District Public Speaking Contest Won By McClure Student
The Brighton event drew fourteen contestants from multiple counties for top honours in public speaking. Sharon McDonald of Sidney won the Northumberland Challenge with Stratford festival themes, Pauline Gibson of Picton took the W. G. Fraser Trophy, and Priscilla Healy of McClure earned the H. N. Carr Trophy.
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McClure
Brighton
Pauline Hodgetts
Port Hope
Larry Thimpson
Bowhmanville
Durham County
Durham
Orono
Sharon McDonald
Sidney
Pauline Gibson
Picton
Priscilla Healy
A. A. Kemp
Castleton
B.C.T. R.A
W. G. Fraser
Queen Elizabeth School
H. N. Carr
SS 7
Sharon. McDonald
Northumberland
Abraham
Lincoln
United Nations
William Giovetti
Madoc
R. J Ross
Local Farmers On Winners List At Royal Winter Fair
Durham County rose prominently at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto with winners across farm produce and stock. J W Boyd and Sons of Orono earned grain honors, while Bow manville orchardist Wilfred D Carruthers won the sweepstake for the best single box of apples, a Northern Spy display.
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Durham County
Toronto
J. W. Boyd
Public Relations Theme Of Speaker At Newcastle Lions
Newcastle Lions heard Chas. Watson vice president of Public Relations for O Keefe Brewing Company speak on the value of good public relations in business. He urged genuine appreciation of customers and warned against poor relations harming growth and noted airline PR failures as costly examples.
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Newcastle
Newcastle Lions
Chas. Watson
O'Keefe Brewing Company
Watson
Iness
Mr. Watson
Trans Canada Airlines
People of Canada
Community Leader Herbert Long Dies in Vermillion
Herbert Percy Long a Vermillion resident since 1907 died Monday evening November 7 in Vermillion Hospital. He served as town and school secretary from 1910 to 1941 and remained active despite illness. Born June 5 1884 in Orono Ontario he was 72. Funeral Thursday November 10 at 1 30 p.m. at the United church with Vermillion Cemetery interment.
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Vermillion
Herbert Percy Long
Vermillion Hospital
Mr. Long
Orono
Ont
Royal Arch Masons
Vermillion Lodge
Jack Morgan
Calgary
Nell Long
Will
California
United ‘Church
Vermillion Cemetery
C. W. MacKay
Twelve Children Attend Tennant Re Union
A family re union was held in the Orono Oddfellow s Hall on Friday evening November 18. Arthur Tennant family members gathered for a turkey dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Carman Tennant of Telkwa British Columbia visiting the community. The event included twelve children with spouses and most of twenty four grandchildren. The evening concluded with dancing and socializing.
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Orono
W C T U Orono Honors 70th Anniversary Meeting
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Orono held a November 15 meeting at Mrs. J. Lycett’s home. Devotional readings, prayers, and a clip sheet on Gambling and Lotteries were shared. The group closed with hymns and Mizpah Benediction as it marks its 70th anniversary.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Federation Pot Luck Supper Dec 1 at Newcastle Community Hall
The Durham County Federation of Agriculture invites all federation members and county farmers to a pot luck supper on Thursday December 1 at 6 30 PM in the Newcastle Community Hall. Attendees bring pooled dishes. tea coffee and dishes provided. Guest speaker Hon J A Garrell, assistant deputy minister of agriculture for Ontario, will speak and federation reports will be heard.
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Durham County Federation of Agriculture
Newcastle
Federation
J. A. Garrell
Ontario
Orono Orphans Take Third in League With Port Perry Triumph
The Orono Orphans defeated Port Hope Redmen eight to three in Port Perry. Keith West Dean West and Junior West led scoring with five second period goals. Cobourg Lumbermen then beat Crone Orphans five to three in Port Perry, as Crono's fone tally went to Irv Welsh.
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Orono Orphans
Port Hope
Redmen
Port Perry
Downey and Clark
Dean West
Keith West
Charles Armstrong
Fred Mortimer
Junior West
Fred Cowle
Orono
Orone
Harris
McKeen
Crone
Serge
Cobourg Lumbermen
Lumbermen
Dave Casey
Kenny Medhurst
Alex McKeen
Cobourg
Crono
Irv
Welsh
Orphans
Ken Wilcox
Dean
Rave West
Jon Fisher
Mrs John Kitchen Guest Speaker At Evening Auxiliary
The Evening Auxiliary of the W M S met in the Sunday School Auditorium with forty present. Mrs Kitchen spoke on her trip to Norway including Oslo Bergen and Manhattan, sharing visits to United Nations, Statue of Liberty, and memories as superintendent nurse. Nominating committee named 1956 officers. meeting closed with Mizpah Benediction and a social hour.
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Mrs
John Kitchen
W.M.S
Health Unit Sets Infant Limits At Whyte Home Bowmanville
Northumberland and Durham Health Unit writes Mrs Whyte of Bowmanville restricting infant intake at her seven year boarding home for twenty nine children under the Maternity Boarding Houses Act. Limits specify four infants for southwest nursery, four for northwest nursery, four for other northwest, and six for the dining room nursery with basement sleeping barred. Mrs Whyte cares for children six months to fourteen years, and regulations claim she cannot care for children over three.
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Tone
Quinte District Cattle Breeding Association
Belleville
Durham
Chicago
Rosate Preceptor
George R. McLaughlin
Oshawa
Boyd Ayre
Hampton
T. C. Glaspell
Cotswold
Northumberland and Durham
Whyte
Bowmanville
Orono Club to Host Second Cash Bingo Tonight
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association holds its second cash bingo at Odd Fellows Hall Orono. Proceeds support promotion of minor sports in the village.
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Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Oddfellow’s
Orono
Nominations Placed For Clarke Township Orono Village Friday
Nominations open Friday November 25 for Clarke Township and Orono Village offices. Voters may nominate for Reeve, Deputy Reeve, and three Councillors in the Township with an election set for December 5 if needed. Three township school trustees are also nominated.
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Clarke
Orono
Orono Municipal
Orono Hydro
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Eileen Billings
Verna Hooey
Christian Citizenship and ‘Temperance - Con
Edith Sherwin
God
Alice Cobbledick
Barbara
Carimsini
Joe Barlow
Kathleen Chapman
Oslo
Mrs. Kitchen
Billy Graham
Alma Cattell
Korea
Hilda Tamblyn
Mary Tamblyn
Counties Health Unit
Whytes
Northwest Nursery
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