Rt Worshipful Ernie Reid Visits Fraserville Lodge
Fraserville L.O.L. held its monthly meeting with a large turnout of members and visitors. Rt Worshipful Ernie Reid of Peterborough, former Grand Master of Ontario East, attended alongside Loftus Staples and other past and present lodge leaders.
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Fraserville L.O.L
Ernie Reid
Peterborough
Ontario East
Bro. Reid
True Blue
Richmond Hill
Loftus Staples
Fraserville Orangemen honor long service and Deputy Lecturer
At the regular meeting Bro. Ken Moncrief and Bro. J O Pue presented Sid Fair bairn with a certificate for 50 years of Honourable service. Willis Cunningham was honoured for becoming Deputy Lecturer of the Grand Orange Lodge of Eastern Ontario. The Most Worshipful Bro. Reid spoke on the Orange Home, congratulating Cunningham. Past County Master Lock ington and County Master Staples commented on current affairs. The gathering ended with cake and ice cream.
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Ken Moncrief
J. O. Pue
Fraserville
Sid Fairbairn
Willis Cunningham
Grand Orange Lodge
Ontario
Bro
Reid
Orange Home
Cunningham
Lockington
Staples
Notice for piano tuning by Victor Potter in June
Anyone wishing to have their piano tuned or repaired by Mr. Victor Potter of Peterborough should notify Mrs. L. H. Winslow at 17 Millbrook as soon as possible. He will be in this district the second week in June.
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Victor Potter
Peterborough
L. H. Winslow
Millbrook
Seen on King Street During The Week
Local notes recount quirky scenes on King Street. Donald Reid rides his bike with his father Mr. Russell Reid. three boys bring buttercup bouquets for their mother. a raider is thwarted by a switch as tears fly over a spoiled gift. Eddie Nattress upgrades his shop’s look with yellow paint. A car carries priests, firecrackers spark mischief among boys, and a large basket fire shocks Port Hope Saturday.
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Port Hope
In Memoriam Fallis Wes Ley of Our Beloved Son Robert Charles
In loving memory of Robert Charles Wes ley who died suddenly May 27 1952. Bob rests in God’s garden and our grief endures. We miss him dearly yet believe he is in a brighter dawn. Forever missed by his mother father and brothers.
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Robert Charles Wesley
Bob
Fly in Soup Pun Sparks Witty Exchange
A diner jokes about a fly in his soup and the waiter replies with a humorous quip about overfilling the bowl. The banter plays on a visual of a fly wading, turning a potential complaint into a light moment.
Wedding in St Simon’s Anglican Church in afternoon
Miss Kathleen Eleanor Holmes wed Herbert Hillis Patterson in an afternoon ceremony at St Simon's Anglican Church. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Arthur William Holmes and the late Lt Col Holmes, wore a white nylon gown with lace bodice and bouffant skirt, bouquet of gardenias. Groom is son of Rev and Mrs Walter Patterson of Millbrook. they will reside in Toronto after a Bermuda honeymoon.
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Clarence Moulton
St. Simon’s Anglican Church
Kathleen Eleanor Holmes
Herbert Hillis Patterson
Arthur William Holmes
Col. Holmes
Walter Patterson
Millbrook
Sidney Holmes
Malak Karsh
Ottawa
Cameron Thompson
Alcoholism funding contrasts with rising Ontario numbers
A 1945 Ontario alcohol user count reaches 28,000, rising to 76,000 by 1957. Manitoba unveils a $95,000 Alcoholism Research program and a $50,000 grant to the Manitoba Committee on Alcohol Education to warn the public about liquor dangers. The piece notes the irony of funding research while allowing narcotics and cites James 1:83 about double mindedness.
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Ontario
Manitoba
Manitoba Committee On Alcohol Education
They Read The Reporter All Through
A late classified notice about eleven pigs for sale was inserted on an insane page after the issue went to press. The customer paid after publication and said the pigs sold immediately, proving readers scan every page. Readers also noted jokes on an inside page, showing widespread engagement with The Reporter.
Bride Confronts Husband Over Life Insurance Policy
An irate young bride scolds her husband claiming he is selfish for taking out a life insurance policy on his own life rather than on hers. She accuses him of self-interest as the policy details surface in this tense domestic moment.
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Stevenson
Jaisy
Stevenson’s Vegetable & Flower Gardens
Fraserville Lodge
O.C.C.E
Bailieboro United Church
Douglas Lapp
B.A
The
Northumberland-Durham Tuberculosis Association
Baltimore Hotel
Division Street
Executive Council
M. E. Pewtress
Howson Hatchery
Bailieboro
W. Leghorns
Sussex
BR. Island
King Street
Donald Reid
Russell Reid
Russ
Eddie Nattress
DeVelera
Memoriam
God
Bob Dear
Mac
Carload
Attwooll & Sheppard
Patterson—Holmes
Anglican Newsletter
James
Toronto
Nat Ae
Technicolor
Gordon Macrae
Gloria Grakake
Shirley Jones
Gene Nelsom
Pohne
Neil Jibb
Cobourg
Ralph Greer
Community Hall
Cavan
Cavan and Millbrook
Conservative Association
R. P. Vivian
Durham
Victoria and Grey Trust Company
George Street
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