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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
4
The passage defines Fifth Column as covert supporters within a nation who undermine war efforts through sabotage and espionage. It traces origins to the Spanish Civil War 1936-39 and notes such subversive elements can include people not classed as aliens while spreading hostile literature and undermining Canada and the British Empire.
The piece condemns German bombing of Vimy Ridge cemeteries and the Canadian War Memorial. It argues Nazi actions violate sacred sites, justify Allied unity, and demand harsh punishment to curb the invaders and uphold British justice. It portrays the Nazis as barbaric and calls for collective action worldwide.
The 1939 Canadian apple crop, boosted by war shippers limits, shifts to fresh apple juice. Ontario Nova Scotia and British Columbia firms produce a non fermented liquid from ripe apples, with ten companies and an estimated value near 15 million dollars.
Mrs John Armstrong and Miss Marjorie Adams hosted a Red Cross card party at Orange Hall with ten tables of 500. Prizes went to Mrs Wm Armstrong and Mr B White for high and to Mrs H Mercergent and Mr W E Davey for low. Lucky numbers winners included Mr H Wood Miss A Gollville Mrs F Cowan Mr Hancock Mrs H Allen and Miss Elsie Rowe. Lunch followed and nearly $20 was raised for the Red Cross.
About twenty-five officers and members of Orono Lodge No 436 L O F attended the 121st anniversary service at Pontypool under Pontypool Lodge No 296. The parade was led by L O L Fite and Drum Band with John Payne as Drum Major and Ed Young as Marshall. An Orono male quartet provided music and Rev H D McCormick preached on God is Love.
Local items include new lunchroom opposite the town hall run by Mrs Wonnacott, and the opening of a new Evangelistic Tabernacle on Queen Street with varied musical parts and a lengthy sermon. The town also recalls historic scares, notes arrivals and departures, a robbery investigated near Blackstock, and upcoming Rotary and Lions events.
The Ontario Regiment Tank unit from Oshawa sails to Camp Borden for extensive training. Nearby, 75000 Muskelunge fry are stocked in Rice Lake and Gore's Landing. The 14th Midland Field Battery departs Cobourg for Petawawa training, leaving Cobourg Armouries busy. An elementary air training school and a new airport three miles north of Oshawa begin construction, to be finished sooner than planned. Port Perry man William Cawker pleads guilty to improper trailer attachment after a ten day notice confusion, fined $5.00. A Georges Argue 83 is robbed near Blackstock by two women, suspected gypsies, of $40. A failed landing near Cobourg yields no injuries. A wife’s assault leads to hospital care for her estranged husband, shot with 75 pellets. police investigate.
Mrs E Farrow and guests from Toronto and Port Granby visited family in Cowanville. Several couples and friends including Miss Viola Hollingsworth, Miss Laura Edwards, and Mr Andrew Bandy with Mack Stapleton plus Willis Farrow and Clarence Burley gathered at various homes Sunday. Clarke W A event at Mrs B Cowan planned this week with expected strong attendance.
Mary Spry visited the Cornishes on Sunday. Families from Orono and Kendal spent the weekend at local homes. Harold Cobbledick and Alice Bairstow wed on June 1. Church service on June 9 will be led by Boy Scouts. An air raid shelter was built in a haystack in England.
Blood tested flock offers White Leghorn and Barred Rock chicks mixed or sexes and started stock. R O P sired chicks with average egg set 26 ounces per dozen. All eggs produced on farm. Over 30 years in business. Alvin Clemens Bowmanville phone 2433.
Margaret Winnifred Cuttell of Orono died suddenly on Sunday at her residence after a stroke the previous evening. She was 65, lifelong resident except a year in Syracuse, widow of Samuel Cuttell editor of The Orono News, and mother of Dr. Floyd J. Cuttell. She held church and community roles, served as a Durham Central Agricultural Society director, and was active in several local groups. Funeral Tuesday at United Church with interment in Orono Cemetery.
The family of the late Mrs. S. Cuttell thank friends for their sympathy and neighbours for assistance during the recent bereavement.
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