Few Attend Annual Meeting of Orono Community Park
The Orono Community Memorial Park Board held its annual meeting with eight attendees including five board members and a Clarke Township Council representative. Treasurer R. R. Waddell reported a year closing balance of 1890.54, with 1956 activities including $500 bonds, bleachers, picnic tables, and parking revenue offset by weather and lower field day income. The booth operator, G. Collins, will not renew, leaving booth bids open.
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Orono Community Park
Orono Community Memorial Park
Clarke Township
R. R. Waddell
Ontario
Ball Diamond
Collins
Canadian Apples Feature At Kendal Women’s Institute
The Kendal Women’s Institute met at Mrs. Garland Cathcart’s home on January 9 with Mrs. Eddie Couroux presiding. Members shared favorite apple varieties, heard a program on Canadian apples, and discussed park land use and 1957 board appointments.
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Women’s Institute
Garland Cathcart
Eddie Couroux
Jac
Katie
California
Local Guide Leaders Gather for Area Training Session
Girl Guide district commissioners and local association members from Ajax Thornhill Fenelon Falls Oshawa Hampton Bowmanville and others attended an Area Training Committee meeting at the Lions Centre Bowmanville. Hazel Winter led sessions on proper enrollments and group relations with opportunities for discussion and problem sharing.
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Girl Guide
Lions Centre
Bowmanville
Ajax
Thornhill
Fenelon Falls
Oshawa
Hampton
Orono Fox Hunters Plan Weekly Hunts and Beauty Queen Sponsor
The Orono Fish and Hunt Club opened its year with a film on fire hazards and outlined weekly fox hunts while aiming to sponsor an entrant in the Outdoor Girl of Canada contest in Toronto. A Saturday hunt departs Watson's Garage at 1 PM and contact details are Gordon Watson, Gordon Simpson, and Gerry Duvall.
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Watson's
Gordon ,Watson
Gordon Simpson
Gerry Duvall
Orono Club
Canada
Toronto
Junior Hockey Debate In Orono On Tuesday Evening
Orono hosts a three team junior hockey league opening with Newcastle Kendal and Orono. Preseason games show active talent as 14 to 8 scorelines hint at rising skill and local interest. Admission is 25 cents for adults and student rates apply.
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Orono
Newcastle
Port Hope
Kendal
Jeé
Ofono
Ted Lane
Paul MceMackin
Bill Madill
David Mercer
Chas Trim
Joe Jackson
Geo. Thomas
Larry Manders
Gordon Langstaffe
Bob West
Mr. and Mrs Cecil Jones 25th Anniversary Celebration
Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with about 150 friends at Oddfellows Hall. The event featured pink and white decorations, a wedding cake by Brooks Cowan, gifts including a 1847 Rogers Bros. silverplate chest, and a program of music readings and speeches from family and friends.
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Mrs. Cecil Jones
Cecil Jones
Oddfellow
Brooks Cowan
Dorothea Haines
Morrish
Jones
Everett Brown
Wm. Glanville
George Finnie
Cowan
Ross Gilbert
Rogers Bros
Glen Allin
Orono United
Cecil White
Port Hope
Gileri Allin
Workman
Wim ‘Mc Holm
Carolyn Jones
Austin Turner
Newcastle
Victor Climo
Cobourg
Cecil Payne
Clarke Township Inaugural Meeting Sets 1957 Plans
The Township of Clarke held its January 8 1957 inaugural meeting in Orono with Reeve James T Brown Deputy Reeve H E Walkey and Councillors present. The group planned permanent bridge work road construction and possible Les kard road expansion while agreeing to joint meetings with Newcastle and reviewing 1956 staff cooperation.
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Township of
Clarke
Orono
James T. Brown
H. E. Walkey
J. H. Lowery
R. Lavery
E. Dent
H. 4
iMillson
R. Dickinson
John Kitchen
Kitchen
Council
Leskard
Lowery
Beause
R. Savery
Dent
Newcastle
Darlington
Darlington Council
Secretarys Reports At Monthly Wo man’s Association Meeting
The Wo man’s Association held its monthly meeting with 23 in attendance. Mrs Rainey chaired as Miss Davy led devotional on Prayer, reading scripture and a poem. M J Tamblyn read the nominating committee’s 1957 slate and Rev Kitchen led the Installation service. The annual meeting is set for January 28 with a Pot Luck at 6 30. The 1956 reports were read and praised, with choir gowns noted as a major expense.
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Woman’s Association
Ty Cornish
J. Kitchen
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Dane
R.R. Waddell
L. G. McGee
Messrs. H. M. Mercer
W. H. Carman
R. C
Borrentar
A. EH. West
Dane Found
Canada Department of Agriculture
C. W. Stewart
Ember
Hazel Winter
Free. Press Weekly
St Ot
Orone Fish and Hunt Club
Outdoor Girl of Canada
W.A
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