Water Plans Nearing Completion In Orono
Final plans for the Orono water system drafted by Marshall Macklin Monaghan. Engineers conduct final checks. soil tests to determine site for 150000 gallon stand pipes. A Friday meeting with engineers Ontario Water Resources Commission and Orono Police Trustees will decide land purchases and tendering for well and mains development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan
Engineers
Ontario Water Resources Commission
Orono Police Trustes
Orono Couples Club Hosts Autumn Corn Roast
The Orono Couples Club held its annual corn roast at Newcastle Beach on Saturday evening October 10. Seven couples attended despite cool winds as a high bank sheltered the crowd and a bonfire roasted corn. Hot dogs coffee and marshmallows were served. Don and Jeanne Staples won the scavenger hunt prize a box of chocolates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Newcastle Beach
Don
Jeanne Staples
Province Approves Clarke Township Centennial Plan
Port Hope and Clarke Township grants under the Centennial Grants Programme have been approved by Ontario and sent to Ottawa for Centennial Commission approval. Port Hope plans a Fire Hall project costing about 78 000 with funding split 61 776 Port Hope, 8 112 Ontario, 8 112 Canada. Clarke plans park lands at about 11 847 with funding 3 949 Clarke, 3 949 Ontario, 3 949 Canada.
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Alex Carruthers
P. Durham
Port Hope
Clarke Townships
Ontario
Ottawa
Centennial Commission
Province of
Canada
Clarke
Government of
Orono Athletic Posts $490 Year End Surplus
The Orono Amateur Athletic Association held its annual meeting in the Orono Municipal Building with twelve attendees. Treasurer Dean West outlined a $490 balance and a $30 expected refund from leagues. Reappointed officers included President Robert Hazelden, Vice-President Douglas Allen, and Secretary Horace Best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono Amateur Athletic Association
Orono Municipal
Dean West
Robert Hazelden
Association
Douglas Allen
Horace Best
Ronald Black
Lloyd Taylor
Gordon Lowery
Bruce Tennant
Jack Moffat
Glenn Tennant
Matt Snelders
Marvin Lunn
Tim Cox
Laverne Boyd
Gerald Robinson
Charles Armstrong
Earl Taylor
Canadian Club speaker and township by law changes detailed
Dr J J Green of Litton Systems Canada addressed Bowmanville and local council outlined a by law setting road standards for subdivisions. The plan requires 66 foot minimum width, drainage, cross sections and soil removal, with pit run gravel surface plus dust lay and a $2000 per mile bond. Council also discussed municipal parking rules near Mosport and approval of a Vocational Wing at Courtice High School. Tenders for Newtonville sidewalk were reviewed and revisions to the restricted area by law were authorized for planning board consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Township
Tho Fee
Mosport
Courtice High School
Newtonville
Harnden & King
Cobourg
W. B. Bennett
John Stone
Robert Chater
A. M. Johnston
Warkworth
Lakeshore
Leskard
Jack Reid Injured in Mohawk Raceway Three Horse Spill
Harness driver Jack Reid was injured in a three horse spill at Mohawk Raceway last Friday evening. Reid, a Milton General Hospital patient, suffered a broken nose and facial cuts after surgery earlier this week. Fellow driver Hugh Stewart Jr. sustained a fractured left arm and a dislocated shoulder.
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Jack Reid
Mohawk Raceway
Reid
Milton General Hospital
Hugh Stewart Jr
Sharp Gain
Stewart
Meadowview Champ
John Milliman
Death of Robert H Ard in Bowmanville Rites Held
Robert H Ard died at Memorial Hospital Bowmanville on October 6 1964 aged 76. He was born in Clarke township and married Elsie Burgess in 1914. He farmed and threshing in Clarke until ill health led him to Kibby. Survived by wife Jane Elsie Burgess two daughters Gladys and Kathleen, two sons James, one sister and ten grandchildren. Funeral from Barlow Orono October 8 conducted by Rev Basil Long. Interment Orono Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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Robert H. Ard
Memorial Hospital
Bowmanville
Hugh Ard
Mary Ann Cooper
Clarke Township
Elsie Burgess
Mr. Ard
Kibby
Kendal L.O.L
Jane Elsie Burgess
Gladys
Lawrence Greenwood
Kendal
Kathleen
Ray Bryson
James
R.R. North Orono
Margaret
Charles Rutherford
Barlow Funeral Home
Orono
Basil Long
Messrs
Ken Henderson
Lawrence Harris
Archie Lunn
Erna Bryson
John Stone
Charlie Cooper
Fires Struck Two Crono Homes During Fire Prevention Week
During Fire Prevention Week October 4 to 10 Crono recorded two fires. The first occurred at Partner's Plumbing and Heating on Monday. The second started in the Mill Street home of Mr and Mrs Cecil Tebble on Friday afternoon due to faulty flue pipes from a coal and wood stove. Fire smouldered inside the wall before detection. Firefighters cut a section of exterior wall to reach and extinguish the blaze.
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Crono
Partner
Cecil Tebble
Mill Street
Tebble Frame
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athletic
Hazelden
Athletic Association
H. Best
United Church
Orone Athletic Association
Barlow
Summer Park
Leslie Stephenson
R .Odec
J. J. Green
M.B.E
Research Position Systems (Canada) Limited
The
London University
Imperial
National Research Council
Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
Litton Systems (Canada) Limited
Robert Hugh Ard
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