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icil to rezone Orono a rer The Town ot Newcastle council on Mlonday passed a motion to initiate tl'e rezoning reduced to rubble Sunday due beeni smoulclerlng for at least to fire. The two-story bouse, two bours before it burst into owned'by Edwin anld Virginia flames and the alarm turnied Anne Flak, was located on the in. The fîrst alarm was placed north sidè of tbe eigth line a by a local resident of a nearby short distance west of Hi.gb-ý service station at 10,45 a.m, way 115. An O.P.P. officer sptted the fire at 1.:51 reporting part of A combined force from tbe Ixouse engulfed in flames. Orono and Bowmanville bat- The departmnents were tled the blaze for three hours. harnpered through lack of The loss of the bouse was water supply. Tbe tanker estim~ated at $60,000.0o. tru~ck from tbe Bowmanville COmmwunity cenr status for Oron&%o hall Council on Moenday passed a recommendation from ,)the Community Services Cn- Mrs. Flak visited tbe Times office on Monday to express bier appreciation for the work of the fire department and the concern to save wbat they could from tbe building in tbeir absence. This concern she said was wbat it is al about in a smiall town. The bouse had been partly renovated inside Witb, the rem ainder to be worked upon. The outside of tbe bouse had just been completed with a new exterior. r'~v~m .viv'~,w'irI'c hr~r~Lrc ia site of lands now containing the Orono arena. The effect of the rezoning would allow the Agricultural Society to re- build the arena on its present location. The rezonig by-law is to be ready for the next meeting of counicil. The Society bas been turned down on two occasions by tbe Town's Commnittee of Adjust- ment for a variance in order that tbe Society could obtain a building perm it. As a resuit of tbe action of tbe Commrittee of Adjtistmaent tbe Society bas filed anr appeal wiitb the Ontario Munic'ipal Board. lIt is feit that tbe O0MB could only be in accord witb the regulations of tbe Town and as tbus would be more likely to, turix down the appeal. Mayor -Rickard stated that council should move on the rezoning as quickly as pos- sible as the fair board would not bave any building on its property for use for eitber the fair or as an arena. The present arena has been order dismantled following its use this winter and spring as an arena due to its unsafe condition. It had been allowed to be used during the wiater following monitoring of wind veloci'ty and~ snow load. The concerned committee of the Town will bave the by-law prepared for the next meeting of council. The Agricultural Society also asked that the normnal fee for rezoning be eitber waived or altered as the alterations L/i[ I.> 1111IV.oeIIU a %Jj Continued to Page 2' An excellent collection of was pointed out tbat many during the next coupe of art books and magazines items of interest were turning weeks sorting and dating the were received from the Dru- up in the books. For example books in order to bave tbem mmond estate at the McLau- a price list wbicb included ready by April lst for public gblin Art Gallery in Oshawa. famous paintings done by tbe use. The books will not be A total of some 300 books Group of Seven whicb sold for allowed to, leave the library, dealing witb ail aspects of art $30.00. Also f ound in one of the but may be used as reference including books by British books was an invitation, books i the library. and European artists. inviting Mr. IDrummnond and Gisele Pageau also pointed On speaking with Gisele "Lady" to an art show inl out that tbe oldest book found Pageau, tbe librarian in Montreal datig back to 1918. in the collection so far was charge of the collection, it Mrs. Pageau will be busy dated 1856. mittee that me Orono Town Hall be declared a commun- Continued to Page 2 TENNIS ANYONE The Orono Tennis Club must be hopeful that the snow will corne to an end sometime soon. The club has planned the annual meeting for this Sunday afternoon at 2:00 prm. t o be held in the basement of the Oronio United Cburcb. Plan now to attend to help the club surge ahead this year with excellent facilities ithe Orono Park. PROMOTED TO REGIONAL MANAGER Mir. Jh Hamilton Boyd has been promoted to regional manager of Canadian Distillers Limnited for Northern and Eastern Ontario. In is new position Mr. Boyd will be responisible for the supervision and co-ordination of sales personnel in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Ottawa, Kingston, Peterborough, Barrie and Orillia. The Boyds will continue to reside in Orillia. They were formerly residents of Orono. THE ABERTA MAVERICK TO SPEAK IN BOWMANVILLE Thle Durham-Northumnberland Progressive Conserva- tive Association is hosting a luncheon uin Bowmanville on April 20th when, Mr. Jack Horner, MW.P. (Crowffor, Alberta', will be the guest speaker. Tickets are now on sale, TPONE NOMINATION CONVENTION The East Durham Progressive Conservative Associa- tion bas postponed îndeffintely their nomination meeting wbich was planned for March 3lst. Considerable interest was mounting towardls the nominations but such will now have to await for another time.