Clarke Township weathers first reading on subdivision controls
Clarke Township Council debated Sub Division Control By law in a busy session. Petitioners urged withholding final reading until a local Planning Board is established. Legal counsel outlined planning act aims to curb haphazard growth and protect agricultural lands while noting most approvals would still go to Queen's Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Best
Toronto
R. Lovekin
Clarke
Lovekin
Council
H. Best
Best
F. E. Lycett
Queen’s Park
Sissons
Reeve Brown
Holstein Raised In Orono Sets Record
Blackwater Ontario breeder Bill Stone milks 18 cows on a practical setup and owns Bonheur Vera Pabst, Canada’s champion butterfat producer in the 305 day class with 18 107 pounds milk and 686 pounds fat at 3.79 percent. Vera later yielded 20 290 pounds milk and 774 pounds fat across a full year.
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Stone
Blackwater
Ont
Bill
Bonheur Vera Pabst
Canada
Vera
Bill Stone
Melvin McQuarrie
Central Ontario Cattle Breeding Association
Maple
Mr. McQuarrie
Pabst Walker
Ollie
Central Unit
Everett J. Brown
Orono
Orono Girl Guides Banquet Welcomes Mothers and Leaders
Orono Girl Guides held a turkey banquet at the Orono United Church in the Sun day School room with about seventy attendees. The Local Association sponsored the event with Rangers Guides and Brownies helping with setup and serving. A guest speaker from Toronto spoke on Guiding followed by a short program and songs including I wish I was a little Mosquito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Rangers
Orono United Church
Rangers
Marlene Graham
Brown Owl
Joyce Simpson
Guiding
Merle Gilbart
G. M. Linton
Merle Gilbert
Diane
Ruth
Connie Tyrrell
H. Milne
Toronto
Mary Found
Hi Teens to Choose Local Beauty Queen in Orono
The Hi-Teens of Orono plan a Friday dance at Township Hall with Paul Minnicolo orchestra and a buffet lunch. A beauty queen Miss Orono will be chosen, with four finalists named earlier and three runners up. The Orono Chamber of Commerce supports a $25 prize. contestants must be current or former Orono High School students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Paul Minnicolo
Orono Chamber of Commerce
Orono High School
Orone Players Stage You Cant Take It With You
The Orone Players present their three act comedy You Cant Take It With You on May 8 and 9 in evenings. The production opens a weekend of performances with a bright cast and lively period humor.
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Orone Players
Training Centre film shown at W A meeting
The Orono United Church Women’s Association met April 2 with 14 ladies. Presiding was Mrs H Allen. Devotions featured Easter readings and a meditation. Proceeds from a Smegas bord supper totaled 140 dollars. bank balance stood at 525.97. A 25 dollar Red Cross donation was approved. Delegates to Tyrone Presbytery were chosen. Training Centre images from Five Oaks near Paris Ontario drew interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.A. of Orono United Church
H. Allen
Vorter
Logan
McClaren
Billings
Smegasbord
Red Cross
Elvin Blewett
Bertha Cain
Cobbledick
William Newton Cobbledick died after short illness
William Newton Cobbledick died March 5 1959 after a brief illness. He was 80, born August 2 on the Sixth Line, married to Louisa Dundass in 1908, and long farmer on the Sixth Line before moving to Orono. He worked at Goodyear Bowmanville until 1953. Survived by two sons Harold Orono and Jack Toronto, daughter Enid Mrs Stewart Cowan Germany, three grandchildren and sister Mrs H Herod Mimico. Funeral in Orono United Church March 8. Interment Orono Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Newton Cobbledick
Louisa J. Dundass
Louisa Jane Dundass
London
Ontario
Orone
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Bowmanville
Harold
Orono
Jack
Toronto
Enid
Stewart Cowan
Germany
Clare
H. Herod
Mimico
Orono United Church
Rev. B. Long
Orono Cemetery
Durham County to Build Three New High Schools
Durham County district high school board met with municipal councils at Bowmanville High School to seek debenture approval for three new schools costing about 1.3 million dollars. Plans call for 400 student schools in Darlington and Clarke Township and a 150 student school in Millbrook, aiming for operation by September 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Darlington
Clarke
Millbrook
Durham County
Bowmanville
Department of Education
Courtice
Alan Strike
Hawaii Talk Highlights Solitary Islandto Island Visit
Miss Kate Foster spoke to the Orone W M S Easter Thank Offering meeting at the Afternoon Auxiliary, describing Hawaii, its people and churches, and recommending a Globe and Mail article. she shared slides from her visit, noting Hawaii becomes the 50th state. A business note announced a May bare packing day for used clothing and recycling items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Porter
Wm.Armstrong
McLaren
Gilfillan
Kate Foster
Miss Foster
Hawaiian Islands
Chamber Seeks Grant for Orono Rink Costs and Park Expansion
Seventeen Orono Chamber of Commerce members heard reports on rink finances with $665 borrowed to cover costs and a potential grant of about $680 to erase the loan. The Police Trustees noted a 50 percent grant from the Parks Integration Board to extend the park, and merchants debated store hours and a by law for overnight parking on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
S. B. Rutherford
Orono Police
Chamber
Rutherford
Parks Integration Board
Orono Park Board
N. F. Porter
W. H. Carman
Merchant’s Committee
C. C. Cornish
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Mr. Lovekin
Orono Girl Guides
W.A
J. C. Tamblyn
Five Oaks
Uth
Newton
Amos
Mary Cobbledick
The
Orone United Church
Messrs
Albert Morton
Wm. Armstrong
W. J. Riddell
Mr. Farrell
Mr. Keast
Bill Bairstow
Durham H. S. Board
Miss K. Foster
Hawaii
Orone W.M.S
Globe and Mail
Donald Staples
Rink
Staples
Down
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