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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
4
The article ranks hardwood fuels by quality and heat value. Best hardwoods include beech, yellow birch, rock elm, hickory, hard maple, and oak. Fair woods are ash, white birch, black cherry, red and white elm, red and silver maple. It compares cords needed to equal coal and cites Canada’s 1938 wood consumption at 8,970,882 cords worth $82,441,106.
Do your Christmas shopping early to ease the Yuletide strain and ensure satisfaction. Merchants display fresh stocks with ready assistance. avoid last minute crowds, crowded mails, and tired clerks. shopping early avoids rushed decisions and late deliveries.
The Financial Post notes the government has formed a new advisory committee under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Dr. Mackintosh chairs, with Victor R. Smith as a key member. The panel will audit the fund’s solvency, seeking to reassure employers and employees before further contributions.
The Durham Central Agricultural Society sponsors the second annual poultry market on December 19 1940 at Orono to help farmers get better prices. The article urges all farmers to bring fowl, form a strong market, and support higher prices before Christmas.
The Queen's Hotel in Port Hope passed to new owner G H Wray of Chatham after retirement of F B Keeler. Also noted are local obituaries and legal notices including Hannah Smith of Cavan Township dying at 96, and the death of George Linden McLaughlin of Northumberland and Durham, a former councillor and jail governor.
James Morrow of Toronto suddenly died at his daughter's home Mrs. L W Bryson 359 Belsize Drive. He leaves sons Dalton Bryson Robert Bryson and daughter Roma Bryson. Funeral Saturday from Morris Funeral Parlors Bowmanville Ontario at 3 p m with interment in Orono Cemetery family plot.
Honourable J L Asley introduces a special war budget in the Commons on December 2 to conserve foreign exchange. Luxuries and non essential imports from non sterling countries are restricted, with Newfoundland exempt. Licenses will limit motor vehicle and other import permits, excise taxes rise on many electrical goods and radios. Excise tax on autos valued under 700 dollars increases to 20 percent. customs duties on 34 classifications noted.
Miss Eileen Souch visited at home over the weekend while residents cope with colds. Miss Helen Rinter takes a job in Bowmanville. The Home and School Club meets December 13, and the Clarke Union Christmas Tree and Concert is set for December 19 at 8 p.m. Admission 15 cents, children under 14 free.
Pontypool notes welcome back Jack and Mrs Goheen from South Monaghan. Residents report a tasty church meat supper and a small Orange Hall concert hindered by weather. Soldiers on leave from Peterboro returned by train. Snowplow praised for easing access. Roy Porter family relocate to Bowmanville and Claude Brinklow family to Five Points Oshawa with new GM job.
A wartime Canada report outlines measures including import controls on unessential goods, a special budget saving of 5 to 6 million dollars monthly in foreign exchange, and the designation of the Canadian Army. It notes steel purchase restrictions to armaments, unemployment at 4.4 percent, the 20 year high in industrial employment, and October external trade reaching 215 million dollars. Colonel J L Ralston and Major General Crerar visit London for talks with British authorities. Key war industry personnel will receive winter leave from the C A S F.
Classified notice announces a Kirby School concert on Wednesday December 18 with a good programme provided.
A grey fur coat in good condition is available for viewing anytime at the Orono Times office. The notice specifies accessibility for interested parties to inspect the garment.
A two year old filly named Sound Choice Light-Weight Percheron must be sold immediately. The seller seeks a good home and advises interested parties to contact the Times office in Orono for more information.
Button type accordion with steel reeds 21 treble keys 8 base keys 18 fold bellows. Size about 8 by 4 inches. Phone 54-1 Orono. a-47-c.
Executors announce all persons with papers in the vault left by the late R Z Hall must call for them at the Orono Postoffice Minnie E Hall executrix of estate c 49 p
A list of items offered for cash at the Times office including a small Philco radio a small table a hand wooden washing machine a Beatty wringer and a three-quarter size colored layer felt mattress described as almost new or new.
Wilfrid J. T. Gagnon of Montreal is appointed Joint Director General of the Purchasing Branch at the Department of Munitions and Supply. He owns two shoe factories, Aird and Sons Ltd and Wilfrid Gagnon Ltd.
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