Memorial Service for Lord Baden Powell at Park Street Church
A large congregation joined Boy Scouts and Cubs to honor Rt. Hon. Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell who recently died. Rev. Littlewood spoke of his life from Boer War exploits to founding the Scout movement and his worldwide influence on youth and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden Powell
Orone Boy Scouts
Lord Baden Powell
Lord Baden- Powell
Gilwell
Park St. United ‘Church
Boy Scouts
Cubs
J. J. Mellor
Littlewood
Baden-Powell
Baden- Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Brown Sea Island
Pool Harbour
England
Netherlands
Chmara
A. A. Drummond
R. E. Logan
Edith Dent marries Lawrence Mason in Oshawa ceremony
Edith Lorraine Dent daughter of L A Dent and the late Mrs Dent of Orono wed Lawrence Courtice Mason son of Mrs T G Mason and the late Mr Mason of Bowmanville Ontario in a quiet December 28 1940 wedding at the parsonage conducted by Rev A D Cornett Oshawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Cornett
Oshawa
Edith Lorraine Dent
Reg. N
L. A. Dent
Orono Telephone Co Elects Officers for 1941
The Orono Telephone Company held its annual meeting in the town hall on January 15 with many shareholders present. Officers elected for 1941 were President Heber Louch Vice President Fred Trull Secretary Treasurer W S Cobbledick Controller Anson Gilroy and Director Jas Nixon. The 1940 year end report shows a balance on hand December 31 1940 of 1737 89 with receipts for 1940 of 6861 35 and total receipts 8530 34 and total expenses 6792 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Telephone Company
Orono
Heber Louch
Fred Trull
Sec
Treas
W. S. Cobbledick
Anson Gilroy
Jas. Nixon
Bucksawing Contest Entries Sought in Orono
Entries for a bucksawing contest in Orono on Friday Jan 31 will be received by Percy Lunn. Participants must supply a standard bucksaw. sawhorse and wood provided. First prize is $1.00. Judges are Chas Awde John Armstrong and Chas Tyrrell. Proceeds go to the British War Victims Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Percy Lunn
Chas. Awde
John Armstrong
Chas
Tyrrell
British War Victims Fund
Careless Addressing Delays Thousands of Overseas Mail
Post Corps Headquarters Ottawa reports nearly 4,000 letters and over 1,000 parcels for men overseas could not be forwarded due to insufficient or incorrect addresses. Only 63 letters and 423 parcels were identified for immediate forwarding, while about 2,500 pieces lacked address records and were held for later possible routing if addressees apply or information emerges. Mail should include the soldier’s regimental number rank name service or unit and be sent to Gate Base Port Office Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Corps
Ottawa
Records Office of
The
Army
Postal Corps
Canada
Family Herald Announces New $600 Picture Contest
The Family Herald and Weekly Star launches a nationwide contest offering 600 in cash prizes with 200 top prize. Readers must identify songs represented by clues in comics pictures and song lists. Contest aims to entertain and reward participation across Canada with a familiar format from 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Herald
The
Weekly Star
Canada
Dad
Bailey Joins Dean's Bakery Bread Route in Orono
Local notice confirms Mr Harry Bailey accepted a position with Dean's Bakery in Orono on a bread route. Weather updates note persistent cold and rain from Wednesday to today. Shaw's Restaurant markets ice cream all winter. Bricks priced at 20 cents each or two for 35 cents. Double Dip Cones priced at 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bailey
Dean’s Bakery
Orono
Shaw’s
Canada War Effort Highlights Home Front Developments
A weekly review from January 9 to January 16 notes Dominion Provincial conference postponed after Ontario Alberta and British Columbia oppose the Royal Commission report. New contracts with John Inglis Co Toronto for Bren machine guns. Canada’s 1940 production and war economy rise with a 19 percent jump in early 1940, and a cost of living index around 108.0 in December. A plan to train 100000 war workers is announced with age and veteran preferences. Machine tool output soars eightfold, aided by Citadel Merchandising Co to supply tools. Third group called for compulsory service under Mobilization Act. Netherlands trainees begin military training in Stratford Ontario. War expenditures projected at 850 million for the current fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Royal Commission On
House of Commons
Ottawa
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Commission
Canada
Crown
John Inglis Co
Toronto
Citadel Merchandising Co.,~ Ltd
Netherlands
Stratford
Orono Newtonville War Savings Concert Series Announced
Three local communities announce free evening concerts from January 29 to 31 to support War Savings Stamps and Certificates. Acts include Kirby School Salute to the Empire and patriotic numbers, Bowmanville vaudeville, Newtonville one act plays, and contributions from Crooked Creek Port Granby Lake Shore and Brown's School sections. Doors open at 8 pm each night and stamps are sold at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby School
Newtonville
Flaherty
Bowmanville
Charlie McCarthy
Ladies
Crooked Creek
Port Granby
Lake Shore
Brown’s
Births Marriages and Deaths in Clarke Township 1940
Record lists 15 births 40 deaths with five deaths among township residents. Nineteen marriages recorded. Names of births and ages of the deceased include many aged over 70. Four men died in the Newtonville airplane crash and are named with ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Clarke Township
Ida May Ross
Samson David Yeo
Emma Halfacre
Margaret Jean Stewart
Albert James Staples
George H. Quantrill
Walter Smith Stinson
Elsie Grace Curtis
William James Stutt
Elizabeth Evaline Billings
Ester White
Ann Jane Patton
Lucy Stark McKay
Thomas A. Ashton
John Allen
Russell Gillson
Z. R. Hall
Ellen Jane Ogden
Margaret Winnifred Cuttell
Newtonville
James Edward Nesbitt
Norman Rogers
Oscar David Brownfield
John James Cotter
Matilda Dent
George Edward Barchard
Neil Colville
Isabella Eveline Pierdon
Samuel George Glanville
Lucy Harris Taylor
Jessie Trene McKay
Ling Lee
William Thomas Beacock
Herbert Greir McDonald
Ana Robina Colville
Charles Madison Eddy
Elgin Milton Stapleton
Wellington ©. Ruthven
Francis James Peate
Jennie E. Beamish
Robert Foster
District L.O.L. Holds Annual Meeting and Cemetery Plans
The District L.O.L. met in Orange Hall Newtonville with about sixteen members from Orono Kendal Newcastle and Newtonville. Officers were reelected for 1941 and installed by Past District Master F. W. Bowen. The Orono Cemetery Lot Owners held a meeting with a cash balance of 828.74 and Perpetual Care Fund assets 16500 in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.O.L
Orange Hall
Newtonville
Orono
Kendal
Newcastle
George R. Morton
Melvin Graham
Sidney CC. Hughes
R. R. Waddell
Marshall
J. Hamm
Fin
J. H. Walsh
John Lowery
Raymond Bruce
A. E. Morton
W. H. Davey
F. W. Bowen
8. Littlewood
T. A. Reid
Harvey Curtis of Orono Dies After Illness
Orono mourns Harvey Curtis a longtime resident who died Saturday January 18 after a period of ill health. The funeral was held at his home Tuesday January 21 with Rev. H. Littlewood, and burial followed at Orono Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Harvey Curtis
Littlewood
Vestry Meeting at St Saviour's Church Elects Officers
St Saviour's Church annual vestry meeting reports a healthy parish with a substantial treasury balance. Mgr F J Hall is unanimously reelected Warden and Treasurer. Rector selects George Butters as Warden, R H Allen remains envelope secretary with Mrs Butters and Mrs Murray as assistants. Sidesmen named J H Morris R H Allen C Cowan H Murray. Vestry Clerk elected Mrs Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Saviour’s Church
Mgr. F. J. Hall
George Butters
R. H. Allen
Butters
Murray
J. H. Morris
C. Cowan
H. Murray
Harrison
Neil Colville
War Savings Banks to Be Set Up in Clarke Township Schools
The Clarke Township War Savings drive held January 21 in Orono Continuation School with J J Mellor leading. Lawrence Savery outlined a school banking system used in Newtonville and several schools including Orono, Kirby, Newtonville, Leskard, Lake Shore, Crooked Creek, Port Granby, Lockhart's, Brown's will set up in school. Teachers will report weekly to Township Chairman M J Mellor on progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Orono
J. J. Mellor
Lawrence, Savery
Newtonville
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Scout Movement
Mason
Dent
Banff
Catherine Betts
Spokane
Wash
Western
Catherine
Mile-High
Orono Telephone CO
Community
Orono Public School
William Ronald Sutcliffe
R. H. Sutcliffe
Dolores Rosetta
Ronald Gibbs
Bruce Charles
Wes. Cathcart
James Robert
W. R. Jones
Phyllis Arlene
W. S. Jackson
William Garry
Z. D. Adams
Leslie Ross
J. A. Tennant
James Bruce
C. R. Cochrane
Marlene Gladys
H. A. Layton
Cecilia Anne
C. B. Bruton
Georgina Isabelle
E. G. Martin
John Harvey
H. Sinclair
Hilliard Thomas
H. Simpson
Ruth Winona Elva
Rena Olive Vivian Hoskin
Egerton Harold Hancock
Marion Jéan Ruth Green
John James Scott
Wilma Olive Isobel Cann
William Alford Kenneth Tomlinson
Doris Jane Wannan
John Case Millson
Margaret Dorothy Dickson
Garnet Edward Towns
Alma Bernice Stainton
John Henry Leslie
Eileen May Riddell
William Russell Young
Ruth Margarese Weddell
Edward Ephraim Graham
Rosella Jane Staples
Lloyd George McGahey
Eileen Roberta Morton
Charles Elson Miller
Mary Alberta Tamblyn
Lloyd George, Taylor
Minnie Ida Willis
Charles Aldread
Mary Nobles
Ross Lang
Old Clarke
District
L.O.L. Meeting
Peverenerece Saboeeerseniresenesss
Perpetual Care Fund and Cemetery Co
H. J. Louch
E. J. Hamm
Sec. and Treas
C. F. Ande
Messrs. R. R. Waddell
J. Nixon
C. Miller
R. H. Brown
E. E. Patterson
Chicago
Clarke i
Lang
Waddell
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