Orono child badly injured in Taunton Road bicycle crash
Wendy Harness nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Reid Harness of Orono was rushed to Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto after a truck struck her while crossing Taunton Road on her bicycle. She has head injuries cuts bruises and fractures and remained unconscious on Wednesday. The gravel truck driver attempted to avoid the girl and tipped into a ditch. The incident prompted coverage of local library funding and services in Orono.
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Wendy Harness
Reid Harness
Orono
Toronto
Wendy
Gallant
Taunton Road
Leskard School Tops Athletes At Annual Meet
Leskard students led in Clarke Township Public School Field Day at Orono Park last Friday winning six of ten trophies. Orono took four. Seven new records were set with Cr ono taking three, Leskard two, and Nos. 4 and 9 one each. Mrs. H. H. Barlow presented awards for the Board.
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Leskard
Clarke Township
Orono Park
Eskard
Orono
H. H. Barlow
Crono
Help Wanted at Orone Rink for Pipe Relaying Work
Able bodied men are urgently needed to assist with relaying freezing pipes laid last fall. Volunteers will fasten pipes to cedar planks, relaid, levelled and covered as a cement floor is poured after relaying. Help is needed evenings or Saturdays to ease the burden on a few volunteers.
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Orone Rink
Driver Dies In Truck Cab At North Entrance To Village
Francis Murphy 51 of Toronto died in the overturned truck cab at the north entrance of Orono shortly after 12:30 a.m. The southbound tractor-trailer carrying paper rolls crashed onto a safety island, shearing a light standard, then rested facing west. Fire crews contained gasoline leaks as three tow trucks upright the wreck and responders freed the trapped driver.
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Francis Murphy
Toronto
Orone
Orono
Act changes Orono library to Township library
Bill 155 of the Public Libraries Act pending in Ontario shifts control of the Orono Public Library from the Orono Police Trustees to Clarke Township. By January 1 1967 the library becomes Clarke Township Public Library under municipal jurisdiction with a four member board plus the reeve. Township funds to operate the library.
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Public Libraries
Ontario
Orono
Clarke
Orono Dump Site to Become Recreation Area Under Centennial Plan
Cleanup began last Saturday at the Orono Dump site which the Township purchased last year and will convert into a recreation area as part of the Centennial Development. Plans include eight acres with parking picnic and camping areas and a large play space. access via the old railway road with a culvert in the canal.
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Orono
Parks Branch
Department of Lands and Forests
Davidson
Forestry Water Tower
Messrs. Harvey
S. B. Rutherford
E. R. Woodyard
Clarke
Summer Band Course At Orono Promises Growth
Sixteen have registered for a Summer Band Course promoted by the Orono Band with instruction by Mr. A Darch who has contested the Orono Junior Band. Registration remains open with secretary Carman Cornish and a meeting at Town Hall Monday at 7 pm will outline the program and instrument allotments.
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Orono
A. Darch
Carman Cornish
Orewe
Darch
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Te Jones
Eddie Cowling
Ruthdall
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Leskard School
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