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Wm lun pponte Mvr. William Ailin of Clarke Township a apointed lanst Îwýeek to the Rý,egion's Land Division Committee. This ap- poîntmrent was made along with seven others to the newly formed Comnmittee. Mr. Alin has served on a similar committee with the United Counties. The committee, wtuch will he responsihie for granting or cisallowing, land severances of on e or two lots, is composed of one mnember from each of the region's eight member area municipalities-. Coun. Clark Mason (Ajax) p)laninï-g commnittee chair- mnan, who brought forward the recomm-ended memiber- ship to counicil, said that f regional councilors fromn each area had r:ecomm-ended a candidate for the committee Other applicants, who sub- m-ited resumes in an effort to serve on the committee. were also reviewed by the regional planning group. According to the provisions of the Durham Bll, Coun. Mason explained, the memn- bership termns must be "stag- gered" so ahl members don't serve an entire three-year terra Coun. Mason said the most demnocratic means of deter- mnining wowoudserve, two anid three year terms 'vas to draw t he final eight '.amres from a hat. OJne ofj the two ad iiso commaittee memabers wwill be serving a fullithree- year- termi s Bruce McArthur o Oshawa. The cts17 ln igboard chairman failed to win a regional council seat ir, the Oct, 1 elections. . The other member on thE committee for the full term .is Leslie Smith from Scugog. Members appointed for twc (Continued page 3) French niot as urgent as other subjects Mlost elemnentary schoolj principals in Northumberland and Durhiam feel there arei more urgent educational1 priorities thanl teaching french-Ito kindergarten chid- ren, Dr. lan Wilson -toid the school board last night. Dr. Wilson who is chairman of thne commîttee studying the feasibility of kindergarten French, was presenti-ng a report of a meeting attended by 20 elementary school principals, five secondary school modemns heads on Novembeér 29, "When the meeting was opened for questions fromn the Memories recalled' at trustee dinner Iii Irpp p Last Tuesday evening re- cognition was made to the end )f an e-ra in local municipal -<government when the Orono Police Trustees and Orono Uydro Commission held a banquet and dance at the New Dutch Oven Restaurant. The guest lîst included 'vives of the Trustees and Commis- sioners along with busbands andi wives of those employed by either group as 'veli as past members of the Board1s aflong w~itheir wves, Mr. Harveý Partnier, chair- man of the Orono Hydro Commission was master of ceremonies foir the evening and following the banquet called on the chairmnan of the Orono Police Trustees, Doug" Simpson to say a few words along with past miembe-rs of the Board Messrs. Joe Walker Harry Mercer, Sid Rutherford Lyall Lowery and Floyd Nicholson. Mr. R.E. Logan was absent due to health reasons. Many in speaking at the gathering paid tribute to the late Ernie Dent who in his own ~righ4 was "Mr, Hydro?' in Orono for a good numnber of years. Following the comments and stories of gone-by days the group enjoyed dancing. ý-Orono nursery school included in LIUP grants Last week Robert Andrus, Mvinfister of Mlanpower and Iymmigration announced in the HJouse ofCoinnmons twelve Local Initiatives Program grantsawre in the North- umnberland and Durhiam rid- ings. The total of the grantsF amounited to $105l0. 0 f the total amnount $7,Î31. lias been awarded to the Grono Nursery School, which lias been in operation in Orono sine the first part of Decem- ber. Presently -the Nuirs-ing School for chuldren age three years to 5 years is held three mornings a week in the Orono Uited Cfhurcli. The school s bein.g operated by -Mrs. Trud- ie Reid of the third lime of Clarke. Mrs. Reid points out that to qualify for the grant the Orono Nursery, School must operate five niornings during the week. Carrently the pro- bleui of accommodation oes ~exst and Mrs. Reid is çptleavouring to obtain sýucli 1oaimîodation in the Vilage \-Jcb 'vilImeet ailIrequire- mentÈs.The is also a ne for further staff and anyono-- interestad in i uch a job are a-ked to eanact rs. Reid by c87-4012 reetvthe schiool has a Iota! of fdurteèn childreni erolled ini the school and Mrs. Reid points out that to be a paig operation there is a need for at least twenty chldren., Mrýs. Reid also states tîhat the grant is on]y to lie used as salaries and wili only appli)y for the first year oýýf operation. She is ho0peful tu beabe to find adequate qiuarters and to extend the service. Anyone having any ideas in this matter should c Mrs. Reid. Last year LIPI grants in Northumberland Durham totalled $20-,,407 but after sonne checking, Alani Law- rence MP, lias foundi that this year's amnount is li kee-ping with ail the south'ýeaster Ont- ario ridings and not a parti- cular cut-back for this area. Two other programs recei- ved çsrants are: TheVicn Massey IMemorial Centre in Bewdley received $10,.2ý7 t DISPELL CHRISTIMAS JOY A grou0LIf Oronio Bronîes and Oronio Girl Guidfes toured the Village on Sundçay vein dipligChristmas joy with Carol Sînginig. The groups efforts 'vere certainlyenjye by those ,Aho heard them. TheY also gave a variety of cookies and jfri-its t h Shut-ins of Orono. NEW SENIOR CITIZENS' COMPLEX Alex Carruthers, MPP, Durhamr announced today that the Ontario Ifousing Corporation has approved $261,563 for a 26 unit senior citizens building in Port Hope, The building east of Weil- ington Street, on the Debla- qire Street, hias beeni discuss- ed for months by town council. Thed contract for t~he twc storey building has been let tc Taro Properties Incorporated st. Catherines. The estimated total cost of the proJect will be $290,6110. Ontario residents" to, shar $300o milion About 2.7 million Ontario residents' wivll share in the Province's $300 million tax crediUts when they file their incomre tax returns in 1974, Revenue iniister Allan Gross man said today. IMr. Gosa adindivid- ual heniefîts under the much- expanded Ontario Tax Credit Systemn will varyT accordcing to family size and inomne levels. Eligiblie residenits muitst complete partýs of the federal incomie tax return as well as the speciai purpie Ontario Tax Credit .Form enclosed with the income tax package, in order to mnake a tax cei iaii. planning at Oshawa Centre Thle regional planning de- partmenit Mil be located in the Oshawa Shopping- Centre for the first one or two m-onths of 1974, it ,vas decided last wveek. Regional council adopted at planning comminttee recom-_ mnendation that the depart- ment, plus the regional la-id divýision coimmittee staff, will wo-rk out of the Central Ontario Jcint i iPlaning Board's present offices. The CO-JP3',s lease expires ai thund (of F7ebr7uar, for offices w1'hich c*an be rented for $3.50 a square foot. it ~ ~ îw splne thtmore permanent officbe arrangment -%vili peritî the planniing and regional 1work-s cfepartmnent to work in close Prýoxinity. Volume 37, Number 39 Wednesday, December 26th, 19743 Council passes amendment fo clear way1 for mobile homes hy Shelley Loucks Slow progess was made at Clarke Township counicil meetings in Oronio last Tues- -c'y oight, Decemnber i8th, andi Wednesday morning, Dec 199th, but council finally gave Rice Bros. Construction Co. wliat they had hoped for. The amendmnent to the Official i Pan for Mobi le Hlome Retiremencrt Park Develop- ment wvas passed by the Coniand wiil niow pr oceed tlirough the Onitarîo Munici- pal Board, and cwoto he minister for furthier recognit- ion. The amendmnent affects two Mobile Homne Paksow proposed for Clarke Township and would allow development of some 200 mobile homes in the municipality. The Pine Ridge site, which is one of the two proposed developments in this muni- cipality, will be located on the shores o)f Lake Ontario near Newcastle. The property has already been purchased by Rie B Fros-. Construction Co,, a-d conisists oif 40o acres, 240 of whicýh are proposed to be -used as sites for the mobile homes. They plan to have 1,00)0 homies set up in this location. The suggestion 'was m-ade bDy solicitor, Roger MrsAOga Beauchamp, who past year she has acted as lias beenasoitd withý the assistant fibraari. ClarkeP %uic irry for s-i x During lier t-enuire of office years and librai-an dtring witidte lbrarymany chang- 1969thoh to December es have been instituted up- 1972 as bhonrd iday grading the service tu the evermnig atth Liray ith a cmuiy ow hshe lias dozen red roses and a broacli.played a great part. It mw ,Mrs.Beucam lias rýesigni- during ber services as librar- cd fromthe staff wvithlier ian tbat thie ibraýr-ypucae resgnaition taking effect as of and renovated the present Deemer3st Duing ithe building which today acm Carr, that the council pass the amendment, and let the succeeding council, next year, take it from there. Reeve Woodyard agreed, and addecl that a public hearing is necessary in order for the people ýto know what is going on. In favour of theý develop- ment were councîl members, Robert Chater, and Charles Reid, but in opposition was Kirk Entwisle and Gary Hýeykoop. Acýcording to MIr. Rice of Rice Bras. Construction Co., this deveiopmrent will be beneficial to ail those involved modates both library and museumr. FHer guide lines in refurniishing the library 'build ing maikes it one of' theI o)utstanding rmunicipal bilid- ing in thie district. MrA.s. Ron Hadiey, librarian made the presentat1oin on Friday evenjing on behaif of*- thie staff and boîard members, the occasion being thee annual Christmas party.