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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
5
Ottawa reports it cost just over 10 cents to record age occupation and ability for each of 7,863,472 people registered in the national registration last August. The total estimated cost runs to $924,496 with $144,648 spent on printing.
Local notice lists flowering plant prices and delivery in Orono including Cyclamens Poinsettias Saint Paulias Begonias and large mum bouquets. It also reports Clifford Bruton secures a position at Box Factory Newcastle Norman Bruton visiting mother in Orono and various social notes and town events including a Christmas tree and park street Sunday School program.
Public Schools Act notice announces the annual meeting of supporters of the Public School in Clarke Township for December 26 1940 at 8 pm at the School House. Dated December 19 1940. Meeting prescribes business per the act and any legally brought before it.
Local market day in Orono reports doubled poultry tonnage this year. Roy Colville, recently released from Toronto Hospital after a sore threat, is now mobile. Upcoming events include the Orono Continuation School annual dance at the town hall and the Orange Concert and Dance on Friday December 27. The Orono Badminton Club rents the old Presbyterian Church for winter practice with courts planned soon.
Mrs. Margaret Peate expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Nurse Patterson for many kind deeds and floral tributes following the death of her husband.
A festive poem notes Christmas joy and togetherness with a playful warning not to eat too much Christmas cake. The piece emphasizes merry chatter, Santa’s voice, and the glow of holiday happiness shared around a great tree.
Readers are advised to consider War Saving Stamps or Certificates as thoughtful Christmas presents. They offer lasting value and avoid later exchanges, making them convenient for both giver and recipient.
George Walters, a training school boy who ran away from Mr James Moffatt’s home and stole money and a revolver, has been caught in Vancouver B C and will be brought back to Bowmanville after traveling the distance unobserved.
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