Leskard October Visitors and Local News Notes
Leskard and area residents host guests and report on travels and injuries. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Thorton Queensville, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Tennant, and others from Oshawa and Toronto. The Prusts plan August stay and Vir Prust nears completion of their permanent home. The Lowery hand injury is noted as a potential inconvenience during busy harvest time. Church activities paused for August with donations listed and social visits across nearby towns including Guelph Brantford Pickering Hamilton and Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Thorton
Queensville
Parker
Oshawa
Arthur Tennant
Reeve
Hartwell Lowery
Leroy Hamilton
Mr. Lowery
Charles Prust
Lynn
Edwin Ball
Prust
Guelph
Norman Fisher
Fred Kelly
Orono
Dave Fee
Walter Cornish
James Pollard
Joan Tennant
Elaine Sutcliffe
Cain
Toronto
Hamilton
J. Fee
R. H. Sutcliffe
Pickering
Terry Cain
Leskard
Mr. L. Barnes
Brantford
Ontario fire prevention plan targets Indian trappers
The extension of the Ontario Government forest fire prevention plan was announced by Minister of Lands and Forests Welland S Gemmell. The program aims to teach Indian trappers proper fire prevention methods after several fires in spring were blamed on burning muskrat marshes in the Patricia area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Welland S. Gemmell
Patricia
Former MPP Passes After Years of Public Service
The obituary notes the life of an MPP and former Official Receiver for two years with ties to the Agricultural Society and Hope Lodge A F and A M. He served three years as president of the Durham County Liberal Association and was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1937. Funeral at Elizabethville on Friday August 15 at 2 30 p m officiated by Rev E Udell. Interment in Orono Cemetery. George Forbes sold his service station to Murray Barrie and will build a home on Liberty Street North Bowmanville to pursue landscape gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township of Hope
F.C.A.A
Agricultural Society
Hope Lodge
Durham County Liberal Association
Ontario
Port Hope
Canada Permanent Mortgage Company
George Forbes
Murray Barrie
Forbes
Liberty Street
Bowmanville
Orono
Ont
Roger Joseph McIsaac
Nydia Leigh
Chilton Rd
Mary Loretto
The
Trinity
Alice
James
John
Catherine
William Duffy
F. Rosar
Sherbourne St
Holy Name Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
Ted Cooper
Oshawa
C. V. Cooper
C. F. Awde
Silver
Frank Cooper
Ballyduff
Colin Taylor
Sadie Brown
Mildred Holdaway
Warkworth
Chas. Wood
Geo, Armstrong
Timmins
John Armstrong
Donald Staples
Toronto
Robert Cooper
Ronnie
Bob
Manufactor
London
Myrtle Tamblyn
W. J. Rowland
Forest Fire Prevention Plan for Trappers in Western Region
District officers of the Western Region will attend Indian trapper meetings and Treaty payment gatherings to give forest fire prevention instruction and show films. Similar courses will be repeated when trappers receive licences in September, with other districts expected to adopt the method when fires are linked to trappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Region
Wees
Local Social Notes and Death in Orono Area
Local residents report visits and holiday gatherings across Ontario communities including Orono Oshawa Bowmanville Port Hope and Peterborough. Notable items include Roger J McIsaac of Orono who died suddenly presented with funeral details and interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carole Grant
Girl Guide
Pidgeon Lake
James Cameron
Roy
Orley Chapman
North Country
Manitoulin Island
Ern. Nicholson
Elsie Richardson
Jean Syer
Mrs
Ern. Syer
Harry Berry
Normie, Linda
Kathie
M.P.P
Elizabethville
Rev. E. Udell
Orono Cemetery
Ontario Department OF Highways
Geo. H. Doucett
Brunswick Sardines
Quik
Nestle’s
Peas
Culverhouse
Wm. Knight
Cookstown
R. E. Logan
Mrs. B. Atwell
Detroit
Percy Morgan
Cliff Dunlop
Perth
Lorne Thompson
Blackstock
W. S. Cobbledick
W. J. Stainton
J. D. Brown
Lake Scugog
Mr. Wm. Rowland
Howell Rowland
Mrs. J. Turner
Bob Stevens
Jas. Dickson
Mrs. Beatty
Garden Hill
E. H. Harris
John Forrester
David
Bruce Tennant
Alcona Beach
Lake Simcoe
United Church
Orono Pastoral Charge
John Kitchen
Kirby Or
Crusader’s Bible Club
Albert St
Mercury
Lincoln
White Rose Gas and Oil
B.F. Goodrich Tires
Hartley H. Barlow
Orono, Ont
Aeroxen
Creamery
Armstrong
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