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OMsC.cels Last Thursday evening the Clarke Township Planning Board at their regular meeting learned that the Ontario Municipal Board had cancelled the hearing of the Orono -OLUME 31, NUMBER 38 Clarke Township By-Law 1592. The hearing was to be held on Tuesday, October 8th in the Township Hall, Orono. No reason twas given for the Weekly cancellation nor has any indi- cation been given at what future date the hearing may be held. At the meeting the Planning Board went over the numerous imes ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY OCTOBER 3rd, 1968 Set New Truck Record At Closing Orono Race eet The end of harness racing in Orono for the season held many highlights last Friday evening. Fans were given a real treat on this closing night and as predict- ed by many of the knowledgeable horsemen a new track record was set. The eighth race did prove to be the feature of the evening for it was in this race that the hew record was set by Sigleland, a horse owned and driven by W. Givens of Bridgenortb. The re- cord now stands at 2.06.3. Prev- iously the record of 2.07 was in force. In the feature race Sly Frost came secohd with Freddy Pick third and Jim Dusty fourth. During the fourteen nights of raciiig Graydon Sheldon of Sun- derland was the top driver at the local track with the most win- hing points. Gerall Robinson and Jack Williams, both of Orono, followed in the respective order. Mr. O. W Rolph was again the winner of the Rolph-Forrest race. 'Mr. Rolph now informs us that he is preparing for the coming year and that a challenge has been sent to the Hon. Earl Rowe by the two competing drivers. At the races on Friday evening both Wm. Reid and Keith West drove to first place victories. The gate prizes which were drawn on the closing night gives some idea of the wide interest in harness racing. First prize went to Mr. J. Adams, Cobourg fol- lowed by prizes to John Brack, Oshawa and Harold Martin, Port Hope. Many fans will no doubt be back next year when harness rac- ing will no doubt resume in Or- ono under the sponsorship of the Oshawa Driving Club. Ripe Raspberries Mother nature appears to have been deceived by the weather- man of late. Instead of 'preparing for winter mother nature has gone into a late spring caper and is producing a healthy crop of raspberries. Mrs. Ben White brought a sample of her crop into the office on Monday and from this sample it is noted that the bushes are loaded with fruit with a good portion of it ripe and ready to be picked for the table. No doubt the fine weather last month has reslted in this second crop of raspberries. Erect Plaque At Garden Hill A cairn to mark .the founding of conservation authorities in the province was unveiled at the en- trance of Garden Hill Conserva- tion Area Friday afternoon by Mrs. J. D. Thomas, wife of the late chairman of the Guelph Con- ference. The 180 people attending the ceremony heard Dr. A. H. Rich- ardson's brief history of the or- iginal conference and how the Ontario Fede'ation of Naturalists and the Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association devel- oped similar ideas for the con- servation scheme about the same time unknown to each other. Dr. Richardson blamed the provincial government for not possessing a proper plan for land use in the province, as he men- tioned the land squabble between agriculture and industry. He stat- ed that although this is taking- place at the present moment the province was none the less mov- ,ng from the stage of resource conservation to resource manage- ment. Dr. Richardson went on to say that the Canadian conservation program was copied from the ex- ample set by the United States following their disastrous divist storms in the western states in 1935. As far back' as 1931 the Ontario naturalists, he said, were making an effort towards conservation. He noted how the provincir,1 gov- ernment of that time rijected their $12,000 budget for conserva- tion work, but agreed to provide trees for the planting program. Dr. Richardson, who served on the Guelph Conference in 1941, compiled and supervised the plans for the formation of con- servation authorities in the prov- ince of Ontario. Following his plans there are at present 36 Conservation Authorities in ex- istance, whose annual budgets collectively represents 30 million of dollars. Other original members of the Guelph Conference present at the unveiling ceremonies were Prof. A. W. Baker, C. R. Purcell, G. C. Toner, Prof. A. F. Coventry and C. A. Walkinshaw. All of these members spoke briefly on the work carried out by the conser- vation authorities in the province J. A. Reynolds of Port Hope, representing the Ganaraska Re- gion Conservation Authority, was master of ceremonies. The Ganaraska, host authority for the unveiling ceremonies, was one of the firs sauthorities established in the province. Hilton Harris, chairman of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority welcomed the visitors. Mr. Harris donated the 16-ton boulder used for the memorial cairn. The boulder was found on his farm in Plainville, excavated and placed on the grounds of the Ganaraska Conservation Area in Garden Hill. After the unveiling of the cairn the! Rev. J. A. Ramjit of the Garden Hill United Church read the dedication. A temporary time capsule was set in place by J. Grant Smith of the Big Creek Conservation Authority and current chairman of the conservation authorities chairmen's committee. Included with the guests were also members of the provincial parliament, for Durham, Alex Carruthers and for Northumber- land, Russell Rowe. Farmers Offered 17 Week Course Farmers who wish to improve their knowledge of agriculture and who have the potential of doing so will be given an oppor- tunity during the winter of 1968- 69. This opportunity comes in the 17-week course entitled, "This Business of Farming." Canada Manpower sponsors the course under their Occupational Train- ing for Adults Program. In xader to take training most adults must be provided with an income while training. This is fully covered under the federal objections that had been made to Council in the matter of the Re- strictive Area by-law. It was ex- pressed that the major portion of the objections were without a sound' basis. Mr. Lowe lid state that there were a couple of objec- tions which should be given con- sideration. Mr. Lowe also pointed out at the meeting that By-Law 1592 was still in force and that the postponement of the hearing did not affect this in any way. On opening the meeting the Planning Board did 'meet with a representative of Municipal Planning Consultants who did outline the work of their firm in the matter of planning. This firm conducted the planning in the Township of Darlington anß it was stated that they would be interested in doing similar work for Clarke Township. No action was taken or recommendation made in this by the Clarke Town- ship Planning Board. AUTO SHOW DRAWS CROWD OF 10,000 Before the doors of the Sixth Annual Port Hope' Auto Show closed Saturday night, a record breaking crowd of more than 10,000 persons had viewed the season's latest automobiles. Promotion manager A. M. Mor- ris said large crowds started ar riving early Friday afternoon and on Saturday there was a steady flow from the time the doors op- ened until they closed. The big attraction on the main floor was the Ford Grand Prix GT 40, which is valued at $40,000. There was a 1927 La Salle, which looked as though it had just arrived from the factory. Curt Hasse, sales representa- tive for Volkswagen Canada said that the Port Hope show was the only show of its kind in the area where all makes of cars could be seen under one roof. Council Ask Trustees To Tender Road Work undertake this work. A resolution from the' Orono The Township of Clarke Coun- cil met on Tuesday when they passed the necessary by-law to officially appoit Mr. A. Low as Zoning Administrator for by-law No. 1592. The appointment is to be in effect until December 31st, 1968. The Road Superintendent was given authority by Couteil through a resolution to advertise for sale the former Harry Wade residence, lot '8, B.F. Concession. The sale to be by public auction. Council agreed to pay their share of the proposed reconstruc- tion of the, intersection of County Road No, 8 at Newtonville and No. 2 Highway. Through a resolution the Coun- cil acted upon the recommenda- tion of the Township Road Com- mittee requesting the Police Trustees of the Village of Orono to call for tenders to undertake the proposed road work in the Village. The works under con- sideration is the $108,000 project of storm sewers, curbs, paving and guttering. The Trustees at a former meeting had asked that the Township Road Department program by means of training al- lowances. These allowances are determined by the number of de- Continued page 7 Police Trustees in support of placing Orono's name at the june- tion of Highway 115 and 35 with Highway 401 was also supported by the Township Council. In this Mr. A. Carruthers i. to .receive a copy of the Township resolu tion. Council again filed a proposal for new street lighting in New- tonville which has been submit- ted by the Ontario Hydro. Council gave approval to the Boy Scouts to hold an 'Apple Day' in the Township of Clarke on October 26th. Council approved a grant of $25:00 to the decorative lighting proposed for the Main Street of Orono. A letter from the Ontario Mun- icipal Board noted the cancella- tion of the hearing to consider by-law No. 1592. Tbp letter also recommended that the Township proceed with the processing of the Restictive Area By-law 1602 which has been placed before the Ontario Municipal Board. By-law 1602 is an amending by-law to by-law 1598 which in turn is an amending by-law to by-law No. 1592. - Accounts were passed in the amounts of $19782.67 for general adeninistration, $1243.19 for Wel- fare and $11,947.88 for Township Roads. A sum of $4,590.38 was passed for the Orono Police Trustees. Orono Eyes Were Turned Upward All eyes last week were turned to the north end of the business section to the Kumrite Apart- mnents. It was here. that activity for the week centered as one saw the transformation of the ex- terior of the building. Workmen have completed the work of stuc- coing the exterior of the north, -south and west sides of the building. The major part of the building has a stucco face with white and black quartz stone im- bedded iù the white stucco. The lower section of the front and south side bas been completed in a cut stone effect with black lines. This activity created plenty of interest for sidewalk superinten- dents who were amazed at the skill of the workmen in handling the trowels. It is understood that when the stucco completely dries the major portion will be white with a band of greyish black a long the top. The cut stone ef- fect is to remain grey in colour. This is a great improvement in the appearance of the building. The Kendal Midgt Basqball club entered the final playdown series with Langton on Sa.tur- day in Kendal. The game was a decisive win for the visitors from wçstern Ontario by a score of 20-3. Langton proved strong in most departments and thus took the edge. The second game of Norton, Peter Henderson, Ralph the series will be played in Lang- Kennedy,-coach, Morris Hallowell ton this Sunday afternoon. Pic- coach. (bottom row) Ted Stark, tured above is the Kendal team, coach, Burnie Aldred, Terry John Thompson, coach, Mike Mc- Atark, Jery Murphy, Douglas Gregor, Bob Foster, Bill Mercer, Taylor, Bil Robinson and Jerry Stephen West, Larry Hoy, Dan Thompon. Hi