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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1955
Page
8
The Orono Telephone Company announces improved communications with the recent rollout and praise for keeping service charges below regional averages. A separate editorial criticizes court penalties for fatal drunk driving, arguing a higher punishment is needed for highway deaths to curb fatalities.
Wanted advertisement notes a girl needed for housework in Rice Lake offering a good home and $45 a month with liberal time off. No cooking required. Apply Box 35 Oxeno Weekly Times.
Durham County Junior Farmers stage a drama festival at Orone Hall on Wednesday March 23 at 8 15 p m presenting four one act plays Members attend free while all others pay 50e per performance
In memory of Rebecca Brough who died March 16 1951 a devoted mother and grandmother is fondly remembered by family. On Monday March 21 a Ground Observer Corps meeting will be held in the Armories at Orono about six miles north of Newcastle observers from other districts are invited.
Listings in Orono include farms with streams and several bungalows, a brick house in Grono with six rooms and modern features, and a 1948 Chevrolet Coach for sale. Also offered are farm animal disposal services and livestock removal for farms in Bowmanville and surrounding areas.
The Orono Oddfellows Hall trustees host a Dance and Draw on Friday March 18. Paul Minicola’s band Five 550.00 bonds will be awarded to ticket holders with five consolation prizes to sellers, each valued at 10.00. Refreshments will be served. Admission is 1.00 per person with proceeds for building funds.
A Montreal reader compliments the Orone Weekly Times for its engaging content and useful clippings. He notes items on tea industry history, an industrial magazine article, and an eye catching ad for a four room rental. He also imagines local sales and favorable pricing.
The piece notes the Junior Red Cross raised money for medical and remedial treatment from pennies to dimes. Since 1922 the Handicapped and Crippled Children's Fund has supported almost 50 000 cases at near two million dollars. Administration costs are borne by the Canadian Red Cross Society so Juniors’ funds go to projects.
Report from Ottawa notes better job security than quick industrial gains. A Civil Defence briefing by General Worthington explains a 5 megaton H bomb could crater three miles and emit fatal radiation within 140 miles without precautions. Widespread war is deemed unlikely but concerns grow over the Far East crisis in Ottawa.
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