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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1961
Page
6
Allan Jobson recalls rural life of grandparents noting the hedgerow scents of hawthorn and honeysuckle, lavender and linen, and the lingering garden perfumes from hollyhocks and fuchsias. He contrasts stillness, distant farm sounds, market bells, and peaceful countryside with modern noise.
Burly Pierre Joyeux, author of It’s Nothing Period, fled after a 1959 murder at a Mediterranean nudist camp. A manhunt followed as authorities mistook others. Joyeux later hanged himself on Isle of Port Cros. His kayak and body were found with a farewell notebook to Germaine and the sea.
Advertisement for pattern 741 a tailored jerkin with cable texture designed to wear with skirts or slacks. Includes sizes 32-34 and 36-38 and requests thirty five cents payment with a safety note and mailing to Laura Wheeler in New Ter mio Ont. Also promotes a 1961 Needlecraft Catalogue with over 125 designs and offers free instructions for six vatl aps.
A bride asks about mailing invitations from a minister's home and keeping guests within space. A divorced woman weighs keeping wedding rings, with guidance to discard if she prefers. The etiquette coach advises introducing a stepfather as "my step father" and giving his name clearly as "Mr. Jackson."
The writer describes gardening troubles with rabbits aphids and damaged shrubs while noting which plants show disease resistance. They reflect on weather Bud get talk Coyne Fleming and a hornbook lesson as Dorothy learns to read from Everyday Life in the Colonies.
A neighbor notes a Brown Thrasher pair nesting in a thorn bush with three eggs that are eaten by crows and starlings. The piece contrasts bird watching with suburban life, urging protection of songbirds and reflecting on privacy and development pressures in modern neighborhoods.
A nostalgic vignette recalls Dorothy carrying a hornbook primer on a cord as a child. It describes the hornbook’s cheap materials a thin horn covering and brass frame, its function to protect the single page, and contrasts with later real books with pictures.
Advertises Pattern 4883 for a sun styled playsuit with zip back and boy shorts. Describes sizes, fabric yardage, and postal order details from Anne Adams in New Toronto. Mentions a Spring Summer fashion show and new Color Catalog with pages and patterns.
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