Clarke Township Council Holds Inaugural Meeting 1956
Clarke Township Council opens its inaugural session with Reeve J T Brown and Deputy Reeve Earl Walkey presiding. New members include J H Sllowery E Dent and Russell Savery. They set roads bridges and paving as priorities and plan joint talks with Clarke and Darlington townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
J. T. Brown
Earl Walkey
J. 4H. Sllowery
E. Dent and
Russell Savery
Department of Highways of
Ontario
Walkey
Savery
Trickey’s Corners
Walkey and Dent
Orono
Mrs. Fred Cowan Celebrates Ninety Birthday in Orono
Mrs. Fred Cowan of Orono marked her ninetieth birthday on December 28 1955 with 75 friends at her home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cowan and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crease and Paul Grease of Barrie, plus nieces and relatives from Oshawa Peterboro Ottawa and Toronto. Telegrams arrived from notable figures as well as her sister and brother in Peterboro and distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cowan
Orono
Cowan
Harry Cowan
Charles Crease
Paul Grease
Barrie
Will Cowan
Oshawa
Robert Pierce
Peterboro
Hilliard Simpson
Wivhar! Delati
Warland
Wyoming
Harvey Henry
Ottawa
Relsh Harvy
Arthur Halliwell
R. A. Cowan
Toronto
Leste Prost
George Drew
A. J. Crease
Aeime
Doris Geheen Wins Junior Farmers Speaking Contest
Miss Doris Geheen of Port Hope won the Durham County Junior Farmers Public Speaking Contest on December 12. Gordon Wilson and Allan Osborne also spoke, at a pot luck and Christmas party in Campbellcroft. Geheen will advance to the Toronto finals on January 7 at the King Edward Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Geheen
Port Hope
Durham County
Gordon Wilson
Garden Hill
Allan Osborne
Women’s Institute Hall
Campbellcroft
Port Hope to Build Exhibits Building With Society Aid
Port Hope Town Council approved an agreement with the Port Hope Agricultural Society to fund the Exhibits Building in the Town Park. The society will contribute 9000 dollars, with installments of 900 on February 15 1956 and December 15 each year through 1956 onward, until the total is reached, with possible one year postponement at the society's discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Hope
Hope Agricultural Society
Agricultural Society
Keep Farm Records Simple Yet Accurate Says Farm Forums
Manitoba’s Three Corners forum and about 700 Farm Forums urged keeping records simple and accurate to cover income and expenses. Many favor annual inventories, some support detailed branch tracking, with tax, credit access, and guidance for future operations cited as main benefits. Some warn excessive detail wastes time and duplicates services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Corners Farm Forum
Manitoba
Salem School Forum
Ontario
Knightville Forum
New Brunswick
Chegoggin- Dayton Forum
Nova Scotia
Ebenezer Forum
Prince Edward Island
Orono Police Trustees Plan For The Year 1956
The Orono Police Trustees held their inaugural 1956 meeting on January 8 with members Mercer Rutherford Forrester and secretary Millson plus Rev. John Kitchen. They set plans for wages lavatories building by law drafts and a full time janitor plus road and sidewalk projects and drainage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’ssociation
Orono United Church
J. T. Brown
Earl Walkey
Sj. H. Lowery
Ernest Dent
Russell Lavery
John Kitchen
J. Allin
Ione Forrester
H. E. Millson
Orono Police
Orono
H. M. Mercer
S. B. Rutherford
R. C. Forrester
8. B. Rutherford
Kitchen
Grim Warning On Tuberculosis Prevention Efforts
The Northumberland Durham TB Association urges stronger prevention as editors praise progress but warn many ignore mass surveys and X rays. They emphasize education and public support for the Christmas Seal fundraiser to combat tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuberculosis Association
Cheristmas
Orono School Trustees Open New Year Meeting
Orono Public School Trustees held their first meeting of the year on January 3 with new member H R Best joining the board. The session reviewed inspections of the Public and High School, discussed buying six foot tables, sixteen stacking chairs, and addressed a malfunctioning main floor fire alarm. Chairman F E Lycett was appointed for 1958, and future meetings will be at the school at 7 38 pm with notices to be published in Lhs-Ovens Weekly Titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Millson
S. B. Rutherford
Hydro
Forrester
Station Street
Main and
Mill
Rutherford
East Park Street
Centre Street
Mill St
Gordon Watson
L. Hooey
Church Street
Orono
F. E. Lycett
Messrs
A. J. Tamblyn
H. R. Gest
Chas
Wood Seean
Rolph
H. Best
Lycest
Orono Antaveur Athletic Association
Fycett
H.R. Best
Orone
Lord Lamber
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Rev. Kitchen
Eac
Orono Ami
Leskard
Brown
West Boundary Road
No. 2
Darlington
Ross Dickinson
Norman Scotts
3Rd Line
Freeman Eddys
Carl Billine
Clarence Burley
Ogdens
Clarke Town
Conek
E. Walkey
J.T. Brown
Messrs. H. Dent and
R. Savery
Compissior Clarke
C.J. Allin
A. F. McKenzie
H. E. Walkey
J. H. Lowery
Euuel Ueduia Geal Bayi Tees
Streccotis Tect Ale Verses Ecu
Miss Goheen
Joseph Scriven
Wilson
New Mechanics
Kemptville
Agricultural School
Osborne
Roy Turner
Bowmanville
K E. A. Summers
John M. James
M.P
Bush Lake Webbers Forum
Saskatchewan
Orone Hydro
S. RB. Rutherford
Waters
E. Schmid
Church St
Station St
8. Brown
Robert Glanville
Princess St
Ma. Dane
Northumberland-Durham
T. B. Association
Canada
Gilbert and Sullivan
Northumberland
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