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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
2
Orono Weekly Times is issued every Thursday from the office on Main Street in Orono Ontario with contact via phone 109.
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation assembly debates high school science and math course difficulty and whether early exposure, ongoing teacher training, and openness to new methods can curb scientific illiteracy. J H Russell urges teachers to update training and abandon closed-shop attitudes.
January marks organization month for Clarke Township and area governments as they map the year. The township’s 1965 road program reaches paving readiness, with calls to consolidate construction with permanent surfacing and expand planning beyond piecemeal efforts. Orono faces Main Street parking and fire department issues amid residential growth tied to water works, while undeveloped parcels hinder further housing. A village planning report suggests corrections and adoption to fuel revenue to repay water costs, with developers building roads and services.
The Orono Police Trustees held their first meeting after word from the Department of Municipal Affairs that such a meeting would be permissible if not recorded before noon January 20. An apparent Municipal Act error leaves Police Villages without an admin body for twenty days. Officers for Hydro needed for signed pay cheques, and were appointed. Other business was discussed.
Farmers Allied Meat Enterprises Co operative plans a bold drive to reclaim the Fearman packing plant near Hamilton. At Brampton Ontario meeting delegates approved a campaign to sell 500 000 in common shares and raise 1 700 000 via first mortgage bonds to regain control after losing the plant in 1964. The plan includes negotiating with E BR Gunner to reacquire assets and possibly include the down payment in the purchase price.
Nine inmates of the Boys Training School Bowmanville escaped on New Year's Eve. Ontario Provincial Police caught eight near Oshawa the same night. One remains at large as others were apprehended on foot.
Council clashed over a centennial project and the proposed swimming pool. Councillor Mac Lees complained residents were being laughed at countywide as debate over the pool had recurred. A Recreation Commission letter offering services as coordinator for centennial activities prompted the renewed discussion.
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