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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
15
The Orono Weekly Times appears authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa with R A Forrester listed as publisher and R C Forrester as another key figure.
Summer drownings are common and many people lack first aid know how. The St John Ambulance Association offers a two hour course to teach artificial respiration and basic warmth practices to improve survival chances.
A national committee promotes rehabilitation and assisting handicapped individuals to self help. The National Employment Service special placements division matches disabled workers to suitable jobs, with growing employer cooperation and signs of economic value.
County authorities urged to investigate Wakely's Auto Wrecking Yard complaint and endorse several resolutions including Homes for the Aged Act amendments, school bus inspections, and Education Grants adjustments. Recommends equalized 1954 county assessment for 1958, subsidies for eradicating Barbary and Buckthorn, and per diem changes for child care societies. Also notes attendance at municipal affairs course, subsidy requests, pension review, forest management talks, and reforestation committee actions with costs and acreage details.
The report covers forecasts of hog marketings in Canada with 25 to 40 percent rise, weekly hog gradings, expected domestic consumption near 100 000 per week in Q4, and pork export surplus possibility. It also details forest operations in Northumberland, land option at Gordon Broomfield, and sightings of triple births in wildlife, including a cow moose with three calves and a mother bear with three cubs.
The Oshawa and District Gladiolus Association holds its Annual Gladiolus Show on Saturday August 14 at 3 p.m. in Legion Hall Bowmanville with blooms auctioned at 9 p.m. Admission is 25 cents.
In loving memory of Annette Louise Elliott who died August 13 1947. Her memory is kept in our hearts by Mother Father and Family. A brief memorial note expresses gratitude for prayers cards flowers gifts and blood donation during illness.
Complete 1953 Bel Air Chevrolet four door sedan offered by Durham Community Auctions. Reopens Thursday June 24 at 7 00 p m with weekly sales each Thursday evening through summer. Reg Johnson is the auctioneer. Applications via Wm Grady Orono.
Webb Brothers of 185 King Street Peterborough Ontario offer a 50 by 30 feet barn with steel roof and a buggy and cutter for sale. Contact details provided for inquiries.
A Public Meeting of the Durham County Film Council will be held in the Orange Hall at Orono on Wednesday evening August 18 at 8 15 p m. Films will be shown by Mr Ron Ward NFB Peterborough School Boards and Teachers cordially invited. J Walker Sec Treas
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