Evening Auxiliary Hosts Xmas Party for New Canadians
The Evening Auxiliary Christmas gathering on Thursday December 17 drew more than 150 attendees. Rev. Kitchen chaired. Rev. Hogerwaard led Netherlands language prayers and address with a Netherlands choir and carols. Glenn and Jean Allin performed duets. Niagara Falls and local scenes were shown. apples candy and popcorn were given to children. 1954 officers announced.
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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 League
The Orono Orphans top the Lakeshore Intermediate A standings by seven points with eight wins, three losses, and one tie. Port Hope is second, followed by Lindsay, Lakefield, and Cobourg. A 4–4 overtime draw with Cobourg capped a busy week as the Orphans faced a 14-man Cobourg squad twice in Port Hope.
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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 a Village Highlight
The Orono High School Dance at Township Hall drew about three hundred attendees. Decorated in a Christmas theme, the hall featured a ceiling hung tree and Santa wall paintings. Paul Minicola of Peterborough provided music for lively round and square dancing, with a buffet lunch at intermission.
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Santa
Claus
Paul Minicola
Peterborough
Santa Visits Orono Draws 300 Local Children
The Heather Social Club of Orono hosted a Saturday event at the Township Hall with two films before St Nicholas arrived. Santa greeted all 300 children and handed out candy peanuts and oranges as part of a community fundraiser supported by local business leaders.
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St. Nicholas
Santa
Heather Social Club
Orono
Children Present Sunday School Program Despite Illness
The Sunday School party featured a wide range of acts including Rudolph, Frosty, a Cinderella play, and Christmas readings. Despite chicken pox influenza and colds many numbers remained ready with substitutes, drew a large crowd, and ended with Santa bringing gifts.
Cold Weather To Insure Orono Arena Rink Activities
Orono Arena preparations hinge on sustained cold to enable skating and hockey. Cliff Winter will caretaking and ice making for the Orono Amateur Athletic Association. The Orono Figure Skating Club plans weekly lessons and practices on Mondays and Thursdays with a club pro. Season tickets, sold at the Times Office, cover skating and some hockey but exclude Skating Club periods. prices are 3 dollars for a single, 5 dollars for a family, and 25 cents for single admission.
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Orono Arena
Cliff Winter
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Orono
Times
Death of Wm Keat former Grono boy in USA
Word reached Monday that William Keat known as Bill, longtime resident of Watertown New York, died after a brief hospital stay. Survived by wife Lettie, brother Milton of Oneida New York, two sisters in law, and two nephews in Toronto. His last Orono Times visit was 1948. funeral set for Thursday December 24 1958 at 230 Main Street Watertown.
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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 100 members attended the Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual meeting at the Lion's Community Centre in Bowmanville last Friday afternoon. Mr. Carlos Tamblyn presided as chairman.
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Durham Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Lion’s Community Centre
Bowmanville
Carlos Tamblyn
The
Nativity Scene and Christmas Service at Orono United Church
Nativity scene outside the Orono United Church entrance plus a candlelit interior with two trees and flowers. Baptisms were performed for seven children as Rev. John Kitchen delivered a Christmas message and the choir performed cantatas and carols for near capacity worshippers.
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Orono United Church
John Kitchen
Mesdames Carson, Drummond and
Rickaby
Mary
Joseph
Jesus
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Lakeshore Intermediate ‘A’ League
Santa In
Vittle Wilson
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
Oreno United Church
Giemtmas
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