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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
14
A reader seeks guidance on ending quarrels over an ex and jealousy and on dealing with a troublesome landlord. Anne Hirst counsels patience, boundaries, and firm decisions, warning that unresolved conflicts erode marriage prospects. She also advises legal recourse if needed and notes housing scarcity complicates choices.
A Canadian technical service representative for nylon yarn shares practical guidance for home sewers on nylon fabrics. He notes differences from traditional fibers, advises bias cutting, looser bobbin tension, longer stitches, sharp needles, scrap practice, and feeding technique to prevent puckering and sagging.
The passage advises clipping tight selvages at intervals to let fabric lie flat and generous seam allowances to prevent fraying. It notes synthetics do not shrink so fullness at sleeve tops cannot rely on shrinkage, and all finishings like seam binding facing and trimming should be washable for complete washability.
Many young men and women seek career paths and a paper carries a heading Opportunities for Men and Women with names of schools registered with the Department of Education. Readers can approach these schools with confidence.
A diary style piece recounts a bright Easter Sunday with cheerful weather and renewed hope. The writer recalls spring sights, family moments in Toronto shopping with grandson Dave, and a parade of suburban travel mishaps including muddy Oakville streets and a protective watch-dog guarding the rural home.
Chicago Cubs statistician John Phillips discovers a superb young pitcher who fans all batters in a dramatic stretch of twenty seven straight strikeouts. He phones Charlie Grimm with excitement asking how to proceed and the manager replies to sign the pitcher who earned a single foul and chase hitters.
A new worker signs his name as A Liar. The clerk asks to spell the first name. The beginner replies that his first name is Adam, highlighting a pun.
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