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Millbrook Reporter (1856), 23 May 1957, p. 1

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Iailieboro United Church Thutsday, May 30th. AT 2 P.M. and 7.15 P.M. SPEAKER: Also present were Loftus Stap- les, . County Master, as well as Past County Masters, Past and present masters and members of The Annual 0.C.C.E. Conven- tion will be held in Fraserville L.0.L. held their monthly meeting on Monday evening. There was a large at- tendance of. members and also several visitors. Rt. Worshipful Ernie Reid, of Peterborough, Past Grand Master of “Ontario East was present. Bro. Reid is also Presi- dent of the True Blue and Orange Home at Richmond Hill. VISITS FRASERVILLE LODGE Toronto, Boys’ Work Secretary Sunday S. Convention 197th. Year. No. 21. Rev. Dough; lapp, For the. purpose of receiving the Financial . Report, . the election of the Execltive Council and such other business as many properly come before su eh meeting. J. E. Barringer, PubMer. Baltimore Hotel Division Street M. E. Pewtress, Executive Secretary Northumberland-Durham Tuberculosis Association. COBOURG Wed., June 12, 1951 Any interested persons are cordially invited to be present The Annual Meeting of the North umberland-Durham Tuberculosis Association will be held at the Notice AT 8:00 P.M. Anyone wishing to have their piano tuned or repaired by Mr. Victor Potter of Peterborough, kindly notify Mrs. L. H. Win- slow, phone 17 Millbrook, as soon as possible. He will be in this district the second week in June. The evening closed with the lunch committee serving cake and ice cream. Past County Master Bro. Lock- ington and County Master Staples also gave a nice talk on present matters. Willis Cunningham was given honours for attaining the position of Deputy Lecturer of Grand Orange Lodge of Eastern Ontario. Most Worshipful Bro. Reid gave an address on the workings of the Orange Home and congratulated Bro. Cunningham on his new position. neighbouring Lodges. After the regular meeting Bro. Ken Moncrief and Bro. J. O. Pue presented one of Fraserville’s older Orangemen Bro. Sid Fair- bairn with a certificate for 50 years of Honourable service. Notice ELBROOK, ONTARIO, CANADA THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1957 years, Then gently bade him rest, To us He has not passed away, Nor has he travelled far. 3013‘: entered God’s own lovely room, And left the door ajar, It’s only goodnight, Bob dear, It’s just what we used to say. We’ll see you again in the garden For sunshine of perfect peace, We miss him, oh, how well, But realize God knew best, He 'gave us Bob just for a few Fallis.â€"â€"In loving memory of our dear son Robert Charles Wes- ley, who passed away suddenly five years ago, May 27th, 1952. Bob’s life is a beautiful memory, His death is a silent grief, He sleeps in God’s beautiful morning, At the dawn of a beautiful day. â€"Sadly missed by Mother, Dad, and Brothers. Mac: “Hey, waiter, there’s a fly swimming in my soup!” Waiter: “Then I’ve served you too much soup. He should be wading.”â€" ' Boys" as usual, throwing fire- crackers at each other. A very dangerous sport in more ways than one, for blindness could easily be the result of this foolish- ness, or a serious fire frOm the smouldering exploded crackers.‘ Port HOpe had a stubborn fire on Saturday among thousands of stored baskets, said to have been caused by firecrackers. A car with three or four priests in it. What’s so add about this? Well, this is as rare in Millbrook as seeing DeVeIera in an Orange Parade. Eddie Nattress neat little meat and grocery store, brightened up with a fresh coat of yellow paint. This, of course, makes his place of business look as though it was “yellow”, but such is not the case, it is yellow in colour only, not in agressiveness . ‘ Three small boys with bouquets of buttercups, taking them home to their mother, (they were too young to have girl friends), and of course, a couple of older boys could not let this go unnoticed Without raiding the party and grabbing the precious treasure, causing one of the little fellows to shed tears and exclaim “he spoiled qny flowers”. However one of his pals beat off the raider with a switch, and the belated mother’s day gift was not a total loss. It use to be "daddy take me for a ride on your bike”, but from the looks of things this has also changed with the times, for last week we noticed Donald Reid taking his dad, Mr. Russell Reid, for a ride on his bike. Pretty soft, Russ. 1 Seen on King Street During The Week IN MEMORIAL! m “ROB-REPORTER Authofized as 2311 class mail i . A last minute want ad re eleven} pigs for sale, too late to classify ion the back page of a recent ‘ issue of The Reporter, was insert- ed on an insdie page, as the customer was anxious to have it in the paper that week. The fol- ‘lowing Saturday he came in to pay for the ad and said “take it iout, I sold the pigs immediately after the paper was out”. This proves that no matter 'what page your ad appears on in The Re-‘ .porter it is read by our subscrib- ers. More proof of. this is the fact that we had several readers mention the two jokes (thanks to an American subscriber), we had Ion inside page of the same issue. Sure they read The ‘ Reporter all through, what more proof do you want than the 7 above. Somehow all this appears to be as absurd as allowing narcotics to be distributed freely (providing that you are 21) and then embac- ing on a programme of research and education to control drug ad- diction THEY READ THE REPORTER ALL THROUGH A text for the above? James 1:8â€"“A double .minded man is unetable in all his ways.” The new liquor licensing pro- gramme of Manitoba is receiving eulogies from many Ontario col- ‘humziisctis. But did you know that rt’he Manitoba Government voted $95,000 for Alcoholism Research this year? And in the same breath a grant of $50,000 was given to the Manitoba Committee on Alco- hol Education charged with pro-1 viding information for the gener- al public about the dangers of us- ing alcoholic beverages. Irate young bride to husband: ‘.‘You’re a very selfish man! Now you’ve taken out a life insurance policyâ€"and what do you do? You take it out on your life instead of (Anglican Newsletter) Alcoholics in the province of Ontario in 1945 numbered 28,000, in 1957 the count is up to 76,000 persons. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT NEVERTHELESS IT IS TRUE After a reception held at Clar- endbn Hall, the couple left an a wedding trip to Bermuda. They will live in Toronto. Mr. Cameron Thompson was best man and the ushers were Mr.; David Radford and Mr. Don- ald ,‘Holmes. Attending her sister was Mrs. Mal‘ak Karsh, of Ottawa, who wore a mauve dotted white organdy dress over mauvetaffeta with matching accessories. She carried a nosegay of pink roses and mauve sweetpeas. The bride, given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. Sidney Holmes chose a full-length gown of White nylon sheer over pink taffeta, styled with a fitted bodice of lace and: a bouffant skirt. Her finger- tip fveil was caught to a jewelled coronet and she carried a bouquet of ‘gardenias and stephavnotis. f fn an afternoon ceremony per- formed by Cmon Clarence Moul- ton at St. Simon’s Anglican Church, Miss Kathleen Eleanor Holmes became the bride of Mr. Herbert Hillis Patterson. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Arthur William Holmes, and the late:~ Lt.Col. Holmes, and the groom is the son of Rev. and Mrs- Wal‘ er Patterson, of Millbrook. mine!" PATTERSON â€"HOLMES WEDDING $50.00 Prize Money FULL MIDWAYâ€"FUN FOR ALL Increased Prize Money in Light Horses and Calf Club exhibits, Also sponsoring. a special BACON HOG CLASS OFFERING Coming, June 12, IT {I'AKES “KNOW HOW” EXPERIENCE AND SKILL. It Takes More Than Good Intention . 437 GEORGE STREET MILLBROOK SPRING SHOW A Year In Toronto! >Z<lEOO .PmeP >mm0 024 <_¢O._.O_> A trust company does not die or move 'aVvay, or go on holidays, andâ€"Compensation to a. Trust Company f or handling an estate is allowed on the same basis as to an individual private ex- ecutor. TO BE A GOOD EXECUTOR $1.50 a Post effioe Department, Ottawa, Ont. Renew your subscription. Bulldozihg and Scraper Work POHNE NEIL JIBB Fr.2-954l COBOURG NOW RALPH GREEK 2-r-3 BAILIEBORO FOR YOUR ; to U.S.A., $2.“

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