Great Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts Forms in Newcastle Ontario
The Great Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts organizes a three play festival at Newcastle Community Hall Ontario from August 8 to August 11 with art shows and music days. Student performers from high school and university lead, directed by Roy Higgins and Joan Bennett, with scholarships planned for future festivals. Memberships of $1 support initial financing.
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Newcastle
Ontario
Great Pine Ridge
Canada
Roy Higgins
New York
Higgins
Joan Bennett
Clarke Players
Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts
Easter Cantata Delights Kendal School Audience
Over 250 attendees at Kendal School on Good Friday heard Easter Music with Excelsior Choir directed by E. M. McCoy. The program included God Save The Queen, Santos and Hosanna, Lord of Lords E Graham, Summer's Queen, Jesu So Dear, Ava Maria, The Dutch Family, Hold The Fort, Were You There, Jesus Of Nazareth, Since By Man Came Death, Hallelujah. Soloists included Mrs. Rosemary Merkley, Miss Vivian Sadler, and Jeoffrey O'Hara. Proceeds fund Kendal students' June bus trips.
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Toronto
Windsor
Kendal School
Santos
Franz Schubert
Cobourg Firefighters Threaten Resign Over Pay Dispute
Fourteen Cobourg volunteer firefighters threaten to resign in protest of council pay terms. Negotiations continue as council rejects a $600 yearly retainer plus $2 per call and offers only $8 per call. If they resign, five salaried firefighters will remain on duty. An ad seeks 16 to 17 volunteers for vacant positions.
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Cobourg
Council
E. Rollings
Fire, Water and Light Committee
Arthur Cobb
Grant Approved for Enniskillen Reservoir Land Purchase
Alex Carruthers MPP Durham reports approval by Honourable J R Simonett Minister of Energy and Resources Management for a provincial grant of 13311 dollars to the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. The funds aim at land acquisition and construction of the Enniskillen Reservoir.
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Alex Carruthers
Durham
J. R. Simonett
Energy and Resources Management
Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
Enniskillen Reservoir
Emphasis on Humanities Urged by Durham College Dean
Mr Lister Robinson, dean of Durham College Oshawa, urged greater humanities emphasis during a Orono Public School Home and School Club gathering. Speaking to about fifty in the basement of the Orono United Church he cited Mindstocking and Firekindling as two education types, criticizing the current tilt toward Firekindling.
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Lister Robinson
Durham College
Oshawa
Robinson
Orono
Orono United Church
Euchre Playdowns Set for April Playoffs by Wood Products
Wood Products hosts winter euchre series at Odd Fellow's Hall with prizes for high scores lone hands and low scores. Playoffs on Thursday April 25 declare champs and runners up. employee participants listed for Ladies and Men divisions.
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Jane Boughen
Marie Ciapderp
Annie de Block
Marie Couroux
Ray Hope
Hughie Little
Ted Boughen
Helmut Blaschke
Orono Hockey Mothers Raise Over $2000 at Annual Meet
On March 27 1968 the Orono Hockey Mothers held their annual meeting with 13 members present. Officers elected were:
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Orono Hockey Mothers
Bachelor Practiced His Christianity
In pre-Confederation Upper Canada Eldad Johns known as The Bachelor of Orono kept seed wheat for those in need. During 1830s poor crops pushed wheat to 2.50 a bushel but he refused to sell grain to the rich, saying his wheat was for men without money and without price. A genuine Christian among Orono’s early settlers, he is remembered as a rare exemplar.
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Orono
Jack Snider
Upper Canada
Ontario
Eldad Johns
Bachelor of
Clarke Public Library sets March circulation record
Clarke Public Library circulated 1804 books in March, 200 over February and reached a 574 member high. Librarian Mrs. Robinson noted 79 new March titles, 17 interlibrary loans this year, and six books for French readers. Assistant librarian Mrs. Middleton resigned. Mrs. Beauchamp named or acting as assistant librarian.
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Clarke Public Library
Robinson
Inter-Library Service
Wilda Middleton
Beauchamp
Clarke Library
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Kendal
Excelsior Choir
E. M. McCoy
God Save the Queen
Sir Ernest McMillan
Madeline Merkley
Peterborough
Ava Maria’ - Gounod
George Fayer
Theo Duys
Lewie Bruinsma
John Benschop
Mr.’ McCoy
Mrs. Rosemary ,Merkley
Jesus of Nazareth
King
Bernard Hamblen
Vivian Sadler
Jeoffrey O’hara
Handel
Caradog Roberts
P.T.A
Sweden
U.S
Community College
Ryerson Institute
Institute of Technology
Minnie Taylor
Barb Black
Lec
Nancy West
Marion West
Shirley Black
Thelma Forrester
Rhea van Seggelen
Florence Allen
Joanne Hutton
Senatee Sr
BeSnes
Bachelor
Fort. William
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