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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1967
Page
1
The Orono Police Trustees final 1966 meeting notes a letter from Northumberland Durham Health Unit granting Mink Food Supplies permission to use premises on Mill Street Orono for cold storage of processed mink food with processing and packaging elsewhere.
Four candidates are expected to seek the United Counties warden post in 1987. George Finnie of Hope Township, Merrill Van Camp of Cartwright, Ruth Clarke of Port Hope, and Lloyd A. Hooton of Cavan Township are all considering runs. Clarke would be the first woman warden from Port Hope, the first since 1923. Hooton has long served on the council and may enter. Finnie, in his ninth term, emphasizes service to Hope Township and the centennial year prospects.
At a special meeting the Orono Hydro Commission accepted Mr E Dent's resignation as manager effective June 30 1967 and will advertise for a replacement. If no new manager is found Mr Dent may extend employment, and he will serve twelve months as an advisor at 100 dollars per month. Dent has led the utility since 1950 after joining in 1945.
Beacons burn in four Clarke Township locations with three fires visible at once in the north. Siren at the Tree Nursery in Orono sounded at midnight to mark Canada’s 100th birthday while the Clarke Township Centennial Committee promotes 1967 projects. Observers noted beacons at Leskard Oshawa Ski Hill Kendal and a Love kin farm site along Highway 115.
Thirteen year old Donald Le Plante of Burketon shot his dog Skooter after the collie saved his six year old sister Linda from a rabid fox. Skooter kept the fox at bay until Donald could fetch his father's shotgun and end the threat with one blast.
Clarke Township held its inaugural council meeting Tuesday with Reeve Roy Foster chairing assisted by Deputy Reeve Earl Walkey and Councillors Orme Falls Rod Carveth and F A Gray. The session focused on committee appointments current business and handling tabled correspondence. The board discussed Newtonville Cemetery status and abandoned cemetery by law coverage noting about 22 cemeteries exist in the township and about $2000 held in trust for the Newtonville cemetery. A draft library agreement was sent to the Property and Finance Committee while a by law allowing up to $300000 borrowing was passed. Reeve Foster named committees and plans to meet on local race issues at Mosport.
Orono Hydro Electric Commission's final 1966 meeting drew mixed reactions to policy and spending. Commissioners debated heaters rented for plaster drying and questioned a McMee billing system not in the budget. Manager Dent defended the purchase, citing 1200 accounts and expected year end rollout, while some members urged restraint given a $1100 deficit and unfinished Division Street work.
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