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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
4
Classified notices announce a festival at Crooked Creek school on Wednesday evening June 24th. Proceeds support war work. Kirby anniversary services are scheduled for Sunday June 21 with two service times. No strawberry festival elsewhere. Bring friends for a good programme.
The Women's Institute will convene Friday afternoon June 19 at 2 30 pm. Members are asked to bring felt for sewing slippers and all are welcome to attend.
For sale a house and lot on Park Street Orono known as the Robert Foster property. Apply to R R Waddell Orono. b 23 ce.
Seventeen acres of mixed Timothy and alfalfa hay offered for sale by the field or by the load. Apply to Mr. Fred Brimacombe, phone 58 . 6, Orono. tf.
A blue heifer with a white hip streak and a left ear TB tag was found on the premises of manager Mel Skelding, Lot 29 Concession 8. Claimant must prove ownership and cover expenses.
Auctioneer Elmer Wilbur conducts a public sale of farm stock implements pigs harness and some household effects on Tuesday June 30 at 1 o clock cash terms. Bills available for details.
A ranch between the 9th and 10th concessions offers a reward for a roan yearling heifer and a red yearling steer both with holes in the left ear. Contact Clarke at phone 16 r 31. c 23 p.
Advertisement seeks a housekeeper or girl for two adults and an eight year old child in a small new well equipped home in a fine Toronto suburb. Monthly wage is $35.00. Contact Mrs J N Stanley at 28 Beechwood Avenue York Mills Ontario or Mohawk 5413.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met Tuesday June 16 at Mrs. R Best's home with Mrs H Walsh presiding. Devotional by Mrs Littlewood included The Sculptor Boy. Members answered roll call and Mrs R Chapman sang. Coupons saved for mailing and Christmas cards ordered. Lunch by Mrs Best and Stella.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board urges return of used bags made from cotton heavy twill jute and sisal. National Salvage Headquarters asks households and dealers to turn in clean sound bags to support material shortages, with funds aiding war charities.
The new CBC program Curtain Memories features an orchestra chorus and soloists under Geo. Stewart to perform hits from musical comedies and light opera. It airs Wednesdays at 9 30 p.m. EDT 10 30 p.m. ADT from Toronto and is produced by Norman Lucas. Charles Jordan is pictured above.
An advertisement notes Kleerex clears skin issues fast with a soothing salve for sunburn poison ivy insect bites impetigo cuts and burns. Sold by Tyrrell's Drug Store in Orono Ontario with prices 50 cents one dollar and two dollars for medium and strong versions.
ALVIN CLEMENS sells blood tested White Leghorns and Rocks. R.O.P sized large fowl and large egg sets produced on the farm. Customers book orders to avoid disappointment as hatching ends early this year at Bowmanville Farm near Hampton. Phone 2433.
Notice explains that general stores close nightly except Saturday. Barber shop remains open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights, closed on Monday and Friday at eight o'clock, and Wednesday at 1 PM. By law from merchants remains in effect.
Office hours run Monday to Saturday nine to five with Wednesday mornings until noon. For appointments call the listed telephone number.
Instructions from MR. R. H. BROWN call for a public sale on Wednesday June 24 1942 at Lot 27 Con 5 Clarke Township just north of Orono. Items include horses cattle hogs harness farm equipment and assorted furniture with numerous ploughs, cutters, and farming implements listed.
In Cobourg last Saturday a Mexican five peso note appeared in a grocery cash drawer. Police Chief W J Carey warned merchants to watch for more. He showed one store the note and explained the visit, noting the bill resembles a Canadian five dollar note.
A brief excerpt notes that one of the reasons for the program’s remarkable success is highlighted, suggesting effective strategy or leadership behind its popularity. Further details remain unread in the fragment.
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