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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
5
Orono merchants have decked stores for Christmas with festive windows and gift ideas. Local shops offer hard to secure items and a wide range of goods from hardware to apparel, cigars, electrical appliances, groceries, and more. Buy local to support home merchants who provide value and easy exchanges.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union met on December 16 with Mrs. H Walsh presiding. Members shared temperance notes, voted 5 for the budget fund, and planned an early January 57th anniversary entertainment with committees appointed. The session closed with carols and prayers.
Local and social notes from Orono and Clarke Township include Pte Dick Patterson on leave, John Armstrong returning from the coast, Col J C Gamey visiting, and Mrs A W Annis of Tyrone visiting Miss M Davy. Stores will stay open evenings until Christmas starting December 18.
Jeanne Anna Beatty daughter of Mr and Mrs George A Beatty Toronto and Albert George Yorke son of Mr and Mrs George Yorke Orono were wed at Dowlands United Church on November 22 Rev Irvine officiated. Bride wore white slipper satin with fingertip veil and mum bouquet. Maid of honor Ida LaBarr wore blue silk taffeta. Bridesmaids in pink silk taffeta with matching hats. Best man was Sydney Yorke brother of groom. Reception followed at the bride’s parents home with mothers in velvet and blue velour.
The bridal party attended the Savarin for dancing then departed for a trip to Kitchener. The bride wore a green skirt and matching hat with a long green coat. They plan to reside in Toronto. A November 29 hostess tea honored sixty guests at the bride’s home with mums and white décor. The town council granted permission to plant an evergreen tree near the town hall to serve as the future Christmas tree once it grows tall.
The ceremony included the bride, the bride's mother and the groom's mother as guests, highlighting the family’s presence at the nuptials.
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