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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
6
Sponsors of the Canadian National Sportsmen's Show unveil new attractions for 1961 with underwater endurance contests boat and marine displays and an International Motor Show. The event runs March 10 to 18 and emphasizes conservation while featuring a wide array of fishing tackle guns sports gear and camping exhibits.
Half size pattern 4566 offers a softly draped dress suitable for belt or seamless waist. Includes yardage notes 4% for size 1642 and 39 inch fabric. Order by mail to Anne Adams Box 1 New Toronto Ontario with 50 cent payment, catalog of 100 styles available.
Automobiles and racing talk aside, the piece notes three international dog shows running March 15 to 18. Canadian and U S breeds are expected to display, with indoor retriever trials highlighted as a feature across the four days.
Robert Maynard Hutchins, 61, criticizes U S education for drift toward groupthink and passive learning. He cites the Group Thinkometer and Dial-a-Prayer as examples of tech and religious trends eroding intellectual effort, urging lifelong adult education to keep minds active.
A reader asks how to invite friends to a small wedding without engraved invitations and whether to send gifts for birth announcements. The advice says invitations can be formal or friendly and that a brief congratulatory note to parents is appropriate but gifts are not mandatory.
A Christmas column urges peaceful reflection on the holiday's meaning beyond commercialism. It imagines technology allowing distant loved ones to connect by sight and sound, then favors simple gifts and letters. A closing note extends merry wishes from Ronnie Smith, a Jackson, Missouri boy who survived a chest wound and a shifted heart.
Margery Hinds is a pioneer among 119 women teachers in northern Canada. She went from Ottawa to Wakeham Bay on Hudson Strait to start a new school and learn from Eskimo students while planning two years at the post. She travels by ship, shares Arctic life with Pingua the dog, and uses films to connect with communities before opening her school.
Plain towel scarf or pillowcase motifs of flowers and birds with easy stitchery. Pattern 999 includes transfer 6 motifs sized 4x10 inches with color guides and directions. Send 35 cents for pattern to Laura Wheeler Box 1 123 Eighteen St New Toronto Ont plus 25 cents for 1961 catalog featuring crochet knit sew and more.
The text notes that pencil leads were square up to 1876 and round leads were introduced the following year, becoming standard for most writing utensils except special purpose carpenters' pencils.
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