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Newspaper

Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 17, 1941

Page

8

Visitors and residents gather for local events and homecomings

A string of social notes lists visits by Miss Greta Mercer and others to Orono and Wesleyville, as families from Toronto Marmora and Cobourg vacation here. The Kendal Fife and Drum Band attended the Orange Walk in Cobourg as crowds celebrated the Twelfth of July. The W I met July 9 with weed naming, jam for overseas, and a fish pond planned for Field Day. A baby celebration for Frederick Lance drew friends and relatives including Rev Dr Vining and J Anderson.

Annie Thomipson Wm. Darlington Jackie Garbutt Toronto James Swarbrick Wm. Barkwell Marcia Welcome Dorothy McTaggart Blake Alexander Wm. Mercer Uxbridge Violet Howard Linton Florence Marmora Ted Woodyard Babe Underwood George Mercer Duncan West Hill Kendal Lodge Cobourg Arthur Bostock Jim Bert Bill England W.I Mr. J. Anderson

Multiple Family Gatherings Reported Across Clarke and Adjacent Towns

Starkville notes list numerous couples and relatives visiting and socializing across Clarke Port Hope Westport Oshawa Toronto Detroit and Oswego with gatherings including Bertha Reid Silas Hallowell Geo Jones and Jacob Hallowell among others on a recent Sunday. Broadway and other local families are referenced in holiday style social notes.

Bertha Reid Clarke Silas Hallowell Geo. Jones Port Hope Ethan Jones Wm. Lavery Mary ‘Forrester Westport Alf. Dobson Walker Toronto S. G. Hallowell W. A Chas. Holt Margaret Holt Frank Stone Archie Greenaway Detroit Carrie Rutherford Jacob Hallowell Harry Cowan Fred Cowan Ethel Rutherford Orone

Wedding Bells Ring in Little Buoy Community

Mrs. King of Biggar Saskatchewan visited A Morrow on Monday. Numerous neighbors congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Ross Whittaker of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham on their recent marriage. Miss Annie Forbes and friends held a miscellaneous shower at her home with a reading by Miss Margaret Mackinnon and a presentation by Miss Mildred and Ruby Allen.

King Biggar Sask A. Morrow W. T. Little Orley Chapman Henry Sheppard Port Hope Willam Little Roy Dayman Ernest Bryson Christine Mackinnon Toronto Eileen Morgan Oshawa Ross Patterson William Wannan Montreal Keane Jan Tville Sergt. J. Sproule P.morden Trenton Ross Whittaker Fred ‘Graham Annie Forbes Margaret Mackinnon Mildred Ruby Allen

Britain in the National Exhibition Pageant Compare Rome and Empire

An article links historic Germanic threats to British sovereignty with the present war, using this year’s Canadian National Exhibition pageant "Britannia" to draw parallels between Roman Britain and the modern British Empire.

Britannia Britain

For Sale Beatty Copper Tub Hand Washer

For sale Beatty copper tub hand washer with wringer, looks like new. Cash discount offered. Apply Rolph's Hardware Orono.

Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival Opens with Military Theme

in Nova Scotia the Annapolis Valley festival will run June 6 to 9 with a military atmosphere and proceeds to the Queen's Fund for bomb victims in England. The event features parades pageants and the coronation of the Blossom Queen with a blossom parade and a memorial service at Evangeline Park.

Nova Scotia Annapolis Valley Queen’s Fund England Digby Annapolis Basin Windsor Minas Basin Annapolis Cornwallis British Empire North America Cornwallis Hotel Evangeline Park Evangeline Longfellow Canada United States Canadian Pacific Railway Maritimes N.S Lakeside Inn Yarmouth Algonquin St. Andrews-by-the- Sea N.B Grand Pre

Newtonville notices and travels across many towns

Local residents are cited visiting relatives, returning from trips, and attending events in Cobourg Lindsay Orono Millbrook Port Hope and Caesa ria. Exemptions and census work are noted along with a baptism and a shower for Mr. and Mrs. George Kimball. A Canadian National Exhibitions drum and bugle band from Erie appears in Canada.

Simipson Erie Canada

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