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o Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 3rd, 1975 stream count bestoppecf Tut; umano rrovmciai Police Police Golden Helmets will officially open the activities at the Durham Central Agricultural Agricultural Fair in Orono this coming Thursday evening sharp at 7.00 p.m. This will be the second appearance at. the fair for the Golden Helmets having been here in 1967 when tney pleased the crowd with their manoevres on motorcycles. motorcycles. These motorcycles are 550 pound powerful 1200 cc Harley Davidsons equipped with radios, flashing lights and first aid equipment. The group is composed of fifteen volunteers from the province with training being under the supervision of Corporal John Arnold of the Whitby detachment. Constable Constable Jim Wright of Peterborough Peterborough is the ride commentator. commentator. Among the intricate manoevres manoevres performed by the precision riding unit are the criss-cross, single weave, Or Raise $150.25 for Residents muscular dystrophy aroused Two young Orono boys, Duane Major and Jeff Westbrook Westbrook showed their organizing and promotional skills last week in the holding of a petit carnival on the lawns of the formers home. The boys raised a total of $150.25 for Muscular Dystrophy which is a great accomplishment and the boys are to be congratulated. congratulated. On visiting the carnival on Friday it was quite apparent that no effort had been skimped in the promotion,. promotion,. The water balloon throw was most popular as was a Fun House. The Fun House was constructed in the doublecar doublecar garage with plenty of imagination. Visitors to the house were . directed down darkened aisles being con fronted with hanging mummies. mummies. bales of straw, a coffin with a real live corpse having a pasty face, hanging chees cloth that felt like cobwebs and many other obstructions. The petite carnival also included other games, ring toss and had most of the kids and a few adults in attendance for a two day period. A number of draws were held in connection with the carnival with Mrs. B. Reid winning the desk set, Gary Bridger winning the Snoopy Dog and Jackie West the box ofchocolat.es. The two promoters had plenty of help from other friends in operating the carnival carnival 'and all was a great success over the two-day period of the show, fjappemngs... Residents in the Orono Estates were aroused late last, week when dirt taken from infunctioning septic tile beds was being dumped along the stream in the area of the western entrance into the sub-division. Oshawa Sand and Gravel have been hired by the developers to correct illfunc- tioning septic systems with the result that tile beds are being dug up in the sub-division sub-division to be replaced. The soil from these beds was being dumped along the stream. Residents were concerned over possible pollution of the stream and were less than happy with the smell. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Durham Health Unit were contacted in this matter with the hope that the dumping of dirt along the Conservatives 41,000 VOTERS IN DURHAM EAST . . With enumeration completed the tally of voters in the plciïî piCHlC Durham East riding number 41,000. Since the posting of the lists some two hundred have phoned the Returning Office in Orono to have their names added to the lists. Electors have until September 10th to phone the Returning office if their name has been omitted from the voters' list. STEVEN LEWIS TO VISIT ORONO FAIR It was announced on Tuesday that Steven Lewis, NDP leader, would .be in attendance at the Orono Fair along with candidate Doug Moffatt. They intend to arrive around 4.00 p.m. on Friday. LNDALISM AT ORONO PARK Vandalism at the Orono Park was at a minimum during the summer months except for the past week-end when considerable damage was done to the washrooms a r d I he booth broken into. All items have'been removed from the booth for the year. Its too bad the year couldn't have been a clean one. Plans have been finalized by the conservatives to hold a giant annual picnic at Fan- tasyland in Whitby on September September 7th. Activities planned for the outing include a baeuty con test., a variety of races and games for old and young as well as free corn on the cob and cider. If is expected that a number of cabinet members will be nresent The conservative candi dates from the area are Bill Pilkington (Durham West)( Bill Newman (Durham North), Alan Dewar (Oshawa) (Oshawa) and Charlie Mcllveen (Durham East). double weave, threading the needle, the wheel, interchange, interchange, circles and reverse circles. The Golden Helmets were first formedrin 1963 and have thrilled .many crowds in Canada as well as in the United States. in comacung me Town of Newcastle it appears that . nothing has been done on Monday to stop the practice even though it may or maynot involve Town of Newcastle property. irs nere! Yes the Orono Fair comes to pass this week-end with activities starting starting on Thursday evening and with the fair continuing until well into Saturday evening or Sunday morning. It would appear that the show should he better than ever as the saying goes. Really there has been a number of changes and they appear all to the good to provide more entertainment for the thousands who will be in attendance over the two and a half day period. The Golden Helmet motorcycle motorcycle precision ride is an ideal way to open the fair and this happens at 7.00. p.m. on Thursday evening. Along with the Golden Helmets the Durham Durham Black and White show will be held along with the team drawing competition in front of the grandstand. Friday has traditionally been children day and this will again be the case this vear with the' school parade and prizes for various floats' bikes and pets. The midway will be open and all exhibits will be open for viewing. Friday evening harness racing racing takes over with pari-mu- tual betting. Saturday's activities start shortly after; noon with the Ontario Regimental band in attendance at noon continuing throughout the day with a host of events of judging in all departments. A feature will be the appearance of George Hamilton IV during the afternoon afternoon and for the dance in the evening to be held in the Orono Arena, The list of exhibits ranges from flowers to 1 vegetables, baking, needlecraft, hoses, cattle, sheep, rabbits, chickens,etc, chickens,etc, etc. Plan now to attend the fair starting this Thursday evening evening with the colourful and skillful Golden Helmets. Open dam tenders At a meeting of the Executive Executive Committee last week of the Ganaraska Conservation Authority tenders were opened opened for the reconstruction of Ball's dam at Baltimore. The committee approved the tender of Ganaraska Bridge in the amount of $56,384.00. The awarding of the tender is dependent on other approvals. The highest: tender received amounted to $111,440. There were six tenders in all. TO APPEAR ON < R,< TV On Saturday Mr. Ed. How of Timmins visited at the office of the Times with friend, Mr. Donald Tarisley. In the conversation conversation it was learned that Mr. How will appear on CBC television this Wednesday Wednesday night, Channel 5 at 10.30 p.m. Mr. How will appear with Bob Lowe singing a number of western songs .which they have written and composed the music. Mr. How said it is "How and Lowe with Home Grown Music". Give it a listen at 10.30 tonight. George Hamilton of International International fame comes to Orono Saturday afternoon to per- lorm at the Durham Central Fair. Not only wiil the noted singer give afternoon performance performance but will also play for a dance to be held Saturday evening in the Orono Arena. George Hamilton IV has become the first artist to be featured, simultaneously on three different telev : i,,n series series in three different countries. countries. Canada, the UK and the US. George Hamilton, an Amer- ieatvfrnm North Carolina has an affection for Canadian Country music _and was the first country singer to make an all-Canadian album. He has said that Canadians write a new kind of country music. Maggie Griffin "It's honest and about real people. , I can relate to the music." The singer comes to Orono along with Maggie Griffin, vocalist. Don Ange, electric piano and Dick Schuyler, bass guitar and drums. It will be a great evening with'George Hamilton IV at the Arena on Satuday. Plan now to attend. this week-end The big show is on