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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
4
Saturday cinema praised for wholesome Oliver Twist showing
The town applauds the Saturday night cinema for offering instructive entertainment for children. The piece notes growing interest in building a dedicated movie house with proper acoustics and cites Oliver Twist as an example of good film as families increasingly spend on weekend screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dicken
Decoration Day Reflections On Pioneers And Memorials
The piece remembers Decoration Day activities at the cemetery and questions modern life's fit with early settlers values. It notes pioneers opened the country, endured hardship, and established homes, while modern comforts rose from their sacrifices. The author weighs piety and worthiness of current generations.
Tomatoes Power Local Canning Venture Promising Season
Local acres grow tomatoes for a large canning firm with hope of reviving a regional industry. Readers recall earlier canning days when farmers earned modest prices per bushel, and a single beefsteak could pay ten cents or more. The piece argues canned foods are essential, notes wartime dehydration, and suggests a bumper crop could boost farmers and market gardeners while aiding a wider effort to end famine.
Heat and Humidity Prompt Quiet Reflections on Work and Weather
The piece notes a June shift from forty to ninety degrees and tops a hundred at Tyrrell's drug store. It muses on heat's impact on farm work and city labor, urging empathy by imagining others' conditions and suggesting adjusting to weather and neighbors helps everyone endure the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrrell’s
Sol
Obituary of John Gay of Bowmanville
John Gay died after a short illness at his daughter Elva McDonald’s home in Bowmanville on June 22 at age 67. He was born near Maple Grove, married Martha Ball in 1905, farmed near Leskard and Cowanville, later lived with Elva, and belonged to several churches and the Oddfellows. Survived by son Charles and daughter Elva. Funeral June 25 at Morris Funeral Chapel. interment Orono Cemetery. Pallbearers named Ed Ball Jim Ball George Ball Lorne Robbins Art Robbins Ernest Syer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McDonald
Bowmanville
John Gay
Mr. Gay
Maple Grove
Martha Ball
Leskand
Cowanville
Leskand S
Elva
Leskard United Church
Trinity United Church
Evangelistic Tabernacle
Oddfellows Lodge
Leskard
Charles
Kendal
Morris Funeral Chapel
Pallbearens
Messrs
Ed. Ball
Jim Ball
George Ball
Lorne Robbins
Art Robbins
Ernest Syer
Sugar Canning Coupons and Extra Sugar Allotment Details
The final allotment of extra sugar for home canning will be available on July 4 via Sugar Preserves coupons S-17 to S-21. The first half of the yearly ten pound allotment became valid on May 2. Remaining coupons may be used for jams jellies and preserves or extra household sugar. Two regular sugar-preserves coupons will become valid July 18 alongside five extra 9 coupons on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addiiton
Births Cobbledick and Mckenzie Names
At Leamington on July 1 1946 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Hubert S Cobbledick. At Oshawa General Hospital on July 1 1946 a son Ian Douglas was born to Dr A F and Mrs McKenzie of Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobbledick
Leamington
Hubert S. Cobbledick
McKenzie
Oshawa General Hospital
A. F
Orono
Ian Douglas
Card of Thanks for John Gay
The family of the late John Gay expresses heartfelt thanks and appreciation to friends relatives and neighbors for acts of kindness messages of sympathy and floral tributes during the loss of a dear father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gay
Toronto social notes feature Best family visits
Mr. and Miss Molson of Toronto spent Sunday with Mrs. H. J. Best. Mr. Harry Grady visited his Hamilton parents over the holiday weekend. Miss Edna Best returned to Toronto after a week with her mother, Mrs. H. J. Best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Molson
Toronto
H. J. Best
Harry Grady
Hamilton
Edna Best
Birthday visit and concert outing in Ontario
Mr. and Mrs Brimacombe and Garfield of Toronto joined Mrs Penfound Miss M Brimacombe and Mr and Mrs E Patterson Bowmanville in visiting Mr and Mrs F J Brimacombe last Sunday. On July 1 they celebrated birthdays by driving to Hayden for a benefiting Sunday School concert with their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Cobbledick
Fred Brimacombe
Hayden
Funeral notice for Mabel Julia Pollard
Mabel Julia Pollard died at Bowmanville General Hospital on June 29 1946 age 59. She was wife of Albert A Pollard and mother of Doreen Gladys and Muriel with six pallbearers named. Funeral held July 1 at Morris Funeral Chapel Bowmanville with Rev W W Patterson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowmanville General Hospital
Mabel Julia Pollard
Albert A. Pollard
Doreen
W. T. Lake
Newcastle
Gladys
Everett Brown
Orone
Muriel
Kenneth Neil
Bowmanville
Illie
Thos. Ferguson
Lindsay
Velma
O. A. Ashton
Detroit
Mich
Morris Funeral Chapel
W. W. Patterson
Local choir gathering ends with ice cream and cake
Mrs. R. H. Brown and Mr. Colin Taylor hosted the choir at Park St. Church after practice on Wednesday evening, treating them to ice cream and cake. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Fagan, Miss Adele Morton, Ronald Patterson and Dick Morton spent Sunday at J. H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Brown
Colin Taylor
Park St. Church
Owen Fagan
Adele Morton
Ronald Patterson
Dick Morton
J. H
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SOR Sale
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Port Hope
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Joan Leslie
Robert Hutton
Rusty
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the Dog
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Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
F. Duncan
Professional Directory
A. F. McKenzie
Lawrence C. Mason, B.A
Bowmanville, Ont
W. F. Ward
Notary
George Forbes
Sweeden
Eben E. Jones
Clarke
Newtonville
Mike Shutka
Con
Clarke Township
Starkville Corner
Shutka
Jack Reid
Pollard
Amelia and
John Christian
Islay
Ontario
Fenelon Township
United Church
Wesley Pollard
George Pollard
Stanley Pollard
Samuel Hepburn
Harry Dennis
Thos Ferguson
Lindsay, Oshawa
Peterboro
Cameron and
Cambray
F. F. Morris CO
Durham
James E. O’boyle
Crono
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
W. W. Sherwin
Crone
J. C. Gamey
Manufacturers Life
Dane
P.O
Ted Jackson
Pere Perry
A. E. Morton
Imperial Life Assurance Company
Fred Lycett
Morris
Lake Scugog
Mary Somerville
Agnes Waddell
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