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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1955
Page
9
Red Cross Swimming Instructions at Orono Park report a large start with 130 youngsters from Township centres including Kendal and Starkville. Beginners and tadpoles total around 50. Miss Mary Ann Armstrong leads the classes now in his second year. Morning sessions run 9 to 11 15 with a recreational period afterward.
The Durham County farm report cites a severe shortage of farm help despite many requests. Aphid damage hits spring grains especially barley, with mala thion emulsion aiding one case. Peas move to canneries as hail damages apples in Cobourg and pasture haying continues amid dry weather in Northumberland.
Orono Park hosted its annual sports day on July 1 with three local teams and Kendal Bantams facing Bowmanville. Proceeds reached about eighty dollars for the park. The PeeWees opened at 10 AM as Newcastle battled Orono before rain halted play with Orono leading 10 to 2 after 1 1/2 innings.
The Annual W I Picnic was held at Cream of Barley Park on Thursday June 30. Members and children gathered at 2 30 despite threatened rain and enjoyed animals and birds, a short sports program, a ladies plump race, a shoe throwing contest and a picnic supper at 4 80.
The province seeks to acquire and develop park land near major cities to serve a growing population. Donations of land are welcome, with Emily Park at Fee's Landing and the Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park near Peterborough highlighted as developing sites with trails, benches, and parking for public use by 1956.
Orono edged Cobourg 18 to 11 in the late intermediate game after both sides battled for control as time ran out. The matchup opened with Cobourg taking an early lead before Orono surged to secure the win.
At a Clarke Township meeting on Tuesday evening the 1955 mill rates were set with a 3.5 mill increase over 1954. The rise is driven by a higher District High School rate, now $3.50 per thousand assessed value, affecting all areas including Port Hope and Bowmanville due to new construction. The village of Orono sees a 3.7 mill cut offset by a $2000 grant removal, in line with the Municipal Act.
Six Orono Crono Air Cadets will attend their first summer camp at Clinton for two weeks from August 14 to August 28. Commanding Officer Flight-Lieutenant R J Taggart will accompany cadets Doug Gamsby Jim Gamsby Sandy Ritchie Danny Hall Boyd Wood and Eric Carleton.
The joint W A and W M S annual picnic took place Tuesday July 5 in the Orono United Church basement to dodge a looming thunderstorm. Committees were formed for the 7th anniversary event, with Mrs M J Tamblyn delivering a Citizenship program and a report on UNESCO.
Alphabetical lists show students promoted or not promoted across grades from 1 to 8. Names include Elwood Baker Carol Van Belle Donald Chapman Jim Van Dyk Cornelia Maartense Dick Rutherford Billy Tomlinson Corry Glasbergen Peter Maartense Allan Quantrill Robbie Reid Joan Rutherford Shirley Baker Marie Buott George Van Dyk Merrill Graham Catherine Lowery Margaret Baker Fred Buott Wayne Lowery Billy Reid Liza Reyenga Joan Buott Florence Van Dyk Faye Faulkner Frank Glasbergen David Rutherford Catherine Wilson Emmie Van Belle Norma Buett Hilda Van Dyk Cas Glasbergen Hennie Reyenga Jimmy Wilson Bonnie Baker Kenny Baker Margaret Van Dyk Christina Maartense Rea Koeff Seipie Reyenga Terry Tomlinson Ross Vannan Margaret Wilson Bobby Baker Bonnie Ball Bert Buott Johnny Glasbergern.
Ninety-five children enrolled in the Orono Park Recreational Program at the start of July. Forty-five are in the seven to nine age group, with participation rising as the month begins.
The Sunday School Auditorium of the Orono United Church hosted a piano recital by Mrs W E C Workman’s pupils on Monday June 27. Forty eight students from Bowmanville and Orono performed, announced their numbers, and received a traveling clock and wallet as gifts.
The poliomyelitis vaccination program for grades 1 to 3 finished with 4 737 children receiving both doses, about 90.8 percent of those eligible. Clinic centers numbered 32, with many children driven by car. Dr C M Horner praised cooperation from school boards parents and volunteers and noted sterilization services from Cobourg General Hospital.
The fourteen year age group runs the program for Marie Lewis with assistance from Carolyn Jones and Jim Gamsby. They organize softball volleyball badminton and tennis. The three to seven year group is supervised by Merle Stapleton with Ann Best and Made Lon Cowan assisting. They supervise crafts such as weaving paper mache finger painting and spider painting plus hikes swings teeter totters and slides.
Clarke Township Council kept the tax rate at 10.5 mills for township purposes, a level held for three years. The meeting covered insurance updates including increased road liability and auto policies, band and police access, payroll totaling 891 dollars with total vouchers of 5 612.80, and plans to address road ditching, brush spraying, and the Payne Bridge land purchase at 75 dollars per acre.
Cedar Dale Pat Pietje, a Holstein bull bred by M. J. Tamblyn of Cedar Dale Stock Farms, Orono Ontario, earned the Extra honor for his exceptional daughters in the Fairlea herd of Norman R. Martin and Sons St. Thomas Ontario. His descendants show above breed averages in milk and fat with long record lactations and multiple Very Good and Excellent classifications.
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