Red Cross Swimming Opens as Enrolment Hits Ninety Near Orono
Osono Hydro Commission plans Main Street line reconstruction with Ontario Hydro help costing about 3006 dollars and expects 4500 dollars more capital, plus bond use of 2000 dollars. Red Cross swimming classes start at Orono pool with 79 children enrolled in July across Tadpoles beginners and other groups led by Mary Ann Armstrong and Connie Tyrrell.
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Osono Hydro Commission
E. Dent
Main Street
Station Street
Somerville Drive
Hydro
Ontario Hydro
Orono Hydro
Fairgrounds
Simpson
Forrester
Orone Red Cross
Orons
Mary Ann Armstrong
Connie Tyrrell
Red Cross
Orono Summer Program Enrolls 86 Children Daily
Seventy plus youngsters attend the Orono Amateur Athletic Association Summer Program each morning in July at Orono Park. Mrs. Marvin Lynn leads the senior group with helpers Mary Lynn Bailey and Mrs. Wm Armstrong Jr guiding intermediate and pre school groups. Activities include crafts like plastic foam flowers terrariums and coat hanger decorations along with sports such as volleyball croquet tennis and softball.
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Orono Amateurs Athletic Association
Orono Park
Marvin Lynn
Mary Lynn Bailey
Wm. Armstrong Jr
Orono Municipal
Ross Gilbart
Porter Neil F dies after months of illness in Orono
Neil Francis Porter of Orono died at Bowmanville Memorial Hospital on June 14 1960 after several months illness. Born in Manvers township he lived mainly in Peterborough and Orono where he ran a business and served in church and community roles. He was an active member of the Orange Lodge Canadian Legion and local horticultural societies. He leaves wife Ruby Oliver daughter Shirley Ball and grandson John Porter Bay. Memorial services were held at Barlow Funeral Home and at the Orono United Church with burial in Orono Cemetery.
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Neil Francis Porter
Orono
Bowmanville Memorial Hospital
Manvers Township
Peterborough and
The
Orange Lodge
Scarlet Chapter
Black
Canadian Legion
O One Chamber of
Gurfinder
Bowmanville
Ruby Oliver
Shirley
John W. Ball
Aylmer
John Porter Bay
Barlow Funeral Home
Branch No. 178
Bowmanville Canadian Legion
L.O.L
Orono Strawberry Supper Draws Large Crowd
The Strawberry Supper at Orono United Church under the W.A. was greatly enjoyed by all. A large crowd savored cold meat, potato salad, jellied salads, relishes and cakes with strawberries and cream. W.A. members thank attendees from Orono and surrounding areas, Bowmanville friends, and donors for a successful fundraiser.
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Orono United Church
W.A
Orono
Bowmanville
Two New Teachers Join Orono Staff
Two new teachers will join Orono High School for the 1960 61 term to fill vacancies created by the resignations of Miss J Barber and Mr J Ford.
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Orono
Orono High School
J. Barber
J. Ford
Rural Public Schools Promotion Results
In Clarke district monthly promotion lists, students advance by grade with honours noted. Streams show transitions from Grade I to III and from VIII to IX, listing names such as Charlotte Drinkle Jamie Sutherland Richard Burley and Kelvin Newman among others, under teacher Mrs Mabel Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson
Gary Langstaff
Bonnies Davey
Harold Clark
Jimmie Hale
Mabel Elliott
Charlotte Drinkle
Vikki Homewood
Jamie Sutherland
Richard Burley
Joyce Drinkle
Menno Reinstra
Lynn Sutherland
Sharon Drinkle
Molly Newman
Peter Sutherland
Susan Ball
Brenda Drinkle
Marilyn Hamm
Sylvia Sutherland
Dhenke van Hattum
Bonnie Ball
Laurna Burley
Idika Rienstra
Terry Tomlinson
Douglass Hamm
Joan Hutton
Herold Rienstra
Ross Wannan
Margaret Wilson
Kelvin Newman
James Wilson
Vilda Brown
Our Use Of Time Theme At W A W M S
A joint meeting of the W MS and W A of Orono United Church in the 5S S Auditorium drew 36 attendees on Tuesday July 5. Mrs Harold Allen welcomed participants and led a brief business session before Mrs Drummond guided a song fest and prayer. Mrs Richardson spoke on Our Use of Time, urging use of talent, material, enthusiasm to enrich life and church work.
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W.ms
W.A
Orono -United Church
5S.S
Harold Allen
Drummond
W.M.S
Richardson
Oshawa Presbytery Women’s Association
Presbytery
4-H Members Tour Toronto Marketing Schemes
Fourty Durham 4-H Sheep Swine and Beef club members toured Ontario Public Stock Yards and United Co-operatives of Ontario in Toronto on June 27. They heard on yard operations and the Dutch Clock selling method and later learned cooperative progress since 1948. They lunched at High Park and closed with a Mizpah benediction and a buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Province
Ontario
F. M. Campbell
Ontario County
United Co-operatives
R. Hennigar
Toronto
High Park
Police Trustees Prepare Plans For Summer Work
Orono trustees advance summer road work amid budget limits. They weigh Church Street North digging needs, Cobbledick Street plans, chip stone, and a toll curb on Mill Street to improve drainage. Council to advise on machine assistance and labor.
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R. C. Forrester
H. M
Mercer
Reeve Walkey
Orono
Church Street
Mill Street
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Osono
Don Tennant
Orono Telephone Co. Ltd
Kendal United Church
Robert Russell Carruthers
Patsy June Foster
Hatcher Foster
Kendal
Wilfred Carruthers
Neil F. Porter
Church
O.W. Rolph
W. J. Riddell
George R. Morton
Lyall Lowery
Alex Carruthers
Fred E. Lycett
Orono Cemetery
Wmirs
Edith Jane Chantler
Edith Jean Chantler
Oshawa
Chantler
Agincourt
Kenneth Lauzon
Cornwall
Durham District Board
Promoton
Clarke
Anne Danchuk
John MecMackin
Linda Greenwood
Christina Maartense
Janet McMackin
Lynne MccMackin
Gordon Morton
Alan McMackin
Jeanette Maartense
Brenda Hoy
Larry Hoy
Brian Greenwood
Marilyn Morton
Crooked Creek School
Cameron Perrault
Johnny Kessler
Florence Wilson
Nancy Hallowell
Ian Wright
Betty Ann Fox
Jean Paeden
Ronald Mills
Linda Wilson
Kenneth Grignall
Linda Davey
Margaret Bell
Diane Wilson
Sharon Fox
Gerda Wiellandt
Martin Bell
Kathleen Clark
George Clark
Nellie de Koker
4-H
Orono Police
H. M. Mercer
G. E. Simpson
RC. Forrester
Cob Hill
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