Evening Auxiliary Christmas Party For New Canadians
Evening Auxiliary held a December 17 Christmas party for New Canadians with 150 attendees. Rev. Kitchen chaired. Rev. Hogerwaard led Dutch prayers and songs. Glenn and Jean Allin sang duets. Netherlands choir performed. Movies of Niagara Falls shown. thanks given. Netherlands and British anthems sung. Apples and candy distributed. lunch served. 1954 officers listed for the Evening Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchen
Hogerwaard
Janetvalle-Pontypool
Netherlands
Drummond
Glenn
Jean Allin
Niagara Falls
Bill Armstrong
Gerritt Hartémink
Melville Staples
O Uns
Hileen Billings
Hilda Tamblyn
Stella Carson
Alce
Marjorie Best
Mary Berry
Kathleen Chapman
Dorothy Bailey
Sai. Ayn
Mary Rutherford
Ruth Allen
Mae Allen
Beth Sherwin
Kathleen Rainey
Isileen Reid
Muriel Patton
Eileen Reid
Orono Orphans Lead Lakeshore Intermediate A Hockey League
The Orono Orphans top the Lakeshore Intermediate A standings with eight wins, three losses, and one tie for seven points. Port Hope follows in second, then Lindsay, Lakefield, and Cobourg. A 4–4 overtime draw with Cobourg capped a dramatic week as Shetler and Mercer led the offense and Keith West sealed the tie.
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Orono
Port Hope
Lindsay
Lakefield
Cobourg
Lakefield Indians
Shetler
D. West
Junior West
Comets
Irwin
Mercer
Reeves
Hooper
Rowe
Casey
Orphans
Jy. West
Schell
Wilcox
Keith West
Dean
Junior
Armstrong
Robinson
Orono High School Dance Charms Village With Christmas Theme
The Orono High School dance Friday night drew about three hundred attendees at the Township Hall. A ceiling hung Christmas tree, painted Santa Clauses, and new decorations created a festive mood. Paul Minicola of Peterborough supplied the lively music for round and square dancing, with buffet lunch at intermission.
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Santa
Claus
Paul Minicola
Peterborough
Santa Visits Orono as 300 Children Meet Saint Nick
Three hundred children gathered at Orono Township Hall on Saturday for Santa’s yearly pre Christmas visit. The Heather Social Club organized the afternoon with films The Hare and the Toteise and a boy’s life story. Santa handed out candy peanuts and oranges while greeting each child. event funded by local businesspeople.
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Santa In
Orono
Santa
Vittle Wilson
St. Nicholas
Heather Social Club
Children Perform Sunday School Party Program Despite Illnesses
A Sunday School program faced chicken pox and other illnesses but drew a large crowd for a joyful show. Mary Lynn Bailey opened with a recitation while children presented songs, comedy sketches, a Cinderella play, and a pantomime The Three Bears.
Orono Arena Skating Season Hinges On Cold Weather
Orono Amateur Athletic Association hires Cliff Winter to caretaking and ice making for the arena as skating and hockey hopes rely on cold weather. The Orono Figure Skating Club plans Monday and Thursday practices with a club pro. Season tickets at the Times Office cover weekly skating and Saturday sessions, with hockey for boys included for a few periods each week. Single tickets cost 25 cents. family tickets 5 dollars. single season 3 dollars, not including Skating Club periods.
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Orono Arena
Cliff Winter
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Orono
Times
Former Grono Boy Bill Keat Dies in U S A
Word arrived that Bill Keat an Orono native and longtime Watertown New York resident died after a brief hospital stay. He is survived by wife Lettie a brother Milton Oneida two sisters in law in Toronto and two nephews in Toronto Funeral set for December 24 1958 at his Watertown home on 230 Main Street
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Bill” Keat
Watertown
N.Y
Lettie
Milton
Oneida
James Mowat
Clarence Reid
Leland Kent
R. Kent
Toronto
Bill Keat
Orono
Jace Harnest Kent
Edson Kent
Trenton
Main Street
Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association Annual Meet
About one hundred members attended the Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual meeting held Friday afternoon at the Lion's Community Centre in Bowmanville. Mr. Carlos Tamblyn, president, acted as chairman.
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Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Lion’s Community Centre
Bowmanville
Carlos Tamblyn
The
Nativity Scene Graces Orono United Church
Christmas services at Orono United Church drew a near capacity crowd on December 20. The church featured decorated trees, poinsettias and chrysanthemums while Rev. John Kitchen delivered a Christmas message. Baptismal rites were performed for seven children. An outdoor Nativity scene with floodlights highlighted the church entrance. The choir performed The First Christmas Morn and O Holy Night, followed by carols and a cantata The Star of the Host.
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Orono United Church
John Kitchen
Mesdames Carson, Drummond and
Rickaby
Mary
Joseph
Jesus
Oreno United Church
Giemtmas
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Lakeshore Intermediate ‘A’ League
Mary Lynn Bailey
Douglas Sherwin
Sharon Tamblyn
Susan Feaster
Ross Tamblyn
Junior Mission
Patsy Reid
Douglas Lycett
John and
Norah and
Boyd Wood
Mr. Wm. Keat
Grono
U.S.A
George Dunlop
Ronald Maxwell Forrester
John Forrester
Patricia Anne Wallace
Arnold Wallace
Wendy Elizabeth Mercer
Donald Mercer
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