Winners at Athletic Millbrook Rewarded Short Course Banquet
The Durham Short Courses on Agriculture and Home Economics closed with a Feb 25 banquet in Orono town hall attended by about 150 students and guests. Speeches praised youth, government training programs, and the value of agriculture for Canada's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Orono
Kathleen Stark
A Roy
Messrs
C Tamblyn
LeRoy Brown
D. Hamm
G. Rowe
Cranston Scott
L. Brown
Ross Allen
Beatrice Hamm
Lena Kimball
Eli. A. Summers
B.S. A
Witticiam
W.f.rickard
M.P
C. G. Mercer
M.A
Rickard
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Mercer
Leila Welsh
H. Lowery
O. W. Rolph
Norman Hoge
Good Roads Conven tion Addressed by Ontario Minister
Hon. P. M. Dewan Ontario Minister of Agriculture spoke at the Good Roads Convention in Toronto last week stressing that good country roads support rural welfare and agricultural prosperity. He traced road policy from 1896, noting 8 000 miles of county roads and 7 00 miles of provincial highways, and cited 9 208 truck inspections from August to December 1936. He urged snow removal on local roads and noted the shift away from driving horses in years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Campbell
Dewan
Ontario
Gravenhurst
Department of Agriculture
Eyom
Plowmen Debate Clothes of the Farm in Cutaway Coats
Comic tale traces farmers debating proper farm attire in Cutaway coats and cowhide gaiters. Colin Smith refutes overalls while noting a prior trade for a half day’s work. Sam McCabe’s store once sold coats and gaiters, sparking a fall plowing season with farmers dressed in black cutaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Smith
Bill Armstrong
Colin
Canada
Bill
Ball
Wieh
C. G. Armstrong
Sam McCabe
Lotus
Sam
Oshawa Teams Dominate Local Hockey Weekend
Fred Lycett's Public School team of Oshawa beat Orono 8 to 6 as Orono rested regulars. The Bowmanville Midgets defeated the local Midget squad 8 to 1 at the arena. Newcastle Midgets tied Newtonville 5 all in a wide open game. Oshawa Orioles edged a mixed Orono-Newcastle selection 5 to 4 in a close affair. Milk-Maids and Major's Milk Shakes played to a 6 all tie led by K Neale and R Goode with strong goaltending from Tamblyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lycett
Oshawa
Orono
Bowmanville
Newcastle
Newtonville
Oshawa ‘Orioles
Oshawal
McCutcheon
Milk-Maids
Major
Milk4Shakes
Tce
K. Neale
R. Goode
Tamblyn
Duke Mercer
Kuteh
Ray Goode
Wannan
J. Tamblyn
Mercer
Goode
Patterson
J. W
Sunny Woods
Low
K. Neals
C. A. Gray
D. Mercer
Tony Mehveen
Milki
J. Major
F. Pearson
J. Woods
J. Keane, Jr
E. Middleton
Kells
J. Wannan
Mellveen
C. Tamblyn
R. Wood
F. Mellveen
G. Rowe
B. Mercer
B. Kells
H. Cooper
A. Gray
H. Cantril
Picture night draws crowds for "The Girl in the Limber Lost"
A large audience filled the town hall Monday evening to view a World Bros. release. The company plans another show in a few weeks and promises quality pictures for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
World Bros
Shields and Medals Presented To Pupils At Literary Meeting
Orono mourns the death of Rachel Diana Miller at 86 after a stroke. Born at Kirby in 1851, she moved to Orono in 1881 and served Park St. United Church as choir leader and Sunday School teacher. She leaves one son, Charles T. Miller, with services held at Park St. United Church and burial in Orono Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Rachel Diana Miller
Centre Street
Kirby
Henry LaRue Powers
Oakwood
John Miller
Chas. T. Miller
Park St. United Church
J. H. Osterhout
Mr. Parks
Aurora
Orono Cemetery
Miss Adele Morton and Miss Olive Brown Win the Special Shields
The Orono Continuation School held a combined literary and commencement program in its assembly hall on March 1. Miss Adele Morton won the Tyrrell General Proficiency Shield and athletic medals were given to Morton, Powers, Leamen, Forrester, Case, and Scott, with Miss Morton praised for high general proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Morton
Olive Brown
Orone Continuation School
Thelma Myles
Literary Society
Ken. Shackleton
Wm. Armstrong
R. Widdis
Orono School
Millbrook School
Messrs
Richard Morton
James Powers
Gordon Leamen
Jean Forrester
Helen Case
Helen Scottt
Mrr
Charles Tyrrell
Tyrrell
Clarke Township Council Holds Quiet Session In Orono
Clarke Township council met in Orono on March 1 1938 to pass bills for town hall upkeep hospital costs reliefs and road maintenance. Reeve T A Reid praised Good Roads Convention remarks on Ontario forestry urging reforestation. Weed inspector R H Wood was reappointed and tax collection authority extended to April 1 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Orono
Smith & Porter
R. H. Wood
J. C. Tamblyn
Orono Coal & Lumber Co
Orono Coal
E. J. Ramdall
Orono Weekly Times
W. E. Davey
Bowmanville Hospital
Fort William
Brown
Chas. A. Brown
L. Baldwin
E. Patterson
T. A. Reid
Reeve
Good Roads
E. E. Patterson
Town Hall
Reeve T. A. Reid
Wm. Reid
Drury
Ontario
O. F. Alwde
Clarke
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Athletic M Millbrook
W. I
Hockey News
W. F. Rickard
W. L. Powers
Arthur Robbins
Madison Hall
A. J. Knox
H. M. Millson
Pillow
Charles
A. N. Robbins
Roy Bell
Philadelphia
T. H. Powers
George Arnold
T. H. Esterbrook
Toronto
Rotary Club
J. J. Gilfillan
Hooper
W. A
United Church
Moon
Clarke Township Council
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