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Newspaper

Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jan 18, 1940

Page

8

Canton Short Courses Attract District Youths In January

Ten days of courses in home economics for girls and agriculture for boys in Canton draw about 35 girls and 30 boys per session. Visitors report Canton as one of the best girls courses. classes feature updated equipment and livestock judging by local farms. Upcoming programs include soils and fertilizers, rope making, poultry demonstrations, and sheep marketing with invited adult visitors welcome.

Howe Canton Mary Clarke Women’s Institute Toronto Hydro Electric Commission of Ontario Mir Alf. Outram Port Hope Brooklin Oshawa Frank Batty Douglas Thompson Wm. Dryden Ray McLaughlin IR. J. Bryden B.S.A O.A.C Guelph

Neighborhood News Highlights and Local Happenings

Kendal community notes visitations and illnesses as flu spreads with Mrs. Skelding and Mrs. George Mercer among those visiting. Mrs. Halfacre ill. several residents affected while others join services and military duty. W I meeting and crafts planned. charity sale and social events described. Whale oil price noted in Germany at sixty dollars per ton.

Skelding Bowmanville Geo Mercer Wright Wes. Cathcart Wm. Wannan Wim. Patterson George ‘Clarke Beatricee Thompson Toronto Kendal R. L. Hoye Elizabethville Halfacre Ige Ted Woodyard Shutka L. D. Bell F. Falls A. Jackson Cecil Glass Bert Bostock C.AJS/F Bill Jack Jim Bostock Helen Bostock W. I Wm. Patterson Stoker Katie Stewart

Newtonville Ledger Notes Weather and Social Ties

A Newtonville district column reports widespread cold symptoms and multiple social visits including Mrs Luxon to Mrs McCullough and Miss Ross’s funeral in Port Granby. Church service canceled due to a storm. local events cover Winter School, hockey in Toronto, and a United Church WMS meeting with notes on finances, quilts, calendars and the new study book Moving Millions.

Berniece Milligan Rena Hoskin Clarence Mitchell Canton Wm. Stapleton John Stapleton Alvin Jones Port Hope Willis Farrow Robert Burley Sr Mabel Langstaff Wm. Burley Tda Ross Thomas Brown Port Granby United Church Newtonville Cecil Robinson Missionary Monthly Mliss Laing Biles MicLachlan

Local Village Notes and Engagement News

Master Alan Cornish spent the week end with his grandmother Mrs Cornish. A Home and School Club meeting is set for Thursday January 18. Mr Angus Loucks is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Loucks. Audrey Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin, reports her dog poisoned. Congratulations to Mr Jack Hannant on his engagement to Miss Lena Shackleton of Caesarea. Jack, formerly with Mr George Pollard, now works at a tannery in Omemee.

Luxon Millbrook George McCullough Fred Woodham Toronto Harry Woodham Presbyterian Church George Stapleton Sr Port Hope Earl Walkey Ed. Miililson J. McLachlan Ronald W. F. Rickard Mup Newcastle Alan Cornish Cornish Home and School Club Angus Loucks Walter Loucks Audrey Martin Clarence Martin Jack Hannant Lena Shackleton Caesarea Jack George Pollard Omemee

Community Notes From Clarke Union Section

Mrs Hogarth is being cared for by Helen Scott in Hampton. Bill Dawson cut wood in the area. his wife and daughter visited Mrs George Fogg last week. Cold sufferers common as mand remains. Roads icy after Sunday rain and cold snap. England food prices up 18 percent from a year ago.

Helen Scott Hogarth Hampton Bill Dawson George ‘Fogg Mand

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