Lang Chapel Dedication At Orono Cemetery Draws Large Crowd
A crowd attended the Dedication of the Lang Memorial Chapel at Orono Cemetery on Decoration Day. The $50,000 chapel was filled by family, fraternal groups, and officers from the Midland Regiment. The service included prayers, an address by Rev. D R Dewdney, anthems, and speeches praising Dr Lang’s gifts and faith as the community honored the deceased.
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Orono
Lang
Orewe
Midland Regiment
Ross Lang
H. J. Leach
Leuty
John Kitchen
United Church
D. R. Dewdney
Anglican Church
Dewdney
Arbitration Board To Hear Durham High School Dispute
The Durham District High School Board sets July 8 at 9 am for an Arbitration Board meeting at Orono Town Hall to resolve equalized assessments. Hope and Clarke townships urge agreement after months of wrangling. The board includes assessors from eight municipalities and County Assessor Garnet Shields.
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Durham County
Durham
Port Hope High School
Hope and
Clarke
Orono Town Hall
Hope
Durham Area
Garnet Shields
Board of Arbitration
Ontario Municipal Board
Budge
Port Hope
R. Wickett
Wickett
Stuart Ryan
Ryan
Township of Hope
Nels Osborne
Bowmanville
Bowmansville
Darlington
Newcastle
Alex McGregor
Cavan
Millbrook
President Sterling to Receive Honorary Degree in England
President Wallace Sterling of Stanford will receive an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Durham University during a July Congregation of executive heads of English universities. He joins ten US university leaders at Durham and Cambridge for the Seventh Quinquennial Congress of the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth. The Sterlings sail from Montreal July 2 arriving Liverpool and plan tours of major universities before a three week continental vacation and return to Stanford in September.
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President Sterling
England
Wallace Sterling
Stanford
Congregation of Executive Heads of
Durham University
United States
Durham
Cambridge University
Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth
Montreal
Sterling
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Caswell Payne Wedding at Port Hope United Church
Ruth Elizabeth Payne and Keith Wilfred Caswell wed at Port Hope United Church with Rev Cronk and Rev Harding officiating. Attendants wore mauve and green gowns. reception in Sunday School rooms. couple to reside at 58 Brown St Port Hope.
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Port Hope United Church
Ruth Elizabeth
Carlton Payne
Keith Wilfred Caswell
Myr
Harold Caswell
B. E., Cronk
A. W. Harding
Mildred Jane Peters
T. W. Stanley
Boston
Gerrie Bowden
Muriel Austin
Mary Hallowell
Maid of Honour
Marguerite
Hildegard
Points West
Brown St. Port Hope
Quiet Orono wedding unites Betty Chapman and Orville Inwood
In Orono United Church on a Saturday afternoon, June 27, Rev. John Kitchen joined Betty Blanche Chapman and Orville Inwood in marriage. The couple’s families hosted a reception at the groom’s home, gifts included a gold wrist watch for the bride and a gold tie bar for the best man, with many showers and community well wishes surrounding the event.
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Orono United Church
John Kitchen
Betty Blanche
P. J. Chapman
Orville Inwood
M. J. Chatterton
Orono
Berry Page wed at Leskard Church in June ceremony
Verna Hlaine Berry daughter of Clement and Berry marries Ronald Bruce Page son of Ray mond MacDonald in Leskard Church with Rev John Kitchen officiating. Doreen Hawke of Toronto bridesmaid. Gordon Page best man. reception at bride’s home. couple to reside in Leskard after honeymoon in Eastern Ontario. Attendees from Toronto Oshawa Peterborough.
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Leskard
Verna Hlaine Berry
Clement H. Berry
Ronald Bruce Page
Raymond MacDonald
Doreen Hawke
Toronto
Gordon Page
Frederick Berry
Keith Fee
Ontario
Page
Oshawa
Peterborough
Recreation Program To Begin At Park On Monday For Month
Orono residents will see a new month long recreation program start Monday at the park. A new cement block factory for Orono Wood Products begins today on a site south of Orono Coal and Lumber, with completion targeted for August and work starting after a March fire left the firm homeless.
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Orono Wood Products
Orono
H. Samuel
al Hall
Orono Coal and Lumber
Orono Park
Orono Athletic Association
Potatoes Every Day Promotes Health and Economy
The Nutrition Section of the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economies Service promote a 32 page illustrated bulletin titled Potatoes Every Day. It urges use of potatoes beyond monotony, with buying and cooking hints, nutrition notes, and many serving ideas. The guide is available via local Agricultural Representatives or the Women's Institute Branch of the Department of Agriculture.
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Women’s Institute
Home Economies Service
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Orono Public School Promotions Results Listed By Grade
The Orono Public School promotions results show students advancing to Grade 9 7 6 and 4 with honours noted for several. Names include Earl Hooey Bob Knox Bernice Lunn Glory Pigott Paul Rutherford Shirley Vage Bob Weatherup Eric Carleton Ever Ett Couvier Iris Koropatna Sandy Ritchie Jo Ann Rutherford Jean Williams Ann Woodyard Jean Alldread Marilyn Cobbledick Gail Cooper Marlene Graham Victor Hall Jane Knox Janice Neal Russell Major Douglas Sherwin Laurence Sherwin Billy Tamblyn Grant Tamblyn John Tamblyn Joan Vage among others with honours marks and multiple grade levels.
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Earl Hooey
Bob Knox
Bernice Lunn
Glory Pigott
Paul Rutherford
Shirley Vage
Bob Weatherup
Eric Carleton
Everett Couvier
Ronnie Couvier
Iris Koropatna
Sandy Ritchie
Jo Ann Rutherford
Jean Williams
Ann Woodyard
Jean Alldread
Marilyn Cobbledick
Gail Cooper
Marlene Graham
Victor Hall
Jane Knox
Janice Neal
Russell Major
Douglas Sherwin
Laurence Sherwin
Billy Tamblyn
Grant Tamblyn
John Tamblyn
Joan Vage
Joan Allin
Wayne Bailey
Vincent Bruton
Jill Chapman
Susan Fuester
Donald Lycett
Malcolm McKenzie
Patsy Reid
Norman Rickaby
Connie Tyrrell
Tom Winter
Kenneth Kennedy
Roger Barlow
Douglas Barraball
Wayne Bowen
Terry Carleton
Shirley Duncan
Roma Glanyille
Tony Mitchell
Heather
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Orone
Milton, Tamblyn
Ted Woodyard
Col. Gamey
G. M. Linton
Forestry Dept
Anson Gilroy
Sam Berry
Caswell
Payne
Sharon
Linda Thorndyke
Brian Caswell
Messrs
Murray
Howard Payne
The
Pride
Jack Chapman
Zroom
Gwendolyn Chatterton
Neil Metcalf
Ed Henderson
Brownies
Girl Guides
Glenn Allin
Robt
Stevens
Ed. Henderson
Berry
KE. R. Bryson
Geo. Carson
Jean Staples
Jim Rickaby
Marie Lewis
Margot Samuel
Charles Armstrong
Ted Samuel
Bulletin
Sseila Barraball
Vicki Cotter
Mary Found
Patsy Jones
Larry Miller
Judy Tamblyn
Margery Turrel
Philip Bruton
Donna Cowan
Bongie Graham
Suzie Major
Sandra Mercer
Robert Robinson
Rennie Taylor
John Wayne Winter
Leslie Hopper
Bunny Hughes
Benny Koropatna
Buzzie Mercer
Jean Tamblyn
Francis Tennant
Carol Vage
Mary Lynn Batley
Bobby Barraball
Ronnie Best
Jim Feaster
Anne Gilbank
Terry Graham
Gay Hinton
Marie Hooey
Ralph Kennedy
Ilan McKenzie
Wayne Miller
Albert Munneke
Faye Nicholson
Charles Reid
Troy Taggart
Sharom Tamblyn
Lynda Tyrrell
Judy Vage
la Verne Weatherup
Jean Carscadden
Joyce Harris
Evelyn Harris
Ronald Glass
Edward Carscadden
Devald Allin
Murray Allin
Ronald Harris
Billy Allin
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