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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
2
Ottawa edition notes weekly publication every Thursday from Main Street office in Orono Ontario with phone contact and establishment year 1938 by R A Forrester indicating local newspaper details and ownership.
A columnist laments rising non-involvement as strangers ignore distress on streets from New York to Toronto. The piece urges civic responsibility, noting dangers yet stressing that drivers should stop to check if someone is in trouble. It warns of a society where apathy erodes communal safety.
Tax increases loom from federal and provincial levels as Ontario boosts premiums for the Hospital Services Plan and funds a Shelter Grant. Projections show $191 million needed for the grant, signaling higher costs for residents. Productivity concerns, noted by national leaders, reinforce the push toward higher local taxes in weeks ahead.
Principal Douglas Moffat hosts a library outreach at Orono Township Hall to foster library use among students and adults. Lake Ontario Regional Library System provided posters and bookmarks. Hours listed weekday evenings. Featured shelves include Tai Pan, Gideon’s Wrath, Cotillion, Human Body, and juvenile titles like Whistle for Willie.
The regular meeting of Heather Rebekah Lodge was held Tuesday March 13 in the IOOF Hall with Noble Grand Sister J Lewis presiding assisted by Vice Grand Sister Violet Dunlop. Sister Marjorie McLean Ontario Rebekah Assembly president made an official visitation.
Local notices report R Brennan selling the William Robinson farm south of the sixth line and R L Hay selling fifty acres north of the line. Community visits include Oshawa resident Simons to see her father R Morgan and Gay visits with Geach. A March 9 niece Shirley Dundas of Canton honored with a wedding shower. UCW Kendal met at G Cathcart’s. President C W Stewart opened with a poem. Topics included Kindness by K Woods and a Japan slide show. Plans discussed for Masonic banquet April 30 in Orono. Next meeting April 4 in Newtonville. James Young led Sunday service. Rev Snelgrove improves in hospital. Charles Cooper in Bowmanville Hospital reported.
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