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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
8
Mrs. JChas Ried and Miss Isabel Bruce are among locals noted as ill or traveling. Various visits occur in Oshawa Bancroft Cobourg and Niagara Falls with gatherings at the Gilmer and Farrow homes. Highway No 2 accidents spark minor damage. The Newtonville Sewing Circle meets weekly with quilts for Red Cross Salvation Army and a clothing box sent.
Pontypool notes list residents visiting relatives in nearby towns, sales attended, and local workplace shifts. Mentions include Lloyd Brown in Peterboro John Trick in Millbrook and families at Moffatt and Farrow households. Deer hunting yields two bucks and plans for peach trees are noted.
The column lists Mr and Mrs Ross Hallowell visiting Peterboro, Mr Jack Paedon returning from Toronto, Jack Benson and his brother Wesley, Mr and Mrs Gordon Trim with friends in Oshawa, Mrs Silver hosting Red Cross quilting, and numerous Hallowell relatives from Toronto with William Hallowell. Also Beulah Hallowell and Norma Hallowell visiting from Toronto and Alberta guests Mollie Hiassard. Other White and Darlington connections with Marple Grove and Cannington.
Mr Jack Barnes hosted at home over the weekend. Families including Crossleys Hendersons Millsons Stringers and Burleys joined gatherings at various homes in Morrish Hermon Clarke Union and near Port Hope. Several couples moved residences for winter work near Port Hope. Numerous Sunday visits noted among extended families.
Miss Annie Wright spent Sunday at home. Pte Albert Marvin returns from Vancouver on short leave. Pte Willys Wright and Gnr Pete Martinell were home from Kingston and Toronto. Visitors from Halifax and Toronto called on Sunday. The Women’s Auxiliaries met at Mrs Soper’s with good turnout. A joint W I and W A meeting is planned for December 10 to elect officers for the coming year.
Rev. S. Littlewood delivered an excellent sermon on Sunday. Mrs. Hugh McKelvey shows slight improvement. Wesley Elliott and wife visited sister Mrs. F. J. Brimacombe with their little grandson. Andrew Morrow completed a Hamilton trip and rests at daughter Mrs. Roy Bryson for the winter.
James Nixon visited Rice Lake on Monday. Silas Souch is under a doctor’s care for a sore foot. Miss Mary Jewell of Bowmanville visited Miss Eileen Souch. Ernest Bowen of Galt visited his parents over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Bruce Drummond visited her parents on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Sam Conlin and Mrs Orley Conlin of Harmony called on Fred Hills. Alvin Foster, once with Silas Louch, is spending days with the Souch. Harry Bailey with Mary Jewell and Hileen Souch visited Peterborough. Full military honors marked the funeral of Lieut Col Cecil T Peterson Cobourg postmaster and 4th Field Brigade commander.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burley of Port Granby celebrate twenty years of marriage with family and friends at a special anniversary gathering hosted by their children.
Mrs Bowditch visits the city while Mr Roy Cochrane serves on Cobourg jury. Schools prep a Christmas tree and install a new heater. Various families travel to Cavan Fleetwood Orono Peterboro. Ransberry improves at home. Ad Hills mill winds up White's bush season. Arthur Curtis moves to Peterboro with six acres and a gift lamp from friends.
Mrs H Morford and James Morford of Cobourg were injured returning from Peterboro when their car left a road near Bewdley. Mrs Morford has a fractured pelvis and bruises and is in Cobourg hospital for observation.
The report notes Russian forces advancing on the southern sector while German units fall back in disorder on other fronts. It also suggests Britain is likely to declare war on Finland, signaling widening conflict.
Local summary of 1941 figures lists net grants for attendance and salaries, noting deductions under Regulation 6 totaling 413.95. It states special township area grants of 100 per section. despite this, overall grants are similar to the present system, with advantages in organization and management.
Vern A Huffman of Port Hope died after a brief illness at home Saturday. Born in Millbrook he moved to Port Hope 30 years ago as a contractor and building mover. Former member of the 1st Maryland Regiment AF, he served as town foreman this year. Survived by wife a daughter and three sons interment in Welcome Cemetery.
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