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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
4
Subscription price listed at $1.25. Publisher R. A. Forrester based in Orono, Ontario.
Andy Clarkes broadcast noted an April weekend frost helped delay fruit bud progress. If later frosts are avoided, fruit crops may be more plentiful than last year with apples still scarce and other fruits limited. The community hopes favorable weather yields better harvests soon.
A letter urges organized weekly garbage collection funded by 2 to 3 dollars per family, suggesting a local person with a small truck could run the service. It argues the plan could reduce litter and improve sanitation, inviting Letters to the Editor for discussion.
Keith Wood thanks friends and classmates for flowers fruit and cards during his stay in Bowmanville Hospital. Fred Wood and family express sincere thanks to many friends I C C F Lodge and Rev S Littlewood for sympathy and floral tributes after the death of a wife and mother.
Mr and Mrs Archie Lunn announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Ruth to Robert Joseph Dionne son of Mr and Mrs A Dionne of Oshawa The marriage will be held quietly on June
Robert Martin aged 83 husband of the late Alice Louisa Baskerville died Saturday May 11 1946. Funeral service held at his residence Lot 17 Concession 1 Clarke on Monday May 18 at 2 30 pm. Interment in Bowmanville Cemetery.
The Park Street United Church pastor served as Ontario Religious Education Council representative in Peterborough County from May 6 to May 9. Sunday School conventions gathered at Cotteslie United Church Reeve United Church Norwood Presbyterian Church and Selwyn United Church with Anglican Presbyterian Baptist and United Church ministers plus non ministers leading group discussions. The conventions reflected loyalty devotion and a drive to improve in guiding others into the Christian experience and featured strong interdenominational cooperation.
Clarke Township council adjourns to June 4 1946 with Council Chamber meeting at nine o clock in the forenoon and Township Court of Revision at two thirty in the afternoon for hearing complaints. Debenture account and multiple vendor payments listed including street widening and wood care. Totals include 105.30 300.08 2508.12 2508.12 in assorted payments.
Wagon i horse shares offered in good condition at a low price. Call phone number 1 r 12 for inquiry and details.
A front reservoir cook stove model advertised by W. E. Davey of Orono with phone 34-i promotes home heating and hot water supply. The notice lists contact details for orders or inquiries.
Cedar Dale Daily announces start of early morning delivery on Monday May 20 with daily service including Sundays. Customers thanked for keeping bottles out and urged to remember. cooperation expected to improve promptness and overall satisfaction.
Classified notice announces a Silver Medal Contest in Park Street Sunday School room on May 17 with many contestants and lunch included. Admission 25 and 15 cents. The Kendal United Church W A sponsors a three act play by Elizabethville United Church youths titled Three Little Maids on May 28 with admission 35 and 20 cents.
The regular meeting of Orono Women's Institute will be held in the Council Chamber Orono on Friday May 17 at 2 30 p m. Election of Officers.
Immediately available one Eureka Potato Planter with Fertilizer Attachment complete. J Wilson Cockshutt Dealer Cobourg phone 105wi2. a AT p.
A report from No. 85 Highway south of Kirby notes two logging chains likely moved by pry bar and theft. Alfred H. Dobson reports contact via Clarke 4122.¢-LB-c.
Notice to creditors for the estates of Samuel Bryson who died in 1945 and William Harold Bryson who died in 1945. Creditors must send claims with details to the administrator or solicitor by June 1, 1946. Distribution will occur after that date with notice of all claims considered. Dated in Orono Ontario May 4, 1946. R R Waddell solicitor for the administrator.
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