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Orono Weekly Times, 8 Sep 1966, p. 1

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Thi*e FEýr Fn'î. Saudy The Durham Central Agricul- tujral- Fair beld annually in Orono corni)es into existance this Friday ndSaturday, September 9th and lOth., With it cornes a variety of entertalament and educational -ieatures commencing at noon on Friday and continuing through to Saturday evening, 'Thei fair will be launched Frî- day -ai '1:30 when public schoo]s in the area wili parade to the fair grounds. Jurging will be held on School Floats and decorated Committee Ur~eiit1y bicycles, Friday, features incltides the Holstein Shoýýw, school pefor- mances, 4-H Clubs Achievement Day, fat caîf sho;w and the Ontario Provincial Police Motorcycle Pre- cision ride at 3:00I p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Further to the prograin will IJueénil1e sI Needs Assistance I ls u Mr.« E. R. Lovekin, a member ofthe Clarke Townihip Commit- tee of Adjustment, informed 'Council on Tuesday that the -committee was in. desperate need .of clerical belp. "We are eight to ten wveeks behind in our paper work," he said. "WVe are in bad hape."ý Mr. Lovekin pointed out that the Conimittee of tbree- were geV-' ting their work done, and their decisions made but thàt the paper iwork, whicb is fantastie, is at a standstill. Hle cited a case where the- Committee made a decision In the month of June and that to date the approval bas noV been senit.to "lhe Minister. This is hiold- ing people up, be said, on mort- gages and progressIng with work. Tle !elt the only present an- ,sa-er -was te co-ordinate the work with tbhe C lerk-treasurer, Mr. '11. M. Mlsn who prior to his res- ignaion1 at the end of June, xas the rPcrtary treasurer for the Comiteeof Adjustment. Mr. Lvinsaid it would be bopeless oe put somneene new on tbe job at tistime for- such a person would bave to work into the job. 11e reýoinendfed that the wvork be -2Doe in the Township Office fo'r ;Ut least the rest of thever"e baive tO set up an, office som-re- whenre"," besaid. M.Lovekin said thaIt if the wocrký could net be done in the ~TowsiP Office he wouid sug- gt tbt the Committee of Ad- ýiustment be abolisbed and deeds en th te Minister. Council 'is ta meet in the near future to consider tbe request. 7n the meantime the Committee is witbout a, secretary-treasurer. Alway s Stop! Wben, you sec a school bus with red'iights flashing - STOP, Whether yen are appreaching the bus from the fr-ont or -over- taking it fromn the rear, the flash- ing red lights miean you must- stop. You must stay stopped as long as the red iights are flashin. For some time now, metorists have been required te stop BE HIND the seheel bus wben it la stepped on the highxiay with red signal iights flashing on the back. A niew lawx, ,effective September 1. requires moterists appro.aching fron! the front te stop as well. This Iaw applies te ail metor ists except those approaching from the front onr a highway witb sep)arate roadways. "The p)'urpese of this new law, stoppfing, traffic lu both direc- tions, is te allow childrep time tc, cross the highway after they gel off the buis," sid HeInourable Ir win HTas1ett, Ontanio's Minister of Transport.' -1 urge al Parents and teachers te intruet chiidrcn te act with caution ýwhen getting on, or off aî school bus;. The law sayç motoists must stop, but cildreu, sbouid make doubly sure- theý bave done se before cressing the road." Driv ers wbo fail te stop when required te de se are hiable te fines of up te $50 for the f irst of- fence, $100 fer a second offence und $200 for a third offence. There is aiseo a penalty of four demerit points for eacb offence. SemiRotary System At Orono Sehool it was bac1.< o scbool for both eleinentary and secondary stud- ents on Tuesday with local schôels conducting registrations. On Tuesday the Clarke 11gb Sehool registered a total of 322 s tud.çnts with 10ù4 in grade nine. An incrcased number of registra- tiens -were made'ein thé Clark-e 11gb Sehool commercial course than-la previous years. Accommod4tion bas been in- ereased at Clarke with the use of a portable classroomn and one furtber teacher. Reistrïation at the scbool in 'September of 1965 numbered 307 students. Two' hundred and fifty-three pupils enrolled at the Orono Pub- lic Scbool on Tuesday compared to* 245 in 1965. The average roomen- rolment is thirty-one.., The sebool is planning a seuii- rotary system for grades 6, 7 and 8 in preparation for students when they ,laer enrol in High School. Sub'j ects to be taught on the scmi-rotary sys-tem will be History, Geograpi-y, Science, Phy- sical Education and Music. Mr. D. P. Moffat of Elizabeth- ville is principal of the schooi aud thegrade eigbt eacher. Mr. Muldrew, a lso of Elizabetbviile and a >recent graduatç of Peter- ~' broub Teches' Cllee, as IUined the Oroneo stafef of eigt'jI teac-hers and will teaýc'h grade sgtzev- enPL EXPECT INCREASE Tbp Clarke Township Scbooi Ar- ea expects an increase lu pupil enrolment over that of last June and this is now shoWing up in some of the schools. The Cewanville Sebool bas been closed, this year with stud- etyds being #ransported te the four room scbool at Lockbarts. Also grades 7 and 8 from Crook- ed Creek are obtaining their scbooling this ,yearý at Lockbarts. Grade one students at Crooked Creek attend ' the Newtonville school. 1Some students froffi the Kendai area still attend the Orono sehool while somne in Clarke Union dis- trict attend the Leskard Êchool. WRONG BUS Busing studcuto from ail sec- tions of the district to various scheols must, at timres, become complîcated. On Wedneday a group of public sehool pupils for Salem 'public sebool became stran- ded in Orono. The students apparently board- ,ecd the wreng bus and landed at Clarke High School. Finally they arrived in Orono and were lcft off at the' Town Hall. Mr. O. W. Rolph came te the rescue by load- ing the pupils inte bis car and takinig themi to their, proper school In Salein, Darlington 'Township. The Orono. Juvenile Basebal Club travelled to Clarke,(sburg on Monday where they played inaa tîournament to decide the On- tario '-D" charmpionship for 1966. Four teamns were entered in the tournament wit1{ Beeton being de- clared the chêm-tpions. Orono werûeçedged out of the tournamient by' Clarkesburg in a close gai-ne with a -4-3 finish. G)ýakesburg, won. the game in scoring tbree runs. in the sLxth innling whven Orono committed five fieldiug errors. Paul Joueýs pitched the entire game for Orono taking six strike outs and givin.- up only, three hits. Ife dîd, liowever, allow seven walks. Smoitil Î*as the wiiig pit- cher -with f1fteen strike-outs and allowing sev¶1 its to Orono. Clarkesbuirg seored a single run in the epening iuuing off a waîk and a bit. Orono tied the score in the tbird frame when Ted Stark scored after receiving a walk. Brian Foster *was aIýse given a w,,alk to advance Stark who scored on a single bit by Fraser Wpaae Oren,;o went aheadi in the game in the fiftb iuio when Ted- Stark again scoredj following ýa one-base bit and a double by Bni an Foster. In the top of the sixtb Orono scored one run when, B. Lane bit'out a double and finally scer- ed. At this point Orono was in, the lead 3-1. A series of errors in tbe sixtb permittedj. Clarbes- burg to score tbree runs and ad- vance the score 4-3 in their fav- our. Neither club scoredf follewing this inning however Orono did tbetnin the nintb with Earl Cobbledick bitting out a double and advancing to third. while Cameron Perrault off an error had advanced to nintb, This tournamient' ends play for Orono Juveniles this year, who, altbough not winning too many games bave enjoiyed the season of play. Many Exvhibigts In Bak'ing In speaking with the secretary of the, Orono Fair,' Mrs. John Rickard, it has been, learned that exhibits are cemiug in at a good, rate. In tbe domestic science depart- ment entries are away above for- mer years and this showing at the Fair will be of an excellent nature. Also in the poultry sec- tion exhibits will present a full show of almost every type of poultry and water fowl. ,To date eight entries bave been receîved in the Beauty Queen con- test for Friday evening along with ixteen excellent entries for the "Amateur Show to be held on Sat- urday evening. Mrs. Riekard also referred to increascd interest in the horse show sections, Needlework and Flower sections. In ail the fair seems on its way to being a good show this Friday and Saturday in Orono. be the Old Time Fiddling Contest and the Beauty Qucen competi- tion hoth beld at the fair grounds on Friday evening. The uSual midway and exhibits will also be in operation and on exhibit, Saturday will feature a fine showing of horses in ail classe, along with beef catile and .dairy cattle. As 'on Friday there wiil also bc, the exhibits of poultry, rabbitS and a new sectior of art. Saturday has,, ln the past, been the main day of the fair and will no doubt be so again this year. An amaieur contest at li.e fair grounds a-id, dance at the 0-ono Town Hall will conclude the acý- ivities on Saturday evenirg for the 1966 edition of the O'ronn Fair. A great deal of effort, has ý,9one into the fair this year and this &a'ong with remodelling of the fair building Should add new emn- phasis for a successful promotion this weekend in Orono. CO-ORDINA-TOR CLARIFIES EMO COURSES AND AIDS Emnergency Measures Organiza- tion co-ordinator Gordon Wright stated recently that plans for the coming EMO training year, are under way. The first activity plan- ned.for the fali heing a picnic 1September il where some discus- sion as to the aims of the train- ing year will take place. During the coming training year special emphasis- will be placed,( on rescue, basic radiation mnonitoring and auxiliary fire- fighting. There will be rom for a dditional volunteers ln these courses. Anyone interested in this type of activity is ýasked to con- tactEMO in Caourg. In the last training year EMO in the United Counties bas, been asked to, assist OPP on the site of two aircraft disasters and on one occasion to belp find' a lestf child In the Mlbokarea and these e-r Rs av'e helped ceate a wvrong impression of EMTO duties_ to a degree. Mr. Wright pointed out that EMO is ready to work with civic authorities, at their request but the EMO is not empoweredto act. on their own or at: the requiest of an individaul in any emergency. The ce ordinator advised that the propér thing to, do in the: event of a situation occurring where help is required is to eall the proper authorities and they would cal EMO if tbey were requireýd. TCS Expanýsio Pa Over $2 nIIIORN Trinity College School, Port Hope will have the most moderu educational facilities of any board- ing SchooI in Canada within the next few months. Headma5ter Angusý C. Scott made this obser- vafion as he discussed building e.xpF,-o of the sehool with presS represýentatives. -Work began on the first phase of the school's development plan last week when earth-levelling equipment and bulI1-dozer5 moved into T.C.S. property east ýof the present Boulden House playiug fields and adjacent to Rose Glen Road. The mnaster plan for the schol's, expan,'pon and building additions has be four year . in prepara- tion. Estimated cost of the pro- ject is, two and one-haif million dollars' an.d the over-ali programn is expected to be completedI by Septem1i4er, 1968. The develop- mient iý, expected to increase, the senior" school' enrolment hy 40 studentS bringinig the number of boys in the 'senior school to 240. Total TCS enrolment then, includ- ing Boulden House wouidl be ap- proximately 320 students. New ýbuiildingks will include ai-IC brary; a gymnasium, and a re-si- dence to house sîxty boys. âAd- ditions will be made, to the exis- ing class-room block providi.ng new scientifla laboratorýes and specialized subjeet rooms. Hous- masters' apartments and accom- -modation for masters living in the school will be 'enlarged. Consul]tation between thepln nierS, and experieniced tahr on the staff regarding room ar- rang-ement and equipment' has bc-en- constant and la-ý a keyid- in the bidingil process beJi.g guided by Mr. Scott., Assistant to the ileadmnaster G. M. C. Dale awd Senior Master A. H. Humble have, been involved in research and- inve5tigation of co-ordinat&1 class planning and edatna techniques, Present work on the teu aire area east of the school involves levelling the ground for addition- al playing fields and road areas. The new buildingçS and addi- (Continued page ,3) Conil An rsesDiscuss Restrictive AraBy-Law A general discussion 'was held on Tuesday ou the objections to the Restrictive Area By-law be- twcen members of Clarke Council, the Orono Police Trustees and their respective legal advisers Mr. E. R. Lovekin - and Mr. K. Lycett. Mr. Lyccýtt stated that bie felt hthrý f-ontage of 75 feet wherc municipal water was available was eut of keeping. H1e also oh- jected to the section that probib- ited the construction of new a- partment buildings and the recon- struction of, present buildings Vo- apartment dwellings. Hie said these restrictions sterilized areas lu built up districts and were too stringent for such districts. He bad no objection Vo these con- ditions be ing appiied in rural ar- cas or for new devclopment areas. Mr. Lycett felt that property own- ers lu sucb centres as Orono sbould be allowed te remodel their properties te briug ithcm up te modern standards. Acting reeve L. Perrault re- ferred Vo sewage problemnsand parking 'problems wben additioual dwellings were c-acte inars alreadyv-wib a higb d!eusity owf populat'io)n. AIih asreferrcd ite the Trustees that the Restrictive Area by-law was a 'temperar'y by- law. Mr., Weodyard. atated that newv apartment develeprnent would have te gain appreval of the De- partment of Health before any construction could be undertaken. Hie aise said that provision, could be made for parking., Mr. Per- rault referred Vo coutrois as a *%ieans te curb rising costs in edu- cation taxes wbich today is oe of the largest cost against prop- erty ewucrs. Mr. Lycett feit that apartmeuts ýdid net bring in faux- ilies wAith children. Mr. Woodyvard stated that the Police Truistees feit the by-law -waýs a reversing action. "'We are thinking of our utility rates, water hydcre and garbage." hie said. RE- mod'elling of old buildings into apartmcnts increases our assess- 4--nent and provides more, custom- ers for utility service in an area where thiese services are alre-ady installed. We do not wish te act a hardship on elderly people who today live in a large home and can neýt revamrp the'premises to gain reveniue. Mr. Woodyard said that thbe Trustees would be happy if Oren wcecxcluded from the Mr. Lycett said that e-ven with alilservices iV weuld take twe ac- res te build! a 267 apartmeutý build- <Continued on Page 8) . . . . ..... . ... no

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