Leap of Death stakes at Port Hope Fair Daredevil Race
Six daredevils died in a leap of death event at Port Hope Fair featuring Jack Perry Lucky Teter Smock Wentzel Tommy Marcus Johnny Roberts and Walt Owens. Three auto daredevils will drive a passenger car at high speed up an eight foot ramp to leap over a distance competing to outdo rivals Friday at the fair.
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Jack Perry
Lucky Téter
Smock Wentzel
Tommy Marcus
Johnny Roberts
Walt Owens
Port Hope Fair
Local Post Office Relief and School Addition Progress
Mrs Gordon Cotter will relieve at the Post Office this week during Mrs Wilsons holidays. The cement block foundation for the new addition at Orono Public School is completed and the floor joists and sub floor will be started immediately.
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Gordon Cotter
Wilson
Orono Public School
Future retail tech could bring in-store TV and remote ordering
The article envisions a retail revolution where screens in stores display products, intercoms handle food and ordering, and customers pay at a check-out booth. Shoppers may relax as life-size screens flash catalog items and buttons summon merchandise. Rural Canadians might order from remote devices along countrysides. Newman proclaims there is no end to this ingenuity.
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Newman
Tenders for Ganaraska Forest Christmas Trees Aug 1956
Tenders are invited for 8 700 Scotch Pine trees on Lot 14 Con DX Tower Hill Durham County part of Ganaraska Authority Forest. Highest bids not guaranteed accepted. tender closes Sept 21 1956 at 2 pm. must remit 1000 dollar certified cheque and remove all tagged trees by Dec 1 1956. count by department employee.
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Con
Tower Hill
Durham County
Ganaraska Authority
Lindsay
Ganaraska “Forest
E.D.S.T
MacRea’s Church
Pontypool
Durham Forest
Tenders Sought for Scotch Pine Christmas Trees Northumberland Forest
Ontario tender call for purchase of Scotch Pine trees from several Northumberland and Haldi mand county lots. Bids due September 7 1956 at noon EDT with $1000 certified cheque. call caretaker L Campbell to view trees. successful bidder must remove all trees and clear stumps and branches at own expense. highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
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Ontario
Department of Lands and Forests
Lindsay
Ont
D. R. Wilson
District Forester
Hamilton
Northumberland County
Haldimand
Baltimore
Lindsay, Ont
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