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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
8
Neighborhood news from Newtonville lists visits and social events including Miss Margaret Luxon visiting Millbrook, quilting gatherings, residents visiting Castleton and Bowmanville Hospital recoveries. The piece notes multiple social visits, a strawberry festival at the church, wedding anniversary in Orillia, a church address, barn construction, and tributes to two deceased residents.
Mrs. T Butters of Toronto spent Thursday at her summer cottage. Mr and Mrs Herb Thompson and
Mr. George Wright visited friends near Ingersol and Mrs. P. O'Neil returned from Toronto. Harold and Mrs. Gibson hosted a bridge party. Mrs. Ward travels to Toronto to stay with her father. Mrs. Lloyd Rayner and Miss Betty Mounteomery visit from London and Bloomfield to the Newcastle Arms. Miss Betty Rayner and Miss Bunny Rayner join their grandmother for a ranch visit. Junior Auxiliary garden party at the Thorrocks home raised funds for the Fledge Fund. United Church Mission Band closed with tea and booths raising money for society needs.
A family spent Sunday at their summer home while Toronto guests stayed with relatives over the weekend. Church services were well attended and sermons praised. An annual strawberry festival and a local play titled For Pete's Stake were announced for July 4 with related events.
Bowmanville community items recount W F Rickard M P at Drum Head Service and Major L Dudley leading Midland Regt. Also mention Orono band stand plans, Goodyear Cobourg outing, Port Dalhousie day trip for Bowmanville and Toronto plants, Camp Borden drill shift to Niagara, and Kingston Barriefield plans. Local social notes include visits by J J Gilfillan and Orme Gamsby plus Oscar Pacific antics. Graduation of hospital nurses at Trinity Church and a critique of the Old Piano Shop tax seizure and its impact on town trade.
A token of appreciation from Orono Lodge No 486 and Durham District No 42 is presented to Brother Osterhout. The message hopes his Hymnary will remind him of friendship as he sings of Him Our Creator and Preserver. Signed by lodge officers including N G John H Gibgon Jr and W G A M Bullock.
Visiting teams provide the plate umpire. The schedule lists games from June 27 to August 8 with Newtonville, Orono, and Newcastle hosting and visiting in all matchups. Dates include July 5 8 14 18 and August 4 8 among others.
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