Silver Medal Contest Hosted by Orono Church
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union event at Orono United Church featured five boy contestants and piano pieces by Tai Ross Tamblyn. Jean Tamblyn and James Wilson won silver medals, with judges Mrs Hare and others praising the effort and offering thanks to organizers and judges from Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’ S Christian Temperance Union
Orono United Church
Carolyn Jones
Marilyn Cobbledid
Carol Wagg
Din Major
Jean
Tai Ross Tamblyn
Allan Heron
Brian Grey
Teddy Hills
James Wilson
Peter Green
Hare
Miss Ferguson
Walton
Marking Pulpwood With A Painful Paint Gun
A narrator recalls attempting to mark pulpwood with a paint gun, only to be sprayed by his failing equipment. He describes a cramped, uncomfortable process, paint splattering on his boot, and frustration at the tool's misfunction, ending with an awkward, cold shift into improvised workwear.
Benefit Banquet And Draw Sponsored By Orono Athletic
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association hosts a Benefit Banquet and Draw on Thursday evening December 6 at Oddfellow's Hall Orono. A 6 30 p m turkey dinner catered by the Orono Figure Skating Club accompanies a $100 grand prize elimination draw. Each family buying two banquet tickets receives a family seasons ticket for the Orono Arena and rink activities for 1956 57.
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Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Oddfellow’s
Orono
Athletic
Lars
Orono Arena
Local Nomination Meetings Set For Orono Friday
Two nomination meetings occur this Friday in Orono. At 1 p.m. in Township Hall nominations for Reeve Deputy Reeve and three Councillors plus Township School Area Trustees will be opened. At 7 p.m. in the Orono Municipal Building Community Room nominations for three Village Trustees will be held. Citizens may ask questions about Township and Village work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
J. T. Brown
Marl Walkey
Wartwell Lowery
Ernest Dent
Police Village
R. C. Forrester
H. M. Mercer
S. B. Rutherford
Interesting Film Showings at Orono Horticultural Meet
The Orono Horticultural Society hosts the first screening of Rambles of the Pacific at the Sunday School Auditorium, Orono United Church, Friday at 8:00 PM. Provincial Secretary John Clark of the Ontario Horticultural Society presents his Orient travels, with music lunch prizes and a 25 cent admission.
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Pacific
Oreno United Church
Orono Horticultural Society
John Clark
Ontario Horticultural Society
MacDonald Urges Farm–Labour Unity At Janetville Meeting
Donald C. MacDonald M P P Ontario CCF leader spoke at a Farm-Labour gathering at Fleetwood School House near Janetville, urging action for agricultural parity and criticizing Liberal Ottawa and Conservative Queen's Park spokesmen for offering false assurances. The address continued to page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. MacDonald
M.P.P
Ontario
CCF
Fleetwood
Janetville
Durham
MacDonald
Ottawa
Queen’s Park
Walter Harris
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Camouflaged Robotic Walker Cited in Bushes
Ed Youngman describes wandering through the bush in mid November and warns that anyone seeing a camouflaged figure should not shoot. He notes the surreal scene and signs off with his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Youngman
Bowmanville Combines Win Twice In Weekend Games
The Bowmanville Combines earned two wins over the past weekend to steady form after two losses. They beat Port Hope 6 to 1 with Dean West scoring three goals and Raye West and Chuck Armstrong assisting. Then Bowmanville edged Lakefield 3 to 2, forcing overtime after a 2 to 2 draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowmanville Crono
Combines edge Lakefield in tight hockey clash
Gerry Scott scored the overtime winner for the Combines after Don Mercer and Keith West added goals in a 6-5 Lakefield game setback in Peterborough. Dean West led scoring for the squad despite absent teammates Armstrong and Dean, while Don Mercer anchored the defense with steady point counts. The report also covers the Ninth Annual Banquet of the Durham County Cooperative Medical Services held in Orena with speeches by Ralph Staples and community notes on surplus funds and future doctor exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry Scott
Combines
Don Mercer
Keith West
Charles Armstrong
Dean West
Dean
Raye West
Surge
Lakefield
Bowmanville
Peterborough
Durham Couns Ty Co-operative Medical Services
Oddfellow’s
Orena
Kirby United Church
Gordon
Staples
Cavan
Harry L. Wade
Newcastle
Robert Moffat
Ralph L. Staples
Ottawa
Co-operative Union of Canada
J. Forbes Heyland
Lawrence Staples
Bethany
Allan Jibb
Baltimore
David Wilson
Nestleton
Harold Swain
Nesteton
Imore Scott
Campbellcroft
Myra Page
Barbara Stewart
Ida
Ralph Malcolm
Janet Ville
Herbert W. Scott
Grono
Ruth Wilson
le. Hall
Captain Brown
Salvation Army
Ralph Mal Colin
E. Scott
Co-operative Medical Services
Durham
Northumberland
Paul Meahan
Co-operative Union
Forbes Heyland
Kirby
Durham Hog Producers Back Open Market Plan
In Durham County southern hog producers meeting at Township Hall Orone, over one hundred members backed a resolution to place all hogs on the Open Market. President Charles McGinnis spoke on marketing benefits and the group pledged active support to boost open market hog sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham County
Orone
Hog Producers’ Association
Charles McGinnis
Ontario Hog Producer’s Co-operative
Merritt
McGinnis
Peterborough
Toronto
Ontario
Durham
Alll
Pas
Extending Boundaries for Orono Incorporation Considered
The Police Trustees propose enlarging the Orono Police Village boundaries to support growth, industrial and residential space, and align with school section 12. The move could affect Orono Public School attendance, funding, and fire and garbage services, with potential county tax refunds for an urbanized village.
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Orono
Township Home Destroyed In Late Sunday Fire
A Township home owned by Mr. Manson Patton was destroyed late Sunday afternoon with only charred remains left. The blaze started in the second story likely from a coal stove chimney. Mr. and Mrs. Patton were inside. first floor furniture, coal, wood and personal items were saved. The barn survived. Neighbors could not respond due to Mutual Aid bylaw restrictions and lack of local firefighting equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson Patton
Clarke Township
Orono
Newcastle
Bowmanville
Crone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jean Tamblyn
Russell Lavery
Port Hope
Redmen
Chuck Armstrong
Bobby Ward
Bowmanville Arena
Moffat
Stewart
Wade
Malcolm
Scott
Swain
Lennard McNeil
George Black
P.C
Pickering
Antioch
Clarke
Mrs. Patton
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