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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1954
Page
19
The item records various family updates and visits across Ontario and England. Don Buckley breaks a foot after a fall, Ron Sutcliffe returns home after appendicitis surgery, and multiple families including the Robbins, Duvalls, Thompsons, and Claysons visit Lindsay and Bowmanville with other relatives visiting from Toronto, Devon, and Guelphages.
Mrs L Thorne and Mrs Alva Swar Brick are enjoying a week long vacation at Rice Lake with relatives from the area. The pair plan to visit local sights and relax by the lake during their stay.
Oshawa and Toronto residents visit local families including Miss A Brereton of Toronto and Mrs Ray Moore and sons. Mr and Mrs Eddie Couroux host relatives with H K Reynolds and Herb Reynolds. Harold Little and family visit Mrs Thos Falls. Rev H J Pike urges a brief postservice gathering at Kendal United Church. Newtonville Church plans a specie service on the second Sunday in September to open the Sunday School after renovations. The Kendal congregation may move the service to the evening that day. Pike speaks of the word of God as light and guidance.
The article explains Magnetic Hill near Moncton New Brunswick where cars seem to roll uphill while drivers think they are going downhill. An optical illusion draws visitors as a stream appears to flow uphill and a magnet-like pull makes walking feel opposite to the slope.
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