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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1960
Page
2
An advertisement lists Singer sewing machines and services at 261 George N, Peterborough, with models including auto embroideries and budget plans. It highlights branch manager Bill Pollock and staff expertise, plus accessories like vacuum cleaners and floor polishers.
Cunningham's Garage in Fraserville RI offers expert repairs for cars, trucks, and tractors plus general welding. Farm Trade Agents for Cities Service Products, owner Willis Cunningham guarantees satisfactory work at reasonable charges, aiming to ensure loyal, pleased customers.
Culligan Water Conditioning of Peterborough offers sales and service for water softeners and treatment equipment. They provide testing at no charge, repair, rental, filters, chlorinators, degasifiers, and odor filters for hard water, milky water, contaminated water, sulfur and iron issues, gas in water, and bad taste or smell, serving the county.
A local newspaper notices Niagara Finance Co Ltd and Industrial Acceptance Corporation Ltd as a large all Canadian loan group with coast to coast branches. It lauds their financing for cars trucks appliances and other needs, praising prompt courteous service and urging readers to use their financial services. Local managers Hugh Gallagher and Gerry Covey are highlighted for their public minded work.
Vanessa Fashion Shoes at 370 George N, Simcoe RI, Peterborough, markets as the city’s leading fashion center for women. Owned by Gerry and Dorothy Mead, the store offers AAAA to B widths, sizes 3½ to 10, and prices under 10 dollars. A mid August Fall Style Presentation is planned, with a large stock of foreign and domestic styles emphasizing comfort and dressiness for the well dressed woman.
Sidey Auto Supply Ltd at 105 Simcoe RI operates as a wholesale firm serving garages and service men with parts tools and equipment to keep cars serviced without delay. Directed by manager J Burton Sewell the firm emphasizes speedy service and a complete on hand stock under the slogan The House That Parts Built.
Gibbons and Knox Co Ltd invites shoppers to Peterborough store for a full range of home appliances. Featuring refrigerators ranges washers and dryers plus televisions and hi fidelity gear from Beatty Moffat Philco Kelvinator Inglis Bendix Frigidaire Electrohome Phillips. Factory trained technicians and friendly sales staff offer demonstrations and expert assistance with electrical appliances. Prices aimed to please customers.
South Monaghan notes the Port Hope July 20 meeting with twelve members present. Tenders from Vigor Oil Co. and Steppens Fuels were accepted for Port Hope and Bowmanville at 13.19 and 12.84 cents per gallon. Plans include hiring two janitors August 1, a Cafeteria Manager for Port Hope September 1, and ads for those positions. Debenture steps for Courtice School to await approvals, with a special meeting to follow. Additional building proposals target 150 pupil Port Hope and 400 pupil Clarke Township expansions. A Master Control Clock will be installed at Bowmanville by IBM. Crono gets Grade 13 Geography teaching rights next year for exams in Grade 12.
A Canadian Facts Ltd survey finds Canadians drink 25.3 million cups of coffee daily, averaging 1.91 cups per person aged ten and up. Canada ranks fifth among coffee users, imported 153 million pounds of green coffee last year, mainly from Latin America, shaping Western Hemisphere trade. Over half of Canadians ten and older drink coffee at breakfast, 22 percent drink tea, and seven in ten households percolate coffee.
The Grand Hotel in Fraserville is highlighted as a top rated, fully air conditioned facility. Its manager and staff are praised for congenial service, nightly entertainment, and banquet capabilities from 5:30 to 8. The hotel is presented as a premier commercial trade venue with luxurious amenities and party hosting potential.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a firm S and year 1929 with stores and staff. It references Peterborough and a family connection. Details are unclear due to damaged text but suggests a historical business line and extended goodwill to principles.
Canada Packers advertises a long history of serving the country with competitive prices on refrigeration products. The notice emphasizes continued purchase, quality, and dependable service across markets, urging readers to choose their goods and support.
Canada Dry announces research driven expansion at 32 Mervin Street featuring Champaign flavours. The firm plans a two point market reach, highlighting a quencher suited for families, with a large home presence and authorized by local authorities. A wide shopping centre will host the favourite beverage lineup.
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