Orono to Stage a Donnybrook Fair
The Parsonage Committee of the Woman's Association of Park St Church plans a Donnybrook Fair on Saturday June 24 to raise funds for parsonage repairs and the Building Fund. Volunteers are urged to donate valuables and appear in the forthcoming canvass week of June 5, with a Country Store and assorted home goods, livestock, and crafts to be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Association of
Park St. Church
Donnybrook
Circuit
Crono, Kirby and Leskard
Huge Supplies Sent To Winnipeg Flood Area
Red Cross branches across Ontario have collected more than 17 000 items including boots socks gloves and other gear for Winnipeg flood fighters. Supplies are flown as space allows to Winnipeg relief headquarters with ongoing urgent need for waders gloves thermos bottles flashlights and batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Red Cross
Ontario
Red Cross Relief
Canadian Seed Potatoes to Uruguay Market Totals Revealed
Uruguay remains a steady market for Canadian certified seed potatoes with about 120000 crates of Katahdin and 40000 crates of Pontiac expected this year. Purchases, matching last year, aim to boost domestic production and cut imports of table potatoes. Sold through the Official Seed Distribution Service on a public tender basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruguay
Yeacord
Northumberland-Durham Health Unit reports per capita cost
The fourth annual report shows a total expenditure of 70 700.34 for the two counties with a cash per capita of 1.21. The unit covers 1353 square miles and serves a population of 58 430. The report notes a balance from the prior year and a provincial grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Northumberland - Durham
Times Office
Grassland Day Demonstrations Promote Soil Caring Crops
Ontario Crops Branch hosts Grassland Day events across provinces to show grassland crop harvesting methods and low costs. Demonstrations of hay pasture plots weed spraying irrigation and forage equipment run all day with noon meals. women invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Wesley Magwood
Hanover
Grey County Crop Improvement Association
Bruce Peninsula
Ontario
Orono Figure Skating Club Forms New Season Team
Orono Figure Skating Club held its annual meeting May 22 at Orange Hall with few new ladies present. The treasurer reported a strong outlook despite a poor season as the new officers and committee members were elected and urged parental and member support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Figure Skating Club
Orange Hall
Jon
Wm. Armstrong
Ken. Gamsby
Lawrence
Contributions To Park Street Church Building Fund
List of donors and amounts acknowledge payments to the Park Street Church building fund. Several names appear with varied contributions from $5 to $50, totaling $15,174.60 with additional omitted entries showing further gifts and memorials.
New Sidewalk Program Underway In The Village
Orono Police Trustees began this year’s sidewalk program with a north side walk on Centre Street linking properties of Robert Sherwin and Tom Lewis. A south side path along Princess Street is planned toward the west, facing Mc Gee and J. D. Brown properties. An east side walk on Church Street South aims to connect Wm Hoar to Ahra Cuttell property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Police
Centre Street
Robert Sherwin
Tom Lewis
Princess Street
Church Street South
Wm_ Hoar
Ontario
Beautifying Grounds At Orono Township Hall
Mr. Wm. Watson, caretaker of the Orono Township Hall, has planted flower beds on the south and west sides and trimmed the west shrubs to create a picturesque setting. The basement kitchen area is being plastered and prepared with putty, with no partition on the east end to aid banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reid
Orono Township
Wm. Watson
Orono
Poultry Range Innovation at Dominion Farm Brings Forage Growth
Chicks with access to clean range yield profitable eggs and meat with lower feed costs. Dominion Experimental Farm Brandon reports alfalfa sown at twelve pounds per acre provides early spring growth and long lasting forage. A three year rotation keeps range free from disease and parasites, allowing two years between chicken crops and rapid recovery after droughts.
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Dominion
Brandon
Clarke Home And School Club May Meeting
The Clarke Union Home and School Club met on Friday evening May 12 with President E Rainey presiding. Social convener McClure led, devotional was given by Mrs Cooke, and a prayer followed. A junior trio and Lorraine Cooke performed, plus solos and readings by local residents. Inspector Carlton spoke on The New School Books and School Area. Lunch and social time concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Union Home and School Club
E. Rainey
McClure
Cooke
Jane McClure
Lorraine Cooke
Cameron
Leskard
Raymond Chapman
Robert Chater
Inspector Carlton
Three Forest Fires Reported in the Trent District
Over the weekend three forest fires were reported in the Trent District. The largest fire covered about 50 acres in Cardiff Township Haliburton County before being controlled. Another fire in Chandos Township Peterborough County reached 15 acres, and a third in Hindon Township was in a remote area with area burned estimated around three weeks.
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Cardiff Township
Haliburton County
Chandos Township
Peterborough County
Hindon Township
Beef And Dairy Calf Club Organized By Jr. Farmers
Agricultural Representative Ed Summers organized the Beef Calf Club and the Dairy Calf Club with help from Arthur G. Bennett. Dairy officers are President J Earle Brown, vice president Ron Brooks, secretary Gerald Brown. Beef officers are President Sam Turner, vice president Clifford Bristow, secretary Keith Stapleton. Members from Bowmanville Oshawa Port Hope Campbellcroft Millbrook Bethany etc attend.
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Jr. Farmers
Ed. Summers
Arthur G. Bennett
Ontario Agricultural College
Dairy Calf Club
J. Earle Brown
Ron Brooks
Gerald Brown
Beef Calf Club
Sam Turner
Clifford Bristow
Keith Stapleton
The
Gordon T. Wilson
Garden
Kenneth Tink
Walter Tink
Ts Brookes
Jimmy Coombes
Bowmanville
Ronald K. Bickle
Oshawa
Merrill Brown
J- Hare Brown
Newcastle
Donald Shemvin
Oveno
Don Muir
Courtice
Noel Chant
Burketon
Allin Osborne
Port Hope
Douglas Cruikshank
Hampton
Gerda Craig
Shirlie Cryderman
Douglas Hall
Millbrook
Carl Finney
Bethany
Francis Quantrill
Campbellcroft
Sunday Rally Addresses On Sabbath Observance And Alcohol
The 54th annual Ontario and Durham W C T U convention drew speakers from the Dominion board and local units. Mrs W R Lang spoke on Sabbath observance and modern science’s view of alcoholic beverages, noting liquor’s social harm and urging abstinence alongside church work. The Oshawa union staged the Awakening of Mrs. ones, with prayers, music, and officer installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Lang
Dominion Board
W.M.L
Newcastle United Church
Ontario
Durham
W. C.T.U
African Violet Expert Draws Orono Women's Institute Crowd
About seventy five ladies attended the Orono Women's Institute meeting on May 19 with Mrs. Copeland of Port Credit discussing African Violets. She demonstrated easy home culturing, soil mix with charcoal, light needs, watering, pest care, and plant display sales to be showcased in Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Women’s Institute
Copeland
Port Credit
O. W. Rolph
W. Robinson
Ed. Dean
M. H. Staples
Londonderry
Ed. Millson
W. I
Guelph
Orono “Women’s Institute
Millson
Sayer
Associated County Women of the World
Work Begins On Newcastle Cold Storage Plant
Construction of the Cold Storage Plant at Newcastle is progressing rapidly at the C P station. Mrs W H Cooke turned the first sod to mark the start. Martello Bros. perform excavation while Dickie Construction Co. handles building work.
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Newcastle
C.P R
W.H. Cooke
Martello Bros
Dickie Construction Co
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Donnybrook Fair
Oxford County
George de Montmorency
Highway 19
Woodstock
G. E. Shepherd
Kingston
Northern
New Liskeard
Niagara Peninsula
L. Bruce Muhlenbacher
Ontario Crop Improvement Association
Mahlenbacher
Cayuga
Haldimand
Park St
W. H. Adams
Tor- Tvg
Clarence Woodley
Ty- Wome
Ethlyn Rowe
Almeda ‘Couch
New Caste
Adele Morton
Tor- Otto
Dick Morton
Port
Dorne
Clarke
Trent District
Cassidy
Summers
W.C.T.U
God
Homorary
Mins.on Alison
Clayton Lee
L BH. Milde
H.W .Qua Witvil
D. A. Henley
BH. G. Willes
L.D.B
Charles Langield
R. E. Morton
Philip of
Babylon
H. G. Willes
E. A. Henley
Oshawa Union
Henley
Willes
W.I
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