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M-77 M-71777 7- 7- ,1 --m .e Curtain Ruses Atr' Youth Theatre The town hall 'in Newcastle will be a busy place tonight, Tliursdayý, August 8. This is when the Great Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts offici- a,lly opens witli adramatie pres- entation of HIerman Melville's Billy Budd. There will be a secohd.drama premniere the following night, August 9, by the same group, 'The Admirable Crichton by James MA. Barrie. 'h third premiere by the Oronoé ,vOLUME Uf, NUMBER 30 The Ontario Municipal Board held a liearing on Thursday last in the Orono Town Hall to hear the application for the construc- tion of storm sewers, curlis, gut- ters and paving streets in the central section of Orono at an esti'cated cost of $108,7W. 0f thîs amount $38,080. is- to be levied against the property in the Village1 of Orono to lie paid back over a period of five years. Mr. Greenwood of the 0MB conducted the hearing. In open- ing the hearing lie said that tliey -would have to regard the appli- cation as a new requcst. Mr. E. R.,Lovekin representing the, Township of Clarke pointed out that the Township was the properpat t this application as 1r-village was a Police Vil- lage, havýing no status of its own. 1le said the Township was pre- pared to go aiong with the people of Orono in this projeet but held no strong position i the' matter either one way or another. Mt. Lovekin did state that there was good relationship between the Village and the Township. He ai- so said the Village would lie- come' larger in the fututre as building slowed down in the rur- al areas of the Township. Mr. Lovekin suggested that Mr. K. iLycett, acting on behaîf of the, Police Trufstees shSod conduct the presentation of facts to the Board. The chairmat of the Board nskcd if those in the Township were aware tliat the cests of the projeet were -a liablilty, against the whole of the ToWnship if Orono was unalile to meet these costs.. Mr. Lovekin said lie was vcmy. doultful that this would happen. Mr.K Lycctt then-introduced Mr. Eberlee, a member of the Opposition te the proposcd -road pogram in Orone was pre- ýsented te the Ontario Municipal Board hcearing on Thursday of last wcek. Mr. . J. Major, in opposition te the by-law stated to, the chair- -man, Mm. Greetwood, that a peti- tien had been signed in opposi- tion te thie by-law liy two thirds of the ratepayers in the Village. H1e said there were 314 signatur- ,es on the petitien. Mr. Major ai- se said that,. a report liy Dr. Hornîcr, Medical. Offîcer, of, HRealth, in 1955 lad stated that there was an immediate need for sanitamy sewers in Oono and lie. feit that a priomity existed for the sanitary scwers over stomm sewers. group will be held Saturday, August 10. It wilI be Rober t Bolt's play, A Man for Ail Sea- sons, the distinguished and mov- ing drama ýabout the eonflict be- tween Henry VIII and Sir Thom- as More. These, three plays will be per- formed and produced by young actors, designers etc., from the four corners of the Pine Ridge aYea, includinqg 1Oshawa district. They will be working Under thé professional guidantce ot~ direct- ors and other guest artists tu pre- Weekiy fîrm of engineers wlio had work- cd on the plans for the project. Mm. Eberice outlined the extent of the projeet and identified the prolilem . . . a need of storm sewcrs for drainage and a me- ducetion ini the maintenance prob- lem on Village Streets. Mr. Eb- crîce stated that lie had witncss- cd flooding on Churdli Street north. Also lie pointcd out that a neceds study conducted for the Township of ahl roads in the Township had -point ed -out the need for storm sewers on the streets as outlinpd in the appli-' cation now, before the Municipal Board. It had alse reeommeided reconstruction work. On question by Mr. Lycett, Mr. Eberîce was of the opinion that the, works could not 'be- donc piccemeal on an economical basis H1e said the minimum life of the pavement was twenty years. Mr. Woodyardwas tlidn calledl liy Mr. Lyctt and lie said that many of the roads were beyond normal epair and that liath the Township Road Department and the Dcpartment of Higliways were of the opinion that paving was the answcr to overcome the present poor coinditions. In many cases, lie said, the sidewalks were below the surface of the roads causing flooding. H1e said it was not neccssary to issue de- lientrires for the works or to in crease the present tax Êate as the Villageunder the agreement with the Township had ample monies for the project. The mon- cy would, lic said, lie borrowed from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Mir. Lycett pointed out to the chairman that the Police Trus- tees did have a petition signed liy persans i favour of the pro- ject and that these signatures did Mm. Wm, Grady aise spoke in opposition to, the by-law mferr- ing to the 1955 report and aise prcsenting a report by the en- gineering fimm of Marshall, Mack- lin and Monoglian in whidli it was reported that due teo the top- ography of the land hi Orono cases not nýedcd. Surface drain- that storm sewers were in most age wcre only short runs and that proper ditching ceuld carry this flow with littie trouble, stat- ed the report of 1959. Mr. Grady said that if the' Trustees lad conductcd proper road mainten- ance and liad cleancd eut cul- verts that there would be ne need for stermn sewems. "If we (Continued page 6) sent one of the most exciting theatrical seasons ifl Eastern, On- tario. The three above-mentioned plays will be' repeated after the premieres on the following dates: Billy Budd -1 Aug. 13,, 16, 21, 24 and 29; Admirableý Cricliton - Aug. 14, 17, 22, 27 and 30. A Man -for Al Seasons - Aug. 15, 20, 23, 28 and 31.ý Hlonorary guests' at the prem- ieÊe of Billy Budd Aug. 8 will include Earl Rowe, former Lieu- tenant-Governor- of Ontario; Rus. Times ORONO WEEKLY TIMESY, THURSDAY, AUGUST Sth. 1968 0MB Rehears Petition For OronoRoad Project seli Honey, MP, Durham-North- umbcrland; and Alex Carruthers, CPP, Durham. Tickets can be obtaied for al three productions which will per- mit the holdfer to retain the same seat. Reservations can be made by phoning Newcastle 987-4050. Tihis is Onitario's first festival concentratihg on the- talents of youth. Some of the participants com- mute to Newcastle, from Orono, Oshawa, Whitby and the sur- rounding area. Some performers board in Newcastle. Others reside in Tent City, nlorth of the town hall. The "City" consists of three t*~ts and a trailer put up by the Ffest- ival's board of governors. One>,of the program commit-, tee's big-jobs was to transforma thé beautiful Newcastle town hall into a theatre. Lights had to be rented and a stage cohstruct- ed (which can be dismantled for storing -after the closing perfor- mance Aug. 31.) Diane Bary, who graduated this year from Bowmanville High School, plays the feminite lead of Lady Mary in The Admirai Crichton. She has been studying voice for three years. She would like to sing and act professionally but feels that such careers are "highly competitive"l and hard to "break itto." The young performers are in- structed by Roy Higgins, director, and Joan Bennett co- director. They directed the Clarke Èlayers from Clarke I{igh School, where the idea for, the festival group was first conceived. Some supporters dlaim that the Pine Ridge Festival of the Arts will eventually blossom out itto another Stratford Fqisýival, but Miss Bennett feels that this will be "in essence only."1 "Stratford does Shakespeare and Shaw is donc by the Shaw Festival,"she said, "1so it's hard te sax7 what we will do. Ncxt year we may try one Shakespeare play; but w'll mainly stick to modern, like Billy Budd and A Man for Ail Scýasons, plus an oc- casional theatrical like The Ad- mirable Cricittoh. The comipari- son to Stratford is that we want to become a great annual festi- val. The difference is that they are aduit professionals. Wc are trying to procure the best of tlie ëollege and secondary sehool 1ev- el kids." One hulidred people are par- ticipating in the festival this year. The projerted figure for next year is 300 to 400,, because of increascd adveitisîng. The board of governors hope that tlie festival will becomne a year-round theatrical sciool at the hîgli scliool level eventually. "Most of these youngsters have beeh in school plays," says Miss Bennett. "Some schools have very am'ateurish product- ions, but it varies. If they're am- ateurish, its not from lack of talent, but from lack of profici- ency and professional care. For example they thînk they can put on make -upfor the first time at A. Lew Reports On 'Meeting With Minister July 31, 1968 On a meeting arranged by Mm. Carruthers witli the Minister of Municipal Affairs: A delegation fromi the Clarke Ratepayers' Association compas- cd of Mr. Butt, Mr. Copping, Mr. Kimbaîl, Mr. Mortoù and Mr. Ev ,ans, appearcd at the meeting to attack the liy-law 1592 and the administration of the Township - Mr. Carruthers and myseîf weme there in defence. Neither the Couneil of the Township or the Zoning. By-laW needed any defence. TlieN Minister, lis Assistant and the Senior Planner, of the De- partment listehcd for one and one haîf hours, to a stream oa w'ords'-from Mr. Butt whidh had no Pelationto the subject at hand and whcn challenged toalie spec- fie could only mepat the same words over and over again. Mr. Butt inferred that there was sonething unacceptalile in the purchase of a gravel pit liy the Councîl and Mr. Carruthers ,produccd documents to prove that, the pit in question, after boring tests and analysis, had a value of four and one haif times the amount paid for the proper- ty by the municipality. Wlien compiaining of the lack of public meetings by the Plan- ning Board, the delegation was asked if they had ever servedI the munîcipality in any> capacity, run -for office, attended nonmina- tion meetings or lad even exist- (Centinued page 2) dress rehearsal.' The purpose of the festival aise is te provide a training ground and, meeting place for young people, free from the strain of sehool sa that thcy are able to coicentrate fullY on their work. The festival would like ta provide a' fuli-scale, fuil-time summer program of 10 weeks. It would like te have enougli money availabie thr ougli schelarships sa that young thespians would net be forced te take day jobs. Mr. Higgins says. the sehool should be establislicd in five years. "It's just a matter of the riglit people thinking it canti, e located in Newcastle," lie said. 11e continucd: "The most im- portant thing we've got te do is te get people who have neyer been to live theatre te ceme. They've been in front of, the TV set tee long. The geveriment is intercsted in seeîng if the people around here wîll came. ~represent ý5.ù third of tlie.assess- ed value of" the Village. The cihairman said that lie was flot sure of the value of the petitions. Mr. Lovekin also stàted that a petition had been submittedto the Township Council' opposing theprojeet and he asked that it be filcd with the Board. The pe- tition opposing the project, along with--otlier mnaterial was present- cd to the Board. Mr. Goebelle, Township audi- tor was then called upon by Mr. Lycett. In his questioning Mr. Goebelle statcd that tlie capitol1 debt of tlie Township had in- creased from $212,500 in 1966 to $520,900 in 1967. 0f this in- crease $230,000 was for sehools The capital debt, lie said, repre- sented 22% lof the assessed value of the Township. H1e dîd poit outý that annual debenture re- payment had 'dropped from 11% to 10.5% of the total, revenue. In connection wi tlite propos- ed projeet the $38,080 charged against the- Villagje would be cliarged as a boan out of revenue. The annuial charge lie said would be' slightly over $8000.00. It was pointed out that the bank would charge 7 percent. Mr. Goebelle statcd that i his opinion there was no need for increasing the tax rate to, the Village as a result of the project. The cliairman of, the Board, Mr. Grecnwood, said the money, $8.90. had to be paid and tliat it could not be picked out of t1hin air. "We have to accept that one way or anotherthe Vil- lage lias to pay for this work,'" said the chairman. "If wliat you the taxpayers in the Village are say is true it would appear that now paying too muc-h,'" le said. 'I find it difficult to understand,'" lie said. "What are tliey paying it for now?" he said. Mr, Goebelle stated that be- cause this project was anticipat- ed it was budgeted for ahd this is wliy a surplus of $6400 cxisted last year. Mr. Findlayson of the Depart- ment of .Healtli, Northumberland and Durham was then called wlio outlined a survey made in the Village in 1966 pertaining to sanitary sewage, 1He stated that it was recommcnded that the overaîl probleiQj of sewage did net at this time warrant immedi- ate action but also that it should not be shelved. indefinitely. At this time lie said lie was not putting any time limit of the need of sanitary sewèrs. Mr. Findlayson also pointed out that in lis opinion' the pro- posed works, would lielp lower the water table and would re- lieve surface flooding of tule led areas which would liave a defin- ite affect on improving condi- bLons. On.being asked by Mr. Ly- cett, Mr. Findlayson said lie could not see the need lof sani- tary sewers in this area for tlie next twenty years _providing the presrInt growth continued. Mr. Mc-Mullen of the Ontario Water Resources Commission me- ported on a survey made in' Ap- ril of 1968 on the Orono Creek resulting in no 'pollution showing need of sanitary sewers within Orono for the next twenty, years, (Centinued en page 4) The Oreno Junior Baseblal club now enters the league playdowns with two other teams. Thc top three teams in the league are schedulcd in the playdowns. A.- long witli Orono there will lie Port Hope and Little Britai. The series will lie a home-and- home series with cach team thus playing four games. Orono will. play two home games. The first wîll lic played this Friday cvcning in the Orono Park when Little Britain wililibe on hand. The second home game for Orono will lie with Port Hope on Wednesday, August l4th. Both games arc te lic un derway at six e'celock. Orone plays i Port Hope on August 7tli and in Little Britain on August 16th. The Orono Club, irregardless of this series will enter the On- tarle Baseblal play4ewns at a future date. The Omone club is entered in the OBA Junior C division. Dates and eppesing clubs will lie announced whenl they are known. Oronoé Junior Baosebali Enter Thiree-Team Playdowns 0MB Chairman At Orono