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Wood carving a feature at Collectors' Fair Coilectors' Fair held in Newcastle, a success The Newcastle Historical Society held their second annual collectors fair on. Sunday past at Newcastle Town Hall. One of the intriguing collections was that of Vera Sanderson from Janetville who has collected over two thousand buttons of ail shapes sizes and some with amazing heavy weight from as' far back as the early 1800s. Somne buttons depicted pictures of famnous people from thie early, 1900's. Ira Duval belongs to the Depression Glass Club of Caniada. She has in her possession one of the very rare cobalt blue depression pieces. Mrs, Duval said "Depression glass was made to brighten the lives of those people Tracy Osmond of Orono (lefi) fine selection of wood carvin-g provded the Collectros Fair with a along with a numrber of enthusiaties in the art. who lived in such a drab era, thie glass was possible to purchase during the depression as it was very inexpensive for the time." Francis Jose, of Newcastle, dressed in suitable clothes for the era, played cylinder records on bis 1900 Edison gramophone. He also had a double lens stercescope patented on March 20, 1860 in New York. The onily other one known to Mr. Jose and the curator for the Bowmnanville Museumn is in Switzerland. -Mabel Goode had an elegant collection of cocoa and chocolate pots dating from 1875 to 1923. She said that mnany a romance was nipped la mbe bud when the cocoa (Continued page 3) Ciarke Museum sets new attendance record a liii Il 4 ID '~4IIU 'j PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY .35C. a copy Orono Weelkly Times, Wednesday, October 24, 1990 TLown favours growth for .For the fourtli year la a row, the Clarke Museum & Archives, Tovn of Newcastle, bas smashed its own attendance records! 1As of October 16 this year, mhe Museum's attendance was 3208! That is an lacrease of 886 over the samne period in 1989! Don' for-et mhe Museum is open until December 21 this year. Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 - 5:00) p.m., Saturday - Sunday 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Upcoming Events: December Ist and 2nd - Holiday Workshops & Demonstrations for children and adults. December $th - Fundraising Bake Sale. December 15,h and l6th - Clarke Museum will'be at Cullen Gardens - Lynde House as part of the annual festival of lights. The following exhibits will continue until December 21st:- "Over the River and T'hrough the Wood" Development and History (Continued page 3) Orono VIi This week the Town ofNewcastle council members received a plann- ing staff report as to the proposed amendments to the Regional 0f- ficial Plan. Although the Town's departmient held much, agreement with the Regional proposaI there were a numnber olf suggested changes that have now been approved by Newcastle counicillors. Although council members ap- proved the issue has been tabled for a period of two weeks before final approval is given. Counc. Hamre said the amnend- mients were the mnost far-reaching in planning for the Region since its i- ception and thiat the Town's recomn- miendation must be sent onto the Region wthin a short period of tîme or the Region would proceed without the comments from the Town, She also noted that -q con- age to 7000 people s iderab le number of public some suh meetings hiad been held by the The planning re Region over the proposed changes gested a reduction to the Regional Officiai plan. developmient in the Town supports grewth for Orono The Town's planning staff have supported growth for Orono sug- gesting that it be a small urban area with a proposed population of 7,000 by the year 2010. This con- flicts with the Regional recommien- dation that of a population of 2,000 and that the Village continue with a status of a hamiet. The Region had also suggested Village developmnent north of Tauin- ton Road to the north while the Town suggests that residential development be contained south of Taunton Road and extended to the west to O'Chonski Road. The Town also suggests an ni- dustrial area east of Highway 115 in the present Plydesign location and port hiad sug- iof residential Village of, 3000 fromi the proposed 15,000 as sug- geste& by the Region. Counc. Hamre in commenting on the report as it affects Orono said there was need for developmnent in the Orono area in order to be able to provide wvater and sewers. She commented thiat thie new weIl (Continued page 3) No Ganaraska Dump group very active The "No Ganaraska Dump" committee has been active over the past week in contacting various groups for support in their- efforts to provide a strong and united front against any developmnent of a dump site withini the Orono area and in other localities wNithin the Region of Durham. Plans, have been formnalized to -hold a public meeting in the Oron.o arena on November 2th. The group hias been succes;sful in obtain- ing- Dr. Charles Godfrey of the former People~ Or Planes (POP) comnmitte-e which suçcessfully, a number of years ago, defeated ef- (Continued page 3) Present Limited Print (o High School Auction closes out J., Anderson Smiths by Shelley Allin Saturday, October 20th will go down la the historical books just as~ the company did Mien it opened la 1916. M. R. Jutzi Industrial Auctioneers, auctioned everything from mhe Wood kiln and alI of the specialized equipment operated by the many different employees reaching as many as 150 during peak times to small office calculators. Mr. Grant Cooper, one of the family business owners sald mhat having to comipete wimh such large conglomeorates as~ G-e-ieral Motors d the Darlington Nuclear Station ndeit ver difficuit to hire skilled labour and pay mhe wages necessary to keep skilled employees was one factor which aided in the closing of the factory. The factory originally opened as the Massey Harris Factory which eventually relocated in Toronto. Now they have relocated to the United States along with the miany other businesses able to compote better wimh "Free Trade. With mhe building being as old as it is, it is difficult yet maybe not so difficult to predict its'future. The family owned business hias contributed many years to the economy of Newcastle. I wish them well in their future endeavors. The Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen presented Clarke High School wvith a Limited Edition print by Peter Boots, forilerly, of Oronlo. The presenitation was made to the Assistmng in the recivng of the principal Hugh Hubbs by Dan print, which is to hang in the hall cf Stacheruk o f *thle K in sme n, the school, is MJrs. B, Herringa. I