in Montreal May 15
A. W. Smithers, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway board, reached Montreal amid reports that GT directors oppose nationalization of the Grand Trunk system. They favor the nationalization of Grand Trunk Pacific if relieved of further financial responsibility and reimbursed for their western investment, with a Canadian board to oversee policy and management forthcoming.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Drayton-Acworth
A. W.smithers
Canada
Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Pacific
Water from boiled beans makes good stock pot addition
The liquid left after boiling dried beans is useful as a stock base. It provides broth flavor and body that can enhance soups and gravies.
Death Recalls Early Days of Simcoe County
The Orillia Packet recalls Geo McVity of Toronto who died at 84, outlining his family in Oro and Orillia, his long banking career, and his two sons and three daughters. It also notes a Board of Trade meeting urging Dominion Government to adopt selective drafting for Canadian forces.
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Toronto
Orillia
Simcoe
Ireland
Onto
Ship of Oro
Hawkestone
Shanty Bay
Canada
George McVity
Oro
Barrie
First Bank
Bank of Upper Canada
Bank of Ontario
Lindsay
Port Hope
James Lanson
Melville Millar
Canada Wood Specialty Co
S. A. Jackson
Park
Oakland
Calif
Orillia Board of Trade
Dominion
Clark
Board of Trade
Camp Borden
Experimental Farms Report Volume I outlines Canadian farm studies
The 1916 volume from the Experimental Farms System details work at the Central Farm in Ottawa and fifteen branch stations. It includes Director's review and reports on Chemistry, Field Husbandry, and Animal Husbandry, with Volume II to cover Horticulture and other divisions. It notes crop cost data and the advantage of combining barnyard manure with commercial fertilizer, plus ongoing trials of hullless barley, oats, peas, beans, buckwheat and flax. The 598 pages are available free from the Publications Branch in Ottawa.
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Canada
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Little Girl Fatally Burned in Midland House Fire
Edna Geneve Barnett 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Herb Barnett died at the hospital from burns received when smoke and rubbish were burned at the back of the home. The child wandered near the blaze, clothes caught fire, she was rushed to hospital but died after burns worsened with complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Free Press
Edna Geneve
Herb. Barnett
May Weather Hopes For A Bumper Ontario Crop
An Alliston Herald anecdote from a diary keeper notes Ontario May weather often misses fine days. It recalls 1916 dry spells and cold nights between May 17 and 23. If June brings warmth, a bumper crop could follow this year despite earlier discouraging conditions.
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Ontario
Alliston Herald
Tragic Death of Grandchild in Foxmead Accident
A two year old child, grandson of Mr and Mrs Rankin, Foxmead, died after being struck by a reversing car at the home of Mr and Mrs Ran kin. The Harvie couple and others had traveled from Toronto to visit. Coroner Dr Boyd of Coldwater deemed no inquest necessary.
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Wm. Rankin
Foxmead
Chas. Harvie
Harvie
Ego
Toronto
Gerou
Boyd
Coldwater
Orillia
East Simcoe Women's Institute Special Summer Meetings
Miss Janet M. Preston of Napanee will address special summer meetings of the East Simcoe Women's Institute at multiple locations from June 2 to June 7 and again July 12. She is a Domestic Science graduate with teaching and public speaking experience. The fifth annual convention will be June 8 in Orillia at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Janet M. Preston
Napanee
Women’s Institute
Edgar
W. S. Hall
Mitchell Square
H. J. Tudhope
Crown Hill
Guthrie
Guthrie Church
Oro Station
Bell’s Hall
Jarratt
Methodist Church
Shanty, Bay
Women’s Institute Park
Preston
Major Randolph Mainer Returns to Canada Viewing Frontline Rearrangement
Major Mainer, senior officer among 57nd units except Lieut. Col. Mac Laren, returns to Canada after touring the French front. He reports vast changes behind the lines with extensive railways roads and traffic surpassing London or New York. He notes massive munitions, guns, and a renewed British attack program at Vimy Ridge with improved discipline and coordinated action across units.
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Randolph Masher
57Th
Col. MacLaren
Forestry Corps
Canada
England
Mainer
France
London
New York
Vimy Ridge
Bradford deputation seeks hydro vote in Toronto
A Bradford deputation visited Toronto on Friday to interview the Hydro Electric Commission. Residents say it has been years since the by law passed and they want electricity now.
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Bradford
Toronto
Hydro-Electric Commission
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Dunlop Automobile Tires
Uni
Dunlop
G.T.R
Hyslop. Brothers, Limited
East Simcoe Women’ S Institute
Brantford
Brantford Roofing Company
H. H. Otton & Son
Hydro
Homacons
Weeterd
A. F. Malcolmson
Insurance
Garrie
R.L. Fairbairn
G.P.A
King St. E
Canadian Northern Railway
Yonge Street
Grenville Street
Westminster Hotel
Jarvis Street
Toronte
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