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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
1
Durham Central Fair features extensive entries across horse and cattle divisions. Classes include Belgian and Belgian cross breeds, carriage horses, roadsters, Herefords, Holsteins, and beef cattle, with numerous foals, fillies, and sires named among participating farms and stables.
A quiet September 25 ceremony at Park Street United Church joined Eileen May Riddell and Dr J H Leslie V S B V Se in marriage. Rev S Littlewood and Rev H Stainton officiated with music by Myrtle Smith and Mrs H Stainton. The couple, who honeymooned in Eastern Ontario, were given in marriage by Eileen’s father W J Riddell.
Mr and Mrs W E Lewis of Port Hope receive telegram confirming their son Flying Officer W E Lewis 21 earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious service with the RAF in England. A Port Hope High School graduate who joined in 1938 he trained two months after arrival in England and flew in raids over Sylt Germany and the French Belgian coast aboard plane named Lord Haw Haw.
Albert English died suddenly in Toronto on September 19 1940 in his 73rd year. Funeral services were conducted at Hopkins Golden Chapel 529 Yonge Street on September 23 at 2 p.m. Interment followed in Prospect Cemetery Veterans Plot. Also a public notice extends the gun or rifle registration deadline to September 30.
After their return Dr J H and Mrs Leslie will reside at 235 Vaughan Road Toronto. The clothing noted includes a clover pink coat dress with navy blue accessories.
The Orono Women’s Institute met Friday with President Mrs J C Tamblyn in the chair. Treasurer Mrs H Dean reported 64.18 on hand. Members were urged to bring canned fruit for Port Hope shelter in October. Mrs G Flintoff presented a health and child welfare paper stressing home training, discipline, and parental influence, followed by a salad demonstration by Mrs Ligneh and Mrs W Sherwin.
The Orone Police Trustees met with full attendance and approved the snow removal bylaw requiring property owners to clear sidewalks five hours after a storm. If ignored, the municipality will hire labor and charge the costs to owners via tax bills. Constable J. Moffatt was authorized to act against careless and fast driving. The trustees urged cooperation to prevent accidents and adjourned the meeting.
The Toronto Durham Club holds a public meeting at Newcastle Community Hall on September 26 at 8 p m daylight saving time. Dr L B Williams explains northern Ontario agriculture with colored pictures. Kapuskasing’s J P S Ballantyne speaks on farming. light refreshments aid Red Cross. Firemen’s Ball follows at 11 with 25 cent admission for charity.
The Orono Boy Scouts raised 58 dollars from their Saturday Nickel Trail Drive. Wet morning gave way to steady afternoon gains, and on Monday they turned the entire collection over to the Red Cross.
Ottawa reports an indefinite extension of daylight saving time in Ontario and Quebec municipalities where it has been used this season. H J Symington, controller of electricity, recommends the extension with a general order to follow. Most cities planned to end it Sept 28, but the move aims to conserve electric energy under War Measures Act authority.
Major J C Gamey writes from England thanking the Campbellford Postmasters Association for cigarettes sent to troops. He notes Canadian cigarettes are welcomed and shared among units, mentions meeting Jack Dawson of Parkhill with a shared wartime past, and says morale remains high despite occasional threats and a strong eagerness to confront the enemy.
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