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Newspaper

Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 11, 1940

Page

7

Making Jam For Soldiers

Ontario women apron up to produce 50,000 pounds of strawberry jam for overseas Canadian soldiers. The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario and the Ontario Red Cross launched the emergency campaign, with 50,000 pounds canned and labeled for distribution. Mary A. Clarke led the institutes in tallying cans sent from Norfolk Lincoln Wentworth and Peel counties.

Ontario Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario Ontario Red Cross Tno Norfolk Lincoln Wentworth Peel Mary A. Clarke Institutes

Royal Shelter Deep Underground at Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen retreat to a well equipped air raid shelter beneath Buckingham Palace during air raids. It features a telephone stove chairs and a desk and is heated weekly with fresh candy and crackers restocked. A portable radio knitting supplies gas masks lie ready for use.

London George VI Queen Elizabeth Buckingham Palace Palace Royal Great Britain

Circle V Ranch Mystery Deepens On Return

Lee Hollister returns to Circle V ranch and finds neglect and tension. Rumors swirl about Matt Blair’s death and Lee’s suspicious calm as Slanty Gane Lawler and Stanley Bradish watch his every move. Virginia suspects and seeks answers while suspicion and secrets gather around the quartz sample bearing Matt Blair’s death date.

Lee Hollister Circle V Ranch Joey Matt Blair Lee Matt Virginia The Archers New York Milton Bradish Mrs. Archer Stanley Stanley Bradish Circle V Turkey Gulch Slanty Gane Lawler Slanty Gano Slanty

Modern Youth and Marriage at Virginia Tech

Mildred Tate says seniors and grads show conservatism toward marriage with a general distrust of divorce and desire for three or four children. The class agrees on many issues but girls favor wives working outside the home. boys estimate higher income needs to start married life.

Virginia Tech Blacksburg Mildred Tate

Bride triples back for license then marries without one

Emile D. Marano Jr of New Orleans forgot the marriage license and told Mildred Claasen to bring it to the church. She arrived on time but without the license. Moran rushed to City Hall, obtained a duplicate, and the couple married.

Emile d. Marano, Jr New Orleans Tgbe Mildred Claasen Miss Claasen Moran City Hall

Quintuplets Draw World Attention in Callander Ontario

Callander in northern Ontario hosts the Dafoe Hospital where the Dionne Quintuplets Yvonne Annette Cecile Emilie and Marie born May 28 1934 are wards of the Ontario Government. The hospital with outdoor grounds and Red Cross support draws thousands daily to witness the remarkable children under expert care.

Callander Ontario Dionne Yvonne Annette Cecile Emilie Marie Dafoe Hospital Allan Roy Dafoe Dafoe Ontario Red Cross Division Canada United States

COOL CHIC Easy To Make Dress

A simple summer frock pattern in soft cotton with shoulder covering sleeves and a new front fullness. Sizes 14 to 42 with pattern No. 3312. requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 20c to Louise Lennox, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St Toronto. include name address and size.

Louise Lennox West Adelaide St Toronto

Raspberry Jam and Beverages Recipes for Home Canning

Instructions and recipes for preserving raspberries including raspberry jam relish vinegar whip and beverages. Provides steps, ingredients and proportions for raspberry products and gift wrappers, emphasizing economical use of fruit for families and charitable requests. Contains practical method notes and canning tips for jars and seals.

Quarter-Filled with Cracked Ice Noted

A sentence fragment notes a quarter-filled level with cracked ice, estimating about two percent of a quart.

Miss Sadie B Chambers Seeks Reader Letters and Pet Peeves

Miss Chambers invites personal letters from readers at 73 West Adelaide Street Toronto. She welcomes topic suggestions for her column and requests for recipes or special menus. Include a stamped self addressed envelope if you want a reply.

Miss Chambers Miss Sadie B. Chambers West Adelaide Street Toronto

They're Best Bets For Wedded Bliss

Sociologist Ernest Burgess reports a nine year study of 500 Illinois families showing college professors preachers and chemical engineers top marriages odds at 20 to 1. Travel salesmen musicians and laborers sit at the bottom with 1 to 20 odds. Education and stable income emerge as key happiness factors shaping children's future marriages.

Ernest W. Burgess University of Chicago Burgess American Home Economies Association Illinois

Walls of House Made From Fruit

Farms provide nearly 400 non food articles from produce. Cows yield grease used in antifreeze and dynamite. Corn supplies sizing for carpet backs, adhesives, rayon fibre, wallboard, and tanning agents. Fruit skins make wallboards and grape seeds feed soap and lubricants. Beeswax ends up in candles, polishes and cosmetics.

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Women’s Institutes Mary Howard Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Miss Howard Hollywood Royal Shelter U.S.A Nhzes By Louise Lennox By Sadie B. Chambers Lydia E. Pinkham Pitiam
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