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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1948
Page
4
Sunday School held at 10.30 with attendance noted. Binsted spent Monday with Payne. Sid Lockhart of Port Hope visited Mr. and Mrs. King Nicholls. A number from the community joined the Orangemen's parade at Cobourg on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George Martyn of the area were mentioned.
Mr. and Mrs W Mason and Mr. and Mrs George Tufford hosted visitors including Archie Ford and Simon Barrowclough relatives from Port Hope. Church services were led by Dr Che with a sermon on Protestant churchgoing. Local residents hosted and visited family across Port Hope, Newtonville, Mount Pleasant and Peterborough areas during the weekend.
Congratulations to Misses Inez and June Gordon on passing their High School Entrance Examinations. Miss Catherine Stewert visited Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lofthouse in Oshawa. Miss Helen Hoy visits sister Mrs. Donald Oke in Scarborough. Master Rolland Manning spends holidays with friends in Brantford. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan motor trip to Perth for Old Home Week. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderwyck of Toronto visit son Jas. Vanderwyck on the Bailey.
Race placings show Allan Pacey of Roseneath winning the best time with Billy Whistler. Prizes include a $5.00 bill for quickest horse and additional cash for top finishers across multiple paces including Victory Lee and Dorothy Girl as listed in the Cobourg event results.
Improvements at the school include indoor toilets installation a cistern addition and a new fence.
In loving memory of my dear father Clarence Cain who died July 14 1947. His weary hours and days of pain are past and he has found sweet rest at last. Sadly missed and ever remembered by Bertha.
Sixth Line School announces promotion examinations for students advancing grades. Honors conferred for June Gordon Helen Hoy Ross Gay Tom Topham and others. staff Catherine W Stewart oversees tests.
Hydro Chairman Robert Saunders warned at the Ontario Municipal Electric Association meeting that Ontario may face hydro restrictions this fall and winter, possibly by October 1. The Power Commission is studying measures as demand rising by about 1,330,000 hp over 10 years outpaces supply, hoping Quebec water shortages aid contracts.
The Evening Auxiliary is invited to a social evening of games and entertainment on the lawn at Mrs E Brown's home this Thursday. Attendees should gather at the church by 7 30.
WANTED in Orono or vicinity, house or rooms to rent. Mrs. D. Simpson, Phone 51-12, Orono. e26-c.
Twelve Yorkshire pigs six weeks old are offered for sale to Kenneth Hills at 5 R 38 Orono.
In good condition a 19389 Nash four door sedan offered by Wm C Mitchell of Orono or by phone 46 r 10.
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