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Orono VOLUME 31, NUMBER 3 Weekly imes ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25th, 1968 Ontario Hydro Takes Students Vote Up Land Option Quebec Botter Off Ontario Hydro will take up op- tions on about 730 acres of prop- erty at Wesleyville, about five miles west of Port Hope, for the construction of a power plant. Chairman George E. Gather- -cole said today intensive site in- vestigations have proven the lo- cation suitable to accommodate a station in the 2,000,000-kilowatt -ange. Mr. Gathercole said no decis- !on has been made as to what type rf plant will be built as yet. However, he pointed out, it will be either a nuclear or a fossil- fuelled station. While a firm date for start of construction has not been set, the Hydro chairman emphasized sites for generating facilities must be acquired well in advance of actual construction in order to schedule equipment deliveries from suppliers. Hydro optioned the lake-front property about six months ago to permit exploratory tests of foundation and other conditions. Circulation Petition For Kindergarten A number of residents cf Or- ono and Clarke Township are cir- -culating petitions throughout the area for the establishment of a Kindergarten for young students in the area. The action by these residents was started when the Public School Board of Clarke Township turned down a proposal to build a Kindergarten, and Library room at the Orono School. Furth- er to this the Board ruled out any idea of starting a Kinder- garten in any of the area schools. It is likely that the group will present their petition at the next meeting of the Board along with having a delegation present. 13,844 Books Circulated Fr.m Twp. Library The Clarke Public Library Board held their first meeting of the year on Tuesday evening when Mr. Roy Forrester was ap- pointed chairman, Mr. E. R. Woodyard, treasurer and. Mrs. Dorothy Robinson, secretary. Mrs. Robinson, librarian, in her December report showed an in- crease of 227 books out on loan over that of 1966. Books out on loan during December 1967 tot- alled 1099. The year-end reporf gave a to- tal of 13,844 books on loan dur- ing 1967 comparing with 11,755 in 1966. Of the 1967 total approx- imately 2,000 were adult non- fiction, 5,000 adult fiction and 6,500 boys and girls. From June to December 418 new books were added to the shelves of the Clarke Library. Mr. Woodyard giving the fin- ancial report stated that a total of $4,824.74 had been spent dur- ing the year with a balance of $236.65 existing on December 31, 1967. Of the total expenditures, $1070.30 was spent for salaries, $1967.98 for new books and $1200.00 for rent to the Township of Clarke. By resolution the Board ap- proved -a budget not to exceed $5000.00 in 1968. The budget al- ong with a report for 1967 is to be presented to council at their February meeting. The budget in- cludes some new equipment in- cluding a new typewriter. The Board intends to continue their book purchase ptogram îs car- ried out in 1967. W. I. Thomas, Warden Of The United Counties Reeve W. I. Thomas of Co- -bourg won the election for the wardenship of Northumberland and Durham last week. Mr. Thomas received the nec- essary 27 votes for a clear mai- ority on the fifth ballof. Voting figures showed it was a close race between the Cobourg reeve and Jay Whittington, Reeve of South Monaghan. He is the third counties ward- en to be elected from the town of Cobourg in 100 years. Three other municipal reeves compet- ing in the election were Jay Whit- tington, Gordon Carruthers of Hamilton Township and Roy ýChatton of Brighton Township. The 1967 warden was Merrill Van Camp, former reeve of Cart- wright Township. Prior to balloting, Mr. Thomas said 15 of the last 100 wardens in the United Counties had come from urban municipalities. Orono The Ontario Municipal Board will hear Clarke Township's ap- plication on behalf of the Police Village of Orono, for approval of a $108,700 public works pro- gram February 26 in the town- ship council chambers in Orono. The township proposes to spend $52,900 on storm sewers and He expressed the desire to "end the ill feelings" whiçh have existed between the rural and ur- ban officials in the past. Reeve Thomas was elected to Cobourg council in 1958 and be- came reeve in 1961, and has since sat on county council. Issuing a warning to county council members, he said munici- pal government was beset by the times. "We must pull as a team or we will be replaced by region- al government." The new warden took the chair for the first business ses- sion of the county council. The principal task of council was to elect standing committees appointed this term by deputy- reeves. The committees include, fin- ance, roads and bridges, county property, legislation and bylaws, agriculture and assessment and industrial. ladependant Secondary school students from four provinces voted 186-84, on Sunday at Port Hope, that Quebec would be better off inde- nendent - despite a strong call for national unity from three Montreal girls. Dr. Thomas Symons, presid- ent and vice-chancellor of Trent University, acting as chairman of the debate adjudicators, obvious- ly concerned at the tone of the discussions, said: "There is no question Quebec could separate. The question is whether it would be wise or hurt- fui." He compared the debate to that of the Oxford Union in 1935 when members decided they "would not fight for King and country." Students from 21 schools from Winnipeg to Newfoundland met at Trinity College, Port Hope, to debate: "Independent nationhood is in the best interest of the people of Quebec." Dr. Symons asked the stud- ents and himself what the vote indicated. "Have we attended an historie occasion in the development and progress of our country?" But he hastened to quote Ben- jamin Franklin's remark on the eve of the American Revolution: "We must hang together, or we may well hang separately." Dr. Symons warned Quebec in- dependence could take the rest of Canada by surprise through any of three routes: "A simple incident - a gun- shot, some untoward incident. Look in the record of history. All the ingredients are there." "A coalescence of diverse sep- aratist elements," possibly under the leadership of Rene Levesque. "The responsible political lead- er of the day could decide it is the right way." The option cpuld be exercised by Premier Daniel Johnson, or a successor. There was not a sound in Osler Hall, as the president of the Pet- erborough university continued. By historie relationship and geographical proximity Ontario has a duty to preserve unity, ar- gued Dr. Symons. "There is also an onus on Que- bec to think of the good of ail Canadians, as well as her own ap- parent good." It was the fourth annual invita- tional debating tournament at Trinity, and the first to attract out-of-province teams. It turned into an unorthodox book review for the pro-independ- ent principles set out lu Mr. Lev- esque's book Option Quebec. The paperback hit the book- stands Thursday and several teen- agers admitted reading late into the night to finish it. Levesque dictums kept popping up chapter and verse from both teams. "We need the instruments to move ahead, ' thundered Michel Trudeau (College St. Laurent) of (Continued page 8) See No Increase InHydro Rates For Orono Customers Mr. Mel Downs, Manager of the Orono Hydro, in reporting to the Commission on Monday even- ig, stated that he felt that no in- crease would be necessary in Or- ono Hydro rates this year. He felt that the hydro system could ab- sorb the increased costs for hy- dro from the Ontario hydro. Mr. Downs estimated that it would cost Orono Hydro a furth- er amount of $3,000.00 this year for hydro power. He also pointed out that there was to be a further increase to Orono estimated at $1500.00 in 1969. It was stated that cost of hydro to consumers in Toronto was being increased this year by some ten percent. The manager's report showed a balance of $4419.00 in the hydro account after payment of the January bills and a balance of $225.00 in the water account. Mr. Downs also recommended that a discount of 10% be considered to replace the present 5% discount which was hardly enough to en- courage prompt payment. In his recommendations he also suggest- ed that all fire hydrants in Orono be repainted. Mr. Floyd Nicholson was re- appointed Chairman of Hydro, with Mr. E. R. Woodyard, treas- urer. Mr. Downs reported that the Ontario Hydro had completed a survey of power-use at Curvply Wood Products and that it had been recommended that Curvply instal corrective equipment to better load capacity. This eauiv- ment, he said, would cost Curvply around $700.00 which would be reclaimed in fifteen months. This, stated Mr. Downs, was both a savings to Curvply as well as the Orono Hydro. Mr. E. R. Woodyard and Mr. Downs were delegated to attend the O M E A and A M E U Con- vention to be held in Toronto early in March. Considerable discussion centred on the use of the Orono Municipal Building for storage of Hydro equipment and trucks. It was stated that the building lends it- self for this use. Mr. Downs re- ported that the trucks had to sit outside and that equipment could not be left òn the trucks. It was also suggested that offices be brought to the front of the build- ing rather than being at the back as now exists. Further considera- tion is to be given this matter. McAdams To Speak In Orono This Monday evening the Or- ono Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual meeting in the form of a banquet and entertain- ment. The meeting is being held in the Orono Oddfellow's Hall commencing at 6:30 p.m. Mr. William McAdams, Plan- ning Director of the Central On. tario Planning Board, will be the guest speaker. Mr. McAdams spoke to the Chamber of Com- merce two years'ago just follow- ing his appointment as Planning Director of the Board. Thq Board has been in operation for a little over a year and enconpasses the municipalities of Whitby, Oshawa Darlington and Bowmanville. The Rebekah Lodge members are catering to the banquet and Mr. Stirling Mather is arranging the entertainment for the even- ing. The evening is in the form of a ladies' night. Anyone wishing tickets may oh- tain same from any member of the Chamber of Commerce. To-night - The annual meeting of the Or- ono Horticultural Society will be held tonight, Thursday, in the basement of the Orono United Church. Your attendance will support their work in your community. Douglas M. Simpson Inspecting Trustee The Orono Police Trustees held their January meeting on Monday evening with Mr. Doug- las Simpson in the chair, having been appointed Inspecting Trus- tee. The Trustees held their in- augural meeting on ,Wednesday, January 17th when the Inspect- ing Trustee was appointed and the varions committees set up for the year. Mr. E. R. Woodyard was ap- pointed to look after beautifica- tion, finance and roads; Mr. Floyd Nicholson, fire department, gar- bage disposal and snow removal; Mr. Douglas Simpson, municipal building, sidewalks and water sy- stem. Mr. E. R. Woodyard was ap- pointed secretary for the Trustees at a monthly remuneration of $50.00. It was also passed at the He -r $55,800 on curbs, gutters and pavement in Orono. It also wants to borrow $38,080, repayable ov- er five years, to help defray the cost. The storm sewers would be bult on Main Street, from Centre Street to 370 feet south of Park Street; on Park fromh Church to 570 feet east of Church; on Cen- tre from Church to 620 feet east of Church; on Church from 190 feet north of Dickson to Head- wall. Included are easements froM Main to Headwall. Curbs, gutters and pavements would be. built on Church St. North from Churchill Avenue to 150 feet south of Allin's Lane; Centre from Main to 800 feet east of Church; Park from Main to 550 feet east of Church; Duch- ess from Main to Church; and Dickson frora Mill to Church. inaugural meeting that when the Trustees had to travel beyond the Village on Village business that they would be paid on the basis of $16.00 a day. An amount of 10 cents a mile was set for car expenses. A report on the fire depart- ment showed an expenditure of $6,349.55 with the department an- swering a total of 42 fires, six in Orono and thirty-six in the Town- ship. By resolution the Trustees ap- proved the completion of land transaction between Bennett Pav- ing and the Village for the pur- chase of 11.13 acres of land at $125.00 an acre for garbage dis- posal purposes. The local Advisory Committee for water is to meet on Thursday, January 25th at 10:00 a.m. The secretary was also author- ized to establish a meeting with the- Road Superintendent, Mr. M. Ross, for January 25th at 11:00 a.m. At this time the Trustees wish to discuss matters pertain- ing to the road budget. Mr. Woodyard pointed out that it would be difficult to establish a budget not knowing whether or not the Municipal Board were to pass the proposed road project of $100,700.00. He also stated that this year they would not be able to work on a supplementary by- law but that all monies for road work was to be set up in the in, itial by-law.