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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
2
Oshawa Mayor Gifford endorses a Board of Education campaign urging children to attend Sunday school. He argues citizens chase security through wealth and government, risking slowing progress if hope shifts from church to material life. He urges reliance on church and religion for security and a better hereafter.
Orono children and parents prepare for UNICEF Hallowe'en on Monday October 31. Children collect pennies and silver in UNICEF boxes to aid underprivileged youngsters, with boxes available at Orono Community Centre after 3 pm and due back by 9 pm.
Verna Dyer Wells died early Sunday October 9 at Port Hope Hospital after years of declining health. She had recently traveled to London Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury to visit friends and relatives. Born at Garden Hall Ontario she was granddaughter of James Dyer founder of the village. Survived by her husband Fred W Wells of Port Hope and by relatives including Dr. Walter T Dawson of Toronto. She was a gifted musician who composed songs and poems and sang in Presbyterian and Methodist choirs.
The Orono Police Trustees met Monday night with all members present to finalize a works program for Winter. The report mentions connections to Albert College Belleville and visits to Olive Caven widow of Rev P N Caven of London Ontario. Funeral for Mrs Caven was Tuesday October 11 at W C Ross Funeral Home with burial at Port Hope Union Cemetery.
After more than 25 years the Canada lynx has returned to the Lindsay Forest District. A female lynx was killed near Kinmount on October 10 and stored in the Lindsay District office. Sightings had been suspected since a September 11, 1960 report of a large cat near Furnace Falls. The lynx is a nocturnal forest dweller with large feet and a short tail. It feeds on snowshoe hare and small mammals and is a valuable furbearer when in season. City projects and hydro plans are discussed for Main Street and area lighting, with bids and bond financing noted.
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