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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1964
Page
3
A reader critiques the Grade 13 examination debate citing H W Harksess and the stress on students. The letter argues for broader education beyond exams, warns against rote learning, and calls for balancing the system to reduce the June exams to a minor crisis.
The Orono Public School Section may resist the new Provincial Act rules risking wide area exclusions and a tougher Department of Education position. Supporters urge Orono as a center for a larger education area while criticizing outdated boundaries and urging genuine community involvement in forming one unified township school area.
A letter writer requests local library or community help to locate descendants and background for a cache of 1800s letters. He cites names and places including Clarke 1826 reminiscences, Timothy Russell, Eliza Tate Russell, Stratford Port Hope and Clarke areas, asking for connections to build family history.
Congratulations pour in for the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lewis on Saturday August 1 with Mrs Jo Ann Van den Brink as the bride’s former name. Visitors for Mrs. Heber Souch on August 12 included several Toronto Bowmanville Port Hope and Cooksville residents for Mrs. Louch’s 89th birthday.
Local horses led by Bill Reid with two firsts in Sutton team road races mark a strong showing after a hiatus. Dr R Taggart with King of Dianmonds won both heats at Sutton Friday while Worthy Mite and Fleety Riddle also placed. Greenwood notes Dave Roughley Count Markie and Gerald Robinson Mea dow Bob placed top two in Monday events. Most Orone horses head to Peterborough this Saturday for further races.
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