Junior Farmers Set Bethany Field Day June 14
The Durham Junior Farmers Association meeting at Pontypool reviewed 1940 41 projects and trophies including Grain Potato and Swine Clubs and the Warden's Trophy. They voted to hold the Annual Field Day at Bethany on June 14 with proceeds aiding War Services and may split teams into groups A and B for softball and a North versus South hardball game followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Junior Farmers’ Association
Pontypool
Wm. Rowland
E. A. Summers
Durham
Quinte
Ontario
Dominion
Bethany
Bowmanville
Newcastle
Gordon Fallis
Millbrook
Everett Brown
Orono
Sec
Treas
Garnet Rickard
Man's body found in swamp near Fleetwood
Tunis Hart aged 83 of Fleetwood near Janetville was found dead in a swamp last Tuesday by neighbours who reported he had not returned from a fishing trip. He had fainting spells and is believed to have suffered a heart attack while walking to a stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Hart
Fleetwood
Janetville
Mrs. Elizabeth Hallett Morton died at Newcastle
Mrs Elizabeth Hallett Morton born in Saltash England 1853 8 baptized St Johns later Canada married 1889 to Richard Morton. She lived on Clarke farm Corno Orono and Newcastle moving across several homes. Funeral May 10 conducted by Rev Richard E Morton and Rev S Littlewood. Interment Orono Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Patterson
Newcastle
Elizabeth Hallett
James
Catherine Hallett
Richard Morton
Morton
Saltash
England
St. John’s Church
Canada
Richard
Clarke
Corno
Jim
Orono
Richard E. Morton
S. Littlewood
Popular Red Cross Dances at Orono Town Hall May 30
A Red Cross Dance will be held in Orono Town Hall on Friday evening May 30 with Galloway's Orchestra providing music. A 500 and culture card party will take place in the Orange Lodge Room the same evening with 25 cent admission to the dance and 15 cent to the card party. Stan Payne serves launch extras in the town hall basement. The Red Cross needs funds and there will be no canvassing this year. Rudolph Hess’s wartime parachute capture in England is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Orono Town Hall
Galloway
Orange Lodge
Stan Payne
Holstein Breeders Help Bombed Friends In England Sale Planned
Brampton will host a Holstein breeders sale of 100 purebred Holstein Friesian heifer calves on Tuesday May 27. Proceeds will aid British relief, with calves donated from breeders across Canada including A J Tamblyn Crono A Muir & Sons Courtice and N S Metcalf Bowmanville. Multiple Durham County donors and other breeders contribute cash. Funds go directly to the British association, with no publicity benefit to organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brampton
Canada
A. J. Tamblyn
Crono
A. Muir & Sons
Courtice
N. S. Methcalf
Ontario Hog Subsidy Outlined to Aid Farmers
The Ontario Government announces a hog subsidy of 1.00 per carcass grade A and 0.50 per carcass grade B1 for hogs slaughtered in approved plants from May 5. Subsidy requires government graded carcasses, farmer identification, and certification, with forms submitted within sixty days to the Hog Subsidy Division in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Dominion
Butt
Hon. P. M. Dewan
Department of Agriculture
Parliament Buildings
Toronto
Donnybrook Fair in Clarke Township to Aid Relief
A Donnybrook Fair is planned in Orono on Wednesday June 18 to raise aid for those in need. Attendees are urged to bring surplus stock, implements, grain, fowl, produce, furniture, and other usable items for donation. the event highlights support for homeless people and relief efforts in the Old Country amid wartime bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Clarke Township
Canada
England
Canada’s War Effort May 1–8 Weekly Review
A compact report of home-front developments from May 1 to May 8 detailing Prime Minister Menzies speech, budget debates, tax changes on film receipts, wheat acreage funding, munitions contracts, naval losses, war savings sales, March imports surge, and new wartime housing initiatives across eight Ontario communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menzies
Australia
House of Commons
Dominions
Great Britain
Dominion Cabinet War Committee
Otttawa
New Democracy
Mioved
Bank of ‘Canada
House ‘of ‘Commons
Dominion
General Motors
Oshawa
Canada
Ontario
Windsor
Kingston
Peterborough
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Welland
Fort Erie
Wartime Housing Ltd
Butter price controls revoked by Wartime Board
Ottawa reports the Wartime Prices and Trade Board revoked its December 27 1940 order that fixed wholesale butter prices. Officials said current market price is about five cents below the former maximum and butter supply has improved as cattle go to grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Montreal
Canada
W A meeting notes from Park Street United Church
The W A at Park Street United Church met May 13 with Mrs. M J Tamblyn presiding. Devotional led by Mrs. Logan, Psalm 94 read, minutes approved, treasurer Miss Laura Allin reported. Cards read from the sick. Plans for the June 18 strawberry festival. Mizpah benediction used to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A
Park Street United Church
M. J. Tamblyn
Logan
Dominion Prices Pegging Action Withheld to Spur Imports
The report notes that pegging was kept below normal for several weeks to encourage imports as prices rise, aiming to cover any anticipated physical shortage in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
May Day Music Festival Highlights County Talent
Friday evening May 9 in Orono town hall featured contestants from across the county. Winners from chorus and duet compete later at the Port Hope festival, with rural schools Shaw’s Bethesda Ebenezer and Enterprise among top chorus entrants and Anne and Rose Getlick among duet victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Port Hope
Shaw’s School
Bethesda
Hibenezer
Enterprise
Anne
Rose Getlick
Cowanville
Paphne Buriss
Dorothy Winter
Salem
Dorothy
Gwen Gabalinza
Ebenezer
Ray Mundy
Doris Stevens
Maple Grove
Leonard Fisher
Hilda Scorgie
Courtice
Dawn Moffatt
Carl Flintoff
Daisy Gibson
Base Line
Audrey Beauchamp
Bert Stires
Breda Collacutt
Tyrone
Ruth Reynolds
Selina
Daphne Burrus
Ray Bryson
Kirby
Norma Ransberry
Jean Fee
Leskard
Orville Chatterton
Clarke Union
Marie Allin
Lockhart’s
Armand Hollingsworth
Cannanville
Josie Trim
Starkville
Alfred Harness
Antioch
Lilian Osborne
Providence
Joyce Cox
Shaw
Dorothy Rinter
Providence School
Dorothy Hardy
Pauline Robbins
Engagement of Loreen Paterson to Kenneth Ball
Mr and Mrs Rebt Platterson of Orone announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Loreen Mildrd to Kenneth James Ball son of Mr and Mrs James Ball of Laskard. The marriage is planned for early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebt. Platterson
Orone
Loreen Mildrd
Kenneth James Ball
James Ball
Leskard
Orono Public School Wins Open Boys Chorus Title
At the 10th annual Durham County Music Festival held at Port Hope United Church, Orono Public School won the open Boys chorus. adjudicator J Campbell-McInnes praised teachers while noting varied musical aptitude. Winners also listed include Bethesda, Clarke, Cowanville, Starkville, Providence, and Port Hope Central in various Rural and Urban categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Hope United Church
Durham County
J. Campbell-McInnes
Rural
Bethesda Sichiool Choir
S. S
Clarke
Beech Hill
Shaun
Cowanville
Starkville
Providence
Welcome
Maple Grove
Manvers
Orono
Courtice
Enniskillen
Shaw’s
Port Hope Central School
Urban Public School
Port Hope
Cobourg Reads Royal Welcome for Foresters Regiment Visit
Cobourg plans a royal welcome as the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regiment arrive May 24 for a weekend stay. They will camp at Horse Show Park unless rain forces indoor quarters arrangements.
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Cobourg
Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regiment
Horse Show Park
Creamery Butter Production Up In April Compared With Last Year
Durham county produced 64 120 pounds of creamery butter in April 1941 up from 59 368 pounds in April 1940 an increase of 4 752 pounds. Four month totals show 209 733 pounds in 1941 versus 207 304 pounds in 1940 an increase of 2 429 pounds for Ontario nationwide April gains total 226 411 pounds.
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Durham County
Ontario
Orono Boy Scouts Sell Salvage For War Effort Repairs
Orono Boy Scouts raised 17.00 on Tuesday evening bringing their salvage total to 69.00. They plan patrol corners in the Scout hall and will accept old tires inner tubes rubber boots rubbers and other salvage now. Call Scout Master J J Mellor to arrange pickups on Saturdays. The effort cleans up premises aids the war effort and funds hall improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Boy Scouts
J. J. Mellor
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Hope
Allan White
Carroll Nichols
Cavan
Eric Fallis
Fred Brown
South Monaghan
Gerald Anderson
Allan Dawson
Howard Malcolm
Earl Weatherill
Cartwright
Neil Malcolm
Orval Stinson
Darlington
Wesley Werry
Howard Millson
Alex
Hendry
Franlin Tamblyn
Rudolph Hess
Germany
W. A. Meeting
Hess
O Canada
Cowanville School
Arlene Cox
Sam, Seymour
Armand
Hollingsworth
Charles Disby
W. Propley
D. Robb
W. H. Carlton
Robb
Lorne Mortson
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