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during eclipse Students at the Orono Public School and at Lockharts Lockharts Public School had lunch at .school on Monday due to the eclipse of the sun. Thé' lunch at school was prearranged prearranged last week. In speaking with Mr. John Reid, principal for Orono- Lockharts, he said that all outdoor activities at the school had been cancelled for the day and that even some windows at the school had been blacked-out. The morn- •1 ing recess saw no children outside the school. All students were asked to bring their lunch to school and lunch was eaten in the school gym during the noon hour when again students were not allowed outside'the school building. "We took every precaution we could", said Mr. Reid. The morning kindergarten class was held in the schoojf until after two o'clock then (Continued page 2) fjappemngs... TELEPHONE HEARING IN ORONO MARCH 20th Just prior to going to press we were informed that the Ontario Telephone Commission hearing to be held in Orono will be held on March ?0th, 1979. The hearing will be held in the auditorium of the Orono Public. School commencing ât. 7:30 p.m. Notification of the hearing will be circulated prior to the meeting. ' , SIX years TO REACH MAXIMUM The trustees of the. Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education last week voted to increase their honorarium by $200.00 a year until it reached the maximum allowed by the Ministry of Education. The trustees are now paid an annual remuneration of $3600.00 per annum with the maximum allowed, $4800.00. Three members of the Board opposed the increase. The last time the trustees increased the honorarium was in 1975 when the, increase amounted to $1200.00 bringing the honorarium up to the present $3600.00; * ORONO DEPARTMENT ASSISTS WITH BOWMANVILLE FIRE The Orono Firefighters were called into action at 2:20 Monday morning to assist the Bowmanville department with an early-morning fire at the Bowmanville Restaurant and Tavern at the Dominion Store Mall. Firefighters from Newcastle Village were also called to assist. The blaze was quickly brought under control with the major damage being from water and smoke. LAYOFFS BEGIN AT WESI.EYVILLE Some, fifty have already been laid off at the Wesley ville : Generating Fiant due l<; the decision to mothball the plant, ciiit.il the early ioous. Sue 'Slickly said there is only so much work to do and the number of employees must be levelled off * to meet the work demands. " ' retires Mr. Ben Madill, local manager manager for Community Telephone, Telephone, retired January 15, 1979, according to Mr. Robert Strong, District Manager, Community Telephone Company Company of Ontario. Ben worked over 27 years in the telephone industry, serving serving Orono and Sunderland areas. Mr. Madill and his wife Nina are residents of Orono and have planned to retire in Orono. Nursery Schools to exhibit art ,. The Nursery Schools and Day Care Centres of Orono, Newcastle, Bowmanville and Maple Grove are planning a display of creative works by pre-school children in the Bowmanville Mall on the 9th and 10th of March. Representatives Representatives of the schools involved will be there to answer questions about Early Childhood Childhood Éducation. In addition to the display a mini nursery school will be set up on Saturday, the 10th of March. Parents of pre-school children are invited to visit with, us and participate with their children in some of the activities provided. The "nursery school" will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The co-ordinator, Mrs. Irene Kon- zelmann, would like to stress .that this is not to be considered a drop-off service while Mommy does her shopping, but rather an opportunity for both parent ( Continued pa^e 2) ' Presented with Canada Cord Sandra Dennis of the 1st Orono Guide Company received received her Canada Cord, the highest honour in guiding last Wednesday evening. The Canada Canada Cord came a short six weeks after receiving her All-Round Cord. The Canada Cord was presented to Sandra by her father, Robert Dennis. Television show Last Sunday a group from the Orono area travelled to Hamilton for the taping of a show to appear on Channel 11 on March 25th. The show "New Faces" is televised on a weekly basis on Channel 11 at 6:30 p.m. Just last week the Blue Grass group known as Don Adams and Company from Orono made an, appearance on the show when the Brook- lin area was being featured. On March i5th Newcastle Village will be the feature of the show. A number of musical numbers are to be included and these numbers will feature some Of the talent from the Orono area. , Included on the program will be Mrs. Gladys Brown, organ, James and Doreen Lowery, piano and violin, and Jane Staples, vocal. The Bowmans Review from the Bowmanville area will also appear on the program along with Blaine Vaneyk, vocal, of R.R. 5, Bowmanville. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, Students lunch Ben Madill At St. Saviour's A group of seven persons representing the Orono Telephone Telephone Ratepayer's Associât- 1 ion were told last Thursday that a hearing would be held in Orono sometime in March, The group presented the hearing in Toronto with a list of complaints as to the service provided by Community Community Telephone Company as well as a petition from 316 residents and a petition from 78 local businessmen. Elizabeth Currie, vice- chairman of the Ratepayer's Association, said they asked that the 9.3 percent increase not be granted to Community Telephone Company until such time as the service is improved and the calling area extended. The vice-chairman said they were also confronted With a second increase being proposed by the company for January 1980. "We had not heard a thing about that before, said Mrs. Currie". She said they are even asking for another increase before they know the result of the present increase. ' Currie said _ the Ontario Telephone Service Commission Commission consented to hold the hearing .in Orono sometime early ' in March. This, she said, would give all sub- scribérs,. the opportunity to voice their opinions aS to the service provided. Mrs. Currie said the group was asked why they had not submitted their petitions in October rather than presenting presenting them at the hearing. She said it was pointed out to the commission that so many people have just thrown up ■ their arms and felt it was, futile to object. The people are tired of objecting, she said; The vice-chairman also said that she understood that Community Telephone was to spend a sum of $350,000 this year to provide another line to Oshawa from the Orono exchange. .She said one of the rrtajor concerns of the group was the lack of a toll-free calling area which keeps us isolated from the larger centres such as Bowmanville and Oshawa.' "This is the only area in the region that cannot call a hospital toll-free", she said. The Ratepayers Association Association is complaining of poor service, noisy lines, and especially the lack of toll-free calling area. Currie said the company wants to put their new rates into effect on April 1st. She also said the Orono meeting has to be advertised for two weeks and that of Monday the commission was having some difficulty in arranging a meeting place in Orono. Taped and ready for March 25 Te le phone com mission to hold Orono hearing On Tuesday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m., *the Rt. Rev. Allan Read, Suffragan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto will take a Confirmation Service in St, Saviour's' Church on, Mill Street in' Orono. There are candidates from both St. George's, Newcastle Newcastle and St. Saviour's, Orono. 1 Bishop Read was formerly rector of Trinity Church, Barrie and before that 'Mono , Mills. While in Mono 1 Mills he began his'special mirlistry to the rural church. There were several churches in the parish and he revived their ministry.: As Archdeacon ofr Simcoe he ' gave great support to the many small churches in the northern part of the diocese. As Bishop he has looked after the .ministry outside the 'cities, among his duties. • In every church he visits he has a special time for the children, drawing them together together for a story* Our young people have gone to his retreats and. have many happy memories. A.11 are welcome to the, . service,- but we urge you to come early'to get a seat.