Opportunity Class to be Established at Kirby School
The Clarke Township Public School Area Board will start one Opportunity Class at the new Centennial School in Kirby next year. About sixteen students will attend, with recent entrance tests held across area schools. Enrollment this year reached 852, up 55 from last year. bills totaling 10 588.52 were approved. Bus route changes for the coming term are being arranged and the meeting adjourned after ten.
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Clarke Township Public School Area Board
Centennial
Kirby
Residents petition council over late night noise at The Inn
A group from Gore's Landing petitions Hamilton Township Council about noise from The Inn, formerly the United Church hall, now a coffee house and youth centre. Several nearby residents request reduced noise late at night, stating they do not oppose The Inn's presence.
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Gore’s Landing
Hamilton Township
United Church Hall
Orono Beef Barbecue Planned At Orono Park
Preparations near complete for a community Beef Bar-B-Q to feed about five hundred at Orono Park on Wednesday night. Sponsored by the Orono Community Park Board and the Orono Chamber of Commerce. Fred Storsbergen of the Dutch Oven oversees meat prep and barbecuing with a second pit for beans using a double boiler setup. Weather is ideal for a large local outing with free steak boards for ticket buyers.
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Orono Park
Orono Community Park
Orono
Wilberforce
Fred Storsbergen
Pine Ridge Festival Promotes Newcastle Youth Theatre
The Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts promotes a Newcastle Youth Theatre in August with a booth at Orono Shoppers Mall on Saturday. Citizens can learn about the theatre and buy season subscriptions at a discount. Aiming to stage at Orono Town Hall, the group will feature scenery and music during the festival. The Newcastle opening runs August eight to thirty, with one hundred actors presenting three plays: Billy Budd The Admirable Crichton and A Man For All Seasons. The venture is the first of its kind in North America and seeks public support. Rehearsals have occurred over the last two months with performers seeking final touches.
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Pine Ridge
Orono Town Hall
Newcastle
Billy Budd
Herman Melville
Chrichton
J. M. Barrie
Robert Holt
North America
Toronto Man Dies In Crash Near Holt Road
A Toronto man Francis Yonisteel age 54 died in a two car collision on the Macdonald Cartier Freeway near Holt Road Newcastle. His car swerved and rolled after losing control before being hit by a second vehicle driven by Vidal Mills 24 of Sarnia. Mills and a passenger Sharon Dennis 21 of Sarnia were hospitalized with minor injuries. The Newcastle OPP are investigating the crash.
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Toronto
Holt Road
Newcastle
Francis Yonisteel
North Cliff Blvd
Vidal Millis
Sarnia
Mills
Sharon Dennis
Bowmanville Hospital
Newcastle Opp
Oshawa parade features Great Pine Ridge float entry
Thousands of spectators lined Oshawa streets as about 40 floats led by bands and marchers moved from Oshawa Shopping Centre to Alexandra Park. The Great Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts won best private entry. A ship-back float design honored two plays, A Man for all Seasons and The Admirable Crichton, with E R Lovekin and S MacTavish recognized for riding and costume transport.
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Oshawa
Alexandra Park
Pine Ridge
Crichton
E. R. Lovekin
S. MacTavish
Canadian Tire
Bowmanville
Orono Talent Show At Arena Tonight
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association sponsors the annual talent show at the Orono Arena tonight. Stirling Mather oversees the program and talent screening and promises value for attendees. The lineup is varied and many acts are described as professional. Come to the rink tonight for more fun and entertainment.
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Orono
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Stirling Mather
Orono hosts Grono Merchants Shoppers Mall on Main Street
This Saturday afternoon the Grono Businessmen hold a two year running Shoppers Mall in Orono Main Street with merchants offering street specials and a merry go round for kids. Ladies receive carnations and a draw for a portable television will run late afternoon. Customers earn coupons for each purchase to enter the draw.
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Drone’s Shoppers
Grono
Orono
Opposition Organizing Against Orono Road Project
A local group in Orono organizes to oppose the Ontario Municipal Board’s August 1 hearing on a $108 000 central Orono road project including storm sewers curbs and paving. They plan a village wide petition arguing higher taxes cost burdens on fixed incomes and future road disruptions for sanitary sewer work. The group previously challenged the proposal when the board denied it earlier this year.
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Ontario Municipal Board
Orono
OMB
Chuckwagon Drive-in Adds In-Car Service South of Orono
The Chuckwagon Restaurant south of Orono on Highway 115 now offers drive-in service. Last week speakers were installed for customers to order from cars and pick up at a serving window. A large canopy covers the shaded area as music plays throughout the premises. Owned and run by R Carveth and daughter Donna Holmes, the Chuckwagon specializes in its own Chuckwagon chicken.
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Orono
Highway 115
R. Carveth
Donna Holmes
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