Five Years of Research Behind Ben Hur Film
The Ben Hur film required five years of research and fourteen months of labor to recreate the era from 1 A D to 31 A D. The piece notes the epic chariot race and the moral message of peace through Christ, contrasting revenge with the Sermon on the Mount.
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A. C
Herbert Ben-Hur
The
Seven Hills
Gernlur
Rome
Messala
Rieme
Jerim
Ben-Hur
Jerusalem
Messale
Beiv
Charlton Heston
Jesus Christ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lew Wallace
William Wyler
Italy
MGM Camera 65
Local Social Notes Tell of Visits and House Guests
Misses Livda and Mary Normart of Philadelphia visit Mrs B Sissons. Diane Nicholson hosts birthday party with friends. Sunday guests include the Forrester and Forrester families, Mrs Jane Forrester, and others. Mrs O Cowan is ill in Bowmanville Hospital. Mrs M Tinton visits kin in New Jersey. British and Canadian visitors and extended family connection noted. Ed Graham and Fagan family vacation at Clear Lake cottage. Billings family weekends with Oshawa relatives.
Local Horsemen Compete At Weedbine
Orono horses raced at Woodbine Trots in Toronto with wins for Bracelet driven by Gerald Robinson in 2.03.2 and Flash Riddell owned and driven by Jack Reid in 2.07.3. Hollywood Richard also placed second and Adios Butler set a Canadian record at 1.53.02 in Montreal crowds. Junior West debuted at Woodbine with Canne's Pride finishing fifth.
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Orono
Woodbine
Toronto
Mir
Gerald Robinson
Bracelet
Flash Riddell
Jack Reid
Reid
Hollywood Richard
Montreal
Adios Butler
Adios
Mighty Dudley
Junior West
the Woodbine
Canne
Pride
Health Unit notes staff changes and meat inspection counts
Health Unit July totals show 499 animals inspected with 8 rejections and 25 condemned portions. June hires added two clerks and three public health nurses. resignation of Miss Helen Miller leaves a potential staffing shortage for 1946, while sanitation and clinical staff have no vacancies.
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Helen Miller
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Law Wallace
Wallace
Prince of Peace
Indiana
Holy Land
Carnarvon
A. Eustace
London
Lake of Bays
S. Cecil Jones
Mr. and
Mr. P
Northern
Ona Motor Tako
Myrs
Bowmanville
Dorothy, Dunlop
Annette Jorgenson
Thomas Fairbrother
Mrs. Ross Gilbart Ang
Canada
Larry Johnson
Steven
Chris
Boston
J. F. Stevenson
BR. Grady
JT. Wison
Roy Smees
Stoney Creek
A Lloyd
Dundas
Harry Grady
Hamilton
Charles Hunter
Lakefield
Wm. Cowan
Livda
Mary Normart
Philadelphia
B. Sissons
Diane Nicholson
Floyd Nicholson
Donald Staples
John Forrester
David
Ronnie
Roy Forrester
Elaine
Nancy
Jane E. Forrester
Warren Forlas Forrester
Lynda
Bruce
Jester
Ottawa
Dougoo ‘A
A. Roark
Ontario
Fornia
George Chidley
Denver
Col
Keith Taylor
Brampton
M. Chatterton
O. Cowan
Bowmanville Memorial Hospital
Mrs. M. Tinton
New Jersey
Thomas Cook
Godalming
England
Mrs. VandenHeuvel
Mrs. Norton
Orone
Ed. Graham
Terry
Michael Fagan
Clear Lake
Myr
Mrs
Carl Billings
Lawrence Allin
Oshawa
Isle
Armstrong
Weedbine
Uniter Church
Orena Pastoral
Basil Long
Kirby Orena Leskard
Sunda
Kirby
Leskard
A.m
P.m
Orono, Ontario
Colgate Giant
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