28 Apr 1938
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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
1
Raymond Gilmer wins a trophy at the OEA while Toronto moves to start paving the Port Perry to Peterboro link this summer. Surveys follow weather as the final stretch toward completing the Sarnia to Montreal route gains provincial control.
The Kumrite Inn hosts a Monday meeting to set up subcommittees for the August 10 street fair. R R Waddell elected Central Committee chairman with Neil Porter as secretary. An advertising group and parade organizers are named, urging citizen cooperation for a parade car draw and park improvements.
The Trout season starts Saturday April 80th in Ontario as opening was moved up by one day because May 1 falls on a Sunday. Mild weather promises good fishing with many hoping for large catches. Anglers are urged to keep only seven inch trout and return undersized fish to conserve streams nationwide.
The Young People's Union met Monday evening in Park Street United Church with large attendance. Le Roy Brown led the meeting Archie Watson read scripture, George Bowen and Donald Hamm sang, Mrs Lynch on piano. President Bob Keane handled business Myrtle Tamblyn read minutes. Summer School delegates Lois Wood John Keane. substitutes Olive Brown Archie Watson. Society split into Red White Blue Groups. Blue Group had best attendance and will be entertained by Red and White Groups. Mr and Mrs Simith sang with Myrtle Smith. Mrs Osterhout spoke on a topic, then games to close.
Daily interests track ice cream consumption by Olympic athletes on multiple trips, reporting the athletes eat far more ice cream than ordinary citizens.
Ontario stallion owners are urged to pay the $2 enrolment certificate fee to L E O’Neill before May 1 at Parliament Buildings Toronto. After May 1 the fee rises to $4 per certificate. Last year 1506 stallions enrolled with various form certificates, and interim certificates were issued.
Harold B. Winalker of Port Hope aged 28 was buried in Union Cemetery. Oshawa’s seven hockey teams including Memorial Cup runners up to be honored at a municipal banquet in the Oshawa Armouries. Rotary Hobby Fair at Port Hope awarded silver shield to Hope Campin for top points. over 500 school children displayed exhibits. District Medical Association met in Belleville with sixty doctors from multiple counties in attendance. Kawartha Lakes tourist plan aims to promote 12 000 booklets in the United States. Inquest at Cobourg found Michael Heffernan of Peterborough drowned. body in Rice Lake for two months. Peterborough chief watched a muskrat battle a fish in the Otonabee river. Merlin Mackie charged with theft of a fire truck in Oshawa. sentence suspended for two years, fine and costs, extra jail option for intoxication after hockey celebration. Thomas Westlick of Port Hope marked his 87th birthday. a former wagon maker, still walks daily though illness limits him to weekly walks.
A spirited account celebrates a gifted speaker from Crooked Creek earning recognition in Clarke Two. The piece playfully muses on English plurals and language quirks, ending with a lighthearted note about the humor of the language.
Raymond Gilmer of Crooked Creek Clarke Township is the sole boy among five prize winners at the Ontario Educational Association event in Toronto. He claimed first prize with the speech I want to be a good Canadian citizen and received a trophy and set of Books of Knowledge.
Scientific curiosity cost the elder Pliny his life in 79 A.D. when he tried to view the Vesuvius eruption at close range and perished.
All lodges attending divine services on the Sunday nearest the 96th day of April will gather. Orone Lodge No. 486 will commemorate on Sunday May 1 at the evening service in Park Street United Church, and all lodge members are urged to attend.
Orono Masonic Lodge hosted Durham Lodge guests in Newcastle for a regular meeting. Bro Martyn from St Clair Lodge in Toronto spoke on mine sweeping during the Great War, describing explosive mines, their placements, detection, and the perilous clearance work after the conflict.
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