Orono Skating Carnival Shines Despite Attendance Dip
The Orono Figure Skating Club staged its eighth annual Skating Carnival over two nights drawing about 375 spectators. The show featured solo and group numbers with precision skating and costumes, highlighted by Miss Mary Found and Heather Ruthford in solos and Douglas Lycett as ringmaster. The event credited the club, its executive, pros and helpers, with a sweeping entertainment success despite lower attendance due to illness and travel conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Mary Found
Heather Ruthford
Orono Club
Elaine Forrester
Douglas Lycett
Adele Myles
Gail Cooper
Carolyn Jones
Mary Ann Armstrong
Diane Hambly
Jack Brusse
Klaus de Rooy
District High School Budget Increases For Municipality
A Bowmanville special meeting of the Durham District High School Finance Committee and local councils reviewed the Area budget for the year. Total expenditures exclude debentures run about 430 449 with provincial receipts near 240 000 leaving 190 000 from local property taxes. Clarke Township share is about 20 425 06 plus 10 090 debenture costs totaling 30 515 to be collected, compared with 18 866 paid in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowmanville
Durham District High School Finance Committee
Durham County
Dent
H. Lowery
Clarke
McGregor
Carruthers
Bowman
Chool
Tranport
Clarke Township
Orono Bush Team Knocks Off Newcastle 3 2 In Final Series Opener
Carman Cornish scored twice and Ed Couroux added a goal to lift Orono to a 3 2 victory over Newcastle in Newcastle Tuesday evening. The win opens the league final series and follows Orono’s earlier elimination of Newtonville from the playoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carman Cornish
Orono
Newcastle
Carman
Ed Couroux
Newtonville
Mission Band Observes Brotherhood Week
The Mission Band holds Brotherhood Week events with worship, scripture, roll call, and collection. Cathy Hacey performs a piano solo and reads a story titled The Boy with the Busy Walk. Five members read poems, Mary Lynn Bailey leads a prayer, and World Friend papers are distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Tamblyn
Cathy Hacey
Mrs. Hacey
Mission Band
Mary Lynn Bailey
Presbytery Women Plan Spring Rally in Orono
Executive of Presbytery W A met in Orono Church with about thirty members. Plans for the Spring Rally at Northminster United Church on April 26 were discussed under the theme The National Evangelistic Mission. Mrs Harold A Werry was named delegate to the Bay of Quinte Conference W A meeting May 1 at Lakefield. Mrs Claude Ives reported to the Osha meeting that she had presented a Presbytery W A report. first time such a report was asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Tamblyn
Presbytery Woman’s Association of the United Church
Orono
Northminster United Church
National Evangelistic Mission
Harold A. Werry
Kedron
Bay of Quinte
W.A
Lakefield
Claude Ives
Bowmanville
Osha
Wawa
Albert St
Township Spelling Finalists to Compete This Saturday
Clarke Township held a spelling bee with contestants from eighteen schools. Norman Rickaby of Orono won, with Gerald Hallowell of Crooked Creek second. They will compete on March 3 at Oddfellows Hall in Orono at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Newcastle
Bill Kiley
Port Granby
Bob Holmes
Lake Shore
Leidi de With
Gwen Saunders
Newtonville
Marion McReelis
Brown's
Gerald Hallowell
Crooked Creek
Andy Shewchuk
Antioch
Marilyn Falls
Starkville
Norman Rickaby
Crone
Alex Green
Leskard
Allan Quantrill
Kirby
Judy Foster
Kendal
Bruce Ogden
Cowanville
Tom Henderson
Oak
Donna Alldread
Enterprise
Ronald Gay
Orono
Oddfellow’s Hall
W C T U Meeting at Mrs Walsh Home
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its monthly meeting at Mrs H Walsh’s home on February 21. The president led with a hymn and devotional on Things to Remember, closing with a hymn. Minutes were read and adopted, thanks read to sick and shut‑ins, and plans made for the Newcastle convention on March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Walsh
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Wm. Seymour
W.C.T.U
Newcastle
Ontario
Kelso Roberts
Benefit Banquet In Orono March 21 For Orphans Club
The Orono Orphans Hockey Club will host a dinner on Wednesday March 21 at Old Fellows Hall. Dine for $5.00 per plate with roast turkey mashed potatoes turnip peas pie and coffee and enter a $250.00 cash drawing from 200 tickets. Bring a spouse. a better chance to win than Irish Sweep Stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Orphans Hockey Club
Odldfellow
Health insurance urged as must at Yelverton banquet
A February 22 banquet in Yelverton by the Durham County Federation of Agriculture and the Durham Co operative Medical Services drew over fifty attendees at the Yelverton Community Hall. Speakers highlighted rising medical costs and the growing need for medical insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yelverton
Durham County Federation of Agriculture
Durham Co-operative Medical Services
Ralph Malcolm
Gordon Staples
The
Medical Services
Co-operative
Durham Sale Arena Big Boon To Local Farms
A Durham County sale at the Durham Sale Arena operated by Jack Reid yields a remarkable gain for farmer Harry Davey who buys a sow and then her litter of ten piglets born after the animal is auctioned. The piglets are placed near a stove in the ring area to keep them warm. The incident attracts strong interest as the family welcomes the new arrivals and praises the sale's profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Sale Arena
Durham County
Jack Reid
Harry Davey
Harry
Mr. Davy
Davey
Orono Police Trustees Approve 1956 Budget Plan
The Orono Police Trustees set a year long budget near ten thousand dollars dependent on the Clarke Township village agreement. They discuss bus service, clock maintenance, animal vaccination, parking enforcement, potential joint police with Newcastle, building use fees, sidewalk projects, and road plans with specific allocations for lighting, fire, beautification, and the village clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Clarke
Colonial Coach Lines
H.M. Mercer
S. B. Rutherford
Department of Health of Animals
R. C. Forrester
H. M. Mercer
Arthur Randall
Newcastle
Station Street
Urone Horticultural Society
Urone Horestry
Cub
Orphans Trail Lakefield 3 To 1 In Semi-final Series
The Orono Orphans lost game three of the semi final to Lakefield 3 to 1 in Port Perry. Lakefield leads the series 3 to 1 with game five set for Friday. Tom Birch and Robbie Robinson scored for Orono, while Hef ferman and Birch disrupted Lakefield net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Lakefield
Crono
Port Perry
Junior West
Don Mercer
Robbie Robinson
Mac Christie
Winky Hefferman
Tommy Birch
Birkhart
Don Floyd
K. Hefferman
Neil Wasson
Freddie Mortimer
Raye West
Gordon Coyle
Paul Doris
Jack Martin
Lumbermen
Lakefield Crew
Robinson
Wlartimer
Keith Montgomery
Dean West
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Orone
God Save the Queen
Charles Hutton
Port Hope
Orono Bush
Hannah Mere
Judy Wagg
Presbytery
Orono Church
W.C.T.U. Meeting
Paul Meehan
Roy Hergott
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Federation of Agriculture
Country Four
Clarence Allin
Federation
Orono Police
C. Graham
Mr. Graham
Gar
Orone Chamber of Commerce
Church Street
H. Cornish
Counties Road Department
Cob Hill
Barrie
Department of Health
Counties Health Unit
Clarence Duncan
Orono Orphans
Lakefield Lumbermen
Peterborough
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