First Step Towards Incorpor ation Now Underway
A joint Orono Police Trustees and Orono Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Orono Municipal Building discussed incorporation of the Village of Orono. Petition forms were distributed to sign by residents over 21 who are British subjects, with signatures witnessed by petition circulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Police Trustees
Orono Chamber of Commerce
Orono Municipal
Orono
Trustees
Chamber
Orono to Launch Four Teen Hockey Teams This Season
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association plans extended junior hockey at the Orono Arena with a four team league. Newcastle Millbrook and Kendal join in promoting junior squads, aiming to give more boys a chance to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Arena
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Orono
Orono Orphans
Newcastle
Millbrook
Kendal
Decision on Incorporation Discussed by Trustees and Chamber
The meeting considered incorporation with a municipal board petition requiring at least seventy five signatures. Local forms hold capacity for ninety names and aim to secure representative signatures from the wider area.
Population figures for Australian cities
Australia’s total population is about 9 427 000 with Sydney at 1 987 000 and Melbourne at 1 595 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
Ontario Teachers to Undergo Mandatory Chest X Rays
All teachers and school board staff in Northumberland and Durham counties must receive chest x-ray examinations by February 15, 1957 as part of a province wide health survey. The program, starting November 1, includes annual checks during community chest surveys and allows exemptions for those with recent prior x-rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northumberland
Durham Counties
Ontario
Durham
Department of Health
Cobourg General Hospital
Port Hope Hospital
Bowmanville Memorial Hospital
Wilfred Carruthers Tops Apple Results at Winter Fair
Wilfred D. Carruthers of Bowmanville dominated apple judging at the Royal Winter Fair over the weekend. He captured the Canadian Horticultural Council Diploma and the Niagara Brand Spray trophy for the best McIntosh exhibit, plus a sweepstake prize, seven firsts, four seconds and a third for Delicious Spyport McIntosh and Northern Spy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred D. Carruthers
Bowmanville
Canadian Horticultural Council
Niagara Brand Spray Company Ltd
Delicious
Spy Sport
McIntosh
Local Village Updates on Homes and Residents
Floyd Nicholson begins constructing a new house beside J C Tamblyn in the village north. Edgar Middleton is a patient at Bowmanville Hospital. The Forestry Tower water tank has been completed. Neta Patterson moved into Miss M Cornish's recently vacated apartment formerly held by Mr and Mrs A McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Nicholson
J. C. Tamblyn
Edgar Middleton
Bowmanville Hospital
Forestry Tower
Neta Patterson
Miss M. Cornish
A. McGill
Group to Form Four Team Hockey League in Area
A plan to create a four team hockey league across Newcastle Orono Kendal and Millbrook aims to boost local play for PeeWee Bantam and up to 21 year olds. A meeting within a week or two will represent all centres and set groundwork for a district league with a home town flavour and minimal municipal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Orono
Kendal
Millbrook
PeeWee
Bantam
Hickey
Bowmanville Orono Combines Open Season With Cobourg Losses
The Bowmanville Orono Combines opened their hockey season with back to back losses to the Cobourg Lumberkings. In Cobourg on Friday Cobourg won 6 4 with MacDougall shining and Summerville making key saves. Saturday at Bowmanville Cobourg won 4 2 as Ross Howe faced heavy pressure while Don Mercer and Charles Armstrong tallied for the Combines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowmanville Orono Combines
Combines
Bowmanville
Cobourg
MacDougall
Svith
Summerville
Fryia
Fisher
Ross Howe
Don Mercer
Charles Armstrong
Mercer
New County Building Delayed For November Meeting
The United Counties of Northumberland and Durham will not open their new Cobourg building for the county council session this month. The 1956 session will convene November 20 in the Cobourg town hall, with the next meeting likely in the new quarters on the outskirts. The age home issue may be re discussed. a plans dispute previously shelved the project. The current home operates near capacity and has fire marshal concerns. A banquet will conclude next week's session Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counties
Northumberland
Durham
County Council
Cobourg Town Hall
Cobourg
Port Hope
Northumberland- Durham. Bar Association
Orono Trustees award washroom contract to Harvey Partner
The Orono Police Trustees opened three bids for municipal building washrooms and awarded the $834.37 contract to Harvey Partner of Tyrone after rejecting a $810.00 bid due to health tank size. The work includes two basins two closets taps piping septic tank digging wiring and cistern connection. The trustees aim to finish before freeze-up. The article notes the 1867 Alaska purchase price from Russia as two cents per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counties Department of Health
Rutherford
Forrester
Harvey Partner
Tyrone
United States
Russia
Alaska
Remembrance Service Draws Crowds in Orono Village
A large parade and capacity crowd gathered at Orono United Church on Sunday November 11 for a Remembrance service. Canadian Legion Branch 178 Bowmanville Legion Ladies Auxiliary Ye Orono Air Cadets and ex service personnel led the ceremonies with wreaths prayers and anthems. Veterans heard district commander J W Broughton challenge to broaden peace efforts beyond war. HMCS St Laurent and HMCS Assiniboine naval ships noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono United Church
Canadian Legion
Branch 178
Legion Ladies’ Auxlliary
Bowmanville
Ye Orono Air Cadets
Bowmanville Legion
J. W. Broughton
Brighton
Legion
Oddfellows Hall
Tach
Twentieth Anniversary Held Of Ontario Federation Of Agriculture
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture marked its 20th annual meeting in Toronto November 5 to 8 with about 220 delegates and 200 guests. Discussions urged higher government support for Ontario Agricultural College research, parity income debate, enhanced marketing and co operatives, and a stronger federation structure. A resolution sought federal pipeline easement protections, and the group approved a larger budget and incorporation to improve representation and officer liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Toronto
Department of Economics
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario
Herbert Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Hannam
Canada
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Dayia Weil Moffat
Wesley, United Church
Doris Evelyn Jopling
Burritt Jopling
Lakefield
William Moffat
Ontario Municipal Board
Boards of Education
Marcus Antoninus
Wilfred Carruthers
Hampshire
Shropshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Ram
R. B. Glaspell
Hampshire Ewe
Lloyd Ayre
R B. Glaspell
T. C. Glaspell and Son
Gerry Scott
Dean
Keith West
Orono Police
J. Major
Arthur White
Fred Reed
Hampton
Jim Firth
The
Glenn Allin
Flander
City Street
John Kitchen
St. Laurent
Assiniboine
Federation of Agr
Lloyd Jasper
Meeling
Federal
Supreme Court
Walter Harris
King Street United Church
Oshawa
Oshowe
Woman's Association
Miltom J. Tamblyn
Oreno
A. A. Crowle
Clayton Tee
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