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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES Vol. 1. No. 40. ORONO, ONT., THURSDAY, OCT. 28 1937. Subscription, $1.25 Per Year. SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR THE ORONO TIMES " Plan Submitted And Accepted For Improve- Ement To Agricultural Park o -- : Over 2,000 Veterans Attend Drumhead Service At ,Whitby On Sunday Will Be] One of the Best m Parks In The Province When Completed The Directors of Durham Central Agricultural Society met in the Armouries Armouries at Onino on Monday evening evening to discuss the remodelling' of the Fair grounds. A plan of the new proposed grounds •was drawn by Mr. Meredith Linton and submitted to the Directors for their approval. After considerable discussion it was ' decided to accept the proposed plan in its entirety and work will soon commence on the project. project. The first thing to be improved will be the race track. It is expected expected that work will be started this Fall so that it will bo in readiness for the Fair next year. The track will be made larger, but will not be a 1-2 mile track, being short 150 feet on each lap. Twice around, the distance distance will be 300 feet short of .a mile, while at the present time it takes three laps to make a mile, Messrs. O. W. Ralph and: Os, Cowan are in charge of the race track work. New culverts will have to be made and railings will be erected around the track where necessary along certain .portions of the track. When this track is completed the S'ociety will have an A I race course. Mr. M. II. Staples is in charge of looking after the grandstand. This building will be moved : to another site on the grounds, will be rebuilt and made larger to aocomtnodate more people. Mr. À. J. Tamblyn is in charge of "lie car-tile ties, which will be erected for the purpose of tying cattle, etc, at Fair time, 'A new entrance will be made to the grounds on Park street, this will be erected in a semi circle and will be a picket fence. There will be two hedges lining the driveway and trees will be planted in certain parts of the grounds that will add beauty to the grounds and also offer shade on hot, sunny days. Meessrs. W. Riddell Riddell and W. E. Armstrong are in charge of this work. The entrance to the park on Centre Centre street will be remodelled. This entrance will be used for trucks and stock on Fair day. The driveway will be moved! further east from the present present site, a longer culvert will be made and the gateway made wider to allow allow trucks to turn easier, etc. The 'Society has approximately $800.90 for the improvements. This amount will not go far, and most of it will have to be used for material Mtr. and Mrs. Charles Stapleton were the recipients of a large number of lovely gifts presented to them at their home by their many friends in the form of; a shower on Thursday, evening of last. week. Parcels were piled high on a large table, and Misses Misses Lois Wood, Enid Cobbledick and Kathleen Stark assisted in unwrapping unwrapping the gifts; for the bride and, groom. . Mr. Sidney Rutherford read .the following address : Ur»no, Oct. 21, '37 Mr. and Mrs, O. Stapleton, Dear Hazel and Charlie,--The matrimonial matrimonial ship has you on board and we have taken this opportunity to express our sincerest wish that you may have a pleasant and prosperous voyage. " We feel Charlie, that we know you PHEASANT HUNT REGULATIONS The regulations governing the shooting of pheasants during the two-day open season today (Thursday (Thursday and Friday were issued by the Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries, On Pelee Island, the bag is limited to five birds a day, one of which may be a hen. On the island a special special municipal hunting license costing costing $8 is required: in addition to the $1 provincial gun license. In Essex county, : excluding Pelee Island .and Kent county, the bag is limited to three cock birds per day. Hunters in addition may take two Hungarian partridge and three quail per day. A special municipal license is required required and a bag limit of three cock- birds per day is iinprosed. in the following following townships : Markham, Nelson, Trafalgar, Flamboro East, Beverley, Annaster, Salttftept, Binhrnok. Barton, Barton, ITumlberstone, Canlboro, Dunn, Cayuga South and North, Oneida, Seneca and part of Westminster. The shoot is United to one day-- October 28th only--under the same regulations in the townships of Grimsby North, Clinton, Louth, Grantham, Niagara, Cab for. Willoughby Willoughby and Bertie. Hunting is restricted to the" period between 8 a.m. .arid 5 ;p.m, B'irds must be disposed of as an article of food or mounted previous to Nov. 30th. No firearms may be discharged within 100 yards of dwellings or farm buildings.. Special municipal license tags must be prominently displayed on the hunter's person where they are required. -- -o -- Mr. Frank Brown while working on tlie bridge near the Forestry, dropped a large sitone on his foot and is laid up. needed. The Directors hope that people people interested in the Fair will donate their services to- help get the work completed with the above amount. Thèse grounds when, completed will be one of the best in the province if the Directors are able to follow the plan out in its entirety, so it is up to the people of Orono and district to offer their services as much as possible possible to help .along with the improvements. improvements. Agricultural Societies now have a hard time to make ends meet and anyone who will offer his services for a day or two will be greatly appreciated appreciated by the Society. a little better than we do your good wife, for you have lived here all your life. We have .appreciated at all; times your good) judgment, now we know that your reasoning power is above par, when we find the girl you have chosen for life. To you Hazel, we extend a cordial welcome to this community and' we do hope, you will like us and find! in your new home all joy .mid happiness. We ask you to ' accept these, our humble gifts, as a tiny symbol of our sincerest congratulations on your recent marriage. . , ' M, Cornish, !R. Keane arid M. Winmail. Committee. Mr. Charles Stapleton replied to the address suitably with words of thanks. . The remainder of the; evening evening was spent in cards and dancing to the "Charlie" orchestra. APPLE CROP LESS] IN EASTERN ONTARIO Ontario's apple crop was estimated at 735,500 barrels in the Agricultural Agricultural department'si fruit and vegetable vegetable crop report. In Eastern Ontario Ontario apple production was down 28 per cent, from 1936, but ini Western Ontario it was up 28 per cent. The 1936 crop estimate was 708,500 barrels. barrels. ro Peach crop was estimated at 523,- 000 bushels, SO per cent, above 1936, and the plum crop at 56,900 bushels, up 38 per cent. ; pears were down, estimated estimated yield being 157,400 bushels as against 197,800 in 1936. The report says : present fruit prices are generally below last year particularly for pears, apples and plums, although pears exported ' to Britain have brought -a'.isfnetory returns. Prices for basket grapes have been unusually variable and following frost: damage, grapes in bulk tumbled 1 from $15 a ton to as low as $20. CARD OF THANKS The Canadian Legion, Bowman- ville, wishes to. thank all who took part in the Operetta, entitled "The Sun Bonnet Girl," which was a real success and also the orchestra which supplied such splendid music before and between acts, and we hope that we may hear them again in the near future. ACCREDITED AND SUPERVISED HERDS Three plans are in operation by the Health of Animals. Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture Agriculture for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis, namely, the accredited herd plan, the supervised herd: plan, and the restricted area plan. The object of the first plan is the eradication eradication of the disease in pure-bred breeding breeding herds. 'These herd's are tuberculin tuberculin tested free of charge by salaried salaried veterinary inspectors. To be eligible for acceptance under this pl an, a herd must contain at least five pure-bred, cattle of one breed, registered' registered' in the applicant's name. The lumber of registered pure-bred# must, however, comprise at least one-third of the total number of cattle in the herd. As soon as a herd has passed two annual or three semi-annual tests without an animal showing signs of the disease, and contains at least ten registered pure-ibreds, it is designated à "Tuberculoitishfree Accredited Herd." Compensation is paid for reactors'--that reactors'--that is, those animals which show signs of the disease as a result of the test--and is based on two- thirdts of the valuation placed upon the animate by. veterinary inspectors, of the Health of Animal# Branch. The maximum, amount of compensation compensation permitted under the Animal Contagious • Diseases Act is $100 for pure-ibreds and $40 for grades. No compensation is paid, however, for cattle affected with lumpy jaw, nor for grade hulls which react to the test. Such animals, nevertheless, must be slaughtered under federal inspection. The supervised herd plan is -a. single single herd policy applicable to grade 'herd's irrespective of the number of pure-ibreds or grade animate they contain. contain. No compensation is paid for animals that react to the test, but, the. owner receives whatever proceeds) there may be from the salvage. Owners Owners placing their herds under this plan must agree to slaughter reactors, to promptly cleanse and disinfect their premises, arid to keep their cattle from coming in contact with untested animais. If a herd is • not maintained on the premises breeding operations must be restricted to. ; â tested animal. • ' The restricted' area plan, has for. its ■ objeect the eradication of tuberculosis tuberculosis in. definite areas. At least two-îhiVd.- of 'the cattle -owners in any definite area must sign a. petition for the' establishment of such an area under under this plan. The petition must be forwarded by the Provincial Minister of Agriculture to the Minister of the Bond n ion Depart hi ent of Agriculture requesting that the necessary action be taken. i. YOUNG PEOPLE TREATED TREATED MONDAY EVENING One hundred happy boys and girls enjoyed a Hallowe'en party on Monday Monday evening at the Young People's Society meeting in Park Street United United Sunday School room. Costumes of all varieties were numerous, A programme programme w.as enjoyed during the first part of the evening, consisting oif hymns, duet by Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Rowland Smith, solo by Mr. Colin Taylor, Taylor, and Miss Edith Cobbledick gave an interesting report on the .summer .summer school which was. held at Oak Lake this summer. Misses Enid Cobbledick Cobbledick and. Thelma Myles were In charge of the games. Those in costume promenaded, while Mr. -Wididis and Miss Galloway chose the prize, winners, who were as follows : Best comic, Lois Wood, costumed as a grown ; Neil Wood costumed as an old woman. Best character, Kathleen: Sit-ark, a Gypsy lady; F. Tamfelyriy a China-, man. All -present enjoyed a sumptuous lunch served: by members of the Young People's Society. --- --o-- SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE, CONFERENCE, PERRYTOWN The Annual Sunday School Conference Conference of the Deanery of Northumberland Northumberland and Durham, was held on Wednesday, October 20th, in St. Paul's Church, Perry town. The conference was- ably conducted by the President, Mr. Gordon Bruton, Bruton, Orono. At the. afternoon session, Rev. K. T. Whatmough, Perry town, conducted conducted a group discussion on "Use of Facts when applied to a. Student." At 5.30 p.ni the ladies of St. Paul's , Church served . a bountiful chicken dinner. , The speaker for the evening service was- Rev. Bradbury, Field Secretary of the D.BjR.E. He dealt with problem's problem's of the teachers and gave a very helpful and interesting address, on the method of improving our Sunday Schools. The officers for 1937 were re-elected as follows : President -- Mr. Gordon Bruton, Orono., Vice-President -- Mrs. E. M. Lees, Cobourg. iSdcretary-Treasurer -- Miss Margaret Margaret Gray, Perry town. There was a. large crowd present at ; Park -Street United Church last' Sunday morning when the pastor: spoke on "What is that in thy hand? He spoke of the place the hand occupied occupied in the scripture. Over 10-0 verses, in, the old and new Testament mentioned the hand and writers, -ancient -ancient and modern, spoke highly of the human hand. It is the symbol of conquest and power. Your individual individual ability endowed or acquired is what is in your hand and should be consecrated to the service of : God arid' your ifell'Owmen,. Jasuis,. said the minister, told : -about a mian wh-o had a withered hand. There are many withered hands as far as church work' is- concerned. What if the hand that held the brush of a Papheal or the chisel of an Angelo, or,the pen of*a Mozart, or the courage of a Lim- » ' Lieutenant - Governor Herbert Herbert A. Bruce Takes Salute In March Fast Whitby was the scene on Sunday last of Veterans' day when over 2,~ 000 gathered from various branches of the Canadian Legion of the British British Empire Service League to attend the great drumhead service of the Provincial Command of the Legion, at the invitation of Whtiiby Branch No. 112. ' The parade passed in front of the reviewing stand where Oo-lonel the Honourable Herbert A. Bruce, Lieutenant-Governor Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, took the salute and then later marched to the town park where the drumhead service service was held. The visiting veterans began arriving arriving in the town early in the forenoon, and by two o'clock it was estimated that over three thousand were present, present, 1,100 of them at least members of the Legion and of the militia units. The parade lined up on Brock street north, turned east for the. laying laying of wreaths: at the town's- shrine of remembrance, where a brief stop was made, south 'along Green street west on Oollborne and south on Brock to the town park. The parade was, headed by the Ontario Ontario Regiment Band, Oshawa, and. other bands: in the parade included, the famous Kiltie Band from Orillia which accompanied members of the Orillia Legion Band; Lindsay Legion. Band; Oshawa .Trumpet Band, Whitby Whitby Citizeiro.'# Band, and the 19th battalion battalion Bugle Band of Toronto. It was colorful parade, red coats, khaki uniforms, colored berets, various war service decorations, which moved along to the Park, in view of hundreds hundreds who lined the route. The pro- vincial president -of the Legion, Lieut.-Col. IT. R. Alley, O.-B'.E., led the party to the cenotaph for the laying laying oh of wreaths- in memory of the fallen. Massed in a maze of colored bril- liatuce were the colors of the Legion, which included the Dominion, Provincial Provincial and branch standards, heading the parade. The 16 Dominion-Standards, Dominion-Standards, including both the Union -Jack and the Dominion Command colors, were those carried for the first time at Vimy in July of 1936, at the unveiling unveiling of Canada's great war memorial. memorial. The parade was marshalled very -capably by Oaipt. V. W. Fail-weather, coin, or the sceptre of -a Victoria, had been withered ? Jesus said to the man with a withered hand in the temple, stretch forth thy hand and it was made whole as- the other. , The tragedy of a withered hand can be cured by coining to Christ. His pierced hands brings us salvation. In the evening Mr. Oisterhout preached a strong sermon to a good congregation on "'Some Perilious Pit- falls," dealing with these dangerous, ones :• (1st) I'll try anything once; (2 ml ) I don't see any harm in it; (3rd) 1 don't believe in- Puritanical Restraints; (4th) I have not time to look after the : Welfare ■ of my soul, I arn: occupied with more important matters; (5th) I intend to look after my spiritual welfare but not tonight. Suitable music was rendered by the choir under the leadership of Mrs. O. S-andiercoek. Miscellaneous Shower Greets Happy Newly Weds representing the• provincial president. (Continued on page four) The Place The Hand Occupied In The Scripture