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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
1
Santa Claus will greet Orono children this Saturday December 17 at the Town Hall. The 2 30 p m program runs with a sing along theme pictures and a Santa throne moment finishing with a Christmas Tree celebration sponsored by the Orono Chamber of Commerce and local merchants.
The Oreno Oddfellows Service Club Pyrew and Dante host a large dance at Oreno Town Hall on Friday evening December 16 with Ruth Watson's Variety Band providing music. A sixteen prize draw includes Miss Betty with ten $1 bills, five turkeys five geese and five chickens plus door prizes. Tickets are sold by local merchants and others at five for 1.00. buy by the dollar for an extra chance. Community support is solicited.
Local merchants will keep stores open evenings from December 19 to 24 inclusive and stay open all day Wednesday. The post office will also be open lengthwise, with holidays proclaimed for December 26 and 27 and stores in Orono to close on those days.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Clarence Guy on the birth of a son at Oshawa Hospital on December 7. Bowmanville residents Mr and Mrs Robert Hendry visited Hilliard Simpson. Attendees traveled to Orono Continuation School Dance Friday night. Community Club met at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Hancock. Mr and Mrs R Hollingsworth and Armond visited daughter Mrs Walter Cairns in Schomberg Sunday.
Starkville School hosts a Christmas concert on Friday night December 16. Families and local residents, including Mr and Mrs Ewart Robinson and others, are noted in a series of weekend visits and social gatherings across neighboring towns.
David Roberts and John Ross Maiden both of Ottawa face auto theft charges after a Saturday night chase near Bowmanville. The stolen car was sighted near Bowmanville then crashed on No 2 Highway before the youths fled on snow covered fields and were captured later by Bowmanville and Scarboro Township officers.
Blackstock residents battled flames at a farm house for nearly two hours. The Clapper family of John W. and his wife and three children were found in a small shack two miles away after the building collapsed. Loss exceeded $7,000. insurance coverage noted.
On Saturday afternoon December 10 piano students of Mrs M Hi Staples and several parents gathered at the Staples home for their annual musical Christmas party. The program included piano solos duets stories and carol singing with a scale contest and group prizes. Mrs Staples received a plant as thanks for her part.
The United Counties of Northumberland and Durham report a long campaign of mass chest x ray surveys from 1946 to 1949. A total of 26 478 people were screened with 80 tuberculosis cases identified, and ongoing follow up via monthly clinics in Campbellford Bowmanville Brighton Port Hope and Cobourg.
The Woman's Association of Park Street Church Orono held its December meeting with good attendance. President Mrs. Tamblyn outlined a successful bazaar, raising 500 dollars, and announced officer nominations. A Christmas tea followed as plans for Christmas seals and tubercu losis awareness were discussed.
The North Group of the W A of Kirby United Church hosted a gathering at Mrs C Harris home. After supper Mrs Allin was presented with a table lamp and handkerchiefs and given a farewell address noting her devoted service to the group church and Sunday School as she moves to Orono.
Ontario highways officials discuss a 1951 license plate plan with new letter-number combos to handle rising car registrations. The Orone Chamber of Commerce details committee reports, soil conservation aims, tree planting near watersheds, and a potential new meeting site, with a January reassembly planned.
At eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning the Orono Fire Brigade responded to a blaze at the Durham County Farmers Cooperative building. An overheated diesel engine caused the fire, but quick extinguisher use and rapid firemen arrival kept the flames from a total loss as water was poured on the wall about twenty feet high.
Canadian owner David R. Stevens of St Marys Ontario reports a pure bred Holstein heifer, Rag Apple Carnation Tda, setting a new world record for butterfat yield during a 365 day test, milking three times daily. Tda produced 20 628 lbs milk with 985 lbs fat, 4.78 percent, best day 671/4 lbs, dam Susie DeKol Baroness 4th with strong pedigree including Rag Apple and Oakhurst lines.
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