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Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Tam- blyn of Orono were both anoured on Wednesday evening evening of last week at the annual banquet of the Dur ham Central Agricultural Society held in the basement of the Orono United Church. Carlos was presented with an Award of Merit for his many years of service to the organization and the promotion promotion of the annual fair in Orono. Mrs. Tamblyn was presented with a bouquet of red roses in recognition of her active part in the association. Also pictured above is the' current president of the Durham Central Agricultural Society , Mr. Jim Rickard. Five local men injured in fatal 401 accident, Satur. Five Orono men returning from work at the General Motors on Saturday afternoon were involved in an accident in which a Downsview couple were killed and seven injured. The âccident happened just west of the Bennett Road overpass when a car travelling travelling west veered onto the shoulder and flipped over as it crossed the-median. The car slammed sideways into an east bound car driven by William Dennis, 37, of Orono in which four other men from Orono were passengers. Dead are Ercole, Zof iranien, iranien, 31 and his wife Maria Teresa, 25, of Downsview. Two passengers in the west bound Zoffranieri car, daughter daughter Luisa, 5, is m 1 crtieal condition in Toronto Sick Children's Hospital, and Cada Lisi, 10, is in critical condition in Oshawa General Hospital. Both children were transferred transferred from Memorial Hospital, Hospital, Bowmanville. Bill Dennis driver of the Orono car is in intensive care in Oshawa General Hospital with severe cuts to the face. He has undergone plastic surgery to his nose with further plastic surgery to be done over his eye. He also suffers from a broken jaw and other facial injuries. Merle McGill, 52, was taken to Bowmanville hospital following following the accident and was moved to intensive acre in Oshawa on Sunday. He suffers suffers from internal injuries. Ray Staples, 42, Paul Pres- sick, 34, and Ronald Rocke also all from Orono were treated at the Bowmanville Hospital for multiple cuts and cracked ribs. The east bound lane of i Highway 401 was closed from 3.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. due to the accident. Traffic during this period was re-routed via Liberty Street in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Both cars were destroyed in the accident with the Zoffranieri Zoffranieri car beyond recognition as an automobile. Outlines activities at local tree nursery Would predict a chilly May Years ago every commun- predictions were based on ity had a number of residents conditions and events of who seemed capable of pre- nature, dieting weather conditions These conditions could be into the future. Most of their the amount of fat on a pig or Imppenmgs... w i GUT GRASS SATURDAY, SNOW+COVERED MONDAY Mrs, Elaine Stainton at the Times office and living in the Enterprise area reported Monday morning that they had cut their grass on Saturday; 'Leaving for work Monday morning she said they measured a total of eight inches of show on the same lawn and had difficulty travelling down the laneway .Surely this is winter's last kick :.. time will tell. " It has been reported that no damage is expected to crops <jue to the snow and cold providing the cold snap does not last for an extended period of time. SPECIAL MEETING TO REVIEW TENDERS The Northumberland ' and Newcastle Board of education has called a special 'meeting which was held on 7 day evening, April 27th. The purpose of the meeting was to-eview tenders for ,the new addition to the Clarke High School. • ' PARTICIPATION HOUSE SITE IN BOWMANVILLE Dr. Gillian Gilchrist, Oshawa, and chairman of the Durham Participation House Project Board of Govenors has announced that it is the intention . to build a new house in Bowmanville on a SVz acre parcel of land owned by the Ontario Housing Corporation. The site is immediately west of the Pine Ridge Training school. The project has to get underway by July 1977 or' the land will revert to the OHC. The Durham group is paying the going rate for the land. $14,000 was raised for the project through the telethon held' on Sunday. Participation House is a residence for young, handicapped adults. S & know at the end of May just what -figure was reached the amount of food available concerning the heating de- such as acorns or nuts for Rre.-s for this year. ' squirrels. Every prophet had his or her own pet basis for their judgement and were : more than sure that it always held true. Such prophets are now almost a thing of the past and very seldom do we hear predictions based on some feature of nature. Apparently with the advent of oil and gas heating and automatic delivery another feature for a degree of Weather predictions has come into being. According to Mr. Francis Tennant of Tennant Fuels and supported by Mr. John Breen at the Tree Nursery there are some 8300 to 8500 heating degress during the period « from September 1st and May 31st. It is claimed that year in and year out the heating degrees always range within the figures of 8300 and 8500, and apparently this is without exception. As of last Friday Mr. Tennant stated that the figure of 6800 heating degrees had been obtained this year and there was still some 1500 heating degrees to be made up over the next five weeks. Spring had arrived for the April'meeting of the Orono Horticultural Society held last Thursday evening. Unfortunately Unfortunately it came much too •early and the return to winter conditions by the week-end will likely result in serious damage to fruit trees and, of course, the early blooming varieties of tulips, daffodils ( Continued on page lo LAWRENCE IN THE FRONT ROW Under new seating arrangements in the House of Commons on the opposition side of the House Allan Lawrence, MP for Northumberland has been placed in the front row, three seats down from the Speaker. The new positionnas been termed "more prestigious" and that Mr. Lawrence may be offered other responsibilities. , IVE THE Hl-Cs a HAND __ No doubt you are aware" that the Orono HI-Cs are having an auction in Orono and are in néed of items for sale. If you have suitable donations be sure to contact the group as early as possible. See ad in coming events sectiqn. This being the case one could expect a chilly month of May. Mr. Tennant points out that oilmen use a chart along witii the daily, average high and low temperature to determine their oil deliveries to customers. customers. This is "often referred to as automatic oil delivery. We will be interested to Last Thursday, late afternoon, afternoon, was Fun Fair at the Orono Public School with parents and students touring the school to take part in games and making purchases of'a host of items on display. Above some patrons are taking note of the books for sale at the Book Nook resulting in purchases. It is reported that the sponsoring group, the Orono Home and School Club has realized a sum of close to $500.00 from the venture. This money is to be used to provide outside sports , equipment^ for the r i - i