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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
8
Public auction set for 1 pm at Lot 25 Con 1 Manvers on Thursday October 16 1941 selling stock and implements. Items include 5 store hogs Frost and Wood binder 7 foot cut mower cultivator plow seed drill wagon sleighs forks chains 100 bags of potatoes and numerous other articles. Proceeds to Mrs Annie Rogouski.
An RCAF pilot from Camp Borden, after losing his bearings during a training flight, landed in a Chesley Elderslie wheatfield. A bystander proposal led to a crowd gathering and a hat collection yielding 11.50 for the Queen’s Canadian Fund.
Kirbys community schedules a thank offering with donations for British War Victims including clothing quilts and canned goods. Rev Arthur Craig of St Pauls Bowmanville preaches at 2 PM with Kirby choir, and Mrs Brown and her quartet from Orono entertain at 7 PM.
Alf Perrin and partner from Toronto visited the area over the weekend. Andrew Bandy called on Mrs. B. Millson and family. Clarence Burley, Doreen, Kenneth, and Willis Farrow joined Wes Stringer’s family Sunday. W A members gathered at Mrs J J W Stringer’s home to plan a fall supper. Bob Aldread Lois from Lake Shore and Lloyd Crysdale from Crooked Creek visited Thursday evening.
Audrey Patton of Port Hope visited Kendal. Toronto and Grafton families spent the weekend with Brysons. Edith Empringham returned from Marmora. W A members met at Mrs Milton Robinson’s. Mrs E Luxon home after Peterboro operation. Battle Creek Michigan visitors with Blake Alexander. J Patton’s car rolled east of Bury Inn injuring Roy Patton. Kendal Kirbys road graveling improves post rains.
Mrs J Stark and family visited Mr and Mrs Moore in Castleton. Various neighbors and friends visited each other in Newcastle Cowanville and Lake Shore. A duck shoot at Hastings yielded 30 ducks. The Oshawa Presbytery met in Columbus. Red Cross meetings planned Wednesdays. Youths attended the Whitby Training School. Presbyterian Anniversary October 12 with services. United Church ladies hosted a pot luck supper despite rain. Savery family thanked for church and community work with gifts and songs.
Starkville residents list visiting relatives in Elizabethville Toronto Oshawa and Newcastle with Lavery Yule Dolson and Stone families. Shiloh anniversary services are planned for October 19 with Rev Elliott officiating afternoon at 2 30 and Rev Morton assisting Newtonville choir for the evening. A chicken and cold meat supper follows on Wednesday the 22nd.
Electric washer recent model white porcelain used only a short time. Will transfer balance owing to reliable party. Apply Rolph Hardware Orono.
Pte. Thomas J. Cook of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was found guilty by Magistrate Baxter of obtaining $5 from the Colbourg Branch of the Bank of Commerce by false pretences. He was sentenced to three months in the Counties jail with hard labor. The court noted his long record since 1925 and his limited cooperation with police. The bank manager testified that Cook sought to cash a $5 cheque on May 20 1940 claiming funds existed in a Toronto account and that he needed money to return home from a vacation.
Reports indicate escalating casualties on the eastern front, with observers calling the engagement the greatest battle to date. Analysts caution that future outcomes remain unpredictable as the conflict continues.
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