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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
15
The Orono Weekly Times printed by RA Forrester as publisher and owner RC Forrester, authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department Ottawa.
The rono Memorial Community Park begins Sunday charging twenty five cents per car to support repairs and improvements. Over two hundred cars entered each Sunday with little opposition. The move funds upkeep and safety, funds the health compliant booth, swimming tank, picnic facilities, and other grounds amenities while reducing traffic.
The Crops Branch of Ontario's Agriculture Department warns that sowing wild oats leads to poor harvests and offers control methods. They advise fallow and cultivation to bring seeds to the surface, followed by crops like winter wheat or barley, and caution against seed remaining in certified seed.
Since April 22 the department operates a pound net at Emily Creek mouth Sturgeon Lake to trap carp and deter upstream migration. The net totals show carp 168, lunge 48, largemouth bass 47, smallmouth bass 32, pickerel 291, suckers 175, catfish 767, sunfish 91, perch 4 and 1 ling with age data from scale sampling.
Sealed tenders for insurance coverage of automobiles contents of offices bonding and general liability will be received until 12 o clock noon Tuesday July 18 1954. Lowest bid not guaranteed to be accepted. For more information contact L R Griffith secretary treasurer Northumberland Durham Board of Health P O Box 20.
Clarke Township School Area Trustee Board invites bids for interior and exterior painting of Antioch School and interior of Sixth Line No 21 school. Lowest or any tender considered. Details from board members or secretary Alma Bewen.
Sealed tenders will be received by H. E. Millson of Orono Ontario until 12 o clock noon Monday July 5 1954 for insulating the attic of the school building. Work to be completed by August 1 1954. A deposit cheque equal to 10 percent of the bid must accompany each tender. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Community notices list upcoming events and sales including a July 4 auction at 7 30, baptisms and church activities, a Strawberry Social on Friday July 2, and a Decoration Day service at Orono Cemetery on June 27 with Orono Citizens Band. Weekly Thursday sales during summer. WANTED cement mixer. FOR SALE a 89 Pontiac. hay field work. dead farm stock removal and live horse purchases.
Sealed tenders for a heating system installation in the school building will be received by the undersigned at noon. Tenders must conform to regulations and be completed by August 11, 1954. A 10 percent deposit cheque accompanies each bid. Lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
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