Home and School Meeting Speaker on Guidance
The Home and School Association will meet in the school on Monday April 8 at 8 15 p m. Stuart Ryan Q C of Port Hope and the Durham County High School Board will be guest speaker on guidance. Nomination forms should be returned at the meeting. There will be musical numbers and refreshments. Everyone is welcome.
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The
Home and School Association
Stuart Ryan
Q.C
Port Hope
Durham County High School Board
Baking Sale At Millbrook Waiting Room Apr 20
The Ladies Aid of Centreville Presbyterian Church will host a baking sale in the Millbrook Waiting Room on Saturday April 20. It asks readers to remember the date.
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Millbrook
Ladies’ Aid
Centreville Presbyterian Church
Miss Robbins R N Bereaved Called Home
Miss Robbins health nurse here was called home to Toronto on Tuesday night owing to the sudden death of her father. The sympathy of the village and community goes out to Miss Robbins in her bereavement.
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Miss Robbins
Toronto
Card of Thanks to Toronto General Hospital Team
Expresses sincere gratitude to Doctors Nurses and Staff of Toronto General Hospital Dr Hobbs Rev Mr Chisholm Pastor Case and others who sent cards flowers fruit and assisted during illness.
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Toronto General Hospital
Hobbs
Mr. Chisholm
Pastor Case
McIndoo Leaves Bank Street For Bowmanville Home
Mr. Frank E. McIndoo, long time Bank Street resident, moved last Thursday to Bowmanville to make it his future home. He had earlier moved from Bowmanville to Cavan, farmed there, then retired to Millbrook. Bernard Ingham won first prize and Patsy Keeler won second at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Peterborough. both are pupils of Mrs. Louis H. Winslow. Mr. P. G. Might and his sister Miss Emma Might of Toronto visited Miss E. L. Hetherington last Saturday. Miss Might was enroute to Peterborough for the 70th anniversary of the George Street United Church Women's Association.
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Frank E. McIndoo
Bank Street
Bowmanville
McIndoo
Cavan
Millbrook
Bernard Ingham
Patsy Keeler
Bailieboro
Peterborough
Louis H. Winslow
P. G. Might
Emma Might
Toronto
E. L. Hetherington
Miss Might
George Street
Seen on King Street During The Week
A boy adjusts a black mask as Halloween looms while six large trucks sit idle on a street corner. Workmen cut down willow trees near the ply-grounds as coal and fuel prices rise, sparking concern for safety and heating needs.
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King Street
Weather Clears Dusty Street After Rainfall
Clouds of dust gave the street a f.¢ look as vehicles passed and gusts stirred debris, but heavy rain Monday night and Tuesday morning settled the dust for several hours. Good old elements seem to send rain when needed most.
Indian Tribe Passes Through Street Monday Night
A fragment reports a group described as a tribe of Indians passing through on Monday night. A trimmed slipper was noticed on the street. the note suggests someone hurried to step out of it. The remark says it was a good slipper.
Durham boys win Agrico Trophy at seed judging contest
Durham County claimed the Agrico Trophy at the Central Ontario Spring Show in Peterborough on March 20, edging Lennox and Addington Prince Edward and Ontario. Three Durham team members Harold Moffat Robert Allin and Kenneth Bragg led a 2156 team score with eight Durham teens among the top twelve.
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Lennox
Addington
Northumberland
Ontario
Peterborough
Prince Edward
Victoria
Agricultural
Port Hope
Durham County
Lennox and Addington
Harold Moffat
Orono
Robert Allin
Bowmanville
Kenneth Brage
Peter Welsh
Ken Bragg
Robert McCutcheon
John Sanderson
Harold Yellowlees
Ron Neals
James Coombes
Larne Tink
Glenn Prescott
Jack Little
Garry Oats
Fare Argument Ends With Drowning Joke
A Scotsman argues with a conductor over fare, debating five or ten cents. The conductor, angered, hurls the careful passenger’s suitcase from the coach as a bridge is crossed. “Hoot man,” the Scot cries, “first you try to rob me, and now you’ve drowned my boy.”
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Hydro News
Canada’s 1955 Births Set All‑Time Record At 442000
Canada recorded an all‑time high of 442000 births in 1955, signaling a postwar population surge. The figure reflects a continued postwar baby boom and underscores demographic trends impacting hospitals, schools, and social services nationwide.
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Canada
United Counties Roads Get Large Spending Plan
Ontario Highway Department approves road construction and maintenance by-laws totaling 1,135,000 for Northumberland and Durham County and 24 municipalities. Subsidy of 400,000 to county by-laws, 200,000 for construction and 200,000 for maintenance. Towns total 159,000 across Bowmanville Campbellford Cobourg Port Hope. Villages plan 23,000 with Bright on Colborne Hastings Millbrook Newcastle. Townships by-laws sum 553,000 including Alnwick Brighton Cartwright Cavan Clarke Cramaham Darlington Haldimand Hamilton Hope Manvers South Monaghan Murray Percy and Seymour.
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Highway Department of Ontario
Northumberland
Durham County
Bowmanville
Campbellford
Cartwright
Cavan
Clarke
Cramahe
Darlignton
Haldimand
Hamilton
Hope
Manvers
South Monaghan
Murray
Percy
Seymour
Memorial Dinner Notice for Veterans at Millbrook Legion
Canadian Legion Branch 402 invites veterans to a Memorial Dinner at Legion Hall Millbrook on April 9 at 7 p.m. in memory of comrades who fought and died at Vimy. Tickets are $1.25, available at the Legion Hall or from Weldon Coulter Dave Fowler and Ron Palmer. Dinner 7 p.m. sharp. Geo Howden, Pres.
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Canadian Legion Branch 402
Legion Hall
Millbrook
Vimy
Weldon Coulter
Dave Fowler
Ron Palmer
Geo. Howden
Canadian Red Cross Active in Nearly 1300 Canadian Communities
The Canadian Red Cross operates in almost 1,300 communities across Canada, highlighting its broad national reach and local presence in disaster relief and humanitarian aid across provinces and regions.
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The
Canadian Red Cross
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