Oshawa to open first purely occupational school in 1958
Oshawa plans a 750 seat occupational school opened September 1958 with four neighboring boards invited to send about 100 pupils combined. Superintendent G L Roberts notes Oshawa will still fill seats in five years, then neighbors may build their own schools. Goal is to train grade eight and nine students with marketable skills.
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Oshawa
G. L. Roberts
Whitby
Durham
Pickering and District
Port Perry
Uxbridge
Roberts
Beards
Dunbarton
Bus Service To And From Orono
Burley Bus Lines operate a daily Orono to Bowmanville Oshawa route with connections to Toronto. Service started August 5 1966 and travels via highway No 2 to Newcastle Bowmanville and Oshawa, with Oshawa connections to Toronto. The company invites suggestions to improve the service and a schedule appears elsewhere.
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Ron Burley
Burley Bus Lines
Orono Times
Orono
Bowmanville
Oshawa
Toronto
Burley
Orono Chamber of Commerce
Newcastle
the Times
Hi C Meeting Plans New Year Dance at Church
The Hi-C club opened its December meeting with the secretary and treasurer reports and outlined plans for a New Year’s Dance in the Upper Auditorium of the Christian Education Building at 8:00 p.m. Dress is dress up. Invitations extended to New Castle, Port Perry and Bowmanville Hi-C groups. A midnight service with lunch and refreshments was planned. Teens welcome. On December 22 the group caroled at the church then enjoyed hot chocolate and donuts.
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Christian Education Building
Newcastle
Port Perry
Bowmanville
Hi-C’s
Beacon Bonfires to Mark Clarke Township Centennial Celebrations
Clarke Township Centennial Committee plans three beacon bonfires to light at midnight this Saturday to welcome Canada’s Centennial year. A beacon will glow north of Kendall near McLean's school, another west of Leskard on Lorne Hardy’s farm, and a third in the southwest corner on the Lovekin farm, with a possible sixth at the Ski Hill east of Kirby on the seventh line.
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Clarke Township
Canada
Kendal
McLean’s School
Leskard
Lorne Hardy
Lovekin
Kirby
Clarke
Centennial Grant Approved for Darlington Pioneer Homestead
M P P Alex Carruthers announces that Darlington Township’s Centennial grant application received provincial approval and is sent to Ottawa for Federal Commission review. The project, a pioneer homestead in Darling ton Provincial Park, is estimated at 30000 dollars with 11280 from the township, 9360 from the province, and 9360 from Canada, pending final approval.
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Alex Carruthers
Durham
Township of
Darlington
Province of
Ontario
Ottawa
Federal Centennial Commission
Government of
Canada
Orono Fire Department Saves Clarke Township Home
The Orono Fire Department extinguished a blaze at Mr. Fred Andrews home on Clarke Township 4th concession around 9:20 PM. A defective chimney caused a roof and wall hole with smoke damage leading to about 1000 dollars in losses. Mr. Andrews and his nephew Douglas Moffat first observed the fire.
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Orono
Fred Andrews
Clarke Township
Highway 115
Andrews
Douglas Moffat
Debt Referred To Officials For Tobacco Board Settlement
The Ontario Flue Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board seeks resolution of a 1961 crop surplus debt. Board lawyer H R Harris discusses options with B Williams and C R Phillips, following a recommendation by Finance Minister Sharp and Agriculture Minister Greene after Ottawa talks. A government guaranteed loan funded 7,000,000 pounds at 80 percent market value. interest was reduced as growers’ fees partially paid down the balance.
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Ontario
Agriculture
Greene
Tobacco Board
Ottawa
Library Opens In New Location In Clarke Township Hall
The Orono Public Library moves to the basement of Clarke Township Hall in its second week in a renovated space. The switch, driven by a Library Act change, expands the 3000 volumes while cost for renovations nears $2000 with shelving at about $1500. Membership costs 10 cents and borrowing times apply. The library operates Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons and evenings.
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Orono
Clarke
Newtonville Church on Sunday TV Show
CBC TV program Sunday airs this Sunday at 16 00 featuring Newtonville United Church events. CBC crews filmed Ian and Sylvia Tyson at their Clarke district home and interviewed Mrs Burley, with a beacon bonfire planned for televising. The church marks its centennial this year.
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Newtonville Church
CBC. TV
Channel 6
CBC Television
Ian
Sylvia Tyson
Clarke
Burley
Newtonville
Newtonville United Church
Tyson
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Lic Library
Simpson
Ee Board
CBCTV
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