from the Evening Guide  Tuesday September 2, 1940
FUNERAL OF LATE W T GREENAWAY HELD SATURDAY
Impressive funeral services for the late William Thomas Greenaway, who passed away Thursday, were held Saturday afternoon from the United Church following a private service at his late residence. The passing of Mr Greenaway brought to an end a lengthy career with The Evening Guide where he served fifty-seven years. Practically a life-long resident of Port Hope, he gained a wide circle of friends in the town and surrounding district, many of whom were present at the funeral service. Speaking at the service, the Rev G W Gordon said of Mr Greenaway's passing, "It is not a day of mourning, rather a day of triumph as one thinks of the long beautiful life of loving service which touched every aspect of the life of the community." Rev Gordon referred to his services at the church where he served in many official capacities as a trustee, elder and member of the Official Board. Of Mr Greenaway's friendships, drawn from every class and condition in life, Rev Gordon said, "he enjoyed his friends and they enjoyed his rich kindly fellowship. His was a goodness fragrant with gentle kindness." The Rev E K Smith assisted in the service at the United Church. Mr Roy Pipher sang with great feeling 'The City Four Square'. The honorary pallbearers were M P Wickett, G Garnett, W Pennington, W A Meadows, H Fulford and F W Galbraith. The pallbearers were Harold Batty, John Burtch, W Trawin, C Roberts, W P Tickell and J H Mulholland. Members of The Evening Guide staff were flower bearers at the Church and the Union cemetery where interment took place.

from the Evening Guide  Tuesday September 2, 1940
WEDDING BELLS Huffman-Brewster
A pretty wedding was observed Saturday afternoon at the Baptist Church when Bernice Margaret Brewster, daughter of Mrs Brewster and the late Mr Thomas Brewster, Cobourg, was united in marriage to Vernon Francis Huffman, son of Mr and Mrs V Huffman, Port Hope. The Rev E K Smith performed the ceremony. Miss Lillian Hosking sang before the ceremony and during the signing of the register and Mr A H N Snelgrove played the wedding music. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Austin. She was attended by her sister Miss Kathryn Brewster as maid of honour and Miss Esther Huffman, sister of the groom, as bridesmaid.The best man was Mr Lawrence Huffman. A reception was held at the groom's home following the ceremony.

from the Evening Guide  Tuesday April 1, 1941
MIDLAND TROOPS RETURN TO BARRACKS
Two Weeks' Furlough Ended Monday Evening - Return to Ottawa
Members of the Midland Regiment have returned to their station in Ottawa following a two week's furlough. More than fifty of the troops left Monday evening by passenger and troop train.
Among those on leave were:
CAPTAIN -
R[oy Cochrane] Burness [1908-June 9, 1977]
LIEUTENANTS -
L[yall N] Carr [1913-1967]
F[rancis Edward 'Frank'] Southby [1913-July 7, 1944]
H R S[tuart] Ryan
J[ohn Gordon] Leuty [July 30, 1910-Jan 9, 1996]
SERGEANTS -
B Currelly
J Hodgson
CORPORALS -
E Taylor
P H Rosser
T Harwood [Edmund George 'Ted' Harwood ?] [1910-2000]
A Smith
W Smith
A[lbert Alfred] F[rederick] Lock [1908-Oct 2, 1971]
G[ordon] Pemberton
PRIVATES -
D[ominic] Cancilla [abt1910-Apr 2, 1973]
J Cancilla, 1973
C Mann
C[harles Devear] Wallace [Feb 15, 1920-Oct 2, 1995]
T Hawksworth
H Cook
H W Taylor
H Mercer
H Mercer
R Mercer
P Morgan
W Roach
A Smith
D Smith
G Davis
E Davis
 
M Chesher
C Hayden
J Linfoot
T Pemberton
M Lawrence
C Brown
R Horsefield
W McCaw
[Alfred] K[eith] Long [1913-July 28, 1943]
P Anderson
F A Greenaway
W Clarke
Lingard
Bullock
Hoskins
Deniss

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 19, 1942
POPULAR BRIDE-ELECT FETED
Mrs Verna Rowland was hostess to about twenty guests at her home on Ontario Street Friday evening. It was a shower and bridge in honour of Miss Gwen Oke [m Hugh Coleman], who was the recipient of a bridge table, chairs and cards in a leather case. The colour scheme throughout the house was pale mauve and yellow and the table was centred with a bouquet of mauve mums flanked by yellow candles. Tiny Diane Rowland presented the exquisitely parcelled card case to Miss Oke in the course of the evening. Sunday afternoon, Mrs Les Marsh and Miss Vivian Peacock were co-hostesses at the latter's home on Dorset Street, to an afternoon tea and 'Personal Shower' for Miss Gwen Oke. Mrs V Coleman presided at the coffee urn, while Mrs W J Oke poured tea at an attractively decorated table, with chrysanthemums in the centre with candlesticks and tall yellow candles. Gifts were arranged in gay profusion on a tea-wagon, which was wheeled in at the appointed time.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 19, 1942
Friday evening the annual meeting and election of officers of the Port Hope United Church Choir was held. Mr Herb Trott was chairman. Mr T W Stanley, organist, proposed a vote of thanks to the various officers, especially commending the president and secretary-treasurer for their very efficient work. This was seconded by Mr Frank Cole and endorsed by the members. The president, Mrs George Ward thanked everyone for the cooperation extended during the year, paying a very high tribute to the secretary-treasurer for her splendid work. The secretary-treasurer, Miss Netta Brownlee, in submitting her annual report, paid tribute to Mr Stanley, Mrs Ward and the members, for their unfailing loyalty in the interests of the choir and bespoke for the incoming executive and Mr Stanley the heartiest cooperation of the members. She then touched upon the highlights of 1941. In January the choir, together with the husbands and wives of the members were entertained by Mrs Fred Oke's and Miss Dorothy Batt's groups of the WA to a splendid supper at the church, Rev Mr Gordon was the speaker. The choir competed in the Durham Music Festival winning the shield and also winning several individual medals, and in the spring assisted in a repeated concert and pageant in aid of the Red Cross. During the summer a most successful garden party was held on the lawns at the homes of Mrs W T Garnett and Mrs H L Reeve and at Christmas the choir presented a unique and impressive service in song carried out wholly by candlelight.
Altogether it was a most successful year and one well worthy of the effort expended.
The officers for 1942 are:
President - Mrs George Ward
Vice President - Mr Gillard Darling
Secretary Treasurer - Miss Netta Brownlee
Gift Committee - Mrs Gordon Garnett, Mrs M S Hawkins, Mrs Ward Rowland, Mrs Lewis Roberts
Social Committee - Mrs H L Reeve, Mrs George Garnett, Miss Anna Belyea, Miss Betty O'Neill, Miss Peggy O'Neill
Gown Committee - Mrs Bert Wakelin, Mrs Lola Darch, Miss Eileen Morrison, Miss Clara Spicer
Music Committee - Mr A B Fulford, Mr Ward Rowland, Mr George Ward
Membership Committee - Mr Jack Rowland, Mr Herb Trott, Mrs Harry Sing, Miss Muriel Abrams
A vote of thanks was then tendered the acting-chairman, Mr Trott, by Mrs Ward.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 19, 1942
OBITUARY
Bessie Johns, widow of the late George Hyne died at her home in Cobourg Thursday afternoon, January 15, 1942. Born in Devonshire, England, on November 5, 1867, she came to Canada as a small child and lived in this district for many years. Mrs Hyne and her husband, who predeceased her two years ago this month, lived in Cobourg for about thirty-five years. She was a home-loving person, who had a great many staunch friends. It was her pleasure to make quilts and rag mats, which she did with exceptional skill. Flowers were a delight to her and she adored canaries, which she raised herself. The late Mrs Hyne is survived by three daughters, Pearl, at home; Laura (Mrs Johns) of Cobourg; Mabel (Mrs Baker) Cobourg and two sons, Norman, Oshawa and Victor of Cobourg; by four sisters, Laura (Mrs John Hyne) Port Hope; Emma (Mrs Charles McMahon) Port Hope; Mabel (Mrs S Little) Bowmanville; Clara (Mrs H Meadows) Oshawa and by six brothers, Aubrey, Cobourg; Richard, Toronto; William, Frank, Silas and Walter of Port Hope. The funeral was conducted at the family residence in Cobourg by the Rev John Lindsay, who is acting as the supply minister in the absence of the Rev Oliver Nugent of the Presbyterian Church there, with interment in the Welcome Cemetery. The pall bearers were Aubrey Johns, Cobourg; Richard Johns, Toronto; Frank, Silas and Walter Johns of Port Hope and Sid Little of Bowmanville.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 19, 1942
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Boys basketball opened the season last Wednesday with two exhibition games at Cobourg. The Juniors were out-played from start to finish and they dropped a 47-[?] decision to Cobourg. The Senior game was much more closely contested. Although Cobourg was ahead at half time, Port Hope came from behind to win in the final half by a score of 20-17. Friday night PHHS, and TCS clashed in the TCS gymnasium. The Junior game was fast and rather rough in places. It was the better game and was undecided until the final whistle, TCS winning by one point 17-16. The Senior game was never in doubt. TCS started off with a good lead and held it all the way. The final score was 36-18. The Junior and Senior teams have not been picked out as yet and the boys playing in these exhibition games are those who have turned out for practice and are elegible for the teams. The line-ups are as follows:
Junior Boys: R Minaker, D Fulford, R Downey, K Sculthorpe, A Martin, P Currelley, G Watson, A Brandwood, M Bosnell, N Hodgson, C Hagerman, A Trott.
Senior Boys: K Staples, P Gardiner, W Meldrum, W Lingard, M Bickle, T Rock, L Millson.
Much interest is being shown in the series of lectures which are being given to the boys in the gymnasium. The series is sponsored by the Department of Education. Two Weeks ago the lectures were about the Bren gun and the lecturer was Sgt Major King. Last week it was the Lewis gun with instruction by Sgt-Instructor Kent and this week it will be poison gas.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 22, 1942
POPULAR BRIDE AGAIN FETED
Miss Helen Lingard and her sister, Mrs Lyall Carr were co-hostesses at a tea Wednesday afternoon at the former's apartment in honour of Miss Gwen Oke, the popular bride-elect. The guests were about twenty in number and they presented Miss Oke with a small table, cleverly swathed in pink tulle and centred with an attractive corsage of yellow tulips and blue forget-me-nots.Mrs W J Oke poured tea at an attractively decorated table, which was graced by a huge bouquet of pink chrysanthemums.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 23, 1942
Lions Club held unusally interesting meeting on Thursday night
The Lions Club held their fortnightly meeting at Seaton Hall yesterday evening. After the dinner the hockey draw took place for the game on Saturday and Bill Lowthian of 42 Pine Street was the fortunate winner.
Bob Wickett on behalf of the Club presented Hugh Coleman [married Gwendolyn Oke] with a lovely coffee table as a wedding gift.
Dr McDerment then introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr Ross, production manager at the Eldorado Gold Mines who spoke on the Great Bear Lake radium mine, where he had been stationed in 1939. This mine is one of the few in the world that produces radium active minerals. It is also one of the farthest north, lying on the east shore of Great Bear Lake in the Mackenzie River basin. It is situated 15 miles north of the tree line and in winter the temperature falls as low as 68 degrees below zero.
The mine itself consists of a mill power house, dining room, bunk house and three company houses as well as a signal station and post office located a few miles distant. The mine staff numbers about 100 men and in the neighbourhood are about 400 Indians. In their spare time the staff can fish, ski or use dog teams for recreation. Many of the men have cameras and a favourite subject is the midnight sun which for a period of time in mid-summer never sinks below the horizon.
The mine itself is 800 feet deep and 125 tons of ore can fee moved each day. The most important problem of the mine is transportation. Aeroplanes from Edmonton carry in passengers, mail and light freight and give a year round service except at freeze-up and a period of about a month and a half during the spring break-up. Food and supplies are brought in from the rail head to the south by water transportation and radium ore is carried back. As a result all planning must be done 1 year in advance. If some item is not brought in before freeze-up it will have to be flown in at great expense.
This far north area known as the Mackenzie River basin is rich in minerals. Great deposits of copper are known to exist in the Coppermine River district and gold, oil and coal have already been discovered.Mr Ross showed colour films of the district which revealed the rocky, rugged cliffs of Great Bear Lake where the mine is situated. Sunset brings wonderful colour effects. The higher hills remain snow covered throughout the year but lower down, small trees grow.
Fishermen will be glad to know that here the fishing is excellent and catches of 15 salmon trout weighing 5 to 25 pounds are quite the order of the day.
Geoff Clack thanked the speaker for his interesting talk and beautiful films. Secretary Bruce Hyne read the minutes of the last meeting. Several letters were read from soldiers overseas who thanked the Club for the cigarettes they received. A donation to the Chinese Relief Fund was then voted and a proposal to buy jackets and caps for the convention in Toronto was postponed for discussion at the next meeting. R Roberts gave a fine report on the work of the Safety Club with several suggestions for improvements.
The meeting was then brought to a close.

from the Evening Guide  Monday January 23, 1942
LOCATION OF BOXES FOR VICTORY DIMES
Since last week was such a big improvement in the 'Dimes for Victory' campaign, the committee is anxious to improve on that record. With this end in view, here is a list of the locations of boxes in which to place the odd ten cent piece. The members of the committee wish to thank those who have the boxes on display. These generous citizens can only place their boxes in prominent view and it's up to the public to do the rest.The 'Dimes for Victory' red boxes are to be found in: Plummer's Drug Store, Tickell's, Queen's Hotel, St Lawrence Hotel, Royal Bank, John Sinnott, Nicholson File, Tony's Restaurant, Stephenson & Lent, Brewery Warehouse, Hersey's Motor Sales, Liquour Store, Hyne's Drug Store, Cyril Brown's, Embassy Cafe, Hancock's Hardware, R S Brown, Moncrief's Service Station, Port Hope Cafe, Coleman & Philp, Mitchell's Tobacco Store, Clack's Grocery, Hutching's Grocery, Midland Loan, The Port Hope Guide, Giffen's Hardware, Gifford's Service Station, Red Indian Service Station, Blue & White Restaurant, Capitol Theatre, Post Office, The Bowling Alley, Strong's Book Store, Durham Hardware Store, Mathew's Conveyer Co, Bank of Toronto and Turck's Grocery Store.

from the Evening Guide  September 7, 1942
Labour Day saw the District Men's Lawn Bowling Tournament at the greens of the Port Hope Lawn Bowling Club. Nineteen rinks took part in the play that went on all day with four games being played.
The winning rink was from Port Hope, skipped by T W Stanley with C Clayton, W H Peacock and V Highfield. This rink won the Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing Company Cup with four wins and 58 plus two.