Port Hope Areas Face Local Changes and Losses
Port Tropel trading loss noted as Boyt 55 55. Port Hope Club prize bond valued at 200 will be first prize at the June street fair. Roy St. John becomes Port Perry chief constable succeeding William Nesbitt. Oshaw entry in senior C O B L mirrors last season’s Ontario finals. Lindsay stores to close Wednesday afternoons in June July August. Port Hope to receive 885.72 from LC B beverage room fees. Peterboro council requires relief recipients to garden for aid. Port Perry to stay on standard time. some industries adopt daylight saving until Sept 25. Cobourg resident Wim Alten dies of heart attack at 35 years. Clawan barn struck by lightning. ten cattle killed. loss $4 000. Jobourg tests show 72 of 644 cars in top mechanical condition. 808 safety stickers issued with 231 defects fixed. Brooklin Spring Fair May 24 prize list around 1 200. choir contest for under 18, Midland Regimental Band. Oshawa Kiwanis car winner draws Mrs Bruton from Blackstock. son-in-law bought ticket. Cobourg surrogate court awards 240 of 4 400 claim against Ann Caroline Jones estate. Mabel Snelgrove previously received 1 000 debenture and 1 500 by will. only two months before death judged necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. V. O’connor
Cobourg
Ann Caroline Jones
Port ‘Hope
Mabel B. Snelgrove
Amm Jones
Snelcrove
O’connor
Mirs
Janes
Local Orange Lodges Entertain Departing Members Friday Night
The remains of Richard Best Thornton of Columbus Ohio were brought to Orono for burial in the Orono cemetery. Rev J H Osterhout conducted the service at the grave. Thornton born 1843 in Clarke Township was the son of John Thornton and Eliza Powers. He married Delia Whaley of Brockville and later moved to Woodstock then Columbus Ohio where he remarried. Surviving are three sons and one daughter with relatives attending from distance including Fidwin Thornton and son of Whadstock Wilbur Thornton and son of Detroit Mich and Norman Thornton Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Best Thornton
Columbus
Ohio
Orono
J. H. Osterhout
Mr. Thornton
Clarke Township
John Thornton
Eliza Powers
Fidwin, Thornton and Son
Whadstock
Wilbur Thornton
Detroit
Mich
Norman Thornton
Toronto
Open verdict in death of Odessa youth Gerald Sharp
A coroner's jury at Bowmanville returned an open verdict in the death of 17 year old Gerald Sharp of Odessa. Sharp died in Kingston on January 24 from head injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by J B Moat of Oakville in Newcastle around October 10 1937. The inquest, led by Coroner Dr W H Storie, heard Sharp was westbound on Highway No 2 when the collision occurred as Moat turned north to Orono. Crown attorney Col F D Boggs of Cobourg represented the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowmanville
Gerald Sharp
Odessa
Kingston
Sharp
J. B. Moat
Oakville
Newcastle
Moat
Orono
W. H. Storie
F. D. Boggs
Cobourg
Durham County
Grown
Attends Anniversary at Tyrone Home for 80th Birthday
Mr. J. Brooks of Tyrone observed his four score birthday at the home of Leslie Brooks with attendance by Mr. Hamm and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davey. Guests enjoyed a pleasant gathering with cards and music as gifts were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Hamm
W. E. Davey
Leslie Brooks
J. Brooks
Tyrone
Brown Family Honored by Orange Lodge Members
A large gathering in Orono with IL, OBLA, and IOOF lodges presented Mr. and Mrs. GC A Brown and son George with gifts before their departure for Fenelon Falls. Guests from Newcastle and Bowmanville enjoyed cards, meals, and entertainment led by Neil Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Lodge
O.bla
A. Brown
Son George
Orono
Newcastle
Bowmanville
Neil Porter
My. Porter
Brown
George
Fenelon Falls
L.o.ba
Brooks recounts family voyage and lifelong marriage wish
Mr. Brooks recalls his father crossing the Atlantic in sixteen weeks and notes he was born in Port Hope while the family home remains. He shares memories of earlier days and mentions he will celebrate forty four years of marriage this Christmas with friends wishing many more years of bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brooks
Atlantic
Port Hope
Durham Junior Farmers Hold Annual Meeting
The Durham Junior Farmers Association met at Pontypool on Monday night May 16 with twenty five juniors present from most townships. RH Summers reviewed the county’s junior work and outlined plans for 1938. A field day will be held at Bethany on Saturday June 11 featuring a boys and girls softball, standard events, tug of war, a North Durham vs South Durham hard ball game, and an evening dance. New officers: Past President Jay Whittington South Monaghan, President John Rickard Newcastle, Vice President Harry Kennedy Cavan, Secretary Treasurer George McKnight Millbrook. Directors: Carroll Nicholas and Elmore Scott Lope Township. Ernest Brackenridge and Ralph McCamus Cavan Township. Gerald Anderson and Alan Dawson South Monaghan. John Hanna J and Allan Beer Manvers Township. Tilson Tamblyn and John Holmes Darlington. Lloyd Metcalf and Tom Baker Cartwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
RH. A. Summers
Bethany
North Durham
South Durham
Jay Whittington
South Monaghan
John Rickard
Newcastle
Harry Kennedy
Cavan
George Mic-Knight
Millbrook
Lope Township
Carroll Nicholas
Elmore Scott
Ernest Braskenridge
Ralph McCamus
Gerald Andersson
Alan Dawson
Manvers
John Hanna J
Allan Beer
Clarke
Tilson Tam
Blyn
John Holmes
Darlington
Lloyd Metcalf
Tom Baker
Cartwright
Neil Malcolm
Murray Byers
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Trinity United Church
Spiano
Gwendolyn Brooks
Providence School
Dorothy Quinney
Donald Robb
Eleanor Jiolington
Grant Brooks
Armand Hollingsworth
iRioss Metcalfe
Bowmanville Rural
Aline ‘'Northcott
Jean Matlcolm
Nestleton
Ruth Hutchinson
Mary
Irene White
Providence
George Roberts
Jimmie Southey
Trinity United Church Orchestra
Marion Dudley
Ruth Jiames
Helen Foster
Westmount School
Oshawa
Boys’ Training School
Harmony Quartette
Peterboro
Peggy Edmunds
Violet Taylor
Griffin Young
Irwin Luther
Lillian Hosking
Audrey Thompson
Mesdames
George Pritchard
Vivian Argue
William Fulford
Port
Tee
Victor Coleman
Irwin Sutherland
Leslie Dyer
Collette Ferguson
Mary Fagen
Gendolyn Brooks
Provi
D. A. Taylor
Game and Fisheries
C. A. Walkinshaw
Ontario Federation of Anglers
Taylor
Manitobbia
Quebec
Henry Huycke
Harold Schlievert
Leslie Darch
Keith Chute
Jean Campbell
Newne
Marjory Douglas
Norah Horn
Stampton
Mixdd
Elsie Wallace
Sam Castle
Newtonville
Cornet
Wows Rowe
Reginald Bolton
Ronald Bolton
Hope Simons
Lillian
Roche
Welcome United Church
George Campbell
Bailiehoro United Church
St. Paul’s Anelican
Perry
Jean Crossman
Enniskillen
Betty Smalles
Margaret McNeil Ida
Reading
Keith Branton
Leslie Gibson
Howard’ Duston
Velma Staples
Ida
Pearl Cowan
Shirley Porter
Bernice Colville
H. A. Fricker
Trinity
County and District News
Port Tropel
Dominion of Canada
Port Hope Club
Roy St. John
Port Perry
William Nesbitt
Oshaw
C.O. B.L
Lindsay Retail Stores
Wave
L.C.B
Ts. Es “ & An Abs
Wim. L. Alten
Ife
Rotary Club
Allfred Johnston
Clawan
Catttle
Jobourg
Brooklin
Midland Regimental Band
Cecil Merenson
Bruton
Blackstock
Kiwanis Club
Ferguson
Mrs. Brown and Son
Durham Junior Farmers
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