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4-Orono Weekly Times, Wèdnesday, September 9, 1981. Newcastle group abandon historical centre proposal The, holiday weekend gave Donna dnd I an opportunity . to take a couple of days off and visit brother John and Thelma at their cottage on Cameron Lake. To say the least the weather was less than comfortable but when Sunday morning did ■ roll around John and I took off on foot to visit a cousin Doug some three miles up the shore line. On arriving we were invited in for a coffee along with the next door neighbours and with all settled in. the'large verandah a line of conversation conversation began to develop and especially so when Brenda, a neighbour, mentioned that she was hatching some pheasants. It was soon apparent that Brenda, a public school teacher in Toronto, was an old hand in the use of an incubator incubator for hatching ducks, pheasants and chickens and did use the incubator in class to demonstrate one of the wonders of nature. The thought ran through my mind that. I could participate participate in this conversation and did so by turning the clock back some twenty years when we thought it would be of interest to our own children to hatch some ducks. The duck eggs came from Harness' east of Orono and Len Pears provided a broody hen and all went well with the hatch of seven fluffy ducklings ducklings during a period when we were on holidays. The Willis girls, who did live north of us at the time, did have charge of the hatch. They did have a concern for the young ducks and placed them in a cardboard box and put them under their bed for the first night. Needless to say a sleepless night for the young girls who were quick to learn that the best place for the young ducks were Back with the mother hen. We then told of the incident incident when Jack Moffat came into the office months later to ask who had a flock of ducks in the north end of the Village. Not being too quick to answer and possibly somewhat leery I asked, Why?. ' To this Jack responded that he was attending a funeral and the procession had to come to a halt on the way to the cemetery while seven ducks crossed the street and this happening in the Village bf Orono. Brenda's Turn Brenda came back with one of her experiences happening happening at their cottage following a trip from Toronto Toronto with her mother-in-làw, a incubator wrapped in blankets and their chldren. On arriving at the cottage the incubator was put in one corner and those chickens which had hatched were put in the other corner in a cardboard cardboard book with a heat lamp. No sooner had this been accomplished than her husband husband and father arrived with a blue self-supporting tent for the children. It was assembled assembled in the centre of the room and left with the men taking off fishing. No sooner had the men taken off to the other side of the lake when the mother-in- law was taken with severe back pains. Not being able to get any kjelp the ambulance was called and Brenda says she wonders to today what the ambulance men thought when they entered the cottage to find a blue tent in the middle middle of the room, an incubator in one corner, young chicks in another and a mother-iii- law draped over the heater frying to apply heat to her back. Roy's Turn T was not about to let this go at this time and retold the story of the disposition of our ducks. We had a number of options options but felt as we had feed these ducks for a number of months we would recoup our expenditures by making a nunjber of dinners out of them. I picked the fattest, grap- ped the axe and block and took off into the cedars to prepare the first dinner. I returned with the duck still quite alive realizing there was no way I could do what I had to with mÿ eyes closed and a little shaky at that. Telling Don Staples the story he said he would take the ducks and look after jthcm. "You are welcome to them for I have no place to keep them this winter and then if they survived the cold they would only ' be around for another year. Well Don turned up one day with two ducks ready for the oven and with the comment comment never to give him any more ducks. Of course we had' them cooked and the four of .us seated ourselves around the table. The first cdmment from the kids was to endeavour to name the ducks on the platter. "Was it 'Whhey'; 'Matilda' or 'One Eye'. We ended up eating peanut butter sandwiches. * Now back to Brenda It was apparent that school teacher Brenda made a habit of transporting her incubator to and from their residence in Toronto to their cottage at Cameron and she related one incident leaving the cottage with the incubator wrapped in blankets for a return trip to Toronto. It was her intention to arrive home in time to set up the incubator and then to make a dentist appointment. As so often happenings time slipped by and there was not time to make the dentist appointment if first she went home to look after the incubator. incubator. j'o resolve the lack of time Brenda drove to the At a special meeting of the Newcastle Historical Society last Wednesday a decision was made in which the group will abandon the idea of the purchase of the Roman Catholic Church in the Village for a historical centre. In speaking with Bob Wilshire, public relations officer officer for the group, he said they could not see the financial financial resources to go through with the purchase inspite of the generous offer by the Newcastle Lions Club to put in some $10,000 towards the purchase of the building. He said the group had a great deal of difficulty in making the decision but said it was an honest decision. He referred to not only the cost of the purchase of the property property but also the cost of restoring and maintaining the building which he said would be beyond the ability of the group at this time. Although they have abandoned the church purchase the idea of establishing an Historical Centre in Newcastle has not been abandoned. Wilshire said they had only lost the chance of getting that particular particular building and property. In speaking of the recent survey undertaken by the group in the Village he pointed out that there was some very positive support from Villagers. He said 84 percent of those surveyed were aware of the effort with 74 percent supporting the idea of obtaining an historical centre. Wilshire also pointed out that 56 percent of those surveyed were supportive of the Newcastle group seeking interim financial assistance from the Town of Newcastle. Wilshire said it had been the intention of the group to be self-supporting. Wilshire said the historical group will continue to be active active in Newcastle and will interview interview and record interviews with long-term residents of the community in an effort to obtain and preserve the Village core. He also said the group will identify and mark historical buildings in the Village. He said k was interesting to note that 15 ' percent of those surveyed said they lived in a house of historical value. The Newcastle group will also Organize walking tours during the summer and obtain obtain artifacts and documents dentist, removed the wrapped incubator from her car carrying carrying it into the dentist's office and plugging 'it into one of the electrical outlets in the waiting room. The problem was solved as to the time element element and a few laughs were created. The hatch which finally came about was also satisfactory. Not being able to top this John and I took our leave and hoofed it back the three miles. relating to the history of the Village. These documents and artifacts would be stored for safe keeping. He also said the group was considering preparing slides and film as to Newcastle history which could be used for educational purposes. Wilshire said it would be nice to think that the old church would not be destroyed for it dated back to 1890. Task Force to delve into farm financial crisis Komoka-The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) announced the composition composition of its Emergency Task Force today. The Task Force, formed to find answers to the financial ' crisis facing Ontario farmers, will be headed by Everett Biggs. Biggs was formerly provincial provincial deputy minister of agriculture. He now runs a consulting business, as well as ' beihg president of the Canadian Canadian National Exhibition. John Wise, federal minister of agriculture under the Clark government, will âlso serve on the Task Force. Another member is retired M.P.P. Murray Gaunt who spent many years as the agriculture critic for the provincial provincial Liberal party. The consumer interest will be represented by Barbara Shand who served two terms as president of the Ontario V Chapter of the Consumers' Association of Canada. The fifth member of the Task Force is Pembroke area lawyer and dairyman, Del O'Brien. OFA president Ralph Barrie Barrie said, the Task Force will begin holding hearing across Ontario in late September or early October. The Task Force will report to the OFA convention in Toronto the last week in November. Lets finish the Arena Fund Hot Meals and Snacks Upstairs in the Community Centre Room SOUTH END OF THE ARENA Serving... . Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Orono Fair * by thp Orono arena Fund Raising Committee Great Meals as Last Year