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Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Aug 03, 1961

Page

2

Eight Apply For Township Building Inspector Position

Clarke Township Council meeting notes eight applicants for the vacant building inspector post created by Gordon Cotter’s resignation. Names listed include Horace Best M Crane R Wood J M Thompson Roy Winter Bruce R Tennant J Lyall Lowery and R G Gibson. A special meeting on August 8 will decide the appointment.

Clarke Township Gordon Cotter Messrs Horace Best M. Crane R. Wood J. M. Thompson Roy Winter Bruce R. Tennant J. Lyall Lowery R. G. Gibson Newtonville Wm. Irwin United Counties Road Commission

Muskie Fingerlings Distributed Across District Lakes

The 1961 season saw 74,500 muskie fingerlings planted across Lindsay Lake Simcoe Tweed French River Sudbury and Upper Niagara River districts. Lindsay District received 35,500 with 9,200 at Rice Lake Birdsall pond, a Rice Lake Tourist Association project. Fingerlings were released Wednesday July 26 amid crowd attendance. Fred Austin led the operation, keeping workers efficient from morning to completion.

Lindsay District Lake Simcoe Tweed French River Sudbury Niagara River Lake Erie Rice Birdsall Rice Lake

Orono Intermediates Meet Port Hope in League Playdowns

Orono Intermediates finish fourth in Lakeshore League and draw Port Hope in best of five first round. Series opens in Port Hope Saturday at 2 30 with games August 7 8 10 and 12 plus Ontario Baseball Association playdowns involving Peterboro Crama Crano and Port Hope. Also notes on corn borers poultry water cattle pasture and lighting safety from OAC experts.

Lakeshore Orono Port Hope Belleville Peterboro Ontario Baseball Association Peterborough Crono OBA Port Town G. E. Raithby OAC Animal Husbandry Department

Orono Street Fair Aug 16 Promises Family Fun Night

The annual Orono Street Fair returns to Orono Main Street on Wednesday August 16. The event features Funland rides including ferris wheel and merry go round, a large bingo with prizes, balloon novelist entertainment, square and round dancing, and a grand prize travel trailer. Admission is 25 cents. Sponsored by the Orono Chamber of Commerce.

Orono George Wade Found The

Verbal Sanction Sought for Port Hope Vocational Wing

The Durham County District High School Board awaits written approval from Ottawa for a new Port Hope High School vocational wing. The project, chaired by W. Tranmer, aims to begin this fall with operation by September 1962. Four to five teachers will be hired for grade 9 courses initially, with federal and provincial governments sharing 75 and 25 percent of costs respectively.

F. E. Lycett Durham County Ottawa Port Hope High School Federal Department of Labour Onario Department of Education Toronto Durham County Board W. &. Tranmer Por Hope Bowmanville Barnett and Rieder Port Hope Reynolds

Official Board Approves New Education Centre

The Official Board of Orono United Church approved in principle a Christian Education Centre south of the church. It would include a main auditorium and classrooms to serve Sunday School and all church education activities. The project seen by Visitors Cotter Rickaby Billings faces synod sanction with estimated cost about $45,000.

Board of Church The Orono United Church Messrs Gordon Cotter Jim Rick Aby Carl Billings Presbytery

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