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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1952
Page
2
A series of etiquette Q and A covering introductions between young and old and a gentleman to a lady, seating from chair side, calling on condolences, who gives away the bride, handling noisy meals, carrying a woman’s packages, wording formal dinner invitations, and sending gifts to the bride, with practical guidance.
This item offers two apron patterns with 32 motifs in tea-rose and green tones suitable for 4 or 5 aprons plus potholders. Iron-on roses require no embroidery and patterns cost 25 cents each, with stamps not accepted. Send payment to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto Ontario, including pattern number, name and address.
A farm diary recalls missing the Canadian National Exhibition for the first time in years while a daughter provides grandstand tickets. The writer describes noises at night, a calving schedule, and a critique of the Ex midway. Fall weather begins to bite as harvest and school resume, signaling a settled work period and winter prep.
A nearly 18 year old writes of misery over loving a married man who may be divorcing. The columnist advises discretion and avoidance of the man’s circle, urges dating only trusted, family-approved youths, and suggests writing to Anne Hirst for guidance. She emphasizes protecting her good name and avoiding trouble while awaiting the possible future availability of the married man.
The passage laments rural mail delivery to roadside boxes rather than door delivery. Residents walk long lanes or drive half a mile to reach their mail, facing dangers in winter and physical strain. It argues rural households are not like city dwellers with doorstep mail.
Publisher Alfred Knopf drafts a seven page letter to Author Thomas Mann while a new secretary, admired for her looks, misreads phrases. She confesses she did not fully catch the message between Mr dear Thomas and as ever yours as he finishes.
An editorial notes that if farmers could take a vacation the milk and poultry could stop producing, paralleling supermarkets closing and impacting housewives. It questions the assumption that only city and rural dwellers enjoy mail delivery, implying broader daily service dependencies.
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