Durham Fifty Bushel Wheat Club Contest Details
Newcastle August reports detail the Ontario Fifty Bushel Wheat Club with fourteen counties using Cornell 595. Durham County's samples from thirteen fields, judged on field score, show yields around 40 bushels per acre with some fields reaching 50. Winners from Stanfield VanCamp to Orme Parker listed, prize money totals 385 dollars to Royal Winter Fair entrants.
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Durham County
Ontario ‘Crops Branch
Maple Leaf Milling ‘Company
O. Parker
Cornell
Royal
Maple ‘Leaf Milling Co
The
EB. A. ‘Summers
J. T. Brown
Local Notes and Visits Fill Civic Holiday Weekend
Enterprise notices report Mr Donald McLeod's return and sympathy for Mrs Henry Suecee on her brother's death. Numerous visits span from Toronto to Newcastle and Fergus, including Audrey Cochrane's weekend home stay, and a Gordonville wedding of Russell Moffatt to Doris Mighton at Melbourne United Church on July 24.
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Donald McLeod
Henry Suecee
Falkner
Chas. Taylor
Bethany
Fred Graham
Merle
Len. Alldread
Ernie Seaman
Brampton
Middleton
Toronto
Anne
John Moffatt
Russel Moffatt
Doris Mighton
Fergus
Melbourne United Church
Community Notices From Cowanville Port Hope and Newtonville
Elwood and Mrs Rusk host in Cowanville with visitors from Port Hope Newtonville and Toronto. Helen Hallowell returns from Port Hope Grandparents visit. The Hollingsworths Hermon Dunlop party and Hendry family gather at James Simpsons. No service at Clarke next Sunday due to Decoration Day at Newtonville cemetery. Rev R E Morton to lead service following Sunday.
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Elwood Rusk
Toronto
Sid. Hallowell
Helen Hallowell
Port Hope
Henry Rusk
Sid Hallowell
Willis Farrow
Newtonville
C. Burley
Hermon Dunlop
Roland Hollingsworth
Robert Hendry
Bowmanville
Dorothy Simpson
James Simpsons
Clarke
Newtonville Cemetery
R. E. Morton
Cornell 595 Seed Offered By Local Growers For Trial
Farmers are invited to try a new wheat variety named Cornell 595, described as the best the speaker has driven a bin of. Local growers will have Cornell 595 seed for sale and can be contacted through the listed growers.
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Cornell
Ontario
Durham Girls Sought Softball Championship Rained Out
Rain halted the Ontario district Junior Farmers field events at Belleville on Friday July 27. Durham county girls led two softball wins 22–2 over Hastings and 18–7 over Victoria to reach the finals against Northumberland while Peterboro faced Lennox and Addington in the boys final. Track heats produced no winners.
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Ontare
Ontario
Belleville
Durhm County
Peterboro
Lennox
Addington
Durham Girls
Hastings County
Iectoria
Northumberland Girls
Prince Edward County
Frontenac
Victoria
Northumberland
Durham County
Lennox and Addington
W.mcintyre Hood
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Taxation Rate Set By Clarke Township For 1948
Clarke Township council met August 3 1948 with all members present. They approved minutes, discussed Lake Shore access for residents Kimball Kimball Crysdale, and instructed the clerk to seek earliest survey results from the Highway Department. Other actions included tax rate by laws, grants to the Durham Central Agricultural Society, a police village levy, caretaker hires, road maintenance talks, and adjournment for September 1948.
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Clarke Township
Orono
E. J.randall
J. J. Mellor
Orono Times
Ghantty Escorses Ass
Orono Hydro
Town Hall
Harold ‘Souch
C. J. Ailen
Val- Ter
SeeereeSeet
Bowlers To Draw Up Schedule On Friday
Crone Lawn Bowling Club reports over twenty members with bowls available at low prices. On Friday at 7 pm at the park bowling green, members will draw up the team schedule and begin the Summer and Fall contest. Leroy Hamilton treasurer handles remaining bowls. All are urged to attend and invite friends.
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Crone Lawn Bowling Club
Leroy Hamilton
Vanstone's Mill Hit in Bowmanville Robbery
Thieves entered Vanstone's Mill in Bowmanville on Thursday July 22 and stole 1 000 empty bags and a typewriter. Entry was through a basement window. a truck aided loading. A similar Cobourg attempt led to a robber's arrest and a Toronto search uncovered the typewriter. No safe was taken.
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Vanstone’s Mill
Bowmanville
Sidney Venton
Cobourg
Toronto
Leskard couple wed in village church ceremony
Jean Florence Fee and Gerald Duvall were married at Leskard village church with officiant A. E. Eustace. The bride wore Princess blue faille and received a wrist watch as a gift. Out‑of‑town guests came from Millbrook Barrie Peterborough Toronto Grimsby and Winnipeg. The couple will reside in Leskard after a Gravenhurst bouquet stop en route home.
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Leskard
Jean Florence
Norman Fee
Gerald Duvall
Earl Duvall
A. E. Eustace
George Carson
Arlene Boyd
N. Fee
Millbrook
Barrie
Peterborough
Toronto
Grimsby
Winnipeg
Gravenhurst
Orono Fair oat crop results show top ten entries
Ten oats entered the Durham Central Agricultural Society competition judged by F Marrit on Saturday July 24. The results list the top ten as John Cruickshank Jas Brown Chas Tamblyn Garnet Rickard Colin Smith Allen Hendry Alfred Alln W J Rickard & Son J W Boyd & Son and Wm Boyd.
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Durham Central Agricultural Society
F. Marrit
John Cruickshank
Jas. Brown
Chas. Tamblyn
Garnet Rickard
Colin Smith
Allen Hendry
Alfred Alln
W. JF. Rickard & Son
Opening of the New Methodist Church at Orono 1862
The Orono Methodist Episcopal Church opened with the laying of the cornerstone on June 25 and dedication on December 14. The 40 by 60 foot brick Gothic building seated 26 feet tall, cost just under three thousand dollars, and cleared its debt after a series of dinners, teas, and a sacred music concert raising about 1,200 dollars. Builders R Ruddick J L Tucker B Thornton credited. congregants from Orono and beyond attended.
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New Methodist Episcopal Church
Orone
L. B. Caldwell
C. V. Lake
Wm. Hill
James Carscadden
H. Billings
N. E H. Scott
H. Ede
Orono
Henry Munro Esq
M.P.P
L B. Caldwell
James Curts
Brooklin
J. L. Tucker
Richardson
J. Curts
E. Roberts
Bible Christian
George Lawrence
Presbyterian Church of
Clarke
Bishop Richardson
Bishop Smith
J. Gardiner
Messrs. R. Ruddick
B. Thornton
Durham County Homemaking Club Girls Promote at Peterborough Fair
A number of Durham County Homemaking Club girls will represent the county at Peterborough Fair Junior Section on August 26. The Blackstock Chibs kit skate, Packing a Weekend Bag, features Jean Toms and Velm Tripp. Bessie Hills of Tyrone Club will exhibit A Table Set for Two and provide the comment.
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Durham County
Peterborough Fair
Jean Toms
Velm Tripp
Peterborough
Bessie Hills
Tyrone
Poliomyelitis Prevention Emphasized For Public Health
A Ontario public health advisory outlines poliomyelitis causes and spread, stressing sanitation and public cooperation. It highlights sewage and flies as transmission routes, peak summer months, and steps to prevent infection including food protection, fly control, sanitary toilets, proper washing, safe milk and water, and avoiding crowds.
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Newcastle
Durham
Dawsons
Stanford VanCamp
Nestleton R BR
Bruce Tink
Hampton R
Walter W Longyear
Campbellcroft RR
Elmer Scott
Campbellcroft
Lloyd Kellore
Ernest Larmer
Nestleton
Russell Bragg
Bowamaville
Hampton
Orme Parker
Mel Mc Holm
Wilter Reynolds
Ek Cowanville
M. Kimball
J. Kimball
Lloyd Crysdale
Lake Shore
Municipal Association
Kingston
Lowery
Brown
William Watson
Department of Highways
Everett Brown
Brown-Lowery
C. F. Awde
McKay - Davey
W.W
Bowmanville Hospital
Ganaraska
Davey McKay
Vanstone’s
Patricia Page
Herb Duvall
Bruce Hallyard
Dave Fee
Park Street
United Church
Wesleyville
Murray Payne
Oak Lakes Camp
Sanguine
Sunderland
George Tufford
M. G. Dodds
C.payne
Lloyd Burley
Diane
Gloria
Roy Nicholls
Spragee
Elizabeth
Monica
Harold Barrowclough
Toppin
Colborne
Hayden
Arnold ‘Austin
John Woolacott
George Woolacott
Port. Hope
Oke
Carroll Nicholls
Arnold Thorndyke
Harry Meeking
Jack Meeking
Norma Blizzard
Billy Meeking
Walter Longyear
Alec, Kelly
Elizabethville
W. Davey
A. Alger
Oshawa
J. Eagleson
Robert
EK. Sherwin
Bobcaygeon
Mrs.Littlewood
Lake of Bays
R.S. Caldwell
Mrs. Littlewood
Muskoka
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