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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
1
Jim Fisher and Orchestra headline an Olde Tyme Dancing night in Cavan Ontario on Friday April 11. Co sponsored by the Cavan Hall Board, the event aims for a clean, enjoyable dance for all and charges 1.00 admission with 30.00 p.m. sharp listing.
A sale of home baking and aprons will be held at Coulter Bros Limited store on Saturday April 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. under the auspices of the Women's Auxiliary of St Thomas Ang lican Church.
Workmen sweeping the street cleared a thick winter layer of dirt. They joked that the gathered dirt could make a fine farm were there any soil to plant. Someone proposed sending it to the moon on the first trip as a starting farm, noting there is no farming there.
A large number appeared on the street last Thursday, attributed to Friday’s holiday and the unusually warm, sunny weather. The event was noted in local reports with no injuries or further incidents recorded.
The Millbrook and District Agricultural Dinner will be held at United Church Hall on April 29 at 7 p.m. Dr. R. P. Vivian will be the guest speaker, sharing insights from his trip to NATO and discussing relevant agricultural topics.
Clarence Henry Crouter of Peterborough dies at Peterborough Civic Hospital on Sunday April 6. His funeral was held at St George's Anglican Church on Tuesday April 8 with burial at Little Lake Cemetery. He is the brother of Ross Crouter of Millbrook and the community extends sympathy to him.
Social note items report Mr E S Clarry and Mrs Gordon Kennedy visiting Miss Clarry in Toronto. Hal Argue leaves Civic Hospital after a heart condition and progresses well. Carman Ingram returns to The Toronto Dominion Bank in Montreal. Paul LaFreniere of Ottawa stayed with Mr and Mrs James M Boughner over Easter. Thomas Allin of Concord visited his parents and grandfather. Kenneth Little and children from Toronto visited Mr and Mrs Dave Lunn for a week of holidays.
Millbrook and District Chamber of Commerce outlines 1958 plans including agricultural, retail, industrial and transportation committees dinners, a Santa Claus Parade on December 13, housing efforts, veterinary recruitment, and a special welcoming committee for new Ontario Reformatory workers. A membership drive is scheduled for Chamber of Commerce week April 13 to 19.
In loving memory of a dear husband and father Benjamin F. Olan who died April 12 1957. Gone forever. We miss your smiling face and the happy home we once enjoyed. Death has left a loneliness the world can never fill. Ever remembered and sadly missed by his wife and family.
The Agriculture Committee of Millbrook and District Chamber of Commerce hosts a dinner at St Andrew's United Church Hall on Tuesday April 20. Dr. Vivian will discuss his recent NATO conference in Paris, France.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Dr. J. W. Wright Millbrook to the nurses orderlies and staff of Civic Hospital Peterborough the Rev Francis P Chisholm the members of St Andrew s United Church W A of the North Group the 1 C C F Lodge No 308 Millbrook the Cavan Quilters Club and all who kindly sent me flowers candy fruit letters and cards and visited me and all who assisted in any way during my recent illness H C Argue
The Kennedy family expresses sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbours for flowers sympathy and support after the death of a husband and father. They name Haw Funeral Home Dr Hobbs Rev Chisholm Rev Heustin L C L 421 Carmel and all who helped during the loss.
A village note expresses gratitude for messages of sympathy, flowers, cards, and kindness after the illness and death of the Rev. Hermon McConnell. The three village ministers, the attending physician, and nurses are acknowledged. Family members Mrs. Hermon McConnell and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Ingham and family thank their friends for support during illness and distance.
Grace Presbyterian Church W M S invites members to a meeting at Mrs Ed Haw's home on April 16 at 2 pm. Mrs Hutchinson of St Pauls Presbyterian Church Peterborough will be guest speaker. A good attendance is requested.
The Millbrook and District Chamber of Commerce held its March meeting in the Council Chamber presenting President A Spicer and members. Auditors appointed for 1958 are H Moore and R Hopkins. Treasurer E Liesemer read the accounts and the Lake Ontario Development Association membership was discussed.
McMaster reports Zone 2 Lake Ontario Development Association delegates chosen as President A Spicer and Vice President G Trick. J McMaster welcomed R Hopkins as a Chamber member. Hopkins gave an enlightening talk on Millbrook high school. Meeting adjourned at 10 15 p.m.
The WMS of St. Andrew's United Church seeks clean used clothing for a mission bale. Leave parcels at Miss Luella Kennedy's home on King Street for collection.
Mr and Mrs Earl Hubbeard announce the birth of daughter Sherri Olive at Peterborough Civic Hospital on Monday April 7. The proud parents invite well wishers.
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