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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1968
Page
3
Orono flags on public buildings were left at full staff on Canada Day while masses across the country lowered to half mast for Vincent Massey. The Post Office Township Hall and Orono Municipal Building did not honor the national tribute, prompting calls for better flag use and care, noting a torn flag on one building.
Canada pays final tribute to Vincent Massey the first Canadian governor general. He established a warm accessible vice regal office preserving tradition and guiding national identity with faith in Canada and commitment to Canadians across the country.
Canadians mark fifty years since the 1917 income tax introduction by Sir Thomas White. The annual tax, initially sold as temporary wartime measure, has grown from 4 percent corporate rate to over twelve times higher, with a royal commission proposing changes to the tax system.
Library board notes Christmas prep and long winter reading ahead. New adult titles include House of Cards, The Arrangement, Assignment: Suspense, Tinkerbelle, Warrior, The Rolling Hills, and juvenile works Birth of a Forest, Peter Churchmouse, What Whale Where. Weekly hours listed: Tuesday 6:30 to 8:30, Thursday 6:30 to 8:30, Friday 2:30 to 5:00 and 6:30 to 8:30.
Clarke Township council appointed members to the Clarke Planning Board, Public Library Board, Road Needs Study Committee, Recreation Committee, Crone Oddfellow’s Community Centre, Cemetery Board, Orono Memorial Park Board, Newtonville Community Hall, and conservation authorities. Reeve Foster joined Ganaraska Conservation Authority. Carveth and Stone to Clarke Township Game Commission. Stone to Durham County Federation of Agriculture.
Mrs. Wm. Moffat remains a patient while Jes Lowmanville Memorial Hospital Mrs. Mary Cassan Brighton and Mr. Jim Short Gagetown New Brunswick visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Len Pears and Alan New Year's Day guests included Mr. and Mrs. Len Pears and Alan Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ball and Susan Miss Bonnie Ball Nurse in Training Oshawa Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ishii Oshawa and Mrs. James Ball
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