Orono Continuation School Dance a Large Happy Crowd
The Orono Continuation School held its annual dance in Orono Town Hall with a festive mood and abundant decorations. Walter Scott and his Oshawa orchestra provided the music praised as among the best in years, with Walter Scott also singing. Lunch followed in the basement as the crowd dispersed, and organizers commended the students for their efforts and decorations.
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Orono Town Hall
Orono
Walter Scott
Oshawa
Price of Sugar May Yet Go Up Trade Rumors
News items from Canada and the United States discuss sugar price expectations amid rumors of changes. Some officials claim a $2.06 per ton beet price increase. others dispute this. A Toronto testing paper cites a large jump to 30 cents a pound, which experts deny as unlikely. The Lamborn Report notes potential fire behind the smoke. Canadians adjust rationing with one coupon. US allotments show no increase. Additionally, a hockey season opener is noted for USL teams. Britain plans mass temporary housing with modern features for postwar rebuilding.
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Canada
United States
Sugar Administration
Toronto
W.P. T.E
Lamborn
W.P.T.B
Cod
USL
Dance troupe proves capable of running a successful show
The group demonstrated they can handle a dance program with the same efficiency as their predecessors, marking a smooth transition in leadership and performance.
Central Ontario Fines for WIPTB Violations Across Merchants
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board reports fines across central Ontario for breaking price controls. Grocers led with 19 cases, including $1 to $100 penalties in Oshawa Thorold Niagara Falls and more. Other retailers such as dress shops used car dealers and restaurants faced fines from $45 to $200 for raising prices or faulty coupon practices. A chimney sweeper boiler cleaner was fined $50 for unreasonable pricing.
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Prices and Trade Board
Ontario
Oshawa
Thorold
Niagara Falls
Britt
Bying Inlet
Sundridge
Kearney
Chippewa
Parry Sound
Haliburton
Campbellford
St. Catharines
Penetang
Hamilton
Whitby
Orillia
Ring Out the Old and Ring In the New Poem Passage
Poem urges farewell to the dying year and its wrongs while heralding peace and renewal. Refrain with bells and imagery invokes ring out old forms of strife and disease and ring in truth, justice, love, and a better future through the Christ to come.
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Christ
OCS Literary Society Presents Fine Programme
A detailed report of the O C S Literary Society meeting including performances, sketches, songs and a Christmas play. The article notes tire rationing news from Canada and the U S with references to policy discussions and a March outlook. Cast list appears for the High School Daze segment and concludes with a National Anthem.
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Carl Flintoff
Archie MelLaren
Shirley Myles
Oshawa
Archie McLaren
Gwen Chatterton
Pauline Robbins
Donna West
Ray Lunn
Orville Chatter
Ruth Elford
Brian O’boyle
Canadians Are Where You Find Them
Wartime population shifts in Canada show Ontario and Quebec gaining while Saskatchewan loses 9.4 percent. British Columbia leads with a 6.6 percent gain. Nova Scotia Alberta Manitoba New Brunswick Prince Edward Island also rise or fall according to wartime ration data. Total population listed as 11 658 933.
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Canada
N.S
N.B
Que
Ontario
Man
Sask
Atla
B.C
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Wartime Officials Cite Short Supply of Children's Underwear
Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, says despite high wartime output demand for children s underwear, sleepers and nightwear cannot be fully met for months. He notes Canadian production is at a record level and enough essentials are supplied, while luxury items do not greatly affect utility garments due to knitting yarn shortages worldwide.
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Donald Gordon
Gordon
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Orono Times
Cobourg
Britain
O.C.S. Literary Society
Washington
Ottawa
Munitions Department
U.S
Howe
Dominion
C. D. Hoowe
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
WPTB
Hull
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