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-~_- - -~ -- -- - ~ -~ ~ -~-- ~ - Oronio VOLUME 32, NUMBER 9 imaes ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, ÊÂHURSDAY, mARCII 6th, lb69 Noouch enFtrs A Noon Luncheon was the set- ting for the first general, meeting of the Orono U.C.W. of 1969. Tre tables looked lovely with beauti- ful hyacinths in full bloomi a-, dorniing, each table.- A bountiful array of food was enjoyed by a- bout 50 womien. The aftei-noon session was o p- ened with Mrs. Richard.Moton giving us two very enjoyable pi- ano selections. Mrs. Chiallice welcomed al presýýàent esecially aur very- spec- il guestl, Mrs. Loreen Ellis of IBelleville. A,1 poem was read by AIMrs. Challice "If I Could Write AStory" and followed by prayer. The Devotion was take-,r by Un- it 6 ladies from Leskard: Mrs. Fee, Mfrs. Loucks, Mrs. Baîrstow and Mlrs. Newell. They gave a very different form of devotion, set to the beat of drums. This 'was mnost enjoyed by aIl. Their theme big"Tolerance." Mrs. Carl Billings thien was ,called on to introduce the guest speaker Ms Ellis, known ta) nany froni this area as Loreen Lorrimnan,; formerly of Orono. Mrs. Ellis serves lai a great inany capacities, a past presidenit of the Bay of Quinte Board of, Womnen etc. Mrs. Ellis possesses a very vi- brant and enthusiastîc approac h ta her subj ects and was a treat for a.11 present. She told of thec inany people she had met in her travels and expressed the opinion that something very special was ta be iound in every one of them. Mrs. ChIDlice thanked Mrs. El- lis on behaîf of ail present. Mrs. Luella Drummond render- ed a lovely solo, muchl enjoyed by, ail. A short business periad follow- ed. Next Generai M eeting will be April l7th with an Easter th eme. MWarch 'th is World- Day of TPý;yer for ahl in this community. Special Music. Meeting closed with the Mizpah Count Down,Shw To Young Adits A shoWing of an educational !ilin on the dan gers of smoking, shown in the Orono UnitÊd Church on Sunday evening was seen by some sixty persons, mostly young aduits of the, community. The ev- ening was sponsor&d by the Or- ana Sigma C group. The film "Count Down" was being shown in Canada for the first time with the next showing to be to the doctors at the Osh- awa General Hospital. It was provided to the local group through the Seventh Day Advent- ist College. *The film centred around the life- and problems rif a youing sci- entist who develope-d ]un,- cancer. The daners of smoking were out- lined and the film also showed the removal of a cancerous lung. No esenigOf Role Seen "I can't sec any lessening of the raie af the conservation au- thorities with, introduction af regional gavernment," Arthur Laturneil, fields services section Departmnent of Energy and Re- sources, said while~ addressing the Ganaraska Conservation Au- thority members during their annual meeting at Port Hope, Mr. Laturneli, a field repre- sentative for this area in 1963, said during the past year there have been substantial accomplish- ments and changes achieved by the - local canservation authority. Mr. Laturneli cautioned the authority ta calculate their'grants well. He said either overestima- tian or underestimation of grants could prov e disastrous. Roy Foster bas been elected chairman ai the Ganaraska Con- servation Authority for the com- ing year and D. J. Cunningham was eiected vice-chairman. The Executive Committee is comprised of Roy Foster, chair- man, D. J. Cunningham, vice- chairman, Hilton Harris, past chairman and Elniore Scott. J. A. Reynolds bas been elected ta the Ganaraska River Co-ordin- ating Committee and re-elected ta the position ai historian of the Authority. use, Of Portf Hope Old Post Office To Be Sttudied By Board A cammittee has been set up by the Northumberland - Durham County Board of Education ta ln- vestigate the possibility of 'using the former Port Hope post office on Queen Street as headquarters for the new board. The committee, headed by J. C. Rolph, chairman of the board, includes J. T. McCreery, Wesley Dowii, A. A. H. Strike and E. M. Creighton as an ex-officia mem- ber. They will meet with represent- atives of Port Hope town coýuncil ta discuss the passibility and ta examine the building. In a letter, read at the board meeting, town council offered the' building ta the board on a long (Continued on page 5) Red Cross To CaiivasI Oron At last Thursday's board meet- ing of the Northumberland-Dur- ham Board of Education permi 's- sion was given to the Great Pine Ridge-Festival of the Arts to dist- ribute application forms in the higli school of the area to inter- es,çtedl students to use lîgh ting, and other equipment from Clarke High Sehool and also to use the Newcastle Public School auditor- ium for rehearsals. Permission was received, from the Department of National De- fence for the disbanding of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets zt the Port Hope High School. This was effectiv e as of -January lst, 1969. A request for a sehool bell for a cairai at the North Hope sehool was granted.' The request was made by the North Hope Sehool Parents Club. The bell will come froni Clarke, Township where a number of belîs are now avail- able. Many members urged the preservation of such items, as belîs and this is to be carried out. Mr. Forbes Heyland was ap- pointed to attend meetings of the' Central Ontario Joint, Planning Board to provide a liason between the two boards. Mr. H. O. Knapper was appoin- ted as an' Assistant Superintend- ent (elementary) at a salary of $22,000. It was pointed out that this completes the e appointment of Assistant Superintendents. The Board approved a motion whereby applications for delega- tions must be received by noon Monday prior to the Thursday meetings. This can, 'however, be overruled in urgent cases by a special motion of the Board ut the meeting. Tre matter of handliing coin- plaints was discussed for' a brief period. Complaints are first to be handled by the administratire staff. If their decision is not suitable then those cancerned can request a meeting with the Board The Chairman, Mr. Rolph, stated that individual members shouid be careful not to get involved ln such matters. It was reported.,at th e meeting that about haif the bus drivers and owners of the area attended a safety committee seminar held recentiy in the eastern section of the area. W. F. Thom Speaks At Oron--o Homte & Sehool Mvr. Ray Dickson, manager of who was unable ta attend, were the Orono Branch of the Canadian presented with ani ail painting. Imperial Bank af Commerce, re- The painting wvas the wark of Mr. tired last Frid ly fromi the em- A. A. Drummond af Orono. The ployee af the bank. Oni Wednles- presentation was made by Mr. day evening of iast wýeek Mr. PaUl FuIoco on' behaif af those Dickson *was hogoured at a din- present. 'Mr. Corson of the head ner nd itha pesetatonelloffice af the Canadian Bank of neran wih prsetaton W,11 Commerce spoke wards of con- S over' one hundred atteiided th " ratulations to Mr. Dckson, as dinner held in the Flying Dutch- di' adnRyFsereea maii Bowanvxle.Clarke Township and Rev. B. Mr. Dickson and Mrs. Dickson, Long. It was noted the keen in- terest that Mr. Dickson has taken ln his pirofession, is comniunity and his church since maving ta Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson are shown above admiring the painting that was presented ta them. Mr. Dick- son was aiso presented with a framed mîrraor by the staff at the OrtMle 'Branch. 1 The painting by Mr. Arthur ,Dtumniond A.W.S., is "Beech Riv- er", Hfaliburton. The Orono Home and Sehool Club met a week ago Tuesday in the' basement of the 'Orono Un- ited' Church wîth some thirty present. Mr. F. Thom, Director of Education for the Northumber- land-Durham Board of Education was the guest speaker.. Mr. Thom spoke of the concern by the Department of Education over the inEequaity of opportun- ity for' children throughout the Province. Policies ta reduce thiese differences, he said, have' been implemented step by step since the early 1940's. "First we saw the large district secondary schools develop. Then came the formation of the larger Township Public School areas and most re- cently the formation of the County Boards of Education," he said. Mrfi. Thom stated that even though the provincial grants were designed ta give greater assist- ance ta needy Boards, seriauts dîf- ferences lu financial resource s ln neighbouring sehool areas did exist. He said only the very large dictricts couid provide fully for the gifted and the handicapped youngsters. Mr. Thomi pointed out that the County Board mnembers are paid much more thazl' formerly but that the over-ail cost of Board members' salaries now is welI be- low the formier cost. Ai.so the to- tai number of business people, ln- cluding clerical staff should not exceed thirty under the. new board and at a lower total salary. Tre supervisary staff for edu- cational purpases consisted of fivç elementary scheol inspectora and one haif-time secondary school inspector, ail in their own offices with part-time secretaries. In addition there were six super- vising principa%»s with offices and secretarial assistance. Now the supervisory officer wiil be a Director of Educationr two superintendents and three as- sistants. for the present. ah ar- commodated in the cenitral offie. es. Mr. Thom also stated that theyl hoped ta provide phychological services at an eariy date. Mr. Thom stated that he did. not feed the overail cost ai ope-- ating the systemi would be legs than before, "I expect it will be up." Our biggest financial prob- lem would seeni ta be the cast af equalizing salaries, bath teaching, and non-teaching, he said. W have almast 1100 teachers froni M , boards with varying sa1airy scvhedules and 'also 250 non- teaching staff.' In closing Mr. Thom stated that they hoped ta provide an effic- ient forward-iooking sehool sysý, tein in the United Counties. March 101, M'rh is Red Cross, month and the District Branch is again cou- ducting an appeal for funds to carry on its work. Mrs. Win. Grady and hier team of volunteer canvassers plan to canvass the village of Orono during the week of March 1Oth. The ru.ral areas wiIl be canvassed throughout the month Mr. Bill Wallis,' Branch Cam- paign Chairman reports that this year the Branch quota has been set at $2700.00, the minimum needed to continue the Branch work in this area., ThÉ Canadian Red Cross So- cîety, through the efforts of the Bowmanville and. District Branch provide many services to the people of this community. During the past year many local citizens have been helped by the Free Blood Transfusion Service, Loan Cupboard of Sickroom Supplies, and Individual' Emergency Aid, Water Safety Services;' Pisaster First Aid and Home Nursing. In- struction, Thousands of articles of clothiiik have been completed by the members of the Women's Work committee for distribution iu local, national and internation- al disaster'relief.* The people of this areàalaso benefit fromn many other services maintaîned by the Society's Pro- vincial headquarters ln Toronto. Junior Red Cross, Outpost Hos- pîtals,ý Hospital services and Red Cross Lodges, Inquiry services ail hçip this, area. Through, our membership in the International Society we are able ta el wherever distaster strikes through, out the world. Tbese vital PIed Cross services cannot be maintained without the generous financial support of everyane throughout the area,. Please welcome the volunteer canvasser who cails on you and help YOUR Red Cross to 'hPIp YOU and YOURt neiglibour. Ottawa - February 27th, 1969, Northumberland - Durham Russ- eil C. Honey was. re-elected today to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Group, Inter-Parlia- mentary Union. Mr. Honey's terni of office is for one -year. He has served -on the Executive for the past four years.