Orono Carnival and Sports Day Planned for August 20
New Castle Fans Club hosts a carnival and sports day at Orono Memorial Park on August 20 with children races in the afternoon and adults games and dancing in the evening. The Oshawa Sea Cadet Band will lead a parade at 7 30 p m and Roy Forrester and his Tapiece orchestra provide music. Tickets for kids entering events redeemable for rides or treats. a merry go round, clown, and prize games add to the entertainment. Support for the newly formed club is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Oshawa ‘Sea Cadet Band
Orono
Oxono Community Memorial Park
Roy Forrester
Ynity Memorial Park
Local Social Notes Highlight Summers Visits and Church Service
Mrss Gwen Ransberry spent a few days with Miss Stella Best and George Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Malley hosted tea at Og yono Park with Whitby friends. John Moffatt and relatives visited Tulberose Sask. Gordon Moffatt and son Allen visited Bowmansville after a Lake Simcoe vacation. Decoration Services drew a large crowd at Mc Creeai Church with Rev Hancock and special singing by Misses Jean Rainey and Stella Best.
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Gwen Ransberry
Stella Best
George Forbes
Wm. Malley
Ogyono Park
Whitby
John Moffatt
Irving Afkister
Tulberose
Sask
Gordon Moffatt
Allen
Bowmsnville
Lake Simcoe
McCreais Church
Hancock
Jean Rainey
Wedding reception honors LeRoy and wife in Goderich
A July reception in Goderich celebrated Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Brown returning from their honeymoon. About 125 attendees from Huron County agriculture groups heard speeches and performances. The event, in the Pavilion, featured tributes by local officials and a formal address praising the couple and their service as agricultural representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy G. Brown
Clinton
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Huron County
Goderich
Brown
Russell Bolton
Dublin
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
Huron
Lee
Aili
Seek Increase Of Fall Wheat On Ontario Farms
Ontario growers push to raise fall wheat acreage by ten percent or more for the coming season. The Rideau variety shows strong results and registered seed is urged. Good seedbed preparation and 250 pounds per acre of 2-12-6 fertilizer are recommended as many farms prepare land and seed up to nearly 1,000,000 acres.
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Ontario
John D. MacLeod
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Rideau
MacLeod
Parliament Buildings
Toronto
Wesleyville Social Roundup Amid Visits and Picnic
Mrs Vernon Dinner of Lindsey visits Mrs George Dinner while Mrs Ira Beebe meets Mr and Mrs C Beighton. Symons and Snell families gather with Diane Burley of Newtonville. Marie Austin sustains forehead injury at a picnic requiring stitches. Welcome Circuit Picnic at Darkes Beach draws many attendees despite good harvest weather with races and games for youth.
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Vernon Dinner
Lindsey
George
Ira Beebe
C. Beighton
Symons
J. Snell
Diane Burley
Newtonville
Roy Nicholls
Harold Barrowclough
Mac Stapleton
M. Marks
Toronto
Peter Clarke
Utterson
Marie Austin
Local social notes from Starkville and area
Mrs Jackson and Mrs Paeden host visitors in Starkville while Thorne Todd wires a home. Several locals vacation at cottages near Orillia and Bowmanville. August services at Shiloh church are cancelled. Mary Lou Dobson remains for holidays with Maple Leaf Park hosts and various families enjoy weekends and visits.
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Scott
Gladys McElmee
Norma Hallowell
Ewart Robinson and
Ralph Boughen
Bowmanville
Harold Little
Gary
Oshawa
Clara Hearn
Toronto
Thos
Falls
Alfred Dobson
Liew Hallowell
A. Dobson
Mary Lou
Russell Lowery
Maple Leaf Park
Ten Thousand Dollar Prize List For International Plowing Match
Announcement of a 1947 prize list valued at 10 000 dollars by J A Gerrell secretary manager Ontario Plowmen Association. Prizes up 2000 from 1946 include four trips to Great Britain for top tractor and horse plowmen. New classes added with higher prizes for utility events and an eastern Ontario Counties championship opening day.
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J.a.gerrell
Ontario
Hemlock Park Farms
Kingston
Girl Fed Up Ice of Iron Lung Rush in Toronto Fight
Ten year old Annette Elliott, injured in a July 16 shooting at Kendal, was rushed by ambulance to Toronto in grave condition. Doctors at Bowmanville and Wellesley Hospital arranged an emergency iron lung from the Hospital for Sick Children as a life saving measure amid a deteriorating respiration. An operation was postponed as her condition grew more critical despite the lung support.
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Wellesley Hospital
Toronto
Kendal
Annette Elliott
RB. Elliott
Ross
Bowmanville
Annette
Kendal Wins League By Beating Orono In Finale
Kendal defeats Orono 8 to 2 to claim the league title in a tight finals showdown. Pitching by Quantrill and West held Orono’s offense in check while Kendal capitalized with timely hits and errors in the fifth inning to pull ahead.
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Kendal
Orono
Golden Doge manuscript loaned for display at book fair
The original Kirby manuscript Golden Doge is loaned under glass for display at the Canadian National Exhibition book fair. The Women's Building hosts the exhibit with L. C. Serves as owner of the historic Canadian literature piece.
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Kirby
Women’s Building
L. C
Tobacco Farming Growing In Durham County
The article notes Durham County Ontario becoming a major tobacco producer with soil and climate suited to flue cured leaf. It profiles Durham Tobacco Plantations Ltd and the Van Dam family, describes expansion across Cartwright Clarke Hope Darlington Manvers townships, and cites growing industry by Canadian Tobacco Company and local growers including Hoover and Mer cer with kilns and acres planted.
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Canada
Durham County
Ontario
Osaca
Port Hope
Durham
Durham Tobacco Plantations Ltd
Herman Smith
Dell
Simith
Swath
Durham Plantation’s Ltd
Smith
North Carolina
Cartwright
Clarke
Hope
Darlington
Manvers
Norfolk
Kent
Delhi
van Dam
Wallaceburg
Wingham
Pontypool-Burketon
van Dams
Burketon
Cornelius
Jake
George
Pontypool
Highway 35
Desihe
Duquesne
Burketon VanDams
VanDam
Cartwright Township
John Hoover
Otterville
Nestleton
Hoover
Orone
Beyaert
Happy Valley
Heber Souch
Bailey
Ian
Canadian Tobacco Company
Newscastle
Or & Farms
Dominion House
Chas. Stevenson
Harness
Hope Township
Kendal
Bill Mercer
Drive For Hospital Funds Now Nears $1,000 Mark
The Bowmanville Hospital Building Fund appeal for the Village of Ovond shows a total of Shd.35 raised so far with many cash contributions still expected. The article urges all residents to contribute, noting the hospital’s necessity and the community’s sense of ownership as shareholders in this worthy cause.
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Bowmanville
Ovond
Enovel
Clarke Township Council Raises Taxes in 1947 Budget
Clarke Township council met August 6 1947 with full attendance. They approved prior minutes and filed letters on dangerous railway crossings. Resolutions funded Durham Central Agricultural Society and set a 1947 road program. By laws set village rate at 8 mills and Clarke Township rates by category. A dog tax collection study was formed and bills were approved for payment. Council adjourned to September 2 1947.
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Clarke Township
Lowery - McKay
Durham Central Agricultural Society
Lowery-Hawke
McKay-Hawke
C. F. Awde
Orono
Clarke
Morris
J. Randall
Rvs PF
Joseph J. . Mellor
C. B. Tyrrell
Orono Hydro
Town Hall
Ephriam White
OSS Cainere Eoge
J. Allin
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Wete
Mr. and
Mrs
LeRoy Brown
Wesleyville
Starkville
Frontenac
Annette Eliott
Guantrill
Crono
Grono
R. Cornish
Vane Gooper
R. Winter
Fred Lincett
Cooper
Middleton
D. West
Rom
Quantrill
Dr. West
Roy Winter
F. Lycett
Jr. West
Coureaux
T. Mercer
T Mercer
Gilmore
Thompson
Mercer
Kenny
Elliott
West
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