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Orono VOLUME 35, NUMBER 24 <Iarke Conservatives Re-elect Mrs. Elsie Fisk, President The regular Annual Meeting uand Pot Luck Supper of the Clarke Township Progressive Conserva- tive Association was held at the Odd Fellow's Hall in Orono on Wednesday, May 26th last wif h a goo d attendance and cveryone en- joyed a delicious supper. This was followed by fthc gen- ,eral meeting of flic Association in -which County Président, Art Code was' called upon to conduct the ýelection of officers. The Nominat- ing Commiftee report was accept- ed and on motion duly ses'-onded and carnicd and the following slate ,of officers was chosen for the forthcoming year: 1 MIon. President - J. liarfwell Low- ery President Mrs. Elsie Fisk lst Vice-President - Orville Chat- terton 2nd Vice-President - Jack Bair- stow, ýSecretary - W. K. Lycett Assistant Secretary - Aima Cuffeli 'reasurer - John Murphy Auditor - J. Lyni Lowery. Polling Division Chairmen 1. Lloyd Clysdale 2. Mrs. Marilyn Martin 3.. H-arold Gibson 4. Roy Foster 5. Charles Reid 6. Lloyd Lowery '7. William A. Tomluson 9.Brian Caswell 1.Mrs. Doreen Bairsfow 10. Orville Chatterton Mr. Code expressed congratu- lations f0 the, Carke Organization ýon thie fine meeting and supper ýand expressed greetiugs from the ,County Association. Our re-instat- cd President addressed the meet- ing and called upon the Provinc- -ial Member, Alex Carruthers, f0 address the meeting and intro- ,duce the guesf speaker, Mr. Wil- liam Thomson Q.C. of Oakville. Mr. Tliomson gave a sfirring ad- dress after which a question and answer period was couducted by, nur local Member and many of flic members participafed, lu this stimulafing exchange of ideas and proposais. Senior Citizen Week To Be Declared Reeve John Stone of Clarke Township Ilopes f0 have Council declare flic wcek of June 2~0 fo June 26th as Senior Cifizen's Wcek lui Clarke Township. If is also lis wish to set up a commiÏfte with a vieiN fo possibly holding some special events wif 1- in tlic nlunicipalify -duning flic wcek. Reeve Stone points ouf fIat the Province lias deciared this part- icular wcck Senior Cifizens Weck and want flic municipalities fo provide some recognition wifhin fliir own centres. Attends Mayors' & Reeves' Convention Reeve John. Stone, accompan- recent Mayors' and Reeves' As- sociation annual meeting in Nortli Bay. Tliey were also accompanicd led ly Mrs. Stone, attendcd flic by flic- Reeve of Alnwick Town- ship and his wifc. Tliey were flic only representatives from flic Un- ited 'Counfies in affendance in Nort h Bay. Reeve Stone stafes fliafflic meeting was one of flic largest lu flcAssociafion's history and lie expects flic Association f0 gain a gre4ter voice lu Municipal affairs in regards Provincial legisiafion. H1e stated many important items wer.e discussed. Summe dcto vial The Northumberland - Durliam County Board of Educat ion lias dccided fo part icipate lunflic summer school programs for stu- dents opcrated by flic Ont ario County Board of Educt-tion and 'fic Peterboroughi County Board. At lasf nighf's regular meeting an administration, report statcd that requests liad been received from flic two boards asking- for indication on whether Northum- berland and Durham wanted t(> take part lunflic summer scliool schedule. The administration ted fIhat on fte basis of last year's summer sehool experience, which was suc- cessful, if would not appear fliat Northumberland and Durham shouid operate ifs own summer school. The board's participation in flic program will provide an opportun- ify for students f0 complete or up- grade their requirements for cred- ifs af a paricular year and level. Departmenf of Educafion grants other boardsà for fuifion, purposes. other boards for huition purposes. Weekly- Ti mes1 RIOBERT F. NIXON SPEAKS AT PEEL NORTII LIBERAL ASSOCIATION MEETING Many young people have been unable to find jobs this summer. This fact, coupled with their nat- tirai curiosity, has set them on the move. They want to see Canada - they wilI travel whcther we like it or neot they will visit our towns and citie s whether we provide accom- modation or flot. There is a great need for ac- conino'dation. In the city of Tor- onl o, for example, it is esfimated that at Ieast five thousand stud- ciits wiIl be seeking for some- where to sleep every night. There are presently five hundred beds available per night in hosteis. Ontario must take its share of accommodation for young Canad- the responsibility for providing jans. Presidents of universities ;(Continued page 4) Gana.raska A uthority Hire Eleven Area Students Rice Lake Murder The batfered and mud-sDaftercd body ut a 20-year-old youtli was discovered on an uninliabited is- land lu Rice Lake, off-shore from Gore's Landing. Pcterboroucli OPP defachment released flic namne of flic youtli affer witlboldiug if for nearly 24 hours until positive ideniifica-- tion was esfablished. 11e is Ronald John Miller, Bat- tersea, lunflic Kingston area, wliose partially dlothled body was found haîf buricd lu a wooded area of flic island, known as West Sugar Island. A 29-ycar-old Toronto man, Gor- don Stirling Dunn, 102 Scott Rd., has heen cliarged witli non-capital mureç-ix According to police Dunn surrendered himself af Toronto. Absenteeism Causing Concern For Some- Board.Members A diFcussion on increasing aI- senteesm lu area secoudary scliuols wvas slltrply curtailcd by tise cairnîan of tIc Northiumber- land - Durhams County Board of Education at a recent regular meeting lu Cobour g. A. A. IL. Strike brought the dis- cuission t au end hy sfating that it should be placed on an egenda for auotlier meeting, but before he' intervened ai number of mcm- bers revealed startling statistics on the absenteeîsm in sehools in their areas. J.' C. JieKague, rprcenting East Nortliumberlaud said lie had received a "lot of flack" about the number of students wlio have lot' been' attcuding school since' ApriL., If was causing a lot of trans- portation probleins, lie said, with bits operators complaining that they did not have their full com- picutent. "The public is getting browncd- off with these kids who waste so rauch time day aftcr, day. The bus operators are browned-off f00," lie said. W. Frank Thomn, director af ed- ucation, said that ln ail fairncss, he feit the complaints shouid come in dircctiy f0 flic board ad- ministration. "These are ouiy sec- ond hand reports," he addd. The director of education asked, Mr. MelKague for names of absent- ces so that he could check if out. "If I could get titis in writing I would have exact]y what I need", he added. Wesley Down, Brighton reveal- cd that at least one third of the students at Brighton Higli School will be absent during flic monfli i i ocal Students To EEP .Eleven students, resident of flic area, are being hired to work wihSWEEP (Student s Workiug lu an Environmental Enliancement Program). The program initia ted by flic Province will le conduct- Q d by flic Orono office of flic De- parfmenf of Lands and Forests. At flic present time nine ut'flic eleven, students have been hircd from application5 sent fo flic ýLindsay office of flic Dcpartment. The work program wiUl. e lu operation for an ciglit week per- iod from June 21sf to Augusf 27fli. Mr. Wm. Bunfing, Supeninfend- cnt at flicý Orono Nursery, lias stated fliat flic students wi ll' le doing mainteuance on flic Re- searchi Plots (weeding) as well as Seed Orcliard- cleanups and fcrtilizing. The program is also to le extended to streasu im- provement on tlie Wilmof Creek within flic boundaries of thé Nur- sery. This work will include a general dlean-up along with mak- ing log and stone runs and eros- ion control at flic nailway flume. The gnoup of eleven will le composeti of 4 or 5 girls and 6 or 7 boys. 111gb School students cm- ployed uilil e paid $200 an hour uthule University students- and Post Sccouçlary School students uili le paid $2.25 au hour. The program may le extcuded to oflier areas of environmental enliancement if fime is available. of Juise because they were "ýquit t- ly planning a camping trip 10 Presqts'ile Par k." Mn. Thom -pointed ouf thaf stu- dents, according f0 flic regula- fions sent ouf f0 principals, werc stot fu leave sehool unfil June 12. "If there is anything of thîs kind going on, I wanf f0 knoMi about it," le said. He said that lie had talkcd f0 flic principal of flic scliool whîo had said that nothing was plan- ned. C. V. Jolinston, Alnwvick and Campbllford, said fliat at one secondary sclioôl lu his arca 130 ouf of 700 pupils were away fnom school one day last week and W. L. Greenwood, representing Hope fownship and Newcastle arca, said lic knew of a school where 450 studeufs were not lu classes. Mn. Thom said flic policy re- quires tlic parents of absent stu- dent s to write a note of explan- ation to flic principal. A. parent, he confinued, has flic iglit to wtfdraut lis chuld from schooi any day. Im8,portnce Seen 0f Physical Education Nosrthumberland - Durham County Board of Education "No school which ignores flic importance of recreational pur- suifs anid physical development, eau meef flic needs of today's pu- pils." This quote, fh.om "Living and Learning" was flic major theme of flic educational presen- tation made by Mr. Keifli Rose of Port Hope Higli Sehool and Mr. Jim Bradford of Graffon Pub~lie Scliool at a regular meeting of flic Northumberland and Durham Couuty Board of Education. Physical Educaf ion lu Higli School today covers flic tradition- ai sports - basketb-sil, football, soffblal and gymnasties - aithougli xifh decreasing empliasis. Many rtew activities are being added f0 tlie program, iucluding oienfeer- ing, skiing, canocing, curling and field hockey. Eacli Secondany Suhool lias inter-school sports and inter-sehool cotupetifion which grcafiy boosfs sdiool spirit andi gives fcam meuibers a p-h, l accomplisbment. If lias often been fotînd, said Mn. Rose, fliat regular feam members are flic geuuinely busy peuple lu a scliooi. Thene are, of course, many stu- dents who do not wish to compefe (Continued on page 4) Eleven area students were hir- ed recently by the Ganaraska Con- servation Authority as part of the provincial government's program for students known as S.W.E.E.P. The authority, at its regular meeting in the Port Hope town hall, -%as told by the secretary, Mrs. Barbara Smith, that 65 ap- plicatilons, mostly from young people in Port Hope and Cobourg, had been rcceived for the 1l jobs. SWEEP (Students Working lu ,in Eni ironmental Enhancement Pirograni) is a provincial goveru- nment projeet, being administered joinfl1y by the Departînent, of Lands and Forests and the De- partment of Energy and Resourc- es Management. Mrs. Smith said the mai ority of applications came from maie stu- dents, thougli the province had indicated that girls are capable of ail the work involved and'the ra- tio of males to females hired should refleet the ratio in the applications. The, superviser of the project xvas hîred by a committee of the authority last week. lie is Michael Good., a Cobourg university stud- cnt, who 'had to bie hired before the others because a training pro- grain for the' supervisors started ini Toronto this week. The three girls to get jobs 'are Susan ]3unting, Clarke Township, Elizabeth Sherwin, Hamilton Township and Mary Abbof t, Port Hope, who' will assist Mrs. Smith with secret anal duties. Others appointed are: Brian Mauk, Port Hope; Chris Charles, Port Hope; James W. MacDonald, Cobourg; Daniel Norton, Clarke;- David Johniston, Haldimand; Mich- ael Cawker, Hope Township; Dan- ici Chalwick, Cobourg. Before the appointments 'wcre muade, the authorify decided ta liire students on a nepresentative, basis fromn each member munici- pality., But applications were i'eceived only from Port Hope, Cobourg, Hlamilton, Hope, Clarke and Hl- dimand Townships. The authonity was told that it could, pay the students what it v'anted to, np to a maximum set by thec departmnfns responsible, thougli none of the sjudents sisould be paid more than regular conservation authorif y employees. Ail the regalar employees re- ceive fhec minimum wage of $1.65 per hour. Luther Olantheicauthority's representafive from Cavan town- ship, made a move to increase the wages of the regular employ- ces by 10 cents per hour so that the students could earn the samie, but if was defeated when only he and the seconder of the motion voted in favour. The motion was presenited by Mr. Olan aftcr Mrs. Smith -stated that if was difficuit to get people fo work for $1.65 an hour. "There are supposcd to le sa many peo- pie out of work," she saîd,, "yet if is difficuit f0 get workers. They don't seem ta want to work for $1.65 an houir."' Mrs. Lena Fisher, who repre- sdnts Cobourg on the authority, said "that's just f00 bad. We are ail fo permissive in this respect," she added. Mr. Olan pointed out that mun- icipal emff]oyees lu Cavan town- ship are earning $199 per isour: "And 1 'liey say fhey eau gct more ou relief," lie addcd. The meeting decided to pay both regular workers and the students $1.65 au hour. Mr. Olan commenfed Iliat at Ieasf if was a niice fry to give fhem au in- erease. Thc supenvi or, Michael Good, xiii siant work whcn lic coin- pleles bis training course. The ne- mainder of the' students will start at fthc end of June. OIONO WEEKtY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, 1971 ý 111- ý7 - --,- < -- - 1 -, - "..- --", . Il , i -