Orono County Final Speeches Entertaining Night
Eleven contestants in the Durham County Trustees and Ratepayers public speaking final at Orono United Church wowed a capacity crowd. Pauline Hodgetts of Port Hope won with Pioneer ing in Port Hope. Larry Thompson of Bowmanville was runner up with Ships.
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Durham County Trustees
Orono
Durham County Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association
Durham County
Pauline Hugetts
Port Hope
Larry Thompson
Bowmanville
Fred Bowen
Pauline Hodgetts
Hodgetts
Durham
Russell Osborne
Bowmanville Lions Club
Port Hope Lions Club
Clarence Allin
Durham County” Trustees’ and Ratepayers ’ Association
Wilma Jakeman
Bethany
Judy Drielsma
Canton
Island
West Indies
Janet Ross
Donald Winslow
Ida
Dianne Bigelow
Red Cross
Monica Schlingensiepen
Marilyn Mitchell
Douglas Stainton
Tyrone
R. C. Mey
Bernard Ingham
Millbrook
Scout Paper Drive Set For Saturday November 19
The Orone Boy Scouts will hold their regular paper drive this Saturday November 19. Residents should bundle tie and place paper along the curb for early pickup. Paper value has risen to 13.00 a ton from 9.00, with proceeds supporting scouting in the village.
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Orone
Christmas Trees for Orono Youth Groups Sale
Trees donated by John and William Armstrong will be sold by the Orono Girl Guides C G I T and Boy Scouts. Proceeds from the $2 trees go to all three groups with delivery to homes on Saturday December 10th. Orders taken at the Orono Hydro office or by phone in the afternoons.
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Orono
Messrs
John and
William Armstrong
Orono Girl Guides
Boy Scouts
Orono Hydro
Newcastle Plans Centennial Celebration for 1956
A centennial committee in Newcastle passed a motion to invite Vincent Massey to speak at the official opening on June 29 1956. The program spans June 29 to July 2 with sports parades dances and church service. J C Porter of the Bank of Commerce was named treasurer.
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Vincent Massey
Canada
Newcastle
Council Chamber
Massey
Powassan Lions Club
Rondearnettes
Trenton
J. H. Jose
P. H. Hare
J. C. Porter
Bank of Commerce
Eee
Prominent Orono businessman Cecil McLaren dies at 54
Cecil Steven McLaren a longtime Orono resident and lumber and coal businessman died suddenly at his home on Saturday November 12 1955 in his 55th year. He was born in Chapleau Ontario in 1900 and moved to Orono in 193? He was an elder of the Orono United Church and a former Grand Master of the Orono Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife Dora Mooney two sons Arthur and Donald a daughter Marjorie and two grandchildren. Funeral held November 14 at Orono United Church with interment in Orono Cemetery.
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Orono
Cecil Steven McLaren
McLaren
Chapteau
Ontario
Archibald McLaren
Mr. McLaren
Canadian Pacific Railway
Frant
Dora Mooney
Arthur
Donald
Lloyd Ewing
Marjorie
Toronto
C.G. Clark
Long Beach
California
Linda
Donald McLaren
Orono United Church
John Kitchen
Orono Amateur Athletic Association Hosts Thanksgiving Bingo
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association sponsors a St Cash Bingo on Thursday evening November 24 at Oddfellows Hall. Prizes start at five dollars for the first game with twenty regular games plus special games. Proceeds fund wine and summer sports for village children.
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Orono Amateur Athletic Sociation
Oddfellow
High School And Businessmen Battle At Municipal Building
The basketball game returns tonight November 18 at seven o clock at the Municipal Building. Spectators pay admission and the crowd is expected to pack the venue as the High School All Stars meet the Orono Businessmen following a close 35 to 3 game last Friday.
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Orono
Secon
County Law Association Plans New Offices Victory
At its Cobourg meeting on November 14 during the Supreme Court non jury sittings the Northumberland and Durham Law Association elected officers Erdman Frieses of Port Hope was unanimously named President. Re-elected were Harry Deyman Q C of Cobourg Vice President and Alan Strike of Bowman to another post.
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Cobourg
Supreme Court
Northumberland and Durham Law Association
Erdman Frieses
Port Hope
Harry Deyman Q.C
Alan Strike
Bowman
Long Family Obituary Notice in Vermilion Alberta
Mr. Percy Long of Vermilion Alberta died Monday November 7 at Monten Hospital after years as a clerk in Vermilion. Survived by wife and one married daughter. Funeral at Orone Cemetery. The notice lists several local officials and directors connected to Hastings Port Hope and area. A committee was formed to study an amplifying system for county rooms.
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Webster
Jordan
Port Hope
Percy Long
Monten Hospital
Vermilion
Alberta
Pere
Longs
Perc
Fraser Little
Oron Rolph
Orone
Monument Found East of Cobourg Traces 1792 Survey
A cut stone monument dating to 1791 1792 was uncovered three miles east of Cobourg by a survey party led by A C Winslow CO LS. The slab marks the southwest corner of Lot 35 Concession Six Haldimand Township and may have survived cedar swamp burial in the area. Local historians say it is surprising the relic wasn t ploughed or reused.
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Cobourg
A. C. Winslow
Co.l.s
Bud Smith
Charles Leonard
Canada Land Company
Haldimand
P.L.S. Roach
Brookside
Kingston
Concession
Township of
Winslow
O.S.S
Chippewa
Ontario
Double ring wedding at St. Simon's Toronto
Dorothy Mary Devine and Henry Christopher Leamen wed at St. Simon's Church Toronto on November 12 with Canon Moulton officiating. The ceremony featured Pois de Sois gowns, veiled bridesmaids, and a reception for around 100 at Casa Loma before a trip to Washington and Virginia.
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St. Simon’s Church
Toronto
Canon Moulton
Dorothy Mary Devine
Conservatory
Casa Loma
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Durham County Tops Stock Judging Team at Royal Winter Fair
The Durham county stock judging team won the Jeffrey Bull Memorial trophy for the fifth year in a row with 2700 points. Members Clifford Bristow Kenneth Buttery and Ronald Brooks led from Port Hope, Bowmanville. coach E A Summers praises coaching. Kenneth Buttery earned the Royal Winter Fair gold medal EH Stonehouse Memorial trophy and F K Morrow scholarship along with a Dairy Cattle team trophy in the Ontario Veterinary association challenge.
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Durham County
Jeffrey Bull
Durham
Ontario
Clifford Bristow
Port Hops
Kenneth Buttery
Ronald Brooks
E. A. Summers
EH. H. Stonehouse
F. K. Morrow
Ontario Veterinary Association
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Orono Boy Scouts
Orono Masonic Lodge
Orono Businessmen
Newcastle Lions Club
Manson Mooney
Keith Mooney Sr
Allen Mooney
Wallace Mooney
Lester Thornton
Harry Clarke
Walford
Thessalon
Sudbury
Prescott
Ajax
Orono Athletic
County Law Association
Forme
Orewe Bay
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