Clarke Township Rehires Road Dept Clerk Treasurer
The Clarke Township Council reinstated the Road Superintendent Ross Dickinson at 2800 yearly, road crew at specified hourly rates, and Clerk Treasurer H. E. Millson at 2800 yearly. The office will operate four days weekly, a draft building by law will be prepared, and a temporary Building Inspector earns 25 per month. A special Council meeting is set for Thursday May 20.
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Clarke Township
Ross Dickinson
H. E. Millson
Council
Woman's Association Meeting Notes May Korea Fund Drive
The Woman's Association held its regular meeting in the Sunday School room with Mrs. Rainey presiding. Cards were sent to sick members, and a Korea aid bale was announced for May 25 along with a mortgage burning service and refreshments.
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Woman’s Association
Korea
Orono Figure Skating Elect Officers For Coming Year
About twenty mothers attended the Orono Skating Club annual meeting. Officers elected: Mrs. Sid Rutherford president, Mrs. Middleton first vice, Mrs. R. C. Forster second vice, Mrs. H. Cobbledick treasurer, Miss Carolyn Jones secretary. The group planned a fall fair booth fundraiser and a February carnival over two nights with managers to be appointed. Members must register by December end to prepare for the carnival. More lessons and instruction will be emphasized in the coming season.
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Orono Skating Club
Sid Rutherford
Middleton
R. C. Forrester
H. Cobbledick
Carolyn Jones
E. Neilson
Orono Fall Fair
Hce
Fred Lycett
Donald Staples
Red Cross
Margot Samuel
Association For
E.H. Samuel
Oddfellows Parade and 135th Anniversary Service at Orono United Church
Orono Lodge No 436 celebrated 135 years of the order with Divine Worship at Orono United Church led by the Orono Band. Visitors came from Brooklin Whitby Oshawa Bowmanville and Cobourg. Rev John Kitchen preached on values noting Friendship Love and Truth and the brothership of man. The choir sang a grand anthem and Mrs Drummond and Mrs Carson performed a duet. Band members were praised as a community asset and Heather Rebekah Lodge members attended the service.
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Orono Lodge No
Orono United Church
Orono Band
Brooklin
Whitby
Oshawa
Bowmanville
Cobourg
John Kitchen
Drummond
Carson
Lodge
Orono
Heather Rebekah Lodge
Oshawa GM Layoffs Hit 1200 Auto Workers
Nearly 1,200 General Motors workers at the Oshawa plant face temporary layoff on Friday as production shifts to a new southern assembly plant. The move raises area unemployment above 4,000, with some workers reassigned to the new facility. A May 28 conference of local officials and MPs aims to address the jobless totals.
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General Motors
Oshawa
Durham
Ontario
Mass X Ray Draws Half Orono District Population
About 675 residents were x-rayed in Orono on Monday in a mass screening sponsored by the Northumberland Durham Tuberculosis Association with help from the Provincial Health Department through Easter seal sales. The count excludes high school students and outpaced the 1950 effort, which saw one third x-rayed.
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Orono
United Counties
Northumberland- Durham
Mortgage Burnings at Orono United Church Set for May 17
The Orono United Church announces a mortgage burning ceremony on May 17 after a long effort to retire the church debt from the new building completed after the February 1950 fire. About $500 new contributions are sought to cover remaining costs and urgent repairs, with Thanksgiving services on May 16 led by visiting ministers from Oshawa.
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United Church
Orono Athletic To Sponsor Boys Bail And Park Program
Orono Amateur Athletic Association directors met Tuesday to plan summer activities. They will sponsor a youth baseball team up to age 13 or 14, considering 15-year-olds. possible Bantam South Durham League entry with Bowmanville Newcastle Port Hope Kendal.
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Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Orono
Bowmanville
Newcastle
Port Hope
Kendal
Crone
Messrs
Carman Cornish
Chuck Hutton
Ray Carleton
Jim Major
Sid Rutherford
Fred. Lycett
Association
Samuel
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Rehire Road Dept
Road Department
W.A. Meeting
G. Carson
Miss Davy
Orono Figure Skating
Cub
Orono Cub Pack
James Rickaby
Oro
John
Ross Tamblyn
Charles Armstrong
Russell Major
Jack Allin
Glenn Allin
Gerald Brown
William Mitchell
Amy Rogerson
Charles Hutton
Johnny Rae
Nat King Cole
al Jolson
Berniece Lunn
Phylis Durston
E. Brown
M. Green
Neil Stewart
Oddfellows
O Ff Atshawa
Telford
J. K. Moffat
Finance Committee
W. J. Riddell
O. W. Relph
Orono Athletic
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