Youthful Orators Shine At Durham County Honors
A large crowd attended a Durham County Trustees and Ratepayers Association event in the town hall where eighteen contestants delivered varied subjects from Our Flag to Rubber manufacture. Margaret Bennett of Port Hope won the Toronto Durham Club Shield and will represent Durham County at the Brighton contest on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trustees and Ratepayers Association of
Durham County
Shea
Manvers
Gwen Brooks
Providence
Chamberlain
Stanley Lott
Clarke
Wilfrid Laurier
Bernice Hibbard
Cavan
Caterpillar
Jack Greer
Thelma ‘Ferguson
Cartwright
Wolfe
Stanley Hall
Pontypool
Marjorie McLaren
Crono
Marguerite Ash
Newcastle
Robert Sheffield
Nestleton
Our Ha
Jean Crossman
Haydon
Winlter Dameross
Margaret Bennett
Port Hope
George Roberts
Bowmanville
Ted Rogers
Rodger Radio
W. Wendt
Oshawa
J. Patterson
Arnold Jobb
Quinlan
Cobourg
M. A. Fertough
Toronto
Pom Hope
Brighton
Osborne
Dr. Williams
Toronto Durham Club
Williams
Pleads Guilty In Continental Fraud Case
Albert James Hubbell wanted by Oshawa police on false pretences was arrested in Portland Oregon with nurse Elizabeth Symes. He pleaded guilty in Oshawa to a false pretences charge and was remanded for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert James Hubbell
Oshawa
Portland
Oregon
Queen’s Park
Hubbell
A. J. Hubbell
Ebbs
Flanders Fields Poem Fragment Recalls World War I Dead
A damaged excerpt of the WWI poem Flanders Fields recalls soldiers fallen in battle. It reflects on the dead, the living, and a call to carry the torch of memory and duty.
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Flanders Fields
Ratepayers Of Orono Vote To Buy Orono Hydro Saturday
Henry Carson and son Herbert fell ill after eating arsenic-tainted gravy made with poison substituted for flour. They and their dog suffered effects. one man later summoned a doctor. The piece notes a vote on Orono hydro purchase by ratepayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carson
Herbert
Millbrook
Immigration Rise in Canada United States Leads Influx
Immigration to Canada rose 15.4 percent in the six months ending September 80th, with 10 704 entrants. The United States supplied 4 262 mainly returning Canadian born citizens, the United Kingdom and Ireland 2 210, northern European races 867, and other races 4 262. Ontario absorbed 4 256 newcomers.
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Canada
Department of Resources
United States
United Kingdom
Ireland
British Isles
Ontario
Local News Briefs Highlight New Openings and Purchases
Orone thrives as Stan Payme opens a lunch bar and Mrs. Chas Shaw starts an Onme-minuite lunch counter at the stand vacated by Ollie Cooper. A new barber shop is to open at the Kumrite Inn, and the Hydro has been purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Stan Payme
Chas. Shaw
Ollie Cooper
Kumrite Inn
Hydro
Readable ancient science and art notes from a museum record
Before lenses existed, round glass flasks with water helped read small type. Five thousand year old figurines show tattoo art on bodies. Lovers from all states sent to the New York World's Fair for a horticultural hall cornerstone. A gastproof chamber for pets was devised amid air raid concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soall
Horticultural Hall
Oshawa Nurse’s Vague Trip Recalled After Oregon Journey
Miss Elizabeth Symes, a nurse from Oshawa, returned home to Port Perry after a trip that began in Oshawa on September 19 and ended in Oregon. She recalls little of the voyage, says letters home were dictated by her companion Wubbell, and that some were never received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Symes
Ohawa
Port Perry
Portland
Oregon
Miss Symes
Oshawa
Wubbells
Fish in the Movies Promotes Canadian Fisheries
A travelling sound motion picture titled Food for Thought showcased the Canadian fishing industry to over 57 000 viewers in Western Canada from July 1987 to Sully 1938.Distributed across about 400 theatres, the film’s English and French editions reached additional audiences, highlighting fish as a valuable food source and supporting fishermen nationwide.
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Canada
Sully
Dominion
Northern Ontario unrest feared as Hepburn proposes reserve force
Provincial police warn of possible disorders in Northern Ontario sections this winter. Premier Hepburn suggests mustering an emergency squad of 50 reserve constables for training at armouries. Prime Minister says he had men ready to fly to Port Arthur if needed after jobless disturbances. Attorney-General notes two week initial training, possibly longer, with training near his farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
Port Arthur
Noted Education Effort With Film in Theatre Car
The department and the Canadian Forestry Association operated the theatre car for educational purposes. The car showed a film, distributed departmental cookery booklets to women, and handed out pamphlets on Dominion fisheries resources to pupils and teachers.
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Canadian Forestry Association
Dominion
Orono votes to buy hydro system by wide margin
A town poll in Orono shows 132 for and 16 against purchasing the hydro system to keep profits at home and lower bills. A second ballot on buying power from the Ontario Hydro Commission passes 135 to 13, with two spoiled ballots. The system will operate under the Orono Hydro Commission, after earlier results in January 1985 favored purchase 90 to 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Hydro
Ontario Hydro Commission
Hydro-Mectric Power Commission of Ontario
Crono
Tas
Orono Hydro Commission
Fowl Supper Draws Large Crowd at Park Street United Church
Rain did not dampen attendance as Park Street United Church basement hosted a goose dinner drawing about four hundred people. Rev Littlewood welcomed guests before hymns, a piano duet by Jim Powers and Enid Cobbledick, a vocal quartet, and an address by Mrs Evelyn Bateman World Traveller of Oshawa closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street United Church
Mirs. R. ‘Smith
A. A. Drummond
Colin Taylor
Reg. Sutton
Evelyn Bateman
Oshawa
Kendal Lodge 405 Hosts Grand Master Visit
Kendal L O L No 405 entertained Grand Master of Ontario Hast with a banquet after the initiation of a new member. Members from Orono Elizabethville Newcastle Lindsay attended. Toasts honored the Grand Lodge of Ontario Hast and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendal Lodge No. 405
Kendal L
Ontario
Percy ‘Chase Jed
Littlewood
Orono
Bro
I. Wannan
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. A. Campbell
Owen D. Friend
Timmins
J. J. Hubbell
Oshawa Motor Sales
Gordon Conant
Ontario County
Mr. Conant
Symes
John On
Meo
Orane
Armistice Service
Midland Regimental
Canadian Legion
J. J. Mellor
Rev. S. Littlewood
Dorothy Rowe Lynch
akRraerae
Orono Hydro
Niagara Falls
Hlubbell
Osh
Sland
Jaw
Dominson Department of Fish
J. Stewart
Biro
Fred Couch
Newceastle
Neill Porter
Bro. Stewart
Bro. Chase
Bro. Bowen
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