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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
8
The Oddfellows C P T fund committee sponsors a weekly picture show at the Town Hall Orono with attendance increasing returns. The first show is Saturday September 4 followed by a concert on September 11 and picture shows continuing from September 18 onward. Patronage solicited.
Mrs Mabel Leushner visits sister Mrs J T Pearce. Oshaw a and Port Hope visitors, farm sales, and a 90th birthday celebration for Mrs Forsythe. Softball win, sun porch damage from lightning, and a busy church day with Sunday School races and events at Port Britain shores.
Miss Jean Judge of Toronto visits Wesleyville friends while Mr Neal Nicholls recovers from tonsil operation. Harold Barrow welcomes a son as Bill spends weekend with Starkville and Port Hope acquaintances. Mrs Demisl and daughters visit Arthur Hale family. Mr and Mrs Payne host visitors including Snell Holdaway and Eilene Allin. Leo Parnell wed after time with grandparents Porteous Newcastle.
The community reports fast progress on a new road project while a local grocery store enjoys brisk sales. Harvesting and threshing are nearing completion in the district. Mrs. Raymond Chapman returns from the West, and Mrs. Eva Allin visits her sister Mrs. Chapman who is ill with a severe cold. Families including the Chapmans, Bairstows, and Harris gather for weekend visits, while Mr. Orley Chapman buys a new tractor from Keith Bradley. News notes illness of Mrs. J. E. Chapman, now reported as slightly improved.
W A group will meet on Wednesday September 1 at Mrs R Hollingsworth home. Mrs Goad and daughter Margaret of Toronto will join from R Hancocks. Visitors from Port Granby and Newtonville attend church with Rev Morton and Rev Hancock. Ruby Tester visits return to Toronto with Hancock family.
Clarke Union notes show Beverley Fogg visiting with his parents Mr and Mrs George Fogg. Tobacco picking continues among residents Mr Bailey and Mr Bryant. Vernon Saunders of Toronto visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Saunders. Jack Welch of Oshawa called on his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Henry Sinancott. Clare Allen and son John visited Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hills on Sunday.
Mr. Jack Stapleton sells his farm to Mr. Berry who has been on Mr. Robert Littl s farm. Stapleton then buys Mr. Charlie Cooper s farm on the Sixth Lite.
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