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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1954
Page
2
Dear Anne Hirst offers guidance on two readers: one seeking to win a reluctant suitor by playing a supportive friend, and another planning a six month wait to learn housekeeping and cooking before marriage. The advice emphasizes patience, self improvement, and strategic conversation to attract the right partner.
A Munich group named the Club of Giants organizes to aid extremely tall residents, requiring at least six feet seven inches height. Its first chairman is taller than the minimum, and the tallest member is seven feet. The article notes Rwanda Urundi in the Belgian Congo reportedly hosts the world’s tallest populations with Batutsi averages near seven feet.
The piece notes an abundance of baled hay this year and explains why farmers leave bales to cure longer. It also laments waste from baling wire and twine, recalls reuse ideas, and muses on changing value of common materials and crops.
Crochet pattern 751 for large 19 inch doily and 13 inch small doily in No 30 cotton with red roses and green leaves. Send 25 cents to Box 1 128 Highteenth St Ned Toronto Ont for pattern, name and address, no stamps. Also promo for Laura Wheeler 1954 Needlecraft Catalog with embroidery crochet color transfer and 4 patterns.
A prizefighter and his companion dined at a large Times Square restaurant. The fighter paid with a five dollar bill, then struck the waiter in the eye and left, declaring he would dine there again tomorrow. The judge questioned the motive as the fighter boasted of recognizing the waiter.
The Crusade for Freedom launches balloons dropping millions of posters illustrating 10 demands on the Communist regime. Posters have gummed backs for quick, unobtrusive posting in public spaces. A school scene notes the speed of light with a skeptical remark about its wonder.
Pattern 4887 for misses sizes 12 to 20 features a back collar turned into a halter for hot days. Includes slimming princess lines and optional bolero. Requires 4% yards 35 inch fabric plus 4 yards contrast. Send 35 cents to Box 1 128 Twelfth St New Toronto Ontario 1954 issue 30.
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