Butter Ration Cuts Deepen in Canada Amid Shortage
Ottawa announces further butter ration cuts from six to four ounces per person due to dwindling stocks and world shortages. New coupons will be issued biweekly on March 7 and 21 and April 4 and 18 as production and imports fail to keep up with rising consumption and population gains.
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Ottawa
Finance
Isley
Janary
Ilsley
United Kingdom
Europe
United mm
Sisley
Carnival by Girl Guides and Boy Scouts at Local Arena
On Tuesday evening February 19 the Qrone Girl Guides and Boy Scouts sponsor a Carnival at the local arena. A business man’s broom ball game, stunts drills races fancy skating burlesque hockey and an idle time skating party with lunch await attendees. Bring skates from storage and relive youth for a night of fun.
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Qrone Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
Clarke Township Council Minutes Open Meeting Orono
Clarke Township Council met in Orono with all members present. Minutes were read and approved. A snow plow bill, Knapp case, and road damages were discussed. Res 1267 sets snow plow rules with cost sharing 50 25 25.
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Clarke Township
Orono
Ead
McKay and Hawke
Knapp
Bowmanville Hospital
J. Burgess
Department of Highways
Museum Board Promotes Two Palaeontology Leaders
The Board of Trustees appoints Dr L S Russell as Director and Dr Madeline A Fritz as Associate Director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology. Russell returned from military service as a mine detection major and has seven years with the Geological Survey of Canada. Fritz, a McGill and Toronto graduate, led invertebrate collections since 1927 and serves as Associate Professor of Palaeontology at the University of Toronto. both are fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.
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L.S. Russell
Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology
Madeleine A. Fritz
Russell
Museum
Canadian Army
Canada
England
Geoloical Survey of Canada
University of Toronto
Royal Society of Canada
Miss Fritz
McGill
Toronto
Museum of Palaeontology
Fritz F
Ontario Potato Crop Falls Short of 1944 Peak
The 1945 Ontario potato crop totaled 7 633 000 cwt from 116 000 acres, down 875 000 cwt and 4 000 acres from 1944. Severe weather, insect damage, late blight and limited DDT affected yields while 1945 saw high seed demand and heavy U.S. imports. Certification acreage reached a province record, with some growers exiting commercial production.
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Ontario
R. H E. Goodin
Ontario Department of Agriculture
United States
John Vanderhorst
Fort i Frances
Colorado
Priority Lineup For New Cars In Wartime Prices Plan
Wartime Prices and Trade Board outlines how to apply for priority car certificates after price ceilings. Eligible conditions include 75 percent business use and no prior disposal of a serviceable car. Class A lists physicians dentists nurses Red Cross staff officials and others in essential services. Continued on page four.
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Prices and Trade Board
H. T. Milne
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross Transport ‘Service
Dominion
Mass Meeting in Toronto on Alberta Hard Coal
Crowds filled Massey Hall in Toronto to hear Mervyn Brown of Allied Industrials discuss Alberta hard coal and Ontario fuel security. Brown argued coal development and peat alternatives, recounting his Alberta experience and government representations, amid city officials stressing provincial fuel resilience.
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Massey Hall
Toronto
Jan. Sist
Alberta
Mervyn Brown
Allied Industrials, Limited
Mayor Macdonald
St. Catharines
Macdonald
Ontario
Oshawa Midgets Rout Orono 8–3 In OMHA Hockey
Oshawa Midgets defeated Orono 8 to 3 in an OMHA game played Friday. The Oshawa squad used fast three and four man rushes while Chmara in the Orono goal faced heavy pressure and multiple penalties in a wide open contest.
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Orone
O.M.H.A
Oshawa
O.M.H
Kane
Oshaava
Ford
McArthur
Chmara
Turnbull
Wilson
Weddup
Orono
Cornish
Jake” Middleton
Bradley
Morrison
Patterson
Cole
Middleton
Carman Cornish
Gibsion
Paterson
O'Connor
O’connor
Brian O’boyle
Brabbin
Junior West
Ross Carleton
McComb
Chimara
Orono Clubs Elect 1946 Officers At Village Meetings
The Orono Fish and Hunt Club and the Park Street United Church hosted events in February. Officers were elected for the hunt club: President P. M. Lama, Sec Treas R. A. Forrester, directors from Orono Bowmanville and Newcastle, and affiliates with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. The church social featured a poverty themed Valentine party with songs contests and a lunch.
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Park Street United Church
Anna Staples
Betty Chapman
Arlene Boyd
Dick Morton
Valentine
Kay Gamsby
Marvaline Boyd
Dawn Moffat
Croud Fish and Hunt Club
Orono
Bowmanville
Newcastle
J. J. Armstrong
C. H. Froste
Orono Fish and Hunt Club
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Association
Toronto
W. E. Armstrong
Dane Found
P. M
Lunn
A. F. McKenzie
Ontario Anglers and Hunters Association
Fear Ganaraska Project Might Be Side Tracked
Port Mippe Board of Traders supports uniting public opinion to back the Ganaraska Watershed Survey project. They warn government by pass risks neglected flood control and soil conservation efforts in Port Hope and district, noting the issue could be sidelined by other province wide projects. Dana Porter has shown interest in local sentiment.
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Port Mippe Board of Traders
Port Hope
Dana Porter
Ontario
Durham County Federation of Agriculture Holds February Meeting
The Durham County Federation met February 7 at the Staples home with a fair turnout. The new president led a session approving minutes and resolutions endorsing Ganaraska Development, supporting film showings in schools, and appointing the president to Ontario Board of Directors while assigning drainage inquiries and plans for county visitation and new Forums.
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Durham County Federation
M. H. Staples
Ontario Board of Directors
National Film Boards
Durham County Federation of
Poranis
Bhatt
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Guides and Scouts
Orono Arena
Tues
Clarke Township Council
Museum Board
Britain
Hjm.s
A. V. Allexander
House of Commons
Sabang
Simatra
H.M.S. Valiant
Hockey News
Hurst
Kitt
Esposito
Orone Fish and Hunt Club
Young People’s Union
P.M. Lama
W. EB. Armstrong
Sec.Treas
R. A. Forrester
Chas. Knox
Madison Hall
Gordon Watson
Chas. Miller
Chas.Froste
Chas. Tyrrell
H. B. Rundle
Ted Morris
Ross Dickinson
Cecil Carveth
Peterboro
St. Sunday School
Durham County Federation of Agriculture
Ganaraska
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