Orono Apple Blossom Tour Promoted by Chamber of Commerce
The Orono Chamber of Commerce announces a Sunday May 29 Apple Blossom tour through the district ending near Newcastle after a forty mile route from Lamb's Road on Highway 2. The event includes marked yellow routes, slide shows at Orono Tree Nursery, a Curryply Wood Products bus tour, and viewings at Orono Park and Ganaraska Forests with picnics and a world famous track visit north of Lestard.
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The
Orono Chamber of Commerce
Bowmanville
Lamb’s Road
Orone Tree Nursery
Mosport
Ganaraska
Orono
Curryply Wood Products
Lestard
Tower Hill
Kendal
Newtonville
Newcastle
Negotiations Underway For Orono Post Office Site
Orono Police Trustees met to hear Department of Public Works plans for a new Post Office on K Lycett property at Church and Centre, with a two foot setback approved after inspector notes. A Northumberland Durham Health Unit report on Sewage disposal is awaited and a pump out tank will be used due to limited land. Trustees also reviewed parking by law, garbage contracts, and library funding, plus village planning and a dump cleanup.
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Department of Public Works
Orono
K. Lycett
Northumberland-Durham Health Unit
Church Street
Centre Street
R. C. Honey
Church
Orene Police
A. Post
Pos
Arnott
Princess Street
W. Stapleton
Jennie Richardson
Orone
Leslie McGee
Clarke
Clarke Township
Counties Health Unit
Woodyard
Tottem and Sims
Mill
Main Street
Doug Simpson
M. Gilbart
Orono Police
Bob Miller
Sec
Kite Flying at Orono Fair Draws Crowds and Prizes
At Orono Fair grounds Monday evening kite flying drew interest across ages from preschoolers to adults. Light wind let skilled fliers launch quickly as up to six kites roamed with long strings. prizes donated by Mr. Charles Armstrong went to Steven West, Tommy MacDonald, Elaine Schmid, and Blake Vanden Heuvel.
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Chas. Armstrong
Steven West
Tommy MacDonald
Elaine Schmid
Blake Vanden Heuvel
Township Delegates To Meet In Library Seminar
Clarke council appointed Megers J Stone L Perrault and L Lowery as delegates to Cobourg for a Lake Ontario Regional Library Cooperative meeting on June 1 to promote a County Library system for Northumberland and Durham counties. The plan aims to expand book access via libraries and bookmobiles. Council sent a Building Inspector letter about a new Orono Post Office to the OronoPol
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Township of Clarke
Cobourg
Lake Ontario
Northumberland
Durham
Megers
J. Stone
L. Perrault
L. Lowery
H. R. Best
Orono
Orono Pol
Orono Fireworks Draw Record Crowd at Fair Grounds
Large attendance marked the annual Orono fireworks display at the Orono Fair grounds on Monday night May 23. Sponsored by the Orono Chamber of Commerce the gates yielded 171 dollars while fireworks cost 200 dollars. Children enjoyed kite flying and the colorful explosive show staged by the Orono Firefighters.
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Orono Fairgrounds
Mondy
Orono
Orono Discusses Education Changes At Church Meeting
Orono men gathered at United Church as Pub lic School Inspector Mr C A Holmes spoke on education. He noted a decade of change and centralization, praised township and county boards, and described moves to bridge elementary and secondary levels with standard tests and reading seminars.
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Orono
Orono United Church
A Holmes
Holmes
Darlington
Durham High School
Clarke
Newcastle
Money Return Bequest To Orono Library From Renwick Lore
The late Lena R Renwick left more than 18000 to the Orono Public Library Board with a stipulation that the money be known as a return to the country of its origin Ontario Canada. The note traces her lineage to Scots settlers from Dumfriesshire and outlines Renwick Corners now Dean's Corners. The Crono Public Library plans a memorial plaque honoring her wish and continues her ties to Canadiana.
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Lena R. Renwick
Orono Public Library Board
Province of
Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Lena Rachel Renwick
Edna Isabel Renwick
Herbert W. Renwick
Sybil Lockhart Renwick
John Renwick
Herbert Renwick
Dumfrieshire
Scotland
Renwick
Miss Renwick
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Yonkers
N.Y
Army Nurse Corps
Army of Occupation
France
Germany
Veterans' Administration
Hines Hospital
Maywood
Illinois
Veterans Hospital
Palo Alto
Calif
Redlands
California
Orono
Corres
Crono Public Library Board
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Orono Park
Ganaraska Forests
Orono Hydio
Robert George Robinson
W. Robinson
Queen’s University
Robinson
Teachers’ College
Toronto
Mr. Holmes
Rosebank Farm
Norton
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