Local Social News Highlights from Orono and Surrounding Areas
Families visited relatives in Markham London Ontario Ottawa Oshawa and Peterborough. A high school honour list omission noted for Susan Foster. Births deaths and a broken arm reported with local celebrations and weekend visits across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes. Armstrong
Markham
Alex Armstrong
Peterborough
Howard Walsh
Dane Found
Mary
Wy. Found
London
Ontario
T. Norton
Craig Rogerson
Ottawa
Susan Foster
Lloyd Crabb
Clarence Duncan
Robert Cooper
Jas. Middleton
Ruth Middleton
Claremount
Marene Graham
Joy Cooper
Oshawa
Tommy Winters
Gordon Winters
Western Canada
Donald Duncan
Orono
Carl Flintoff
Twon
William Carman
William Bunting
St. William
Keith Heron
Orono Park
Canada faces wheat deal with Poland amid famine fears
Government faces opposition over a 10 million bushel wheat sale to Poland worth 19 million dollars. Immediate 3 million paid, remaining 16 million via a Canadian bank loan guaranteed by the government. First shipment to depart Vancouver this fall with further exports next spring. Sources hint Soviet bloc illness in satellites drives the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Canada
Vancouver
Northern Spring by Alan Thompson
A short poem by 18 year old Alan Thompson describes a transformed northern landscape. Spruce maple and pine stand as ice melts and rivers flow under a powder sky, while wildlife passes the day in a calm woodland setting. The mother figure watches as pink dusk falls and night quiets the forest.
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Alan Thompson
Notable river voyage ends with mixed reports
Messrs. Madison Hall A J Tamblyn and Ross Tamblyn returned Monday from a Bewdley Buckhorn Janetville boat trip. Ross caught four lunge jet. The report notes Finnigan Construction offered a project but it was not accepted and points were raised.
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Madison Hall
A. J. Tamblyn
Ross Tamblyn
Bewdley
Buckhorn
Janetville
Ross
Finnigan Construction
Township Council approves bridge contracts for two structures
Super bridge were opened and the contract was awarded to Farrow construction at a total price of $4,234.00. A second contract of $6,364.00 was that the bridge appropriation would not be used in the two bridges and it was thought that another bridge pro-
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Farrow Construction
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Armstrong
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Leskard
Spencer Corstiere
JE. Bicherds Orong
Colgate’s
Orion
Dr. Ballard
Stokely
Ogilvie Pie
Robinhood
URONO
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Cody
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van Johnson
Walter Pidgeon
Jeane Crain
Dana Andrews
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