Lions winners bring home Christmas turkeys

Bingo raises funds for the Otonabee-South Monaghan Food Cupboard

Twelve turkeys went home with the winners at the Keene Lions Turkey Bingo on Dec. 12, while the OSM Food Cupboard netted $250 for the coffers. The birds and other draw prizes were donated by generous patrons.

Bingo happens every Wednesday (except Dec. 26) at the Gold Room in the OSM Community Centre. Early-bird game at 6:30 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m. There is no bingo Dec. 26.

Public skating

Skating is free, freestyle and frequent at the arena in Keene this winter, thanks to local businesses that are footing the bill.

Public skating at the Otonabee South Monaghan Community Centre happens Tues., 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thurs. 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sun. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Weir journals

John Graham Weir was born on Otonabee in 1844 and kept daily journals from 1880 to 1925. The Mitchell family of Stoney Creek donated them to Trent Valley Archives. 1920 Dec. 17, Fri. This afternoon I went to the courtroom to hear some of the trials of automobile collisions. Lovely winter weather. 1920 Dec. 18 I went to market this morning and bought a pail of honey and a bushel of very choice apples. 1920 Dec. 20 I was at home all day and piled a half cord of maple wood in the summer kitchen. I paid $7 for half a cord cut in twelve inch lengths. 1921 Dec. 13, Tues. I went up town this forenoon for a walk and got some oranges and a few things. Clear and cold, mercury down to ten above zero. 1921 Dec. 14 Lovely, clear sunshine today but cold. At two o’clock I attended the funeral of the late Joseph Manley who died suddenly on Saturday evening of heart failure. 1923 Dec. 18, Tues. This morning was very cold, the mercury was down to within eight of zero but the day got a little warmer. 1923 Dec. 21 We did a lot of washing today. Raining less or more all day. 1924 Dec. 18 Today I killed and dressed a fowl and cooked it for dinner. It is a month today since my partner was buried and oh how sad and lonely I have been since without her loving friendship, cheerful company, never a frown on her brow or a cross word. 1924 Dec. 23 I went up town this forenoon and got some of yesterday’s Examiners with the message of sympathy from our Orange Lodge for my great loss and sorrow of the death of my dearly beloved wife. I sent one copy to Mrs. George Weir of Trail, B. C., one to Wesley Mitchell of Victoria, B. C., one to my niece Jemima Orr Vancouver, B.C., one to Lovina’s cousin Mrs. L. V. Thompson, Picton and one to my cousin Mrs. Terrie Kerr of Hamilton.