[tz] Ontario 1949-1950 DST->STD in Sep not Nov

Mon Jan 8 14:38:27 UTC 2024

I noticed changes in the DST->STD transition dates to the follwing week 
mentioned in an Alexandria, Ontario weekly newspaper article linked from a page 
on an unrelated issue, and checking that against zdump found that 1949 & 1950 
appear to have transitioned in November, rather than September as in other years 
from 1946-1956, which from comments in northamerica, appear to derive from 
Shanks & Pottenger.

So I also downloaded the same paper's issue from the same week of September in 
the other questionable year, and found another article announcing the change 
that weekend.

As well as time being the lede in top of front page articles about municipal 
business, there are also municipal notices of time changes in later pages, as 
well as Canadian National railway ads announcing updated time tables being 
available from that weekend, and an article listing updated CNR train times from 
Montreal, and a mention of a follow up when Montreal time changes the weekend 
following Ontario cities.

The attached files show relevant edited pdftotext extracts from the PDFs.

Note that the municipality changed its time a day leter than elsewhere in 
Ontario, midnight Sunday/Monday rather than Saturday/Sunday, so that people will 
not miss Sunday church services, but Monday work does not matter!

[Canada traditionally calls the prairie provinces the "Bible Belt" and there are 
visible signs of that, including dry municipalities where alcohol was not 
available, but that did not stop many bars and shops in nearby towns opening 
Sundays, if there was enough business to be worth it, whereas many eastern 
provinces had legal restrictions on stores and bars opening on Sundays until 
recently.]
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http://www.glengarrycountyarchives.ca/Glengarry_pdf/The-Glengarry-News/1941-1950/1949/Sep/09-23-1949.pdf

				T h e   G l e n g a r r y   N e w s
			THE FINEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN EASTERN ONTARIO
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VOL. LVII—No. 38	Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 23rd, 1949		2.50 A YEAR
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	Daylight Time Being Extended To
	Late October In Several Municipalities
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		Alexandria, Maxville and Charlottenburgh
		Known To Be Extending Date A Month
		In Line With Action Of Cities
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	    At least three Glengarry municipalities which had been on Daylight
	Saving Time throughout the summer months — Alexandria, Maxville and
	Charlottenburgh Township — have extended the summer time at least one
	month, in line with action taken by the principle cities and many other centres.
	The move was made primarily to husband hydro electric power and thus
	alleviate the necessity of power cuts this fall.

					At a special meeting of the Alex-
					andria Council, Monday night, the
					Daylight Time by-law was amended
					so that fast time might be continued
					until October '30th.
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Page 2		The Glengarry News, Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 23rd, 1949
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• T I M E   T A B L E •
•   C H A N G E S     •
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     Effective
    S u n d a y
    Sept 25, 1949

Full
information
from                     
agents

  CANADIAN  NATIONAL
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Page 4		The Glengarry News, Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 23rd, 1949
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	N O T I C E
Twp. of Charlottenburgh

In view of the continuance of Day-
light Saving Time by most of the
neighbouring municipalities, the Town-
ship of Charlottenburgh will NOT
revert to Standard Time on the 24th
September, 1949, as was originally
intended.

    Notice of the discontinuance of
D,S.T. in this municipality will be
given at a later date.

	W. J. MURRAY,
		Clerk-Treasurer
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Page 8		The Glengarry News, Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 23rd, 1949
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			N O T I C E

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        Town of Alexandria

		Daylight Saving will con-
		tinue until Midnight be-
		tween Saturday, Oct. 29,
		and Sunday, Oct. 30th,
		1949.

			P. A. Charlebois,
				Clerk,
			Town of Alexandria.

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http://www.glengarrycountyarchives.ca/Glengarry_pdf/The-Glengarry-News/1941-1950/1950/Sep/09-22-1950.pdf

				T h e   G l e n g a r r y   N e w s
			THE FINEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN EASTERN ONTARIO
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VOL. LVIII.—No. 38	ALEXANDRIA, ONT., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1950		$2.50 A YEAR
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Alexandria Returning To Standard
Time Sunday Evening At Midnight
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Town Council Amends D.S.T. By-Law To
Fall In Line With Cities —
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Alexandrians will turn back their clocks to Standard Time at midnight,
Sunday, it was decided at Tuesday’s regular meeting of Town Council, when
the by-law covering Daylight Saving Time was so amended. The change was
made so as to fall in line with Ottawa, Cornwall and other district centres,
though the original by-law set the return to Standard Time, here, as one week
later.
Most district centres will revert to
Standard Time at midnight of Satur-
day, but the local change will be made
24 hours later so as to avoid any mix-
ups in hours of attendance at church
services Sunday morning.
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	C.N.R. Timetable Changes
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	With the return of most cities and
	towns to Standard Time this week-
	end, changes will be made in the hour
	of arrival, here, of the two morning
	trains from Ottawa.  The change in
	timetable is effective Sunday morning
	and other revisions of train arrivals
	from Montreal will be made October
	29th, when that city returns to Stan-
	dard Time.
	  Train times in effect here Sunday,
	are:
		      Eastbound
	Sunday only ................  7.35 a.m.
	Week days only .............  9.03 a.m.
	Daily  .....................  5.24 p.m.
	Sunday only ................  8.20 p.m.
		      Westbound
	Daily  .....................  10.47 a.m.
	Daily except Saturday and
	   Sunday ..................  5.24 p.m.
	Saturday only ..............  2.08 p.m.
	Sunday only ................  7.46 p.m.
	Daily  .....................  9.38 p.m.

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	   The Glengarry News, Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 22nd, 1950	      Page 3
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	  RAILWAY
	TIME  TABLE
	  CHANGES
         Effective
          Sunday

        Sept. 24th, 1950

	Full
	information
	from                     
	agents

	C A N A D I A N 
	N A T I O N A L 
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Page 4		The Glengarry News, Alexandria, Ont., Friday, September 22nd, 1950
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				N O T I C E
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		Town of Alexandria                                    

			By-law 635 adopting Daylight Saving Time
			has been amended to end Daylight Time
			between midnight, SUNDAY, SEPT. 24th, and
			MONDAY, SEPT. 25th.

					TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA,           
					P. A. CHARLEBOIS, Clerk-Treas.
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