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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
9
The January meeting with 34 members approved a cook book as a fundraising project. Officers for 1957 were installed by Rev John Kitchen, and group leaders were named. A potluck February meeting, a Presbyterial delegate list, and East Asia study were announced with a musical solo and a reflective talk.
Durham County farm management committee held its monthly meeting in the Ontario Department of Agriculture building on King Street. Guest speaker was George Hacking, manager of the Bank of Montreal, who spoke on the history of banking.
The 1956 annual meeting of the Orono Library Board at 2 30 p m recorded a year end balance of 638 09 in the bank after audit by Mrs Forrester The secretary noted previous minutes and officers were elected with plans to appoint new directors and combine Secretary and Treasurer roles The board emphasized library work is voluntary and thanked supporters before adjourning.
Newcastle Lions Club members watched an Imperial Oil sponsored film on Newfoundland life and resources. Norm Williams of Imperial Oil highlighted Canada’s move toward self sufficiency and low oil prices while the film tours ports, fishing grounds, whaling, and sealing in Newfoundland.
Oreno businessmen agreed on store hours for Village shops. Many will open usual hours Mon Tue Thu and Fri full day and evening, with Saturday trading until 6 00 pm and evening closure. Grocery stores keep current hours until further notice.
The meeting covered farm banking and the Ontario High Soy Bean Contest results. Wallace McKnight of Bowmanville and Ted Hutton of Bowmanville placed first and sixth in Zone Four, with scores of 212.6 and 179.5 respectively. McKnight grows 55 acres of soy beans as his cash crop. Zone Four runs from York County to the Quebec border.
The Orono Cemetery Company held its annual meeting in the Township Hall basement with eight of nine directors and three lot owners present. The financial report was accepted, all reports favorably received, C. T. Miller resigned as director and was replaced by John Patton. Eight directors were reappointed to the 1957 Board: E. Hamm, C. Chapman, J. E. Armstrong, Geo. Morton, G. C. W. Billings, A. Gilroy, J. Patton, R. B. Waddell, and J. C. Gamey.
Bowmanville Memorial Hospital reported its busiest year in 1956 with over 2200 admissions and nearly 2600 discharges. The medical staff performed 345 major and 817 minor operations, and the facility spent £6870.96 on new equipment including obstetrical gear, an oxygen anesthetic machine, fans, mattresses, filing cabinets, fire extinguishers and a portable cardiac chair.
Firefighters battled a main barn blaze at Mr Chas Taylor’s Orono property sending flames to a second barn owned by Jack Bairstow and forcing water to the scene for hours. Spontaneous combustion is listed as the probable cause with prior fire damage noted at Taylor’s home five weeks earlier.
Clarke Township teachers met January 22 1957 at Orono Public School to judge a spelling bee with 23 contestants from Clarke schools. Margery Tyrrell Orono School won the girls division and Dale Imlach Port Granby was runner up. Jim Westhouser Starkville won the boys division with Larry Miller Gorono as runner up. Tyrrell and Westhouser will represent Clarke Township at Dr Power’s School in Port Hope February 13 1957.
Thirty three students and their teacher Mrs. Marvin Lunn moved from a church space to a new south west basement classroom at Crown School. The bright cheerful room features acoustic tile, two entrances, built in cupboards, a sink and fountain, fluorescent lighting, an exhaust fan, and a separate cloakroom.
Orono United Church Choir held its annual meeting on January 16 1957 with eighteen members present. Officers elected unanimous include President Stellz Carson Vice President William Mitchell Secretary Treasurer Reg Sutton Organist and Choir Leader W Workman Flower Fund Secretary E Rainey Librarian G Cotter Music Committee A A Drummond Workman Rickaby Leaders Sopranos W Irwin Contralto C Armstrong Tenor Don Saples Bags James Pollard Social Convener E Baisey. Refreshment bill approved for payment from member contributions and dues paid to Flower Fund.
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