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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
1
In Clarke Township, eleven polling sub divisions will exist for the June federal election, up from nine in Municipal Affairs. The article lists polling divisions by lot ranges across concessions and mentions Orono and Newtonville areas, with polling places not yet published.
Joyce Betty Tennant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tennant married Robert Carman son of Mr. and Mrs. F O Cooper at Park Street United Church Orono in June. Rev A Hi Eustace officiated with music by Phyllis Challis and singing by Mrs A A Drummond. The couple will reside in Toronto at 219 Arlington Ave.
Charlie Stepeenson, reaffirmed as Durham County Progressive Conservative candidate at the Orono convention rally on May 17, seeks little introduction to constituents. Elected MP for Durham province.
On June 7 1949 Rev A E Eustace named the first sod for the new vestry addition as tractors and wagons prepared the site. By June 15 the excavation was done and the church front will soon take a new look with completion hoped by September 15 1949.
Professor C B Sisson and Mrs Sisson visited Orono Maine on the way home from Halifax where he spoke to the Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. He praised Orono as a tidy university town with a fine residential street and noted its population and nearby Penobscot river and golf course. He asked readers about the origin of the village name Orono.
Park Street W M L S hosted a Tuesday evening old time concert in Park Street Church basement Orono. Performers wore period costumes and included readings songs piano solo and a humorous sewing circle skit with hostesses and an encored rosewood spinner number.
The 1847 telegraph line connected Toronto Hamilton St Catharines Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Canadians reportedly use over twenty pounds of soap annually.
Mn Benjamin Madill loses three cattle from lead poisoning after a paint can dumped along the road rolled into Mr James Armour’s pasture near Kendal. One animal in the barn has been licking the can and two others show mild effects. It remains uncertain if the barn animal will survive.
A highway accident on No 2 Highway Tuesday June 14 in Bowmanville killed John Lawrence Cryderman 47. He was struck after veering across the road then run over by a following car. He died at Bowmanville Hospital from a fractured skull and chest compression. He leaves a wife Alba Colwill and daughter Ann, with brothers Harry and Howard and sisters Mrs. Harry Jose and Mrs. Frank Mason.
The Clarke Township field day at Orono Community Park hosted by the New Castle Lions Club listed boys winners by age group. Notable names include Wayne Bailey and Peter Loucks in under 8 standing broad jump, Morley Lake and David McCullough in running broad jump, Jack Watson, Jim Creamer, and Bruce Myles among older groups.
A meeting of the Orono Amateur Athletic Association formed committees for a street fair in Orono main street on Wednesday August 17 with a dance on the street later and a prize draw worth about 500 dollars. The association seeks funds and community support to sustain youth hockey football figure skating softball hardball and junior football programs.
Decoration Day will be observed on Sunday June 26 at Orono Cemetery. The Fraternal Societies are invited to decorate the graves of their deceased brothers. Service starts at 2 30 o'clock. The Oxono Band will provide music. Local clergy will conduct the service. Plan to attend.
Henry Sucee was arrested in cattle rustling cases and had a preliminary hearing at Bowmanville and Coboung courts on Tuesday last, after which he was committed to stand trial at a higher court.
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