The Orono Weekly Times was started by Roy A. Forrester on January 28, 1937, to fill the void left by the News ending the year previous. Roy A. was born in Clinton, Ontario, and spent 12 years in the printing trade in Beeton. In 1935 he purchased the Oakville Star, leaving two years later for Orono. His tenure lasted until the early 1950s, when his son Roy Clarence/Charles is listed as publisher in the March 1st, 1951 issue.[2]
Popular columns over the years have included “Farm Front” by John Russell, “Your Family counselor” by Anne Hirst, “Chronicles of Ginger Farm” by Gwendoline D. Clarke and Arthur Black’s “Basic Black”. Featured comics included “Jitter” by Arthur Pointer and “Regular Fellers” by Gene Byrnes, and the wartime issues are a fantastic resource, featuring full pages of 1940s era comics. The paper has historically reported on news for communities such as Clarke, Cowanville, Newtonville, Kirby, Kendal, Leskard, Newcastle, Tyrone and Wesleyville.
Roy C. was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II, and an avid naturalist that has a butterfly garden named for him on the Orono Crown Lands. Roy took over for his father in 1951, publishing the paper until retiring in May 1995. He was a supporter of incorporation for the town in the 1960s, fought for a municipal water supply as a Police Trustee and won on his third attempt, and a long-time proponent of the Clarke Library Board, being involved with obtaining the Wadell house at the corner of Church and Centre Street for a public library. He was a member of Orono’s Chamber of Commerce, a founding member of the Clarington Concert Band, and spent much of his time after retirement helping the development of the Oak Ridges Morraine Trail. Roy C. was honoured by the town with Roy Forrester Day, on June 7, 2009, months after dying on January 25, 2009.[3]
Roy C., founding publisher
"“The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field of the wisdom and experience of all mankind.”"
In April 1995 the paper was purchased by Troy Young. Young had made the pages of the newspaper during the early 1980s, as a hockey player and pictured with the Orono Scouts. Young was with Times until January 1997, when it was acquired by Herman and Margaret Zwart, who had had a previous printing relationship with Roy Clarence. In August 2018 the Times was sold to Orono Publications Inc., Julie Cashin-Oster Editor/Publisher. Cashin-Oster grew up in Orono, graduated from Clarke High School in the early 80s and worked at the Times early in her career. Cashin-Oster brings with her almost two decades of print and broadcast journalism experience with her as she carries on the tradition. The paper publishes today from 5310 Main Street in Orono.
^"Orono Weekly Times". Vita Collections. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
^Conrad, John. (2007). Reflections of our village : 175 years of settlement, Orono, Ontario, Canada 1832-2007 /ccompiled by John Conrad and Jim Richards ; Orono 175 Celebration Committee ; layout and design by Wayne Martin. Loyal Printing. OCLC 593609175.
^Schmid, Helen. Out of the mists : a history of Clarke Township. OCLC 932905501.
^"Orono Weekly Times". Vita Collections. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
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orono, weekly, times, weekly, newspaper, published, orono, ontario, beginning, 1937, orono, weekly, timesorono, weekly, times, officetypeweekly, newspaperfounder, forresterfounded1937issn0834, 6844websitewww, oronoweeklytimes, contents, history, also, referenc. The Orono Weekly Times is a weekly newspaper published in Orono Ontario beginning in 1937 1 Orono Weekly TimesOrono Weekly Times officeTypeWeekly newspaperFounder s Roy A ForresterFounded1937ISSN0834 6844Websitewww wbr oronoweeklytimes wbr com Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe Orono Weekly Times was started by Roy A Forrester on January 28 1937 to fill the void left by the News ending the year previous Roy A was born in Clinton Ontario and spent 12 years in the printing trade in Beeton In 1935 he purchased the Oakville Star leaving two years later for Orono His tenure lasted until the early 1950s when his son Roy Clarence Charles is listed as publisher in the March 1st 1951 issue 2 Popular columns over the years have included Farm Front by John Russell Your Family counselor by Anne Hirst Chronicles of Ginger Farm by Gwendoline D Clarke and Arthur Black s Basic Black Featured comics included Jitter by Arthur Pointer and Regular Fellers by Gene Byrnes and the wartime issues are a fantastic resource featuring full pages of 1940s era comics The paper has historically reported on news for communities such as Clarke Cowanville Newtonville Kirby Kendal Leskard Newcastle Tyrone and Wesleyville Roy C was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II and an avid naturalist that has a butterfly garden named for him on the Orono Crown Lands Roy took over for his father in 1951 publishing the paper until retiring in May 1995 He was a supporter of incorporation for the town in the 1960s fought for a municipal water supply as a Police Trustee and won on his third attempt and a long time proponent of the Clarke Library Board being involved with obtaining the Wadell house at the corner of Church and Centre Street for a public library He was a member of Orono s Chamber of Commerce a founding member of the Clarington Concert Band and spent much of his time after retirement helping the development of the Oak Ridges Morraine Trail Roy C was honoured by the town with Roy Forrester Day on June 7 2009 months after dying on January 25 2009 3 Roy C founding publisher The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field of the wisdom and experience of all mankind Roy C founding publisher 4 In April 1995 the paper was purchased by Troy Young Young had made the pages of the newspaper during the early 1980s as a hockey player and pictured with the Orono Scouts Young was with Times until January 1997 when it was acquired by Herman and Margaret Zwart who had had a previous printing relationship with Roy Clarence In August 2018 the Times was sold to Orono Publications Inc Julie Cashin Oster Editor Publisher Cashin Oster grew up in Orono graduated from Clarke High School in the early 80s and worked at the Times early in her career Cashin Oster brings with her almost two decades of print and broadcast journalism experience with her as she carries on the tradition The paper publishes today from 5310 Main Street in Orono See also EditList of newspapers in CanadaReferences Edit Orono Weekly Times Vita Collections Retrieved 2019 04 26 Conrad John 2007 Reflections of our village 175 years of settlement Orono Ontario Canada 1832 2007 ccompiled by John Conrad and Jim Richards Orono 175 Celebration Committee layout and design by Wayne Martin Loyal Printing OCLC 593609175 Schmid Helen Out of the mists a history of Clarke Township OCLC 932905501 Orono Weekly Times Vita Collections Retrieved 2019 04 26 External links EditOrono Weekly Times Orono Weekly Times 1942 1985 INK ODW Newspaper archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Orono Weekly Times amp oldid 1159714833, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
