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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary text from a Montreal based company listing likely a small ad or catalogue line. Mentions Swiss, fast repeater, magazine style items and a price of 22.50. Includes company names Interna Co. Ltd. and Reming with vague sport/gadget references.
Fragmentary notice cites fixed location Montreal with regulator heat phone 155w 2t. Mentions Trick's station and four thousand feet of lumber along with fence rails. Names McInnis Ilbrook 2s le MA referenced in unclear context.
Mrs. Lloyd Raper president of the Peterborough Home and School Council will speak at the Home and School meeting on Monday October 21 at 8.15. Mrs. Jean Winslow will sing. All parents and friends are invited.
A 6 year old girl Barbara Elizabeth Pinck fell through a well cover while washing a car at her home in Millbrook. Rescued from the water, she died despite medical aid and coroner involvement. Funeral held October 15 with large community sympathy.
The Lions Club of Millbrook sponsors a children’s Halloween party at Millbrook Armouries on Thursday October 31 at 7 pm. Includes games and treats. Cash donations are accepted at Jas McMaster’s 5c to $1.00 Store Lavern Fallis or at The Reporter Office.
Local social notes recount visits from Cecil Ward and son Brian of Toronto to Millbrook on Monday. Alma Throope of Port Hope and Eric and Mrs McNellie of Toronto joined Hal Argue’s family Sunday. Stayner saw Mac Ingham attend the McLaren‑Ross wedding. Holiday visitors included Vern Goheen and Allan Goheen of London with Toronto guests. Larry Argue, an engineering student at Guelph OAC, spent Thanksgiving with his parents. Mrs W Gray of Toronto returned home with her sister. Other visits included Dr and Mrs Elliott of Galt and George Ingham of Cornwall. Weekend guests with Mr and Mrs IB Ingham included more Toronto and Toronto-area visitors.
Legion members wives and friends and the general public are invited to attend a Mass Initiation of Legion Members at Millbrook Armories on Wednesday evening October 23 at 8:30. Mayor J D Burnett with a Cobourg degree team will conduct the ceremonies. A hospital bed proceeds from a magazine drive will be presented to The Millbrook Red Cross Society. Admission is free. George W. Howden President Weldon L. Coulter Secretary-Treasurer.
Mr and Mrs Thos Pinch and family and Mr and Mrs Harold Hubbeard and families thank all for kindness and sympathy in their time of bereavement. Special thanks to Millbrook Fire Brigade Douglas Hall Dr Hobbs and Dr Wright Rev W H Heustin Pastor Case Rev F C Spring Russell Cannon Herbert Patton C P P Constable A Edwards.
A large aluminum truck trailer mounted high on Billy Buckham's flat transport looked odd as it rode piggyback past King Street. The scent of burning leaves warned readers not to take the fine weather too seriously, since burning fallen crops signals approaching cold weather.
Auction sale of two year old household furniture scheduled for Saturday October 19 at 1 pm. Conducted by Mr and Mrs T R Heard residing on Tupper Street Millbrook. Autioned items include living room and dining room furnishings and related household goods. Proceeds support home uses.
Donald McKnight son of Deputy Reeve J. H. McKnight of Cavan and Mrs. McKnight, former vice principal at Grove School, succeeds Lloyd Corbett as vice principal at Prince of Wales. Corbett becomes principal of Westmount School after the death of H. Victor Cunningham on September 12. Murray Paterson is appointed vice principal at Grove.
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