Liberal Honey Wins Durham Riding by Narrow Margin
Liberals incumbent Russell C. Honey edged PC Garnet Rickard in Durham Riding. Honey polled 8 918 votes to 8 058 for Rickard for a 860 margin amid 85.4 percent turnout. Rickard swept rural Cartwright Manvers and Darlington, while Crandall and Coutts trailed.
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Liberals
Russell C. Finney
Garnet Rickard
Durham
Boney
Port Hope
Darlington Township
Rickard
Cartwright
Manvers
Cavan
Millbrook
Richard
Darlington
Honey
Tory
Percy Vivian
Money
NDP
Eileen Coutts
Social Credit
D. Crandall
Bowmanville
Coutts
Crandall
Lib
and &C
Cartwright Township
Manvers Township
Hope Township
Tobacco Growers Appeal To Court In Ontario
Independent growers seek Supreme Court of Ontario to order the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Marketing Board to permit sale of their tobacco at auctions this year. About 75 900 dollars worth from ten growers is barred. They say storage losses rise with warmer weather. Hearing date not set. Northumberland growers affected.
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Supreme Court of Ontario
Ontario
Bride-to-be Jacqueline Burford Showered by Friends
A surprise shower for Miss Jacqueline Burford was hosted Tuesday evening at Miss Roma Glanville’s home. About thirty guests attended the event, presenting gifts while the room featured daffodils and spring blooms. Jacqueline wore a bronze and yellow chrysanthemum corsage as she accepted her presents in an arbour of ink bells.
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Jacqueline Burford
Roma Glanville
Jacqueline
Miss Burford
Couples Club To Present Variety Night
A Bowmanville event featuring the Jack and Jill Club was attended by members of the Orono Couples Club last Saturday. The program offered a lively entertainment night for couples in the community.
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Orono
Bowmanville
Jack and Jill Club
Orono Chamber Backs Industrial Land Purchase and Annexation Plans
Orono Chamber of Commerce approves borrowing up to 8500.68 to buy land east of Highway 115 for industrial use and plans annexation to the Police Village to obtain services. A variety night is planned for late May with petition drives for annexation and county approval.
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Orono Chamber of Commerce
W. Carmas
Industrial Committee
Chamber
Orono
Otto’s
Ietun
Wound
Found
Roseneath Agricultural Society
Faxroey
Arthur McLaren
More Courses Not Key To Education, Claims Speaker
Public School Trustees from York Durham Ontario and Northumberland Counties met at Bayview Heights Public School for their Spring conference. Guest speaker John R. McCarthy urged focus on curriculum over new courses, stressing adaptable teaching methods and critical thinking over content volume.
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York
Durham
Ontario
Northumberland Counties
Bayview Heights
Bay Ridges
John R. McCarthy
Ontario Department of Education
McCarthy
Orono Library Seeks Transition to Public Village Status
Orono Library moves to become a Police Village Public Library within six weeks. A municipal grant would fund operations and automatic village membership for residents, with non residents paying a small fee. The first library began over sixty years ago in Sam Cuttell’s printing office and evolved through several sites before the current Red and White Store location.
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Orono
Police Village
Sam Cuttell
Mr. Cuttell
B. Hamm
Report Canning Corn Loss In Durham County
At the Durham County Federation of Agriculture April meeting concern grew over a report that local farmers would receive no acreage for canning corn from at least one company this year. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture was consulted to address this issue amid efforts to curb vertical integration. The Ontario group seeks amendments to the Farm Products Marketing Act to rectify the situation, facing strong opposition. Plans were set for a Rural Redevelopment meeting on April 25 in the Agriculture Office. Eric Fallis reported on the Zone 5 Spring Rally in Lindsay, and Leslie Pritchard summarized events from the Annual CIA Insurance meeting in Toronto. Bruce Taylor presented CFA resolutions.
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Durham
Wm. Stewart
Ontario
Agriculture Office
Zone 5
Lindsay
Eric Fallis
Leslie Pritchard
C.I.A. Insurance
Toronto
C.F.A
Bruce Taylor
Lakeshore Minor Baseball Assoc Meeting Set in Newcastle
The Lakeshore Minor Baseball Association schedules its annual meeting for April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Elmhurst Hotel Newcastle. Interested parties are urged to attend as details follow.
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Lakeshore Minor Baseball Association
Newcastle
Elmhurst
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Liberal
Wake
Ontario Waterfront
Clarke Township
C. Counts
C. Crandall
H. Honey
R. Rickard
Northumberland
Indus
Existance
George Long
Tom Smith
John Gilfillan
Stutt’s
Gilfillan
Red
Cty
Consumers’ Gas Company
O.F.A
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