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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Orono Weekly Times - 3 ORONO FAIR Continued from front prize of $2 for the winner. Fair goers were very impressed with the electric home toasters and irons demonstrated by the Seymour Power Company at the 1912 Orono Fair Steen discovered. A local Tobacco Association which was formed in 1958 had their first exhibit at the 1960 Fair and sponsored a Tobacco King and Queen contest that year. A sad piece of Fair history was in 1910 when four people died from typhoid fever they contracted from eating at the Orono Hotel on Fair Day. It was later discovered the well water at the hotel was contaminated. A section of the exhibit will be dedicated to home crafts that were so important like baking, home preserving and sewing, Museum Administrator Martha Rutherford told the Times. The exhibit will showcase the areas rich agricultural heritage and will feature some Massey Harris show room implements that are in pristine condition which the museum acquired several years ago from the Massey Harris Company and have never been on display. Rutherford hopes Fair goers will get an appreciation of the history of one of the longest running fairs in the province. "While people enjoy the Fair today, I hope people understand it has been part of our community for 160 years," she stated. ATKINSON Continued from front Atkinson deserves this honour, Van Dyke replied by saying, "You don't see a lot of people who helped so many people while living, and have helped even more people after passing away." Van Dyke says that, "He (Atkinson) is arguably one of the most famous residents (of Newcastle) in all of Canada." He went on to say that Photo supplied while living in Newcastle, he Joseph Atkinson, (pictured) in a undated would often photo at his desk at the Toronto Daily come back to Star. Atkinson, a Newcastle native, was Newcastle to editor of the Toronto Star from 1899 till help out his his death in 1948. Under Atkinsons family. "His leadership the Toronto Star, became the sister Hannah largest Toronto newspaper. kept him com- ing back, "When he was editor of the Toronto Daily Star, he bought a house on King St Ave. and gave it to his sister to use as a boarding house." Woo said "(Newcastle) was blessed t o have a noted resident who came from our little community and made their mark on the world stage." He went on to say, "It wasn't just a local newspaper, it was a national Newspaper; he was known across Canada." Members of the Atkinson Foundation, Atkinson's charitable foundation will be at the dedication on Saturday as will officials of the Toronto Star, andcommunity leaders. Residents of Newcastle are asked to come and help celebrate the grand-opening of the Atkinson Parkette. After the speeches, and the reception, Woo will give a guided tour of the old Newcastle areas where Joseph E. Atkinson was raised. "You have to give credit to people like Myno and the NDVHS, without them they wouldn't have gotten the process going and the historical plaque would not be anywhere right now." OPINION Continued from pg 2 Today in most parts of Ontario we gather at a fall festival to eat candy apples and poutine then hop on a carnival ride meant to remove aforementioned poutine and candy apple. We come together to show off our biggest pumpkin, trot out our best horse, display the quilt stitched all winter and spring, the excep- tional blossoms the garden has to offer or bake an apple pie from a recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation. Today's harvest celebrations may not seem to be steeped in the superstition of our ancestors but when you attend the Orono Fair or Newcastle Fall Festival you are continuing a ritual that has been enduring since that early human placed that first seed in the ground and prayed it would grow. So this year after a damag- ing late spring frost, too little rain for the early part of summer, hot conditions that brought some crops on early, and humidity that did not allow some crops to flourish; how will you celebrate the harvest? ~ Happenings ~ September 6th - September 9th - Orono Fair, Orono Fair grounds Saturday, September 15th - St.Andrews PresbyterianChurch, 41 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, 2:00 p.m. to 6 p.m., Acoustic Blue Grass, $5.00 per person. Under 18 Free. Saturday, September 15th - Orono United Church, Spaghetti Supper , 5:30 p.m. Adults $13, Under 12 $6.00 ,Preschoolers Free. 905-983-5159