Orono and area notes of visits and travel amid town events
Local notes detail residents visiting relatives in Toronto Muskoka and Ottawa and returning home from trips. Many names appear including Miller Sheppard Mellor Grady Armstrong Forrester and Tamblyn. Other items cover highway work weather delays Lions Carnival postponement and a large Park Street Church service with a sermon by J J Mellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street Church
J. J. Mellor
W. 8. Cobble
Re-enactment of 1885 Last Spike Ceremony At Revelstoke
Col. Mallandaine watches as Kinsmen of Revelstoke reenact the 1885 last spike event during Dominion Day celebrations. Proceeds aid local charities including the Milk for Britain Fund and Revelstoke Civic Centre. The mallet from Lord Strathcona was sent by the CPR to add authenticity to the tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casati Pacific Railway Company
Canada
Craigellachie
B.C
Edward Mollandaine
Creston
Revelstoke
Kinsmen Milk For Britain Fund
Revelstoke Civic Centre
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Donald A. Smith
Ater
Strathcona
Col. Mallandaine
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Sheppard
Muskoka
J. J. ‘Mellor
Balsam Lake
Ruth Grady
Hamilton
Mrs. John Armstrong
Rev. S. Littlewood
Baysville
Haliburton
Orono
Ras.m. George McKenna
Peterboro
R. R. Edmunds
Marjorie MccDowell
Millbrook
Jas. C. Tamblyn
Vernon (Saunders
Toronto
Mrs
Arthur Saunders
Tom Lewis
Gore’s Landing
Rice
Beatrice Hamm
E. J. Hamm
John Grady
R.C.A.F
Franklin Tamblyn
Uplands
Ottawa
A. B. Seaman
R. C. Forrester
Cornwallis, N.S
Cedar Harbor
Lake Simcoe
George
Jeanne Forrester
Camp Cottam
Windsor
Farm Service Force
James Dickson
Mrs. Beck
Geraldine
M. Fowler
Detroit
Jis
Stan. Payne
Beverley
Lake Scugog
W. H. Brown
R. H Brown
H. J. Leslie
Florence
Jean and
Ginweneth
Canton
J. H. Leslie
Myr
W. J. Riddell
Miss Stella
The
Dean Carscadden
Bowmanville
Lake Ontario
Pete. Lunn
Rice’ Lake
Lions Club
D. Carscadden
J. Elliott
H. Galbraith
Marjory Galbraith
Blackstock
Della ‘Cheaney
J. Eagleson
R. H. Brown
W. H. ‘Brown
Colin Taylor
Sheppard Family
Orono Flour Mill
Park ST. United Church
Mr. J
Mellor
Proverbs
Moffat
ROYAL
Ray Mill and
Ruth Hussey
Donald Crisp
Rebecca
MR. Wise Guy
East Side
PECOS
Dick Foran
Anne Nagel
Beauty
RED Skelton
Esther Williams
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Tartu
Robert Donat
Valerie Hobson
Orono Tinshop
R. E. Logan
Heinz Products
Prime Commercial Beef
J. J. Cornish
VanCamp
Zine Ring
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