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OIRflNO WEEKLY TIMES, OCTOBER 30th, 1974 -e D RYWALL TAPING SPRAYED CEILINGS APPLYING DRYWALL PLASTER REPAIRS WaIly Lucyk ORONO Monuments und Fa'mly Our~ quallty and service leaves nothing te be desired Ask the person who bought fromu us, a neigh- bour, friend or relative. The Rutter Granite Company 73 Ontario Street PORT HOPE Phone collect V. W. RUTTER Office -885-5216 Homle-885-5222 I E FORE AMAN CAM WAE Up AND FIN'D IMSELF FAMOUS HE MUST WAKE OPAND FItIP ýrono Towing IN A EAR _éhone 983-5249 Orono SHamiltons: :Insurance: * Service : aYour Friendly AgencYS0 * yOUR * Ail *Personal1 * ands *Commercial* * Insurance *Sadie Hamilton * Sue Sawyer , * Jim, gare *Fer dependable service s To close or not to close office To close or not to close is the question as far tbe Orono Municipal Office in Orono is concerned. Newcastle council bas gîven assurance tbat tbe office will not be closed until it is again brought before coun- cil wbile on the other band council bas approved a per- sonnel committee recom- mendation approving the clos- ing of the office with Mr. Best going to Hampton "as soon as it is practical" Tbe closing of the office affects Mr. Horace Best and a partstime secretary, Mrs. Elaine Stainton. Mr. Best is by-law enforcement officer for tbe Town and bas had his office in Orono since the inception of regional govern- ment at the f irst of the year. After accepting tbe person- nel committee report promp ting tbe moving of the olmce Councillor Kirk Entwisle re- ceived assurance from coun- cil tbat the office would not be moved until such time as it was brougbt before council again. Councîllor Ken Lyall, on bolidays at tbe time of tbe meeting, bas since returned and bas said tbere is no way tbe office will close Mayor Rickard pointed out that Mr. Best's work did re quire consultation witb the works and planning depart- ments and thiat these depart- ments were boused in Hamp- ton. He felt it would make bis work easier. He also pointed out that telepbone connection between Orono and Hampton was a long distance cail. The office still remains open in Orono but for how long nu one seems to know. New shopping centre for Bowmanville Newcastle council, seems to bave given tbe, go-ahead to build a new shopping centre on King St. E. and Simpson St. bere. Council will meet with the developer, DM Consultants Ltd. of Tbornbill, to work out details and tben enter into a site plan agreement. It also directed the works committee to look into .tbe beavy traffic that may corne to'tbe new centre from sub- divisions on Hobbs Dr. DM Consultants' partnier Peter Weston said once the site plan agreement is signed bis company will try to build the Zeller's Ltd., store there for the end of 1975 and anotber nine stores including a new Dominion store at *a later date. Tbe entire project sbould cost about $175 million, Mr. Weston said. Tbe present Dominion store operation on King St., E. is too small, Mr. Weston said, and if will move across to the largeî store once it's buiît, lie said. Durbam College will be offering a course un Retire- m ent Planning, beginning November th. The instructor is John Woodrow, director of adult training at the college. Mr. Woodrow states that wvith many companies lower- ing the retirement age, that this course is now of interest ta people in their forties as well as fifties. He emphasizes that oeople in middle age shoufld look now,,f0 retirement needs, inasmuch as it takes time to prepare, in some cases, for another career, and to engage in necessary finan- cial planning. Inflation during a period of lessening income puts added, emphasis on the financial planning aspect. Other topics in the course include retirement goals, "The againg process; careers leisure, bealth and accom- modation. PUMPING OUT S1EPTIC TANKS Bert Tompkine Phone 786-2558 Tbe course content will be flexible, depending upon in- terests of the class. Tbis is the first time Durbam bas offered tbe course. Those interested sbould contact the Durham College registrar's office at 576-0210 (extension 236). Cost for ten weekly tow hour sessions is $20. The course runs on Tuesday. evenings. Mayor has authority to hir D3art-time help The Town of Newcastle clerk at the' recent meeting of council stated that the Mayor bad autbority to hire parttime belp wbich question came before council when Council lor Kirk Entwisle referred to a recommendation from the finance committee that the mayor and clerk be authoriz- ed to advertise for part-time belp for the Orono office. The committee was also to receive a report back at their next meeting. Councîllor Entwisle stated tbat be did not see such a report eitber at tbe finance .meetings or at meetings of council. In tbe meantime, Mrs. E. Stainton, a former employee of tbe Townsbip of Clarke was bired for tbe Orono office on a haîf day basis. An Osbawa pharmaceuticai operation wiIl take over tbE present Dominion. store site, he added. "There are fantastic oppor- tunities for a centre of this type in Bowmanville," Mr, Weston said. He said tbe Zeller's store will be built first on tbat part of the land zoned commercial, wbile tbe otber baîf of the land will bave to be rezoned from bigb density residential to allow the building of the rest of tbe centre. $600. raisAd, for f'nd' Tbe Orono Firefighters on Sunday canvassed the com- munity in support of dona- tions to tbe Muscular- Dys- tropby fund. Tbe group went door to door in Orono, Kenda] and Leskard and raised a sum over over $600.00 for the fund. Mr. Sterling Mather said that tbe men were well' received tbroughout tbe area and tbat more monies would still be contributed as the canvass bad not been com- pleted as yet. The firefighters would like to tbank all those wbo supported their efforts by donating to tbe fund of Muscular Dystrphy. Pre a- S"easoutSale SNOnW BLOà W E RSm 1 SLAE O *REGULAR PRICE9 2 H. P. TORO $179Si5 $159.00e A4 H.P. ARIENS 3995 $329.00 *5 H.P. ARIENS $399.95 $359.00 6 H.P. ARIENS $449.95 $399.00. *7 H. P. TORO '$569,95 $519.00 '8 H. P. LAWN BOY $579.95 $529.0 ROLPH Allowed to cover foundation A Leskard man, Dennis Thompson bas been allowed by council of the Town of Newcastle to cover the found- ation for a home on bis pro- perty to proteet the founda- tion during the winter months. Mr. Tbo.mpson had startedi work on bis home afier bis request for abuilding permit was turned down. Mr. Tbompson is being charged by the municipality for illegal building. He is appealing the decision of the committee of adjustment who refused the issuing of the building permit. Mr. Tbompson owns 2.5 acres of land in Leskard wbich is zoned agriculture. Council took no further action regarding a building permit for Mr. Liptay to build à bouse in Heydon., C.H.S. band news The Senior Band is playing their second concert of the year at 'Newcastle United, Cburcb on Sunday November l2th, ai»?7:30. Everyone wel- come. Tbe bands are sponsoring a disc-jockey dance on Friday November l5th, from 8:30 ta 11:30. The students are bring- ing records to be pre-taped before tbe dance. AIl money raised is put towards the purchase of uniforms. The bands are still in need of instruments. If you have any would like to lend, donate or seIl, please contact Mr. Scoffield at Clarke Hkbh School. Publicky ±.'ept. AMY MORTON 1 WHY PAY MORE? Good Citizenship deseç-rves a. medal no yo knoW anyone here in Ontario who-hog selflessness, humanity and kindness withotepc- ,ing anything in return -has made this a better province in which to live? That's the kind of person for whomn the Ohtario Medal for Good Citizenship was established. Recipients are selected by an independent Advisory Council of Ontario citizens whose honorary chairman is the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province. Anyone may nominate a person for the Ontario Medal, and nomination forms are available by wrtn:Executive Secretary Advisory Council Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship' Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A IP4 Ma king a nomination is itself an act of appre- ciation for good citizenship. Hardware Phone 983-5207 ONTARIO MEDAL FOR GOOD C ITIZENSHIP College offers reirement, course,