Donald MacDonald Speaks At CCF Convention In Orono
Donald MacDonald leader of the Ontario CCF spoke at the Durham CCF Convention in Orono on Friday evening last week declaring the CCP was the only party giving constant opposition. He praised the CCF's social legislation and warned Conservatives over price parity issues in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald MacDonald
CCF
Orono
Ontario
Durham
C.C.F
C.C.P
Woodsworth
Free World
North America
MacDonald
Ottawa
Queen’s Park
Butt
Saskatchewan
Jonh Diefenbaker
Windsor
Diefenbaker
Three Orono Brownies to Receive Golden Hand Badges
A Brownie meeting led by Susie Major included semaphore drills and a rehearsal of The Brownie Story for a June performance. Thirteen to seventeen Brownies will attend a weekend camp at the Hooey cottage. Three Brownies earn Golden Hand Badges and many pursue Golden Ladder badges as tests progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Major
A. L. Hooey
Orono
Mac Donalds Describes Tory Policy as Political Tranquil
A quoted remark from Mr. Mac Donalds characterizes Tory agricultural policy, likening it to Liberal plans as a period of political tranquillity. The note indicates continuation on page 2.
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Mr. MacDonalds
Bestee
Six Orono Girls Graduate At C.G.L.T Graduation Service
Six Orono girls completed three years in the Canadian Girls in Training at Orono United Church. Doreen Alldread Anne Best Elizabeth Reid Marilyn Quantrill Shirley Vage and Norah Wood received certificates while Mr James Rickaby addressed the group. The Newcastle Junior Choir led singing and two anthems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono United Church
Doreen Alldread
Anne Best
Elizabeth Reid
Marilyn Quantrill
Shirley Vage
Norah Wood
Newcastle
Norman Williams
W.A
Barbara Keast and Neil Hooey Win Silver Medal Contest
The Silver Medal Contest under the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held at Orono United Church Sunday School Auditorium on May 10. Barbara Keast and Neil Hooey won, with jury praise for all contestants. other winners included poster contest participants Patsy Jones, Dianne Gilbart, Douglas Barraball, Mary Jane Found, and Carol Todd from 37 posters.
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Barbara Keast
Neil Hooey
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Orono United Church
Hare
Werry
Munroe
Newcastle
Longtime Moose Jaw Farmer Richard Stewart Dies at 68
Richard Hector Stewart of 528 Ominica St E Moose Jaw Saskatchewan died suddenly May 1 at his Hodgeville farm. He helped on the farm since 1907 retired 1949 then moved to Moose Jaw. He leaves wife Mrs H Stewart daughter Mary Mrs Owen Telfer son Noble sister Mrs J W Ball five grandchildren and three brothers. Funeral at Jones Funeral Parlours Moose Jaw with interment Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named C Deobald S C Chamberlin L Plowman Wm Hanley T Askew Robt Couzens.
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Richard Hector Stewart
Ominica St. E
Moose Jaw
Sask
Hodgeville
Stewart
Oreno
Ont
Henrietta Batten
H. Stewart
Mary
Owen Telfer
Noble
J. W. Ball
London
Robert
Orono
Edward
Kelstern
Cecil
New Westminster
B.C
Rev
R. Morris
Jones
Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
Messrs. C. Deobald
S. C. Chaimberlin
L. Plowman
Wm. Hanley
T. Askew
Robt. Couzens
Orono Baseball Club Sets May 20 Bowermanville Start
Orono Senior Baseball Club schedules opening action in Bowermanville on May 20 at 10 30 am with bowmanville as the opponent. First Orone game follows May 22 at 6 20 pm. PeeWee players hold Saturday workouts under coach E Graham with over twenty boys participating. Bantams train for the Minor Lakeshore league, six other teams, under the Orono Amateur Athletic Association sponsorship.
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Orono
Bowmanville
Orone
Orone PeeWee
E. Graham
Orono Bantams
Fire damages E Taylor home. Orono fire brigade aids
Sunday afternoon a fire damaged the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Taylor in the village south area. The blaze started in a front room likely a Chesterfield chair and spread along an inner wall but was quickly controlled with minimal water. Neighbors alerted the Orono Fire Department and rain aided the response.
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Earl Taylor
Orono
Burgess
Taylor
Burges
Orone W. A. To Hold A Strawberry Festival
The May meeting of the Woman's Association chaired by Mrs. J. Kitchen discussed delaying the strawberry festival to a later date and noted a bank balance of $281.05. Reports from officers highlighted correspondence and attendance at duties with talks on forgiveness homemaking and Christian home essentials. Twenty members attended with lunch and social time afterward.
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Woman’s Association
J. Kitchen
W.A
Billings
H. Allin
M. J. Tamblyn
Hoar
J. C. Tamblyn
Watt
Thirteen Children Baptised At Mother's Day Service
Mother's Day service at Orono United Church drew a full house with thirteen baptisms. The service featured a large choir and a duet titled A Blessed Day of Motherhood, plus a sermon on the Home as the basic institution of character and national security. The baptized children included Steven Harold Allen, Karen Leila Ball, Cheryl Lee Cornish, Ellen Marie Heard, Thomas Martyn MacDonald, Lynn Doreen Lowery, David Wayne Phasey, Catherine Faye Stevens, William Ernest Spry, Janice Elaine Vage, Teresa Anne West, Susie Marie West, and Donald Keith Wood.
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Orono United Church
Mesdames Carson
Rickaby
John Kitchen
Isiah
Hezekiah
Steven Harold Allen
Douglas A. Allen
Karen Leila Ball
Leyland Ball
Cheryl Lee Cornish
Myr
Carman Cornish
Ellen Marie Heard
Harold Alan Heard
Thomas’ Martyn MacDonald
K. W. MacDonald
Lynn Doreen Lowery
Gordon Hartwell Lowery
David Wayne Phasey
David Phasey
Catherine Faye Stevens
D. Stevens
William Ernest Spry
Earl B. Spry
Janice Elaine Vage
F. C. Va
Ernest Dent Named CCF Candidate for Durham Election
Ernest Dent, manager of the Orono Hydro-Electric Commission, was unanimously chosen at the Durham County CCF Convention in Orono on May 10 as the party’s candidate. Four nominations were received. Dent faced no opposition and pledged to advance CCF goals such as unemployment insurance, old age pensions, family allowances, a national health plan, and a new national labour code. He urged support for the CCF to fulfill ideals of social justice and world peace through humane policies.
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Ernest Dent
Orono
Roy Armstrong
Otto Brage
Lucas Nichols
Dent
CCF
Toronto
Woodsworth
W. L. Mackenzie King
M. J. Coldwell
Marilyn Armstrong
OCF
O.C.F
Ottawa
C.C.F
Regina
Ais
Balog Dat
World Food Bank
U.S.A
Canada
New Bowmanville Post Office Opens May 27
Bowmanville will formally open its new post office on Monday May 27 at 2 PM with Hon Robert Winters Federal Public Works Minister attending from Ottawa. The modern building on Church and Temperance Streets includes a customs office and will replace the existing post office, which will become a public library.
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Bowmanville
Robert. Winters
Ottawa
Oshawa
Church and Temperance Sts
Bowmanville Orono Combine Hockey Club Banquet May 23
Bowmanville Orono Combine Hockey Club plans a May 23 banquet at Oddfellow's Hall to close the 1956 57 season with about 150 attendees. A turkey dinner is served by Kirby United Church ladies, with a Ontario Hockey Association speaker and a post dinner dance. Lakeshore Hockey Trophy and Most Valuable Player Award will be presented. Tickets on sale from Mr Hesper Dean.
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Bowmanville Orono Combine
Orono Oddfellow’s
Kirby United Church
Ontario Hockey Association
Lakeshore Hockey
Combine Club
Lakefield
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C.g.lt
Clarence Penfound
C.g.lt. Work
Lydia Kitchen
Barbara Carman
James Rickaby
Catherine Lynch
Mrs. Payne
Craig Hind
Paul Mercer
Ronald Best
Peter Green
Cornelius Green
Charles Reid
Marilyn Cobbledick
Ronald Gay
Ross Tamblyn
Stella Carson
A J. M. Barrie
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
E. Taylor
Orone W. A
Towen
J. M. James
B.o.c.’S
Oddfellow’s Hall
Hesper Dean
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