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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
4
Families of Goodyear rubber workers greet the settlement after nearly four months of strike. Management and union praised for restraint while workers gain in open air roles and return to normal shifts. Prices and wage gains loom as a factor in postwar purchasing power.
Readers note a favorable harvest after a scarcity last year. Weather has blessed growers with ample fruit and good winter apple prices, though sugar costs limit enjoyment. The Tolman Sweet, once scarce, now holds a prime place for baking as stockpiles improve.
The piece argues for supervising youth during Halloween and recalls wartime stamps drives and Boy Scout efforts that curbed misbehavior. It notes fears of property damage after dark, praises organized youth groups for reducing delinquency, and suggests adult responsibility and police protection when needed.
The piece contrasts fall beauty with real estate values, noting high prices for older and farm homes due to material delays. It lauds large, durable farm buildings, hydro power upgrades, and the farmer as a nobleman with direct access to the soil’s bounty, emphasizing own-door security and resilience.
Young players in Orono and surrounding areas fill practices as basketball gains momentum and hockey prospects for the midgets and juniors are shaped. Coach Pete Lunn leads twenty seven midgets from Newtonville and local youths while Dane Found and Abe West train eighteen juniors and import players from Newcastle for a strong upcoming season. An Oshawa Arena trip this week offers public a view of emerging talent and team depth.
Areh Muir & Sons of Courtice sold a four year old heifer for 475 and a calf for 125 at the All-Canadian Holstein Sale in Oakville on October 28. IF. K. Merkley of Flint bought the heifer and K. A. Hammond of Moorefield took the calf. A new Canadian high price of 40000 for five months old bull Kil larney set records along with a 2201 average on 66 head. Top female price was 11000 for a daughter of Sweetholm Ray Apple Belle bought by Sol Cashman of Hopewell Junction. Thirty three head sold for at least 1000, with five above 5000 and twelve over 2000.
The family of the late Leonora Shackleton thanks friends and neighbours for kindness shown with ecards flowers and gifts during illness and bereavement.
Annabella Forsythe Moffatt widow of James Moffatt died in Orono on October 30 1946 aged 73 Resting at Main Street home Funeral held November 2 2 00 p m Interment at Orono Cemetery
The Order of the Red Cross was conferred on seven men at the Knights Templar gathering in Oshawa held at the Masonic Temple. Two Orono residents Dr. A F McKenzie and Percy M Luann joined, giving Oronoites twenty nine degrees in the order.
A social evening for hockey players is scheduled Monday night after November Ath with two speakers one on clean sportsmanship and a chalk talk. Moving pictures will be shown followed by lunch. all players are urged to attend due to strong winter interest.
Multiple farm auctions announced for Hope Township and Clarke County. Lorne Farrow near Pontypool, Walter Horner at Dean's Hill, W S Uglow Lot 30 Con 2 Har ness’s shop area, Heber Louch Clarke Lot 35, and Hi Egerton Hancock & Sons auctioning farm stock. Auctions run November 6 8 9 11 13 and 21 1946 with cash terms and bills for details.
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