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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
8
Historical note marks January 1 as the accepted start of the year in 1752 when calendar reforms aligned dates. The shift reflected broader changes in timekeeping and legal year beginnings, affecting dating conventions across Britain and its colonies.
From eleven forty nine PM to twelve midnight the clock's minute hand passes the hour hand ten times. The event occurs as the minute hand laps the hour hand at near eleven thirty, eleven forty, and again around eleven fifty six minutes past.
Local items note visits and stays in Oshawa and Bowmanville. Henry Leaman of Toronto spent the weekend with W. J. Leaman. Hart Taylor and Mrs Harris took an apartment with Mrs. A Harris. Jean Wilson of Bowmanville visited W. Wilson. H Barlow and Roger joined Mr. and Mrs Sherlock Barlow. Lois Dean of Oshawa Hospital spent the weekend with Hesper Dean. Jack Hudson has returned home from Oshawa General Hospital after a fall from an apple tree. Jack Arnott spends the holiday season with his wife and family.
The Orono Junior Hockey Club and community mourn the death of Roy Forrester Sr a key business leader and sportsman. The Orono Skating Club converted a dressing room into a Blue Room while the juniors remodeled theirs into a Gold Room. First practice at the Orono Arena occurred Tuesday night with more sessions planned based on ice. The local OHA Orphans face Oshawa City Juvenile All Stars in the arena Friday December 29. Public skating is set for Saturday with an old time skating party promised for December 30.
Card of thanks from Mr Jack expresses gratitude to his friends and the Thcestry boys for kindnesses shown during his stay in Oshawa General Hospital.
Ontario Department of Highways invites bids to grade 3.5 miles of highway between Bowmanville and Newcastle on the new double lane project. Tenders will also be issued for modernizing No 69 highway between Sudbury and Burwash as part of the Parry Sound Sudbury route.
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