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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
1
Advance sale of tickets for the Peterborough Exhibition August 7 to 10 is on sale at The Reporter Office for one dollar per strip. Each numbered ticket offers a chance to win a 1957 Chevrolet car. sales end August 6 and applies only to advance gate tickets.
The wedding occurred at St Thomas Anglican Church Millbrook on Saturday July 20 with Rev H G Quinn officiating. The couple will reside on King Street Millbrook.
A brief notice invites readers to attend any preferred church service this Sunday, encouraging participation and fellowship across local congregations.
A farmer in Cavan reported his three small pigs vanished during a trip to Orono. An attempted 25 cent lost ad in The Reporter failed to run, and the owner requests sightings or contact via Fred Brown at 21812 Millbrook.
Rev Francis P Chisholm and family attend Summer School for Rural Clergy at Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. Mrs Harold Noble of Englewood NJ visits friends in Carmel and with the Allins. Jean Chisholm’s sister Rose Macnamara of Toronto notes her sister Jean died in Orillia on May 27. Various visits and travels span Philadelphia, Toronto, Bailieboro, Peterborough, Rochester, Ottawa and Montreal reflecting a busy social week.
Collected vignettes on King Street describe Willmott with plow points, Cecil Peebles in a doorway with a box, and passers by including the Farrows. A dog in a car barks at bloodhounds, falls out then reappears uninjured, a pea sized baby toad hops by, and Sunday peace saves it from a foot.
A blaze erupts behind the Nattress barber shop near the corner of King and Tupper by the Cavan road. Ed Thornton of the County Roads Department stands nearby in a dramatic Napoleon pose as the cause is suspected to be a careless smoker or children playing with matches.
A vivid report describes three tractors hitched to a structure resembling Uncle Vem's Cabin with a white Uncle Tom in the doorway, sighted near the United Church. The caravan, last seen nearby, appeared to move toward a reformatory or prison-like site, sparking speculation about its purpose and Sd. Thornton's stance.
The article notes Fred C White in his 85th year discussing the hot spell with a farmer. A passerby quips Fred is like the weather and would not rise above 96. The piece mentions a remark about Alexander the Great weeping over events.
Mrs Marjorie Jelly of Toronto was guest of Mrs W West over the weekend. Mr and Mrs John Blair returned home this week from a visit with friends in Royal Oak Michigan.
A local man held up a small screwdriver and offered it to Ed Thornton asking to borrow it. Thornton agreed if it was small enough he would hire him immediately. As the two drew closer to the sea, the tool tightened the screws in his glasses and the job was done at King Street with no charge. This anecdote counters the saying nothing good ever comes from fooling.
Weldon Coulter limped after a stone struck his ankle while he mowed with a newer mower. The incident underscores how mower stones can cause extended pain for weeks.
Mr and Mrs H D Patton announce the engagement of their daughter Beverley Frances to John Alan Jowitt son of Mr and Mrs George Jowitt of Pembroke The wedding is set for 3 00 p m August 24 1957 at St Andrew's United Church Millbrook
The family of the late Minister David Fisher expresses thanks to Dr Patterson of Hastings Rev for support and to friends and neighbours for their kindness during the time of need.
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