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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
8
Newtonville area itemized visits and travels among residents from Peterboro to Toronto with social calls in Starkville Colborne and Blackstock. Local women group reports include Christmas Cheer drive for Bowmanville Hospital and a Christmas gift exchange plan for December. A note on mechanical corn picking machines highlights reduced farm labor in the corn belt.
Mayor Alex S McLeese of Oshawa announces definite bid for mayor next year. Several other candidates have intimated they will accept nominations.
The Clarke Union column lists residents with illnesses and visits, woodlot purchases, and travel plans. It covers Miss Marion Rickaby, Wyman Reid, Heber Souch, and others plus a Home and School Club meeting on November 24 with a program of solos and piano pieces and a Boston trip by Mrs W Rolph.
A process for making synthetic resin article luminous has been announced in England and its use during air raids blackouts is being given special study.
The Orone Weekly Times sends best wishes to the paper’s absent reader for Christmas. A note from the staff hopes the holiday finds the recipient well and assures continued news and community coverage awaits upon return.
Mr. Harvey Dudley improves from illness while Miss Annie Drummond heads to Toronto for winter. Miss Margaret Toms visited from Toronto for the weekend as nurse in training. Newcastle Arms host Mrs Siella Anderson returns from New York holiday. Local residents and visitors from Colborne New York and Toronto join gatherings, bridge parties, and library purchases.
Kendal Miss Myrtle Falls visited with Miss Helen Mercer Miss Jean Mercer in Orono and was home for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Hamilton Boyd are holidaying in the city. Annie Wright of near Hampton spent Sunday with her mother. Eber Luxon and family spent Thursday in Oshawa. A number attended the Poval Winter Fair in Toronto last week. Jack Glover and family visited Mrs A Darlington. W A held a successful chicken pie supper last Wednesday. Alyward Little and Mrs Don Little spent the weekend at home. Mrs Stan Gray and Mrs John Mercer Garden Hill called on Kendal friends. Ted Woodyard and Mrs Underwood had tea with Roy and Mrs Cochran. Kendal Young People League invites Shiloh League to visit Wednesday night. Mrs Ab Jackson and Mr Wm Jackson with Mr and Mrs Wm Honey left for Manitoba for W J Vannatto funeral. Mrs Wm Vannan entertained for practice the cast of The Buggins ville Up-Lift Society to be presented December 6 in the Orange Hall. The show will feature musical numbers readings and tap dancing.
Mr A T Perrin took a motor trip to Toronto and Hamilton. Temperance Service at Clarke Church drew attendees. Sympathy extended to relatives of late William Cowan. Mr and Mrs A Irwin, Miss Itelen Pringle and Mr Thomas Hayse of Peterboro visited Mr and Mrs George Henderson. YPA met Wednesday due to Tome and School meeting at Grooked Creek. programme led by Mrs W A Reid.
Miss Meda Tallowell and Miss Kathleen McKay visit Starkville with families. Mr and Mrs J Stark travel with Donna to visit Mrs I B Stark. Mr Gordon Clydesdale visits with his mother Mrs J Clydesdale. Beulah Tallowell of Toronto joins Mr and Mrs G Hallowell, and other pairs from Cameron Mount Forest and Zion visit relatives in Starkville and Toronto including the Savery and Hallowell families.
The column records events in Bowmanville and Toronto including the Durham Club meeting, Rotary night at Maple Grove, and the Goodyear program. It notes deaths of Mrs. A Potter and Mr. Alex Hume, a fire extinguisher history at Porter foundry, and calls for Christmas charity bazaars and clothing donations. It mentions the Canadian Legion Concert on December 2 and a visit to the pumping house for voting details.
Southern Rhodesia citrus growers report a disease called hard fruit attacking trees. They determine boron deficiency as the cause and apply powdered borax to the soil to treat the problem.
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