Orono Public Meeting Sets Storm Sewer Project
Orono trustees approved drafting by-laws for Clarke Township to submit to the Ontario Municipal Board for a storm sewer and street paving program in Orono. Estimated total cost about 108000 dollars, with Orono taxpayers covering roughly 35000 dollars if provincial grants and county support align. Project includes Main Street, Centre Street, Park Street, Church Street, Dickson Street and Duchess Street, funded over several years.
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Orono
Main Street
Centre St
Park St
Church St
Dickson St
Duchess Street
Clarke Public School Board approves 6 room plan at Kirby
Clarke Township Public School Board met in Lockhart's School with Mrs Barlow and Mr Lowery in attendance. The board approved building a 6 room school with gym at Kirby to serve as a community centre though one member suggested placing it one concession south. They discussed drapes at Newtonville and Lockhart's, agreed to discounts and teacher choice in fabric, and set music pay at 175 per classroom per year. Overall enrolment projected at 771 for September 196, with plans to study grade relocation and potential junior grades at Enterprise and senior grades at Kirby.
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Township of Clarke Public School Board
Lockhart’s
Barlow
J. Lowery
Wir
Morley Robinson
Kirby
Robinson
Reid
Newtonville
Evans
Evans Drapery Company
Toronto
Lockhart
Barlow and Lowery
Merkley
Lowery and Robinson
Best
Greenwood
Enterprise
Wannan
Enter
Anniversary Celebration for Norman and Ruth Allin
Norman and Ruth Allin celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with more than 150 friends and relatives at their Orono home. Daughters Joan and Sharon hosted guests as floral gifts and a wedding cake decorated the dining room. Guests from Hamilton, Toronto, Peterborough, Port Perry, Oshawa, Bowmanville, and Newcastle joined the day, described as memorable. The Orono Chamber of Commerce met to discuss promoting Orono at the fair and reviving Old MacDonald's Farm display at the Orono Fair, with plans to contact fair manager George Carson and showcase local features.
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Norman
Ruth Allin
Joan
Sharon
Ruth
Noman
Hamilton
Toronto
Peterborough
Port Perry
Oshawa
Bowmanville
Newcastle
MacDonald
George Carson
June Promotions Enterprise Results S S
Names in order of treaty for multiple grades list many individuals including Barbara Phoenix Donald Hills Yvonne Koorneeff Elaine O’Brien Michael Verbrugghe Kenneth Cowling Debra Adams Kala O’Brien Wendy Harness Elaine Phoenix Ricky Sioen Wayne Gibson Gregory Tomlinson Janet Phoenix Ellen Heard Rosemary Schmeyer Janet Hills Julie Adams Tif John Berry Timmy O’Brien Nancy Verbrugghe Leonie Koorneef Robert Phoenix Ingrid Schmegner Ronny Sioen Muriel Gibson Colleen Gordon equal. The Orono Chamber donated 50 dollars to the Durham Central Agricultural Society. Centennial plans for old dump area include picnic and camping spaces with a township centennial committee awaiting plans. Monthly draw winner Carman Cornish won 100 dollars. Secretary authorized to contact Rudy Sign Company for Orono sign. Help requested at Orono rink for artificial ice piping to be done this week and floor poured three weeks before Orono Fair. Gas installation meeting invited from Consumer’s Gas Company in Township Hall.
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Orono
Trent University plans study of Peterborough Petroglyphs
Trent University announces a two to three week September 1986 project with the parks division of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests to photograph and document the Peterborough Petroglyphs on crystalline limestone north of Stoney Lake. The study, led by Professor Ronald Vastokas, aims to date the 92 figures and examine the site’s environment for clues to its use, supported by Trent’s anthropology department under Professor Kenneth Kidd.
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Trent University
Peterborough
T. H. B. Symons
Parks Division
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Stoney Lake
Trent
Ronald Vastokas
Vastokas
University of Toronto
Columbia Univer
Sity
Archeeological
Royal Ontario Museum
National Museum of Canada
Rice Lake
Pickering
James Bay
Lake of the Woods
Lake Superior
Lake Winnipeg
Yukon Territory
Trent River
Kenneth Kidd
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Donald Tennant
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Simpson
Nicholson
Consumers Gas Company
Gas Company
C. H. World
East Central
Consumers Gas
Canada
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Ozono
World
Consumers Industrial Commission
Orono Park
Nancy Forrester
K. Bickell
Caroline Johnson
Clarke
Oak
Cowanville
O’chonski
Orono Chamber of Commerce
Oreno
Chamber
S.S
Clarke Union
Barabara
Phoenix
Donald ‘Hills
Yvonne Koorneeff
Elaine O’brien
Michael Verbrugghe
Kenneth Cowling
Debra Adams
Kala O’brien
Wendy Harness
Elaine Phoenix
Ricky Sioen
Wayne Gibson
Gregory Tomlinson
Janet Phoenix
Ellen Heard
Rosemary Schmeyer
Janet Hills
Julie Adams
John Berry
Timmy O’brien
Nancy Verbrugghe
Leonie Koorneef
Robert Phoenix
Ingrid Schmegner
Ronny Sioen
Muriel Gibson
Colleen Gordon
Barbara Debra
Julia
John
Rosemary
Spelling
Barbara
The
Orone Chamber
Durham Central Agricultural Society
Centennial Committee
Aea
Carman Cornish
Rudy Sign Company
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