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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1967
Page
2
The Chatham News argues that death sentences fail as deterrents and cites Canada’s history to support abolition. It notes reforms since 1961, including forbidding execution for under 18 and splitting murder into capital and non capital classes, urging total abolition.
The Clarke Township Centennial project opened Wednesday evening after Beet Bar B Q. The 39 additional acres extend Orone Park from mill pond south to near the business district with nature trails, parking, and picnic facilities. The program, chaired by H E Millson, marked transfer from Centennial Committee to the township.
Orono celebrated its centennial with a Wednesday Bar B Q at the park serving over seven hundred. Attendees enjoyed all you can eat beef beans relishes coffee and donuts for one ticket. A plywood steak board souvenir branded with event details was given to 687 guests donated by Curply Wood Products. Entertainment included Wilma McCauley Faye Adams Mrs Elaine Mercer the Accourd cords from Oshawa and the Country Four.
Royal Duke owned by Fred Lycett and driven by A Downs captured first place at Peterborough on Monday evening earning 55.30. Thelgiers owned by Jack Reid and driven by Junior West finished third while Wilonna Tim Pee driven by Junior West placed fourth. King of Diamonds driven by Gerald Robinson won a race and placed fourth with Famous Pick. Reid's Honor raised by Reid Harness and owned by C Allin of Bowmanville finished second. Junior West and Keith are mentioned in the night’s events.
West steered Kawartha Candy to third in the Fallis Memorial Stake elimination, but failed in the final heat while Rob Ron Sassy finished third with Junior West in the heats. Keith West led Orono drivers at Peterborough with a high AST percentage, placing second among all drivers at Morrow Park. Junior West sat sixth with 357 and Gerald Robinson ninth at .261.
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