Curtain Rises At Youth Theatre In Newcastle
The Great Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts opens with Herman Melville s Billy Budd at the town hall in Newcastle on August 8. The Admirable Crichton and A Man for All Seasons follow on August 9 and 10 with repeat performances on late August dates. Honorary guest Earl Rowe attends the Billy Budd premiere.
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Newcastle
Herman Melville
Robert Bolt
Henry VIII
Sir Thomas More
Pine Ridge
Oshawa * District
Ontario
Billy Budd
Tent City
Town Hall
City
Festival
Board of Governors
Roy Higgins
Joan Bennett
Clarke Players
Clarke High School
Crichton
Stratford
Miss Bennett
Ontario Board Hearing Over Orono Street Upgrade Plan
The Ontario Municipal Board held a hearing in Orono Town Hall on a central Orono project for storm sewers curbs gutters and paving at an estimated 38 080 to be levied on the Village over five years. Township representative E R Lovekin and engineer Eberlee described needs floods and long life pavement while opponents noted local debt and tax impacts.
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Ontario Municipal Board
Orono
Greenwood
OMB
E. R. Lovekin
Clarke
Lovekin
K. Lycett
Crono
Eberlee
Church Street
Municipal Board
Lycett
Woodyard
Township Road Department
Department of Highways
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Goebelle
Findlayson
Department of Health
Northumberland and
Durham
McMullen
Ontario Water Resources Commission
Orono by law hearing hears petition against road program
Opposition to the proposed road program in Orono was presented to the Ontario Municipal Board hearing. J Major claimed two thirds of ratepayers signed, with 314 signatures. He urged priority for sanitary sewers over storm sewers citing a 1955 Medical Officer of Health report. Grady supported the opposition, citing a 1959 report from Marshall Macklin Monaghan and arguing proper maintenance could negate storm sewers.
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Orono
Ontario Municipal Board
J. Major
Greenwood
Major
Horner
Wm. Grady
Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan
Grady
Lew Reports On Meeting With Minister
A July 31 1968 meeting arranged by Mr Carruthers with the Minister of Municipal Affairs involved a Clarke Ratepayers Association delegation led by Mr Butt Mr Copping Mr Kimball Mr Morton and Mr Evans attacking by law 1592 and township governance The minister his assistant and the senior planner listened as the delegation accused lack of public meetings and questioned gravel pit purchase while Carruthers produced documents showing the pit’s value was about four and a half times the paid price The exchange ended with questions about the delegation’s municipal service history.
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Mr. Carruthers
Minister of Municipal Affairs
Clarke Ratepayers’ Association
Butt
Copping
Kimball
Morton
Evans
Carruthers
Mr. Butt
Specfic
Orono Junior Baseball Enters Three-Team Playdowns
Orono Junior Baseball Club joins Port Hope and Little Britain in league playdowns for the Ontario Baseball Association Junior C division. The three teams contest a home and away four game series with two Orono home games at Orono Park.
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Orono Junior
Orono
Port Hope
Little Britain
Orono Park
OBA
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Youth Theatre
James M
Orono Road
Sell Honey
Durham-Northumberland
Alex Carruthers
CPP
Oshawa
Whitby
Newcastle Town Hall
Diane Bary
Bowmanville High School
Lady Mary
A. Lew
Planning Board
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