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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1966
Page
9
Report from Ottawa by R C Honey M P for Durham notes the new Parliament opens amid hopes and doubts. He describes past attempts to streamline procedure, raise time limits, and empower committees, while parties clash over whether to keep or revert to old rules.
The United Counties council on Wednesday approved the report of the striking committee on forming six standing committees with named chairmen and members for Finance Road and Bridge Legislative and by laws Assessment and Industrial Agricultural County property and other duties. The lengthy roster lists many officials including Lorne A. Perrault, R. C. Everson, G. H. Free, J. Whit tington, D. J. Cunningham and others across multiple panels.
Trent University has been elected to provisional membership in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada AUCC announced. A committee chaired by Dr L H Cragg of Mount Allison reviewed Trent in June 1964 and October 1965, praising progress and recommending provisional enrollment pending full qualification standards.
A listing of officials includes man and chairman McMillan along with Chatten Hamilton Muir Roddy Carruth ers Finnie Heaslip Whittington Ross Wight Little Locke Fisher Everson Solomon Moore Burn ham Gibson and Cunningham in the roster.
Reeve John Stone of Clarke Township is appointed chairman of the United Counties Road Commission. The role is seen as a key stepping stone toward the warden’s seat, with Durham expected to regain the warden position in 1967, potentially aiding Stone’s path to that top post.
Mr. Alex Carruthers announces that Hon J R Simonett approved a provincial grant of $525 to the Ganaraska Conservation Authority for preliminary engineering of the Port Hope channel in the Ganaraska River.
Trent University reports enrolment growth with over 200 students this year and continued expansion for the next two years. The institution has already secured initial approval from the Canadian Universities Foundation to qualify for Dominion Government grants as an accredited university.
The Bewdley Legion marked the mortgage burn and installed officers for 1966. The Bewdley branch, formed in 1958 with 200 members from WWI and WWII service, met at the fire hall before moving to the current building in 1960. Plans discuss adding an extension to the hall.
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