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4-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 25, 1985 Ghostly Gleanings Ail of my life i have been fascinated by stories of ghosts, reincarnation, seances, life after death and 50 forth. There are countless stories of houses that supposedly harbor ghiosts, the nwst in- famous in this area being the Lovekin homestead which houses a harmîless fernale in- truder from generations back, and who has been seen on chairs, or just strolling through the roomns. The Funny Farm has its own story to tell. Buiît in the time period of around 1850, the land was first settled by an Amnerican captain who later sold it to one of the weathier families in this area. "~Roland Ranch" as the Fun- ny Farmn is actually namned housed very few people until the timne my father bought it in 1956. As far as w/e were able to piece together, only one person died in this house during that whole one hun- dred and six years. People like myseif who possess a vivid imnagination might fancy they notice or hear things more than others. And oftl as not you wonder yourself whether it [IS only your imagination or pierhaps you've dropped over into that zany side without realiz- ing it. That's when youL ru n to Howard Quantrili stepping down Howard Quantrili of Hope Township is stepping down from municipal politics at the end of this year's termn after serving the Hope Township com-muniity for a total of 36 Yeats. Quantrili began as a mnember of the North Hlope School Board in 1949, a posi- tion he held for 1/4 years. In. 1963 he was elected to Hope Township council. He served as Deputy-reeve five years later and in 1969 was elected reeve, a position he has held to the present tîme. Roger Wilson who bid for the reeveship in 1982 will again seek the post in the 1985 November election. Three other ýsitting members of Hope council are to retire this year being deputy-reeve Marilyn McHolm, and Councillors Don Lord and George Henderson. Would develop Archive Centre A network of heritage and history groups in the Town of Cobourg have approached the Town Council seeking the establishment of a heritage' archives centre in the aId Cobourg Armouries building. Council has given approval the mirror and stare at that face to see whether or, not it still looks normal. Undisputedly, it is a bit of an eerie house having 50 many rooms, windows and doors. By moonlight the house is masked into eeriness even more by huge anti- quidated, knarly trees which shroud it fromr al] sides. The fact remnains, that there have been happenings which tend to set ones minc to thinking and/or jumping to conclusions if it weren't for the fact 1 am not the only one to observe these. Footsteps, slow and methodical travel up the stairs, turn at the landing and walk towards the bedroomns. The steps seem to belong to a heavy thing, person? whatever and are more prevalent at night,. Perhaps only the creaking of old stairs! Lights being turned off and on in the backpart of the house. Electrical shortings? Perhaps! The door knob has been noticed to turn without anyone standing on thre op- posite side. On several occasions an ir- regular light shape has been seen moving up the stairs as well as appearing in the back rooms. No definite shape but only a soft glow. Perhaps on- that the five associations share space in the armouries building so that they can work closely together in their effort to maintain and preserve the archives of the Town. Chfildren the victims of pornography Mary Brown, chairmnan of the Ontario Film Review Board met with members of the Durham A.M. Kiwanis Club and called pornography destructive and devastating, especially to the chldren of' today. She said if pornographiy continues in North Amnerica that we could lose a genera- tion of our children to violent deaths. She sald the problerii of pornography is out of con- trol. Auberge House to have new home Auberge Sedna Women's Hostel and Support Services, a shelter for abused women and their children, are to have new quarters capable of housing 15 people. This is an increase of fifty percent over the present faiities. A 35-year boan through the Canada Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation fromt the federal government has made ly mnoonlight, except of course on those nights when there was no moonlight. At one time a strange odour prevaded the house ap- pearing in different rooms at any time. The gas furnace was overhauled ail to no avýail, there seemed to be no evidence as to where this smell was coining from. There are more littie ini- cidents like fleeting shadows caught out of the corner of one's eye or indefinite noises that neyer quite make it seem like either truth or fiction. Having dogs that bay at the mooli doesn't help dispell the eeried aura around this place. For me it's real1, for others perhaps it's only a figmnent of my mind more so than theirs. Everyone in miy famnily seems to possess a bit of ESP which isni't alw,ýays a godly gift, perhaps that is why one religious pers;on informed me to try and communicate since this being is still floating on neutral ground. Whatever iif anything is here, doesn' t seem toe be harmful, probably the only harm coming from the frightened pers;on themselves. Besides it miakes for interesting conversation around the table when comn- pany cornes, the dogs start to bay, the trees groan, eyes grow big, and faces blanch. the new plans possible. The new quarters, is ex- pected to be ready within three to four months. Over the past summenr Auberge provided accommodation for 200 people. Singles dance at Acres Ray and Betty LeBlanc, own ile rs of the Acres Rest aurant west of Orono on Taunton Road have started up an over 30s Singles Dance on Sundays. They are hoping, to reach at least 100 and if more are in- terested expansion plans are in the offering. The couple say Durham Region needs suIch a place and note the successful Markham, and Peterborough Suinday Single dances that already exist. Construction boom reaches $265.3 million Construction in the Durham Region has surged ahead by 61 percent for the seven month period of 1985 compared ta that of 1984. Industrial development headed by GM is Up 166 per- cent with commercial development up by 65 per- cent. Residential develop- ment has increased by 37 per- cent with some of this development being in Cour- tice and in the Wilmot Estates development. For Richer For Poorer VIKI BATES Pair recorded a jUMP in at- tendance uip to 10,250 for 1985 comparing with 8,569 in 1984. The fair is heldi from Thursday evening through to Sunday afternoon. The fair featured- agricultural exhibits as welI such events as the h drawNing contest, Heil Drivers, antique car show, hiorse show as wel as an entertainment tent featuring spelîb.ees, talent contest and a pet show. R; M.M Pilkey being challenged Allan Pilkey who in 1980 defeated Jimi Potticary for Mayor of the City of Oshiawýa. will be running an election campaign this year due to a challenge by Bill Longworth, 45, a Scarboroughi public school principal. Longworth has stated Oshawa has lacked leadership from'the incurmbent Mayor. Fish farm to use warm water from Pickering plant One of Canada's largest fish farms will use warmi water fromi the Pickering Hydro Generating station to raise trout and perch for the international market. Coolwater Farms Ltd. is converting the old Fren- chmnan Bay pollution plant as a rearing centre for fish. The fish farm wvill operate year round. The farm is expected to have its first fingerlings by the first of January 1986. Attendance up at Port Hope Fair The recent Port Hope Faîl Tax Collector PO0. No. A 1050 Date of Publication: September 25, 1985 From Around the Regioni and area S 0OLIOI -PAI NT *makes painting cleaner and easier *virtually elimiînates messy dripý and spiatter o ready to spread fromn its own paint tray we made our nameein-hardware Rolph, (Dominio-n) Hardware Main Street, Orono - Phone 983-5207 .............. ..... . -lý., ý ý7 ý 1 1 v 1985 MUNICIPAL TAXES FINAL INSTALMENT Ratepayers are reminded that the final instalment of 1985 Realty and Business Tax is due September 3Oth, 1985 1985 Taxes are payable only at the locations detailed on the tax bill. PAY PROMPTLY TO AVOID PENALTY