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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1956
Page
1
Orono community readies for a busy Saturday with attractions at the fair and the Commercial Course proving popular at Orono High School. Enrolment at Orono Public School opens with 133 students, including 33 new ninth graders at Orono High School and shifts in staff.
The Orono Bloomfield playdown sees Bloomfield tie the series at 1-1 after two games. Game one in Bloomfield: Armstrong triple, Wests and Shetler key hits, Arm strong 3B and HR. Crono and Bloomfield traded blows with seven innings of scoring. Game two in Orono: Bloomfield edges 9 4 as errors mount for Orono. Crono errors and key hits keep Bloomfield ahead. Crono’s pitcher West struggles while Miller for Bloomfield secures the victory.
F A Lashley announces that Hon. W A Goodfellow will open the International Plowing Match at Brooklin on October 9. Judges will attend a refresher course September 10 to standardize judging as part of a week of events October 9 to 12 at Ricci farm Halton County. Deadline for exhibit space is September 1 and entries in plowing classes close September 28.
The Canaraska River Conservation Authority met at Port Hope Town Hall to discuss future schemes. Members approved continuing the Ganaraska Forest and Sylvan Glen projects for 1957 1961 with existing municipal grants, while reports on irrigation and other works remain pending.
The Globe and Mail reports Roy Halvorson of Duluth Minnesota has switched to exporting small Christmas trees to Ontario. He offers three foot trees with a special treatment to delay decay and suggests expanding this method into Canada. Critics question ethics while acknowledging business savvy.
The Orono Fair opens Saturday September 8 with harness races on a top eastern Ontario track. Carriage horses sheep swine poultry cattle and a Black and White breed show headline the livestock. Needlecraft domestic science fruit grain vegetables and flowers plus school exhibits fill the drill shed. The Orono Hydro Fiftieth Anniversary film series and a parade led by the Orono Band Air Cadets and the Boys Training School Bugle Band accompany the events.
Ontario Field Crops Branch warns Water Hemlock a highly poisonous native weed found across the province. Description covers growth, hollow stems, white flower clusters, tuberous roots, and severe risks to cattle and humans. Pasture checks in spring urged. remove plants before livestock access. Also mentions a Township Hall Dramatic Contest with four entries and one act comedies. Curtain 8 15 p.m.
Orono baseball eliminated Bloomfield in the OBA playdowns to take the series lead. The 11 to 7 win came after both teams totaled fourteen hits with Crone delivering a quality opening inning. Keith Westo earned the decision with four strikeouts.
Mr and Mrs Reginald Sutton marked 25 years of marriage at Odd Fellows Hall joining about 150 friends and relatives. Frances Elford and Reginald Sutton Jr. wed on August 19 1981 in Toronto. The couple's Ontario ties include their daughter Joyce and grandson David in Port Perry.
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