Youth Band and Choir Earn Rave Reviews in Orono
A packed Orono Town Hall praised the newly formed Junior Band and Junior Choir of Orono United Church after a Friday evening concert. The 28 musician band, led by Mr. A Darch, and the choir under Mrs. R Morton and Mrs. E Brown delivered a 60 minute program with standout pieces including Somewhere Over The Rainbow and a Two-Step March. The event, attended by well over 200, highlighted strong intonation and leadership, with plans for summer classes and future Fall rehearsals.
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Orono
Town Hall
Junio Band
Wm. Allin
B. Long
Lone
Long
A. Dareh
Dareh
C. Prust
Darch
C. Cornish
Orono Road Plan Details by E R Woodyard
E R Woodyard spoke at the Orono Chamber of Commerce outlining a $100,000 plan for storm sewers paving and curb work in the village midsection. He discussed development controls town policing village relations and the need for industrial assessment to support growth. The talk covered Division Street surfacing Curwply area assessments hydro debt and municipal borrowing limits.
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E. R. Woodyard
Orono Chamber of Commerce
A. McLaren
Woodyard
Clarke
Me. Woodyard
Police Trustee Board
Orono
Division
Central
Orono Library Plans Move to Town Hall Basement
The Orono Public Library aims to relocate from Main Street to the basement of the Orono Town Hall. The Library Board has met with Clarke Township Council to negotiate, seeking approval from the Public Halls Branch. The board would renovate at no rent for a determined period, with costs not yet known and space for a reading room likely.
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Orono
Orono Chamber Commended On Tour
A Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce letter praised the Orono Chamber for promoting the Blossom Tour. The message said the tour was well planned and organized and a worthwhile project, read at the Orono Chamber monthly meeting. Durham Den (Continued page 3).
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Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce
Orono Chamber
Durham den
Council Reverses Decision On Oak School
The council discusses Board requests to recover Oak School from removal and to approve selling Port Granby and Oak schools by tender while considering accommodation needs. Additional items include scout building plans, library basement use, fence damage, road maintenance plans, and funding for roads, water administration, and general budgets.
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Oak School
Reyieve
Se Lakeshore
Antioch
Oak
Port Granby
Clarke Township School Board Seeks Land Option
Clarke Township Area School Board, at a special meeting on June 8, authorized the secretary to obtain an option on 8 to 10 acres of land owned by Mrs Grace Cochrane, south of the seventh line of Clarke and just west of Kirby. The 3 to 2 vote was led by James Lowery with W. seconding, and opposed by Morley Robinson and H Barlow. The option price is $1000 per acre.
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Clarke Township Area
Grace Cochrane
Clarke
Kirby
Fiftieth Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor of Orono
Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor of Orono celebrated their golden wedding on June 5 with an At Home in the Odd Fellow's Hat. Nearly 200 friends attended. the couple wed in Port Hope on June 3, 1916. Messages came from Lester Pearson John Diefenbaker and Prime Minister John Robarts among others. Four generations attended with their infant grandson present. Guests came from Belleville Port Hope Bowmanville Oshawa Whitby Toronto Millbrook Cannington Bethany and nearby areas. Heather Rebekah Lodge members served tea and lunch.
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Charles Taylor
Orono
Port Hope
Lester B. Pearson
John Diefenbaker
John Robarts
Ontario
Alex Carruthers
Russell Honey
Governor General of
Canada
Madam Vanier
Wm. Miller
Lyall Lowery
Edith Sherwin
E. White
Percy Beggs
Pontypool
Bellevile
Port Hore
Bowmanville
Oshawa
Whitby
Toronto
Millbrook
Cannington
Bethany
Heather Rebekah Lodge
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R. D. Morton
E. Brown
Tunis
E.R. Woodyard
General Motors
Goodyear
Heinrich and
Uyreuik
Lars
T. H. Greer
A. E. Roberts
Council
Cantrack of
Mosport
Pope and Gobelle
Orono Police
James Lowery
Mr. W
Car
Lawe Ce Greenwood
Morley Robinson
H. 5B
Barlow
Mrs. Taylor
Ronald Taylor
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