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stroys Leskard home h Orono and Bowman- Fire Departments were i to the scene of a fire at home of Eldon Barnes ard, about 8:05" a.mi-. Iay. Smnoke was observed ng from the two-storey ýe bouse which finally Ited in the interior of the ebeing totally gutted and At the time of the f ire no one was at homne as Mr. Barnes "~at work at County ~ ~~~Jerand his son had left for school. On arriving at the scene the Orono department was faced wîth billowing smoke coming from the building and were hampered in fighting the fire due to having only 500 gallons of water which is carried onl the truck. About 8.45 the Last ditch stand to boister 'apital fund Councillor Ken Lyall lost in a last ditch stand to have a sum of $1,300,00600 for a possible village of Newcastle water pumnping station in- cluded in the capital forecast for the Town of Newcastle for 1974. The capital funids for the y< eight local mu-nicipalities are now handled by the region. Included in the regional cpital budget is a sum of $970,000 for the Town of Newcastle. Theirse sums are to be used in Bowmanville w.ho had previously set forth the need. Other centres had not given. any capital forecast and they are not now included in the Region budget. Councillor Lyall stated that welJs were not going ob suifficient for the Village of Nýewcastle and that the water i must corne from the lake. water truck arrived and later the Bowm-anville departmnent. With the use of the Orono andc Bowmianville trucks and two auxiliary pumpers water wvas taken from the stream ta the scene of the fîre. Accordingîto the Orono Fîre Chief the cause of the fire has not been determined. He did comment that this was the meeting thirdjfire this year that: they plannedi were hampered in fighting the Temy fire due to the'lack of water. The m ayot The local departmnent wasfrm ot on the scene fromn shortly Hope and lia after 8 a.m. until 3. p.m. have comple The building and contents ts tg hold a airé a total loss. members of The alarmn was turned in by ible amalgan Mr. Bruce Hancock of, the communities Town's road department. He The meeti. saw the smoke comning from the Port Hop the building as he w'as bers on Maiý passig.. *1 Ihappenings I 13,00 0 GALLONS 0F GASOLINE ABLAZE-Saturday a -2' linpe tanker truck and pup trailhir blocked high way 115 at Ï'îlibrook, ji-ictiQlp for aLmoqýst ten hours. it appears that the pup trailer swerved wýithý a strong gust of wind and tipped over catching on fire. Four fire departmrenits were called to the blaze which flot only totally destroyed the vehicle but also a goodly portion of the highway. The tanker was owned by Imperial Ol Ltd. and driven by Alexander Smith of Richmond Hill who escaped the flaming truck. ïIAY DEPEND ON YOU: - The Orono Water Safety Club are holding their annual meeting this Tuesday, March 5th at the Orono Public School. Your attendance could well mnean the life of this orgaization which has done so mnuch for cildren in the art of water safety and swimm-ing during the past Years. Last year only five turned up for the initial meeting and this is mnost discouraging, Lets niot let this organization falter. FIREFIGHTERS APPRECIATE-Fire Chief' Mercer of thie Orono Fire Brigade states thiat"tth&ýOrono and Bowmanville firemnen certainfly appreciated the efforts of the ladies of Leskard and Noone's Restaurant in providing coffee and sandwiches during the fire in Leskard on Moînday. Dtrham's eight memnber mu.nîcipalities voted themn- selves a reprieve Wednesday, in thie dates required to pay their pre-levy amounts into the region's coffers. Council amended a finance commrittee recommendation, hchhad set the two due dates for interimi levies- at March 29 and April 30. While the first date was moved bacl< only two days to March 31, the second date was put back two months, to Junie 30. Despite the fact that Coun. George Ashe (Pickering), the finance comnmittee chairman, claimed the approach could cost the region an extra $2,500 a month in interest charges, counicil felt the two recommended dates could tContinued on page 3) Ask grant of $804MO The Great Pine Ridge Tourist counicil which is to operate this year without any grant from the province has requested a sum of $804.oo in the form of a grant from the Town of Newcastle. Mr. Coling speaking on behaîf of the fourist Council states thi s represents 3 cents per each resident in the Town. Mr. Coling stated that the local Tourist Council decided to continue to operate even after the province had eut off their $10,000 grant. The pro- vince intends to create large travel area associations un- der which the Great Pine Ridge would be joined with, six other tourist areas. (Continued on page 3) For a period of two years both students, parents, uncles aunts, grandparents and friends have maintained a watchful eye on mounting containers of bottle caps at the Orono Public Sebool. This week the objective was reached and with a brief ceremony Monday morning the projeet ended with the loading of 1,047,838 bottle caps On a truck for Lasco Steel in Whitby. What is a million bottle caps... it represents 4 tons, would take 677 hours or 28 days to count and if placed side by side in a row would reach from Orono to Oshawa, a distance of fourteen miles. Credit un ion declares 7 percent dividend The annual meeting of the Orono District Credit Union held in Newcastle February l9thi gave approval that the local Credit Union pay a dividend of 7-percent on the shares of all members as of December 3lst, 1973. The resolution also provided a 10 percent rebate on all ban interest paid during 1973. Close to one hundred at- tended the annual banquet and meeting held in the Sunday School Hall of the Newcastle United Church. The advancements of the Credit Union during the year were cited at the meeting showing a memiber's, share increase of 16.9 percent and now amounitîng to $96,483.36. This compares with $82,529.02 at the end of 1974. Also during the year membership increa- sed by 14.3 percent to a total of 295 members. It was also noted at the mieeting, that in 1973 the bond of association was expanded to include the Town of Bowmanville where a group of employees -of the R.M. Hollingshead Corporation came into memnbership. The Credit Union has a surplus of $6,778.75 in operat- ion in 1973 compared with $&M42.90 in 1972. A number of speakers pointed to the potential in the. area open to the Credit Union and expect considerable in- crease in membership boans and members in 1974. Mrs. Ruth Allun, Orono, Mr. (Continuedon page 3) I ~~ie , ,,e 7ors and reeves Hope, Cobourg, imilton Township eted arrangemnen- qmeeting for ail fcouncil on poss- ination of the four 3S. ing is to be held in pe Counceil Chami- ffcl l2th. Appointediout of 72 applicants L.Q. (Ted) Aulis, recently discharged from the Canad- ian Armed Forces, has been named assistant supervisor of transportation for the Nort- humberland 'Board of Edu- cation. Mr. Aulis, 4c, assumed the Post on Feb. il, His applicat- ion was one of 72 for the position,. ORONO WEEKLX TIMIES, FEBRUARY 27th, 1.973. Gradîe l2student'l mnay attend, Trent U. An experimental program ready and able to undertake ln whîch students who have unîversity work. completed Grade 12 success- The decision also paved the fully mnay be admitted to one way for students in partial course in the 1974 summer Grade l_' programrs ta comn- session at Trent University bine university work with has been approved by the secondary school studies. university's-senate. The pro- These according to the re- gram will be reviewed in tw comnmendation approved by years to determine whether it Trent, would be students who should be continued. this year completed a part of Admission will hinge on a Grade 13 work and intend to principal's recommendation conclud& it next year. that the student is really (Continued on page 3) It also represents a collection plan over a two year period both by students, parents, girandparents and hotels. The projeet also brought forth some unknown qualities such as the necessity to wash the caps before storage to eut down the odor and shif t the containers about ta lessen the weight dispersement on the floor of the school. On Monday, the caps were dumped in a huge pile on the gym floor and as a last fling the younger students at the school revelled ln the pile of caps. Ia a news release fromi the sehool caps came to Orono fromn as far away as Timmins. The iast surge camie on Saturday evening when the Home and Sehool Club held a "Bottle Cap BOunce."~ Ad- mission $1.00 or 300 bottie caps. The defiaition of a million bas been well defined at the sehool. The caps have now been removed and will be recycled at Lasco Steel where a few caps at a timne will be placed in the furnaces. Mr. Angus Smith of Lasco Steel presented Mr. Doug Mloffatt, principal of the school with a cheque for $17500 as the last local act la groupîng together one million boitte caps. Council sets back interi m Ievy dates Umm m