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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
4
The piece notes the importance of reliable train service for mail and goods and cites a near strike at the Bowmanville Goodyear plant. It reflects on civic growth, reforestation, new housing and the town’s expanding businesses while urging sympathetic understanding for workers and a view to progress without conflict.
An essay on Beating the Bounds observed in rural England and Canada leading to Rural Life Sunday. It links seed time and harvest to national welfare, noting biblical assurances amid crop failures and the importance of soil returns to economic strength.
A visiting lady seeks antiques in a village shop, buying old household items and treasures for resale. As modern trends replace the past, residents discover the value of their junk, predicting a future revival by antique collectors and long-term gains from everyday objects.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board suspends wholesale price ceilings on beef carcasses graded red or blue to improve supply and movement. Suspension effective May 27 and lasting until July 20. Retail ceilings for all grades stay unchanged and consumer prices do not rise.
Margaret Podmore daughter of J H Podmore wed Kim W Bruce Mercer of Orono Ontario on Saturday May 18 1946 in Garston Liverpool England.
Mrs George Chater and family express appreciation for acts of kindness sympathy and condolence shown during the illness and death of their husband and father.
The Newfoundland Film Board purchased a number of film prints from the National Film Board. Previously the NFB supplied about 70 non theatrical films to the Newfoundland Film Board.
The estate of Mr. Fred Blackburn offers all household furniture dishes bedding and more at a public auction on Saturday June 8 at 1 p.m. DJST at the Exhibition Grounds Orono. Terms cash. Those wishing to consign furniture may contact the Times office or the auctioneer. If rain occurs the sale moves inside.
Enniskillen football team meets Orono at Orono Park on Saturday, June 8, in a first meeting this season. Local fans urged to attend and support the squad as they seek a strong showing.
L. D. Dougan of the government synthetic rubber plant at Barre told the Canadian Manufacturers Association in Toronto that synthetic rubber conveyor belting outperforms natural rubber in threshing machinery. He cited a mining use where 2,000,000 tons of ore were carried versus 1,400,000 tons with natural rubber belting.
The National Film Board plans to release Canada World Trade a film examining Canada’s peace time role in global commerce and how it will shape international trade relations.
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