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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
13
A mother writes of a 19 year old daughter's attachment to a young man her father disapproves of. She urges patience and mediation, suggesting the father loosen restrictions, seek counsel, and support the daughter's choice while maintaining family harmony.
Pattern 4666 provides a sun dress with optional bolero or capelet for Monday to Sunday wear. Includes sizes 2 4 6 8 10 and easy illustrated instructions. Price 35 cents, payment in coins. Send order to Box 1 New Toronto Ont.
An old catalog blurb invites readers to mail twenty five cents for knitting patterns including a shrug and matching skirt pattern 677. It notes easy-to-follow directions Misses sizes 32-34 36-38 and asks for name address and payment by coins stamps. It promotes the 1954 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog with 70 embroidery crochet color-transfer and dressmaking patterns and complete patterns printed in the book.
An 1866 maritime catastrophe aboard the American ship General Grant near New Zealand left 83 aboard and 4000 ounces of gold lost. Castaways endured eighteen months on a volcanic island under Captain Jack Teer's leadership, salvaging supplies and surviving until rescue by the Amherst in 1867, with only ten survivors.
The writer notes a hazy, wind driven dust over Ontario on Easter Monday and ties it to a broader era of worry about flying saucers and radio activity. The piece recalls Easter customs in England and Canada, local spring sights, a visit to a new Ontario quarry, and family happenings at Ginger Farm including a kitten mauled by a police dog and house guests.
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