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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1954
Page
7
The snippet names Foesser and FE A Forrester as publisher figures in the Orono Weekly Times indicating its second class mail authorization in Ottawa.
The Midlands and Ontario Regiments plan to amalgamate, reducing local defence nucleii from two to one. Proponents argue changes are needed for efficiency and recruitment, while opponents warn the move weakens local historic ties and national striking power.
The Montreal Gazette argues unemployment stems from foreign workers taking Canadian jobs and urges cooperation between management and labor rather than slowing production. It warns higher costs and lost sales threaten wages and dividends, while buyers set prices. The piece shifts to anticipation of a new Ontario road map for 1955 with praise for Highway Department staff.
Kendal Field Day is set for Wednesday July 28 starting at 1 p.m. with baseball games races prizes and a pond fish event and 60 cent admission with children under 12 free. A barn dance at Foster's Tobacco Barn features Ruth Wilson's Orchestra with 50 cent dance admission. Clarke Church W A holds an anniversary service Sunday July 25 at 7 30 p.m. led by Rev M C Fisher. The July Bazaar and social follow Wednesday July 28 at 4 p.m. with 25 cent admission and 15 cent lunch.
A card of thanks from Jack Bairstow thanks friends and Orono lodge members for hospital kindness. In Bowmanville a notice lists a funeral service for Penwarden with burial at Orono Cemetery near Brooklyn. The article then explains map making on Ontario road maps with base maps, stick on features, registration, and how to obtain the 1954 Official Ontario Road Map and Roadside Park Bulletin.
Carl Todd and Reg Johnson announce a sale with a cookstove, assorted furniture, hydraulic and plow gear, harrows and wagons. Phones provided 89-1-10 and Cl Durham. auctions start Thursday June 1 24 and run weekly through the summer.
Auction sale of 2 horses shorthorn cattle baby beef Case tractor and implements grain and household furniture property of coverage 2 miles north of Newtonville and 3/4 mile east Crooked Creek on Thursday July 29 at 1 p.m. No reserve as fayrh is sold Terms cash Murray C Noble Auctioneer.
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