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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
1
Clarke Township Council Closes Year with Resolutions
Clarke Township Council held its final meeting of the year on December 16 1940 in Orono. The council approved budget transfers refunds and payments including dog tax rebates and health board costs, authorized end of year road expenses, and passed by laws for annual electors and borrowing up to 5000. The meeting adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Orono Police
J. Pearce
Gordon Martin
Darlington
Fred Wood
Theodore Stephens
Victor Farrow
R. H. Wood
T. A. Reid
Cecil Robinson
J. J. Mellor
Board of Health
E. EK. Patterson
Bert Trim
J. J.W. Stringer
F. B. Lovekin
J. H. Lowery
C.A.S.F
C.N.R
Clarke
Orono
E. L. MacNachtan
W. J. Patton
Wm. Laing
R.H. Wood
B.O.H
Orono Coal and Lumber
E. E. Patterson
J. J. W. Stringer
Orono Weekly Times
Chas. F. Awde
Harris Morton Wedding at Newcastle Anglican Church
Inez Mary Morton and Lawrence Albert Harris united in marriage at Newcastle Anglican Church on Saturday December 14. Rev. Dewdney officiated. The couple planned a honeymoon to Peterboro with plans to reside on Harris’s farm near Orono after the wedding dinner with close family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle Anglican Church
Inez Mary Morton
George R. Morton
Kendal
Lawrence Albert Harris
Albert Harris
Orono
Dewdney
Newcastle
Ed. Morton
Peterboro
Miniature War Drill in Bowmanville Supports War Savings
Three platoons of D Company Midland Regiment staged a mock battle in Bowmanville using rifles and blank ammunition. Crowds watched as advancing forces pressed the 'enemy' through town. Veterans guards marshalled the crowd while Lt. Col J C Gamey and company leaders observed. Ross Strike and his committee handled stamp sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Regiment
Bowmanville
J. C. Gamey
Ou C
Port Hope
Cobourg
C. M. Curtis
D” Company
Ross
The Christmas Dawn Poem Prompting Inner Light
A lyrical Christmas meditation encourages keeping Christ in the heart every day. The poem speaks of Christ’s light dispelling sorrow and calls for cheerful gifts, bright voices, and daily acts of love and kindness as a living Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Francis James Peate obituary for Orono resident
Francis James Peate long time Orono resident dies at age after extended illness. Born in Bowmanville he worked in upholstery and embalming, later ran a furniture store in Orono for 38 years. A former Bowmanville lacrosse player and avid checker, he was married twice, survived by his second wife Haw. Funeral held December 16 at his Main Street home with Rev. S Littlewood. interment in Orono Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Francis James Peate
Mr. Peate
Bowmanville
Richard and
Jane Peate
Upper Canada
United States
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Canada
Levi Morris
Orono
Frank
Nellie Hoskin
Miss Haw
Main Street
Rev
S. Littlewood
Messrs
Henry Haw
Elwood Rusk
Sydney Hallowell
John Mitchell
MacMillan Smith
Milton Pidgeon
For Sale One Cutter in Good Order
For sale a cutter in good order. Apply to George Butters in Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Butters
Orono
Appreciation from Petawawa Camp Leave Men
A note from R. C. A. Camp at Petawawa wishes to express gratitude for gifts tokens and good wishes received during the week ending December 6 9. Gunners M Brown M Clough J Cotter S Couch W Garrod A Grey G Laking A Rowe and H Rowe express thanks on behalf of the visiting soldiers to Newcastle and surrounding community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petawawa
M. Brown
M. Clough
J. Cotter
S. Couch
W. Garrod
A. Grey
G. Laking
A. Rowe
H. Rowe
ORONOITES IN THE WEST
A travelogue recounts a northern and western Canadian circuit through Victoria Vancouver Penticton Okotoks Calgary Saskatoon Regina Swift Current and more. The writer visits old friends notes cheerful family updates and reports strong wartime fundraising by Saskatchewan merchants for a Red Cross motor ambulance. Business mood is positive and people rally for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seattle
Ruth
Victoria
B.C
Vancouver
Addie Moulton
Princeton
Addie
Clara Pollard
Penticton
Curt MecKeen
Alta
John
Bob
Sorie
Mrs.Rowe
Edna
Calgary
Saskatoon
Bertha Waddell
Bertha
Regina
Jim Gilfillan
General Motors
Jim
Swift Current
John J. Gilfillan
West
Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Second Canadian Minister Narrowly Escapes Death On War Mission
Official word from London confirms Hon. C. D. Howe Canadian minister of munitions and supply and two aides landed safely in England after the torpedoing of the Western Prince. Gordon Scott of Montreal, former Quebec treasurer, died during lifeboat rescue operations. 26 survivors were aboard the lifeboat. Howe, Woodward, and Taylor appeared unharmed, wearing borrowed clothes and seeking rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
London
England
C. D. Howe
Gordon Scott
Montreal
Quebec
Western Prince
Scott
Mr. Howe
E. P. Taylor
Toronto
Crit. W. C. Woodward
Vancouver
Col. Woodward
Mr. Taylor
G. Kirkman
New York
Ireland
John Reed
Robert Foster 88 Orono pioneer dies after long service
Robert Foster longtime Orono resident aged 88 died suddenly on December 16. Born in England he farmed and ran a carriage business before shifting to hardware then farming. Survived by two sons Rennie and Amy wife predeceased him. Funeral December 19 United Church Orono at 2 pm. Rev S Littlewood to officiate. Interment in local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Robert Foster
Mr. Foster
England
Listowel
H. Mercer
George Pollard
Kirby
Rennie
Toronto
Wiarton
Amy
United Church
Ralph Found Elected To Boys Parliament In Hamilton
Severe snow storm kept votes light as Ralph Found of Ebenezer won the West Durham seat in the Twentieth Ontario Older Boys Parliament at McMaster University, defeating Ralph Larmer of Nestleton by twenty votes. Ebenezer previously had no representative for a decade since Jim Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Durham
Hamilton
McMaster University
Ralph Found
Ebenezer
Ralph Larmer
Nestleton
Jim Hancock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarke Township Council
Td” Company
Veterans Guard
Vicinity
Yours
Ralph
Tyrone
Newtonville
Zion
Orono Oy
Hichenezer
Courtice
Eldad
Maple Grove Hampton Nestleton
Cadmus
Blackntock
Apeenenenens
Mapeees
Ensens
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