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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1966
Page
2
Orono Weekly Times is a Thursday newspaper established in 1938 by R A Forrester and Roy C Forrester as editor and manager with offices on Main Street Orono Ontario referenced by local telephone contact 109.
Durham County District High School Board conducted a remedial reading survey among grade nine students months ago but did not release results. The board approved costly measures to improve reading and two February seminars were planned. Public School Boards and the Department of Education should be informed to correct the adverse situation.
A letter to the village paper endorses Dr. Floyd Cuttell's suggestion to fluoridate the municipal water. The writer commends his public interest, urges local study and cites low cost with potential dental health benefits for younger residents. They urge Village Trustees to consider fluoride addition and seek informed information sources.
A Toronto magistrate proposes raising the marriage age and requires pre marriage education. He favors a crediting of bank savings and suggests group education for engaged couples to dispel romantic myths. Commentators note money troubles harm many marriages, urging better education for Canadians.
A fragmented notice describes Miss Ann Woodyard walking sixty blocks to the University of Columbia while nursing at Roosevelt Hospital during a transportation strike. Jehovahs Witnesses plan a conference at Port Hope with Port Perry Lodge involvement and religious talks by Clare Statton on the resurrection. The event includes ministerial training sessions, baptism, and daily meals at Port Hope High School January 14 to 16 with delegates from fourteen congregations.
Heather Rebekah Lodge No 334 held its regular meeting Tuesday evening with Noble Grand Sister Lola Kennedy presiding and welcoming attendees. Colour bearer Sister Laverne Barraball, escorted by the Warden and Conductor, presented the flags. Two officers were absent at roll call. One
Kleinburg couple Robert and Signe McMichael donate their 600 acre estate Tapawingo and a nearly 200 work art collection valued at about 839000 to the people of Ontario. The gift forms part of the Metropolitan Toronto park plan, creating the McMichael Conservation Area open Sundays May to September. The collection includes works by Tom Thomson Emily Carr David Milne and the Group of Seven.
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