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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1945
Page
4
Twenty two boys met their leader at the CNR station at 830 a.m. on May 24 and rode to Terra Cotta to visit Dr. and Mrs. Reid. They played games, had dinner, hiked in the afternoon, and returned to town by 6 30 p.m. after a box supper.
A public auction by Robert Segsworth will be held Thursday June 14 1945 at 130 pm at Lot 6 West Chinguacousy near County Road 2 miles north of Cheltenham. Live stock include Percheron mare and colt Jersey cows aged 3 to 5 years and bred heifers Jersey Ayrshire calves and two sows. Implements listed include a Deering binder mower disc drill manure spreader plows harrows wagon hay rack sleigh harness lumber and a 6 hp gas engine among others.
A Canadian Liberal policy statement outlines social security aims including unemployment insurance with a large reserve, family allowances starting July 1945, and a plan to extend benefits. It argues for universal cheques to parents for children 15 and under, with amounts from five to eight dollars monthly, while preventing duplicate benefits.
A letter criticizes income tax deductions and a social security measure as a wealth transfer of 200 million dollars yearly. The author argues Family Allowance should be funded from excess industry profits and calls for means test changes and pension amendments noted in the throne speech.
Pte Shekton Lemwr in Germany mails home an 8 inch cigar, Paris perfume, Belgian silk hankies and Dutch shoes from Holland. Also listed is a novel egg-timer. LAC Fred Johnson moves from North Battleford Sask to Debert NS in the same dispatch.
Hundreds of customers report relief from asthmatic attacks using Devil Asthma Remedy No. 7886. The three week supply is priced at $23.00 at Chapman's Drug Store.
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