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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
4
Published every Thursday morning at the Times Office. Advertising rates available on request. Subscription priced at $1.25. R A Forrester is the publisher.
A local continuation school yearbook issue showcases student writing and cartoons, urges public attendance at literary functions, and notes youth engagement in hockey, baseball, and football. Community drives push National Clothing Drive for UNIRIA with guidance from Ontario chair Russell T. Kelley. A tribute to Mr. C. J. Hughson marks his ninety ninth birthday, praising his long life, honesty, charity, and local memory as Orono looks to future citizenship.
Fred Trull announces the engagement of his daughter Edith Marion to James Albert Canning son of Mr and Mrs John Canning of Oshawa. Marriage planned for the latter part of time.
At St Josephs Hospital Peterborough a son was born to Mr and Mrs Mel vile J Burns nee Beatrice Hamm. The birth occurred on Monday June 10 1946 and adds a new member to the Burns family.
Local events include My T H Ashby visiting his mother in Orono and her nearing 100th birthday on October 29. A charity picture show in the town hall, sponsored by the Oddfellows Lodge, benefits the Football Club. Miss Betty Holdcroft graduates with top honors at Whitby Ladies College. Newtonville and Orono girls’ softball results show Orono defeating Newtonville 19 to 8, with upcoming games to watch.
The Ontario Temperance Federation sends eight speaker teams to travel the province addressing moral social and economic issues. Durham County is set to meet at Orono United Church on Wednesday June 19 at 8 pm with all opinions invited. The visiting team includes Rev. E. S. Bishop Rev. D. C. McLelland and Rev. E. C. Kelloway.
In loving memory of Mary Jane Brown who passed away June 15 1945 a devoted wife mother grandmother and friend remembered by husband daughters sons in laws and grandchildren. The verses praise her loyalty kindness and upright character and mark the family’s enduring remembrance through the years.
Orono High School and Newcastle High School girls softball teams are tied for first place in the league standings after recent games. Both squads remain undefeated in conference play, setting up a weekend showdown that could decide the division crown.
Carl Todd, implement dealer, Clarke, offers 600x16 stock of Scufflers, Disc Drill, Harrows, Bissell Tandem Discs, Gutta Percha tires and tubes at bargain prices.¢-22-p.
Public notices announce multiple farm stock auctions by public sale. Dates span June 17 to June 26 with sales in Clarke Township Hope Township and Blizzard Hill Farm. Listings include horses cattle swine machinery grain hay and implements with cash terms and no reserve on one item. Auctioneers Jack Reid W S O Neill and clerks Morton Lord Youngman and others coordinate sales for several properties.
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