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•Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 8th, 1976 Up & Down thé Book Stacks ADULT The Incredible Mrs. Chadwick Chadwick by John Crosbie (the most notorious, woman of her age) ■Badminton by J. Frank Devlin Book of Successful Bathrooms Bathrooms by Joseph Schram The Very Rich by Joseph Thorndike (a history "of wealth well illustrated and interesting) The Turncoat by Jack Lynn (Novel of defection) The Moon Lamp by Mark Smith (eerie thriller) Secrets of the Heart by Pearl Buck (collection of short stories) Audrey Rose by Frank de Fellittan (a novel dealing with reincarnation) JUNIOR I'll Show you Cats by Vila '(book of photographs) Make Your Own Presents by Hal Denby Canada and the First World War by John Swettenham A Certain Magic by Doris Orgcl EASY READING AND PICTURE BOORS Dogs Don't Belong on Beds by Enid Bloome Truck Drivers What do they do? by Carla Greene Little Chief by Syd Hoff (an I can read book) Can I Keep Him? by Steven Kellogg More Christmas books. Madeleine Hadley. "Waiter, thfere's a fly in this soup!" "That isn't a fly, sir - it's a cockroach. We don't have flies in,the winter ; this is a first-class place and we don't serve nothing out of season." (1889) Mr. Quiggs: "Your husband husband reminds me of some one." Mrs. Neighbours: "He reminds rrçfe of his mother every time the cooking does- • n't suit him." (1897) These are just two of the many jokes and riddles in the five Ayer's Alamariacs we received as part of a large donation of books and various other articles from Mrs Hesper Dean this past week. Regional Reclaimers SAND & GRAVEL BULLDOZING EARTH MOVING BACKHOE& GRAVEL Call 786-2070 Among the many other items: a very fine drawn- work apron made by Mrs. G.W: Bowen, Mrs. Dean's mother; a velvet calling card case that had also belonged to Mrs. Bowen; and two large spoons made of cow horn. Two beautiful examples of hand-done wood work must be mentioned : one is a pipe with a vividly cut figure of a man curling on the bowl ; and the other is a butter mold with four plaques carved with the initials "JD" intertwined - the monogram of John or James Dickson - a really stunning piece of fine craftmanship. To end this article, we'll give you another example of how old jokes can be appropriate appropriate now: "The difference between a porous plaster and a lottery ticket is that the plaster draws something." (1897) Orono Landscaping SODDING--PLANTING SEEDING 983-5598 i e e « Telephone 623-4473 Patrick G. Deegan, D.T. Denture Therapy Clinic 36 King St. West BOWMANVILLE, ONT BOWMANVILLE BROADLOOM Our New Location 170 CHURCH STREET BOWMANVILLE 623-5054 Cushion Floor from $3.95 sq. '(ard Roll Ends and Remnants now available Surplus not for home for aged The surplus experienced by the social services department department at year's end will not be placed in a reserve fund for a new old age home as the social services committee had hoped. The regional finance committee committee recommended to council, council, Wednesday that the 1976 surplus not be placed in reserve. That recommendation, recommendation, however, also said consideration should be given to establishing a home for the aged reserve fund during the 1977 budget deliberations. The recommendation passed passed on a 21 to 8 vote. Committee chairman George George Ashe said during a finance meeting prior to the council meeting, the social services' request was "not practical, not reasonable and just impossible." Coun. John DeHart stood up in council and after apologizing apologizing for sounding like a broken record, promised that council would keep hearing from him "until we get another home for the aged for Oshawa or somewhere in the region." "We have to start somewhere," somewhere," he said, pointing out that six other municipalities in Ontario already had land set aside for building an old folks home. Using the money to purchase land would prove to James Taylor, minister of community and social services, services, "we mean business." He added that the surplus, which so far amounts to more than $150,000, "should not go to public works or planning board." "There are over 300 people on a waiting list (for admission admission to a home for the aged) in Oshawa alone," he stressed. stressed. "There's probably 350 to IMPROVING CONDITION OF ORONO FIRE HALL This week aluminum storm windows were installed on the fire hall in Orono on the windows in the upstairs room. Up to this point the room above the fire hall has been somewhat drafty at times and to say the least it could well save on heating costs. AUTO WORKERS RATIFY AGREEMENT The United auto Workers have ratified their agreement with General Motors of Canada Canada which over the three year period will add an additional $1.81 an hour bringing the average assembler's hourly wage rate to about $8.25 within three years. Skilled tradesmen also received a wage increase. Another provision under the new three-year deal is 1 13 additional paid days off during the agreement. The Union was not able to get the work week reduced in hours but do concede that the extra 13 days will add to the union goal for more leisure time for autoworkers. The UAW hope to qdd the cost of living to pensions in the 1979 agreement. 400 in the whole region," he added. But Coun. Ashe believes those figures are not realistic, "If you contacted those 350 people not half of them would be ready to go into- a home today," said the councillor. "I'd like that figure to get more publicity," he stressed. He added that the recommendation recommendation from the finance committee was the only one it could make at this time. He used the opposite situation for hi argument stating it would not be fair to make a department resonsiblc for a deficit if one occured at the end of the year. Coun. Margaret Shaw (0sh- awa) argued however, that the money is not earmark*, specifically for a home for the aged then the same thing that happened last year will occur the surplus will go into « building roads and the region will be left holding nothing for the purchase of land. To one and all and a special greetings to students of Clarke High School from the staff and management of the rCRUM IAVITN (Open Christmas and New Years Days Hwy . 115-35 South of Orono 987-4226 HYDRO RATE INCREASE Effective January 1st, 1977 the retail rate of electricity used on an after this date will be increased by an average of 25.6 percent to Orono consumers. - After Pubjic hearing by the Ontario Energy Board the Ontario' Hydro received approval to increase its charges' to Municipal Utilities for wholesale power by 30.3 percent effective January Is,t, 1977. ' As the cost of wholesale power represents approximately 80 percent of our operating expenses and because of other cost increases it is necessary for the Cornmission to increase rates for electricity and increase rental charges for water heaters from $2.50 per month to $3.00 per month. The percehflige increase varies between customers of the same classifications. This reflects the policy of setting, rates to equitable recover the t . varying costs of providing electric service to individual customers. New Monthly Rates for Residential Customers Cost Per KWH Kilowatt hour ( KWH) Consumption » . First 50 KWH 7.8c Next 200 KWH 4.0c Balance ' , 2.3c i * • -, Minimum Bill , ' ' 1 ,,$3.75 General Service Rates Available at Hydro Office ORONO HYDRO ËLECTRIC COMMISSION ' ' : Chairman, D. Simpson; Commissioner^, R. Forrester, H. Partner and Mayor G. Rickard C. S. Pearce, Manager