Garnet Shield Honored At Dinner Banquet
Assessors from United Counties gathered at the Chateau Hotel to honor T. Garnet Shield of Port Hope on his retirement July 31 and 74th birthday. Shield, born in Cavan Township, served as county assessor since May 1953 and reorganized the department into a notable efficiency. A binoculars gift from Cobourg assessor Victor Hewson capped the event, with friends and fellow assessors in attendance.
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United Counties
Chateau Hotel
Counties
T. Garnet Shield
Port Hope
Mr. Shield
Shield
Cavan
Peterborough
North Monaghan
Otonabee
Shields
Victor Hewson
Cobourg
Car Stolen in Orono Recovered Untouched
Donald Staples reported his car stolen from the Orono Fair Grounds while he attended a directors meeting. The vehicle was found in Peterborough late Tuesday with no damage or items missing and no charges filed.
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Donald Staples
Orono Fair Grounds
Staples
Peterborough
Cobourg Peterborough Railway's Rise and Fall Through Time
Incorporation in 1852 launched a 25 mile line Cobourg to Peterborough via Rice Lake. Bridges, ice jams, and heavy costs hindered profit. Merged with Marmora in 1866, later taken over by Grand Trunk and finally absorbed into Canadian National Railways in 1923.
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Rice Lake
Peterborough and
Port Hope
Peterborough
Marmora
Marmora Iron Works
Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway and Mining Company
T. P. Pearce
Cobourg
Blairton
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk
Canadian National Railways
Liberal Picnic Draws Ontario Leadership Contenders
The annual Liberal Picnic at Waltona Park Newcastle Saturday July 25 opens at 1 30 pm with grounds. Attendees see six Liberal Leadership contenders Charles Gould Joseph Greene Robert Nixon Charles Templeton Andrew Thompson and E C Sargent MPPs. From 3 30 to 4 00 pm Durham Primary for Ontario Liberal Leadership. County baseball North vs South at 4 00 pm supper at 5 00 pm raffles during supper.
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Waltona Park
Newcastle
Allan Beer
Bethany
Murray Walton
Durham County
Liberal Party
Ontario
Charles Gould
M.P
Joseph Greene
Robert Nixon
Charles B. Templeton
Andrew Thompson
M.P.P
E. C. Sargent
Durham
Grand Lodge honours two masons from Orono district
At its annual communication in Scarboro Ontario the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario AF and AM appointed two prominent masons from the Orono district as Grand Stewards. W Gordon Cotter of Orono and Sidney J Lancaster of Newcastle were recognized for their service.
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Cedar Brae
Scarboro
Grand Lodge of Canada
Ontario
Orono
W. Gordon Cotter
Sidney J. Lancaster
Newcastle
Grand Lodge
Noted Educator Dr Philip A C Ketchum Dies in Port Hope
Dr Philip A C Ketchum aged 65 died suddenly of a heart attack in Port Hope on Tuesday. He was a leading Ontario educator and served as special assistant for secondary school affairs to the University of Toronto. He headed Trinity College School in Port Hope for 29 years and was named Claude Bissell’s assistant in 1963. He advocated a high school revamp favoring fewer exams and aptitude testing to guide further education. Born in Cobourg, he studied at Cobourg Toronto Western Ontario and Cambridge. He leaves a wife Ann Ottillie Marion Ormsby and six children Susi Migotti Patricia Lawson Penelope Sanger Robin Philip John and Nicholas.
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Cavan Township
Mr. Shield
Mount Pleasant
Omemee High School
Ontario Agriculture College
Guelph
Shield
Cavan
CCF
Durham County
Philip A. C. Ketchum
Port Hope
Ketchum
Ontario
University of Toronto
Claude Bissell
Dr. Ketchum
Trinity College School
Dr. Bissell
Cobourg
The
University of Western Ontario
Cambridge
Ann Ottillie Marion Ormsby
Susi Migotti
Montreal
Patricia Lawson
Penelope Sanger
Nairobin
Kenya
Philip
Edmonton
John
Boston
Nicholas
Toronto
Ontario County Team Wins Quinte District Field Day
A strong Ontario County team led with 69 points in track and field and 25 in softball and square dance to top eight counties at the Quinte District Junior Farmers' Association event in Peterborough. Peterborough County was second with 87 points in track and field and 57, followed by Durham and Hastings. Ontario defeated Durham 7-5 to win the boys softball title, while Peterborough girls beat Northumberland 8-6 for the girls championship. Swimming tests at Orono pool saw four bronze and one silver pass under Royal Life Saving Society supervision with Mrs. Nel Snelders earning an instructors certificate.
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Ontario
Quinte
Peterborough
Northumberland
Prince Edward County
Lennox
Addington
Ken Ryndress
Jim Rickard
Durham
Larry Davidson
Allen Hitchens
Hastings
Don Rickard
Paul Hancock
Ontario County
Victoria
Lennox and Addington
Mary Ruth Osborne
Prince Edward
Royal Life Saving Society
Nel Snelders
Oak Cup Races at Mosport Draw 90 Plus Entries This Saturday
More than 90 entries have been received for the 2nd Annual Oak Cup Trophy Races at Mosport this Saturday. Jerry Polivka leads the field in the Comstock Falcon fresh from a first at Harewood last weekend, chased by Dick Shelton and Al Pease in fast Mini Coopers. Al Pease also fields an MGB that won Harewood's feature after Vic Yachuk retired his Lotus 19 with mechanical troubles. Yachuk hopes to have the car repaired in time for the event, the next on the Championship calendar.
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Mosport
Comstock Falcon
Jerry Polivka
Harewood
Dick Shelton
al Pease
Yachuk
7000 Pheasants Released In Two Townships
The open season for pheasants in Clarke and Darlington runs October 3 to 24 with a daily bag limit of three birds in the early zones. A total of 7000 birds are released this year, including 3500 day old chicks in Clarke and 700 adult birds distributed across both townships.
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Clarke
Canadiana gifts to Trent University include Moodie papers
Trent University received Canadiana treasures including Susanna Moodie papers and a ceremonial spade once used for Cobourg and Peterborough Railway construction on February 7, 1853. The Moodie collection features letters from Moodie, a watercolor portrait, and a publisher’s contract for a later work. Gifted by Graeme Gorrie of Florida.
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Cobourg
Samuel Zimmerman
8. E. Mackechnie
Rice Lake
Peterborough
Trent University
Moodie
England
Mark Huddleston
Susanna Moodie
Graeme Gorrie
Florida
University
Ontario
S. E.,mackechnie
Cobourg and
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Cobourg and Peterborough
W. Gordon, Cotter
Oshawa Times
Orono Swimming Pool
Carol Nixon
Janice Rutherford
Ginger Balsom
Sandra Johnson
Terry Graham
Red Cross
Given Trent University
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