Orono Crushers Bowmanville 13-7 in Big League Win
The Orono Intermediate Baseball Club racked fifteen hits led by Keith West 2 for 2 and Ronnie West 2 for 3 as Crono posted a 13 to 7 victory over Bowmanville at Orono Park. Dodson homered for Bowmanville as Crono built the lead with two in the second and two more in the sixth and eighth innings while committing three errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Bowmanville
Orono Park
Orono Club
Dean West
Nine West
Ham Boyd Short
Thearman Cornish
Keith West
Crono
Don Mallet
Ferguson
Lane
Grono
Carman Cornish
Ronnie, West
John Shetler
Charles Armstrong
Don Mercer
Robbie Robinson
Ham Boyd
Doug Simpson
Orono
Sellers
Lees
Home Run Lifts Port Hope To Third In League
A Wednesday night homer by Lowery of Port Hope with two aboard moved the team from cellar to third place in the Lakeshore Intermediate league. Port Hope defeated Orono 4 2 to gain a point over Orono in the standings.
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Lowery
Port Hope
Lakeshore
Orone
Orono
Orono and Bowmanville Split Openers in Bowmanville Tilt
Orono and Bowmanville opened with a 7 to 5 Bowmanville win after a wild first inning. Errors and unearned runs plagued Orono as Bowmanville pulled ahead, with key hits from Cowle and Port Hope figures shaping the late frames.
Orono Cubs Plan Weekend Camp Samac Visit
The Orono Cubs prepare a weekend trip to Camp Samac with 15 to 15 local Cubs attending. Cubs leave Friday evening and return Sunday while the remainder go the following weekend. Cub Leader Carolyn Jones supervises the outing.
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Orono
Camp Samac
Carolyn Jones
Orone PeeWees Open Playdowns Tonight
The Orone Pee Wees host Cobourg Training School in Orone Park at 6 15 p m for a best two of three Ontario O B A playoff series opener. Cobourg won two of three in their prior series with Maple Grove and the local team has not played in two weeks.
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Orone
Cobourg
Maple Grove
Crono-Cobourg
Port Hope
Stars of Tomorrow
Orono Park
Hi-Teens Dance Recap at Orono Odd Fellow Hall
The Hi-Teens Club held a dance on Friday July 26 at Orono Odd Fellows Hall with fewer attendees than the first event. Ham Boyd won a lucky door prize an aluminum lawn chair. Mrs Gladys Brown supplied round dancing music and Jack Barrs from Bowmanville strummed songs. Patience and Prudence performed two songs though Patience lost her voice. Autograph requests were minimal. Lucky spot elimination statue dances and prizes plus a lunch prepared by the committee. Next dance set for Saturday August 1 at the same hall.
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Ham ‘Boyd
Gladys Brown
Liberace
Jack Barrs
Bowmanville
Patience
Prudence
Loth
Oddfellow’s Hall
Jim Gamsby
William E Seymour of Orono dies at 88
William Edward Seymour died at his Orono home after a long illness on July 24 1957 aged 88 He was a longtime Orange Lodge member of over 65 years He married Kittie May McLeod in 1894 The funeral was led by Reverend Long at Barlow Funeral Parlours and he was interred in Orono Cemetery.
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William Edward Seymour
Orono
Mr. Seymour
Orange Lodge
Kittie May McLeod
Seymour
Long
Barlow Funeral Parlours
Orono Welcome Ban Tam Series Tied in CB A Playdowns
The Orono and Welcome Bantams split two games with the third and deciding contest set for Welcome Saturday night. Welcome won the opener 17 to 10 led by Wayne Bailey who pitched five walks and 12 strikeouts, while Peter Maartense Donnie Lycett and Tom Cowan led Orono. Orono answered back with a 13 9 victory in Orono as Donnie Lycett fanned 12 and Hans Bosgrang homered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Welcome Bantams
Courtice
CBA
Welcome
Welcome Jin
Wayne Bailey
Wayne
Peter Maartense
Donnie Lycett
Tom Cowan
Orono
Hans Bosgrang
Ross Tamblyn
Closing Ceremonies Mark Summer Recreation Program
About thirty parents attended the closing exercises at Orono Park as around fifty three children answered roll call. Children performed skits and games including sock races and a Ping Pong tournament won by Hans Bosgraaf and Brenda Lowery. Perfect attendance awards went to many children. the program was sponsored by the Orono Amateurs Athletic Association under Mrs. M. Lunn.
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Orono Park
Hans Bosgraaf
Brenda Lowery
Gracie Coatham
Ronnie Best
Ian McKenzie
Robbie Best
John Green
Terry Graham
Larry Miller
Michael Fagan
Grant Yeo
Marilyn Cobbledick
Susan Goode
Johnnie Robinson
David
Ronnie Forrester
Terry Boyd
Linda
Donnie McLaren
Raye West
Anne
Susan Hinton
Darlene West
Cheryl Coatham
Sharon Allin
Dorothy Dunlop
Brian Boyd
Sally Hinton
Keith Heron
Buzzy Mercer
The
Oroon Amateurs Athletic Association
M. Lunn
Orono Fair Prize List Published Invite Everyone To Exhibit
Durham County tobacco growers hope for rain as 1500 plus workers prepare fields and priming. The Orono Falk Fair Prize Lists announce the September 6 and 7 exhibition with hundreds of classes in farms produce livestock poultry cooking needlework flowers and children’s work. The Durham Central Agriculturalist Society invites all to exhibit and win prizes.
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Durham County
Durham
Northumberland
Oronte
Durham Central Agriculturalist Society
J. C. Gattioge
Bosgraaf Thajer Tie The Knot In Orono United Church
Jane Bosgraaf wed William Frank Thajer at Orono United Church in a pink and white gladioli setting. The bride wore white satin, a tulle veil and carried red roses and white carnations. Bridesmaids wore shrimp net and turquoise net gowns. The couple plans a honeymoon by car to Northern Ontario and will reside in Orono, Ontario.
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Jane Bosgraaf
William Frank Thajer
Orono United Church
Jane Johanna Bosgraaf
John Bosgraaf
Orono
Frank Thajer
Oshawa
Basil. Long
Ontario
Trans-Canada Pipeline Near Bowmanville To Begin August
Work on the Trans-Canada pipeline north of Bowmanville is set to start August 15 with Howard W. Franks of Dutton Williams Bros as project manager. The project covers 116 miles from Orono to Kingston, with the Oklahoma Construction Co. handling Tor onto Orono and Dutton Williams operating from Cohouse for about two months. About 1000 workers will be employed. The line runs north of Highway 2, crossing properties near Orono and Port Hope, with a 20 inch diameter pipe.
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United Counties
Bowmanville
Howard W. Franks
Dutton, Williams Bros
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Franks
Orono
Kingston
Oklahoma Construction Co
Dallas
Texas
Toronto
Whitby
Dutton
Williams Bros
Cohouse
Trans-Canada Pipelines
Whitby Township
Hope
Durham ‘Registryes
Port Hope
Rimmiie
Hades
Secomdex
Hope Township
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Dodson
Kelly
Oreso Inter
Sheden
Cowle
Tim Cox
Junior West
Boncardo
Gilmer
Lowry
Evans
Mallett
Cono
Don Mencer
Orono Cubs
West Hill
Brampton
Streetsville
Scarboro
Oshawa Scouts
Samac
Orone PeeWees
William Seymour
Gail Cooper
Nature
Rita Bositraaf
Edith Thajer
B. Thajer
Horace Thayer
Gilby Thajes
Norman Bryant
Batted
Trans-Canada
Drone
Frahikes
Hise. Company
Canada
Harold Dean
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