Orono 1.0 C F Celebrates Forty second Anniversary
Orono Lodge No. 436 I O C F marks its 42nd anniversary with a program featuring Hollingsworth guitar solos and a guest speaker Bro Youngman on liabilities as assets. The event includes receipts and expenditures reports and plans for a potential new hall and annual ladies night. Seed quality topics urge growers to use clean seed to reduce weed load and boost income through higher yields and better grades.
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Orono Lodge
I.O.C.F
Orono
Bro. Hollingsworth
Broa
Chater
Br. Watson
Bro. Riddell
Bro. Youngman
Bro Youngman
Pontypool
Robert Youngman
Albert Morton Receives Certificate At Orono Fair Meeting
About fifteen Derham Central Agricultural Society directors met at Orange Hall Orono to plan improvements for the Fall Fair. Reports from Carlos and Mrs Tamblyn on the Agricultural Societies Convention were given. A committee inspected an Anglican church shed for possible purchase to shelter cattle at the fair. The secretary treasurer reported a balance exceeding three hundred dollars. Countywide displays and storage concerns led to dropping glass cases for Domestic Science. Albert Morton received a certificate honoring his long service including presidency and beef cattle division chairmanship.
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Derham Central Agricultural Society
Orange Hall
Orono
Agricultural Society
Albert Morton
Society
Morton
First Warble Fly Treatments Urged For Cattle In Ontario
Ontario Live Stock Branch warns cattle owners in by law townships to treat cattle for warbles between April 1 and 18 and again 30 days later. Two treatments are required for effective control with rotenone derris powder used in either brush or sprayer method ensuring the mixture reaches the grub.
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Ontario Department of Agricultural
Ontario
W. P. Watson
Village changes as stores expand and highway project begins
Construction in the village includes Armstrong's store remodelling for a self-serve Food Market and Rolph's Hardware enlargements with a new warehouse. The saw mill on Station Street is being dismantled for a Newcastle to Orono highway, and the Orono Community Memorial Park booth is being widened three feet. Winters and Gerry carry out the work.
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High Armstrong’s
Rolph’s Hardware
Church Street
Station Street
Allan Hall
Newcastle
Orono
Orono Community Memorial Park
Winters
Gerry
April Meeting of Woman's Association Encourages Joyful Service
The April meeting on Tuesday 18 with strong attendance heard prayers, hymns, and a devotional on Easter and the Cross. Mrs. Rainey noted the presbyterial in Bowmanville April 27, reported on the Parsonage committee, and guests Mrs. Ives of Bowmanville spoke on happiness.
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Woman’s Association
E. R. Rainey
Porter
Bowmanville
Parsonage
Ives
Clarke Union H S Club Holds April Meeting
The Clarke Union Home and School Club met on Friday April 9 with a social hour and lunch afterward. Mrs Carson sang with Ariene Rainey at the piano, Mr Glenn Allin at the piano, and the three Davey sisters tap danced. Miss Dowdy of Bowmanville showed Coronation and Bowmanville pictures.
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Clarke Union Home and School Club
Carson
Ariene Rainey
Glenn Allin
Davey Sisters
Bowmanville
Ontario farmers form first co operative farm near Kingston
Seven Ontario farmers and their families launch Hemlock Park Co-Operative Farm five miles north of Kingston to cut costs and labor by pooling resources. The 1800 acre operation along the Rideau Canal is under provincial charter with Ghent as president and is a member of the Co-Operative Union of Ontario.
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Ontario
Hemlock Park
Kingston
Ghent
Co-Operative Farm
Co-Operative Union of Ontario
152 Year Old Lake Sturgeon Caught in Ontario
A lake sturgeon of 152 years was caught last July in Lake of the Woods Ontario. Biologists from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests at Maple dated the age by microscopic analysis of a fin ray cross section. The fish measured 81 inches and weighed 215 pounds. Harold Johnson of Kenora caught it.
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Sturgeon
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Fish and Wildlife Division
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Maple
O. BH. Devitt
Harold Johnson
Kenora
Maple Ff Kenora District
Surplus Reported By United Counties For 1953
Northumberland and Durham counties closed 1953 with a reported surplus of 29 000 after carry over and improved finances. The audit commended Treasurer Ken Symons for book accuracy and noted only three over budget items including the jail. Bank loans totaled 65 000 with 18 000 on hand leaving a net 46 000. indigent hospital debts were reduced to 170.
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Northumberland
Durham
Counties Council
Ken Symons
Fish And Hunt Undertake Stream Improvement Project
The Oshawa Fish and Hunt Club, joined by members from the Oshawa club, begins a stream improvement plan on Donald Hamm and Everett Brown properties to create more trout shelter. About 40 to 50 falls will be installed by placing logs and stones, aiming to deepen holes and boost fish population. first work session Friday at 8 30 AM, bring a shovel or axe.
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Orone Fish and Hunt Club
Oshawa Fish and Hunt Club
Donald Hamm
Everett Brown
Fish and Hant Club
Oshawa Club
Laing
Port Hope and Hope Township Seek Separation from Durham High School
Amid council sessions in Northumberland Durham counties, Port Hope and Hope Township push to withdraw from the Durham County High School Area. The petition cites distance and tuition issues and names Mayor W. N. Moore of Port Hope and Stuart Gray of Hope Township as signatories.
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Port Hope
Hope Township
Durham County
Counties Council
High School
Budge
Bowmanville
Newcastle
Millbrook
Darlington Township
Cavan Township
Council
Northumberland
Durham
Durham County District
Hamilton Township
Manverse
Hamilton
Manvers
Clarke Township
Cavan
Read Budge
Port Hope and Hope Township
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C.F
J. A. Newman
Fort Vermillien
Alta
Prairie
Orono Fair
Carlos Tamblyn
Toonto
Wade
W. A. Meeting
M. J. Tamblyn
Mrs. Halfpenny
Drummond
Rickaby
Clarke Union
Co-operative
Rideau Canal
Art Haas
Toronto
Haas
Russel Beck
Jim Little
Harold Ghent
Teeswater
Morley Mills
Ripley
Clifford Allen
Dundalk
Bob Barkwell
Lucknow
United Counties
Fish and Hunt
Port Hope and Hope
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