Mill Road Restoration Moves Forward In Clarke Township
Clarke Township Council on November 7 discussed restoring Mill Road after spring flood damage. Lands and Forests may cover up to two thirds if pond is cleaned and fill used. dam work to start with bulldozers. Street lighting for Newtonville delayed. fox bounty begins November 1 at three dollars per pelt.
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Clarke Township
Department of Lands and Forests
Hale-Staple_ ton
Newtonville
Wilmot Creek
Leskard
Davey
Oddfellows’ Lodge
Orono
Jeeve Lowery
John M. James
M.P
Kenneth Hill
Clarke Union School
Forestry
Linten
John Armstrong
J. Patton’s
Armsitrong
Stapleton-Hale
Clarke
Millson Bridge Tender Approved By Clarke Township Council
Clarke Township accepts Farrow and Scarrow bid of 4485 for Millson Bridge within budget. Province subsidy covers eighty percent. township cost about 1400. Work to start late November. bridge larger to ease Main Street access by hotel corner.
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Clarke Township
Millson
Farrow
Scarrow
Province of
Ontario
Copenhagen Conference Tour Delegates Across Danish Countryside
The Copenhagen conference closes with a day tour for hundreds of women from Christiansborg. Buses tour the Danish Riviera en route to Elsinore Castle, once a fortress and now a museum, with Shakespearean ties and a 1584 chapel.
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Copenhagen
J. R. Futcher
Denmark
Christiansborg
Clarke Township Speaking Contest Held At Orono
Contestants from Clarke Township Schools competed in the Durham County Trustees and Rate Payers Association event held at the Township Hall. Winners were Joan Reid first and Laurie Stapleton second. they advance to Mill Brook for semi finals on November 8.
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Durham County Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association
Clarke Township
Bnt
Jean Bullock
Clarke Union School
Joan Reid
Crooked Creek S. S
Barbara Annn Atdread
Lakeshore
Ruth Ritchie
No. 9
Laurie Stapleton
Newtonville
Millbrook
Russell Osborne
Patsy Reid
Helen
Gerald Hallowell
Madeline Cowan
Miss Gray
Bertha Cain
Howard Walsh
Orono
Boys’ Training School
Bowmanville
Bride Entertained At Trousseau Tea
Stittsville Ontario October 27 1950 Mrs J Clifford Bradley entertained a trousseau tea for her daughter Miss Barbara Bradley whose marriage to Donald G McGee of Orono Ontario takes place this Saturday Guests included Mrs McGee the guest of honor and hostesses in navy crepe and teal blue gowns table decorated with white chrysanthemums mauve and yellow tapers. Attending at the tea table were several ladies including Mrs A L Gidodal Mrs W D Louch Mrs Ted Fowler and others with the trousseau and gift rooms run by Miss Norma Bradley Miss Frances Wall Miss Elizabeth Robier and Miss Mileen Bradley.
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Trinity United Church
Bowmanville
Marion Betty Hayward
Percy Hayward
Ernest Raye West
Albert E. West
Orono
S. Henderson
G. Harle
Ross Metcalife
Wallace Griffin
Grace Hayward
Junior West
Dean West
Carl Flintoff
Sroom
Ontario
Will Yesiide
Stittsville
Ont
J. Clifford Bradley
Trousseau Tela
Barbara Bradley
Donald G. McGee
G. Leslie McGee
Ottawa
McGee
A. L. Gidodal
W. D. Louch
Ted Fowler
Bruce Findlay
Donald Johannsen
John Dawson
Wimberly
Borden Bradley
Robert Jeffersion
Trousseau
Norma Bradley
Frances Wall
Elizabeth Robier
Mileen Bradley
Orone Orphans Car Draw At Oshawa Arena
Local Junior O H A entries have sold tickets for a 1950 Chevrolet two door sedan. The draw will be held at the Oshawa Arena after a months long fundraising drive by the Orone Orphans group.
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Orone Orphans
O.H.A
Oshawa Arena
Mrs Colin Smith Dies After Long Illness in Bowmanville
Mrs Colin Smith of Darlington passed away after a lengthy illness at Bowmanville hospital on October 12. Born October 8, 1908 in Bowmanville, she taught at Pape Avenue Public School and was active in St Pauls Church and Riverdale Presbyterian Church. She married Colin Smith on June 29, 1939 and left two children, Rosemary and Neil. Funeral services were held October 14 at Morris Funeral Chapel with Rev A E Eustace officiating.
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Bowmanville
Colin Smith
Mars
John N. Laurie
High
Riverdale Presbyterian Church
Fairview Farm
Concession 5
Darlington
Rosemary
Neil
Morris Funeral
A. E. Eustace
Oromo United Church
Semi-final Results Of Durham Speaking Contests
Public Speaking semis held Friday in Blackstock and Millbrook. Top five from each site qualified for the November 10 finals at Bowmenville and Boys Training School. Ten finalists awarded silver cups. school winners earn crests.
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Durham
Blackstock
Millbrook
C. R. Carvelth
Newcastle
Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association
W. H. Jordan
Port Hope
Brenda Wakeley
Laurie Stapleton
Newtonville
Diana Scott
S.S. No
Hope
Helen Ingram
Bernard Brinklow
S. S
Bowmanville
Orono Oddfellows Service Club Financial Statement 1949 50
The Orono Oddfellows Service Club reports receipts from dances draws and donations totaling 1 054 34 with expenditures of 1 100 82 for the period ending Sept 1950. A December 15 1950 rally at Township Hall Orono will feature a dance and draw with sixteen prizes. The club thanks supporters and notes plans linked to ice carnival activities and a hockey challenge game with Western Ontario teams.
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Orono Oddfellows’ Service Club
Service Club
Orono
Exaganza
Orono Pancy Skating Club
Western Ontario
Orono Band Announces Friday Evening Concert
Orono band to stage a concert at Cyrone Township Hall this Friday November 10 featuring Southwell and Sousa marches and works like New Dawn Montebello Teddy Bear's Picnic. Hircock Trio will be outside performers with master of ceremonies Mr B Tyrrell guiding the 8 15 start followed by a dance with Roy Plorrester's Orchestra. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children with dance tickets at 56 cents.
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Cyrone Township
Southwell
Sousa
Orono
Hircock
B. Tyrrell Willl
Roy Plorrester
Ccurts
Autumn Rally of Oshawa Presbyterial WMS Held at Maple Grove
The Eastern Section of the Oshawa Presbyterial Women’s Missionary Society held an autumn rally on October 26 at Maple Grove United Church. Mrs. Elton Werry presided. Miss Susan Smyth of Toronto spoke. delegates discussed growth goals and mission work, and a Latvian refugee weaving example highlighted communion of service.
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Oshawa
G. C. Pirie
A. A. Drummond
Crono
Mission Band
M. H. Staples
Newcastle
Susan Smyth
Toronto
Miss Smyth
Canada
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Mill Road
Millson Bridge
Main Street
Mill Street
Elsimore Castle
Frederick NT
Sweden
Hayward
Bride
Mrs
Sam
John Berry
Max Smith
Archie McDonald
James Colville
Kyle Squair
Orono Oddfellows’ Service Club Financial Statement
Ovilil, Lou
Techacsenen
Orono Community Nursing
Heather Rebek
Orono Red Cross Sanssenees
Winnipeg Relief Fund
Orono Band
Orono United Church
Eqceeteseepe
Jan Ach Ebme Dee
Kendal
W.L
Roy Mercer
N. Kennedy
Jack Swarbrick
F. Stoker
Orono W. I
Royal York Hotel
F.W
Associated Country Women of the World
Westminster Abbey
Kopac
T. L. Kennedy
R. Vaudelet
W.M.S
Hoeping
Trinity
Wmrs
Clare Alfin Nilss
Marian Bellman
Howard Jeffery
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