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Newspaper

Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Oct 24, 1940

Page

8

Local Notes From Bowmanville and District

Bowmanville gossip recalls old curling club leaders and a note on vanished harbor funds. Mrs. Colville of Orono dies as St Pauls United Church and Trinity United Church mark anniversaries. Reginald Stewart conducts music at Varsity Arena while Port Hope and Cobourg reap dredging funds.

F. C. Pethick Ottawa City Rupert Hamlyn King Street Orono Reginald Stewart Varsity Arena Joseph Ruebottom Curling Club Sam Edsell St. Paul’s United Church Port Hope Cobourg

Local Social Notes Include Visits and Anniversary Service

Miss Dorothy Hollingsworth visited with her parents over the week end. Mr and Mrs W E Reid and family visited Mrs Reid s sister in Millbrook on Sunday. Mrs MacPherson and her daughter Margaret visited at the Stringer home over the week end. Plan to attend Anniversary Services at Clarke Church on Sunday November 3 at 2 30 and 7 30 p m Rev Mr Lackey of Ennis Killen will be guest speaker.

Dorothy Hollingsworth W. E. Reid

Ontario 1941 car plates issued by December 1

Hon. Harry Nixon says Ontario will have 1941 auto markers ready for distribution December 1. Delays stem from steel shortages as war needs shift production at the Guelph Ontario Reformatory. Officials expect steel supply to widen by October, completing 750000 plates with green lettering on white background.

Ontario Harry Nixon Ontario Reformatory Guelph Nixon

West End Beach cottages reshape lakefront landscape

A piece recalls Maynard and local figures while noting the west end beach has seen many summer cottages rise in two years along the lake front. The old Pines race track era gave way to hotelmen’s activity before Ben Werry’s farm hosted shorter gatherings. Local owners should plan landscape layouts to attract more development.

Ber Maynard Joseph Maynard West End Lake Front Ben Werry

Newtonville Social Notes Span Visits and Meetings

Mrs J T Pearce visits Toronto friends and Mrs Chas Morris plans a Mt Albert stay. Sidney Lockhart returns from hospital. Willis Jones trips to Kitchener. Harold and Keith Burley visit Trenton Airport. Lawrence Lockhart of Port Hope buried here. Shiloh Zion anniversary attendees noted. Melville Jones attends Toronto telephone convention. Local families host gatherings at Starkville Port Hope North Bay Minden Toronto. W I meeting at Blackstock discussed lighting homes and Morrish Branch节目. Seventy attend with lunch by Newtonville Branch. next meeting at Mrs George Hendersons.

J. T. Pearce Toronto Chas. Morris Mt. Albert Sidney Lockhaart Willis Jones Kitchener Harold and Keith Burley Trenton Lawrence Lockhart Port Hope Shiloh and Zion Melville Jones L. Savery and Sons Wm. Savery Starkville Cecil Robinson Wm. Robinson Shiloh Bud Caldwell George ‘Stapleton Harry Blue North Bay Fred Smith Hugh Taylor Minden Hickey Wm. Milligan Wolfe Clifford Hilton Lawson Millson Chas. Ross Veteran’s Guard Centre Lake W. I Blackstock United Church Morrish L. Lavery Mervyn Dickinson Pickering Miss Brand J. B. Reynolds C. Beighton Miss Knapp Harve Holman Peters Newtonville George Henderson

STARKVILLE Social Notes Include Multiple Local Couples

Starkville social column lists Mr. and Mrs. Evan Quantril and others attending with families across Ken dall Newcas tle and Port Granby. It notes Mrs. Hallowell returning from a motor trip and reports anniversary services at Shiloh with Rev. Littlewood and Rev. Smith and a well received Orono Male Quartette performance.

Prices for Sale Bills Ready Before Ordering

Local notices urge buyers to compare prices for sale bills, claiming rates are reasonable and competitive.

Farmer Arrested In Hit And Run Death

Toronto police hold Pontypool farmer over fatal hit and run that killed Mrs. Edith Ervine on Lansdowne Avenue in front of her home Sunday night last. The accused faces charges related to the deadly incident.

Police of Toronto Edith Ervine Lansdowne Ave

Reduced Rail Fares For Hunters In Ontario

Canadian National Railways offers reduced fares during hunting season on tickets shown with a big game license. Fares apply to stations from Kingston, Harrowsmith west to Sarnia and Windsor, including Bala Park and Gravenhurst on branch lines, with destinations such as Nakina Long Lac Sault Ste Marie and Heron.

Toronto Ontario Canadian National Railways Kingston Harrowsmith Sarnia Windsor Bala Park Gravenhurst Nakina Long Lac Sault Ste. Marie Heron

Former King Carol and Magda Lupescu Arrested in Spain

Former King Carol of Romania and Mme Magda Lupescu were placed under arrest in Spain on Wednesday. Ernest Urdareanu, a former cabinet minister who accompanied Carol during abdication, was also arrested. Spain will decide on returning them to Romania, surprising Carol who planned to depart for the United States.

Carol Romania Mme Magda Lupsecu Spain Ernest Urdareanu United States

Farmer Scalded by Live Steam Near Pefferlaw

Leslie Corner, a farmer near Pefferlaw, suffered severe scalds to the face arms and shoulders when live steam escaped from a radiator after he removed the radiator cap to pour cold water into a hot engine.

Leslie Corner Pefferlaw Corner

Ontario and Quebec regional boundary note

The text appears to describe a geographic boundary extending to the east, excluding Parry Sound and Scotia in Ontario, including Pembroke Ontario and Amos Quebec, indicating a delineated area across Ontario and Quebec.

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Bowmanville Trinity St. Paul’s Colville P. S. Dobson Alma College St.Thomas Keith Bradley Pontypool Cockshutt Allis Chalmers 5. Challis WM. J. Challis Allis Chalmer Dodge DeSoto Cowanville Kirk's Castile Harry Bailey Evan Quantril Kendal Fred Todd Margaret Bowen Newcastle Lorne Todd Silver Uxbridge Myr Willis Farrow Port Granby Percy Farrow Fred Wilson Perrytown Warren Carson Lawrence Savery Jim and Elgin Winn Savery Helena Hallowell Richard Hallowell R. H. Brown Logan Neil Porter G. Hallowell Lionel Hughes Helen Couch Gwen Gilmer Joe Gordon Betty Burgess Elizabethville Russel Lavery Trenouth Napanee Brock Pethick Ross Hallowell George Stapleton Milton Robinson Cecil Glass George Smith E. Kidd Reid Peterboro Gordon Centreville Will. Hallowell H. B. Gilmer Lindsay St. Thomas Cecil White Roland Smith Colin Taylor S. Littlewood Smith Mesdames Brown and Tyrrell’s Drug Store Kodaks Alphamettes Ayerst Wampole Scott Canada Rexall Tyrrell’s Victor ELEC Farmer Magda Lupescu Scalder Live Steam
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