03 Aug 1961
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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
1
Fragmentary listing shows items for sale including a 58 Skoda and a 4 door bungalow at 58 Skoda rd 4 door E Hill Ontario with a 2 acre lot one mile south of G Wigmore. References to a pony tractor plow cultivator and various names appear amid inconsistent annotations.
Classified fragment lists high prices for live poultry feathers old feather ticks and various car models 1955 to 1958 plus a 1954 Pontiac 7 55 GMC Truck 51 Dodge Station Wagon 56 Ford and other items. Also notes nursing home rental vacancy and local ads for real estate services and work opportunities with contact details dispersed.
Calendar entries list 4H Dairy Calf Club on Tuesday August 8 at 8 p.m. 4H Apple Club meets Thursday August 17. 4-H Beef Club Final Meeting Monday August 21. 4H Swine Club gathering Tuesday August 22.
Dr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Hobbs of Millbrook announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Janet Alice Reg. N to Robert Edward son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wilson of Cobourg Ontario. Marriage set for Saturday August 26 at St. Andrew's United Church Millbrook at two o'clock. A correction notes Jean Olan was omitted from Carmel School promotions list, now listed as advancing from Grade 8 to Grade 9.
Robert H. Johnston 80 died at home Saturday July 29 after two months of failing health. Born in Cav an, he lived in Port Hope and Welcome before returning in 1912 to farm the rest of his life. Survived by sons Percy Earl and Elmer, brothers Albert and Charles. widow Bertha Slighte predeceased him. Funeral was Tuesday with burial at St. John’s Cemetery Ida.
Mrs Edith Gertrude Mitchell 69 of Mount Pleasant died Wednesday after long illness at her son Sidney Mitchells home Birch Point Ennismore The Rev Ed Palfrey officiated She was widow of Jack Mitchell born in England moved to Mount Pleasant over fifty years ago She attended St Johns Church Ida Surviving are sons Sidney Ennismore and William Bac Pleasant Burial was in St Johns Cemetery Ida Pallbearers named Aubrey Bland Ira Althouse Ira Lowes Harold Lowes Leonard Hanley and Jerry Jackman
The Cavan Pot Luck Quilters held their annual picnic at Pleasant Point, visiting Dr J Wright’s new summer cottage for a social gathering and meal.
Professor George Swinton of the University of Manitoba School of Art stars in CBC TV summer series Art in Action. Shown Sundays, the Winnipeg artist teaches landscape painting from traditional to abstract, painting and sculpting on camera to reveal the nature and evolution of art.
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