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Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Aug 29, 1968

Page

5

Orono Chamber Proposes Colored Lights Plan For Main Street

Delegations from the Orono Chamber of Commerce meet with Police Trustees to discuss installing permanent colored Christmas light fixtures in the business district and sharing costs between merchants, the village, and the chamber. Proposed 12 fixtures at about 60 lights each, estimated $1000, with power kept by hydro and annual maintenance. Also discussed enforcing two hour parking on the main street to curb abuse, with further details to be set before a general chamber meeting.

Orono Chamber of Commerce Orono Police Messrs M. Downs Wm. Carman M. Snelders Chamber of Commerce R. Hazelden R. Dickson Orone Chamber Mr. Hazelden

Kendal Notes Mention House Purchase and Local Events

Kendal residents report purchases north of the creek near the Norman Kennedy Farm and visits by the Stanners of Hamilton. Mrs. Elliott returns from Europe August 16, and Mrs. Taggart returns from the Prairie Provinces. G Etwell cites a large Kendal sale last Saturday. Church Women plan a Cobourg meeting September 4. Rev. Snelgrove resumes preaching September 1 after Newfoundland vacation. About sixty men from Barbados Trinidad and Tobago assist with tobacco harvest. Township By law Administrator and police trustees discussed parking at Friday harness races. potential job ad if no solution.

Roy Spry Bowmanville Kendal United Church Woodyard Police Trustes Simpson

Indians Aid Harvest Flights Signal Second Year Arrival

The report notes that this is the second year passengers arrive by plane to assist farming. It also mentions that some Indians from the far north are contributing to the harvest effort.

Far North

Waterdown Defeats Orono Junior Ball Club in Nine Innings

Waterdown Junior Ball Club beat Orono 6 to 4 in Orono Park after breaking a 4 4 tie with two runs in the ninth. Eric Duvall walked and scored, B Smith hit a key four bagger, and Smith tied for Orono in the eighth before Waterdown pulled ahead. Paul Jones was the losing pitcher for Orono.

Orono Park Waterdown Waterdowns Eric Duvall B. Smith Crono John Mather Orono Smith Paul Jones

Local Notes and Book Listings. Atlantic Union College

Mrs W H Lantz of Toronto visited Orono on Tuesday. The Dents motored to Morrisburg for the weekend where their daughters stayed with relatives. Friday August 30 is the final showing of a humorous play by the author of Peter Pan. New books include fiction and nonfiction works by Steinbeck Styron Leacock and others. Misses Arnott Goode and Millson attend Camp Quin Mo Lack Moira Lake. Shirley Sharron Watson graduates BA History from Atlantic Union College, Orono’s Atlantic Union College is a Seventh Day Adventist liberal arts school in South Lancaster MA.

Arts Newcastle Robert Woods Anne Arnott Susan Goode Ellen Millson Quin-Mo-Lack Moira Lake Atlantic Union College Shirley Sharron Watson William Sharron Orono South Lancaster Massachusetts Seventh Day Adventist Church

Admirable Crichton joins Clarke Library book stacks

The latest addition to Clarke Library’s English Literature section is J. M. Barrie’s comedy The Admirable Crichton. It appears among plays featured at the Great Pine Ridge Festival, signaling the library’s active collection growth.

Clarke Library J. M. Barrie Crichton Pine Ridge

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Orono Hydro Carman Mr. Simpson Chamber Kendal Orono Irs W. H. Lantz Toronto If “Orone Mrs. E Dent Morrisburg Annery Row Steinbeck Confessions of Nat Turner Styron Laughter In Our House Bradbury Instrument O’hara Morris Leacock Somerset Hoehling The Wright Brothers Orono Building Guage Bowmanville Cleaners Orono, Ontario United Church Orono Pastoral B. E. Long Skating Club Booth Atex Canada
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