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t <t Near 500 Compote la Clarke Tabloid Field Dey Mr. Lawrence Greenwood, chair- atheletes at the recent Field Day tonVille and. Paiul Perry of Kirby' man of the Public Sehool Board,, held in Kendal-. Top athietes AIl students had an opportuailty bs shown with the top competin 1g were Brenda Henderson of New- ia eompeting in the field day. ORONO -VOLUME 30, NUMBER 24 ORONO WEEKLV TIMES, THTURSDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1967 Close to five hundrred Public School chidren competed in a Tabloid Field Day last Thursday at the Harvey Jackson Memorial Park in Kendal. The studeuts were from variou5 public schools in the Township of Clarke. T he field day this year took a new f onu whereby ail students were able to compete. The total enrolment of the upper grades in the schools was divided into thirty te-ams with ýsixteen young athletes on each team. The mem- bers of each teiam ranged from, grade four stud-enVsq to grade eight students. Also. every school: was represented i each team. In the competitions, each stu-- dent was' given the opportunity to take part. Scoring was based on high standard and low stand- ard with three points for high ,standard an.d one for low. Not only were team records kept but aiso individuai records. The sys- tem allowed every piqpil to com- pete regardieso of ability. Events also journeyed some- what from the general run with addition of such events a5 knee bends, football kicking accuracy, skipping and other like games. There was of course the running and jumping events. The first part of theý day wirt- ne ssed rain while the latter part wajý held in the blistering sua. The three top tearns received crests while the two top athIetes of the day received trophies. The top stiudents were Paul Parry of Kirby sehool and Brenda lien- derson of Newtonville, school. Paul gained 36 points while Bren- dia gained 38 in the ciame, events. Th1e trophies and crests were, pre- sented on behaîf of the Public School Board -by the chairman, Mr. Lawrence GreenwoGod. Pork, Bar B-Q IIeId At R'ik A representative group £romn throuiglinout the County of Dur- ham were ia attendanceat thie Pork ýar B-Q held, iathe Ormo Areria last Saturday afternooa. A total of 178 passed along the buf- fet cour'iter to devour pounds dr l3ar-B-Q'd poirk, 'buns and a 1arge iron pot of beans. The menu included flot- only the above, but aiso mzny types of relish and pIenty of coffee, do- (Contlnued page' 8). Minister Witholds, Decision On Clarke. Developmen,,t Road Best Dressed For The 'Model* A' Era At ýa recent meeting of the Township of Clarke Council it wa5 ~learne-di ir the correspondence that the Minister of Highways is reserving bis decision for desig- n.ating the f ifth line road of Clarke asaDeveiopmlenît .oad unil Such tieas the road needs study in QlreTownship ile completed 'This was flot only sýtated lnaa letter from the Min.ister but also a letter from Mr. Alex Carruthers, M.P.P. It now appears that the Minist-' er le to base his ju.dgement' on the report to be. submitted this year on the road needis study. ITa the purchase of a new tract- or with mower the bid of T. Cow- an was succesd~ui for an amount of $3937.50. A new snow piow 'wing is aiso to be purchascd from Arnerican Coleman of Canada& for an amount of $3214.92. lt wasý also decided ait council te set aside a sum of $610000 for the proposed, purchase of',a Grav- ,ei pit on lot 16, Concession, 2 of the Townehip of Clarke. SBy by-la'w the accounting firm or l5ope and Gobelle are to'con- inue as Township auditors. for the year at an annual amount of $100000o. Approval lias heen rcceived from ithe Departmnent of Hligli- ;ways for the proposed $108,700.00 road projectý for the Village of Orono. This approval is their fin- A letteýr from theOntarie Mun, icipal Boardn in Connectien with the prüpose(d restricted 'area by- iaw was again tabled. This cor- respondence bas been tabled in council with no action from mid 1966. A letter from Mr. E. R. Love- kim, Township Solicitor, stated t]bat flic proposed manner of fin- ancing the proposed Oreno road pregram as suggested by M'ir. E. R. Woodyarcl could net be car- ried out, according te lis opinion. The letter' also stated thaît it was uinderstood that the Police Trus- tees had made other suitable ar- rangements. JUNIOR BAND TO PLAY IN OSHAWA The 0Orono Junior Band plays1 et the Oshawa Band stand on Wednesday evening, June 28 at Mrs. Lawrence Sherwin of Or- no and Mr. Jack Owens of Scar- 8-00 p.m. The Band Sheil is on Simcoe S.' just south of King Street.- Mr. A. Dardh will lead the band for their firgt engagement in a proper band sheil. borough, are shown following the the reecat 'Model A'< Show he1d, judging for the best cStumes at in Orono. 350 Atten d Clarke 'Townshi-p Centenniaul Service In Kendal Reeve Places Queen'sMessage'in Saddle Bug * -~-4.M, .M.M. Reeve Roy Foster is above plaiciag. a letter addressed to the 'Qucen from the Town5hip of ClJar*e. The letter la toe hede- livàed te, the Queea at Expo lanca being Paul, and Rick Parry the early part of July. The riders r.PryadetOuti.Th are members of the Ganaraska Ms ar n eeOlte h Vally Rîders from the Orono ai- cavalcadle was in Orono June 13. by Mrs. G. Cathcart The Township of Clar-ke held its Centennial Thanksgiving Ser- vice last Sunday, June 18, ia the Harvey Jackson Memorial Park, Kendal. This was a well pranned event by the Clarke Centennial Committee. Mmg. Thomas Pairbrother was the capable chairman. The Keadal school choir led off wit.h "0 Canada." Reeve Roy A. Foster spoke. Then the Excelsior Choir led by Mr. M. McCoy and accom- panied by Miss L. Bragg sang Handel's Largo, "Let ,ail Nations and Kindreds and People Give Thanks for Evermore." This de- iightful anthem wasi foilowed by "Glorious is Thy Name" by Meaý delson. The Salvation Army Band of Bowmnanville played several sac- red selectionsý whch we al', en- jeyed. The Orono Junior Band favoured us with Itheir music. A service of wor.ship was led by 11ev. B. E. Long, Rev R. C. White and 11ev. D. R. Dewdney. The ýacdress- was given by the guest speaker Mr-. Allan Martin B.A., a Pretired Public School In- spector wlio was born in Clar-ke Township alid taught sichool here. ie told of the pioneer days when Kendal ýsuPPlied Maets for the ships of the British Navýy. TheY were'hauled'dowa the imast road te Port Hope in the wlnter by twelve teams of horseo with a rider on each team. Years later in 1883 -ten team hauled spaws te the lake. These wýere great virgin pine of the primeval fore.,t. This masit road eut across the flats of. the farmers' fields acrosathe Carson, bomstead and the' farm now owned by Morley Robiason and on by a straight, level course te Port Hope and Lake Ontanlo. 11He told of the saddie bag preachers ani îow they preaced in the homes and schofoj4 11hI0ý tili a churcli was ibuillt where t:ie chidren might catch ithevso of a life of service te the outsî.de world and many went eut from- Clarke te serve in the lre field although ýsome remaiaed tc, serve at home. The opprtnv was given to ail and may fIbis continu e in the years that Lie aheiadý. Mrs. R. -Moiton led the cor of Orono and Newtonville. To ail those wvho did so mucli, to make this a ,success by brin-g- ing a piano and a loud speaker sy.5tem, seating arrangementf,ec w-e siay "Thank you", aise vItjet three choirs and two bandaý and, their directors.