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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 30, 1957
Page
1
Tender notice from Canadian government department seeking deposits and bid forms for construction. Mentions conditions, reserves, and governing regulations with references to Canadian officials and the 1957 filing context.
Richard Fickling landed a brown trout weighing about eight and a half pounds in a Sunday evening pond fishing. The fish measured 26 1/4 inches with a 16 inch girth, and was described as the largest caught so far this spring.
Millbrook Lodge 308 F I O parade will attend Divine Worship at St Thomas Anglican Church on Sunday June 2 at 2 30 p.m. accompanied by the 3rd Regiment of the Patriarchs Militant. Ladies Auxiliary and visitors from district lodges expected. Members to meet at Lodge Room 2 00 p.m. Marshall Larmer D D G M W R Juby District Secy.
Mr George Taylor of Royal Oak visited with his sister and her husband the Blairs last week. Mrs Alfred Coulter who spent six weeks with her daughter and son in law the Walkers New York returned home by plane last Wednesday. Dr Stuart Speller has moved with his family to Bethany from Thornhill and began May 21 assisting Dr Longfield. July 1 he will take over the practice as Dr Longfield leaves for Flint to study pathology. Dr Spelley is from Guysborough Nova Scotia. Mrs Wilf Gray and Mervyn Gray with daughter Janet of Toronto were visitors with Mr and Mrs J H Barringer on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Geo Raymes left for Burnaby BC to visit Mr and Mrs W H Williamson this week. Mrs Law M Fallis is in Toronto due to daughter Nan having an operation Tuesday morning. We wish her a quick recovery.
The Semi Annual Meeting of the East Durham L.O.L. will be held in the Orange Hall at Bethany on Tuesday evening June 4 at 8 30. The guest speaker will be Rt War Pro Elmer Wood of Orillia. A good attendance is urgently requested. Nathaniel Belch Co See.
The schedule lists speakers backing Mr. Ben Thompson of the Progressive Conservative party for the Northumberland riding in the June 10 federal election. CHEX Peterborough airs at 6.55 pm June 3 with Robert J. Neill Cobourg. Ruby Meggs Hamilton at 11.05 am June 4. J Whittington S Monaghan at 7.10 pm June 5. Fred Lewis Amwick at 9.55 pm June 6. Rev. T D Lindsay Hastings at 7.30 pm June 7.
Mr and Mrs Roy Dawson of Almonte Ontario announce the birth of their daughter on Sunday May 26 1957 at Almonte General Hospital The news notes the family and location with a formal birth notice typical of the era.
Mr. Angus MacKay, Ontario native and long time Canada Presbyterian Mission leader, will present coloured slides at Grace Church Hall Millbrook on Saturday June 1 at 8 p.m. He has served in Jhansi field and led Bible training and mission schools. Public invited for worship and entertainment.
In the early 1900s autos drew crowds while horses were ignored, but by mid century two men on horseback drew crowds as cars faded from view. Three young children made mud pies Sunday, elbows deep in cheap dough, faces smeared.
Residents seeking piano tuning or repair by Victor Potter of Peterborough should contact Mrs L H Winslow at 17 Millbrook. Potter will be in the district in the second week of June.
Loving memory of husband Richard Henry Blakely who died suddenly June 2 1955. He rests in God’s garden beyond the sunset where loveliness never dies and the gates remain ajar for his return.
An auction sale of household furniture antiques tools etc the property of Mr Hope Rayson in the village of Bethany will be held on Saturday June 15 at 6 30 p m DSY on the premises Terms cash R J Payne Pontypool Ont Auctioneer
Roger Bertrand and Jean Paul Bermon of Montreal visited Mill Brook on Saturday drawing many admirers. They began from Montreal April 22 on a five year journey across Canada the United States Mexico and Central and South America. After Millbrook they headed to Bowmanville Oshawa aiming to reach Toronto around May 28. The round trip is estimated to take five years.
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