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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1959
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places including Hay Morton Millbrook Walton Street Port Hope and Toronto, suggesting a small local notice or listing without full context or dates. The readable items hint at property or personal references in the Port Hope region and nearby cities.
All boys and girls up to 12 years old are invited to join the Young Worshippers League at St Andrews United Church. Plan to attend church service on Sunday and enroll after the service with Mrs Neal or Miss Sharon Ball.
Congratulations to Mr Thomas McClung and Mrs Maude Elliott McClung of Garden Hill as they celebrate 65 years of marriage on February 14. He will turn 91 in May and she 81 in October. He jokes this is a valentine from 1894 he cannot get rid of.
The February meeting of the Women's Institute convenes Friday February 13 at 2:00 p.m. at Mrs. Herb Trick's residence. Guest speaker is Mrs. Eric McLean District President. Roll Call is Baking for Auction.
In loving memory of Florence V Reid who passed away February 11 1952 Your presence is ever near us mom Your love remains with us yet You were the kind of a mother your loved ones would never forget Ever remembered by Husband and Family.
Statistics show standings and high scores for the bowling league. Readouts include ladies high single by Eileen Powell and Marion Guthrie, ladies high triple, men’s high single Art Stewart, men’s high triple, and high averages for Powell and others. Confusing OCR text remains but key names and totals indicate top performers and overall averages.
A focal car decorated with broen eyes drew attention as locals joked it resembled a politician being egged out of town. Gail Lawson, famed as a high school all round champion, was seen running down the street on a very cold day, likely in training for future contests.
West Enders, Zion Liners, Downtowners, Tooters, Rink-K-Dinks, oe Crew Cuts, Coulters, Wing Dings, Ramlambs, Racketeers, Substitutes, Sankers, Hillbillies, Murphies, Bee Aze, Boat Builders, Bailieboro Industrials, Vanguards, Kay-Dee-Ms, Lone Rangery Dumbells, Lucky Sevens dominate a long, tangled list of teams in a crowded standings section.
A fragmentary item notes a student missing school due to skinless feet and rumors of quitting. It mentions DLR, G F visiting Peterborough, N P skepticism, J O timing, J N starting typing class, and a favorite Whitfield school. A new member faces cries from several girls, labeled B I 2.
A Minor Hockey League tournament will be held in the Millbrook and Cavan Memorial Area on Saturday afternoon February 1 at one oclock. Newcastle Orono and Millbrook enter. Winner advances to the next round. Parents and others urged to attend and watch the youngsters play.
Memorial notice for Mrs Isaac Wood who died February 11 1958 in Toronto General Hospital. Poem recalls angels guiding her to heaven and her family in Toronto. Sister Marjorie and family William David Lorne and Barbara and Herbert Ground express sorrow.
Notice to Hog Producers informs members the annual meeting of the Durham County Hog Producers Association will be held at 1.30 p.m. EST on Tuesday February 17 at the Orono Town Hall. Business includes officer and voting delegate elections. Guest speakers: Chas McInnis and Jas Boynton with Eric Fallis and President Howard Malcolm listed.
Buckham Transporters of the KPL thank the community for four games of support in cold weather. The team will wear new hockey pants donated by sponsor Billy Buckham in Friday’s match against Warsaw, a foe from the previous game, as playoff crowds are expected.
A Valentine Tea and Baking Sale will be held on Saturday February 14 at 3 p.m. in the Millbrook Waiting Room under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion.
Citizens are invited to a February 19 meeting at 8 30 p m in Cavan Hall to hear Warden Garnet Rickard speak on rabies. A veterinary expert will join, a film on the disease may be shown, and attendees will be served. The event is sponsored by the O F U.
The Powers family thanks Doctor Wright and Doctor Hobbs all nurses from the Public Health Unit the Rev G Meades of Trinity Church Haw Funeral Home and all relatives friends and neighbours for floral tributes cards and expressions of sympathy during their loss of their mother.
Help requested for washing at home with contact via phone 226-1-2t Mill Brook. Advertisement appears in local want ads.
Tenders for the H position of Inspector for Warble Fly Control will be received at the Township Clerk's Office Millbrook until 1 p.m. March 2. The notice calls for bids to fill the inspector post and enforce fly control measures.
Members of the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Board in Durham County will meet at 1 30 p m E S T on Tuesday February 17 at the Town annual meeting to elect delegates to the District Hog Producers Committee Eric Fallis serves as Chairman
Members of the Ontario Hog Producers Co operative in the Durham County Group be convened at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Tuesday for the selection of delegates and alternate Howard Malcolm, Secretary.
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