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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1965
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Ben White of Orono celebrate 60 years married since June 14 1905 with an At Home at the Orono Oddfellows Hall attended by over two hundred guests from nearby towns and cities. Messages of congratulations arrive from Queen Elizabeth and Canadian and Ontario leaders.
The Orono Chamber of Commerce met at Northway Restaurant to discuss the underpass project by Stone off Highway 115. Reports covered the street widening, off street parking plans, the Orono sign completion, post office site actions, and funding for the Junior Gardeners prize money.
Seventh and eighth graders at Orono Public School earned funds for an overnight trip to Niagara Falls. They raised 275 dollars after a Tuesday bazaar and tea featuring fish ponds games popcorn drinks a book booth and a white elephant booth. Parents and younger children joined in the bake sale and other displays as the event drew a large crowd. The group plans to travel near month’s end.
The Clarke Township Public School Board discussed staffing shortages with one senior-room teaching vacancy at Browns. They plan four Newtonville rooms by year start and consider specific class rosters to avoid disruption. Transportation, busing policies, and principal duties for four-room schools were debated amid looming school closings and joint sections with Clarke Darlington.
Ontario proposes a revised federal map adding six Northumberland municipalities to Durham, forming Northumberland Durham riding with 62 912 residents. The change shifts parts of Northumberland to Prince Edward Hastings while Russell C. Honey remains Durham MP and Pauline Jewett serves Northumberland. Ontario would have 89 ridings after the revision.
H R Best warned that unless the two areas close out debts taxpayers would fund a new 16 room school in Darlington. Manvers negotiations stalled over New Park Union School closure. Dr Taggart noted Manvers buys education for New Park from Darlington. Mrs Wynacott hired to teach music at Orono Public School with plans to split duties with Mrs Westhouser and Mrs Markley. A special June 25 meeting in Orono and July 12 meeting at No 9 scheduled.
Mr and Mrs Ivison Tamblyn of Orono marked their Silver Wedding Anniversary with an At Home at Cedar Dale Farm on June 12. Russell C Honey MP and Mrs Honey called to offer best wishes as 200 relatives attended. Their son Grant and wife Gail with baby Stacy joined from Montreal, daughter Judith and Bryan also assisted.
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