Victory Bonds Drive Encourages All Families to Invest
A public appeal explains cash, monthly savings, and deferred payment plans for Victory Bonds. It urges every family member to participate and notes a Victory Loan Parade on Sunday October 22 in Orono with a parade led by the Orono Band ending at the town hall flagpole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Dominion
Orono Band
Church Street
Mary Street
Main Street
Town Hall
God Save the King
Dominion of Canada
William Reynolds Long Sault resident dies at 80 in Darlington Township
William Reynolds a long time Long Sault resident died at his home in Darlington Township on September 18 after a lengthy illness in his 81st year. He was born in 1864 on the family homestead and was a faithful church attendant. Rev. J. Unstead conducted the funeral service at the Long Sault Church with interment in St. George's Anglican Cemetery Blackstock. Surviving are one sister Mrs Hanna Andrus of Orono and other relatives. numerous nieces and nephews attended.
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William Reynolds
Long Sault
Can
Darlington Township
Francis Reynolds
Unstead
St. George’s Anglican Cemetery
Blackstock
Lindsay and
Midland
F. G. Smith
D. B. Farrell
Ed. Dean
Ott Virtue
Hugh Murphy
Harry Fraser
Long Sault United Church
Hanna Andrus
Orono
Toronto
Lindsay
Orillia
West and East potatoes in a farm harvest tale
A letter from H Percy Long of Vermilion Alberta forwards clippings about giant potatoes from Alberta and Ontario. Reports include Roy Stone Islay Alberta with a 3% pound potato and a total 26% pounds from ten potatoes, plus other large specimens from Newcastle Orono and Vermilion, framed as public interest rather than rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Percy Long
Vermilion
Alberta
Bowmanville Statesman
Vermilion Standard
Statesman
H. Hiancock
Newcastle
Orono Times
Albert Harris
Clifford Bruton
Roy Stone
Islay
Roy
Mr. Long
Long
West
Academy of Knowledge
Davidson
Cathro
Gross
Orono
Postal Corps Geared To Handle Overseas Mail
Canadian Postal Corps readies its vast postal operations for overseas parcels during the Christmas rush. Ottawa base post office staffs a large combined team including Canadian Women's Army Corps and Women's Division of the RCAF, which freed some Postal Corps men for other duties.
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Postal Corps
Canada
Canadian Postal Corps
Otttawa
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Women’s Division
R.C.A.F
Eastern Harvest Excursion Draws 6 470 Workers West
Government figures show 6 470 eastern harvesters went to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1944 an increase from 3 700 in 1943. Women urban workers and Quebec laborers joined. 5 448 from Ontario and 1 022 from Quebec were dispatched.
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Prairie Provinces
Humphrey Mitchell
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Local Church Notices and Social Gatherings Report
Mrs. Yeoman visits Toronto while Mrs. Bigelow hosts a quilting event. Mrs Forbes ill but hopes for a speedy recovery. Kirby church service withdrawn this Sunday October 22 in favor of Park Street Anniversary. Sunday School at 2 p.m. Attendees from district at Roseneath Fair. prizes won by Mr. Stanley Chapman and Mr. Rutherford. Numerous residents visited from Yelverton Cadmus and surrounding areas. WMS October meeting held October 4 with Autumn Thank Offering and guest Mrs. Drummond. New Pacific Islands study book discussed. Mrs. Everett Brown sang. The meeting closed with benediction and lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Lawson
Yelverton
Marwood
McKee
James Thompson
Cadmus
Wm. Wannan
Thompson
W.M.S
Orone W.M.S
Men of God
R. Allen
Newtonville
Allen
Drummond
Pacific
Everett Brown
Jesus
Kendal School Aids War Effort With Milk Weed
Kendal students collected fifty bags of milk weed for the war effort and the Junior Red Cross plans an afghan. The Women's Institute packed fourteen boxes for local boys overseas on October 11. A fundraiser tea by Mrs Hilditch is set for October 18 to aid the cause with donations to Mrs Mercer or Mrs Stoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Shiloh
Kendal
Fred Falls
Katie Stewart
Women’s Institute
Mrs. Hilditch
Toronto woman speaks to Orono institutes on democracy
Mrs. C Hays of Toronto addressed members of Orono Newtonville and Kendal Women's Institutes in Orono last Thursday. She praised citizen responsibility, local organizations, the four freedoms and true democracy. An upcoming event features Mrs Aitken with the Remake Review touring Canada on November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hayes
Toronto
Orono
Newtonville
Kendal
Aitken
Cruickshank Presents Reserve Grand Champion at Regional Show
John Cruickshank of Hampton exhibited Glenafton Pilot the Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the Regional Championship Holstein Show held October 11 in Warkworth. The two year old led the class and earned High honors as the All-Canadian Senior Yearling Bull for 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cruickshank
Hampton
Warkworth
Im. J. Tamblyn
Crono
J. W. Bowman
Enniskillen
Bruce Tink
Durham
Peterboro
Ontario
Shell Out Tickets For Milk for Britain Fund in Oshawa
Orone Lodge No 436 I O F sponsors a Halloween shell-out for the Milk for Britain Fund. Stamps cost one cent and will be placed in businesses. children collect stamps and arm bands and prizes are awarded to the top collector. Citizens are urged to cooperate.
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Orone Lodge No
I.O.C.F
a_hallowe’en
Kinsman ‘Club of
Oshawa
Britain
Temperance Union Plans Expanded Alcohol Education In Ontario
Delegates at the 67th annual Ontario WCTU convention backed reform of public school religious education and pressed for extensive temperance education in secondary and normal schools. The gathering urged stronger high school and public school contact, proposed funds to support world convention travel, and called for a Royal Commission to study liquor effects while protesting liquor quota increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
John H. Wickson
W.C.T.U
Y.T.C
Canada
S.C.T.U
Toronto
J. H. Rowe
Peterborough
Baby
C. A. Vessey
St. Marys
Wo mans Christian Temperance Union Meets in October
The October Wo mans Christian Temperance Union meeting on the 18th was led by President Mrs H Walsh. Reports included two completed quilts and Medal Contest talk with 25c and 10c charges. A $10 donation to the Red Cross was approved. An anniversary service at Park St United Church is invited for October 22 with music and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
H. Walsh
Red Cross
Temperance Federation
Orono
H. Rowe
W.C.T. U
Woodstock
F. Kelly
Delve
R. Rainey
Park St. United Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
WM. Reynolds
Civil Service
Ottawa
Kirby
Cruickshank
Temperance Union
W.C.T.U. Meeting
Department of Finance
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