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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1946
Page
2
A provincial newspaper quotes on thrift and delayed gratification advising readers to save and pay cash to avoid debt. It also notes that youths should learn basic cooking for future married life and independent breakfasts.
A Stratford Beacon-Herald note says the right tailor and barber can take 20 years off a man’s age, but you can’t feel a steep flight of stairs.
In London Mrs Chick sold her house to Mrs Crane through agent Gosling. The Ottawa Citizen notes the transaction with playful wording about the buyer's reliability and reputation.
A schoolboy’s essay on parents makes a poignant observation about aging, noting that as parents grow old their habits become hard to change. The remark, quoted from The Open Road, provokes discussion on care, respect, and family dynamics.
A six year old bay stallion named Cameleon de Cap Rouge 2841 has been selected by Quebec's horse division with Dominion help to be sent to Antigua in the British West Indies. The horse is said to be immune to a tropical fly that targets dark colored animals. Antigua covers 350 square miles and has 38 000 residents. The Agriculture Department hopes the horse will satisfy breeders and help introduce the Quebec breed to nearby islands, creating a favorable market.
Ten Ying-Chao wife of Chou En-lai, a top Chinese Communist leader, is identified as a political rival of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. She is the sole woman at a political consultation conference where non Kuomintang members can speak without fear of reprisal for the first time.
Hugh Hill announced before the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto that the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show would resume this year in Huron County at a former air training station site. Manufacturers pledged a large machinery display and he urged farmer support for the event not held in war years.
Prime Minister W. J. Mackenzie King announces that Castle Mountain in the Rockies, formerly a 9 400 foot peak, will be renamed Mt Eisenhower to honor the Allied leader Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A Baltimore Sun anecdote recalls friendly rivalries between Jersey and Holstein admirers. One jokes that Holstein milk sinks a coin in its depth, the other retorts Jersey milk, then notes a thin Holstein milk needing double milking.
Snowflakes are transparent but their crystals reflect light in many directions making them appear white. The optical property explains why snow looks bright across winter scenes.
D S Blair of the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa told the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association that Eastern Ontario apple trees damaged last spring are unlikely to yield a normal crop. He advised against pruning badly defoliated orchards and recommended a normal fertilizer and spray program with non caustic materials where possible. Growers who sprayed through the season kept leaves free of scab and avoided foliage loss.
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