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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
5
The Department of Education of Ontario extends cooperation to the Canadian National Exhibition. They have sent 585,000 invitations to elementary school pupils to attend Children's Day on Monday August 26 in the event’s program.
Local residents gossip on visits and welcomes in Orono and nearby towns. The Orono Citizens Band plans an open air concert at the town hall at 8 pm. Crono girls beat Crooked Creek 35 to 5 in softball practice. Red Cross finance canvassers appointed for the September 23 1940 drive. Nearby trips include North Bay and Canarvon holidays with frost noted at Callender.
The town notes ongoing preparations for the Toronto Exhibition with plans for a Lions Club Carnival on the 15th and a bicycle club display. Scouts assist with registration on the 19th to 21st while Air Force Guards parade and visit from Midland Battalion are described. Local safety notes urge care with matches and dog tax enforcement.
In the first finals game Forestry beat Orono 12 to 8 with E Middleton pitching for Forestry and Jim Powers for Orono. On Monday Orono defeated Forestry as E Witheridge pitched well for Orono and E Middleton struggled on the mound for Forestry. Each team has one win, promising escalating excitement ahead.
The town clock still reads 15 to 6, unchanged from last week, leaving residents curious about the slow malfunction or deliberate setting.
Classified ad for a Kumrite Apartments unit in Orono offering modern conveniences. Apply to R. R. Waddell. tf.
For sale a property priced at $2,000 with 17 percent net after taxes. It is currently rented at $32 per month. Apply D. S. Milligan, Newcastle.
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