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One Dies Un Newcastle Explosion A dust explosion aI a Newcastle plant on Thursday morning of lasI week lias resulted ini the deathi of Egon Rietmnuller, 40 of 25 Conces- sion St., E. of Bowmr-anville. The deceased died in Scar- borough General Hospital on Fridlay February lst. Two men were injured in the explson at J. Anderson Smith Ltd. in Newý,caslle shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday. The second man beîng Bob Renaud 48 of 12 Divison St Bowmanvile mwho is reported in fair condition suffering fromn burns to his face and hands. 1,t is understood that sparks and lire travelld along a pipe whichtaues sawdust and shavings from the plant to ani outside silo. The two men on1 investigating the silo opened the doorwhen the explosior look place. "A dust exýplosion is really dangerous, ' said Petei Dedong a Newcatle firefigbt* er. It's like gasoline. S soor, as y-ou put air and water to il bang. Sparks from the fire in bhc pipe fell into the silo, hie said, The fire wes AHil brnîngjin 10o at noon. n Breeton, district fire said the fire was under TOWN PLi control but that the f'ire in the silo could not be reacbed as it waýs burning in betweeri the walls. We are allowing it to burn itsýelf out, he said. No serious damnage occurr- ed ïin tbe main plant, said the firefighters. The cuase of the fire bas not yet been deterinied. Expect new Clarke School to siart soon Director of Education, W. Frank Thom, of the North- umiberland and Durham County Board of- Education reports in his fiftb annual report that there bas been an St. Savilour's Church vestry meeting' St. Saviour's Vestry Meet- ing wa-is beld in tbe Cburcb Hall on Mlonday 28th, January 1974, witb Rev. R. linyne acting as Chairmian. Election of Officers took place and thiose holding office for the coming year are: John Breen- Rector's Warden Charles Grmy- People's War- den- Doreeni Swan - Treasurer Betty Spry- Outreacbi Betty Spry.,,Lay Delegate Irene Murray - Auditor Irene Murray- Envelopes Charles Gray, John, Breen, Betty Spry and Betty Tansley are onteAdvisory Board. Rev. Hlayne m-entioned tbat Bisbop Granswortby will be -omîing to St. Saviour's on ~ANNER Marcb l7th, for tbe Confirm- a tion Serv ice at 3 p. m. Twelve candidates are preparing for confirmation. The A.C.W. had a successf ul (Continued page 3) Voluime:136 Nme Hope Say 'No' To Liquor The Towný,isbip of Hope 's to rem-ain dry following a vote on January 28tb wben 58 percent votedl in favour of the referendumy and 42 percent opposing the questions. It requires 60 percent to be in favour before- such quest- ions can be passed. The beer and wîne question lost h\y 19 votes while that of liquor lost byny 15 notes, 73 of the eligible 1944 volers cast their ballots. Hope Town'isbip has been dry since 1906 and the latest previous plebiscite wxas held in 1970. It is understood tbat a recount lbas been called by the proponets of the referendum including the Durham Mem- orial Temple Board, the Village Motel, the Welcome Court Mlotel and the Ossis Dan)ce Barn. An active campaign against the vote was carried out by Rev. J.A. Ramjit of the Welcome United Church. Durham Col lege open house GEORGE F. HOWDEN The iring of tw planner George F. Howden bas made the Town of Newcastle the first municipality in Durbamn Region to complele top appointmnents 10 ils departments. INot even the region shares Ibis position. Mr. Howden, a resident of Toronto, had previously worked witb the Regional Municipality of York in the Planinrg Departmnent. He receivcd bis Mlaster of Scilence degree at the UJniversity of Bir-rningham, Birmingham, England in 1972. Hlis office is located in the former Darlînglon Township building inî Hampton. Courtesy Canadian Statesman Durham College will shortly hold ils sixtb aninual Open bouse -- this tim-e on a Sundayi ~Nd onday, February 101 and Il-- and this year evýery- one is invited. The College, wbich restricted its 1973 Open House bo students, stresses the fact that the entire community is welcomne this year. Open House hours on Sunday, February 10 are from noon 10 nine, and on Mlonday, February il from- ten to ten. The Ibemne ofIbtis year's Open Hlouse is -Discover Durham- and prospective studenîs and the general public are asked to "find out wbat yourCmunt Col- lege can do for you.'" Applied Arts, Business and Technology will feature spec- (Conlinued page 3) annual improvement in the qualifications of teachers in the area. In 1969, 32.2 percent of the secondary staff hield special- ïs! cer-tifi'cation in contrast to 55.4 percent in the current year. University degrees for emýientary teachers rose £romn 5.0 percent in 1969 to 27.4 percent in 73-74. Lt was also reported that the Board bas incorporaled six schools under the open-plan ,ystem i:n order to study thie suitability of the system. One of these Ischools is the Orono Public Scbool. (Coninued pagýe 3) The eighl miunicipalitiesnin the Durham region ougbt 10 remal,"inI di stric t planning areas on an indefinite basis, the regional planning and development commrttee re- commended Tuesday of lasI week. The commnittee's action re- moved a previously imposed, Dec. 31, 1974 designation deadline for permitting the area municipality to continue the planning funcetion on a non-interrupled basis. Two related items were foremost in the committee's tbougbts wben tbey amended the Oct. :31 counceil resolution; establishing staff liaisons be- tween ithe regional and the ljocal planning people, and geltting somne approval powers in the planning sphere from the provincial government. The relationship between the region's planning and those of the four areas baving Pilot Project FoVr 4 Yr. Olds The Northumberland and Durbam - County Board of Education during the year bias set up a pilot project for, four year old pupils. The pilot projecl is designed 10 provîde useful learning experiences for sixty pre- kindergarten cbildren whose parents reside in the Brighton and Roseneath sectors of the jurisdiction. Tommy Gutar a student at Orono Public Scblool took top bonours in thie Clarke Public speaking contest beld in Newonvlleon Tuesday of last week. The Orono studlent a planinrg funclion (Picker- ing, Withy, Oshawa and Newvcastle} ougbit to be outlin- ed and explained said Ald. Keitb Ross (Osbawa). Hus Oshawa colleague on the committee, Coun. Mike Breaugh, agreed that Williami McAdams, planning commis- sioner ougbt to meet witb the (Continued page 3) GUSTAR choose as bis subject "The Detroit Zoological Park. lHe spoke in the County finals at the M. J. Hlobbs Senior Public Scbool on Tuesday eveing of Ibis week. i Orono Weekly Tfimes, Wedniesday, February Ath, 1974 Poàwqer lin e route oftortal ex pected shortly of the Durham en anniounced Conmmissioner of the assess- 2ion. followedr Uxbridge, 4.91 percent, Scu- gog 4.73 percent and Brock 3.54 percent. Ontario Hy:dro on January 25hreceived their f inal1 report fromi Commionwealth Associates7, the enivirontment- ai consultants engaged to select a route for the 500 KVA transmission line from- Len- nox to Oshawa. The line must p-aýýss omewhere through the area. Hydro will now study the report, and finalize their own report to be passed on the the Sol)andrt Royal Commission for ils considera lion and another round of public hear- ings. It is reported that the Ontario HyIdro report will be made public on the date it is submitled to the- Solandt Çoii-ssioyn àtein February but by necessity before March. 1811i. Debjale on the route of the transmission line began in 1971 when Hydro first pre- senled five ait ernate routes to concerned muicipalities. These bowever were later withdrawni and comnmonweal- th proposed thiree alternatives witb a fourlh later being considered in the north of Clarke and Darlington Town- sbip. SKATING CARNIVAL ONE MON TII AA The Orono Figure Skating Club are holding their annual Sakting Carnival Ibis year on March 91b and lOth in the Orono Arena. Ihappenings I WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS-This afternoon and evening the Red Cross are holding the blood donors clinic in Bowmnanville at the Lions Centre. On Thursday evening in th.?2 Orono United Church the officiai opening ceremomies for the scouts and cubs will be held. Program starts at 6.30 p.m. TAIGST. JOHN'S AMCNBULUANCE COURSE-Some 25 fromi Curv-plyI, Nesting Furniture and Plydesigns in Orono attended a refresher course conducted by fthe St. John's Ambulance last week. The course was held in the Orono Oddifellow's Hall. NO) DAMAGE AT CHIMINEY FIRE-Last w,ýeek the local fire deparîmnent wvas called to the homne of Mr. Keith Morrison next to thec Mill Pond to assist with a chimney fire. Within minutes the blaze was put out with no damnage. LOO0KS FOR FEDERIAL EECIN lr. Allan Lawrence, MP for Durham, has been reported at a recent Port Hope meeting that while hie was glad there was not an election last year heelbinks and hopes there wvill be one this y ýear. He sai d il liastbeen discourgaîng and frusiraling being up there (House of Commons) during the last session -when, not a damn thling bias been done". 1I HAVEN'T DECDED VT! -11 is reported that M!r. Alex Carruthers staled at a recent meeing when asked if hie would rmn again for thec Ontario Legislature '-i haveni't decided yet." "I w3,ill imake a statemnent regar ding that in the next six months." Wa nts to retai*1n local1 planning districts, '.ý5g ..............