Port Hope Telephone Sale to Bell Telephones Company
Port Hope shareholders will vote Saturday on selling the Port Hope Telephone Company to the Bell Telephone Company for 3 300 000. The sale is expected to be approved, with manager C M Jones and major shareholder praising the offer as above expectations. The company operates 1880 dial phones across Newcastle Newtonville Bewdley Garden Hill Welcome, with history dating to 1905 and growth through 1920 1957 acquisitions and recent dial upgrades.
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Port Hope
Bell Telephone Company
Co. M. Jones
Stem
The
Bell
Jones
Newcastle
Newtonville
Bewdley-Garden Hill
Welcome
H. S. Britton
George Finnie
A. M. Jones
C. M. Jones
H. E. Walkey
S. M
Clarke Township proposes mill rate rise above four mills
Clarke Township council approved tentative rates increasing the residential and farm mill levy by 4.3673 mills and 4.886 mills for commercial properties. An overall tax rise of about eighteen mills is expected when county and school rates are added, near an 18 percent local tax increase for 1968. Road appropriations total 248,900 with 92,140 to be raised from township taxpayers. A provincial shelter plan may provide 30 to 40 dollars relief per residence but has not been presented yet.
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Roy Foster
Clarke
Council
Orono
Orono Public School Open House Draws Big Turnout
The Orono Public School held its annual Open House on a Thursday evening last week with strong attendance from parents students and friends. Class displays highlighted social studies topics Indians Eskimos and the Universe along with science experiments and art from grade eight and other grades.
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Orono Public School
Township arrears of taxes reach 35 per capita
Township auditors reported Clarke Township end of year arrears totaling 133,853.00, about 26 percent of the current 35.00 per capita levy. They urged action to reduce the loan burden from nonpayment, discussed instalment plans, and noted no new collection measures by council. The year showed a 5,440.00 deficit, and Orono Water ran a 1,317.00 deficit while Orono Hydro posted 4,801.00 surplus. Water sales totaled 9,073.00. 179,139.00 spent on roads. education costs rose to 278,096.00 with a 6,470.00 surplus for police trustees.
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Township of Clarke
Township of
Clarke
Orone
Orono
Orono Hydro
Orono Police
Township population increases in 1962 to 1967 audit
The auditor's statement shows population rising from 3861 to 4679 and assessment growing from $3,831,031 to $4,385,852 by 1967. General municipal expenditures climbed from $221,438 to $350,678 and educational spending rose from $152,916 to $278,096 during the period.
Town Hall Rental Restriction Bans Dances In Township
Council meeting with caretaker Wayne Kennedy leads to a motion restricting Town Hall rentals to municipal organizations only. Misuse of the hall cited as justification. Up stairs auditorium floors are being refinished and this may be the last refinish.
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Wayne Kennedy
Donuts Stolen From Orono Delivery Truck
A delivery truck owned by Bruce Myles of Orono was stolen just after midnight Tuesday from beside a local donut factory. Police recovered the vehicle in Toronto early Wednesday. four suspects were apprehended and charged, with a fifth at large at noon. No damage to the truck was reported and donuts and deliveries were loaded inside.
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Bruce Myles
Orono
Toronto
Mrs. Myles
Mr. Myles
Pitman to Speak in Orono on Education Reform
Peterborough M P P Walter Pitman will address an Orono meeting at the Township Hall on Thursday evening April 4. He is the Education critic for the New Democratic Party in Ontario's legislature and soon to become president of the Ontario Education Association. The event is promoted by the local New Democratic Party.
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Walter Pitman
City of
Peterborough
Orono
Pitman
New Democratic Party
Ontario
Ontario Education Association
Durham College Expanding In Buildings And Courses
Dr. Gordon E. Willey leads Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology as enrolment plans rise. Despite lower than expected initial numbers, 600 students are targeted with 21 new portables bringing total to 37, five new courses and 28 teachers to triple staff.
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Durham College
Gordon E. Willey
Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
Willey
Ontario
Durham Counties
Ecome
University
Dr. Willey
Clarke Library sets reading record with February surge
Clarke Public Library reports February loans reached 1602, up from 1275 last year, with membership rising to 560. Librarian Dorothy Robinson credited a visit to Orono Public School and a push on juvenile books for the increase. Eighty new titles were added in February.
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Clarke Library
Dorothy Robinson
Clarke Public Library
Orono
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