29 Oct 1959
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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1959
Page
1
A clipped Ontario classified fragment advertises items for sale including a 11954 Pontiac for 350 dollars and various goods. It mentions an auctioneer service, a saloon week schedule, and contact details for Clarke Lech Solicitors Street Ontario along with several cryptic notes about coins, jewelry, and other merchandise.
Clerk Gertrude Dawe posts the first voters list for Millbrook Village in Durham County. The notice under The Voters List Act invites corrections for any omissions or errors and directs inspection of the list in the clerk's office from October 15, 1959.
Millbrook Orono and Blackstock competed in a junior and senior boys track meet. Winners included G Earl Millbrook with 20 points as Senior champion while I Frayer and D Roughley led multiple events for their teams.
The record lists event by event results with names such as G Willis O2nd Allin, M Lagey, B Blencowe and D Wheeler in baseball throws and running events. It notes 73 yd dash won by J Ransberry and a relay team of J Ransberry M Reid G Willis L Hughes with no team entered by Blackstock.
Obituary and remembrance for Lewis Pudsey who died October 24 1958 from Alma Pudsey. Message notes deep loss and longing expressing grief and nostalgia. Also includes a church bake sale notice from St. Thomas Anglican Church Women Guild on Saturday November 7 from 3 to 5.
The report lists multiple events with placements for the Intermediate Boys category. Highlights include A McArthur securing wins in discus and hop, step and jump, and 24 points total. V Rowe achieving top finishes in sprints and relays. Danchuk and Carleton earning podiums in throwing and jumping events. The results cover discus, high jump, hop-step and jump, pole vault, running broad jump, shot put, 100 and 220 yard dashes, 80 yard dash, and the 4x100 relay with team memberships.
Intermediate girls competed in baseball throw discus high jump running broad jump and sprints with multiple winners. B Lunn M Tyrrell and M Foster were among top finishers with M Tyrrell scoring 14 points to win the intermediate girls championship.
Senior girls events crowned N Earl as top scorer with 28 points. N Earl won baseball throw discus and high jump while leading in running events, with multiple athletes named for places. J Manley D Laing G Sadler and H Rutherford also earned podium finishes across sprints and jumps.
A notice from Zelia McBentley clerk of the Township of Cavan dated October 15 1846 states the voters list has been complied with under the Sec Act and posted at Millbrook. The document confirms the list remains posted and available for public inspection.
Rev John AliGadutrbs VO James Cathedral hosted a reception for Issone as a guest of Miss Vie Ye.foom on Thursday October [year unclear]. Mr and Mrs John Howson and children Jane and Richard of Oshawa visited Mrs Gertrude Howson for Thanksgiving Day.
Mr and Mrs Bert Ging welcome Deborah Marlene born October 14 1959 at Civic Hospital Peterborough.
Mrs Darcy Dunlop of Millbrook died in Peterboro after surgery and treatment at Civic Hospital. Funeral services will be at Comstock Funeral Home in Peterboro with Rev E Palfrey officiating on October 17. Interment at St John Cemetery Ida. Survived by husband Darcy Dunlop and a sister Mrs Joseph Lytle of Kirkfield. Rest.
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