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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
4
Essay notes that Christmas remains constant in its core values while society and people have altered. It laments modern life’s rush and materialism, urges kindness, and calls for a return to the season’s original spirit of peace and goodwill.
Orono hosts an 11 o clock service with music at 7 30. Kirby offers a 3 o clock service. Leskard presents a Christmas program at 7 30 p m.
Hazel Cowan thanks friends neighbours and Heather Rebekah Lodge members and officers for kindness shown during her illness.
The Mont Whyte Fund raised 155.50 from Local 494 of the Rubber workers Union. no more gifts accepted through Keith Ross. Mrs Bertha Whyte runs a 50 acre Bowmanville home for destitute children facing health standard disputes with Northumberland Durham Health Unit amid dormitory expansions and a pending shortfall.
Classified offer invites bids to erect a cement stairway to the East Basement door and cut a doorway from the South east classroom into the new addition of S S No 12 Clarke. Bids due noon December 22. Lowest bid not guaranteed. H E Milson See S S No 12 Clarke. The Northway Restaurant will close Christmas and New Year Day. From December 24 closing time 9 PM Monday to Thursday. Regular hours Fridays Saturdays and Sundays.
The secretary of the Board of Trustees of Orono School section No. 12 Clarke Township gives notice of the annual school meeting of supporters to be held at the school on Wednesday December 26, 1956 at 8 p m for the business prescribed by the Public Schools Act and any lawful business.
Cedar Dale Dairy of Orono announces no milk deliveries on December 25 and January 1 and 2. The note lists a charge of £6 associated with the disruption and confirms service resumes after the holiday.
No garbage collection on Christmas or New Year’s Day. Pickup will resume on the next regular days, with collection following Wednesdays and Thursdays as the post-holiday schedule. Residents should place bags curbside by early morning to ensure pickup.
For sale children’s figure skates in sizes 10 and 13. Buyer seeks skates in sizes 1 or 2. Contact Orono 1047. a p
Reward offered for return or information about a diamond glass cutter similar to the one described. Contact Ralph Hardware with any findings or details.
Service advertises quick removal of dead or crippled animals for sanitary disposal. A $2.00 charge applies per call. Contact numbers 2-3648 or 3-3636 in Toronto. Gordon Young Limited.
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