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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
3
Granite Co Ltd announces removal of stock from the armature line at 55216 Granite. Turner is listed as operator for the 24 hour service center with an unrelated stock note 66550. The notice reads as a business update and service clarification.
The paper lists Anglican services with times at multiple churches. Archdeacon W Balfour officiates. M Palfrey is rector. Services are scheduled at 9 45 am 11 15 am and 7 30 pm with variations by church and location including Cavan Omass and St John’s Lifford and ILLbrook area noted.
The notice lists church and community events across Millbrook and Entreville with services at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM, a Blessing schedule for 10:00 AM, and activities at the Legion Hall from 3:00 PM, inviting the public to attend.
A field crops note from Ontario warns of stinkweed or stink weed also called pennycress and Frenchweed. It harms milk or meat quality, spreads in pastures and feeds, and resists control. Farmers are advised to cultivate early, spray with 2,4-D, and rot manure, among other steps.
The 1961 Durham Land Judging Competition was held July 27 with 28 4H Club members and farmers on the tour. The morning route started at Garnet Rickard’s Bowmanville farm and moved northward to study soils with explanations from Harvey Wright of Lindsay and A O Dalrymple, agricultural representative, on soil types and crop production impacts.
Millbrook Public School hosted a June 29 field day with junior and senior races on Mr Sam Turner’s Bowmanville farm. Winners included Bill Olan Millbrook top junior contestant and Don Winslow Ida winner of the senior section. prizes included gum and candy for losers and a $25 special prize for the top contestant. Sponsored by regional conservation and agricultural bodies.
A readable list of participants and winners across multiple age groups and events at the local gymkhana. Notable names include Mary Stevens and Ellen Cutmore in various races, with awards for girls and boys from preschool to age nine and special events like kick-the-shoe and wheelbarrow races.
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