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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1967
Page
2
The Orono Park Board extended services by resurfacing the tennis court and adding more kiddies play equipment. It has improved facilities over the years with a pool and wading pool, led a Centennial week plan, and organized a beef bar B Q on July 5. The board is praised for forward, permanent park facilities.
The Ontario Farmers' Union Local 75 calls for a law banning non returnable beer and pop containers and raising the deposit to five cents to curb roadside litter. They warn of escalating farm equipment damage and argue government action is needed as industry is unlikely to act voluntarily.
Unit Two of the U C W met on Tuesday June 6 at Mrs Fred Lycett's home with eleven members and one visitor. Led by Mrs Irwin the devotional featured a Welcome verse and a poem Tune. Twenty hospital visits and twenty one to shut ins were reported. A general UCW meeting is set for June 15 with Unit 2 serving lunch dessert and tea at 7:00 p.m. Next Unit Two gathering will be a July park picnic at noon.
Sixteen members and two visitors enjoyed a June meeting at Mrs E Stapleton's. They opened with singing Let us with a gladsome mind and read two poems by Mrs V Robinson. Mrs Robinson and Mrs Drummond led the study, while the chapter theme centered on divine love and friendship.
Alex Carruthers M P P for Durham told about 50 Progressive Conservative supporters at Port Hope that party delegates would choose a leader at Maple Leaf Gardens September 6 to 9 who would become Canada’s next Prime Minister. Harry Badley of Cobourg, former MP for Northumberland, predicted a June 1968 federal election and possibly sooner as the economy improved.
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