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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
5
Canadian Wildlife Service biologists describe a new method to ship live fish by anaesthetizing them in a urethane solution, then packing in crushed ice. Twenty fish per crate are moved with fins clipped for study, requiring less equipment, space, water, and labor than traditional tank transport.
Ninety nine percent of Japan's population can read and write, the highest literacy rate globally. Last year Bible Societies distributed 1,669,884 copies of the Scriptures in Japan.
Local notes detail dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Watson including Frank Cole and several Cole families, visits from Toronto and Oshawa residents, and attendance at a Canadian Club event with Deputy Minister H. C. Rickaby. Obituaries note Mabel Brown of Bowmanville and William Henry Hooper of Pontypool. Cobourg reports a 1955 building permit record with October peaking at 733,900 dollars.
On Thursday evening last Mrs. O. Cowan and others held a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Cowan's home for Miss Laura Burgess a bride to be. Laura was surprised ushered to a chair in the archway and presented with a basket brimming with gifts. She thanked the guests after unwrapping. A delicious lunch followed and the evening ended pleasantly.
Miss Marjorie White, bride-to-be, was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Lorna Lewis and Edna Goode at Goode's home last Friday evening. About twenty-five to thirty guests attended the sociable event and enjoyed a luncheon provided by the hostesses.
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