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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
4
The piece notes the harsh spring conditions complicating farming with high buckwheat prices and potential shift to Russian wheat. It highlights farmers adapting through substitutes and efforts, urging empathy for soil owners and hope for a kinder growing season.
The article urges careful vehicle checks before trips and early starts to avoid traffic and speed. It stresses parental duties to keep children off streets and away from parked cars, and urges drivers, pedestrians, and families to anticipate hazards of the summer travel season to reduce injuries.
The Bowmanville Lions Club with the Ontario Tuberculosis Association and Ontario Department of Health announces a month long program offering free chest X rays to every man woman and high school student in the area. The goal is to cut tuberculosis by half in ten years and screen over 2000 people to detect early disease and boost public awareness.
The article urges a village wide canvass to raise subscriptions for a Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. It argues the hospital’s proximity and strong record justify support, noting many locals rely on Bowmanville for medical care. It calls for a generous response to fund building and a larger facility to improve local health services.
Newtonville reports visits by Mr. MacGregor Jones and family, Mrs. Mary Armstrong of Toronto, and Rev. Mahaffy. A film enjoyed, illness updates, a silver anniversary, and a tempered Temperance sermon. Local meetings, institute notes, and fundraising totals are included with community remarks.
Obituaries from Oshawa and surrounding towns announce Edward F. Dean of Orono died at 71. Morley Harold Cobbledick of Orono died at Sick Children’s Hospital Toronto at age 2. Walter Deline of Newcastle died at Bowmanville Hospital aged 60. Funeral details and interment at Orono Cemetery and Bond Head Cemetery are noted.
Burley remembers father James Burley who died June 6 1937 and mother who died June 18 1988. They are gone but not forgotten and thoughts of them are near in lonely hours and days of sadness. Always remembered by daughters Pearl and Hazel.
In a loving memory of our dear father John Gay who passed away on June 22 1946. Ever remembered and sadly missed by his children Charlie and Elva his son in law Harold and daughter in law Hazel and the grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs Wm Hallowell express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and for cards during his illness.
Thank you to friends and neighbors in Orono for kind words and floral tributes during the illness and death of Edward F Dean. Sincerely Mrs. E Dean and Family.
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