Orono Fair Opens With New Features and Two Day Run
The Orono Fair expands to a two day event starting Friday afternoon with a larger midway and enhanced farm machinery displays. Highlights include Twilight racing with wagering, band music, MacDonald Farm exhibits, and a festival of seven one act plays. Four thousand free passes will be issued to schoolchildren.
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Durham Central Agricultural Society
Cas U Commercial
Orone Chamber of Commerce
MacDonald’s
Jack Reid
Orono
Orono Junior Girls Win Two Straight in Softball Playoffs
Orono junior girls eliminated Newcastle junior girls with two straight wins. The first game in Orono Monday ended 18 17 with Sharon Will the winning pitcher and Cheryl Coop as a key hitter. Orono advances to face Port Hope, regarded as the league’s strongest team so far this season.
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Orono
Newcastle
Port Hope
Sonce
Sharon Willis
Cheryl Coop
Bowmanville Girls Take 2-1 Edge in Playdown Series
Bowmanville girls softball moved 2 games to 1 ahead of Orono after winning the last two games this week. Orono opened with a victory, but Bowmanville dominated the subsequent contests, the latest played Monday night in Bowmanville.
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Bowmanville
Rono Girls
Orono
Newcastle Team Roars to 22-8 Win
Sharon Willis led the night with Crono in a decisive 22-8 victory in Newcastle. Peggy Hancock Janice Mc Mackin Troy Taggart Barbara Keast and Aaron Willis supplied the offense for Crono.
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Newcastle
Sharon Willis
Peggy Hancock
Jankice McMackin
Troy Taggart
Barabara Keast
Aaron Willis
Crono
Morrisburg Lawyer R H Armstrong Dies Suddenl y
Raymond Herbert Armstrong a Morrisburg lawyer died after a heart attack at his Park Drive home. He suffered a second attack Sunday morning August 23 in his 55th year. Survived by wife Leone Davey and several siblings, he was active in local government and clubs. Funeral and burial were in Orono.
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Morrisburg
Raymond Herbert Armstrong
Park Drive
Orono
T. Wilson
Kirs. HE. Grady
Josephine
Cape Cod
Mass
Armstrong
Leone Davey
Orons
Victoria College
University of Toronto
Osgoode Hall
Excelsior Lodge
R.F
A.M
St. John’s
Royal Arch Masons of
Pays Tribute to R H Armstrong
The Morrisburg Leader editor pays a tribute to the late Raymond H. Armstrong B A who died suddenly on Sunday. Armstrong contributed his encouragement and constructive help to many local projects and organizations in Morrisburg and surrounding areas.
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Raymond H. Armstrong
Morrisburg
Leone
Orono Pee Wees Win First O B A Playoff Game
Orono Pee Wees beat Campbellville 3 1 at Orono Park to take a 1 0 lead in the best of three. Ralph Kennedy led with a triple a double and a single, driving in a run as Wayne Miller and Grant Yeo added hits. Campbellville managed two hits and one run as nine Orono strikeouts opposed eleven for the Pee Wees. The second game moves to Campbellville with Bantams and Pee Wees set for more playoff action.
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Ontario
Orono Pee Wees
Orono Park
Campbellville
Charles Reid
Orono
Campbell
Ralph Kennedy
Wayne Miller
Grant Yeo
Terry Graham
Ralph
Hamilton
Bantams
Pee Wees
Hail Storm Ravages Tobacco Crops in Kendal Area
A fifteen minute hailstorm last Wednesday damaged tobacco crops across Kendal and surrounding Durham and Northumberland. Estimates place losses at 450000 dollars with Kendal hardest hit where stalks remain after leaves are stripped. 35 of 120 farms claim damage with some 40 to 100 percent losses. insurance evaluators are completing assessments.
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Kendal
Durham
Northumberland
Foster
Roy Foster
Orono
Castleton
Orono Prepares for Drama Festival at Fair Grounds
The 1959 Angal Festival of One-Act plays runs Sept 11 to 13 at Orono with seven entries from Orono Peterborough and Oshawa judged by James Dean of Toronto. Acts include The Lovely Miracle by Orono Players and other works by Knox Theatre Peterborough St Albans Peterborough Oshawa Little Theatre All Saints Drama Group and Peterborough Community Theatre. Awards include best actress actor and director with cash prizes for all entrants.
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James Dean
Toronto
Peterborough
Oshawa
Orono
Durham Central Agricultural Society
E. H. Sarmier
Madeline Tooley
Roma Glanville
Gladys Aslett
Peter Loucks
Edna MacDonald
Ted Saruel
Harry Chapman
Thorton Players
Russell Flutter
Knox Theatre Group
Rise and Shine
St. Albans Players
Police Trustees Discuss Land Transfers
Orono Police Trustees met August 24 with Ruther ford as chair in Forrester absence. Clarke Township acted on the Trustees request and a submission to the Ontario Water Resources Commission seeks a municipal water supply for Orono. Mercer urged sidewalk garbage pickup in suitable containers and a published notice. Rutherford to present a proposed list of Recreational Committee officers.
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Orono
Rutherford
S. C. Forrester
Clarke
Ontario Water Resources Commission
H. M. Mercer
S. B. Rutherford
Newcastle Woman Drowns in Lake Ontario
Eva Mae Burford a 46 year old Newcastle widow drowned while swimming alone in six to eight feet of water on Lake Ontario last Thursday night. Harry Worrall of Newtonville found her body about 20 to 30 feet offshore and three Newcastle swimmers failed to revive her. Durham county coroner Dr C J Austin and Ontario police from Bowmanville investigated. The body was taken to Morris funeral home Bowmanville. She is survived by five daughters Alberta Calvert Omemee Barbara Black Orono Grace Ridder Peterborough Jacqueline and one son Winston Peterborough.
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Eva Mae Burford
Newcastle
Lake Ontario
Harry Worral
Newtonville
R. C. Wagar
George Chard
Ken Coates
Durham
C.J. Austin
Bowmanville
Morris Funeral Home
Burford
Theodore Calvert
Alberta
Omemee
Robert Black
Barbara
Orono
Paul Ridder
Grace
Peterborough
Don Henry
Lakefield
Jacqueline
Winston
New Teachers Join Orono Schools for 1960 Term
Orono Public and High School welcome new staff as enrolment rises at the High School to 135 students from 115 last September. New principal E Witherspoon replaces W Watt. he will teach P E Geography and science. Several new teachers join, including Miss Jill Barber and Miss Pauline Seguin, with expanded grades nine offerings and new courses in typing and music.
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Orono
Orono High School
E. Witherspoon
W. Watt
Bancroft High School
Witherspoon
Victoria College Univerity of
Toronto
Bowmanville High School
Department of Education
Orono School
S. B. Rutherford
John Ford
Wanda Hobbs
Jill Barber
Toronto University
Barber
Ontario College of Education
Pauline Seguin
Plantagenet
Ontario
Ottawa University
Seguin
Bowmanville
Orono Municipal
Orono Bantams Rally Past Campbellville Behind No-Hit Pitching
Terry Carleton pitched the Orono Bantams to a 6-0 victory over Campbellville in the OBA playdowns. He struck out sixteen and allowed four walks, delivering a standout no hit no run pitching performance at Orono Park. Crono collected six hits with John Glenney adding two, while Capefield players contributed in the rally that produced all six runs.
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Terry Carleton
Orono Bantams
Campbellville Bantams
O.B.A
Orono
Campbellville
Terry
Crono
John Glenney
Larry Miller
Craig Hind
Grant Greenwood
Presentation Honors Mr and Mrs Watt of Orono
Members of the Orono Chamber of Commerce hosted a cor n roast for Mr Warren Watt and Mrs Dorothy Watt on August 21 at the Acres restaurant grounds west of Orono. Fifteen couples attended as R C Forrester praised Warren’s four years in Orono for leadership in education and citizenship.
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Orone Chamber * Commerce
Warren W. Watt
Orono
Donald Staples
R. C. Forrester
Watts
Warren
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Orono Fair
Down
Janice McMackin
R. H. Armstrong
Grenville Dundas Liberal Association
Hydro
R.H Armstrong
Terry Carelton
Paul Mercer
Mrs. W. Watt
Mr. D. Staples
Dorothy
Bancroft
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