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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
2
The Ottawa weekly issue lists publication on Thursdays from the Main Street office in Orono Ontario. It notes the office phone number 109 and states the paper was established in 1988 by R A Forrester.
Orono hosts the annual Durham Central Agricultural Fair on September 5 6 7. The event, a class B fair, showcases Durham County livestock poultry sheep and rabbits with exhibits in baking weedcraft and art. A Thursday evening show features the Hell Drivers daredevil car and motorcycle driving in front of the grand stand attracting both spectators and exhibitors.
A delegation from the Orono Chamber of Commerce met with the Orono Police Trustees last Monday. The talks were amiable and productive, yielding a clear decision and a hopeful outlook for Orono through continued cooperation between the two bodies.
Bill Armstrong writes from Orono Ontario recalling the late Rev Cecil Allin who died in California on August 15. He details Allin’s early life in Orono, service as a Mimico School for Boys guard, wartime wound at Vimy Ridge, training at Moody Institute in Chicago, street preaching, marriage, a mission church posting in 1930, two sons who became preachers, and final years in Los Angeles.
The Oshawa Times argues that postwar housing costs rise with lot prices and municipal service charges. It notes Ontario and British Columbia plans to curb costs by affordable designs and shared amenities, urging federal and provincial cooperation to keep communities viable and homes within reach.
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