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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
7
A state accreditation push exposes a high school library shortfall as crew scrambles to fill shelves. A backroad auctioning of Mr Libby’s 500 volumes yields a $5 sale, yet the tale underscores faster library standardization and renewed community effort for school credit.
An advertisement invites readers to order Pattern 509 for a 31 inch rug and related items from Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto Ontario. It promotes a 1961 Needlecraft Catalog with over 125 designs and free instructions for six veil caps, requesting 25 cents with a postal note.
A reader asks if ear rings are appropriate for all occasions and Anne Ashley says small earrings suit any time while long danglers suit evening wear. The column also advises avoiding lipstick on fabrics and details stain removal methods using carbon tetrachloride soap sponging then hydrogen peroxide.
A Niagara region reader writes of a long overdue home painting project in turquoise and white and the challenges of tackling a kitchen and bathroom while living in the space. A robin with a white throat and rust red breast appears as an odd sight, followed by letters from readers and a scenic drive to Lambert Park and Cedar Springs holiday resort with community plans and a powder mill history.
A Swedish professor used a record of people yawning to study its effects on sleep. Yawning is infectious and can improve circulation. it is a reflex like a sneeze. A film of a girl miming yawns induced yawns in students and left many feeling relaxed and tired.
A mysterious illness called the Laughing Death has led to 30,000 Tribesmen in Australian New Guinea being forbidden to move. Women are more affected, causing a shortage of prospective wives. Men roam to find spouses, spreading the disease as scientists remain unsure. The only known symptom is uncontrollable hysteria.
Rub a little self polishing floor wax over the marks to dissolve and blend them. The wax helps remove blac scuff marks dabbed crayon and pencil lines on waxed floors leaving no bare spots. It can be used on asphalt and other tile floors.
Fall skirts designed to slim and fit at waist and hips with length kept. Printed Pattern 4595 offered for half sizes 29 31 33 35 37 44 40 inch waists. Send forty cents for pattern and stamp details. include name address style number. Address to Anne Adams Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont. Catalog offers 106 styles. 35 cents.
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