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Durhdm Plowing MatchMeetsSuccessThe Durham and Northumberland Plowing Match held on Wednesday, October 7th, 1959 at the Herman Schmid Farm, Newcastle, was judged by Winfred Timbers of Stouffville and in spite of difficult weather all activities were carried out.Results were:• Horse Plowing—1. Will Allin . Esso Champion McGregor donation; 2. Howard Allin — Toms store donation.Tractor 10 inch plows—1. Gordon Bradfield, Peterborough; 2. Frank Tinney—Esso Champion and Lunns donation.Tractor 12 inch plows--1. Don Rudd—Morton Goods specials; 2. Bruce Eagleson — Landers donation; 3. Walter Orde, Peterborough, Tractor Mounted Plows—1. Glen Allin — Rolph Hardware Special; 2. Robert Allin Durham Co-op Special; 3. Stan Allin — Landeaster Tractor seatdom have matches been staged with better soil conditions. Local ladies served meals to the plowmen and conducted a booth. The shower in , the afternoon slowed the activities j arid Secretary Ralph C. Banbury of j Brighton did not finish the records j until dark. President Don Budd j thanked the local people, the plow- j men and the judge for their eo- j operation in staging the match. j District Director Howard Henry; encouraged the Esso champions and; other winners to go on to the In-. ternational Match which begins on October 13th in Wentworth County near Dundas.'Round /EXTENSIVE WORK ON TAUNTON ROADJuniors 18 - 21 — 1. James Cry-derman — Brown, Case donation; 2. Dennis Moran, Brighton High School; 3, Barry Flindall, Brighton High School.17 and under — 1. Paul Macklin —- A. H, Sturrock Sons - .Esso; 2. David Cryderman —- Cowan Oil donation.The Eaton trophy for “Best plowed land by competitor past 14 but not 18” and Simpson Sear donation for best work by a beginner were both won by Paul Macklin of Cobourg who did a ramarkably good job for a boy in his first attempt. The High School team was won by James and David Cryderman for Bowmanville with the Brighton High School in reserve. Will Allin, Chairman of the local committee is to be congratulated on the arrangement. The land was ideal and selTo cope with an ever increasing volume of traffic several alterations 1 are being made in the road system of the United Counties of North-; umberland and Durham. These al-i terations are part of a big con- j struction program now under way. ;One of the major projects, is the reconstruction work now being done on the five miles of road running from Hampton to the Village of Taunton on the boundary of Ontario and Durham counties.The work will be completed next spring according to George Totten, counties road engineer.Next spring in May or June we will get the permanent pavement on Road No. 1 has been a county road since the system was set up in 1918, but when reconstruction is completed it will be, in the words of Mr. Totten, “the highest stand-
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Orono Weekly Times
Orono, Ontario, CA
Thu, Oct 15, 1959
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