Orono Eliminates Newcastle In South Durham Playdowns
Orono Baseball Team defeated Newcastle ten to two on Thursday to advance to face Welcome or Cambourne for the league title. Raye West led with three singles, D West and Armstrong added hits, while K West struck out six in six innings. Newcastle scored two in the fifth, but Orono built an early lead and totaled ten hits.
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Orono
Newcastle
Durham
Welcome
Cambourne
Raye West
Armstrong
Shetler
D. West
K. West
Mercer
Mallet
Prediction of E A Summers Now Realized in Wheat Yields
An earlier forecast by E A Summers that fields in the Sixty Bushel Fall Wheat Club would yield well over sixty bushels per acre proved accurate. Ed Ruthven of Hope Township reported a 21 acre field with seven acres Genesee and fourteen of Dawbul. combined yields showed Genesee at 71.5 bushels per acre and Dawbul 62.6. The field had prior years managed with Clover sod, tomatoes, peas, and wheat rotations.
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E. A. Summers
E. A. Simmers
Fall Wheat Club
Ed Ruthven
Hope Township
Genesee
Flower Show At Orono Fair Opens Entry Time Bright
Flower fanciers compete in Orono Fair exhibitions with carnations roses zinnias dahlias and more. Entries due September 9. Prizes from first to third share funds across fifty five sections. The show includes floral arrangements and tuberous begonia contests with all members urged to bring plants. For information contact Secretary J C Gamey.
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Orono Horticultural Society
Former Enterprise Resident Celebrates 91st Birthday
Mrs. Jane Robinson, longtime Enterprise resident, turns 91. She lives near the village edge, cares for herself and her 85 year old brother-in-law John Pritchard, and walks a mile daily to shop and attend St. Andrew's United Church. She and late husband Tom farmed before moving to the village 37 years ago. Her reading interest remains strong despite mild hearing loss.
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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
OBA D Ball Playdowns Open In Orono Saturday
The Ontario Championship OBA class D ball playdowns start in Orono this Saturday afternoon at Orono Memorial Community Park with Orono and Everett as opponents. A Newcastle versus Orono exhibition is scheduled for Thursday evening at Orono.
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Ontario
Orono
Orono Memorial
OBA
Everett
Newcastle
Orono School Installing Modern Heating System
The Orono School replaces an aging heating setup with a low pressure steam system. Parker and Son of Bowmanville hold the contract for the project, which aims to run economically from a single unit, with room temperature controls and removal of coal furnaces and hot air radiators. The project, costing about $5,000, should be completed by the opening in September.
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Oreno
Parker and Son of
Bowmanville
Ontario considers 60 mph limit for 401 highway
W M Nickle chairman of the Ontario legislature select committee on highway safety says he will seek approval for a 60 mile per hour limit on four lane highways including Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 400 and Highway 401. He cites US turnpike experience and notes majority support.
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W. M. Nickle
Ontario
Queen Elizabeth Way
Nickle
United States Turnpike
Mrs M J Tamblyn Wins at Oshawa Gladiolus Show
Lakefield obit notes Mrs Burt Graham dies at Civic Hospital Peterborough aged 67. She is survived by husband daughter and granddaughter with several sisters. Funeral held at Hendren Lakefield with pallbearers named. Oshawa Gladiolus Society event draws large crowds at Bowmanville Legion Hall. Frank Samis Bowmanville wins best spike. multiple cups awarded for amateur open and novice classes. about 1000 blooms shown. local growers noted for top prizes.
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Graham
Russell Rosborough
Niagara Falls
Marilyn
William Boville
Pointe Claire
Quebec
G. J. Howard
Chalk River
C. J. van Duzer
Rochester
Frank Samis
Bowmanville
Oshawa
Gladiolus Society Cup
J. Burtensky
Gladiolus
Growers Council
Sunspot
Orono Girls Fall In Four Game Clarke Darlington Playoff
Orono lost to Newtonville 13 to 0 in seven innings as Newtonville built an early lead and Orono failed to rally. Crono led with four first inning runs aided by three hits while Orono managed only eight baserunners all game. The series stands 3-1, with game five in Orono Monday.
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Newtonville
Orono
Crono
D. Forrester
M. Boyd
G. Cooper
Joan Ransberry
Bowmanville Soldier Joins Indo China Truce Commission
Captain James E. Knox of Bowmanville, 32, son of Mr and Mrs W J Knox, has been selected by the Canadian Army to serve with 70 officers on the Indo China truce commission. Knox, a Royal Canadian Regiment officer stationed at Valcartier, will be among the youngest members. External affairs awaits top civilian delegates as Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia duties continue to strain manpower. Brig. W J Megill and Brig. T E Snow are the other two brigadiers named for the commissions.
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Bowmanville
James E. Knox
W. J. Knox
Concession Street
Korea
Knox
External Affairs Department
Army
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Indo-China
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Orone
Iere
Foster
Murray Walton
Knight
Sellers
Seller
Gettlick
Walton
R. West
Cornish
Tain
Danbul
Cornell
E. A. Summer
Orono Fair
J.C. Gamey
Enterprise
O.B
Kingston
Barrie
Chicago
M. J. Tamblyn
B. Graham
Peterborough
Lakefield
Buckhorn Lake
Burt Graham
Civic Hospital
Smith Township
Walter Nugent
Hendren Funeral Home
Gordon
Elton
Clarence Northey
Everett Graham
Wilbert Rosborough
Jeffrey Howard
Oshawa and District Gladiolus Society
Legion Hall
Gladiolus Society
KB. W. Sisson
Wen
G. H. Ficht
Georgetown
Ficht
Fred Ing
Whitby
Oshawa and District Gladiolus
Bowmanvilles
Franke
Samis
Ideal Dairy
D. H. McMillan
R. Ven Horne
Dy. Sisson
Sharon Dilling
Spie and
Span
Freding
Leif Ericson
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Kingstors
Ont
Mabel Goode
Jean Allen
Niles
T. Forrester
Royal Canadian Regiment
Capt
Valcartier Camp
Quebec City
Camp Borden
Midland Regiment
Stormont and Glengarry
Brig. W. J. Megill
British Columbia
Brig
T. E. Snow
New Brunswick
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