Orono Band And Majorettes Lead 12th Port Hope Parade
Port Hope hosted a grand Orange parade celebrating the Battle of the Boyne with nearly 4 000 lodge members marching three miles. The Orono Band and Orono High School Majorette Corp drew applause as 30 plus bands provided music and prizes were awarded for best bands and lodges. Traffic flowed smoothly despite heavy crowds, with Parade Marshal James Arkless leading the event on a white horse.
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Port Hope
Ontario
Brown Street
Walton Street
Memorial Park
Orono
Pontypool Lodge No. 83
Orono High School
Welcome
Co. W. Graham
Toronto
Gome
James Arkless
King Billy
George Dolley
Queen
Victoria County
Lindsay _Kinsmen’s Boys Brass Band
Peterborough
Hastings
Northumberland
West Durham
East Durham
Lindsay Kinsmen
Bowmanville
Sons of Ulster
Oshawa
Frazerville
Maple Leaf
Cobourg
Tyrone
Unity
W C T U Meeting Notes from July Session
The July meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union met on July 17 at Mrs. J. D. Brown's home. Twenty one members and two visitors attended. the offering totaled 4.50. A petition was signed against beer sales in groceries. readings hymns prayers and a paper on Peace were shared. the August meeting was announced for Mrs. Sutton's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
J. D. Brown
Allin
Sutton
Kelly
Rowe
Carleton
Russel Ormiston
Lloyd Ashton
H. McGill
Walsh
Bryson Family 25th Reunion At Orono Park
The Bryson family held its twenty fifth reunion at Orono Park with over one hundred members in attendance from Windsor Hamilton Toronto Oshawa Grafton Trenton and Millbrook. William Lavery of Newtonville was the oldest member present. A sports program and picnic supper filled a pleasant afternoon.
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Orono Park
Bryson
William Lavery
Newtonville
Windsor
Hamilton
Toronto
Oshawa
Grafton
Trenton
Millbrook
Yuletree Growers Tour Local Plantations in Orono Area
Sixty five Christmas Tree growers from the Yuletree Growers Association attended a dinner at the Orono Odd fellows Hall and then toured the Orono forests and plantations on Saturday. Members came from many distant districts and were hosted by the Rebekah Lodge of Orono.
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Yuletree Growers Association
Orono Forestry
Orono Oddfellow’s
Rebekah Lodge
Orono
Clarke Game Commission Releases 2400 Pheasants
Clarke Township residents will gain hunting opportunities as the Game Commission released 2400 pheasants within Clarke limits. About 2000 birds were raised locally with 300 banded from the hatchery and 100 adults released. 550 of the 2000 were banded to study wintering patterns and travel routes. Hunters who shoot banded birds should report to Game Warden K Tolmie at Orono with details.
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Clarke
Township Game Commission
Donald Hamngs
Art Low’s
The
Game Commission
K. Tolmie
Orono
Tolmie
Malcolm McKenzie
Douglas
Willis Barraball
Orono Intermediates Win Two Close Games In Rain
Orono Intermediate baseball beat Cobourg 6 to 3 in a rain shorted game with eight Orono hits led by Dean West Raye Wess and Chuck Armstrong. In the later game on Monday Orono defeated Lindsay 2 to 1 as Keith West and Doug Loucks pitched eight shutout innings between them.
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Orono
Co‘bourg
Orono Boys
Cobourg
Dean West
Raye Wess
Chuck Armstrong
Junior West
Don Mallet
Colly
Stanley
Vinet
Huckleston
Crono
Ron West
Don Mercer
West
Raye West
Mercer
Cellent
Keith West
Doug Loucks
Keith
Carman Cornish
Orono Girls Enter Semi finals With Newcastle Friday
The Orono Girls Softball team defeated Newcastle 16 to 7 at Orono Park to finish their schedule in second place. Playoffs begin Friday at the local Park with Orono facing Newcastle in the first semi final. Courtice leads Newtonville in the other semi.
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Rono
Newcastle
Orono
Orono Park
Courtice
Newtonville
Construction of New Post Office Proceeding
The Bowmanville post office project runs ahead of schedule as workers lay bricks and remove surplus mortar with careful craft. When opened likely in November the new building will offer about 1232 mail boxes, up from 502.
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Bowmanville
Lakeshore All Star Game Thriller Tops Lakeshore Baseball
The Lakeshore Baseball League All Stars from Cobourg Crono Lindsay and Bert Hope edged Bowmanville Roses 3 to 2 in Lindsay. Stars scored one in the first and two in the fourth. Roses replied with runs in the fifth and eighth as pitching by Jones Sellers Gallagher and Loucks anchored the game. Afterward Lindsay hosted a lightweight entertainment at the Embassy Club.
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Lakeshore Baseball League
Lindsay
All Stars
Cobourg
Crono
Bert Hope
Bowmanville Brookdale Roses
Stars
Roses
George
Jones
Werner Sellers
Bobby Gallagher
Chuck Jones
Ontarios
Harrison
Lindsays
Doug Loucks
Rich Evans
Raye West
Andy Widdis
Loucks
Don Mercer
Embassy Club
Maxie Yourths
Big Wheel
General Jones
Northumberland Durham Tuberculosis Association Elects New Leader
Canon H Bedford-Jones was elected president at the annual meeting held at the Chateau by the Lake Cobourg. Hugh Coleman stepped down after three years of service, with Stan Frost and W P Blakeston among other officers re elected. Delegates from Bowmanville Newcastle Fraserville Port Hope Cobourg Grafton Hastings Courtice Balti Ta and Colborne attended. The group reported TB seal sales of about 14000 for 1955, with total three year growth over fifty percent.
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Canon H. Bedford-Jones
St. Peter's Anglican Church
Cobourg
Northumberland-Durham
Stanbach
Ont
K. E. Courtice
M. E. Pewtress
G. C. McCullagh
Es Ee
United Counties
Bowmanville
Newcastl
Fraserville
Port Hope
Grafton
Hampton
Millbrook
Kellford
Hastings
Pewtress
Miss Dennis
Coleman
T.B
Ingram
Charlotte Horner
Six Fire Departments to Exercise at Orono Event
Six fire departments from Bowmanville Newcastle Port Hope Cobourg Bewdley and Orono join in a mutual aid relay pumping drill. Water will be pumped 2500 feet from Orono Park along Main Street to Cob Hill bridge as Ontario Fire Marshal officials observe. Citizens urged to keep Main Street clear and listen for the 7 pm Orono fire siren.
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J. C. Tamblyn
Toronto
Ono
Orono
Bowmanville
Newcastle
Port Hope
Cobourg
Bewdley
Ontario Fire Marshall’s
Orono Park
Main Street
Cob Hill
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W.C.T.U. Meeting
Clarke Game Commission
D. West
J. Shetler
Bowmanville Roses
Orono Public School Board
James Rickaby
H. R. Millson
F. E. Lycett
Lycetti
H. R. Best
J. Rickaby
McCarthy
Uwn
McGee
Secoiueu Vy
Tuberculosis Assoc
San
Blakeston
C.T.A
Mass Survey Organization
Wis
ASO
Naspeen
Orone
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