Orono Advances Over Newcastle in Semi Final Playdowns
Orono Baseball Team defeated Newcastle ten to two in the fifth game to claim the series and earn a shot at the top league title against Welcome or Cambourne. Raye West led with three singles, while K West pitched six strikeouts over five hits. Newcastle scored late in the game after four scoreless innings, with Foster and Knight among the inning’s highlights. Orono resumes play in the CBA D class as preparations begin for the next series.
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Orono
Newcastle
Durham
Welcome
Cambourne
Raye West
Armstrong
Shetler
D. West
K. West
Mercer
Mallet
Foster
Murray Walton
Knight
Sellers
Seller
Gettlick
Walton
Newtonville
D. Forrester
Niles
Gordon
T. Forrester
M. Boyd
E A Summers Prediction Proves True In Wheat Field
Ed Ruthven of Hope Township harvested a combined 21 acre field with Genesee at 71.5 bushels per acre and Dawbul at 62.6, following a 1951 Clover sod 1952 Tomatoes 1000 lbs of 3-12-16 per acre 1953 Peas 400 lbs 19-20-10 and 1954 Wheat 200 tips 2-12-12 per acre, confirming earlier forecasts of high fall wheat yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Simmers
Fall Wheat Club
Ed Ruthven
Hope Township
Genesee
Flower Fanciers Enter At Orono Fair Show
Orono Fair invites gardeners to enter in the flower and plant classes with a broad range of blooms listed from carnations to pansies. Entries must be to the Secretary by September 9 with prizes awarded across multiple categories including bouquets and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Fair
Orono
Orono Horticultural Society
91st Birthday for Former Enterprise Resident Jane Robinson
Jane Robinson of the village marks her 91st birthday showing good health and independence. She farms memories with her late husband, raises flowers in her garden, walks a mile to the business district, and remains a regular at St. Andrew's United Church despite a hearing handicap.
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Jane Robinson
John Pritchard
St. Andrew’s United Church
Mrs. Robinson
Jane Simpson
Enterprise School
Orono
Tom Robinson
Fallis
Mr. Robinson
O B A D Ball Opens In Orono This Saturday
The Ontario Championship OBA class D playdowns start in Orono this Saturday afternoon at Orono Memorial Community Park. Orono Baseball Team is entered with a first series against Everett, game time four. An exhibition between Newcastle and Orono is set for Thursday evening at Orono.
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Ontario
Orono
Orono Memorial
OBA
Everett
Newcastle
Orono School Gets Modern Heating System
The Orono School replaces old heating with a new low pressure steam plant. Old coal burning furnaces and hot air vents are removed and replaced by compact steam radiators with individual room temperature control. Parker and Son of Bowmanville hold the tender. cost near $5,000 with most funded by the district.
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Oreno
Parker and Son of
Bowmanville
Ontario eyes 60 mph limit on four lane highways
W M Nickle chairman of the Ontario legislature select committee on highway safety says he will urge approval of a 60 mile an hour limit for four lane highways including Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 400 and 401. He notes US turnpike data show higher speeds do not raise accidents and says flood lighting of railway crossings will also be recommended. The committee will study the Barrie highway and attend a Chicago traffic conference before reporting.
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W. M. Nickle
Ontario
Queen Elizabeth Way
Nickle
United States Turnpike
Barrie
Chicago
Mrs M J Tamblyn Wins at Oshawa Gladiolus Show
Lakefield Ontario reports Mrs Burt Graham of Buckhorn Lake died in Civic Hospital Peterborough after a short illness. Survived by husband daughter and granddaughter, plus three sisters. Funeral from Hendren Lakefield for burial in Lakefield cemetery. The 19th Annual Oshawa and District Gladiolus Society show in Bowmanville drew large crowds with many awards led by Frank Samis Bowmanville and Dr E W Sisson Bowmanville. About 1,000 blooms were shown and auctioned for proceeds.
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Lakefield
Buckhorn Lake
Burt Graham
Civic Hospital
Peterborough
Graham
Russell Rosborough
Niagara Falls
Marilyn
William Boville
Pointe Claire
Quebec
G. J. Howard
Chalk River
C. J. van Duzer
Rochester
Oshawa and District Gladiolus Society
Legion Hall
Bowmanville
Gladiolus Society
Frank Samis
Oshawa
Gladiolus Society Cup
G. H. Ficht
Georgetown
Ficht
Fred Ing
Whitby
Oshawa and District Gladiolus
Bowmanvilles
Sunspot
Orono Softball Fails To Clinch Fourth Victory
Orono girls drop 13 to 0 to Newtonville in Newtonville as seven innings see eight Orono batters reach base. Newtonville leads series 3 1 and a fifth game in Orono Monday. Joan Ransberry pitched for Orono before a crowd exceeding one hundred.
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Newtonville
Orono
Joan Ransberry
Bowmanville Soldier Named to Indo China Truce Commission
Captain James E. Knox of Bowmanville, 32, Royal Canadian Regiment, is selected to serve with 70 officers on the Indo China truce commission. He will join Brigadiers W. J. Megill and T. E. Snow and other Canadian personnel, assembling at an undetermined location as external affairs and the army seek qualified supervisors for armistice work in Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia.
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Bowmanville
James E. Knox
W. J. Knox
Concession Street
Korea
Royal Canadian Regiment
Capt
Knox
Valcartier Camp
Quebec City
Camp Borden
External Affairs Department
Army
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Indo-China
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Orone
Iere
Crono
R. West
Cornish
Tain
Danbul
Cornell
E. A. Summers
E. A. Summer
J.C. Gamey
Enterprise
O.B
Kingston
M. J. Tamblyn
B. Graham
Smith Township
Walter Nugent
Hendren Funeral Home
Elton
Clarence Northey
Everett Graham
Wilbert Rosborough
Jeffrey Howard
KB. W. Sisson
Wan
Franke
Samis
Ideal Dairy
D. H. McMillan
J. Burtensky
R. Ven Horne
Dy. Sisson
Sharon Dilling
Spie and
Span
Gladiolus
Growers Council
Freding
Leif Ericson
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Kingstors
Ont
G. Cooper
Mabel Goode
Jean Allen
Midland Regiment
Stormont and Glengarry
Brig. W. J. Megill
British Columbia
Brig
T. E. Snow
New Brunswick
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