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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
5
Corporal and Mrs. G. L. Carscadden announce the birth of a son at Bowmanville Hospital on Monday December 23 1940. The event adds to the family named in the notice.
Orono trustees face three goals to stabilize funds pay debentures build a reserve and cut rates. They discuss refinancing saving a debenture and reducing street light costs while service charges remain on commercial bills. Debentures left eight, plan to pay them off and lower rates when feasible.
Local notes report health updates visits and cross town travel. Families in Perth Toronto Bowmanville Sudbury and Orono are mentioned with Christmas and New Year gatherings and hospital plans. A Red Cross meeting is announced and an Orange dance raised funds for charity. A death announces Addie Lovena MacArthur of Vancouver and details funeral services.
The Orone Continuation and Public Schools annual report was presented on December 26 1940 with about twenty attendees. R R Waddell was elected for a three year term secretary-treasurer and discussion considered hiring an outsider or non trustee for the role with a possible $100 stipend if he remains a board member.
A naval correspondence outlines the Fleet Air Arm growth from a quiet force to a wartime standout. It recalls countless patrols in the North Sea and Atlantic, Ark Royal sorties, and the Norway operations that brought global praise from the Admiralty for its air fighters. The piece notes the transition from RNAS to RAF origins.
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