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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
4
A brief notice outlines subscription prices totaling $1.25 for the United States and $2.00 for unspecified regions. It presents the two-tier rate clearly as part of a periodical pricing update.
Colonel Drew the Ontario Conservative Leader returns from England after reviewing the war effort. He argues Canada with its vast open spaces is ideal for tank manoeuvres and training, noting Western Canada offers great tracts of land. Further details are awaited in coming days.
A. L. Laing of a Toronto packing concern told the West Toronto Progress Club that Canada ships about 100 000 hogs weekly to Britain amounting to roughly 11 million pounds, with Ontario providing about 45 000 hogs weekly. He said the postwar market could secure a lasting Canadian pork trade as Britain calls for 600 million pounds this year.
Fire losses per person in Ontario and Quebec during 1940 ran $2.17 and $2.21 respectively, against a Canadian average of $2.01. Nova Scotia led with $2.75, BC $2.52, New Brunswick $2.05, while Saskatchewan posted 69 cents. Smaller provinces show lower rates. urban areas held lower risk than villages and rural regions, with total losses by population segment detailed.
Ottawa cor respondent B T Richardson explains conscription as a compulsory division of labor between fighting services and industry not a mass infantry draft. He argues for a total plan to utilize manpower across war and civil life and enforce it if needed.
Residents urge the provincial police or a night watch to patrol Orono and nearby stores from about 1 30 a m to 4 a m due to rising robberies within a twelve mile radius. They note the local constable is underpaid and insufficient for overnight protection.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board requires licenses by December 1 1941 for manufacturers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and many others in food and clothing trades. Exemptions exist for producers selling their own goods. Licensing enforces storage and withdrawal controls and aims to curb price fixing. C R Murphy explains licensing strengthens oversight while individual small-scale storage for personal use avoids licensure.
Miss Christina Mackinnon of Toronto spent the weekend at home. Miss Pearl Morrow holidayed in Toronto with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. DeMill and baby of Oshawa observed Thanksgiving at Mrs. J. Brown's. Audrey and Pearl Tebble of Orono visited Miss Eleanor Wright. Rev. Craig of Bowmanville preached. Orono quartette performed. Mrs. Wilfred Bigelow and baby stayed with the Bigelow family. Mrs. George Forbes returned from Toronto. Major Phillip Bigelow joined his wife at Niagara Falls. Charles Cooper of the Sixth Line visited A. Morrow’s home with Roy Bryson.
The Queen's Canadian Fund in London reports new baby parking stations opening in industrial districts. Married mothers with children may register to work in factories while authorities arrange registered carers, releasing men for military tasks and drawing hundreds of patriotic British mothers into war industries.
Mr and Mrs C H Froste and their son Wilfred spent the holiday visiting the former's brother in Tamworth.
Mr Trick threshing in neighborhood. Mr Russel Ransberry and son visit Montreal relatives. Mrs Barrie of Toronto visits Hogg and Goheen. Porteous of Cavan visits sister Gordon Moffatt family. Sympathy to Mr Thomas Hogg on loss of wife and mother. Mrs Hogg funeral largely attended. Thankoffering at Mc Crea's well attended. Rev Littlewood sermon and Kirby choir praised.
Mr. Harry Davey enjoyed a new car. Norman Fee of Port Hope spent the weekend at home. Miss Bessie Halbert visited relatives at Alliston. Miss Annie Bairstow of Toronto stayed with her hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Cain and Terry of Toronto visited Mrs. W. Cornish. Pte Gerald Duvall and Driver Keith Tennant of Clamp Borden spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robbins of Toronto spent Thanksgiving with Robbins parents. Harry Davey and Mrs. E. Davey spent the holiday weekend with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Armstrong at Morrisburg. L. S. Robbins, Robert Chaters and Raymond McDonald, with Mrs. Robbins and Pauline, attended the Woodbridge Fair on Monday.
A Manor Pride Farms auction is announced by manager A. J. Bigelow for Lot 24 Con 7 Clarke Township. Bay mare Manor Pride Queen registered 57786 Clyde Gelding colt roan mare and several foals and horses including six foundational sires listed with extensive breeding notes and a long stock lineup. The sale includes harness sets and other farm equipment.
Harvest Thanksgiving services set for October 19 at 9 30 a m with Holy Communion and 7 p m evening service at Savour s Church Bishop Beverley of Toronto to preach rector Rev D R Bewdney to lead the morning service
Auction notices describe a 7 foot Massey Harris binder aged 3 years and a variety of implements including Disc Drill 138 hoe Cultivator International 14-disco Harrow MecCormick Mower steel roller manure spreader scales 2000 lb single plows 12 furrow Imperial Junior Plow two furrowed disc plow wagon scuffler toboggan sleigh set harrows knee beam sleigh hay rack wagon box gravel box fanning mill whiffle trees forks and more. Sale at noon. Ted Jackson Auctioneer A. E. Morton Clerk.
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