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ra weüo mum Vo I. 2. No. 17. ORONO, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1958. Subscription, $ 1.25 Per Year Orono Park, Children At Music Fete Evoke Praise From Judge At Close Of Football Saturday, 6.45, Solina-Clarke U. .‘Lengthy Program Presented On Second Dayâ€"Closes With Concert The second day, Wednesday, Hay 11 til, of the Dui’inim County Music Festival tat Trinity United Church, - Bowmanville, was featured by solo pentormanlces with entrants ranging from five years old to the aduit class tes: Insminieirtal competitions were ,opened with piano, orchestra and harm.mica being heard, â- Duets, trios, quartettes and choirs .were heard in the vocal field with the soloists. The first group was starred at 10 o’clock in 'the morning, with the evening numbers- running .(past midnight. Gwendolyn Brooks- of Providence S-ehbol, rural route, took first plaice in the solo class for girls 11 years of age and under, with Dorothy Quin ney, also iof Providence 'School, plac- ing second. Both girls were taught â- by Mrs. Donald Ilobb, and secured 85 and 84 marks. Eleanor John-s-ton, of Bow-roan ville, ranked third with 88 marks. In the class for boys nine years old and under, Grant Brooks, Prov- idence iSdlioot, took first place with 82 marks with Armand Hollingsworth. Orono, (placing second with 81 marks. Boss Metcalfe, Boxvnianville rural, ranked third with 80. Arline Xorlhc.ott, Rowmanvilte, placed first in the solo class for girls 15 years old and under, with Jean Malcolm, Nestl-eton, second with 83. Ruth Hutchinson, Bowmanville, was1 |fl:ie,-d third with 82 points. At the evening session,, Mary and Irene White placed1 first in the pub- lic-school duet finals. They are from Providence, and were awarded 84 . points, George Roberts and Jimmie Southey, of Bowriiaii ville, were sec- ond with 88 poirnts. Trinity United Clmreh Orchestra placed second in the orchestra class with 18 points. Tn rhe mezzo soprano group Marion Dudley, Bowman ville, placed first with 82,; Ruth James, Bowmiiirvilte, was second with 81, and Helen- Fo-s- ter, Cainpbell'crofr. third with 80. Btawinamvilte Home and school choir, directed by Miss Helen- Morris, •took first in that Section- with 80 marks, while Howard White and Or- ville Osborne, Bowmanville, were second! in male duet Competition with 78. Two entries were heard: in, the har- monica hand section, with West- mount School, Osbawa, placing sec- mid with, 7,5 and the Boys’ Training School, B-owmianyille, third with 72. Harmony Qimartette, Peterlboro, was second in the mixed quartette section with 75 - points. Members were Miss Peggy Edmunds, Violet Taylor, Griffin- Young and Irwin Luther. Tn _ the ladies’ duet, Misses Lillian Hooking and Audrey Thompson, .Port Hope, took first, with 80 points, and mesdames -George Pritchard and Vivian- Argue, Bowmanville. second, with 79. William, Fulford, Port Hope, .was second in the baritone solo dlais-s with 78, -with Stanley Sharpe. Ida, third with 76. In the ladies’ challenge solo-, Miss Roberta Low; Port Hope, placed first with 82; Elsie Wallace, Xewtmiville. second with <0. and Mrs. Florin Rob- erts, "BowmanvilTo third1 with 79. Bt. John’» Church, Male Quartette, Peteifeoro-, placed first in that! section with members inidlluding Victor Oole- . rnla-n-, Griffin Young, Irwin Luther land Leslie Dyer. Throughout; Thursday’s contest high marks -were Secured by cOiPest- ants in all departments, with 30 class- es’, being beard during the day. Vocal and înistrumentiaT numbers were in- cluded with contestants' of all ages' taking part. The prize winner- were : Piano, 9 years and under, Oofllette Ferguson, Bowmanville,-. 76; M ary Fagan, Bow- mianville, 75. Piano, 11. years and: under, Gwendolyn Brooks, Brovi- 0. A. Music Festival i>.. Game -dar-liei season tion of the fish. . Taylor, Deputy Minister of and Fisheries, maintained that opening of the rrniykilou-ge would not endanger conserva i County and District News Wa’kinshaxv, of the Ontario Federation of Anglers, bad (protested the k- igthiMiing of the season, but lyior said that there would be no interference with the -pawning He pointed out that in Mani- o.d Quebec and i:n most of the -ring states, the ’lunge season far in advance of Ontario. season tolba, a meighb -qpeiiec The:season opens this year June 20. deuce, 77 ; Eleanor John-s-toir, Bow main-vide, 76; Violin, 11 years and un dter, IruÅ" I.nnsbcriy, Bowmanville, 80; Carl Boe, Bowmanville, 76; Don- ald W lin, 13 ji-rsmi. Xaylo'i dlfrain, Bowmanville, 75. Vio- years and under, Donald An Bowmanville, 80; Isabelle . Bowinauiville, 77. Piano, 13 years find under, Arnold Baxter, Port Hope, 78; rural Hope, 80. Mixc Sam 0 open, ( 80; Jean .Malcolm. Xestleton, i’etty Otebtonie, Bowmanville toute, 75, and Hen ry Huycke, Port Hope, 75; Violin, 16 years and under, Harold iSch 11 evert, Bowman- ville, 80.;. Leslie Darch. Bowmanville, 8; Keith Chute, Port Hope, 77. Ac- companiment, Jean Campbell, Ncw- tonivilh-, 92; Marjory Douglas, Port 84; No rah Horn, 11 amp ton. Port Hope gias plant had. a trad- ing account loss of $5,755.55. * * * * A $200 Dominion of Canada bond will go as first: prize in the Port Hope Club "street fair to be held in June. * « * * â- Roy. St, John has taken over the position, of chief constable for Port Perry:. Pie succeeds, 'the late William Nesbitt. * -X- * * Oshaw'.vs entry in the senior C.O B.L. will], be practically the same as the team which reached the Ontario baseball final- last season. d Duet,, Elsie Wallace -and astle, Xewtonville, 80; Cornet, leorge Rowe. Orono, 80; Vio- in, open, Reginald Bolton, Port Hioipie, 76; Ronald Bolton, Xewton- viHe, 70; 'Soprano, Hope Simons, of Port Hope, 80; Lillian Roche, Port Hope, 76. Rural Church Choirs Rural church choirs, Welcome United Church, George Campbell, leader, 80; Bn ill ebon- United Church, George Ciaimipbettl, leader, 77 ; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Perry town, Kell Stewart, leader, 76. 1 Clarinet, open,George Rowe, Orono, 75. Vil- age eh-nir. Garden Hill. IJrs. Ret,a M. Foster, leader, 80. Brass quartette, Orono, members. Carlos Tamil,vn. Don IJamm, I.eRov Brown, George Rowe. Unban choir, Glass B, Baptist ,choir, Port Hope, Douglas Nelson, director, 75. Men’s challenge solo, Jim Hancock. Court ice, 80; William 0, H. Mitchell, Orono, and ‘Samuel Castle. Bowmanville, 76; Jack Ro- land, Part Hope, Foilâ-  Dance Winners At the high school auditorium the classes in reading, choral, Speaking and folk dances were held. Winners wereâ€"Reading, girls 14 years and under, Ruby Gibson, Newcastle, 87; Betty Stevens, Maple Grove, 86; Con- stance Scott, Port Hope, 76. Boys, reading, 10 years and 'under, Mort Richardson, Orono-, 80: Archie Mac- L-aren, Orono, 79; Wiliam Kett, Boys-’ Training School. Bowmanville, 71. Reading, gills 7 years and un- der, Gwendolyn Châtrer ton, Orono, 94; Barbara, > Ldask, Taunton. 89; Eleanor 'Bowles, Ida, 85. Choral speaking, grouipi-from Boys’ Train- Sch in!, Bowmanville. Reading, n years -anid under, Jean n, Enniskillen. 88; Betty Fimiskiilcn. 78 ; -Margaret Ida 75. Reading, boys- 14 nd under, Keith Bran ton, SB ; Leslie Gibson, Xew- 9 ; Howard Dueton, Boys’ S'clboo-l1, Bio-wimanvi-île, 74. open, Velma ,1Staples, Ida, Ruth Hutchinson, Bo-wimian- Folk Ban*, Pearl Cowan, 0 ; Shirley Porter, Orono. 89 ; 'Colville, Bowmanville, 88. work of the, pont,estants in. this festival has been-of a very high standard,- the children in parti'euliar stistan-din-g,” Dr. II. A. Frick- adjudientov, declared at the closing session -of the Music--Festival Tlmrsdu- might, “I have enjoyed with title children,, even n with the -adult con test- ing girl's, ter Oi'os.-nù" i Sm-alles, McNeil, years at Xewcastjlie, castle, Training Reading, 85 and ville,IBS! Orono, ! Bernice "The being o-i: or, chief working more rift -ants1. On Tf was held of all the bold medal winners1 for the sessions during the three, day-. - uirsdiay evening a coriicèrt in Trinity United- Church Linjdsiay retail stores will close their ! pliaieee of businesses on Wed- nesday afternoons during the mon the of June, July and August. * * * * The sum of $385.72, representing Port Hope’s share of the authorized L.iO.Bi. fees from, beverage rooms in operation- in the town, will be given the, town. * * * * The city council of Peterboro on Thursday evening Hast decided that relief ; recipient-, m-u-f go- hungry if they -wiOhn-oit help them,selves, by dig- ging and planting their own gardens. * * * * The village of Port Perry will re main bn standard time throughout the summer months. Several -of the local industries are operating on" daylight, saving time, and will continue to do so up until IS-eptember 25th. * * * * W in. !.. Allen,,:of Cobo-urg,' died on Wednesday of lash week from a heart a H ack. II e was « hardware merchant in that, town for the past 35 years, and was a member of the Rotary Club and was1 a Mason . # * * » Lightning on Thursday last struck the barn of Alfred Johnston in Cav- an. which wlas burned to the ground. Ten- head of ealttlte perished in the blaze. The loss ÃŽB estimated -at $4,~ 000. * * # * Official figures' released on Sunday show that out of 644 cars tested at Oobourig for safety purposes, only 72 were found to be in, A:1 mechanical condition-. A total of 303 okay stick-, eus were issued, however, after 231 of that number had some minor de- fects corrected. * * * * Brodkliin: will hol'd their Spring Fair on Tuesday, May 24th. Borne $1,200 | has been set up as- the prize «at, and i-t is expected that this ytearis flair will' be the biggest yet. An outstanding feature of the show will be a choir competition for b-oys and girls under 18 years of age, . while music will!] be furnished by the Mid- land Regimen ra! Band. â- x- * * * Mrs.-, Geei Ferguson, Bruton, five miles nor th-east, of Blacks took. Was awaken'd from, her slumbers at one o’clock Sunday morning by the ring- ing of her telephone, and upon, ans- wering was informed she had: won the car given away by tire Kiwa.nis Club of OlshaiWa on Saturday evening last. -Mbs. Ferguson did not know a ticket had been given in with her name, but her son-in-law 'bought one for her and she received a, pleasant surprise. Local Orange Lodges Entertain Departing Members Friday Night RICHARD BEST THORNTON The remains of Richard Best Thornton, Columbus, Ohio, were brought to Orono on Wednesday morning for burial in the Orono cemetery, with Rev. J. H. Osterhout in charge of the service at, the grave, OVfr. Thornton was born, in 1843 in Clarke Township, being the only son of the late John- Thornton land Eliza Powers, two old pioneer families. Mr. Thornton was married to Delia Whaley, of Brock ville, and forty eight years ago they moved from Clarke Town,hip. to Woodstock Where his wife died. Mr. Thornton then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he was married a second time. Surviving are -three sons and one daughter. Those attending the fu- neral from a distance were two son» and three grandchildren, Mr. Edwin, Thornton and son, of Woodstock ; Mr. Wilbur Thornton and son, of De- troit, Mich, and Mr. Norman Thorn- ton, (grandson), Toronto. JURY RETURNS OPEN VERDICT An open verdict was returned at Bowmanville on- Thursday of last week by -a coroner’s jury which en- quired into the death of Gerald Sharp, 17-year-old Odessa youth, who died in Kingston on January 24th, of this year. The jury found Sharp “came to his death on January 24th in King- ston from the result of .injuries re <•<•!' ed by his motorcycle coming in- to contact with a motor car driven by Mr. J. B. Moat-, of Oakville, in the \ ill-age oif Newcastle on or abou t October 10, 1937 ” Witnesses testified that Sharp was proceeding west on Highway Nb. 2, n the Village of Newcastle, when he "Hided with a car driven by Mr. Moa.t, who was turning north to Orono-. The rider of the motorcycle was thrown to the -ground, suffering head injuries which caused his death four ill-oil ths later. The imq-uasit; was conducted by broner Dr. V. H. Storie. Col. F. I). Boggs of Cobourg. crown attorney or Durham- county, appeared for the Grown.. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Son Given Presentation Before Departure ATTENDS ANNIVERSARY .fudge L, V. O’Ctenno-r at Cbbourg on Thursday 'last allowed $240 of the $4,400 claim brought against the testate of Ann -Caroline James, to" i* ut Hope, by Mabel B. Snelgrove. The action was henni in 'Surrogate Court:, The claimant asked $4 a day for 1.104 days during which time she -stated she looked after the late Ann Janos in the former’s home. It was revealed, â- however, that, Mrs-,: Snelgrove had re- ceived1 -a, $1,000 dr-hen fmu from the deceased prior -to her death -anti $1,- 500 by her will. Judge O'Connor found the buliy tevidenic-e -of -real care being lûo-cessury for Mrs. Janes was during the two -months before' her deatii, an dal-owed bier o-n -that basis. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hamm and Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Davev attended the 80th birthday party at the home of Leslie Brooks, in -honor of his- father, Mr. J. Brooks,: of Tyrone, and report a very pieasam 'time spent. Mr. Brooks friends gathered to do honor to one that had reached four score .years, and he received many beautiful presents. Cards, music and other en- A very enjoyable evening was spent in the Orange Lodge room on Fri- day evening of Hast' week, when near- ly one hundred members of the !.. O.B.A. and L.O.L. lodges' united in- presenting Mr, and Mrs. O. A, Brown, and son George with gifts for ap- preciation of their -services- given to their respective lodges- white resi- dents. of Orono. A number of Orange- men were) present from Newcastle and 'Bowmanville. The first part of the evening was spent, in playing euchre, five hun- dred, checkers and erokinole. Later on in the evening the games ceased and Mr. Neil Porter, Master of Cere- monies. callied the gathering to order for the main part of the evening's en- tertainment, Mr. Porter then spoke a few words of appreciation for the splendid: turn- out of the members. He then told, that the evening was for the presen- tation of gifts to Mr. and Mrs, Brown, and son George before their depart- ure for Fteuelon Falls. He told of the valuable services that was-" given to the Orange Order by Mr. Brown, and .that lie had' always given freelÿ of his time to h-efllp with any work for the benefit of Orangeism. He then presented Mr. and Mrs. Brown and son George with a. beautiful lounge chair and an end table. Mr. Brown, in replying, thanked the Brethren and Bisters for the beau- tiful gifts, and- s-aid that they would always remind .them of the pleasant times they had while living in 'Orono. He also spoke of the wonderful work of the degree team, of which he is a member, -and wanted to see them keep together and win 'the tr'ophy back -again. “I have -always taken great pleasure in Orangeism, and you will1 never get -any more out of it than you put into it,”- ho said. He again thanked them for the gifts1 and ex- tended a hear;y invitation to all to visit: him in Eem-elon Falls. Mus. Bro-wn thanked the L.O.B'.A. for their gift in very suitable words, while George Brown was also called upon to- speak. The prize winners in cards were Mr. 'Nicholls,. to" Bowmanville, and Mrs.- J. Morris, Orono. A very delightful lunch brought, a very pleasant evening to a close. tort a minent were enj-oyedl. After lunch Mr. Brooks- spoke, relating how bis father came across the Atlantic which took sixteen weeks to cross. Mr. Brooks wjais boni in Port, Hqpe and the same house is still being" otecrup-ied. He also told bow they used to live in -his younger days. This Christmas Mr. Brooks will he married fifty-fou-r years -and his many friends, wish them ma-nry more years of married bliss. Durham Junior Farmers Hold Annual Meeting The Durham Junior Farmers-’ As- sociation held i ts annual . meeting -at I’unrypool on Moudiiy night, May 16, with twent.v-five juniors in -at,tendance from practically. every township. -E. A. Bummers, Agricultural Re- presentative, gave a short -address- in which be reviewed the junior work in the county for the pa-s-t year and 'suggested plans for nineteen thirty- eight'. It Was decided: to hold the an- nual field day at Bethany on Satur- day, June 11th. The programme will include a boys’ softball tournament, girls’ softiball'l compitition, standard event»,;tugHof--War, eteniinionshlp hard bail game, -North Durham vs S'o-uth Durham and a dance in the evening. The .new slate of -officer's- is as- fol- lows : Past President â€" Jay Whittington, Harry Kennedy, George Mv- iSio-uith Monaghan, President â€" John Rickard, New- castle. Vice-President Cavan. Beereta ry-lheasi i rer - Knight, Mi'IIhrook. Directors -Hope Township â€" Carroll' Nichols and Elmore tieot.t. -Cavan Township, â€" Ernest Brialc- ken-ridge and Ralph MldOa-mns, 'South Monaghanj W.-Gerald: Ander- s-on- :i.'!,l Alan Dawson. Mknvers Township â€" John Hanma and Allan. Beer. 0-81*6 Township â€" Ivison Tam- blyn and John Holmes. Darlington To-wnship â€" Lloyd Metealf and To,m Baker. Cartwright- Town-shiip â€" Neil- Mal- colm and Murray Byers: