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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
5
Dr Neil Colville died in Ordo on Friday July 26 in his fourth year. The funeral was from J J Morris & Co Chapel Bowmanville Sunday July 28 at 4 30 p m. Interment Bowmanville Cemetery.
The L.O.B.A. held a successful strawberry festival Tuesday evening last between the armouries and town hall. Local residents joined in enjoying games and refreshments. The event showcased community spirit and attracted several dozen attendees.
The Times office offers a Port Hope prize list with distribution details. Borden's Rich Cream Ice Cream is sold at Riddell's during hot days. Red Cross Finance Committee thanks attendees for Friday dance. proceeds totaled 10.25 dollars after expenses. A Sturgess family visit includes Mrs. Annie Sturgess and relatives from New York. The Barrett family toured Picton Sand Hills and Lake on the Mountain, with Kingston ferry traffic and trips to Springside Park, Napanee, and Trenton airport.
Local and social items from Orono describe visits in town by Toronto residents and summer travels to Baysville Newcastle and Kingston. A Red Cross meeting is planned and a marriage in August announced. The Orono Girls softball team lost to Oshawa 30 to 12 as readers are reminded of a correction about Mrs Carscadden.
The piece urges all women to register August 19 20 or 21 to support home defence and war production. It stresses early registration, honest answers, and the need to bolster both army strength and civilian labor. Penalties for neglect are noted, with guidance to register at the nearest point.
R McDonald and Harry Davey each tallied a run for Orono while Jim Powers pitched and allowed eighteen hits. Dick Morton surrendered 28 Orono hits over seven innings as the teams produced a compiler’s score.
While returning home from Oshawa on Saturday night, a Toronto driver Richard Frise collided with Thomas Lewis of Orono, throwing the Lewis car into a ditch. Mrs Lewis sustained abrasions and cuts to her right leg and arm, and their three year old daughter also suffered minor cuts. Lewis claimed Frise crossed the white line as his car approached from the opposite direction.
James Lowery, second youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Lowery, escaped serious injury after a fall from a hay load last week. A broken trip rope caused the fork to tilt, throwing him off as a cultivator wheel edge struck his neck. he lost consciousness but doctors said no bones were broken.
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