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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1958
Page
4
A farm diary poem follows a day from slipping out for chores to tending cattle, milking cows, feeding chickens, and clearing the barn. It notes long hours, backbreaking labor, summer toil, and eventual reflection on earnings and hellish labor myths. Submited by a reader.
A Durham County Liberal Association meeting in Newcastle on April 11 1958 approved a resolution praising Russell Honey Port Hope lawyer and Liberal candidate for his intensive campaign. Delegates to the Ontario Liberal Association Leadership Convention in Toronto April 18 19 were elected including Gordon Trick Millbrook Richard Lovekin Clarke Township E R Woodyard Newcastle George Walton Newcastle Frank Richard Newcastle David Ford Hope Township and Russell Dickson Russell Honey Port Hope. Alternates named were Sam Mannetta Manvers George Stapleton Hope Robert Kent Bowmanville Harry Wade Clarke and B H Hutton Port Hope. Delegates at large selected were Keith Aiken Newcastle A R Payne Millbrook Elmore Scott Hope Bruce Tink Darlington Richard Bowles Cartwright and Dick Hutchison Cavan.
The WMS of St Andrew's United Church requests good clean used clothing for a mission bale. Please leave parcels at Miss Luella Kennedy's home on King Street.
Grace Presbyterian Church WM S Thankoffering meeting was held April 16 at Mrs Ed Haw's home. Mrs Hutchinson, wife of Rev Harry Hutchinson of St Pauls Peterborough, spoke on mission motives, loyalty and love of missionaries. Social hour followed with singing and thanks to hostess Mrs Haw.
The Lake Ontario Development Association brochure earned first mention in the Excellent class at the American Industrial Development Council contest at the Atlanta convention. About 700 Council members in North America, with over 1,000 entries, judged 35 finalists. Don Kingdon, the association’s general manager, is at the convention and will return this weekend. The council’s 1959 convention is set for Montreal, Quebec.
The April meeting at Mrs John Elgar's home on Wednesday April 16 welcomed twenty members and two visitors. Mrs Gerald Hubberard led worship while Mrs Rowland introduced business plans for the Chamber of Commerce dinner on April 29 in the Sunday School Hall. Mrs Reg Hopkins volunteered to collect and store Canada Packers labels from the group.
A church project aims to collect labels by October 31 to exchange with Canada Packers for an electric coffee urn. The next meeting is May 8 at Mrs Kennedy's home. Rev Francis Chisholm presented an Easter film His Risen to appreciative attendees. Refreshments were served by Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Hard, Mrs Hubbeard, and Mrs Elgar.
Officers from the 13 Militia Group will conduct a civil defence exercise at Belleville next Sunday with about 14 members from Kingston Napanee Gananoque Cobourg Port Hope Norwood Millbrook Peterboro Lindsay and Belleville in attendance. The event runs from 8 30 a m to 4 p m and includes two lectures on civil defence as a new militia function.
An advertisement urges readers to hire Laurence Coulter for remodeling alterations or repairs. It lists contact details as 89 Mill Brook and invites inquiries for cave troughing and roofing services.
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