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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
5
Letters from F S Thomas and C H Welland Ont address concerns Broom Corn in Durham and Welland Counties. Past failures due to poor maturing varieties low prices and unreliable marketing. Advice suggests limited growing and direct marketing to established markets like the Institute for the Blind.
The Keane family expresses gratitude to friends who wrote letters and cards to Mervin in Brandon with the R.C.A.F. and the Red Cross for a sweater. They also thank those who sent Christmas cards and gifts, noting his Christmas hospital stay and their best wishes.
Attorney General Gordon Conant says motorists without the new 1941 license plates after January 13 face vigorous prosecution. An extension of 15 days was granted to obtain plates, but license holders should not be treated unfairly.
Local residents share visits and moves across Kingston Cobourg Orono Kendal and Oshawa. Events include a card party for the British War Victims Fund three free patriotic concerts funded by War Savings Stamps, and bacteria on community life amid a cold snap.
In 57 years since C. G. Armstrong opened the Orono general store, barter shaped dealings with farmers trading limber cordwood and farm produce for merchandise. Merchants often marked prices high while farmers sought more for their goods. complaints were rare when unequal pricing occurred.
The National War Savings Committee plans a campaign to sell ten million dollars in War Savings Certificates each month while current sales run about three million dollars monthly. In sports, the Orono Midget hockey team defeated Newcastle Midgets 9 to 4 on Wednesday.
In loving memory of Samson D Yeo who died January 18 1940. Gone from us leaving memories. Death can never take away. Sadly missed by wife and family.
The Midland Regiment has repeatedly announced moves between Cobourg Bowmanville and Ottawa with plans fluctuating. The latest guidance confirms deployment to Ottawa, but officials caution that confirmation awaits arrival in the capital.
A pleasant evening marked the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E Dean on January 9 1941. Ten family members attended as a large wedding cake was displayed and the couple received a walnut fern stand and fern as tributes amid warm wishes for many more happy returns.
Canada’s weekly home front review outlines plans to train 100,000 for war work in 1941 and shifts in Youth Training. It highlights 1940 hydro power gains with 302,709 horsepower new installations and total 8,584,488 horsepower. Store sales rose 15 percent in November 1940 vs 1939, and farm cash income reached 714,685,000 dollars in 1940, the highest since 1929.
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