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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
7
The Orono Weekly Times itemizes RA Forrester as Publisher and RC Forrester as editor in its masthead, noting authorized second class mail status and Ottawa post office supervision.
The Sunday gate fee of twenty five cents at Memorial Community Park raises funds for repairs and improvements. Over two hundred cars entered each of the past two Sundays with little opposition. The charge shares upkeep fairly among visitors and supports facilities including a health compliant booth, swimming tank, picnic tables, bathing house, and disposal units, enhancing safety for children in the park during summer.
The Crops Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture cautions farmers that sowing wild oats (Avena fatua) leads to poor harvests and provides practical control measures. Recommendations include summer fallow, repeated cultivation, fall and spring disking, and using subsequent crops. long term pasture helps reduce seed. Spraying with maleic hydrazide by air is not suitable for Ontario conditions.
Since April 22 the department operates a pound net at Emily Creek mouth Sturgeon Lake to trap carp and other fish. The effort targets carp but records all species to gauge health of game fish populations. Through May the catch includes carp 168, lunge 48, largemouth bass 47, smallmouth bass 32, pickerel 291, suckers 175, catfish 767, sunfish 91, perch 4 and 1 ling.
Sealed tenders will be received until 12 o clock noon Tuesday July 18 1954 for insurance coverage of automobiles office contents bonding and general liability. The lowest tender is not guaranteed acceptance. For information write 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 at Antioch School and interior of Sixth Line No 21. Lowest or any bid will be considered. Tenders due by a specified date. Details from board members or Secretary Alma Beeyen.
Clarke Tenders invites sealed bids to insulate the school attic in Orono Ontario. Tenders due noon July 5 1954 with 10 percent deposit. work must be finished by August 1 1954. Lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
Local notices list a baptismal font dedication at Aliso Kirby, a strawberry social, a decoration day service at Orono Cemetery on June 27 with Lang Memorial Chapel, and Thursday sales through summer. Also auction events by Jack Reid and Saywell, a general Orono Park Sunday School picnic, and classified requests for a small cement mixer and a Pontiac for sale. Live-horse and dead-farm-stock removal services offered, Bowmanville contact.
Sealed tenders for a heating system to be completely installed in the school building must be received by the undersigned at noon. Details from the undersigned. Work to conform with regulations and be completed before August 11 1954. Deposit cheque equals 10 percent of bid. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
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