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"York County Hospital is looking for a new name. On February 14th, the hospital is launching a "Cherish the Past, Celebrate the Future" campaign to find a name that better reflects the hospital's evolution into a Regional centre for Cardiac and Perinatal care." ...

T. L. Webb's blacksmith shop was on King Street South in Cookstown.

Painting of the Tec-We-Gwill Hall in Newton Robinson painted by B. Edney.

"The Stickwood Walker heritage farmstead is about to salute the past. At a cost of about $300,000, Newmarket council has given the go-ahead to transform 3.5-acre homestead on Mulock Drive into a meeting place for quilting, embroidery and tea parties. While the plan includes major renovation and landscaping, the barn, destroyed by fire in April, will not be rebuilt. Instead, remaining footprint of the barn will be used for parking or returned to greenspace. Meanwhile, land just west of the homestead will be used for outdoor soccer pitches. Once complete, the main floor's restored interior will be home to new period programs, such as quilting, embroidery and community tea parties, the mayor said. Up to 50 per cent of the cost of the project, or $150,000, will come from funding through potential partnerships and other sources, said Crystal Moss of the town's communications department."

James Smith home. Presently the restaurant Poco Cappello Ristorante.

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Description : Ten memorable years of Loreen (Rice) Lucas' long life were spent running a general store Oro Township. At the end of the Second World War she was one of the people who drove the dusty roads of Oro to reach Mitchell Square."When we hit the back roads of Oro Township we couldn't see each other, nor could we see out the windows for the dust. We didn't dare open our mouths to talk or we would choke. But our driver kept up a steady stream of conversation and didn't seem to notice that we weren't answering him. After an hour or more, he finally drew up in a cloud of dust in front of a humongous building." The vacant building had 28 rooms and Lucas learned later that it dated back to the 1870s. The owner was happy to sell for $2,000 and hold a mortgage for another $2,000. It was "truly an old-fashioned store," Lucas remembers. The only running water was the pump in the kitchen, which had to be primed each time. The store owner was privileged to have electricity.When Lucas made her first telephone call, "I had to ring the operator and give her the number I wanted to reach. I no sooner rang than a cheery voice came on saying, 'Is that you Mrs. Rice? Welcome to Oro. We wish you the very best.' No one can imagine what that did for me." The store served as home to Loreen, her first husband and four children until "one of he most traumatic days" of Lucas' life. The general store came to a sudden end the week after Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Fire started in a thick wall separating the living quarters from the store. "We had started this day with a nice home, well-equipped store and a good business and by night everything we had worked so hard for, lay in ashes in the foundation of the store.

Article about the opening of the R.C.M.P. office in Newmarket.

:Judging from the above heading which preceded a local item in the Era of last week, what a time there will be in Newmarket when the Trent Valley Canal branch (so called) is completed through to that town from the Holland River. A gentleman who had spent several days in Newmarket last week and in passing through our village on Monday, wondered if the Laurier Government had gone completely crazy by making a preliminary grant of $700 000 to build a good sized ditch a distance of 8 miles to an inland town. He looked upon it as a political sop. There is no kick coming from the Newmarket Era, however, as may be seen from the following item: "Mr. Grant one of the contractors for Newmarket end of the Canal, has been in town all week making arrangements to commence work. The stone house and one of the barns on the Hulse farm have been leased for a term. Sixty horses arrived here yesterday and more expected to-day. It is said that the contractors intend to employ 300 teams and 400 men. Work will commence this week if not already started, in the vicinity of the "Green Lane," a mile and a quarter north of Newmarket, where a lock and basin will be constructed. The United Factories have received orders to vacate their property on Huron St., where the survey runs, and are advertising a quantity of wood for sale at a low price to save handling twice. It certainly begins to look as if the Newmarket Canal is not all talk."

"Georgian College of Applied Arts And Technology registered its first students on Tuesday and Wednesday last week when 100 persons enrolled in the five regular daytime programs being offered at the college this year. ... It was an historic moment for several of the students since they were the first to enroll at the college in the various programs. Miss Elaine McLean, Bond Head, was the first to officially register for the General Business Program while Miss Elaine Burton, Bradford, was the first to register for Medical Secretarial..."

Article featuring the opening ceremony of the King Township administration building.