Orono Arena Opens With Hockey Doubleheader
Orono Arena opened Friday December 27 with two Oshawa visiting games. The local midget team lost 3–0 to Oshawa Victor's Sport and Cycle, while the Orono Junior JC fell 8–1 to Oshawa Laughlin Coal Juveniles. Crowd was about 200 amid stormy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Oshawa
O. W. Rolph
Durham Centre Agricultural Society
Dane
Orme Gamsby
Vic Burr
Oshawe
Eastern Ontario
O.mlhia
EK. Downey
Port Hope
Crono Jads
Brabin
A. Lawrence
Odawa
Keith
West
Ches
Armstrong
Bob Hall
iccLaughlin Coal
O'Connor
Claus
Siblock
O'Conner
Gala New Years Eve Frolic At Newcastle
A large crowd from Orono joined residents at the Newcastle Community Hall for the New Year 1947 celebration. About seven hundred attended the dance to music by Russi Creighton and his Variety Dance Band from Toronto. Audrey Adams was chosen Miss New Year and Dora Brooks Miss Newcastle amid prizes and festive hats.
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Orono
Newcastle
Russi Creighton
Toronto
Board of Management
Newcastle Community Hall
Audrey Adams
Dora Brooks
Special Grants To Boys and Girls Calf Club Beneficiaries
Several breed organizations funded a $2.00 grant for each member who raised a pure bred calf or a calf from a pure bred sire of the breed. The notice lists recipients from Durham County Holstein, Ontario Shorthorn, Ontario Hereford, Ontario Aberdeen Angu Breeders, and officials associated with numerous farms and rural routes.
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Claf Club
Durham County Holstein Breeders’ Association
Ewart Leask
Taunton
R. R
Earle Brown
Newcastle R. R
Francis Jose
Newcastle R.R
Orville Hindman
Hampton R. R
David Craig
Bowmanville
Marion Tink
Isobel Cruickshank
Ronald Brooks
Ontario 500 Bushel Potato Contest Yields Revealed
In 1946 two hundred eighty two Ontario potato growers entered fifteen 500 bushel contests across the province. Henry Brakeyley Pontypool Durham County topped with 679 bushels per acre while Sudbury District Club led in average yield at 479. Average for contestants was 379 bushels per acre. Over 600, 500, and 400 bushels per acre earn certificates or prizes. Grand Championship awarded $250, trophy, and trip to Toronto for finalists.
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Ontario
R. E. Goodin
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Henry Blakeley
Pontypool
Durham County
Sudbury District Club
Ontario Crop Improvement Association
Toronto
Junior Hockey Schedule Drawn Up for Local League
The Junior OHA C League schedule lists six teams Uxbridge Whitby Port Perry Port Hope and Orono each playing sixteen games. Key dates include January 1 Uxbridge at Whitby and January 3 Whitby at Port Perry with multiple matchups through February 21 Port Hope at Orono.
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H.A
Uxbridge
Whitby
Port Perry
Port Hope
Orono
January Ration Calendar Summary
Ration dates list items by date across January. Entries include butter codes B37 B88 B39 B40 and meat codes M66 M67 M68 M69 M70 with sugar preserves code $39. The schedule spans January 2 to January 30 with multiple ration categories for each date.
Midgets Schedule Counties Grant To Orono Club
The C M H A Midgets announce a 1945 schedule with doubleheaders at Port Hope Bowmanville Orono and Newcastle. Orono supplies the midget team, Newcastle sends a junior squad, with all games starting 7 30 and the Orono school board meeting noting a 3991 11 deficit in continuation and public schools and discussing finances and grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.M.H.A
Orono
Newcastle
Cecil Mclaren
R. G. Moffat
R. RB. Waddell
S. S. No. 12
Clarke
Foster
Neil JS. Stewart
Sugar Preserves Coupon Value Guide
Sugar-preserves coupons allow redemption for jam jelly marmalade and other items. Listed are 24 fluid oz jars 4 pounds net cuts of comb honey 48 fluid oz extracted honey 80 fluid oz molasses 2 quarts cane syrup blended table syrup 30 fluid oz maple syrup 48 fluid oz maple sugar 4 tablespoons and related measures.
Commodity Agreements And Cartels
Canadian farmers benefited from wartime price controls and government contracts that stabilized markets. As war ends, multilateral commodity agreements are favored to keep stabilized prices, with Canada's first major postwar deal being the 1946 Wheat Agreement to Britain. The National Farm Radio Forum on January 20 1947 will discuss whether such agreements aid both producers and consumers.
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Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Wheat Pools
Washington
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
National Farm Radio Forum
Calling All Teen Agers Weather Cancels Meetings
The Teen-age Council postpones two planned meetings due to a blizzard and bad roads on both Saturdays. Sponsors Mrs. H. Flintoff and Mrs. L. W. Bourne cancel the gatherings but promise a Christmas party later, possibly at Hlaster. They invite teens to contribute woollens for Europe similar to Toronto teens collecting clothing.
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H. Flintoff
L. W. Bourne
Hlaster
Toronto
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Orono Arena
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association
Mary Helen Bowman
Burketon
R. R. No
Oorno
Orono School Board
Clarke Township
C. T. Miller
al. Hall
Department of Education
Waddell
W. KE. Armstrosts
Baa
C. F. Miller
R. A. Forrester
C. T.miller
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