04 Aug 1960
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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1960
Page
1
The Christian Education Committee of Orono United Church will run a ten session Teacher and Leader Training Course from September 12 to 30 for Sunday School teachers and others. Sessions start at 8 p.m. and certificates will be awarded on Rally Day October 2.
Orono Pee Wees begin OBA playdowns with a 6 30 p m game against Blackstock at Orono Park. Local fans are urged to come out and support the team tonight.
Oswald Cowan longtime Clarke Township resident and Orono farmer died at home July 1 1960 after retiring in 1944. Survived by wife Hazel Cooper son Brooks and five grandchildren, sister Mrs W W Cowan of Oshawa. Funeral July 4 from Church Street residence with Rev Basil Long officiating. Interment in Orono Cemetery.
The first known instance of artificial propagation of maskinonge in Ontario occurred at Omemee in 1927. G D Budie of the Ontario department reports trap nets in the Pigeon River captured many adult maskinonge and stripped their eggs during springs 1927 1928 and 1929.
The Orono Red Cross presented year end swim awards after a heart of racing events on Friday July 29. Beginners listed include Marilyn Tamblyn Susan Goode Bonnie Barlow Douglas Walker Charlotte Drinkle Carol Mercer Terry Myles Ronnie Cooper and others. Winners span multiple age groups and races with names such as Caroline Johnson Gordon Dent Steven Black Brenda Drinkle Clive Johnson Christine Maartense Bob Luxton Mary Lynn Bailey Gamey Lycett Ian McKenzie and more.
The Orono Chamber of Commerce set up a new village sign on the east side of Highway 115 on Mr A Blewett’s property. It bears the village name with the motto A Good Place to Live and notes the village date and the Street Fair August 18th as the next attraction.
Five Orono Scouts join Bowmanville Scouts at Aubrey Island in the St Lawrence River for the fifth annual camp. Leaders Leslie Aslett and Fae Adams supervise. Attending Orono boys are Arnold Wallace Gamey Lycett Dane Rogerson Craig Rogerson and Bob Barraball.
The Orono Players rehearse for the Drama Festival entry The Voice of the People by Robertson Davies directed by former adjudicator Russell Flutter of Oshawa. Cast includes Gladys Aslett James Pollard Merrill Graham and Diane Gilbart.
From 1930 to 1934 a jar type hatchery on the Pigeon River near Omemee hatched about one and a half to two million maskinonge eggs annually. Arnold McQuade oversaw the operation with helpers Harry Cheesman Bud Oakes Henry Jackson and John Barram. Stock was released into Pigeon Lake and nearby Kawartha waters before moving to the Deer Lake Hatchery on the Crowe River northeast of Havelock.
Betty Marie Kemp daughter of Mr and Mrs Hayden D Kemp of Oshawa wed Ronald Nelson Couvier of Orono at Albert Street United Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev S C H Atkinson with music by Mrs Joseph Wiltshire. The couple plans to reside in Oshawa after a westward honeymoon.
Garden Hill Conservation Area opens on Kirby Campbellcroft road led by Minister W M Nickle with lunch and official ceremonies. A Durham soil judging contest at Elmore Scott farm drew 50 entrants. Ronald Welsh won top age 17plus with 84 points and $25 prize, with multiple class winners across junior and senior groups.
June health report shows 60 communicable cases with 23 mumps and 15 chickenpox. TB remains 325 on record with one new case. three discharged from sanatorium. Immunization clinics were held at 54 schools with 600 completing doses. 728 home visits by public health nurses, 86 nursing care visits mainly in Millbrook.
Samuel Galitsky a 75 year old farmer from Newtonville was killed when his tractor plunged nine feet into a Crooked Creek barn while loading hay. Anthony Cichanowski 66 Toronto man was atop the hay and not injured. Coroner Dr. McArthur ruled death from a fractured neck.
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