Reading Club outlines Pearl Buck life and Kinfolk reading
Mrs. William Bunting led a Reading Club on Tuesday to discuss Pearl Buck author of My Several Worlds. She traced Buck’s life from West Virginia to China, her Nobel Prize and Welcome House work, and her unhappy first marriage. The group selected Kinfolk for reading and noted Buck’s portrayal of a Confucian philosophic father and a Chinese American family adjusting to modern China.
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William Bunting
Reading Club
Pearl Buck
Port Hope and Cobourg Mayors Named Vice Presidents
Mayor Michael Wladyka of Port Hope and Mayor J A Heenan of Cobourg were elected vice-presidents of the executive of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves after the three day Fort William conference. Wladyka will sit on the executive committee and Heenan on the labour relations committee. A Port Hope resolution to amend the Municipal Act to allow demolition of abandoned buildings passed unanimously. a Cobourg resolution to allow Sunday hunting was defeated.
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Michael Wladyka
Port Hope
J. A. Heenan
Cobourg
Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves
The
Association
Fort William
Heenan
Wladyka
Elgin Street
Local News Notes From Ottawa Valley Beekeepers Meeting
Mrs Jack Arnott attended the Ottawa Valley Beekeepers meeting over the holiday weekend. Mr and Mrs S B Rutherford leave Friday for Scotland for three weeks. Visitors over the July 1st holiday included Mrs Harold Snell and Bobby and Master Mark Donovan from Toronto, Mr and Mrs George Flegg of Oshawa, Miss Elizabeth Munro from Grenach Scotland, and Mr and Mrs Bob Ewing of Toronto visiting Mrs M H Staples. John Duvall passed Grade VIII piano, Karen Lowery Grade VII with First Class Honours, pupils of Mrs M H Staples. Music results noted for Gr II Theory and Gr I Piano. Mr and Mrs Julien De Paepe visited daughter Simone Groenveld in Simcoe. They attended the wedding of their niece Dianne Simesael to Mr Jim Laking in Langton.
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Ken. Gamsby
Harold Snell
Bobby
Mark Donovan
Toronto
George Flegg
Oshawa
Elizabeth Munro
Grenach
Scotland
Bob Ewing
M. H. Staples
John Duvall
Karen Lowery
Julien de Paepe
Simone
Paul Groenveld
Simcoe
Lawrence de Poorter
Dianne Simesael
Jim Laking
Langton
Harness Race Entries at Crone Friday Evening
The Crone harness meet lists ten races with entrants across divisions. Notable names include Moorelands Alice Prince Ogden Lorraine Hal Old Tomorrow Ar magon Gratton Bobby Dillard Vinge Adios Fleetwood Admiral and The Leo Bruce Jaydee Flashy Tim Titan Song C Rod Wyn Todd Favorite Valley Sycamore Jean. Other entries include Jaco Chief Lil Buck Kawartha Cathy Blue D Ernes Hindsake Beau Blazes Mr Harvey Kawartha Candy and Minor B Fastry Molly Van Little Timmy P Sir Blaze Away Sly Frost Nanty Joe Single Sarah.
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Pace Moorelands Alice
Prince Ogden
Lorraine Hal
Old Tomorrow
Armagon Gratton
Bobby Dillard
Vinge Adios
Fleetwood Admiral
Champ Morey
Philip Paul
Happy’s Mac
Avis
the Tag
Van’s Pride C
Pace
Molly Hay Lea
Torro
Carl W Gratton
Jimmy Belwyn
Barbara D Pride
Lady Dean
Thoughtful Cass
Addworthy
Black Island
Margaret Hal
Bob Ben Abigail
Sundae
Mae Gratton
Famous Pick
Parkview Ann
Rosedale
Cal
Royal Duke
Miss Hope Dillard
Frisky Herbert
Jerry Hat
Erin Spencer
Bud Gist
the Leo
Bruce Jaydee
Flashy Tim
Titan Song
Rod
Wyn Todd
Favorite Valley
Sycamore Jean
Minor B
Fastry
Molly van
Little Timmy P
Sir Blaze Away
Sly Frost
Nanty Joe
Sarah
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Lovelace
Mac- Gil
Hasselbad
Schlesinger
Berne
Secret of the Emerald Star
Whitney
Baden-Powell
Reynolds Casey
Thayer
Hippo
Standon
Port Hope Guide
D. Rogerson
Crono, Ontario
Callus
Jack Arnott
Ottawa Valley Beekeepers Meeting
Mrs. S. B. Rutherford
Marie Yeo
Patti Lunn
Crone
Call Me
Spud
Adorn
Able Princess
Char den Craig
Margaram
Harry Tiger
Ruth M
Jaco Chief
Lil Buck
Rusty Mac Herbert
Kawartha Cathy
Blue D’ernes
Hindsake
Beau Blazes
Mr. Harvey
Kawartha Candy
Jimmy Whistler
Meadowview Byrd
Dream’s Gal
Sun C
Valley
Uncle Ben’s Girl
ORONO
Shopper
United Church
Orono Pastoral
B. E. Long
Orono United Church
Newcastle
Kirby
Leskard
Park Avenue
Jack
King St
E. Bowmanville
Wilf Hawke
Oshawa and District Real Estate Board
Orono Building
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