Orono Kendal Institute Meeting Plans War Work Sale
The Orono Women's Institute met last Friday with about twenty members. They planned a Saturday August 8 sale of homemade cooking using wartime recipes and Vita-min B flour from J. J. Cornish's. They discussed war work quilts and blocks for future blankets, collected woollens for blankets, and reported jam production for overseas shipments.
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Orono Women’s Institute
J. C. Tamblyn
J. J.cornish
D. Myles
George Bowen
M. A. ‘Carleton
Jackson
Institute
Miss Rowe
Barbara Ann Rolph
O. W. Rolph
Recruiting Drive For Veterans Guard In Canada
Kingston July 28 An intensive three week recruiting drive to boost the Veterans Guard of Canada proceeds in Military District No 3 with national scope across all districts. Lieut Col W H D MacMahon says volunteers from districts meet to align campaigns. He notes the VGC roles in World War II echoing their WWI service and urges former comrades to join.
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Kingston
Veterans Guard of Canada
W. H. D. MacMahon
A. UL. Normandin
le Regiment de Hull
Ottawa
MacMahon
V.G. of .C
Jury rules Miller death natural in Peterboro coroner inquest
A coroner's jury in Peterboro concluded Burton C. Miller died of natural causes after a three week illness. The inquest followed a car collision last September 28 involving Chief Draper of Toronto, who was later fined 300 dollars for dangerous driving. The verdict cites subdural hemorrhage as the death cause with medical testimony supporting natural deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton C. Miller
Peterboro
Miller
Gordon D. Conant
D. C. Draper
Toronto
Chief Draper
Burton Miller
C. B. Waite
Oshawa Receives New Band Shell From Col McLaughlin
More than 4,000 people gathered at Memorial Park Oshawa Friday night as Col I S McLaughlin presented the city with a new band shell built through his generosity. Mayor Gifford accepted amid applause after a ceremony featuring the Civic and Regimental bands and boy choristers. Memorial plaques were unveiled and a ceremonial flag display accompanied a high school musical program.
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Memorial Park
Oshawa
Col. I. S. McLaughlin
W. H. Gifford
Oshawa Salvation Army
St. George’s Anglican Church
St. George’s
Land of Hope and Glory
Col
McLaughlin
Col. McLaughlin
Mayor Gifford
Oshawa General Hospital
FT Abactiane Dawit
Canada War Fronts Weekly July 16 23 1942 Digest
A compact review of home front developments including synthetic rubber targets for 1943 and annual output hopes, Canadian shipbuilding progress with 65 merchant ships planned by December, and most Japanese fishing boats resuming fishing under non-Japanese ownership. Reports on coastal defence secret session, British child arrivals, sugar ration cards for service and hospital staff, Japanese relocation in British Columbia, and new allocation priorities for essential materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Japan
Innis
Toothpaste Tubes Gathered for Government Salvage
Battered toothpaste tubes are marked Important by the Salvage officer. Turn in collapsible tubes at any drug store for government salvage. Chas Tyrrell, local druggist, collects used casings on his counter. Tin from the tubes will plate water canteen lids needed by the armed forces. It is unlawful to discard collapsible tubes.
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Chas. Tyrrell
Quiet wedding ties Baldwin and Pingle at Orono
May Rose Baldwin and Ronald Pingle wed at Park Street Church parsonage Orono on July 18. Rev S Littlewood officiated. Bride wore heaven blue silk jersey with pink rose corsage. Attendant Bernard Swenson wore beige riding coat. Best man Bernard Swenson. Reception at Baldwin home attended by about 20 friends.
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Park Street Church Parsonage
Orono
May Rose Baldwin
C. S. Baldwin
Ronald Pingle
Bowmanville
Walter Pingle
S. Littlewood
Bernard Swenson
Barrie
Ruel
Sa Soe
Wilford Froste Returns After Atlantic Voyage Shipwreck
Wilford Froste son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Froste of Orono arrived in New York after a six teen day voyage from Ireland marked by fog and a shipwreck near Ireland on the return trip from Halifax to England Froste was later seen in Port Hope and is expected home.
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Atlantic
Wilford Froste
C. H. Froste
Orono
New York
Wilford
Halifax
England
Canada
Ireland
Wedding Guests Attend Ceremony And Cake Cutting
Prose crepe gown and white hat adorned with a corsage of roses marked the bridesmaid attire with Mrs Pingle assisting. Refreshments on the lawn preceded the cake cutting in a decorated room. Mrs K Gamsby and Mrs S Hall of Orono served guests as the couple departed for eastern Ontario points in a dark blue crepe dress.
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Pingle
K. Gamsby
S. Hall
Orono
Toronto Bride Weds in Quiet Greenbank Church Ceremony
Dorothy Selena Scott, of Bowmanville, and J Aylward D Little, of Toronto, united in marriage at Greenbank United Church parsonage with Rev Thomas Wallace officiating. The bride wore a suede lace pink frock and a blue crepe traveling dress. They left for a Muskoka honeymoon and will reside in Toronto after.
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Greenbank United Church Parsonage
Thomas Wallace
Dorothy Selena Scott
Herbert N. Scott
Bowmanville
J. Aylward D. Little
Toronto
Muskoka Daikes District
Miss Farmerette of 1942 crowned in St. Catharines
Miss Patreia Abbott of Forest Hill Village, 18, was named Miss Farmerette of 1942 at St. Catharines after seventeen contestants. The event honored Farm Service Force girls aiding wartime harvests with a fruit crown and gift to Hon. P. M. Dewan.
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Patreia Abbott
Forest Hill Village
JC. F. Abbott
St. Catharines
Canada
Farmerette
Miss Abbott
P. M. Dewan
Ontario
Mr. Dewan
Princess Elizabeth
Farm Service Force Code
Dewan
G. F. Rogers
Farm Service Force
A. D. Armstrong
Queenston
Growers’ Committee
Alec McDonald Arrives in Britain for CBC Overseas Unit Work
Alexander John McDonald known as Alec arrives safely in Britain to join CBC Overseas Unit. He is a Queen's University graduate of 1936 who worked at the University radio station for two years before joining CBC. He oversaw recorded features during the 1939 Royal Visit and later supervised CBC Toronto Studios programmes until going overseas.
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Alexander John McDonald
Alec
Britain
CBC
Queen’s University
CBC Toronto
E H Brown Elected D D G M of Ontario
EK H Brown of Bowmanville has been elected district deputy grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ontario. A Mason since 1905 in Leeds Lodge Gananoque he led Jerusalem Lodge Bowmanville as master and secretary since 1934 appointing Lieut Col E Smith Ferguson as secretary.
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H. Brown
Bowmanville
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Ontario
Mr Brown
Leeds Lodge
Gananoque
Jerusalem Lodge
Col. E. Smith Ferguson
D I L Passengers Offer Four Seats This Week
Four seats available this week for year round transportation. From 4 to 12 shift. Contact Harry Bailey in Orono for details.
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Harry Bailey
Orono
Order Restricts Sending Newspapers Overseas
Ottawa July 25 Postal rules limit mailing of newspapers and periodicals by individuals to August 10. Complete newspapers not accepted. readers urged to mail clippings. Applies to civilians and forces to the United Kingdom and other overseas destinations, and in Central and South America.
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Ottawa
Mulock
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Central
South America
Bertow
Aega
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newcastle
Orono and
Kendal
W. I
Kendall Women’s Institute
Veterans Guard
of Defence
British Columbia
Department of Munitions and Supply
Pingle — Baldwin
Vwilford Froste
Miss Farmerette
Little—Scott
Charles Daley
Miss Aibbott
EK. H. Brown
D.D.G.M
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