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~J12jOm~j5~.klv T1mes~ Wedneuday1 November ~, 1993 ) Love atfirst sight Bill Bramah's Ontario Is this really Miss Piggy? Or is it simply the result of "porking out" on tee much Haliowe'en candy? Well, whatever it is, cali it the creative genius of local butcher Gerry Krukkert, of Conc. 4, Orono. Yes, the head and feet of this lovely . .. well, whatever she is, are real. What do you expect from a butcher. "I don't use any substitutes" he adds. The tr ick or treaters, who Came te the Krukkert home loved "Miss Piggy". Tnales Told Twice September 1977 The Newcastle Village and District Chamber of Commerce is having its sixth, Oktoberfest at Newcastle Village Community Hall on September 24, 1977. Events include: sidewalk sale, bake sale, white elephant sales, rummage sales, farmers market, dog show and antique sale and flea market. Fourteen Women's Institute Ladies of Kendal travelled for their annual outing to Lindsay to shop, then for a Chinese meal, a walk along the Trent Valley Canal and over the bridge enjoying the beautiful rock gardens. A report from the Department of Parks and Recreation, Town of Newcastle, prove a lively interest in Lobb Bail in Orono. 0f a total of 28 lobb bail teams, men and women, aine represent Orono Village. The Public Works Committee decided te put Orono on the map by suggesting te counicil that the Belleville - Kingston sign at interchange 76 (Highway 35 & 115) be replaced by one denoting Orono. Seventy take part in Oreno Walk-a-thon. 0f the 70 walkers 68 completed the 13 mile course, even though rain drizzle and a cold wind made it a rather unpleasant day for the Walk-a- thon. If ail the pledges are collected, a littie over $2.000 should be realized. 0f this $1,500 wil be donated te the Mrena and Community Centre Building Fund. The Great Pine Ridge Kinette Club is holding its 4th annual House Tour. Ail our homes that we have te show you are in Newcastle and tea will be served at the An glican Church. Tickets available from any Kinette. 1It was a great day for two young Orono Public School students who on Tuesday afternoon had the opportunity to take part in a tour of the area with Constable Strachen in the O.P.P. cruiser. Karen Carnegie (grade 3) and Steven Merrick (grade 6) won the opportunity by being winners of the Orono Public School bike rodeo. The rodeo was promoted by Mr. Crawford and Mr. Simser of the school along with representatives from the Newcastle detachment of the O.P.P. September 1967 Miss Linda Greenwood of the Sixth Line is teaching Grades 5 and 6 in Newtonville this coming year. Linda is a graduate of Peterborough Teacher's College. The Orono Public School opened a week ago with an enrolment of 252 students which is equal te that of the previous year. Grades six te eight are again being conducted on a rotary basis every aftemnoon. This was first started in the Orono School last year. The Officiai Opening Ceremonies of the Orono Post Office will be held on Friday, September 29, commencing at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. Mr. Russell C. Honey, M.P. for Durham will conduct the official opening. A fire on Monday morning, September 25, around 10:30 did considerable damage' in the kitchen and bathroom in the It took me back to my childhood days. Suddenly, I became a curly-headed five-year- old who was being held up to stroke the manes of Pat and Mike. They were the two big horses who pulled the fire truck when the alarmn went off at the fire hall on Lake Street in St. Catharines. But 1 was in Port Hope at the Canadian Firefighters Museum. And what sparked these heady recollections was ail the firefighting gear of yester-years. Bubs Town, our guide, must have noticed the faraway look in my eyes. "Takes you back, doesn't it?" she smiled. Bubs (her real name it Adelaide, but everybody cails her Bubs) has been curator of the museum since it was opened hy the Ontario Fire Bufs Association some years ago. Shes a knowledgeable lady who can reel off ail sorts of facts and figures home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patton of Church Street, Orono. The fire insurance adjustor complimented the efforts of the Orono Fire Departmnent in containing the fire from spreading to other parts of the house. -Kendal United Church of Canada is having their Thank- Offering Anniversary Service on Sunday, October lSth at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker is Rev. Thomas H. Smith of Newcastle. On Wednesday, October l8th a Turkey Supper will be served fromn 5 to 8 p.m. SEALED TENDERS, clearly marked as Io contents, for the following requirements isted below, submitted to the <Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, LIC 3A6, are invited and wiII be received on the forms and in the envelope provided until the specified closing time and date. Tender documents may be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address. TENDER NW93-40 One (1) Only Boom Rotary Highway Mower CLOSING TIME & DATE 2:00 p.m. (Local Timne) Wednesday, Novemnber 17,1993 The lowest or any tender not necessariiy accepted. Mrs. Lou Ann Birkett, A.M.C.T.(A> Purchasing & Supply Agent Telephone: (905) 623-3379 ext. 268 MUNICPAL7V (W - rifngJ2!L Date of Publication: Wednesday, November 3, 1993 P.O. 3071 ,about the hundreds of antique itemns gathered from various parts of Ontario. She showed us horse-drawn vehicles that went back as far as 1881, and a hand-drawn chemical unit from 1907. Then there were the trucks - 15 of them. John Holden, one of the founding members who happened te be there at the time, said the'members were especially proud of one from Peterboro. Built in 1927, it was the first motorized truck in the Kawarthas area. The other paraphernalia was also intriguing. We saw the asbestos outfits worn by firemen 50 years ago. They were se heavy, a hoist was needed te get them on. Over in a corner were a number of fire extinguishers of the sodium acid type used in the '30s and '40s, and glass.globe extinguishers you'd hang on the wall of your home. They were made of pear-ýý shaped colored glass and filled with carbon tetrachlor ide. ltes now known they were dangerous and caused liver and kidney damnage. Fire buifs from various parts of the world have visited the (Continued page 13) BALLS RADIO & T.V. 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