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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
4
The article discusses shortages of nails and other building materials like cement and wallboard, hindering a barn project on Mr. Moffat’s farm despite available timbers, lumber, and gravel. It urges aid for farmers facing such shortages and calls for clear assurance that scarce goods will reach needy cases.
A possible three cent per quart milk price increase stirs concern for households. The piece notes high consumer costs, a family’s heavy milk use, and calls for subsidies or tax relief to offset higher prices while arguing dairy costs and subsidies must be balanced.
The article appeals to the Agricultural Society and public to study the Prize List for the Durham Central Fair in Orono and commit to strong exhibits in fruits vegetables flowers preserves baking and needlework, aiming to boost attendance and uphold ongoing effort and rivalry for a two day event.
A hollow beside Mrs. Lycett’s property has been partly filled funded by the Lycett family on the north side and the Police Trustees on the south. The project now awaits public funds to finish this year with a hoped park-like corner by the Horticultural Society.
Auction at 12 30 p m on August 24 1946 offers extensive furniture and household items from the late Mrs J R Cooper at Main St South Orono. Items include dining room suites oak tables bookcases rocking chairs lamps rugs china glassware kitchenware and related furnishings with cash terms and auctioneer A E Morton W J Challis clerks. Additional note invites support for hockey club dance featuring Shirley Edwards and a twelve piece teen age orchestra at Cedar Palace on August 30 in Orono.
Mr and Mrs Carlos Tamblyn welcomed a daughter at Bowmanville Hospital on Friday August 9 1946. The birth adds a new member to the Tamblyn family.
A note thanking many friends for flowers and cards and praising those who assisted at home during the recent illness.
Public sale notices list three auctions. Laverne Hoy’s livestock sale at Lotis Clarke Township includes thirteen horses forty eight cattle eighty eight pigs and forty nine sheep with cash terms. Roy Winter’s residence sale at Church Street Orono and Albert Pollard’s North Street New Castle furniture sale both set for late August or early September with cash terms.
Mrs. Mary Henry of Toronto visits Mr. C. A. Cooper. The Gay family visits a sister in Bowmanville. Inez Gordon spends holidays with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Curtis. Ruby Collett and Robert visit their aunt in Toronto. Mrs. G Lofthouse and family return to Oshawa after a week with her father. Catherine Stewart attends a shower for Mamie Archer of Port Hope. Anna Stapleton visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Cooper. The Stalker and Gray families from Toronto are guests at the Stewart home.
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