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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
8
Home and School Club Meetings Precede January Schedule
Neighborhood notes show illness and visits among residents. The Home and School Club plans a January 18 meeting led by Mr. Herbert Duvall with officer elections and Sunday School teachers to follow by a social. A January 4 session featured varied music, readings, and a lively program under President Milton Cornish.
Bray finally wins council seat then dies of heart attack
After 22 years of attempting a Hamilton Township Council bid, A. P. Bray of Harwood secured victory in the current election. A phone call announcing the win was followed by a fatal heart attack. Bray led the field in intestants and is survived by his wife four sons and a daughter all at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Township
A. P. Bray
Harwood
Bray
Local Notables Visit and Weekend Guests
Chicago resident Mr Jas Nesbitt returns home for New Year. Mrs Hoskin visits sister Mrs Winslow in Port Hope. Markham’s Mr MacGregor Jones returns for weekend. Elsie Wallace returns to switchboard. Edna Jacques of Toronto visits Rev and Mrs McLachlan. James Stark and Donna spend Sunday with Mrs Ida Stark in Starkville. Skating rink opens Saturday. Alfred Redknapp caretaker this season. Rena Hoskin attends Orono guest night hosted by Mr and Mrs Jas Tamblyn. Ernest LeGalloude, Toronto Normal School student, spends a week at our school gaining practical experience. Sinan of Buffalo and Joe DeCourcey with Cecile DeCourcey visit George Thompson family in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Nesbitt
Chicago
Hoskin
Winslow
Port Hope
MacGregor Jones
Markham
Elsie Wallace
Edna Jacques
Toronto
J. McLachlan
James Stark
Donna
Ida Stark
Starkville
Alfred Redknapp
Rena Hoskin
Jas. Tamblyn
Orono
Ernest LeGalloudee
Toronto Normal School
Sinan
Buffalo
Joe Decourcey
Cecile
George Thompson
Oshawa elects J C Anderson mayor in landslide win
Bowmanville notes a large holiday turnout and reports J C Anderson K C defeating Aldermen Haxton and Carneell by 1545 votes for Oshawa mayor. The piece also covers a newborn Frederick Corden, funerals, severe winter coal shovelling, a death in Toronto, and council plans including a new South Ward school and local industry concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshawa
J. C. Anderson
K.C
Ald
J. Haxton
S. G. Carneell
Corden
Frederick
Re Grenfield
Norman
Cecil
Fred
Victor
Wallace
Charlotte Siemens Annis
Levi Annis
Globe and Mail
John W. Scott
Toronto
W. T. Scott
Scott
E. R. Bounsell
Renwick
Trinity United Church
Sydney Davison
Jones
South Ward
C.N.R
Messrs. Little
Bivans and Searle
Bata ‘Shoe Co
Barbara Reid thanks voters in Tyrrell's Drug Store Popularity Con
Barbara Joan Reid expresses gratitude to friends who voted for her in Tyrrell's Drug Store Popularity Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Joan Reid
Tyrrell
Traq Bans Shipment of Arms to Other Countries
Traq announces a ban on shipping arms and ammunition to foreign nations. The move targets international transfers and aims to curb weapons proliferation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traq
Community Notices From Cowanville and Area
Mr and Mrs P Beauderie and Mr and Mrs George Henderson attended events in Cowanville. Mrs A T Perrin moved to Toronto with her husband. Comstock and Audrey of Bowmanville joined Stanley Porteous and Cecil Henderson in Whitby as he starts at Ontario Ladies College. The January meeting of the Women’s Association met at Mrs Charles Cowan’s with good attendance. They plan a social evening February 14 with details to follow. The next meeting will be at Mrs Layton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock and
Audrey
Bowmanville
Stanley Porteous
Woman’s Association
Charles Cowan
Layton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowmanville Dairy
Australia
Bill Cody and
Andy Shufford
the Mounties
Royal Canadian North- West Mounted Police
Joan Bennett
Neighborhood News
Leseard
George Chater
Stanley Ball
Harry Fraser
Milton Cornish
Harold Cobbledick
Home and School Club
Herbert Duvall
Canada
Gwen Gray
Orono Brass
Robert Chaters
John Coryell
Hartwell Lowery
Norman and
Gilpert Dent
Orono Brass Quartette
Old Village Choir
Fred Bowen
Velma Cowan
Ocarina
James Lowery
Gwen
Muriel Tenant
Tamblyn
Redmill
HAM
Dean’s Bread
HEINZ
Bailey
Per Doz
Tyrrell’s Drug Store
Kodaks
Jergen
Hind
Dey
Ats
Ayerst
Tyrrell’s
Woodbury’s
Newport
Oronosc
Cowanville
P. Beauderie
George Henderson
Mrs
A. T. Perrin
Mr. Perrin
Cecil Henderson
Ontario Ladies’College
Whitby
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