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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
4
Established January 1937 notice printed for Orono Ontario readers. Publication appears weekly on Thursdays from the Times Office with subscription price listed as 1.25 dollars and contact phones 21 r 1 and 70 . 1.
The New Bacon Deal between Canada and Britain guarantees delivery of 2 045 000 000 pounds of bacon to the United Kingdom over four years. The pact aims to boost hog farmers by enabling purchases of livestock, feed, and equipment and may support a peace era with steady demand. It could set a pattern for future food contracts and protect farmers from price slumps.
The piece notes Police Trustees curb bicycle riding on town sidewalks citing risks to pedestrians. It recalls wartime fuel worries with wood and coal subsidies extended to 1944, urges early fuel readiness, and reflects on historical cows roaming streets alongside progress in roads and services. It contrasts rural past with present wartime pressures and forecasts future social change.
In a rural spring setting a village recalls children grown with care, yet fears a future war may claim them. Tablets at the cemetery bear the names of young men who died in 1914 1918. This war would end war a question remains about the current conflict outcomes.
The article recalls D Day on June 6 1944 with hundreds of thousands of troops in France. It describes Allied air and sea bombardment from English French coasts with Canadian British and American forces, airborne drops, and advancing units amid German counterattacks while urging postwar peace and avoidance of future wars.
Irish Cobbler potatoes grown from certified seed offered at 1.50 per bag. Contact C V Cooper Kendal phone 23r1 Orono. Classified ad item 20-c.
For sale in Clarke Township Ontario a 100 acre estate features good clay loam soil, sturdy fences, two bank barns, a driving shed, hen house and a modern 11 room brick house with double garage. Public School on the property. Price $5,000. Apply to owner Milton Robinson Kendal P.O. Ontario.
South Half Lot 1, Can 4 in Clarke Township covers about 100 acres with 10 acres of hardwood bush and cedar, a creek near buildings, and a house in good condition. Terms are cash. Interested parties apply to Ernest E. Patterson, Administrator of Robinson Farrow Estate, Newcastle, Ontario.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces six types of new farm machinery and equipment have been removed from the ration list and may now be sold without permits. Items released include diamond harrow sections flexible harrow sections spring tooth harrow sections cream separators power shearing machines and animal clippers egg cleaners and brushes. Increased production has made removal possible.
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