Orono Street Fair Draws Crowds Despite Rain
The Orono Amateur Athletic Society street fair drew a few thousand attendees on Wednesday evening. Bingo was the popular game, with a large crowd and a post‑dancing reception held in town hall and the armouries. Major prizes included a Frigidaire, an outboard motor, a South Bend fly rod set, a .22 rifle, and a tricycle, all won largely by Bowmanville residents. net receipts were expected around five to six hundred dollars.
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Orone
The
George Wade
Cornhuskers
Toronto
P. A
South Bend
Johnny M. James
M. P
Durham County
Gordon Watson
John James
Geo. ‘Wade
Johnny
Bowmanville
Glenn
Thirtle
Edward Collis
Louis Brambly
Oshawa
Orono
Hesper Dean
W. H. Taite
Cobourg Plans New Recreational Centre Construction
Cobourg will place tenders for the rink contracts this week with excavation to start soon. The recreation centre board nominees are Harry Gadd Henry Taylor Robert Lucas Lyle Willson and Gordon King awaiting town council approval. The council will appoint two additional members. The north south building allows ample parking and space for a baseball diamond and football field, with curling facilities possible. Completion is set for October and a goal of 150 000 to cover building and artificial ice plant costs.
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Cobourg
Harry Gadd
Henry Taylor
Robert Lucas
Lyle Willson
Gordon King
Expect New Drug To Benefit Arthritis Patients
Canadian doctors hear from U S colleagues that two new drugs ACTH and cortisone hold promise for arthritis. U S doctors warn against overpromising until proven and supply is adequate, with about a year before broad use. Canucks participate in distribution planning but details await.
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U. S
U.S
Orono Orphans Travel to Hastings for Softball Playoffs
The Orono Junior Orphans hockey champions turn to softball and head to Hastings on Tuesday for Eastern Ontario Championship playoffs. Buses cost return 4.76 dollars with registration by Sunday. departure is 6 30 p m from the Orono park under floodlights. Miss Jean Noble named County Home Economist for Northumberland Durham Peterborough and Victoria counties.
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Orono
Hastings
Dane
Jean Noble
Shelbourne
Northumberland
Durham
Peterborough
Victoria
Noble
The
University of Toronto
Four youths held after thefts in Lindsay area crackdown
Police say arrests of Hector Blair Bill Danes Doug Thompson and James Butts help end a theft wave in Lindsay. Thompson Danes and Butts faced charges for stealing 600 dollars with 134 recovered. further counts included five outboard motors from Scugog River boats. Blair later charged in the motor theft case. Magistrate Baxter gave James McColl 28 months in the Ontario Reformatory for arson on a Haas estate barn, his second arson offense. prior cases in 1945 were cited.
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Lindsay
George Graham
Oil Company
Hector Blair
Bill Danes
Doug Thompson
James Butts
Thompson
Danes
Butts
Scugog
Blair
Ontario Reformatory
James McColl
Hamilton
Cobourg
R. B. Baxter
McCool
Haas Estate
Baxter
Unique One Day Farm Modernization Demonstration
A one day program on Heber Down Farm near Brooklin will showcase soil conservation and farm improvements. Ontario officials and experts lead a complete face lifting including fencing, contour plowing, drainage, painting, landscaping, and modernizing the farm home all in 12 hours. Premier Frost and Agriculture Minister Kennedy expected to speak at the noon opening.
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Heber Down
Brooklin
Highway No. 7
Canada
Ontario Crop Improvement Assocation
Ontaro Department of Agriculture
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
County
Howard Harper
Ontario
Guelph
Women’s Institute
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Frost
T. L. Kennedy
Dzone Women Institute Promotes Home Economists In Ontario
The Dzone Women’s Institute explains its aim to educate girls in homemaking. Home Economists supervise county work, train leaders, and run Girls’ Homemaking Clubs for ages 12 to 26. Miss Jean Noble leads counties including Victoria and Durham from Bowmanville.
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Ontario
Hoy andrus Wedding in Welcome United Church
A wedding was celebrated on Saturday August 6 at Welcome United Church as Yvonne Jennie Andrus and William LaVern Hoy united in marriage. Rev C C Oke officiated. The couple plans to reside in Port Hope after a northern Ontario motor trip.
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Welcome United Church Parsonage
Yvonne Jennie Andrus
Palmer B. Andrus
Welcome
William LaVern Hoy
James H. Hoy
Hoy
Kendal
C. C. Oke
Ontario
Mrs. Hoy
Port Hope
Polio Deaths Rise To Three in Durham County
Polio deaths in the Northumberland Durham Counties Health Unit reached three after two boys died within 24 hours at the Toronto Isolation Hospital. Lee Hawkesworth 18 of Port Hope and John Robert Frazier 12 son of Rev. William J. Frazier of Jersey City died after being brought from Bailieboro and Port Hope. A third victim, a 24 year old Brighton man, died weeks earlier. Rev Frazier had preached with Rev Bernard Haywood during August.
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Durham County
Northumberland- Durham Counties
Toronto
Bailieboro
Port Hope
Lee Hawkesworth
John Robert Frazier
William J. Frazier
Jersey City
New Jersey
Brighton
Lon don Ontario hosts double Holstein champions in milking records
Two top Holstein cows and their owners were honored in London Ontario on August 1 as the district celebrated the final milking of a four year streak of 80 000 plus pounds. Lonell Texas Happy owned by R M Berry posted the record while Rath Holme Rag Apple DeVries owned by Archie Rath set a 305 day butterfat world record. Happy also leads Canadian fat production for four consecutive lactations.
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London
Ontario
Lonell
Texas Happy
R. M. Berry
Happy
Manningford
Faith
Americas
Rath Holme Rag Apple DeVries
Archie Rath
Mossley
DeVries
E. L. Sweet
Belmont
Five Polio Cases Reported in United Counties
For the week ending August 18 five poliomyelitis cases were reported in United Counties Northumberland and Durham. One case in Brighton, two in Port Hope, two in South Monaghan. Two deaths in Port Hope and South Monaghan. Contacts of two visiting non residents under observation in Crambe and Murray Townships.
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Northumberland
Durham
Brighton
Port Hope
South Monaghan
Crambe
Murray
Blood donor appeal urges voluntary give for hospital needs
A community notice emphasizes that Canadian Red Cross blood donations sustain hospital needs. It asks residents aged 18 to 65 to volunteer, lists on call donors for future collections, and requests township officials and community groups to support and record names for a donor file.
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Canada
John Doe
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Durham Gladiolus Growers Win Four Cups At Peterboro
Durham County Gladiolus growers excelled at the Peterboro show capturing four trophies. The event drew 290 exhibits with 2000 spikes, down from last year. Mrs. G. Osborne of Bowmanville won the T Eaton Co. trophy for most points, Rev. W. W. Paterson of Newcastle claimed the Challenge Trophy for best basket, Mrs. Osborne also took the Canadian Gladiolus Society Cup, and Dr. EB. W. Sisson of Bowmanville won the George Clarke Cup for a top spike like “White Christmas.”
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Durham
Gladiolus Growers
Peterboro
Durham County
Peterborough
George Clarke
EB. W. Sisson
Bowmanville
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Port Perry
Ajax
Consolidated Piece Dyers Ltd
Bradford Dyers’ Association Ltd
Bradford
England
Cobourg Dyeing Co
Consolidated Piece Dyers
Bradford Dyeing Association (Canada) Ltd
North America
Dzone Women’s Institute
Miss Noble
Yarous Institutes
Andrus
Mary Kelly
Stanley Hay
United Counties
B.c.mlp
Chartered Bankers Association
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