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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
2
Readers commend Kendal park officials for a well kept ball diamond and neat grounds. The facilities impress visitors and the overall park is hailed as a showpiece reflecting credit on Kendal and its municipality.
Ontario Municipal Board cancelled the October 8 hearing on the Restrictive Area By law in Clarke Township. Objections remain and the Board is expected to schedule a combined hearing for the original by law and amendments after township by law changes. Citizens will have opportunity to voice concerns.
Orono Police Trustees and Clarke Township Council clash over who will tender a road upgrade. The Ontario Municipal Board approved a $108,000 Township plan three years ago, but lack of agreement risks higher bids and possible cancellation. The engineer warns tendering could erase savings and delay the project.
Barley: 1st Leslie Smith Port Perry. 2nd Larmer Bros Nestleton. 3rd Harold Swain Nestleton. 4th Ceresmore Farms Bowmanville. Oats: 1st W Yellowlees Enniskillen. 2nd Murray Yellowlees Enniskillen. 3rd Smith. Hybrid Corn: Don Staples Pier Sikma Ivison Tamblyn. Sheaf of Wheat and Oats: John Cruickshank. Mixed Hay 1st cut: E Gilbank Wm Tamblyn C Tamblyn W Piersma. Best Barley exhibit: Sturrock and Sons. 1st L Smith. Best Oats exhibit: Sturrock. Murray Yellowlees. Unpasteurized Standard Whole Milk: F Jose Pier Sikma Carlos Tamblyn.
Port Hope reader defends Ontario hospital deductible policy in effect since July 7 1967. He describes personal bills from Toronto surgery totaling 125 with 50 deductible and 50 60 charged for semi private care, noting 80 percent insurance coverage and demands receipts from Western Hospital. He urges editors to update on Ontario’s supposedly free medical care and cites local Port Hope Hospital charges of 62 this year.
The Orono Fair lists prize winners by grade and category including essays notebooks scrapbooks maps posters and photography. Winners include Tommy Lowery Diane Boyd Mary Allin Linda Copping and many others across grades 1 to 8 with multiple entries in Scrapbooks Notebooks and Poster categories.
The Orono fair showcased girls and boys crafts including necklaces, embroidered items, spools art, and tin can artworks. Livestock results crowned Grand Champion Bull and Female with numerous placings across Cheviots, Herefords, and Shorthorns, with awards from multiple farms and regional breeders.
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