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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
4
The Orone Times reviews three government sponsored bills to set a floor under farm prices. It warns postwar price rises in autos and electrical goods could erode farmers' purchasing power if ceilings loosen. It urges continued vigilance to protect farmers as peace returns.
The Times records the sixtieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wood’s marriage. The editorial note praises their long service to the community and expresses the newspaper’s commitment to continue publishing happy news about local residents.
A Sunday School page highlights a Royal Institute booklet on the United States from its size and population to government structure and economy. It urges British schools including Orono School to acquire copies to foster lasting friendship with the American people.
As haying ends and harvest peaks, farmers explore cooperative threshing to speed work. Teams of horses and groups travel farm to farm, delivering direct threshing, grain storage, and straw handling. Although labor is shared, grain remains to be threshed and straw sale is debated amid paper industry demand.
A list of residents and relatives who spent holidays or weekends with family members in various Ontario towns is provided. Names include Miss Audrey Patton, Miss Helen Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Little, Mr. and Mrs. George Swarbrick, and many more visiting relatives in Toronto Perrytown Stony Lake Dorset and nearby areas.
Carscadden couple welcome a son Clarke born August 14 1944 at Bowmanville Hospital. Smith couple Alma and G H E Smith celebrate a son Ronald Gordon Wayne born August 15 1944 at St Josephs Hospital Comox Vancouver Island BC.
Mrs W J Walter and family extend thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for kindnesses floral tributes and expressions of sympathy during the illness and passing of their beloved husband and father.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces meat rationing not expected to resume in Canada for rest of the calendar year. Foods Administrator K W Taylor notes no difficulty in reimposing if needed and says future ration books will include meat coupons, though officials hope they won’t be required.
Miss Kathleen Smith of Millbrook former Antioch teacher is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tamblyn. She has accepted a teaching position at Niagara Falls.
A short wartime morale message urging thrift of resources. It hints that what is saved now could strengthen army readiness later, linking household conservation to national defense. The tone is urgent and prescriptive, typical of home-front poetry or exhortation.
Public notices list three farm auctions. On September 4 in Hope Township Lot 31 Concession 8, Mr J E White sells stock and implements with a reserve bid. On September 11 in Clarke Township Lot 4 Concession 7 near Kenn Dal, Marcus Soper’s property sells stock and equipment for cash. On September 6 near Orono Lawerence Lunn sells Ayrshire herd and implements at one o clock with cash terms. Auctioneer Jack Reid presides.
The piece appeals to farmers to unite in cooperative threshing to protect crops and speed war effort. It foresees Allied advances on four fronts, expects German defeat on French soil within eight weeks, and predicts air power will end Germany’s war capability as Allied offensives press onward toward Japan. It notes sacrifices back home and acknowledges casualties.
A wartime notice urges reading ration books before shopping to surrender the correct coupons. It stresses using existing materials to support production and deploys resources such as wool cotton rayon steel rubber and paper for battle equipment.
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