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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES Vol. 2. No. 49. ORONO, ONT., THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1958. Subscription, $1.25 Per Year The Orono Weekly Times wishes one and all an abundance of Health, Wealth and Prosperity for the coming year, 1BL9 Clarke Township Council Returned to Office by Acclamation $12,000 Balance In Bank After All Accounts paid Is Very Enviable Record County Rate Reduced From 14.3 Mills in 1936 to 9.03 Mills in 1938 Clarke Town-iiip Ctihiieil nomina- tions held: cm...Monday aftdrnoon drew very few ratepayers from their' com- fortable firesides; : no doubt numerous families celebr,aifklg Christmas day on Monday insjiead:::' of Sunday, and then again were quite, satisfied with die work of :!:v old council and could see no reason for a change. â- Only two new members were nom- inated for the cnir.vi!. William Mer- cer of Kendal, and C. M. Jones, of USTewtoiiiiville, Cdunei.lov I'1. 1>. L>vek:n wa« nom- inated. for Reevo and Councillor, but withdrew from She Reeyeship. thus giving T- A. the 1938 reeve, an. iaiejclamation. oF Win. J. PaiSh;%iw'SMë only. deputy .Beeve nominated &hd also received his position by acclamation. The meeting from gtatrt to finish was very orderly, and no dissenting voice was raia^i against last year’s council as to their work. Everyone seemed pleased, at the splendid report thiait, was presented by the old council on their stewardship, having a bal- ance on .hand: of $12,000 after paying -every account up to the 15th of Dec- ember ; a very enviable record in- deed, and afeo one to be proud of. The following are the nominations for Clarke Township : .... FOR REEVE Fred B. Lovekiniâ€"•Proposed by W. J. Riddell; seconded by Percy Lunn. T. A. Reid â€" Proposed by Geo. White, seconded by J. J. W. Stringer. FOR DEPUTY REEVE Win. J. Patton â€"-Proposed, by An- son Gilroyseconded by M. W. Chav , . ; â- .'tem-tos; terto-n. 1 - vast ,;1 FOR COUNCILLORS / f Wm. Laic--â€" Proposed by M. W. Ch^Wortsh ; ^seconded by Anson Gil- roy:' " Wm. Mercer â€" Proposed by Ar- thur McKay; seconded by W. Rbb- inson. Fred Tt. Lovekin â€" Proposed by Austin Turner ; seconded by James Nixon, Hartwell Lowery â€" Proposed by Anson Gilroy ; seconded by Lionel Dent. C'hns. M. Jones â€" Proposed by W, H. Rowe; seconded by Lawrence Sav- ery. Mr. T. A. Reid expressed §ii-i regret that theire were so few present but thought it was due to the holiday ac- tivities, stating that lie was very proud indeed to present their finan- cial statement this year with a bal- ance on hand of approximately $12,- 000 and all debts that ho. knew of paid. He spoke on township affairs, saying that although their road equipment was in rather a dilapidat- ed condition, still they felt they could not afford to purchase new equip- ment unltil they were in a financial position to warrant paying for it. lie C-unmented on the provisions the .â- township had made . in regard to snow -fences and services in keeping the roads open., “We started making snow fences last year, more as an vx- peifimienlt,-not going'into it extensive- ly. The County Courir:; appropriat- ed $3,000 for snow fences for the Vn-ited Counties but we never got a great deal of satisfaction in getting orders. The Provincial engineer was- very much in favor of Orono build- ing snow fences. Mr. Reid .them-ex- plained, the many details in connec- tion with securing this work for Orono which finally was arranged, (He then suggested! that it would he a splendid idea to have the township councils arrange to buy sno-w fence in Jarg-e volume, and. then pool it to bring it down to the minimum cost. “-S-o-me years ago the road from Kirby to Millbrook was a county faait- and was thrown back on the ?Lundicipa.liity, Mr, Reid said. At the im-e session -this road was approved, and was the only road in the United Counties that was officially taken o-ver. 1 think Mr. C. Mercer did his part in getting this road for us and it should be appreciated. It is very difficult t-o get these things through unless you have someone to assist, As (Continued on page four) NEWS FROM THE WEST Durham Ploughmen Elect New Officers The P'urhaim County Branch of the Ploughmen’s Association of On- tario met in annual session' in the new community waiting room at Mill- brook recently, With a large attend- lance, praetieally : every township be- ing repfSe-nted, a.-nd the retiring presidçiifl 'â- Clarence Alim, of Newcas- tle; occupying the chair. 'The financial statement showed a fair balance on hand, and, the elec- tion. of- officers, resulted in the follow- ing slate for 1939 : President, George Neale, Bethany; Vice-Presidents, da-met Rickard. Newcastle, and J. Whittington, Mill-brook; Secretary Treasurer* V. R. Hunter, Cav-a-h ; DistricttijDirectorsâ€"Milthbrook, .Cav- an, L, Tl. Winsknv, R. McOamus; South Monaghan, W; C, Dawson, Gerald Anderson, B'a-ilidboro ; ; Mau- vais, Edgar Beer and J. Oimimiaky, Bethany; Hope, -Stan-Lay Gray, Lloyd Dunbar, .Port Hope; Cartwright, Carl Wriglht, Nestle! on, Joseph Porte . Bliadksifco-ck ; Darlington, Jack â-  B-akt Hampton, George A.nnis, Bowim; villle; Clarke, C1.a-ren.oe Allen, No castle, John Rickard, Bowmii'- The new executive the the ploughing match for next, year; a -successful one attended by a num- ber of -provincial champions having been held last fall at Hampton, and it was decided to hold the 1939 event in Man ver-, as near to Bethany as possible. Delegates to the Ontario Plough- men’s convention to be held in Tor- onto the first week in February, were chosen including Cl-arvnee Allen, V. R. Hunter, L. II. Win-slow, George A unis and Jack Baker. The delega- tion to address the counties council at its January session on behalf of 1 the Durham County Association is L. IT. Window, G. A nuis, E. A. Sum- mers, C. Aillen, George MtoLeod, J- Oummisky and I. W. Lairm-er. Before dispersing much apprecia- tion' of Mr. F. C. .Scott’s generosity- in building the new waiting room, ' ~. it fully including lighting ltd giving use of same to was expressed. Any . : if repute may have the titing room by making . Scott. Usually the last thing that, -any of the Orono folk tell you that, are liv- ing in Western Canada is- “remember me to everybody at home when you get back.’’ (So Orono is still home to a good many people that haven’t lived here for years, and the short visit al- ways consists of asking about every- body They 'cian think of. When- I was •leaving the MIcKeen’s in Penticton, B, C., Mrs. Me.Keen said, “I just know that I am going to think of a lot of, Orono people that 1 wanted to a;sk you abo’m after you are gone.” I didn’t -see John- and Mrs. Rowe in Calgary this time but called Edna on the phone and she said the 50th wed- ding anniversary was taps. However, 1 got a Christ mas dat'd on which Mrs. Rowe wrote, ‘Dear John, this is our wish for you.” Signed “The Rowe’s,” In Seattle, .Wash., Rluth (Arm strong) Kate still : stiff ers with arth- ritis and although, she is awfully ianiv site still- does her own housework and is.quite cheerful'about everything. Ai'itJer a lapse, of about forty years 1 saw Ed, Best and his wife in Vic- toria. B.C. Ed. has a fruit ranch and if the world isn’t using him well- you wouldn’t be able to tell it by looking at, him, In Vuneouver Addle (Afoulton) MicArthur. has recovered from her sickness of last spring and..seems; to be as good as new again; while Ofcra. (Bollard) Hunter is just as happy as ever, both of her boys are working and -live with her and the. daughter is married and Clara is now a grand- mother. i Bertha (Waddell) Brown lives in Saskatoon. Recently Bertha has, had quite,?» . struggle with arthritis,>' but if cheerfulness will cure it she will surely -recover soon. It has been a very mild fall out West. The coa.1 dealers are complain- ing about business, (and some were playing golf two weeks ago in Regina. However, they haven’t planted any palm trees- yet. â€"John Armstrong. CHRISTMAS PAGEANT IN UNITED CHURCH Large congregations attended Park St. United Church ,,n Christmas Day (Sunday). At the regular service in the evening a Christmas Pageant in three scenes was given by nine mem- bers of the Young .People’s (Society. The following are the,characters that took part : The innkeeper, Mervyn Keane; a boy at. the inn, Elvin Blew- ett; Simeon, a rich man, Jim Pow- ers; Esther, his wife, -Lois Wood; Mary, Bear lice Ha-min; Joseph, Neil Wood; the Three Wise Men, Sam Beane, Manley Littiewood and! Glen Hancock. The first scene takes place in the inn with the innkeeper receiving his guests, Simon and- Esther. Joseph ap- pears at the en-ct -of the scene asking for -shelter for lie -and his wife Mary. The innkeeper gives them a room in the stable with the animals. Iii: scene two we see the arrival of the wise men who have come from the East to worship- the- new-born babe. The innkeeper is taken by sur- prise when he hears that a king has (been borne in hils stable. 'Scene three is the manger scene. Altairy is seated at. the manger, Joseph is standing by, the Wise Men are kneeling and the baby is in the centre. At the do-o-r of the stable stands the greedy innkeeper, and voices- are softly singing “Silent Night, Holy Night” SCHOOL DANCE A most delightful dance was hçld in Orono town hall under the aus- pices of the Continuation School on Thursday," December 22nd, The. young people had'long been anticipating the joys of this evening, ami front reports it climaxed their highest expectations. -Christmas- colors in streamers, bells and fixtures were effectively arrang- ed: as decorations, while six ever- green: trees in various parts of the hall twinkled with gay colored- lights. The music was- supplied by Jack Grant and. his- Aces. Lunch was ser- ved at 11.30 with dancing continuing until 1.00 a.m. John Tamblyn Re-Elected Trustee At Annual Meeting The annual meeting of Orono Con- tinuation School was held in -the -Assembly Room, of the school on Wednesday evening, with Mr. C. F A-wde a« chairman and Airs. J. R. Cooper Secretary. Mr; John Tamblyn remarked that he was pleased to inform the rate- payers that the report this year is the best since the building has been built. “The young m-an as janitor has been doing good work. There is co-operation in this school the like of which has never been- had. The staff is giving us as good service as any we have ever bad and the repairs are in better shape than they have been for a number of years.” Mr. R. R. Waddell read the annual inspectors ' reports on both the Public and Continuation School, “The school is to be congratulated on the OXieellent report, by both public and Continuation- School inspectors,” re- marked Mir. Waddell, The report read in part as follows : “Sanitary system improved so that, it will not, be needing repairs-! for many years, 'blackboards are replaced in three rooms, continuing to replace blackboards until all thé rooms are supplied. New cement sidewalk and steps, small skating rink for the use of the pupils wllidh will be of great recreative value to out pupils, finan- cial position good.” The inspector’s report Public School in part is as follows- : “Classified all equipment as No. 1. both organization and management good, teachers are doing successful work, 'proficiency is much above the average in both rooms and much pro- gress made in teaching, further suit- able books should be purchased.” The redecorating program was such that one room will be redecorated i-aeh year. The teachers arc all fully qualified for their positions. Discipline is good. Fire drill is practised every six weeks. In the teaching staffâ€"much is good, some excellent. The condi- tion off the: building has been great- ly improved -since-last inspection. The school reflects the. interest of the Principal. A .discussion arose regarding the pupil's attending Orono school from outside the section. A resolution was- passed that the trustees be authorized to investigate the necessity of, rearranging -School Section. No. 12. (Mr. Waddeli informed the trustees that this matter would, have to be taken- up with the Township-, Council and a by-law passed which would en- tail a vote (of the ratepayers in the interested sections. Mrs. J. R. Cooper was re-elected auditor for 1939, ’Mr. John Tamblyn was re-elected trustee for the ensuing three years. Orono Police Trustees Re-Elected For Another Term By Acclamation SANTA VISITS CLARKE TOWNSHIP CHILDREN AT ORONO The Community .Christmas Tree Programme was held in the town hall on Friday .afternoon of last week for OJârfce Town-ship, with the hall filled to capacity. A splendid programme wag provided by the different school- throughout the township. Mr. Mel- 1-or acted chairman and. Mrs. Brawn, as pianist. The first number was a parol sung by the Orono Public -School students under the direction of Mrs. Robb. Leskard School that was to take part in the. programme were absent. Six girls, students of Mi-se Marion Green, teacher of Srarkville school, rendered a, com-i-c song, “I've Got the Mumps.” Miss Patter-run, 0f Enterprise -School, directed a .-moat interesting play given by two of her students, Norma Rail-berry and Lloyd Taylor. Miss Doris White, Orono gave a piano ac- cordion number which called for an encore. Cowan ville school was repre- sented by Velina Cowan and At is»' Get lick, who rendered à Sicotch Fish- er’s song; Lockhart school, under the direction of Air. Patton with six off his girl students, gave a lovely pag- eant ‘Siweet Bethlehem Sitar.” An- tioch school, a song “A Double Pro- posa'],” by two girls, Helen Wood and Joan Harness, two- hoys, Did; Wood and Ted Ooaitha-m. Kirby school, an orchestra, comprised of, pianist, M-i-s-s Audrey Billings, zellophone, Miss Margaret MacKinnon, Roas Boyd, Pearl T-ebble and James Lowery, played “Pop Goes the Wea-il,” encore “(Little Brown Jub.” Kendal school, three girls, Audrey Patton, Myrtle Fall's and Ilel-en Mercer rendered a song “Little Dutch Girl.” Mr. Neil- Porter sip-oke -a few words of appreciation for all the help that had been given toward tuakin Community Christmas Tree sum..... big success. Cairo’ singing was then -enjoyed by all present until- the arrival of Santa dl-aue, who gave every boy and girl 11resent a bag of candy, nuts and an orange. The children then proceeded to the council chamber where they were all treated to Cocoa Cola, which was a donation by the . Cocoa' Cola C-o-mpany. To Construct Two Tanks For Fire Protection, also Use Calcium Chloride on Roads Orono Village Police Trustees met in the Milage -( i” i iL Ci.amber on. Monday evening for their annual nomiin-aton meeting. Messrs. Wm. Riddel', H. M. Mercer and John Gibson, lii-t year’s Trustees were re- el-elated by acclamation to represent the village of Oton-o for 1939. The financial report of the year’s busines-s was read by W. J. Riddell, as follows: Receipts Forward from 1937 ........$ 2,213.47 Durham Central Agricultur- al Society for walk .... 84.58 Total .... ,...$ 2,248.08 Expenditures Hydro, lights .. . ........... 764.56 Printing, adver rising and stationery ................ 91.02 Coal and Lumber ............... 15.95 Repairs to hall and Xmas tree . .,.. „ ............. . 36.1*3 -Snow shovelling " 20.00 Insurance hall and lire en- gine .......... . ..... . 33.50 Election expenses for Police Trustees -and Hydro .... 14.00 Fire Company ...... .... 98.75 Hydro Ry-iLaiW'S ............... 74.82 Salaries for 1988 .............. 25.00 -Sidewalks, etc. ......... . . . 304.14 Balance on hand . ............. 745.25 % $(2,248.03 Received from Cou'feil on Dec. 15th ...... ...... 1,44-8.95 Balance on band ........ 745.26 Forward to 1939 .... . .. .$ 2,194.21 Mr. Mercer requested the citizens to co-operate with them in removing their cars from, the path of the snow plow when they see it coming. He stated that tile trustees get along Vv_. together and always try to do ;]i- ir utmost for the benefit of the village. -Mr. O. Awde brought forth the question of fire protection for resi-; dents outside the limits, and also- the residents ; inside the corporation who pay for protection but who do not receive it. Mr. Riddell answered to; the effect (Continued on page four) Charles Bright Arreste'd In Orillia On Rustling Charge -Charles Blright, alias Charles Mar- tin, Ch-as. H-a-fikeen, and Robert Al- len, wanted in Hamilton Township fur out le rustling, and in Darling- ton Township for housebreaking and also in other centres fo-r various of- fences, was arrested -on Slunday mondng, December 18th, in Orillia Tow-nship by Provincial Constables A. L. Alennie, of Cobourg ; Price Mor- ris, of BowrnanviTle; Harry Butler and B. B-yles>- of Orillia, The accused',was arraigned before Magistrate V- A. F, Campbell at Co- bourg on Monday of last week on four charges and after electing sum- mary trial pleaded guilty to all char- ges and was remanded in custody for sentence.- Pleas of -guilty were entered to stealing a lmrsc from Frank Hijli- gan. in Hamilton Town-ship on Sept. 1st, 1938, a horse from Elmer West of the same township on November 20th, 1938, breaking . and entering the premises of Blake Stephens iu D-airiington Township on April 5th, 1.937, : and: also the premises of Syd- ney 1 lorkv.day. Darlington- Township on O-etobca 16th, 1987. Provincial: Constables: Mennie and Morris, after an extensive hunt for many months suspected that Bright would: return to his old haunt- around. Orillia Township and requested the Provincial Police in Orillia to keep a lookout Sir him. The hunch prov- ed to bo accurate with the result that Bright is now in Cobourg jail, (Police say that Bright has am ex- ..tensive record, served time in King- ston and while a resident near Port Hope w-as convicted tin several rob- bery charges. Provincial Police of Rowmanville have had warrants out for his arrest for over a.: year with the alleged thefts in Darlington Township.